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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 464    481    452    436    442    464    458    547    465    484   
  Science and engineering 348    356    338    312    291    318    316    362    273    309   
    Science 292    293    303    261    242    267    269    308    219    261   
      Life science 141    140    150    125    128    140    125    132    101    115   
        Agricultural sciences .    2    1    2    .    2    1    1    .    .   
        Biological sciences 132    124    137    108    114    122    114    120    89    102   
        Health 9    14    12    15    14    16    10    11    12    13   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 49    53    44    39    38    39    36    57    35    45   
        Chemistry 27    25    29    23    19    23    20    35    18    31   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1    3    2    2    3    1    1    4    2    4   
        Physics and astronomy 21    25    13    14    16    15    15    18    15    10   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 28    22    45    26    23    24    29    39    22    32   
        Computer sciences 13    12    14    15    8    11    11    18    15    22   
        Mathematics 15    10    31    11    15    13    18    21    7    10   
      Psychology and social sciences 74    78    64    71    53    64    79    80    61    69   
        Psychology 9    8    7    13    7    12    9    15    11    13   
        Anthropology 10    11    2    7    5    8    7    21    10    13   
        Economics 25    18    22    24    18    14    25    24    10    18   
        Political science and government 5    11    7    8    3    11    6    1    2    6   
        Sociology 4    6    6    6    6    3    6    6    8    7   
        Other social sciences 21    24    20    13    14    16    26    13    20    12   
    Engineering 56    63    35    51    49    51    47    54    54    48   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 13    24    13    23    17    25    19    21    14    18   
      Chemical engineering 10    10    5    8    6    7    10    10    14    10   
      Electrical engineering 5    5    4    6    3    8    1    5    7    4   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 14    9    4    6    7    6    9    7    11    9   
      Mechanical engineering 5    9    4    8    12    3    5    9    5    5   
      Other engineering 9    6    5    .    4    2    3    2    3    2   
  Non-science and engineering 116    125    114    124    151    146    142    185    192    175   
    Education 17    16    20    17    19    18    18    59    80    66   
      Education administration .    .    .    .    2    1    .    24    23    28   
      Education research 7    12    14    8    9    11    14    26    40    27   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    2   
      Teaching fields 4    4    5    9    3    3    1    4    5    6   
      Other education 6    .    1    .    5    3    2    5    12    3   
    Humanities 67    74    63    62    85    84    82    79    81    59   
      Foreign languages & literature 12    11    8    14    7    15    13    13    8    9   
      History 22    28    19    13    23    19    27    19    22    11   
      Letters 20    16    22    14    31    17    21    20    20    24   
      Other humanities 13    19    14    21    24    33    21    27    31    15   
    Other 32    35    31    45    47    44    42    47    31    50   
      Business management/administration 17    21    14    23    27    19    19    26    13    28   
      Communication 11    6    11    12    11    16    13    14    8    15   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 4    8    6    10    9    9    10    7    10    7   

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

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