Data

Walden U.

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 800 612 829 846 865 820 746 659 635 559
  Science and engineering 516 387 532 486 550 525 480 437 429 381
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 3 1 3 . . 1 . . 2
      Agricultural sciences . 3 1 3 . . 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 17 11 13 20 21 18 16 16 39 24
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 17 11 13 18 21 18 16 15 33 24
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology . . . 1 . . . . 3 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 1 2 2 3 . 1 3 3 8 6
      Computer science . . . . . . . . . .
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 2 3 . 1 3 3 8 6
    Engineering . 3 7 1 2 2 3 4 4 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Engineering, other . 3 6 1 2 2 3 4 3 1
    Health sciences 134 97 124 120 172 143 159 155 149 120
      Nursing science 25 9 19 13 14 11 12 2 1 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Public health 84 69 84 74 107 98 116 127 123 106
      Health sciences, other 25 19 20 33 51 34 31 26 24 13
    Psychology 257 190 241 203 236 230 190 170 152 158
      Clinical psychology 43 53 57 42 56 52 56 63 43 29
      Counseling and applied psychology 88 54 74 68 68 87 71 69 67 87
      Research and experimental psychology 20 10 18 15 14 17 6 4 9 9
      Psychology, other 106 73 92 78 98 74 57 34 33 33
    Social sciences 107 81 144 136 119 131 108 89 77 69
      Anthropology . 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Economics . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Political science and government 1 . . . 1 . 1 2 1 4
      Public policy analysis 63 50 81 57 50 73 84 63 37 46
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . . 2
      Social sciences, other 43 30 63 78 68 58 23 24 38 16
  Non-science and engineering 284 225 297 360 315 295 266 222 206 178
    Business 62 47 84 89 73 100 112 88 60 61
      Business 62 47 84 89 73 100 112 88 60 61
    Education 118 112 129 156 124 110 96 76 95 94
      Education leadership and administration 13 14 16 16 12 9 9 16 3 16
      Education research 53 48 58 70 63 61 56 36 54 58
      Teacher education and teaching fields 36 33 33 48 27 22 17 12 24 10
      Education, other 16 17 22 22 22 18 14 12 14 10
    Humanities and arts 1 4 4 5 7 5 1 . 11 1
      History . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 4 2 2 6 3 . . 4 .
      Humanities and arts, other . . 2 2 1 2 1 . 7 .
    Other non-science and engineering 103 62 80 110 111 80 57 58 40 22
      Communication . . . . . . . . 3 2
      Public administration and social services 98 60 77 104 94 71 50 45 36 19
      Non-science and engineering, other 5 2 3 6 17 9 7 13 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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