Data

Walden 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 612 829 846 865 820 746 659 635 559 565
  Science and engineering 387 532 486 550 525 480 437 429 381 420
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 1 3 . . 1 . . 2 1
      Agricultural sciences 3 1 3 . . 1 . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 2 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 11 13 20 21 18 16 16 39 24 23
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 11 13 18 21 18 16 15 33 24 21
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . 1 . . . . 3 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 1 . . . . 1 . 2
    Computer and information sciences 2 2 3 . 1 3 3 8 6 4
      Computer science . . . . . . . . . 1
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 2 3 . 1 3 3 8 6 3
    Engineering 3 7 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Engineering, other 3 6 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 1
    Health sciences 97 124 120 172 143 159 155 149 120 121
      Nursing science 9 19 13 14 11 12 2 1 1 3
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Public health 69 84 74 107 98 116 127 123 106 103
      Health sciences, other 19 20 33 51 34 31 26 24 13 15
    Psychology 190 241 203 236 230 190 170 152 158 189
      Clinical psychology 53 57 42 56 52 56 63 43 29 54
      Counseling and applied psychology 54 74 68 68 87 71 69 67 87 86
      Research and experimental psychology 10 18 15 14 17 6 4 9 9 7
      Psychology, other 73 92 78 98 74 57 34 33 33 42
    Social sciences 81 144 136 119 131 108 89 77 69 80
      Anthropology 1 . . . . . . . 1 1
      Economics . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1
      Political science and government . . . 1 . 1 2 1 4 3
      Public policy analysis 50 81 57 50 73 84 63 37 46 52
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . 2 .
      Social sciences, other 30 63 78 68 58 23 24 38 16 23
  Non-science and engineering 225 297 360 315 295 266 222 206 178 145
    Business 47 84 89 73 100 112 88 60 61 56
      Business 47 84 89 73 100 112 88 60 61 56
    Education 112 129 156 124 110 96 76 95 94 63
      Education leadership and administration 14 16 16 12 9 9 16 3 16 10
      Education research 48 58 70 63 61 56 36 54 58 35
      Teacher education and teaching fields 33 33 48 27 22 17 12 24 10 12
      Education, other 17 22 22 22 18 14 12 14 10 6
    Humanities and arts 4 4 5 7 5 1 . 11 1 .
      History . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 2 2 6 3 . . 4 . .
      Humanities and arts, other . 2 2 1 2 1 . 7 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 62 80 110 111 80 57 58 40 22 26
      Communication . . . . . . . 3 2 .
      Public administration and social services 60 77 104 94 71 50 45 36 19 25
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 3 6 17 9 7 13 1 1 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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