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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 317    372    313    315    325    300    271    310    282    271   
  Science and engineering 250    304    245    244    263    237    211    239    218    199   
    Science 178    218    184    176    197    176    166    179    181    157   
      Life science 87    96    84    75    91    71    74    84    91    64   
        Biological sciences 61    51    58    55    59    55    53    57    62    40   
        Health 26    45    26    20    32    16    21    27    29    24   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 34    43    36    51    44    37    33    46    38    42   
        Chemistry 20    22    14    27    24    23    16    23    23    21   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6    11    14    13    9    5    8    7    5    10   
        Physics and astronomy 8    10    8    11    11    9    9    16    10    11   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 18    27    27    30    25    25    25    17    22    20   
        Computer sciences 10    13    19    19    15    12    16    13    13    14   
        Mathematics 8    14    8    11    10    13    9    4    9    6   
      Psychology and social sciences 39    52    37    20    37    43    34    32    30    31   
        Psychology 11    21    15    8    13    10    19    17    11    13   
        Anthropology 5    5    5    1    3    2    .    4    1    .   
        Economics 7    2    6    5    10    11    8    4    12    9   
        Political science and government 4    7    1    .    4    7    3    1    1    4   
        Sociology 4    5    4    1    .    3    1    1    1    .   
        Other social sciences 8    12    6    5    7    10    3    5    4    5   
    Engineering 72    86    61    68    66    61    45    60    37    42   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 22    18    14    17    17    18    6    13    7    15   
      Chemical engineering 15    7    7    12    4    7    7    7    8    4   
      Civil engineering 4    5    6    3    7    7    5    7    .    .   
      Electrical engineering 5    14    10    6    12    12    12    6    6    8   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 4    10    5    6    7    2    5    2    4    1   
      Mechanical engineering 6    10    6    6    9    5    6    9    7    7   
      Other engineering 16    22    13    18    10    10    4    16    5    7   
  Non-science and engineering 67    68    68    71    62    63    60    71    64    72   
    Education 20    12    23    19    20    21    25    25    21    35   
      Education administration 2    3    6    1    1    2    .    3    5    8   
      Education research 9    5    15    13    15    12    15    9    8    21   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    .    .    2    2    1    .   
      Teaching fields 6    4    2    4    1    4    7    8    6    5   
      Other education 3    .    .    1    3    3    1    3    1    1   
    Humanities 18    26    19    21    18    17    12    16    18    16   
      Foreign languages & literature .    .    1    .    1    2    2    3    .    1   
      History 4    6    2    5    2    3    4    2    3    5   
      Letters 6    17    9    8    10    8    3    8    10    7   
      Other humanities 8    3    7    8    5    4    3    3    5    3   
    Other 29    30    26    31    24    25    23    30    25    21   
      Business management/administration 6    13    10    10    7    6    8    6    10    7   
      Communication 17    8    3    6    10    8    5    15    5    9   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 6    9    13    15    7    11    10    9    10    5   

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

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