Data

Teachers C., Columbia U.

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	97	93	100	98	189	180	205	185	211	221
Science and engineering	18	14	14	9	57	58	62	53	73	66
Science	18	14	14	9	57	58	62	53	72	66
Life science	15	6	10	6	18	13	15	8	19	18
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Biological sciences	.	.	3	2	6	2	.	1	6	4
Health sciences	15	6	7	4	12	11	15	7	12	14
Mathematics and computer sciences	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.
Mathematics	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.
Psychology and social sciences	2	8	4	3	39	44	47	45	52	48
Psychology	1	.	1	1	26	34	33	29	38	40
Anthropology	.	.	1	.	7	4	6	14	7	4
Economics	.	.	.	.	2	3	4	1	5	2
Political science and government	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.
Sociology	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	1	1
Other social sciences	1	8	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	1
Engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Other engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Non-science and engineering	79	79	86	89	132	122	143	132	138	155
Education	69	74	81	86	129	119	136	128	133	147
Education administration	10	9	6	11	11	6	15	15	13	16
Education research	13	15	17	23	45	41	49	52	67	72
Teacher education	8	9	7	4	2	4	7	8	1	4
Teaching fields	30	39	45	45	59	59	58	46	48	45
Other education	8	2	6	3	12	9	7	7	4	10
Humanities	4	2	1	.	1	3	2	2	1	5
History	.	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	.	2
Letters	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other humanities and arts	3	2	.	.	.	3	1	2	1	3
Other	6	3	4	3	2	.	5	2	4	3
Business management/administration	1	2	1	.	.	.	5	2	3	2
Communication	.	1	3	2	2	.	.	.	.	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	5	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	1

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.