Data

Stanford U.

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 738 799 836 815 769 770 726 758 763 689
  Science and engineering 627 688 726 712 656 643 616 600 644 550
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 9 8 9 4 8 11 11 9 6
      Agricultural sciences 1 1 . 4 . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 3 8 8 5 4 8 11 10 9 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 118 127 140 150 123 98 116 101 110 104
      Biochemistry and biophysics 11 15 16 9 15 17 15 11 10 13
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 13 15 15 19 15 14 15 14 13 12
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 12 14 16 2 9 7 12 7 9
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 15 8 11 17 18 15 9 4 11 9
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 13 9 12 5 6 4 13 2 7
      Genetics and genomics 8 15 13 12 15 6 14 14 12 6
      Microbiology and immunology 22 14 18 19 12 11 15 14 18 13
      Molecular biology 6 6 8 8 4 . 5 2 4 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 14 18 17 22 12 21 9 15 16
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 7 12 16 14 11 7 10 6 14 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 3 2 7 4 1 1 2 4 6
    Computer and information sciences 60 62 49 44 39 44 29 34 29 36
      Computer science 50 54 42 41 37 37 28 33 27 34
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 8 7 3 2 7 1 1 2 2
    Engineering 220 233 281 257 260 242 229 201 255 229
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 22 20 16 19 14 26 16 10 21 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 26 38 22 31 26 18 13 20 11
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 17 22 27 32 27 21 28 19 20 27
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 24 21 33 24 30 25 18 28 19 25
      Electrical and computer engineering 45 63 56 59 73 63 59 58 80 73
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 3 4 6 1 3 2 4 8 5
      Materials and mining engineering 13 19 27 21 17 23 29 25 27 22
      Mechanical engineering 45 29 49 41 53 39 42 34 47 43
      Engineering, other 31 30 31 33 14 16 17 10 13 15
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 19 31 28 26 29 34 33 20 25
      Geological sciences 22 14 27 25 22 21 31 31 16 22
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 5 4 3 4 8 3 2 4 3
    Health sciences 3 . . 5 . 1 . 2 1 .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Public health 2 . . 3 . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 32 38 41 39 29 24 26 50 36 18
      Applied mathematics 7 6 5 11 5 1 . 6 8 2
      Mathematics 3 6 3 3 4 7 8 5 3 4
      Statistics 9 11 13 11 11 9 6 21 5 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 15 20 14 9 7 12 18 20 8
    Physical sciences 72 109 96 90 98 107 87 106 82 60
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 7 5 4 6 2 1 3 2 3
      Chemistry 27 42 29 40 33 55 46 42 34 24
      Physics 44 60 62 46 59 50 40 61 46 33
    Psychology 15 12 11 10 14 16 17 5 23 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 . . . 1 . 3 . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 9 7 10 6 6 12 5 4 13 2
      Psychology, other 4 5 1 4 7 4 9 1 9 7
    Social sciences 77 79 69 80 63 74 67 57 79 63
      Anthropology 5 4 9 10 8 12 9 7 14 6
      Economics 30 28 26 28 17 31 30 25 25 31
      Political science and government 16 17 12 19 17 11 14 8 17 10
      Public policy analysis 2 1 2 1 3 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 12 5 10 7 8 5 9 12 10
      Social sciences, other 16 17 15 12 11 11 9 8 11 6
  Non-science and engineering 111 111 110 103 113 127 110 158 119 139
    Business 23 21 27 27 22 23 23 33 24 20
      Business 23 21 27 27 22 23 23 33 24 20
    Education 20 26 21 16 25 25 20 29 27 40
      Education leadership and administration 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Education research 9 11 9 9 10 10 13 11 8 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 5 4 3 6 4 2 3 8 4
      Education, other 4 10 8 4 9 11 5 15 11 17
    Humanities and arts 60 54 51 52 56 70 54 64 63 70
      Letters 18 11 13 10 19 18 10 9 18 20
      Foreign languages and literature 6 7 9 7 7 13 9 18 8 12
      History 5 14 8 15 10 14 12 9 11 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 11 5 10 8 6 9 11 6 10
      Music and performing arts 13 8 7 9 7 6 9 8 11 8
      Humanities and arts, other 9 3 9 1 5 13 5 9 9 7
    Other non-science and engineering 8 10 11 8 10 9 13 32 5 9
      Communication 2 7 5 2 4 6 10 7 4 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 3 6 6 6 3 3 25 1 5

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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