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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 224    199    182    181    188    199    181    155    170    143   
  Science and engineering 176    150    128    130    137    137    126    107    135    105   
    Science 136    113    99    102    111    102    99    84    102    81   
      Life science 58    47    35    44    53    46    41    31    43    38   
        Agricultural sciences 13    13    10    10    15    14    13    6    12    6   
        Biological sciences 30    20    19    18    25    18    17    16    16    25   
        Health 15    14    6    16    13    14    11    9    15    7   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 28    16    25    14    12    14    20    16    16    10   
        Chemistry 10    7    12    10    5    8    11    11    9    4   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8    .    .    2    2    1    3    .    1    2   
        Physics and astronomy 10    9    13    2    5    5    6    5    6    4   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 7    9    5    10    7    3    4    4    10    5   
        Computer sciences 1    9    2    3    3    1    .    4    5    3   
        Mathematics 6    .    3    7    4    2    4    .    5    2   
      Psychology and social sciences 43    41    34    34    39    39    34    33    33    28   
        Psychology 22    29    20    20    18    16    19    16    17    15   
        Economics 10    4    10    10    9    10    7    9    8    4   
        Political science and government 2    4    4    2    3    7    5    5    4    4   
        Other social sciences 9    4    .    2    9    6    3    3    4    5   
    Engineering 40    37    29    28    26    35    27    23    33    24   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 2    .    4    .    3    2    3    1    2    4   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 2    1    .    1    .    1    1    2    .    1   
      Chemical engineering 3    7    2    3    2    1    1    2    3    4   
      Civil engineering 4    3    3    2    .    3    3    2    4    4   
      Electrical engineering 5    3    3    3    7    2    4    3    7    1   
      Industrial engineering 4    1    1    .    1    4    1    2    7    1   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 1    .    3    3    1    .    1    .    1    .   
      Mechanical engineering 10    11    8    10    9    18    6    9    4    7   
      Other engineering 9    11    5    6    3    4    7    2    5    2   
  Non-science and engineering 48    49    54    51    51    62    55    48    35    38   
    Education 24    19    32    29    31    37    42    30    23    23   
      Education administration 5    8    13    9    12    18    14    6    4    9   
      Education research 8    8    15    12    13    15    22    20    17    9   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    1    .    1    .    .    .   
      Teaching fields 4    3    4    8    5    4    3    3    2    4   
      Other education 7    .    .    .    .    .    2    1    .    1   
    Humanities 18    25    15    17    14    20    11    17    10    13   
      History 9    14    3    5    4    8    5    4    3    5   
      Letters 1    4    1    5    4    3    .    7    1    3   
      Other humanities 8    7    11    7    6    9    6    6    6    5   
    Other 6    5    7    5    6    5    2    1    2    2   
      Business management/administration 1    1    .    2    2    .    .    .    1    1   
      Communication 4    3    4    2    2    3    2    1    1    1   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 1    1    3    1    2    2    .    .    .    .   

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

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