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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 787    796    864    852    798    793    812    917    913    865   
  Science and engineering 661    637    696    692    653    630    637    740    729    659   
    Science 491    458    529    501    477    455    457    535    543    470   
      Life science 139    122    145    156    163    139    167    177    155    154   
        Agricultural sciences 19    14    10    23    23    30    24    24    22    16   
        Biological sciences 113    99    128    127    129    100    134    140    122    116   
        Health sciences 7    9    7    6    11    9    9    13    11    22   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 121    137    146    130    127    111    100    133    128    100   
        Chemistry 52    63    71    68    75    56    50    62    56    46   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18    19    16    16    11    11    13    19    17    11   
        Physics and astronomy 51    55    59    46    41    44    37    52    55    43   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 98    88    101    78    61    69    62    84    88    62   
        Computer sciences 55    49    52    44    36    35    25    45    39    33   
        Mathematics 43    39    49    34    25    34    37    39    49    29   
      Psychology and social sciences 133    111    137    137    126    136    128    141    172    154   
        Psychology 21    12    25    17    24    14    23    20    21    17   
        Anthropology 10    9    12    10    9    9    13    10    12    14   
        Economics 38    29    33    26    25    24    28    25    35    38   
        Political science and government 13    15    16    11    20    22    13    19    25    22   
        Sociology 12    9    17    19    14    13    13    18    26    14   
        Other social sciences 39    37    34    54    34    54    38    49    53    49   
    Engineering 170    179    167    191    176    175    180    205    186    189   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 17    15    20    18    13    13    19    15    18    15   
      Chemical engineering 14    19    14    14    20    17    14    19    22    13   
      Civil engineering 7    8    7    16    7    13    10    11    10    11   
      Electrical engineering 45    29    30    40    27    38    45    39    32    41   
      Industrial engineering .    1    1    .    .    .    1    .    1    1   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 17    12    14    13    16    19    11    19    18    17   
      Mechanical engineering 30    38    43    32    41    33    37    46    43    52   
      Other engineering 40    57    38    58    52    42    43    55    42    39   
  Non-science and engineering 126    159    168    160    145    163    175    177    184    206   
    Education 19    34    34    21    28    27    25    38    28    36   
      Education administration .    2    2    .    .    1    1    1    1    2   
      Education research 7    20    19    13    16    13    10    22    16    20   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    2   
      Teaching fields 5    1    7    5    4    10    12    10    9    11   
      Other education 7    11    6    3    8    3    2    5    2    1   
    Humanities 73    98    93    108    87    102    119    116    117    123   
      Foreign languages & literature 15    16    19    17    16    26    26    23    23    28   
      History 13    27    21    22    14    22    31    35    36    25   
      Letters 17    23    25    30    27    19    24    27    30    32   
      Other humanities and arts 28    32    28    39    30    35    38    31    28    38   
    Other 34    27    41    31    30    34    31    23    39    47   
      Business management/administration 10    10    12    12    13    16    12    12    19    23   
      Communication .    .    .    .    .    2    .    .    .    .   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 24    17    29    19    17    16    19    11    20    24   

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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