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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 713    704    726    749    733    716    725    681    695    692   
  Science and engineering 547    536    543    555    557    544    545    497    515    521   
    Science 391    387    397    416    415    407    402    383    382    402   
      Life science 169    173    191    184    193    192    173    176    173    195   
        Agricultural sciences 34    30    41    45    42    35    35    32    36    38   
        Biological sciences 104    98    116    103    120    115    106    116    107    118   
        Health sciences 31    45    34    36    31    42    32    28    30    39   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 74    78    83    89    80    72    74    63    69    73   
        Chemistry 26    35    32    33    37    30    28    30    31    32   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19    9    7    13    7    10    4    12    13    10   
        Physics and astronomy 29    34    44    43    36    32    42    21    25    31   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 40    51    34    56    42    50    59    58    36    38   
        Computer sciences 19    25    16    23    25    30    26    24    16    12   
        Mathematics 21    26    18    33    17    20    33    34    20    26   
      Psychology and social sciences 108    85    89    87    100    93    96    86    104    96   
        Psychology 28    22    31    28    26    28    25    23    24    22   
        Anthropology 6    9    5    10    6    2    4    .    10    11   
        Economics 18    14    19    13    24    16    25    14    21    26   
        Political science and government 9    7    10    10    9    7    9    8    10    10   
        Sociology 11    8    9    8    9    11    5    9    14    10   
        Other social sciences 36    25    15    18    26    29    28    32    25    17   
    Engineering 156    149    146    139    142    137    143    114    133    119   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 2    7    6    7    8    8    3    4    5    2   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 11    15    15    10    16    9    14    6    7    8   
      Chemical engineering 18    15    11    20    8    16    18    15    12    14   
      Civil engineering 3    4    3    7    3    2    5    2    5    1   
      Electrical engineering 44    35    33    40    33    37    34    25    28    37   
      Industrial engineering 8    4    7    3    4    5    7    5    2    5   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 19    23    18    12    21    19    13    15    23    16   
      Mechanical engineering 21    26    22    18    19    21    25    21    26    23   
      Other engineering 30    20    31    22    30    20    24    21    25    13   
  Non-science and engineering 166    168    183    194    176    172    180    184    180    171   
    Education 60    73    74    78    73    51    71    65    64    72   
      Education administration 2    2    2    4    10    5    6    3    4    10   
      Education research 21    26    29    27    24    17    21    27    18    20   
      Teacher education 1    1    1    .    .    2    2    1    3    4   
      Teaching fields 30    33    27    30    26    18    35    27    31    29   
      Other education 6    11    15    17    13    9    7    7    8    9   
    Humanities 71    65    80    83    69    85    81    81    87    70   
      Foreign languages & literature 13    14    15    24    23    18    24    16    18    17   
      History 16    10    9    14    19    23    15    17    19    17   
      Letters 18    16    24    26    11    18    21    21    20    16   
      Other humanities and arts 24    25    32    19    16    26    21    27    30    20   
    Other 35    30    29    33    34    36    28    38    29    29   
      Business management/administration 11    11    12    12    17    10    11    13    15    15   
      Communication 8    10    6    8    7    18    7    12    6    4   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 16    9    11    13    10    8    10    13    8    10   

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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