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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 380 335 297 305 308 324 326 292 346 393
  Science and engineering 317 273 234 225 220 240 226 203 229 270
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 3 2 3 1 5 3 2 . 3
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 2 3 1 5 3 2 . 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 66 55 45 46 52 50 43 45 40 57
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 4 6 5 11 7 6 6 3 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 5 3 5 5 5 2 6 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 1 . . 1 1 2 1 3 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 3 4 2 1 5 1 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 3 4 3 1 6 4 5 6 5
      Genetics and genomics 2 6 3 3 1 . . 2 . 4
      Microbiology and immunology 9 15 6 10 9 11 12 8 9 8
      Molecular biology 5 4 2 2 2 3 2 . . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 14 10 11 11 8 9 7 6 6 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 . 3 . 4 1 1 1 5 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 5 5 4 6 5 6 4 5 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 2 2 . . . . 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 21 15 7 10 7 8 4 4 5 7
      Computer science 17 11 4 10 7 8 4 4 5 7
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 3 . . . . . . .
    Engineering 103 84 91 60 78 65 64 49 73 89
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 3 5 . 4 1 1 3 4 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 16 10 9 13 8 4 8 13 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 11 10 9 7 6 9 9 4 8 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 10 14 4 9 7 4 4 7 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 19 18 19 18 15 12 11 18 23
      Industrial engineering and operations research 19 10 12 7 9 7 7 3 4 13
      Materials and mining engineering 12 10 9 6 9 13 13 5 5 8
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 11 7 8 4 10 7 12 6
      Engineering, other 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 4 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
      Geological sciences 1 1 . . . 2 1 1 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 . 2 1 1 . . 1 1 2
    Health sciences 13 6 7 12 11 9 11 15 14 16
      Nursing science 6 4 3 7 4 6 7 8 8 11
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Public health . . . . . . . 1 . 2
      Health sciences, other 7 2 4 5 7 3 3 6 6 3
    Mathematics and statistics 10 7 9 12 7 15 7 12 9 13
      Applied mathematics . . 1 . . . 1 . 2 1
      Mathematics 1 . 3 . 4 7 1 2 5 9
      Statistics 4 2 1 4 . 3 3 3 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 5 4 8 3 5 2 7 . 1
    Physical sciences 42 46 37 33 29 30 37 25 31 30
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 4 6 6 10 3 8 4 4 4
      Chemistry 22 21 20 19 11 12 18 5 14 16
      Physics 15 21 11 8 8 15 11 16 13 10
    Psychology 24 20 14 19 12 17 20 23 21 18
      Clinical psychology 9 7 10 8 10 7 9 11 11 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 . 3 . . 2 2 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 13 10 2 7 2 10 9 10 8 8
      Psychology, other . . 2 1 . . . . 1 3
    Social sciences 31 36 20 29 22 39 36 26 35 35
      Anthropology 3 3 2 7 3 8 4 3 3 7
      Economics 8 13 9 9 9 17 12 7 13 12
      Political science and government 7 5 3 5 5 9 10 8 11 8
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 5 . 5 4 5 6 5 5 4
      Social sciences, other 7 10 6 3 1 . 4 3 3 4
  Non-science and engineering 63 62 63 80 88 84 100 89 117 123
    Business 1 . 2 3 5 . 1 1 1 3
      Business 1 . 2 3 5 . 1 1 1 3
    Education 23 19 15 20 24 17 29 23 28 31
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 4 1 1 2 . 1 2 2
      Education research 18 14 8 14 17 13 22 13 19 20
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 2 1 2 3 2 5 6 7 9
      Education, other 1 2 2 3 3 . 2 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 39 43 43 49 52 63 68 64 87 84
      Letters 12 13 10 10 13 20 9 12 19 21
      Foreign languages and literature 4 5 6 12 4 12 11 12 21 14
      History 9 10 8 7 13 10 12 13 15 20
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 9 9 13 11 12 20 9 19 14
      Music and performing arts 2 3 7 1 7 3 7 6 3 5
      Humanities and arts, other 4 3 3 6 4 6 9 12 10 10
    Other non-science and engineering . . 3 8 7 4 2 1 1 5
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 3 8 7 4 2 . 1 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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