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Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 107 110 88 110 92 93 92 107 97 84
  Science and engineering 93 95 65 94 80 80 66 88 79 76
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 3 1 2 . . . 1 1 2
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 3 1 2 . . . 1 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 17 19 11 16 12 20 17 14 12 12
      Biochemistry and biophysics 11 5 5 2 2 5 5 1 4 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 2 1 . . . . 1 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 3 . 2 2 4 3 3 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 3 3 1 . 1 3 1 .
      Molecular biology 2 2 . 1 3 3 1 2 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 2 . 1 . 3 3 1 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 . 1 1 2 2 . . .
    Computer and information sciences 3 2 3 5 6 . 5 3 5 6
      Computer science 3 2 3 5 6 . 5 3 5 6
    Engineering 20 29 15 27 21 17 17 20 21 14
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . 1 . . . 2 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 8 6 2 9 6 7 3 7 5
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 4 1 4 1 . 1 1 1 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 10 4 5 5 6 4 6 6 2
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . . 2 . 1 . . 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 5 7 4 11 5 3 5 8 5 5
      Engineering, other 2 . . 2 1 1 . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 . . . 2 . . 4 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 . . . 2 . . 4 1 .
    Health sciences 1 . 1 . 4 4 . 1 1 2
      Health sciences, other 1 . 1 . 4 4 . 1 1 2
    Mathematics and statistics 4 2 3 6 2 1 2 2 1 3
      Applied mathematics . . . 3 . 1 2 . . 2
      Mathematics . . 1 1 1 . . . 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 2 2 2 1 . . 2 . .
    Physical sciences 23 23 7 19 13 13 7 11 15 14
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 .
      Chemistry 16 18 4 14 10 8 6 10 12 13
      Physics 7 3 2 4 3 4 . 1 2 1
    Psychology 22 16 24 19 19 25 18 31 22 23
      Clinical psychology 9 5 6 7 8 9 4 11 8 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 8 10 4 6 8 4 9 7 8
      Research and experimental psychology 5 2 6 4 2 7 7 6 4 1
      Psychology, other 2 1 2 4 3 1 3 5 3 5
    Social sciences . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Social sciences, other . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 14 15 23 16 12 13 26 19 18 8
    Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Education 14 15 23 16 12 13 26 19 17 8
      Education leadership and administration 3 5 1 4 5 2 11 5 3 2
      Education research 9 9 19 8 7 11 13 8 13 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 1 2 3 . . 1 2 1 1
      Education, other 1 . 1 1 . . 1 4 . .
    Humanities and arts . . . . . . . . . .
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . . . .
      History . . . . . . . . . .

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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