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

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 806 782 765 772 743 730 730 684 732 714
  Science and engineering 701 667 665 657 627 607 618 544 591 590
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 52 55 63 75 68 58 61 44 57 58
      Agricultural sciences 50 49 57 63 56 48 48 33 43 49
      Natural resources and conservation 2 6 6 12 12 10 13 11 14 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 111 101 103 115 83 110 91 71 85 90
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 17 17 15 12 19 16 9 16 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 33 29 17 22 16 26 17 11 18 17
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 3 1 1 4 2 2 3 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 1 2 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 5 10 12 6 10 7 7 5 7
      Genetics and genomics 8 7 5 13 6 4 3 10 6 7
      Microbiology and immunology 7 3 6 10 5 9 13 4 11 9
      Molecular biology 1 2 2 4 3 3 . 5 1 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 11 3 7 5 5 11 3 3 6 5
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 8 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 7 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 21 21 30 23 15 19 22 14 11 14
    Computer and information sciences 16 20 19 15 10 11 14 16 10 23
      Computer science 10 16 18 15 8 10 13 15 8 22
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 4 1 . 2 1 1 1 2 1
    Engineering 306 287 255 252 265 230 236 203 219 240
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 21 9 15 12 11 13 11 19 16
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 21 19 14 21 10 16 16 12 20 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 46 51 47 56 67 46 32 37 36 46
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 35 27 38 26 25 19 23 28 22 27
      Electrical and computer engineering 42 47 45 46 58 57 53 50 42 50
      Industrial engineering and operations research 17 13 18 8 4 5 11 8 9 8
      Materials and mining engineering 36 28 23 19 11 16 18 9 19 19
      Mechanical engineering 49 44 32 43 47 36 43 27 28 36
      Engineering, other 33 37 29 18 31 24 27 21 24 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 41 36 28 30 31 22 22 25 27 30
      Geological sciences 14 15 9 10 12 8 6 13 14 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 27 21 19 20 19 14 16 12 13 23
    Health sciences 13 17 17 20 17 11 18 21 13 11
      Public health 4 6 5 7 3 2 6 8 4 1
      Health sciences, other 9 11 12 13 14 9 12 13 9 10
    Mathematics and statistics 30 31 40 28 20 27 29 26 30 21
      Applied mathematics 3 1 . 2 1 6 7 9 7 6
      Mathematics 5 3 1 10 6 6 7 7 7 5
      Statistics 14 14 16 6 6 5 7 2 12 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 13 23 10 7 10 8 8 4 5
    Physical sciences 63 53 66 56 54 63 66 64 59 59
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 5 2 1 3 1 4 4 . .
      Chemistry 41 35 50 37 33 34 38 33 35 40
      Physics 14 13 14 18 18 28 24 27 24 19
    Psychology 29 25 33 24 25 32 20 24 20 20
      Clinical psychology 6 . 6 4 7 7 4 4 2 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 13 15 20 12 12 17 9 11 8 11
      Research and experimental psychology 7 10 5 4 4 6 4 5 10 5
      Psychology, other 3 . 2 4 2 2 3 4 . .
    Social sciences 40 42 41 42 54 43 61 50 71 38
      Anthropology 3 4 3 6 6 2 5 5 5 3
      Economics 11 5 7 13 14 13 12 20 15 9
      Political science and government 10 9 3 2 6 3 6 6 11 10
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 12 6 9 9 12 3 20 4
      Social sciences, other 10 20 16 15 19 16 26 15 19 12
  Non-science and engineering 105 115 100 115 116 123 112 140 141 124
    Business 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16 15
      Business 20 23 12 19 18 11 28 18 16 15
    Education 43 48 44 62 51 66 43 72 80 59
      Education leadership and administration 8 11 11 10 13 19 13 14 21 15
      Education research 25 25 22 33 24 28 21 33 41 31
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 11 11 18 13 19 9 20 16 12
      Education, other 1 1 . 1 1 . . 5 2 1
    Humanities and arts 23 20 22 22 21 25 23 26 20 32
      Letters 10 6 9 13 8 6 7 6 7 13
      Foreign languages and literature 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4
      History 6 4 6 5 5 8 8 9 7 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 5 3 3 2 3 1 3 . 3
      Humanities and arts, other 2 1 3 . 4 6 4 5 3 6
    Other non-science and engineering 19 24 22 12 26 21 18 24 25 18
      Communication 4 8 5 4 10 11 8 8 10 2
      Public administration and social services 2 1 1 . 2 . 1 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 13 15 16 8 14 10 9 15 15 16

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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