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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 363 448 321 336 361 332 329 317 372 313
  Science and engineering 310 382 259 280 298 280 265 250 304 245
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 70 67 48 52 50 62 54 61 51 58
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 9 6 4 5 9 10 10 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 9 6 7 3 4 6 12 7 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 4 4 3 8 4 4 4 3 9
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 3 . 2 4 3 1 4 . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 3 4 4 3 5 1 4 2 2
      Genetics and genomics 5 4 2 5 2 8 6 4 9 3
      Microbiology and immunology 11 4 4 6 4 7 8 3 5 3
      Molecular biology 6 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 10 11 8 8 9 10 7 9 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 1 . 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 11 6 5 8 5 3 4 9 17
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 4 2 3 1 4 . 3 . .
    Computer and information sciences 20 30 14 17 12 15 14 10 13 19
      Computer science 17 22 12 15 9 12 12 9 11 14
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 8 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 5
    Engineering 84 104 82 67 95 74 68 72 86 61
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 13 21 20 10 17 10 15 22 18 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 7 14 10 10 8 9 5 15 7 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 16 3 3 9 6 10 6 7 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 18 20 17 21 12 20 9 9 22 10
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 5 7 9 8 14 7 15 10 18 14
      Mechanical engineering 21 24 17 13 27 17 11 7 11 6
      Engineering, other 10 2 6 1 8 5 3 3 3 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 17 9 17 17 9 12 6 11 14
      Geological sciences 7 12 6 9 10 2 7 3 6 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 5 3 8 7 7 5 3 5 9
    Health sciences 22 28 21 27 18 29 21 26 45 26
      Nursing science 3 7 4 10 . 7 6 3 13 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 1 . 3 3 7 2 3 9 7
      Public health 9 6 6 8 5 6 1 6 12 6
      Health sciences, other 6 14 11 6 10 9 12 14 11 7
    Mathematics and statistics 16 27 17 21 17 16 21 8 14 8
      Applied mathematics 3 4 . 3 4 7 6 3 3 2
      Mathematics 2 2 3 6 5 4 8 2 2 3
      Statistics . 1 3 . . . 2 1 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 20 11 12 8 5 5 2 8 3
    Physical sciences 40 43 35 36 43 32 27 28 32 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 4 3 2 4 2 1 1 . 1
      Chemistry 26 30 19 20 25 22 16 20 22 14
      Physics 12 9 13 14 14 8 10 7 10 7
    Psychology 19 30 12 17 18 21 19 11 21 15
      Clinical psychology 3 3 3 3 5 5 1 1 2 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 12 5 5 5 12 9 4 12 4
      Research and experimental psychology . 8 2 6 5 4 3 3 1 7
      Psychology, other 5 7 2 3 3 . 6 3 6 2
    Social sciences 22 36 20 26 28 22 29 28 31 22
      Anthropology 1 1 . 6 2 . 1 5 5 5
      Economics 6 10 8 9 12 4 7 7 2 6
      Political science and government 3 8 5 3 2 3 3 4 7 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 5 4
      Social sciences, other 9 12 6 5 11 9 11 8 12 6
  Non-science and engineering 53 66 62 56 63 52 64 67 68 68
    Business 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13 10
      Business 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13 10
    Education 16 20 25 14 22 15 20 20 12 23
      Education leadership and administration 6 4 5 6 2 1 8 2 3 6
      Education research 7 12 14 6 10 10 12 9 5 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 3 5 2 8 3 . 6 4 2
      Education, other . 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 16 22 14 21 15 15 24 18 26 19
      Letters 11 11 4 11 10 9 11 6 17 9
      Foreign languages and literature 1 . 1 3 . . 1 . . 1
      History . 4 5 3 2 3 1 4 6 2
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 6 . 5
      Music and performing arts . 1 1 2 2 1 6 2 3 1
      Humanities and arts, other . 2 . . . 1 1 . . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 11 14 12 13 15 11 12 23 17 16
      Communication 5 9 4 7 7 6 7 17 8 3
      Public administration and social services 4 2 7 3 6 5 4 4 8 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 3 1 3 2 . 1 2 1 7

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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