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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 621    628    738    717    683    677    706    715    674    694   
  Science and engineering 479    485    581    556    490    502    524    515    470    524   
    Science 454    464    554    538    467    477    499    485    452    501   
      Life science 199    226    269    269    212    218    247    225    224    236   
        Agricultural sciences .    2    3    .    2    2    .    2    1    1   
        Biological sciences 159    187    224    211    172    194    220    200    159    186   
        Health sciences 40    37    42    58    38    22    27    23    64    49   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 98    93    126    108    105    101    89    103    81    112   
        Chemistry 27    25    46    30    31    28    18    25    18    28   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7    11    10    11    15    8    11    15    8    15   
        Physics and astronomy 64    57    70    67    59    65    60    63    55    69   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 41    30    39    35    29    25    36    34    26    27   
        Computer sciences 14    11    18    8    11    5    10    11    7    7   
        Mathematics 27    19    21    27    18    20    26    23    19    20   
      Psychology and social sciences 116    115    120    126    121    133    127    123    121    126   
        Psychology 13    13    24    13    19    15    16    16    16    19   
        Anthropology 5    8    5    7    9    15    5    16    12    10   
        Economics 32    25    29    46    33    33    34    35    29    32   
        Political science and government 23    16    20    18    21    28    32    21    31    20   
        Sociology 5    11    8    16    13    8    14    6    8    12   
        Other social sciences 38    42    34    26    26    34    26    29    25    33   
    Engineering 25    21    27    18    23    25    25    30    18    23   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 4    8    9    5    6    3    10    14    6    2   
      Electrical engineering 2    3    .    1    2    2    1    4    3    3   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 2    .    5    1    3    8    1    2    .    1   
      Mechanical engineering 5    2    4    .    1    3    1    .    3    4   
      Other engineering 12    8    9    11    11    9    12    10    6    13   
  Non-science and engineering 142    143    157    161    193    175    182    200    204    170   
    Education 16    21    17    23    25    32    36    39    50    27   
      Education administration .    .    2    1    3    7    6    11    13    8   
      Education research 9    6    9    10    12    10    23    18    26    12   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    .    1    .    1    .    .   
      Teaching fields 1    .    1    6    3    2    2    2    4    4   
      Other education 6    15    5    6    7    12    5    7    7    3   
    Humanities 87    92    103    106    141    111    116    135    113    104   
      Foreign languages & literature 9    15    21    14    23    17    19    21    20    18   
      History 23    20    29    28    39    33    29    51    37    26   
      Letters 18    18    19    14    23    21    21    21    22    20   
      Other humanities and arts 37    39    34    50    56    40    47    42    34    40   
    Other 39    30    37    32    27    32    30    26    41    39   
      Business management/administration 15    17    19    20    13    19    18    12    16    18   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 24    13    18    12    14    13    12    14    25    21   

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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