Data

East Carolina 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	50	39	56	41	52	40	56	42	39	36
Science and engineering	49	35	52	37	46	38	52	32	35	35
Science	49	35	52	37	46	38	52	32	35	35
Life science	33	27	38	28	29	25	36	18	33	26
Agricultural sciences	.	4	4	.	.	1	2	.	5	2
Biological sciences	17	16	25	17	11	20	17	10	15	14
Health sciences	16	7	9	11	18	4	17	8	13	10
Physical sciences and earth sciences	2	1	1	.	3	2	1	5	.	3
Chemistry	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	2	.	1	.	3	.	.	2	.	.
Physics and astronomy	.	.	.	.	.	2	1	3	.	3
Psychology and social sciences	14	7	13	9	14	11	15	9	2	6
Psychology	13	7	11	8	13	10	14	8	2	5
Economics	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other social sciences	1	.	1	1	1	1	1	1	.	1
Non-science and engineering	1	4	4	4	6	2	4	10	4	1
Education	1	.	.	2	1	.	.	2	.	.
Education research	1	.	.	2	.	.	.	1	.	.
Teaching fields	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.
Humanities	.	4	2	2	4	2	4	5	4	.
Letters	.	4	2	2	4	2	4	5	4	.
Other	.	.	2	.	1	.	.	3	.	1
Business management/administration	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Communication	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	2	.	1
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

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