Data

U. Maine

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	65	60	66	50	55	59	66	74	44	59
Science and engineering	54	46	60	41	46	47	57	60	37	54
Science	41	39	53	32	35	39	45	52	30	42
Life science	21	23	26	22	15	22	26	24	17	21
Agricultural sciences	11	11	6	10	3	7	11	6	5	3
Biological sciences	10	12	20	12	12	15	15	18	12	18
Physical sciences and earth sciences	13	9	17	7	11	5	13	13	7	15
Chemistry	6	3	6	2	.	1	4	4	2	4
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	6	4	9	4	9	2	5	7	3	7
Physics and astronomy	1	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	4
Mathematics and computer sciences	.	2	2	.	1	3	1	3	.	2
Computer sciences	.	2	2	.	1	3	1	3	.	2
Psychology and social sciences	7	5	8	3	8	9	5	12	6	4
Psychology	5	1	3	3	6	7	3	8	6	3
Anthropology	.	1	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	.
Economics	.	1	.	.	1	.	2	1	.	.
Political science and government	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Other social sciences	2	2	4	.	.	1	.	2	.	1
Engineering	13	7	7	9	11	8	12	8	7	12
Biological/biomedical sciences	2	1	1	.	1	2	.	.	.	2
Chemical engineering	4	1	2	2	1	3	4	1	1	5
Civil engineering	4	1	2	2	.	1	1	.	.	.
Electrical engineering	.	1	.	1	3	1	.	2	3	3
Materials/metallurgical engineering	.	.	1	.	1	1	1	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	1	2	.	3	3	.	4	2	2	1
Other engineering	2	1	1	1	2	.	2	3	1	1
Non-science and engineering	11	14	6	9	9	12	9	14	7	5
Education	3	5	4	5	5	5	2	7	4	3
Education administration	1	2	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Education research	1	2	.	2	2	2	1	7	4	2
Teaching fields	.	.	2	2	2	2	1	.	.	1
Other education	1	1	1	1	1	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities	4	5	1	2	3	6	6	3	3	.
History	3	5	1	1	3	4	2	3	2	.
Letters	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Other humanities and arts	1	.	.	1	.	1	4	.	1	.
Other	4	4	1	2	1	1	1	4	.	2
Business management/administration	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Communication	.	3	.	1	1	1	.	4	.	2
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	4	1	1	1	.	.	1	.	.	.

NOTES:

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