Data

U. Washington, Seattle

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 710 615 632 681 708 619 604 615 666 648
  Science and engineering 606 509 556 573 586 516 473 501 532 518
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 14 10 11 12 15 9 6 14 13
      Agricultural sciences 1 2 2 1 3 2 . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 7 12 8 10 9 13 9 6 14 13
    Biological and biomedical sciences 170 122 132 145 162 134 106 139 136 129
      Biochemistry and biophysics 20 15 10 16 17 9 9 9 7 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 8 2 4 8 8 1 8 3 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 24 13 13 20 23 11 13 13 13 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 2 1 7 3 5 6 7 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 33 22 26 27 33 22 21 28 24 27
      Genetics and genomics 14 12 12 10 12 15 7 12 19 11
      Microbiology and immunology 22 20 19 19 18 18 18 21 17 21
      Molecular biology 24 11 18 12 14 12 9 12 15 17
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 8 11 13 15 14 13 10 15 13
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 1 11 6 7 10 6 12 5 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 9 4 11 3 5 . 1 7 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 2 4 6 5 7 4 7 4 2
    Computer and information sciences 39 35 34 57 45 37 27 20 38 31
      Computer science 23 23 20 39 36 21 16 12 26 18
      Computer and information sciences, other 16 12 14 18 9 16 11 8 12 13
    Engineering 142 114 130 115 136 82 105 95 103 109
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 7 8 6 8 4 5 6 6 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 25 18 11 14 33 19 24 12 24 17
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 10 14 14 17 13 7 13 11 12 18
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 16 8 15 14 20 8 8 11 7 12
      Electrical and computer engineering 41 38 46 24 24 18 20 25 18 26
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 4 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 5
      Materials and mining engineering 10 8 9 5 7 11 3 10 8 10
      Mechanical engineering 22 16 15 23 21 11 23 16 23 17
      Engineering, other 6 1 6 6 5 . 5 1 2 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 28 29 29 36 32 31 21 46 33 36
      Geological sciences 11 8 5 13 13 9 7 7 11 17
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 17 21 24 23 19 22 14 39 22 19
    Health sciences 51 28 44 45 47 46 45 36 46 27
      Nursing science 10 9 11 9 11 13 16 9 14 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 8 2 9 13 7 9 3 3 5 2
      Public health 24 11 12 15 19 15 17 10 12 12
      Health sciences, other 9 6 12 8 10 9 9 14 15 7
    Mathematics and statistics 27 31 36 23 32 25 30 27 32 37
      Applied mathematics 9 15 12 6 5 5 13 2 6 9
      Mathematics . 3 1 1 7 10 3 7 13 10
      Statistics 10 6 6 7 10 5 5 5 7 10
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 7 17 9 10 5 9 13 6 8
    Physical sciences 63 58 79 62 47 66 59 48 50 61
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 3 8 4 6 9 7 5 5 4
      Chemistry 34 35 41 39 21 34 31 22 22 32
      Physics 21 20 30 19 20 23 21 21 23 25
    Psychology 21 12 14 19 16 17 17 18 12 16
      Clinical psychology 6 2 5 11 5 6 8 8 7 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 . 3
      Research and experimental psychology 7 9 5 5 9 8 5 8 4 7
      Psychology, other 4 . 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
    Social sciences 57 66 48 60 57 63 54 66 68 59
      Anthropology 1 2 2 8 8 7 5 7 3 6
      Economics 12 14 12 11 13 15 9 14 19 16
      Political science and government 7 7 8 8 5 12 4 11 15 8
      Public policy analysis 5 6 1 4 . 3 2 4 6 4
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 4 5 7 6 12 11 7 11 8
      Social sciences, other 28 33 20 22 25 14 23 23 14 17
  Non-science and engineering 104 106 76 108 122 103 131 114 134 130
    Business 21 21 11 15 12 9 13 13 11 13
      Business 21 21 11 15 12 9 13 13 11 13
    Education 25 32 18 27 40 39 40 52 52 42
      Education leadership and administration 2 4 . 2 1 3 2 5 8 4
      Education research 19 19 14 21 30 30 27 28 37 29
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 8 4 2 6 4 6 16 6 8
      Education, other . 1 . 2 3 2 5 3 1 1
    Humanities and arts 39 40 35 48 47 42 53 43 49 63
      Letters 16 19 12 23 21 17 16 21 22 25
      Foreign languages and literature 2 3 4 8 9 5 7 7 6 12
      History 8 4 5 8 6 6 8 3 10 10
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 5 3 4 1 2 3 3 4 4
      Music and performing arts 5 3 7 2 3 7 9 3 1 9
      Humanities and arts, other 4 6 4 3 7 5 10 6 6 3
    Other non-science and engineering 19 13 12 18 23 13 25 6 22 12
      Communication 5 3 3 8 6 3 6 1 6 7
      Public administration and social services 7 7 3 3 9 6 8 3 10 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 3 6 7 8 4 11 2 6 2

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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