Data

Harvard U.

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 708 705 725 753 621 628 738 717 683 677
  Science and engineering 558 534 573 570 480 485 581 556 496 508
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 2 2 1 . 2 3 . 2 2
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 2 1 . 2 3 . 2 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 198 196 208 207 159 187 224 211 172 194
      Biochemistry and biophysics 13 17 16 13 14 15 16 21 22 19
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 26 50 46 33 22 55 38 37 24 40
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 32 22 29 21 25 13 28 22 16 11
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 6 4 5 5 3 2 7 10 6 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 23 18 34 37 33 27 27 36 31 32
      Genetics and genomics 7 6 16 8 7 8 10 7 3 5
      Microbiology and immunology 32 29 32 44 24 28 32 31 27 23
      Molecular biology 22 15 6 11 10 6 11 14 8 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 27 28 21 28 16 20 27 18 20 31
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 2 . 4 1 2 14 6 6 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 5 3 3 4 11 14 9 9 12
    Computer and information sciences 21 22 18 19 14 11 18 8 11 5
      Computer science 21 22 16 19 14 11 18 8 11 5
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 2 . . . . . . .
    Engineering 29 26 26 41 25 21 27 18 23 25
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 8 9 10 4 8 9 5 6 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . 2 2 . 1 2 1 . 1 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 4 3 5 2 3 . 1 2 3
      Materials and mining engineering 5 4 4 5 2 . 5 1 3 8
      Mechanical engineering 6 4 5 7 5 2 8 1 2 4
      Engineering, other 5 4 3 14 11 6 4 10 9 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 12 11 17 7 11 10 11 15 8
      Geological sciences 6 9 5 8 5 6 5 5 7 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 3 6 9 2 5 5 6 8 2
    Health sciences 27 19 33 32 40 37 42 58 38 22
      Public health 23 17 29 30 31 34 37 57 35 21
      Health sciences, other 4 2 4 2 9 3 5 1 3 1
    Mathematics and statistics 33 21 23 26 27 19 21 27 18 20
      Applied mathematics 3 7 6 10 9 4 3 5 5 3
      Mathematics 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 6
      Statistics 11 7 4 5 5 6 6 11 4 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 18 5 10 9 11 7 9 9 6 8
    Physical sciences 110 83 103 103 91 82 116 97 90 93
      Astronomy and astrophysics 14 10 15 16 17 7 8 15 12 16
      Chemistry 38 26 39 32 27 25 46 30 31 28
      Physics 58 47 49 55 47 50 62 52 47 49
    Psychology 13 14 15 17 13 13 24 13 19 15
      Clinical psychology 1 3 1 3 3 3 7 4 3 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 . . . 1 1 . . 1 1
      Research and experimental psychology 9 8 7 11 6 6 17 6 11 6
      Psychology, other 2 3 7 3 3 3 . 3 4 4
    Social sciences 116 139 134 107 104 102 96 113 108 124
      Anthropology 10 9 8 9 5 8 5 7 9 15
      Economics 35 39 36 30 32 25 29 46 33 33
      Political science and government 19 22 33 13 23 16 20 18 21 28
      Public policy analysis 21 21 16 16 15 24 13 10 11 14
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 15 9 14 5 11 8 16 13 8
      Social sciences, other 23 33 32 25 24 18 21 16 21 26
  Non-science and engineering 150 171 152 183 141 143 157 161 187 169
    Business 10 16 17 17 15 17 19 20 13 19
      Business 10 16 17 17 15 17 19 20 13 19
    Education 20 26 14 24 16 21 17 23 25 32
      Education leadership and administration 1 . . 1 . . 2 1 3 7
      Education research 12 14 11 12 9 6 9 10 12 10
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 1 . 2 1 . 1 6 3 3
      Education, other 6 11 3 9 6 15 5 6 7 12
    Humanities and arts 105 105 103 125 87 92 103 106 135 105
      Letters 18 22 16 20 18 18 19 14 23 21
      Foreign languages and literature 13 21 11 23 9 15 21 14 23 17
      History 27 19 27 26 23 20 29 28 33 27
      Philosophy and religious studies 17 18 20 26 19 15 15 20 23 14
      Music and performing arts 9 8 9 11 3 8 7 8 11 8
      Humanities and arts, other 21 17 20 19 15 16 12 22 22 18
    Other non-science and engineering 15 24 18 17 23 13 18 12 14 13
      Communication . 1 2 . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . . . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 15 23 16 17 23 13 18 12 14 12

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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