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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 502    568    575    586    528    546    619    583    658    587   
  Science and engineering 407    448    489    465    437    448    495    452    466    426   
    Science 308    321    334    332    324    317    372    313    338    308   
      Life science 71    80    84    95    82    77    94    77    92    75   
        Agricultural sciences 14    26    27    20    17    12    22    15    19    15   
        Biological sciences 38    33    44    63    52    51    59    52    58    48   
        Health sciences 19    21    13    12    13    14    13    10    15    12   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 68    83    63    70    81    77    87    75    73    64   
        Chemistry 11    15    14    14    17    18    25    16    18    14   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17    23    17    14    21    13    12    11    17    15   
        Physics and astronomy 40    45    32    42    43    46    50    48    38    35   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 59    62    66    59    42    64    67    59    54    56   
        Computer sciences 38    36    42    34    25    36    27    39    30    31   
        Mathematics 21    26    24    25    17    28    40    20    24    25   
      Psychology and social sciences 110    96    121    108    119    99    124    102    119    113   
        Psychology 29    22    36    21    31    27    22    25    36    25   
        Anthropology .    1    1    2    3    1    9    1    2    .   
        Economics 23    15    16    17    17    19    19    23    17    30   
        Political science and government 6    11    18    10    12    12    15    13    10    13   
        Sociology 8    7    7    10    8    5    9    5    13    6   
        Other social sciences 44    40    43    48    48    35    50    35    41    39   
    Engineering 99    127    155    133    113    131    123    139    128    118   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 8    24    15    13    7    12    21    11    12    10   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 12    12    14    13    10    12    8    15    9    11   
      Chemical engineering 7    6    6    15    5    7    5    10    7    4   
      Civil engineering 4    13    8    11    12    9    19    11    11    8   
      Electrical engineering 24    30    32    24    31    30    22    33    24    28   
      Industrial engineering 2    .    .    .    .    .    2    .    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 9    7    14    15    8    11    11    6    7    10   
      Mechanical engineering 19    22    45    27    23    24    24    27    36    32   
      Other engineering 14    13    21    15    17    26    11    26    22    15   
  Non-science and engineering 95    120    86    121    91    98    124    131    192    161   
    Education 34    48    28    38    28    41    54    53    81    80   
      Education administration 5    4    2    1    1    1    2    6    2    5   
      Education research 23    30    20    27    15    25    45    37    58    64   
      Teacher education .    1    .    .    .    .    1    .    1    1   
      Teaching fields 5    12    5    9    10    11    5    10    15    8   
      Other education 1    1    1    1    2    4    1    .    5    2   
    Humanities 33    45    29    53    33    36    39    48    61    55   
      Foreign languages & literature 2    6    5    12    .    7    5    10    7    8   
      History 6    9    4    8    6    5    12    7    16    12   
      Letters 15    15    10    11    18    7    9    20    13    17   
      Other humanities and arts 10    15    10    22    9    17    13    11    25    18   
    Other 28    27    29    30    30    21    31    30    50    26   
      Business management/administration 16    17    16    12    18    13    16    14    30    18   
      Communication 11    8    11    16    9    3    12    12    18    6   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 1    2    2    2    3    5    3    4    2    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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