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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 212    204    198    216    201    215    205    158    192    179   
  Science and engineering 162    146    149    157    137    159    148    117    136    138   
    Science 130    121    130    134    115    135    132    95    113    123   
      Life science 58    62    58    73    60    54    58    44    47    61   
        Agricultural sciences 5    2    3    7    3    5    3    2    2    3   
        Biological sciences 43    44    43    56    44    39    44    35    38    34   
        Health sciences 10    16    12    10    13    10    11    7    7    24   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 34    19    37    25    24    41    41    26    33    29   
        Chemistry 10    4    13    5    6    7    15    8    8    6   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20    14    17    16    11    27    23    17    21    14   
        Physics and astronomy 4    1    7    4    7    7    3    1    4    9   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 5    5    7    3    5    8    7    2    4    6   
        Computer sciences 1    3    1    1    2    4    3    1    .    .   
        Mathematics 4    2    6    2    3    4    4    1    4    6   
      Psychology and social sciences 33    35    28    33    26    32    26    23    29    27   
        Psychology 19    26    24    23    16    20    20    15    21    19   
        Economics 6    3    .    1    .    .    1    1    2    .   
        Political science and government .    1    3    1    2    1    .    .    .    2   
        Sociology 4    2    1    1    2    3    3    3    1    2   
        Other social sciences 4    3    .    7    6    8    2    4    5    4   
    Engineering 32    25    19    23    22    24    16    22    23    15   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering .    .    .    1    1    .    1    .    .    .   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 5    7    6    6    4    9    6    5    6    4   
      Chemical engineering 1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Civil engineering 4    3    .    4    3    3    2    4    4    2   
      Electrical engineering 4    1    4    2    1    3    1    1    1    1   
      Industrial engineering 5    5    3    5    4    3    1    5    2    2   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 1    .    .    2    1    .    .    .    .    1   
      Mechanical engineering 5    6    4    3    3    3    3    4    7    2   
      Other engineering 7    3    2    .    5    3    2    3    3    3   
  Non-science and engineering 50    58    49    59    64    56    57    41    56    41   
    Education 4    9    7    18    13    4    11    9    6    8   
      Education administration .    1    .    5    4    .    .    .    1    .   
      Education research .    2    1    8    3    1    6    3    2    2   
      Teaching fields 4    4    5    3    6    3    4    6    3    6   
      Other education .    2    1    2    .    .    1    .    .    .   
    Humanities 40    41    28    31    41    44    36    28    43    33   
      Foreign languages & literature 3    5    6    4    3    .    3    4    5    .   
      History 2    1    3    .    .    3    1    2    5    2   
      Letters 5    5    1    3    10    5    7    1    2    4   
      Other humanities and arts 30    30    18    24    28    36    25    21    31    27   
    Other 6    8    14    10    10    8    10    4    7    .   
      Business management/administration 3    3    9    3    7    4    4    3    2    .   
      Communication 2    4    4    7    2    3    5    1    5    .   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 1    1    1    .    1    1    1    .    .    .   

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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