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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 393    420    407    380    403    393    390    414    434    410   
  Science and engineering 333    365    344    323    358    326    322    349    352    322   
    Science 243    282    259    246    278    272    235    266    263    244   
      Life science 62    67    68    54    85    58    63    72    86    69   
        Agricultural sciences 2    1    1    .    2    .    .    .    2    2   
        Biological sciences 50    51    57    50    78    53    63    70    80    65   
        Health sciences 10    15    10    4    5    5    .    2    4    2   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 48    77    74    76    71    73    58    63    59    67   
        Chemistry 16    44    34    42    41    39    28    37    33    39   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17    18    10    13    11    11    13    6    3    8   
        Physics and astronomy 15    15    30    21    19    23    17    20    23    20   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 57    62    49    43    42    59    49    51    50    48   
        Computer sciences 31    36    35    29    24    39    31    34    29    27   
        Mathematics 26    26    14    14    18    20    18    17    21    21   
      Psychology and social sciences 76    76    68    73    80    82    65    80    68    60   
        Psychology 18    23    21    25    19    14    14    26    20    16   
        Anthropology 8    6    9    5    9    8    9    4    6    5   
        Economics 12    12    13    13    12    15    14    12    14    8   
        Political science and government 7    6    3    8    9    10    9    6    6    6   
        Sociology 11    13    12    8    11    17    11    14    8    11   
        Other social sciences 20    16    10    14    20    18    8    18    14    14   
    Engineering 90    83    85    77    80    54    87    83    89    78   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 2    .    2    5    4    1    3    6    3    2   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 16    14    20    13    19    10    16    13    22    15   
      Chemical engineering 13    2    9    8    3    4    7    6    3    5   
      Civil engineering 2    8    8    8    5    3    13    6    4    12   
      Electrical engineering 10    22    13    9    17    6    17    19    11    14   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 7    11    16    6    10    6    5    7    11    7   
      Mechanical engineering 19    13    3    14    9    3    10    12    14    7   
      Other engineering 21    13    14    14    13    21    16    14    21    16   
  Non-science and engineering 60    55    63    57    45    67    68    65    82    88   
    Education 15    15    6    18    7    15    9    6    17    14   
      Education administration .    .    .    .    .    .    1    2    5    7   
      Education research 5    3    1    8    4    5    7    3    9    4   
      Teacher education .    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Teaching fields .    3    1    1    1    5    1    1    3    2   
      Other education 10    8    4    9    2    5    .    .    .    1   
    Humanities 30    29    47    33    26    42    53    48    55    62   
      Foreign languages & literature 2    4    11    6    5    5    8    6    7    6   
      History 4    5    8    4    6    13    9    16    13    14   
      Letters 9    8    11    14    5    11    16    16    22    26   
      Other humanities and arts 15    12    17    9    10    13    20    10    13    16   
    Other 15    11    10    6    12    10    6    11    10    12   
      Business management/administration 13    10    7    6    9    6    6    10    9    12   
      Communication .    1    2    .    3    2    .    .    .    .   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 2    .    1    .    .    2    .    1    1    .   

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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