Data

U. Maryland, Baltimore County

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	88	85	81	93	88	83	99	102	95	72
Science and engineering	80	77	75	88	87	78	92	96	91	69
Science	65	60	59	75	71	66	78	78	75	58
Life science	8	10	9	16	8	10	13	12	15	9
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	.	.	.
Biological sciences	8	10	8	16	8	8	11	12	15	8
Health sciences	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
Physical sciences and earth sciences	10	9	10	14	9	15	12	9	9	14
Chemistry	3	7	5	6	4	5	3	3	6	8
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	2	1	.	3	2	2	4	2	1	3
Physics and astronomy	5	1	5	5	3	8	5	4	2	3
Mathematics and computer sciences	22	21	20	26	35	22	22	24	22	14
Computer sciences	17	16	17	17	21	14	14	17	16	12
Mathematics	5	5	3	9	14	8	8	7	6	2
Psychology and social sciences	25	20	20	19	19	19	31	33	29	21
Psychology	10	14	11	12	13	10	13	13	15	9
Anthropology	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Economics	1	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	2	.
Sociology	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1
Other social sciences	14	6	9	6	6	9	17	19	11	11
Engineering	15	17	16	13	16	12	14	18	16	11
Biological/biomedical sciences	.	.	1	.	.	1	1	1	.	.
Chemical engineering	3	4	2	3	1	1	3	2	1	2
Electrical engineering	6	3	4	2	4	5	3	8	6	1
Materials/metallurgical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	4	7	6	2	4	2	5	6	5	5
Other engineering	2	3	3	6	7	2	2	1	4	3
Non-science and engineering	8	8	6	5	1	5	7	6	4	3
Education	2	6	1	.	1	2	3	2	1	1
Education administration	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Education research	1	2	1	.	.	.	1	1	.	.
Teacher education	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.
Teaching fields	1	2	.	.	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other education	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities	3	2	3	5	.	3	4	4	3	2
Foreign languages & literature	.	1	.	1	.	1	1	2	.	1
History	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1
Letters	1	.	2	1	.	1	.	.	1	.
Other humanities and arts	2	1	1	2	.	1	3	2	2	.
Other	3	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business management/administration	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Communication	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

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