Data

New York U.

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 435 414 385 411 427 428 434 483 437 477
  Science and engineering 307 303 290 269 273 264 268 290 262 282
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 1 3 . . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . 1 1 3 . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 85 79 79 57 68 72 63 72 65 56
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 4 4 1 5 2 2 2 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 14 14 9 7 12 8 4 8 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 9 10 5 8 9 13 3 2 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 2 5 7 11 7 8 7 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 6 6 3 1 2 1 4 3 .
      Genetics and genomics 2 3 2 1 2 . 3 2 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 11 8 5 11 9 8 6 11 8 7
      Molecular biology 6 7 6 4 2 5 2 7 3 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 23 16 22 13 15 17 11 25 15 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 . 4 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 3 7 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 3 1 1 5 . 1 3 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 36 26 26 29 20 17 19 21 21 18
      Computer science 25 18 22 28 20 15 17 17 19 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 11 8 4 1 . 2 2 4 2 2
    Engineering 41 41 46 38 31 28 37 29 25 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 2 2 2 . 2 2 1 6 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 5 2 4 . 1 3 1 1 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 7 7 6 6 4 9 4 1 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 25 19 26 20 19 17 17 18 12 20
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 2 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 . 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3 4
      Engineering, other 2 . 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . . .
    Health sciences 10 20 10 19 15 17 15 13 5 15
      Nursing science 4 7 3 10 1 7 9 1 2 9
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 2 4 3 2 11 5 6 6 2 3
      Health sciences, other 4 9 4 7 3 5 . 6 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 19 12 16 14 15 22 22 24 19 32
      Applied mathematics 7 1 5 7 9 7 8 13 10 14
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 3 11 4 7 6 10
      Statistics 2 2 2 1 . 1 2 . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 8 8 5 3 3 8 4 3 7
    Physical sciences 37 34 32 30 28 25 25 28 31 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 4 2 1 6 2 2 1 2 2
      Chemistry 24 18 16 16 13 16 14 19 17 17
      Physics 9 12 14 13 9 7 9 8 12 14
    Psychology 19 24 27 18 29 18 24 27 25 26
      Clinical psychology . . 1 . 2 . . 3 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 4 1 4 3 5 6 4 7
      Research and experimental psychology 14 17 19 13 22 14 17 16 15 17
      Psychology, other 3 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 5 2
    Social sciences 57 67 54 62 65 64 57 76 71 65
      Anthropology 8 11 7 10 8 6 8 15 7 6
      Economics 14 18 24 24 19 13 16 19 24 17
      Political science and government 11 15 4 11 12 11 9 10 11 16
      Public policy analysis 2 . . 1 2 1 3 . 1 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 4 10 10 7 17 9 12 11 13
      Social sciences, other 14 19 9 6 17 16 12 20 17 10
  Non-science and engineering 128 111 95 142 154 164 166 193 175 195
    Business 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14 17
      Business 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14 17
    Education 8 8 9 17 25 27 22 27 20 36
      Education leadership and administration . 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 2
      Education research 6 4 3 7 12 11 13 10 9 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 2 3 7 7 12 6 9 8 12
      Education, other 2 1 . . 3 . . 4 2 3
    Humanities and arts 79 70 65 89 99 100 108 141 120 123
      Letters 24 11 9 16 12 13 11 23 11 14
      Foreign languages and literature 5 13 7 13 25 17 22 19 20 31
      History 11 17 12 22 19 25 22 30 24 22
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 6 14 7 12 10 17 10 13 12
      Music and performing arts 8 9 8 18 14 12 13 18 16 11
      Humanities and arts, other 20 14 15 13 17 23 23 41 36 33
    Other non-science and engineering 20 15 10 22 17 26 22 10 21 19
      Communication 5 6 4 5 7 8 3 5 9 5
      Public administration and social services 12 7 3 9 9 16 13 2 11 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 2 3 8 1 2 6 3 1 9

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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