Data

U. Texas, The, Austin

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 767 741 667 744 801 762 795 849 841 851
  Science and engineering 583 573 502 549 584 534 583 630 601 598
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 4 . 1 . 1 1 1 3
      Agricultural sciences . . 3 . 1 . 1 1 . 2
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 1 . . . . . 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 56 61 48 49 58 63 71 70 80 73
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 8 7 3 7 10 15 9 12 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 1 7 3 6 9 10 7 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 8 7 7 7 14 3 10 10 14
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . 1 1 2 . 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 8 5 4 2 7 2 11 3 7 6
      Molecular biology 15 18 8 10 8 10 10 6 13 14
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 7 13 6 8 13 8 5 12 15 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 1 . . 1 1 2 . 1 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 2 . . . . 4 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 5 10 10 8 9 12 13 11 10
    Computer and information sciences 33 32 34 23 22 25 33 34 27 25
      Computer science 23 23 31 18 20 21 25 29 24 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 9 3 5 2 4 8 5 3 1
    Engineering 222 214 200 212 239 195 203 227 212 241
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 7 6 5 11 6 7 13 10 9
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 12 13 17 16 18 6 9 11 24 15
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 48 44 50 55 53 45 56 50 47 54
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 42 23 29 32 35 34 38 39 39 37
      Electrical and computer engineering 54 51 42 57 60 53 50 62 52 68
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 5 9 6 7 3 4 4 4 3
      Materials and mining engineering 12 11 9 8 15 10 10 13 11 14
      Mechanical engineering 26 35 30 20 30 30 20 27 16 27
      Engineering, other 15 25 8 13 10 8 9 8 9 14
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 31 24 19 27 42 31 31 39 22 24
      Geological sciences 25 20 14 22 35 28 31 27 17 20
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 4 5 5 7 3 . 12 5 4
    Health sciences 35 32 34 29 37 26 37 24 29 33
      Nursing science 10 7 6 10 5 5 5 4 7 14
      Pharmaceutical sciences 13 15 13 12 15 12 17 8 9 10
      Public health 3 3 1 2 6 1 . 2 2 1
      Health sciences, other 9 7 14 5 11 8 15 10 11 8
    Mathematics and statistics 22 24 18 32 24 30 17 27 24 22
      Applied mathematics 2 2 1 4 2 2 6 9 11 7
      Mathematics . 1 7 13 13 16 4 4 12 12
      Statistics 4 6 4 6 . 3 2 1 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 16 15 6 9 9 9 5 13 . 3
    Physical sciences 65 67 45 68 65 66 67 75 77 57
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 11 4 2 7 7 3 9 8 5
      Chemistry 34 27 25 31 26 24 37 34 33 33
      Physics 27 29 16 35 32 35 27 32 36 19
    Psychology 29 30 41 36 34 30 31 39 36 43
      Clinical psychology 4 5 5 9 6 7 2 4 3 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 10 6 15 14 11 7 14 12 13 21
      Research and experimental psychology 9 14 13 8 8 7 10 14 9 10
      Psychology, other 6 5 8 5 9 9 5 9 11 6
    Social sciences 90 88 59 73 62 68 92 94 93 77
      Anthropology 7 8 6 2 3 7 18 11 15 17
      Economics 16 12 10 17 12 11 17 9 10 12
      Political science and government 10 18 7 12 10 13 13 14 18 11
      Public policy analysis 10 7 4 4 1 6 4 7 5 4
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 11 9 9 12 11 16 19 19 9
      Social sciences, other 33 32 23 29 24 20 24 34 26 24
  Non-science and engineering 184 168 165 195 217 228 212 219 240 253
    Business 20 11 12 13 22 24 20 17 16 21
      Business 20 11 12 13 22 24 20 17 16 21
    Education 52 58 54 63 59 71 66 44 83 89
      Education leadership and administration 4 7 8 11 7 18 9 2 9 10
      Education research 37 33 34 31 39 35 39 29 52 54
      Teacher education and teaching fields 11 18 11 20 10 17 16 9 21 25
      Education, other . . 1 1 3 1 2 4 1 .
    Humanities and arts 69 73 73 77 104 89 88 108 103 88
      Letters 25 18 20 19 28 21 21 43 28 18
      Foreign languages and literature 10 6 10 18 17 24 14 12 18 20
      History 10 10 12 15 21 17 13 29 26 25
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 15 9 6 12 9 13 4 9 3
      Music and performing arts 4 6 4 5 6 8 14 9 5 9
      Humanities and arts, other 14 18 18 14 20 10 13 11 17 13
    Other non-science and engineering 43 26 26 42 32 44 38 50 38 55
      Communication 33 17 17 32 22 30 31 41 30 37
      Public administration and social services 7 6 4 6 8 12 5 5 4 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 9

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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