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Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 254 236 206 211 235 231 232 269 219 194
  Science and engineering 229 216 182 189 208 220 209 247 197 173
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 5 12 11 11 12 9 15 13 9
      Agricultural sciences 7 4 6 6 8 6 5 4 7 7
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 6 5 3 6 4 11 6 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 33 24 30 21 23 19 39 26 17 22
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 3 3 3 5 4 19 6 1 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . 4 7 1 1 2 9 7 1 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 2 2 5 5 4 1 2 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 . 2 . . . 4 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 . . . 1 . 1 1 2 .
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 3 . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Molecular biology 4 3 7 2 2 4 . 1 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 4 2 1 . 1 . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 1 2 . 2 1 1 7 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 14 7 6 2 6 2 8 2 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 10 13 9 9 11 12 9 10 9 6
      Computer science 8 4 7 5 8 10 . 7 5 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 9 2 4 3 2 9 3 4 1
    Engineering 99 75 57 57 75 83 69 84 59 64
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9 9 6 1 10 3 . 2 1 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 30 17 19 14 18 28 27 27 18 20
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 11 5 8 11 11 15 8 6 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 16 16 12 15 17 20 7 15 14 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 16 10 9 8 11 7 11 19 9 9
      Mechanical engineering 13 8 4 9 5 11 8 11 9 9
      Engineering, other 4 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 8 4 12 7 7 11 15 8 6
      Geological sciences 2 3 . 2 . 1 2 3 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 5 4 10 7 6 9 12 6 5
    Health sciences 7 8 2 10 7 8 9 10 9 4
      Nursing science . . 1 1 . . 2 . 2 .
      Public health 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 6 8 1 9 7 8 7 9 7 4
    Mathematics and statistics 12 8 9 9 4 5 8 9 12 7
      Applied mathematics 4 3 2 7 3 2 6 5 9 4
      Mathematics 2 . . 1 . 3 1 3 1 1
      Statistics . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 5 7 1 1 . . 1 2 2
    Physical sciences 17 31 26 21 34 38 10 29 28 21
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 3 . 2 6 2 2 1 1 .
      Chemistry 12 23 17 13 21 27 2 17 19 15
      Physics 4 5 9 6 7 9 6 11 8 6
    Psychology 8 16 6 8 8 8 12 15 10 7
      Clinical psychology 2 4 1 2 5 3 2 4 4 3
      Research and experimental psychology 5 10 3 4 . 4 . 6 4 2
      Psychology, other 1 2 2 2 3 1 10 5 2 2
    Social sciences 30 28 27 31 28 28 33 34 32 27
      Economics 11 5 6 10 10 11 12 7 7 5
      Political science and government 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 4 2
      Public policy analysis 4 5 . 3 5 2 1 2 6 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 3 4 4 3 1 2 4 3 1
      Social sciences, other 8 11 14 12 9 13 16 17 12 14
  Non-science and engineering 25 20 24 22 27 11 23 22 22 21
    Business 2 2 4 . 4 . . 1 1 .
      Business 2 2 4 . 4 . . 1 1 .
    Education 1 2 10 7 12 1 5 6 8 7
      Education research 1 . 6 5 8 . . 4 5 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 2
      Education, other . 2 2 1 1 . 3 1 . 3
    Humanities and arts 16 12 10 15 8 9 17 14 13 14
      Letters 6 4 5 2 3 2 4 3 6 3
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . 1 . . .
      History 5 3 2 4 1 4 8 6 5 5
      Humanities and arts, other 5 5 3 9 4 3 4 5 2 6
    Other non-science and engineering 6 4 . . 3 1 1 1 . .
      Communication 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 4 2 . . 3 1 . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 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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