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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 149 129 109 111 128 119 99 121 116 117
  Science and engineering 103 91 76 83 89 86 74 80 88 81
    Biological and biomedical sciences 20 21 20 25 21 21 9 27 16 19
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 1 . 1 3 3 2 1 1 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 3 2 3 1 2 . 3 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 . . 1 3 1 . 1 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . . 3 2 3 3 . . .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 3 4 . 4 2 3 1 . 3 1
      Molecular biology 2 1 . 1 . . 1 2 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 7 . 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 5 9 2 3 3 1 4 4 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 3 5 3 4 1 . 8 5 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 1 3 . 2 . 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 . 3 1
      Computer science 1 . . 2 2 1 2 . 3 1
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 1 . . 1 . . . .
    Engineering 6 9 7 4 14 5 7 . 9 12
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . 1 . . . 2 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . 2 2 2 1 . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 . . 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 3 2 1 5 . . . 2 4
      Materials and mining engineering . . 2 . 1 . . . . 2
      Mechanical engineering 1 2 . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Engineering, other 2 1 1 . 2 2 3 . 4 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . 1 . 1 4 . 1 . . 2
      Geological sciences . . . . 1 . . . . 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 1 . 1 3 . 1 . . 1
    Health sciences 35 14 19 19 18 38 28 24 21 19
      Nursing science . . 1 4 3 2 1 1 2 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences 30 12 14 14 11 11 8 17 7 7
      Public health . 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 3 3
      Health sciences, other 5 1 2 . 3 24 14 5 9 8
    Mathematics and statistics 2 4 3 2 1 4 6 . 5 3
      Mathematics 1 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 3 2
      Statistics 1 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 3 2 . 1 1 4 . 1 1
    Physical sciences 20 21 17 13 15 6 7 8 11 8
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
      Chemistry 17 16 12 10 10 3 3 8 8 6
      Physics 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 . 3 2
    Psychology 12 12 4 12 10 8 12 10 15 8
      Clinical psychology 11 8 2 10 8 5 11 9 13 5
      Research and experimental psychology 1 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 3
      Psychology, other . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Social sciences 7 8 5 5 4 2 2 11 8 9
      Economics 1 1 1 3 1 2 . 4 3 3
      Political science and government 3 5 2 1 2 . 2 4 5 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Social sciences, other 3 2 2 1 1 . . 2 . 1
  Non-science and engineering 46 38 33 28 39 33 25 41 28 36
    Business 10 7 7 4 13 5 6 14 11 8
      Business 10 7 7 4 13 5 6 14 11 8
    Education 20 12 19 16 15 20 13 16 13 21
      Education leadership and administration 7 1 4 2 1 8 3 3 5 2
      Education research 7 6 11 10 6 7 5 5 5 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 5 4 4 7 5 4 7 3 6
      Education, other . . . . 1 . 1 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 16 16 5 8 11 8 6 11 4 7
      Letters 9 4 4 4 6 4 2 2 2 4
      History 6 10 1 3 5 4 4 8 1 3
      Music and performing arts . 1 . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 . . . . . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering . 3 2 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 3 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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