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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 629    688    659    699    694    679    693    654    677    651   
  Science and engineering 496    554    513    533    527    533    531    492    519    497   
    Science 332    384    368    356    374    367    329    343    364    353   
      Life science 108    145    128    130    149    127    121    121    135    151   
        Agricultural sciences 13    24    21    24    32    13    23    21    24    21   
        Biological sciences 80    104    92    96    98    96    80    80    98    112   
        Health sciences 15    17    15    10    19    18    18    20    13    18   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 67    73    76    81    86    92    79    67    68    66   
        Chemistry 22    24    21    18    30    38    29    24    26    25   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15    19    24    27    26    18    23    19    11    17   
        Physics and astronomy 30    30    31    36    30    36    27    24    31    24   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 52    57    59    50    41    53    51    58    72    47   
        Computer sciences 24    25    36    26    27    26    26    36    42    21   
        Mathematics 28    32    23    24    14    27    25    22    30    26   
      Psychology and social sciences 105    109    105    95    98    95    78    97    89    89   
        Psychology 43    41    36    34    34    43    25    34    42    40   
        Anthropology 4    4    4    4    1    .    2    2    4    3   
        Economics 16    19    14    9    18    13    13    15    10    12   
        Political science and government 3    7    7    8    6    6    3    10    2    4   
        Sociology 12    8    12    11    14    12    12    19    11    14   
        Other social sciences 27    30    32    29    25    21    23    17    20    16   
    Engineering 164    170    145    177    153    166    202    149    155    144   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 7    11    6    7    10    10    7    3    15    7   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 12    9    6    9    10    7    8    4    2    4   
      Chemical engineering 14    17    10    22    15    17    21    13    8    17   
      Civil engineering 5    9    8    8    13    3    7    7    6    5   
      Electrical engineering 18    25    24    19    16    23    29    24    24    16   
      Industrial engineering 11    12    9    16    8    9    13    7    10    7   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 32    33    19    26    18    21    29    14    18    28   
      Mechanical engineering 25    22    26    24    22    27    30    21    25    17   
      Other engineering 40    32    37    46    41    49    58    56    47    43   
  Non-science and engineering 133    134    146    166    167    146    162    162    158    154   
    Education 70    70    82    77    96    74    76    74    64    74   
      Education administration 2    5    7    6    10    9    5    8    7    14   
      Education research 43    43    51    48    49    32    50    43    41    43   
      Teacher education 4    2    4    1    4    5    1    3    .    5   
      Teaching fields 12    10    11    11    16    18    12    11    11    10   
      Other education 9    10    9    11    17    10    8    9    5    2   
    Humanities 27    35    32    44    35    36    47    39    44    43   
      Foreign languages & literature 3    7    3    11    9    7    10    12    10    10   
      History 6    3    6    7    4    6    4    8    5    3   
      Letters 9    16    11    17    14    13    24    11    23    18   
      Other humanities and arts 9    9    12    9    8    10    9    8    6    12   
    Other 36    29    32    45    36    36    39    49    50    37   
      Business management/administration 16    16    18    15    18    18    20    24    27    25   
      Communication 12    7    7    24    10    12    15    18    16    9   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 8    6    7    6    8    6    4    7    7    3   

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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