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U. Texas, The, Austin

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 786 767 741 667 744 801 762 795 849 841
  Science and engineering 605 583 573 502 549 584 534 583 630 601
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 4 . 1 . 1 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . 3 . 1 . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 1 . . . . . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 74 56 61 48 49 58 63 71 70 80
      Biochemistry and biophysics 12 9 8 7 3 7 10 15 9 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 1 7 3 6 9 10 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 14 7 8 7 7 7 14 3 10 10
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . 1 1 2 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 8 5 4 2 7 2 11 3 7
      Molecular biology 20 15 18 8 10 8 10 10 6 13
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 10 7 13 6 8 13 8 5 12 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 2 1 . . 1 1 2 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . 2 . . . . 4 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 10 6 5 10 10 8 9 12 13 11
    Computer and information sciences 37 33 32 34 23 22 25 33 34 27
      Computer science 29 23 23 31 18 20 21 25 29 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 10 9 3 5 2 4 8 5 3
    Engineering 226 222 214 200 212 239 195 203 227 212
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 8 7 6 5 11 6 7 13 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 12 13 17 16 18 6 9 11 24
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 43 48 44 50 55 53 45 56 50 47
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 35 42 23 29 32 35 34 38 39 39
      Electrical and computer engineering 49 54 51 42 57 60 53 50 62 52
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 5 5 9 6 7 3 4 4 4
      Materials and mining engineering 20 12 11 9 8 15 10 10 13 11
      Mechanical engineering 28 26 35 30 20 30 30 20 27 16
      Engineering, other 19 15 25 8 13 10 8 9 8 9
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 31 24 19 27 42 31 31 39 22
      Geological sciences 20 25 20 14 22 35 28 31 27 17
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 6 4 5 5 7 3 . 12 5
    Health sciences 39 35 32 34 29 37 26 37 24 29
      Nursing science 10 10 7 6 10 5 5 5 4 7
      Pharmaceutical sciences 14 13 15 13 12 15 12 17 8 9
      Public health 4 3 3 1 2 6 1 . 2 2
      Health sciences, other 11 9 7 14 5 11 8 15 10 11
    Mathematics and statistics 20 22 24 18 32 24 30 17 27 24
      Applied mathematics 4 2 2 1 4 2 2 6 9 11
      Mathematics 1 . 1 7 13 13 16 4 4 12
      Statistics 4 4 6 4 6 . 3 2 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 16 15 6 9 9 9 5 13 .
    Physical sciences 67 65 67 45 68 65 66 67 75 77
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 4 11 4 2 7 7 3 9 8
      Chemistry 26 34 27 25 31 26 24 37 34 33
      Physics 33 27 29 16 35 32 35 27 32 36
    Psychology 37 29 30 41 36 34 30 31 39 36
      Clinical psychology 7 4 5 5 9 6 7 2 4 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 10 6 15 14 11 7 14 12 13
      Research and experimental psychology 10 9 14 13 8 8 7 10 14 9
      Psychology, other 9 6 5 8 5 9 9 5 9 11
    Social sciences 84 90 88 59 73 62 68 92 94 93
      Anthropology 4 7 8 6 2 3 7 18 11 15
      Economics 11 16 12 10 17 12 11 17 9 10
      Political science and government 16 10 18 7 12 10 13 13 14 18
      Public policy analysis 3 10 7 4 4 1 6 4 7 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 14 11 9 9 12 11 16 19 19
      Social sciences, other 36 33 32 23 29 24 20 24 34 26
  Non-science and engineering 181 184 168 165 195 217 228 212 219 240
    Business 9 20 11 12 13 22 24 20 17 16
      Business 9 20 11 12 13 22 24 20 17 16
    Education 58 52 58 54 63 59 71 66 44 83
      Education leadership and administration 12 4 7 8 11 7 18 9 2 9
      Education research 35 37 33 34 31 39 35 39 29 52
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 11 18 11 20 10 17 16 9 21
      Education, other 2 . . 1 1 3 1 2 4 1
    Humanities and arts 79 69 73 73 77 104 89 88 108 103
      Letters 18 25 18 20 19 28 21 21 43 28
      Foreign languages and literature 8 10 6 10 18 17 24 14 12 18
      History 14 10 10 12 15 21 17 13 29 26
      Philosophy and religious studies 13 6 15 9 6 12 9 13 4 9
      Music and performing arts 11 4 6 4 5 6 8 14 9 5
      Humanities and arts, other 15 14 18 18 14 20 10 13 11 17
    Other non-science and engineering 35 43 26 26 42 32 44 38 50 38
      Communication 27 33 17 17 32 22 30 31 41 30
      Public administration and social services 5 7 6 4 6 8 12 5 5 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 4 4

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

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