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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 626    647    719    665    678    787    711    762    762    721   
  Science and engineering 526    503    561    539    521    602    529    564    578    534   
    Science 392    377    429    393    400    466    402    433    448    419   
      Life science 158    167    188    186    181    199    183    200    210    206   
        Agricultural sciences 21    32    22    25    36    29    33    39    36    27   
        Biological sciences 104    94    115    110    104    115    102    104    111    120   
        Health sciences 33    41    51    51    41    55    48    57    63    59   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 68    63    78    78    66    79    68    72    63    61   
        Chemistry 39    34    46    36    38    41    33    42    32    27   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7    7    8    9    12    12    11    8    11    15   
        Physics and astronomy 22    22    24    33    16    26    24    22    20    19   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 56    37    55    39    51    47    50    46    70    32   
        Computer sciences 30    20    28    23    29    26    26    26    31    17   
        Mathematics 26    17    27    16    22    21    24    20    39    15   
      Psychology and social sciences 110    110    108    90    102    141    101    115    105    120   
        Psychology 34    43    46    34    44    64    34    42    38    40   
        Anthropology 3    4    4    6    5    1    5    2    3    5   
        Economics 40    26    29    20    23    32    20    25    21    25   
        Political science and government 3    8    5    11    9    10    9    9    8    10   
        Sociology 3    11    7    5    3    8    12    18    10    12   
        Other social sciences 27    18    17    14    18    26    21    19    25    28   
    Engineering 134    126    132    146    121    136    127    131    130    115   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 8    13    9    10    11    9    10    10    11    6   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 20    16    14    20    17    22    12    14    16    12   
      Chemical engineering 22    21    21    27    23    19    17    18    15    15   
      Civil engineering 6    4    8    7    8    10    9    10    13    11   
      Electrical engineering 26    22    30    28    29    27    32    25    41    35   
      Industrial engineering 4    1    5    3    1    2    3    2    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 16    9    14    13    7    14    11    8    8    11   
      Mechanical engineering 19    29    18    21    21    21    24    35    14    15   
      Other engineering 13    11    13    17    4    12    9    9    12    10   
  Non-science and engineering 100    144    158    126    157    185    182    198    184    187   
    Education 37    58    66    58    77    80    82    75    83    77   
      Education administration 11    6    5    4    6    7    6    10    15    11   
      Education research 21    42    31    34    57    47    57    51    56    55   
      Teacher education .    .    1    2    .    1    .    1    1    1   
      Teaching fields 4    8    15    9    11    13    13    7    10    8   
      Other education 1    2    14    9    3    12    6    6    1    2   
    Humanities 27    52    51    29    49    43    48    62    61    59   
      Foreign languages & literature 4    11    9    4    12    6    6    11    12    5   
      History 11    9    7    11    6    10    12    16    12    17   
      Letters 7    22    8    6    12    16    7    21    22    15   
      Other humanities and arts 5    10    27    8    19    11    23    14    15    22   
    Other 36    34    41    39    31    62    52    61    40    51   
      Business management/administration 18    22    14    19    15    34    23    30    12    26   
      Communication 4    4    10    5    11    16    19    10    12    17   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 14    8    17    15    5    12    10    21    16    8   

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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