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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 100 103 88 85 81 93 88 83 99 102
  Science and engineering 93 97 80 77 75 88 87 78 92 96
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 . . . . . . 1 2 .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 10 8 8 10 8 16 8 8 11 12
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 2 1 . 2 3 2 3 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 2 2 1 . 2 2 1 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . . 1 2 2 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 . 1 . . . . 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 . 1 3
      Genetics and genomics . . . . 2 . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . 1 1 . 2 . 2 . 1
      Molecular biology . . . 2 2 5 1 . 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 . 1 1 1 . . 3 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 2 2 . 1 . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 24 25 17 16 17 17 21 14 14 17
      Computer science 14 16 12 6 9 9 11 6 9 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 9 5 10 8 8 10 8 5 8
    Engineering 17 19 15 17 16 13 16 12 14 18
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 5 3 4 2 3 1 1 3 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 2 . . 1 4 1 . 1 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 5 6 6 5 4 8 6 4 8
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Mechanical engineering 6 5 4 7 7 2 4 2 5 6
      Engineering, other . . 2 . . . 2 1 . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 2 2 1 . 3 2 2 4 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 2 2 1 . 3 2 2 4 2
    Health sciences . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 2 14 5 5 3 9 14 8 8 7
      Applied mathematics 2 8 1 2 . 4 10 2 3 2
      Mathematics . . . . . . . . . .
      Statistics . 5 3 3 1 4 4 2 4 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 1 1 . 2 1 . 4 1 4
    Physical sciences 11 8 8 8 10 11 7 13 8 7
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 . 1
      Chemistry 6 3 3 7 5 6 4 5 3 3
      Physics 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 6 5 3
    Psychology 10 14 10 14 11 12 13 10 13 13
      Clinical psychology 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 10 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 3 1 . 2 2 1 1 . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 4 5 3 6 1 2 2 2 3 4
      Psychology, other . . . . . . 3 1 . 4
    Social sciences 13 7 15 6 9 7 6 9 18 20
      Anthropology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Economics 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Public policy analysis 8 3 9 3 7 4 3 6 8 13
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Social sciences, other 4 3 5 3 2 2 3 3 9 6
  Non-science and engineering 7 6 8 8 6 5 1 5 7 6
    Business . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Business . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
    Education 1 3 2 6 1 . 1 2 3 2
      Education research 1 1 1 2 1 . . . 1 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 1 2 . . 1 2 2 1
      Education, other . 1 . 2 . . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 3 . 3 2 3 5 . 3 4 4
      Letters 2 . 1 . 2 1 . 1 . .
      Foreign languages and literature . . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 2
      History . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 2 1 1 2 . 1 2 2
    Other non-science and engineering 3 3 2 . 1 . . . . .
      Communication 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 3 2 . . . . . . .

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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