Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison

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 831 761 753 664 724 780 770 842 823 836
  Science and engineering 686 585 579 541 553 616 601 632 648 631
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 47 33 31 34 43 37 31 48 47 46
      Agricultural sciences 36 24 22 27 29 24 19 27 35 33
      Natural resources and conservation 11 9 9 7 14 13 12 21 12 13
    Biological and biomedical sciences 174 143 135 107 115 144 152 146 162 127
      Biochemistry and biophysics 24 24 23 10 20 23 20 22 32 19
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 7 9 4 4 4 5 4 11 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 . 2 1 1 5 1 1 2 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 2 1 8 6 7 8 12 12
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 18 8 13 13 10 16 11 6 10 9
      Genetics and genomics 8 9 7 11 7 6 7 8 8 5
      Microbiology and immunology 27 18 17 19 20 26 24 17 26 16
      Molecular biology 24 23 15 9 7 3 3 10 7 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 14 15 15 9 3 13 17 14 11 20
      Pharmacology and toxicology 5 6 10 4 7 7 7 10 3 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 20 12 9 13 13 12 20 24 16 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 21 20 13 13 15 23 30 22 24 18
    Computer and information sciences 30 22 21 14 23 21 20 26 33 23
      Computer science 20 14 14 13 20 20 18 26 33 21
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 8 7 1 3 1 2 . . 2
    Engineering 112 126 127 112 119 134 124 147 122 147
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 10 15 9 19 11 10 16 23 15
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 11 22 19 17 24 15 18 17 27
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 14 13 10 8 14 11 19 7 11
      Electrical and computer engineering 27 31 27 24 30 27 31 32 26 40
      Industrial engineering and operations research 10 12 10 14 10 6 9 10 10 8
      Materials and mining engineering 13 13 16 11 15 13 22 15 17 9
      Mechanical engineering 17 27 9 18 13 20 15 26 12 24
      Engineering, other 15 8 15 7 7 19 11 11 10 13
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 10 14 7 14 10 22 14 17 12
      Geological sciences 6 6 9 4 8 6 9 7 5 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 14 4 5 3 6 4 13 7 12 6
    Health sciences 53 46 42 36 39 45 39 47 37 43
      Nursing science 5 2 5 3 5 8 4 4 5 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences 13 7 4 11 11 8 8 6 5 4
      Public health 7 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 7
      Health sciences, other 28 32 28 19 19 24 23 33 23 28
    Mathematics and statistics 32 31 37 40 35 33 34 29 36 29
      Applied mathematics 2 5 7 7 4 4 5 1 2 3
      Mathematics 9 5 4 5 12 6 11 10 6 12
      Statistics 10 14 17 14 10 9 9 9 11 12
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 7 9 14 9 14 9 9 17 2
    Physical sciences 107 86 82 88 70 81 81 80 79 100
      Astronomy and astrophysics 13 5 11 7 3 11 6 8 5 7
      Chemistry 70 58 56 51 43 43 54 44 51 55
      Physics 24 23 15 30 24 27 21 28 23 38
    Psychology 31 21 28 24 21 31 29 23 29 18
      Clinical psychology 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 1 1 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 10 8 12 9 5 10 15 3 10 3
      Research and experimental psychology 13 6 7 10 4 9 5 11 11 6
      Psychology, other 7 5 6 1 7 8 6 8 7 6
    Social sciences 80 67 62 79 74 80 69 72 86 86
      Anthropology 4 1 3 3 6 5 3 4 5 4
      Economics 27 30 23 27 18 34 26 27 28 29
      Political science and government 10 6 7 8 8 6 9 9 16 11
      Public policy analysis . 1 . . . . . . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 18 12 10 22 17 12 14 15 22 27
      Social sciences, other 21 17 19 19 25 23 17 17 14 14
  Non-science and engineering 145 176 174 123 171 164 169 210 175 205
    Business 5 13 13 11 10 8 4 8 8 12
      Business 5 13 13 11 10 8 4 8 8 12
    Education 64 79 77 48 67 56 54 74 67 67
      Education leadership and administration 8 17 18 4 12 7 6 16 5 16
      Education research 40 50 44 37 43 39 33 43 44 43
      Teacher education and teaching fields 12 10 10 6 10 9 15 14 13 8
      Education, other 4 2 5 1 2 1 . 1 5 .
    Humanities and arts 51 61 66 46 71 85 83 107 80 96
      Letters 13 17 16 12 22 18 18 33 17 31
      Foreign languages and literature 19 16 23 8 20 32 25 27 31 23
      History 9 11 8 12 10 14 22 24 15 20
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 5 4 5 3 9 6 5 5 6
      Music and performing arts . 5 2 4 7 1 4 7 4 7
      Humanities and arts, other 7 7 13 5 9 11 8 11 8 9
    Other non-science and engineering 25 23 18 18 23 15 28 21 20 30
      Communication 21 17 14 10 14 7 22 14 14 25
      Public administration and social services 2 3 3 6 4 5 2 4 3 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 3 1 2 5 3 4 3 3 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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