Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison

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 761 753 664 724 780 770 842 823 836 783
  Science and engineering 585 579 541 553 616 601 632 648 631 596
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 33 31 34 43 37 31 48 47 46 34
      Agricultural sciences 24 22 27 29 24 19 27 35 33 25
      Natural resources and conservation 9 9 7 14 13 12 21 12 13 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 143 135 107 115 144 152 146 162 127 141
      Biochemistry and biophysics 24 23 10 20 23 20 22 32 19 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 9 4 4 4 5 4 11 3 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 2 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 2 1 8 6 7 8 12 12 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 13 13 10 16 11 6 10 9 5
      Genetics and genomics 9 7 11 7 6 7 8 8 5 11
      Microbiology and immunology 18 17 19 20 26 24 17 26 16 21
      Molecular biology 23 15 9 7 3 3 10 7 6 12
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 15 15 9 3 13 17 14 11 20 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 10 4 7 7 7 10 3 3 13
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 9 13 13 12 20 24 16 15 13
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 20 13 13 15 23 30 22 24 18 25
    Computer and information sciences 22 21 14 23 21 20 26 33 23 23
      Computer science 14 14 13 20 20 18 26 33 21 23
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 7 1 3 1 2 . . 2 .
    Engineering 126 127 112 119 134 124 147 122 147 126
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 15 9 19 11 10 16 23 15 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 11 22 19 17 24 15 18 17 27 17
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 14 13 10 8 14 11 19 7 11 12
      Electrical and computer engineering 31 27 24 30 27 31 32 26 40 23
      Industrial engineering and operations research 12 10 14 10 6 9 10 10 8 13
      Materials and mining engineering 13 16 11 15 13 22 15 17 9 14
      Mechanical engineering 27 9 18 13 20 15 26 12 24 18
      Engineering, other 8 15 7 7 19 11 11 10 13 13
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 14 7 14 10 22 14 17 12 11
      Geological sciences 6 9 4 8 6 9 7 5 6 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 5 3 6 4 13 7 12 6 4
    Health sciences 46 42 36 39 45 39 47 37 43 54
      Nursing science 2 5 3 5 8 4 4 5 4 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 7 4 11 11 8 8 6 5 4 6
      Public health 5 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 7 7
      Health sciences, other 32 28 19 19 24 23 33 23 28 36
    Mathematics and statistics 31 37 40 35 33 34 29 36 29 28
      Applied mathematics 5 7 7 4 4 5 1 2 3 3
      Mathematics 5 4 5 12 6 11 10 6 12 14
      Statistics 14 17 14 10 9 9 9 11 12 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 9 14 9 14 9 9 17 2 3
    Physical sciences 86 82 88 70 81 81 80 79 100 74
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 11 7 3 11 6 8 5 7 4
      Chemistry 58 56 51 43 43 54 44 51 55 42
      Physics 23 15 30 24 27 21 28 23 38 28
    Psychology 21 28 24 21 31 29 23 29 18 31
      Clinical psychology 2 3 4 5 4 3 1 1 3 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 12 9 5 10 15 3 10 3 11
      Research and experimental psychology 6 7 10 4 9 5 11 11 6 6
      Psychology, other 5 6 1 7 8 6 8 7 6 9
    Social sciences 67 62 79 74 80 69 72 86 86 74
      Anthropology 1 3 3 6 5 3 4 5 4 8
      Economics 30 23 27 18 34 26 27 28 29 23
      Political science and government 6 7 8 8 6 9 9 16 11 13
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 12 10 22 17 12 14 15 22 27 17
      Social sciences, other 17 19 19 25 23 17 17 14 14 13
  Non-science and engineering 176 174 123 171 164 169 210 175 205 187
    Business 13 13 11 10 8 4 8 8 12 14
      Business 13 13 11 10 8 4 8 8 12 14
    Education 79 77 48 67 56 54 74 67 67 70
      Education leadership and administration 17 18 4 12 7 6 16 5 16 12
      Education research 50 44 37 43 39 33 43 44 43 44
      Teacher education and teaching fields 10 10 6 10 9 15 14 13 8 13
      Education, other 2 5 1 2 1 . 1 5 . 1
    Humanities and arts 61 66 46 71 85 83 107 80 96 87
      Letters 17 16 12 22 18 18 33 17 31 26
      Foreign languages and literature 16 23 8 20 32 25 27 31 23 27
      History 11 8 12 10 14 22 24 15 20 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 4 5 3 9 6 5 5 6 7
      Music and performing arts 5 2 4 7 1 4 7 4 7 5
      Humanities and arts, other 7 13 5 9 11 8 11 8 9 7
    Other non-science and engineering 23 18 18 23 15 28 21 20 30 16
      Communication 17 14 10 14 7 22 14 14 25 13
      Public administration and social services 3 3 6 4 5 2 4 3 4 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 1 2 5 3 4 3 3 1 3

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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