Data

U. California, Merced

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	56	63	63	53	43	37	30	41	25	19
Science and engineering	56	59	62	52	43	36	29	37	24	19
Science	41	48	54	39	38	30	22	32	14	16
Life science	23	17	18	7	11	7	6	15	5	4
Agricultural sciences	3	5	2	2	2	1	1	6	1	3
Biological sciences	16	11	11	4	9	6	5	9	4	1
Health sciences	4	1	5	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences and earth sciences	7	12	10	12	8	8	8	3	3	5
Chemistry	3	5	1	1	4	1	3	1	1	2
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1	1	1	2	3	1	.	2	.	1
Physics and astronomy	3	6	8	9	1	6	5	.	2	2
Mathematics and computer sciences	4	7	9	6	9	5	3	7	5	1
Computer sciences	2	4	6	3	4	4	3	3	4	1
Mathematics	2	3	3	3	5	1	.	4	1	.
Psychology and social sciences	7	12	17	14	10	10	5	7	1	6
Psychology	2	7	12	11	6	9	4	5	1	3
Anthropology	.	.	2	.	1	.	.	1	.	.
Economics	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Political science and government	1	2	3	2	1	.	.	.	.	.
Sociology	4	2	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	.
Other social sciences	.	1	.	.	2	1	.	1	.	1
Engineering	15	11	8	13	5	6	7	5	10	3
Biological/biomedical sciences	1	2	3	2	.	1	1	2	4	2
Civil engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Electrical engineering	4	1	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	.
Materials/metallurgical engineering	2	2	1	2	.	.	1	1	.	.
Mechanical engineering	6	3	4	5	4	3	2	.	2	1
Other engineering	2	3	.	3	1	1	2	2	4	.
Non-science and engineering	.	4	1	1	.	1	1	4	1	.
Education	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Teaching fields	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Humanities	.	4	1	1	.	.	1	4	1	.
History	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Letters	.	2	1	.	.	.	1	1	.	.
Other humanities and arts	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	2	1	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.