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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 127 146 130 133 121 125 116 105 102 94
  Science and engineering 91 101 94 88 74 77 83 76 73 62
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . . 1 2 . . 2 . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . 1 2 . . 1 . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 13 14 10 7 5 9 8 8 10 7
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 4 1 . 3 4 2 4 4 1
      Molecular biology 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 . 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 20 10 15 11 12 10 11 8 11 8
      Computer science 14 8 10 7 11 9 10 8 10 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 2 5 4 1 1 1 . 1 .
    Engineering 17 34 38 35 16 22 26 21 19 21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 8 1 7 3 3 6 5 2 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 12 5 3 3 6 3 3 4 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 7 10 24 17 3 7 9 9 10 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 1 . 2 1 1 1 . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 7 2 6 4 4 4 3 2
      Engineering, other . . 1 3 . 1 2 . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1
      Geological sciences 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences 1 . . 2 1 1 . . 2 .
      Public health . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 1 . . 2 1 1 . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 3 2 3 . 5 1 4 . .
      Applied mathematics . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Statistics 1 3 2 3 . 2 1 4 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . . . . 2 . . . .
    Physical sciences 12 16 16 13 11 9 23 17 14 20
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 2 5 3 . 1 4 4 1 1
      Chemistry 6 11 8 7 6 4 6 2 5 5
      Physics 2 3 3 3 5 4 13 11 8 14
    Psychology 7 10 7 5 10 10 1 3 5 1
      Clinical psychology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 1 1 . 1 2 1 1 3 .
      Research and experimental psychology 2 3 3 . 2 6 . 1 . 1
      Psychology, other 3 6 3 5 7 2 . 1 2 .
    Social sciences 17 12 6 10 17 10 13 13 11 3
      Anthropology 3 2 1 4 2 3 4 1 . .
      Economics . . . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 11 6 3 5 7 7 7 6 6 1
      Social sciences, other 3 4 2 1 8 . 2 6 5 2
  Non-science and engineering 36 45 36 45 47 48 33 29 29 32
    Business 7 12 6 8 7 13 12 9 11 10
      Business 7 12 6 8 7 13 12 9 11 10
    Education 23 30 26 34 40 32 19 17 16 18
      Education leadership and administration 11 14 11 11 16 17 1 . 1 .
      Education research 6 6 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 11
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 9 3 12 9 4 5 5 5 5
      Education, other 1 1 2 1 5 . 2 2 . 2
    Humanities and arts 6 3 3 3 . 3 2 3 2 4
      Letters 4 3 3 2 . 3 2 2 1 4
      Foreign languages and literature 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 1 . . . 1 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Communication . . . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 . . . . . . .

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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