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Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2016–07
Fields 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
All fields 197    189    167    182    143    145    161    189    184    159   
  Science and engineering 113    108    88    93    74    83    82    90    86    66   
    Science 82    80    62    68    59    63    67    68    69    54   
      Life science 18    20    14    14    14    9    11    20    12    9   
        Agricultural sciences .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    2    .   
        Biological sciences 13    12    8    8    10    2    7    13    6    5   
        Health 5    8    6    6    3    7    4    7    4    4   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 21    18    17    13    12    19    19    17    26    12   
        Chemistry 13    11    10    9    4    11    11    11    16    9   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2    3    3    2    3    4    3    1    4    .   
        Physics and astronomy 6    4    4    2    5    4    5    5    6    3   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 17    11    11    18    12    6    12    12    8    4   
        Computer sciences 9    5    5    9    5    3    4    4    4    .   
        Mathematics 8    6    6    9    7    3    8    8    4    4   
      Psychology and social sciences 26    31    20    23    21    29    25    19    23    29   
        Psychology 18    20    12    14    12    17    14    9    13    16   
        Anthropology 2    3    1    3    4    1    2    4    2    1   
        Economics 5    3    5    1    2    3    4    3    4    8   
        Political science and government 1    5    2    5    1    4    2    2    1    2   
        Sociology .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .    .   
        Other social sciences .    .    .    .    1    4    3    1    3    2   
    Engineering 31    28    26    25    15    20    15    22    17    12   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering .    4    1    1    .    .    .    1    1    .   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 1    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .    .   
      Chemical engineering 5    3    1    4    1    .    4    5    3    3   
      Civil engineering 3    3    5    1    2    2    2    2    .    .   
      Electrical engineering 4    4    5    4    3    1    1    1    2    2   
      Industrial engineering .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 6    5    7    2    2    2    1    2    1    1   
      Mechanical engineering 7    5    3    7    3    7    3    7    5    2   
      Other engineering 5    4    4    6    2    8    4    4    5    4   
  Non-science and engineering 84    81    79    89    69    62    79    99    98    93   
    Education 33    36    38    42    29    32    33    58    62    49   
      Education administration 3    7    4    6    2    10    11    23    16    14   
      Education research 23    24    22    29    20    11    15    22    32    24   
      Teacher education 1    .    4    2    2    1    3    6    8    2   
      Teaching fields 6    5    8    5    4    8    3    7    6    5   
      Other education .    .    .    .    1    2    1    .    .    4   
    Humanities 22    9    12    17    20    6    19    11    6    21   
      Foreign languages & literature 6    3    5    6    6    1    4    3    3    5   
      History 4    4    4    4    7    .    6    1    1    4   
      Letters 8    1    3    6    6    5    9    6    2    7   
      Other humanities 4    1    .    1    1    .    .    1    .    5   
    Other 29    36    29    30    20    24    27    30    30    23   
      Business management/administration 23    15    16    12    10    8    10    13    21    14   
      Communication 5    16    7    12    8    10    15    11    5    8   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 1    5    6    6    2    6    2    6    4    1   

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

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