Data

Texas A&M U., College Station and Health Science Center

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 742 806 782 765 772 743 730 730 684 732
  Science and engineering 641 701 667 665 657 627 607 618 544 591
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 47 52 55 63 75 68 58 61 44 57
      Agricultural sciences 42 50 49 57 63 56 48 48 33 43
      Natural resources and conservation 5 2 6 6 12 12 10 13 11 14
    Biological and biomedical sciences 97 111 101 103 115 83 110 91 71 85
      Biochemistry and biophysics 11 9 17 17 15 12 19 16 9 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 26 33 29 17 22 16 26 17 11 18
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 . 3 1 1 4 2 2 3 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 9 5 10 12 6 10 7 7 5
      Genetics and genomics 5 8 7 5 13 6 4 3 10 6
      Microbiology and immunology 5 7 3 6 10 5 9 13 4 11
      Molecular biology 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 . 5 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 9 11 3 7 5 5 11 3 3 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology 5 6 8 3 4 3 3 4 2 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 15 21 21 30 23 15 19 22 14 11
    Computer and information sciences 28 16 20 19 15 10 11 14 16 10
      Computer science 19 10 16 18 15 8 10 13 15 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 9 6 4 1 . 2 1 1 1 2
    Engineering 267 306 287 255 252 265 230 236 203 219
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 21 27 21 9 15 12 11 13 11 19
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18 21 19 14 21 10 16 16 12 20
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 31 46 51 47 56 67 46 32 37 36
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 35 35 27 38 26 25 19 23 28 22
      Electrical and computer engineering 51 42 47 45 46 58 57 53 50 42
      Industrial engineering and operations research 23 17 13 18 8 4 5 11 8 9
      Materials and mining engineering 25 36 28 23 19 11 16 18 9 19
      Mechanical engineering 36 49 44 32 43 47 36 43 27 28
      Engineering, other 27 33 37 29 18 31 24 27 21 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 24 41 36 28 30 31 22 22 25 27
      Geological sciences 4 14 15 9 10 12 8 6 13 14
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 20 27 21 19 20 19 14 16 12 13
    Health sciences 13 13 17 17 20 17 11 18 21 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health . 4 6 5 7 3 2 6 8 4
      Health sciences, other 12 9 11 12 13 14 9 12 13 9
    Mathematics and statistics 17 30 31 40 28 20 27 29 26 30
      Applied mathematics 2 3 1 . 2 1 6 7 9 7
      Mathematics 1 5 3 1 10 6 6 7 7 7
      Statistics 10 14 14 16 6 6 5 7 2 12
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 8 13 23 10 7 10 8 8 4
    Physical sciences 72 63 53 66 56 54 63 66 64 59
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 8 5 2 1 3 1 4 4 .
      Chemistry 43 41 35 50 37 33 34 38 33 35
      Physics 19 14 13 14 18 18 28 24 27 24
    Psychology 33 29 25 33 24 25 32 20 24 20
      Clinical psychology 4 6 . 6 4 7 7 4 4 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 17 13 15 20 12 12 17 9 11 8
      Research and experimental psychology 9 7 10 5 4 4 6 4 5 10
      Psychology, other 3 3 . 2 4 2 2 3 4 .
    Social sciences 43 40 42 41 42 54 43 61 50 71
      Anthropology 5 3 4 3 6 6 2 5 5 5
      Economics 12 11 5 7 13 14 13 12 20 15
      Political science and government 5 10 9 3 2 6 3 6 6 11
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 6 4 12 6 9 9 12 3 20
      Social sciences, other 15 10 20 16 15 19 16 26 15 19
  Non-science and engineering 101 105 115 100 115 116 123 112 140 141
    Business 17 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16
      Business 17 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16
    Education 45 43 48 44 62 51 66 43 72 80
      Education leadership and administration 6 8 11 11 10 13 19 13 14 21
      Education research 30 25 25 22 33 24 28 21 33 41
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 9 11 11 18 13 19 9 20 16
      Education, other 2 1 1 . 1 1 . . 5 2
    Humanities and arts 18 23 20 22 22 21 25 23 26 20
      Letters 7 10 6 9 13 8 6 7 6 7
      Foreign languages and literature . 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 3
      History 8 6 4 6 5 5 8 8 9 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 1 3 .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 1 3 . 4 6 4 5 3
    Other non-science and engineering 21 19 24 22 12 26 21 18 24 25
      Communication 9 4 8 5 4 10 11 8 8 10
      Public administration and social services . 2 1 1 . 2 . 1 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 13 15 16 8 14 10 9 15 15

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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