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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 338    292    300    325    300    276    250    233    219    232   
  Science and engineering 281    238    244    260    253    223    207    186    189    183   
    Science 204    148    163    180    177    155    155    141    146    140   
      Life science 60    44    31    41    33    33    30    30    34    38   
        Agricultural sciences .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .   
        Biological sciences 34    30    20    29    23    23    22    21    21    24   
        Health sciences 26    14    11    12    10    9    8    9    13    14   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 66    53    58    66    62    55    42    35    39    31   
        Chemistry 23    19    23    15    25    17    15    14    18    10   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 31    19    18    30    18    23    13    11    13    7   
        Physics and astronomy 12    15    17    21    19    15    14    10    8    14   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 32    27    29    31    33    26    25    35    19    29   
        Computer sciences 14    14    13    17    15    14    13    18    11    18   
        Mathematics 18    13    16    14    18    12    12    17    8    11   
      Psychology and social sciences 46    24    45    42    49    41    58    41    54    42   
        Psychology 30    11    30    21    35    24    39    24    35    25   
        Economics 9    5    3    8    6    8    10    9    8    9   
        Political science and government 4    5    8    8    2    4    7    7    9    7   
        Other social sciences 3    3    4    5    6    5    2    1    2    1   
    Engineering 77    90    81    80    76    68    52    45    43    43   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 5    12    12    6    6    1    4    3    2    .   
      Chemical engineering 14    17    11    16    17    15    12    10    7    13   
      Civil engineering 6    4    6    7    8    10    7    3    4    2   
      Electrical engineering 20    21    7    22    13    13    12    12    15    9   
      Industrial engineering 5    5    1    1    3    1    2    3    3    3   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 5    9    14    12    9    5    .    2    2    .   
      Mechanical engineering 12    9    7    8    11    12    7    5    6    12   
      Other engineering 10    13    23    8    9    11    8    7    4    4   
  Non-science and engineering 57    54    56    65    47    53    43    47    30    49   
    Education 14    18    13    19    9    11    10    6    5    3   
      Education administration .    .    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Education research 11    16    11    17    6    10    10    6    5    2   
      Teaching fields 2    2    1    2    3    .    .    .    .    1   
      Other education 1    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .   
    Humanities 27    22    17    26    25    27    20    23    15    29   
      Foreign languages & literature 5    8    2    5    5    7    3    4    5    8   
      History 5    7    5    4    8    10    6    11    2    5   
      Letters 16    6    10    17    12    10    11    8    8    16   
      Other humanities and arts 1    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
    Other 16    14    26    20    13    15    13    18    10    17   
      Business management/administration 8    11    20    14    11    11    10    10    6    11   
      Communication .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 8    3    6    6    2    3    3    8    4    6   

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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