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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 70 72 69 70 82 77 58 71 69 63
  Science and engineering 31 35 25 37 45 35 19 31 37 32
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5 7 9 8 6 6 3 8 6 8
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 2 4 5 1 1 2 5 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . . . . . 1 . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Molecular biology . . . 1 1 1 . . 2 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 . 1 . . . 2 . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 2 2 1 2 3 . . . 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Health sciences 14 15 5 10 19 14 7 12 11 13
      Nursing science 14 7 4 6 7 5 6 5 5 11
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 4 1 1 6 1 1 4 4 1
      Public health . 3 . . 1 . . . . .
      Health sciences, other . 1 . 3 5 8 . 3 2 1
    Physical sciences 5 5 6 7 4 7 2 4 12 6
      Chemistry 5 5 6 7 4 7 2 4 12 6
    Psychology 7 8 5 12 15 8 6 7 5 5
      Clinical psychology 5 6 4 8 10 6 6 3 1 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 2 1 3 4 2 . 3 . .
      Research and experimental psychology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Psychology, other . . . 1 . . . 1 4 .
    Social sciences . . . . 1 . 1 . 2 .
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 . . . 2 .
      Social sciences, other . . . . . . 1 . . .
  Non-science and engineering 39 37 44 33 37 42 39 40 32 31
    Education 12 15 11 10 11 9 6 9 12 4
      Education research 12 13 10 9 11 9 5 8 11 4
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 .
      Education, other . 1 1 . . . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 27 21 30 19 24 31 31 29 20 26
      Letters 13 8 11 10 16 12 8 13 4 9
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 1 6 9 5 8 7 7 9 9
      Humanities and arts, other 13 12 13 . 3 11 16 8 7 8
    Other non-science and engineering . 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 . 1
      Communication . . 3 4 2 2 2 2 . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 . . . . . . . .

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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