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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.

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 502 459 465 495 405 426 438 472 451 473
  Science and engineering 427 388 399 431 344 362 374 400 388 390
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 40 31 39 51 39 33 37 38 38 30
      Agricultural sciences 31 24 28 39 33 25 24 24 23 21
      Natural resources and conservation 9 7 11 12 6 8 13 14 15 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 53 43 48 45 43 40 48 51 50 48
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 5 5 4 1 4 2 4 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 11 4 7 8 7 5 7 6 4 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 2 5 4 2 4 6 11 4 8
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 4 5 3 5 1 2 1 14 4
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 1 . . . 2 2 . 2
      Microbiology and immunology 13 6 5 6 8 9 6 8 11 7
      Molecular biology . 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 5 7 3 3 1 2 1 1 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 2 1 . 2 2 1 1 1 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 13 10 16 11 11 18 15 10 11
    Computer and information sciences 23 20 31 25 15 24 28 22 25 18
      Computer science 15 17 27 23 14 20 26 19 25 17
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 3 4 2 1 4 2 3 . 1
    Engineering 208 178 166 195 144 165 154 171 168 193
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 13 15 16 7 11 9 12 12 14
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 21 7 13 13 14 15 12 13 12 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 11 14 11 11 11 3 4 8 8 17
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 41 30 13 28 17 24 34 30 30 26
      Electrical and computer engineering 45 51 51 40 34 49 46 39 44 45
      Industrial engineering and operations research 11 10 8 12 9 8 7 13 9 11
      Materials and mining engineering 10 9 10 13 12 4 5 5 8 8
      Mechanical engineering 27 25 32 37 21 36 22 31 22 29
      Engineering, other 17 19 13 25 19 15 15 20 23 27
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 8 11 9 6 8 13 7 8 10
      Geological sciences 6 6 9 7 3 7 13 5 5 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 2 2 2 3 1 . 2 3 2
    Health sciences 5 6 6 4 6 4 1 5 1 3
      Nursing science . . . . . . . . . 1
      Public health . 1 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 1
      Health sciences, other 5 5 5 2 4 1 . 1 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 13 13 16 15 11 13 12 20 17 8
      Applied mathematics 2 1 2 3 . 3 4 6 3 3
      Mathematics . . 2 1 1 1 2 . 1 2
      Statistics 5 5 7 5 4 4 4 6 12 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 7 5 6 6 5 2 8 1 .
    Physical sciences 27 40 37 36 36 29 29 32 38 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 . 1 . . . 1 . 1
      Chemistry 19 27 19 19 20 20 18 18 26 14
      Physics 7 11 18 16 16 9 11 13 12 7
    Psychology 15 21 15 21 12 16 25 21 13 27
      Clinical psychology 5 4 2 5 2 6 4 8 3 10
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 3 3 9 4 3 9 2 2 1
      Research and experimental psychology 1 8 4 2 2 1 4 4 3 5
      Psychology, other 6 6 6 5 4 6 8 7 5 11
    Social sciences 34 28 30 30 32 30 27 33 30 31
      Anthropology . . 1 . . . . 2 1 .
      Economics 8 10 9 3 4 8 8 7 6 7
      Political science and government 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 4 6 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 5 5 4 7 4 7 5 3 4
      Social sciences, other 19 12 11 21 18 15 9 15 14 16
  Non-science and engineering 75 71 66 64 61 64 64 72 63 83
    Business 16 14 9 10 6 10 13 8 16 14
      Business 16 14 9 10 6 10 13 8 16 14
    Education 37 35 36 38 36 40 36 45 30 45
      Education leadership and administration 2 . 4 . . 5 2 3 2 6
      Education research 19 22 23 25 16 26 25 31 21 34
      Teacher education and teaching fields 14 12 8 10 15 6 8 8 6 3
      Education, other 2 1 1 3 5 3 1 3 1 2
    Humanities and arts 4 10 7 5 3 4 7 1 6 4
      Letters 2 6 5 2 3 2 5 . 4 1
      History . 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Philosophy and religious studies . 1 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1
      Music and performing arts . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 2 1 1 3 . . 1 . . 2
    Other non-science and engineering 18 12 14 11 16 10 8 18 11 20
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 5 4 3 5 9 4 3 5 6 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 13 8 11 6 7 6 5 12 5 11

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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