Data

U. Maryland, College Park

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 595 565 501 568 575 586 529 546 619 583
  Science and engineering 476 472 408 448 489 465 438 448 496 452
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 24 22 15 27 27 22 17 12 22 16
      Agricultural sciences 14 11 10 15 20 15 9 7 16 10
      Natural resources and conservation 10 11 5 12 7 7 8 5 6 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 47 47 38 33 44 63 52 51 59 52
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 15 5 9 6 5 6 9 10 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 10 7 5 3 4 6 4 5 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 1 3 . 5 6 . 6 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . 1 1 3 3 4 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 6 8 6 6 10 9 7 6 9
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . . . 3 . 1 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 8 2 1 1 5 5 4 5 11 8
      Molecular biology 5 6 4 3 3 5 8 6 10 7
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 6 3 4 1 8 8 3 4 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . 2 2 1 . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 1 1 . . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 3 9 4 10 10 10 4 9 10
    Computer and information sciences 42 43 38 36 42 34 25 36 27 39
      Computer science 35 31 28 30 37 27 23 27 26 33
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 12 10 6 5 7 2 9 1 6
    Engineering 148 132 99 127 155 133 113 131 123 139
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 20 15 8 24 15 13 7 12 21 11
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 14 9 12 12 14 13 10 12 8 15
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 7 7 6 6 15 5 8 5 10
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 18 21 10 16 17 16 17 19 21 16
      Electrical and computer engineering 33 30 27 34 35 27 36 35 24 46
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 .
      Materials and mining engineering 13 7 9 7 14 15 8 11 11 6
      Mechanical engineering 33 36 19 22 46 27 24 27 24 28
      Engineering, other 2 4 4 5 7 6 5 4 7 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 25 17 23 17 14 21 13 12 11
      Geological sciences 3 8 6 8 2 4 6 3 2 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 14 17 11 15 15 10 15 10 10 9
    Health sciences 18 20 18 20 13 10 13 14 13 9
      Public health 14 16 10 18 9 6 10 9 8 2
      Health sciences, other 4 4 8 2 4 4 3 5 5 7
    Mathematics and statistics 30 27 21 26 24 25 17 28 40 20
      Applied mathematics 14 9 3 6 9 10 6 14 20 11
      Mathematics 7 2 2 4 4 4 4 1 8 2
      Statistics 4 4 2 3 4 . 2 2 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 12 14 13 7 11 5 11 6 3
    Physical sciences 70 72 52 60 46 56 60 64 75 64
      Astronomy and astrophysics 11 10 9 3 7 4 12 7 10 5
      Chemistry 17 22 11 15 14 14 17 18 25 16
      Physics 42 40 32 42 25 38 31 39 40 43
    Psychology 19 21 29 22 36 21 31 27 22 25
      Clinical psychology 1 2 1 2 6 2 2 4 4 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 8 9 8 4 6 8 3 7 11
      Research and experimental psychology 8 7 8 4 15 8 9 16 7 9
      Psychology, other 4 4 11 8 11 5 12 4 4 5
    Social sciences 61 63 81 74 85 87 89 72 103 77
      Anthropology 1 2 . 1 1 2 3 1 9 1
      Economics 17 11 23 15 16 17 17 19 19 23
      Political science and government 6 7 6 11 18 10 12 12 15 13
      Public policy analysis 6 8 4 5 3 7 4 6 9 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 3 9 8 8 11 8 5 9 5
      Social sciences, other 28 32 39 34 39 40 45 29 42 32
  Non-science and engineering 119 93 93 120 86 121 91 98 123 131
    Business 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16 14
      Business 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16 14
    Education 37 34 33 48 28 38 28 41 54 53
      Education leadership and administration 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 6
      Education research 16 25 22 30 20 27 15 25 45 37
      Teacher education and teaching fields 16 4 5 13 5 9 10 11 6 10
      Education, other . . 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 .
    Humanities and arts 38 37 33 45 29 53 33 36 38 48
      Letters 11 14 15 15 10 11 18 7 9 20
      Foreign languages and literature 5 1 2 6 5 12 . 7 5 10
      History 10 5 6 9 4 8 6 5 11 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 2 2 7 2 4 3 5 4 1
      Music and performing arts 6 10 3 2 1 11 3 5 3 5
      Humanities and arts, other 1 5 5 6 7 7 3 7 6 5
    Other non-science and engineering 18 11 11 10 13 18 12 8 15 16
      Communication 15 9 11 8 11 16 9 3 12 12
      Public administration and social services 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 1 . 2 2 2 3 5 3 4

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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