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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 189 194 219 228 199 233 242 234 236 239
  Science and engineering 133 128 152 153 142 158 162 164 163 172
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 1 2 . 1 2 1 1 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . 1 1 . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 . 2 . . 1 1 1 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 17 14 37 29 28 34 55 36 32 39
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 1 7 6 7 5 8 8 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 1 2 1 1 . 4 6 4 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 2 . 2 3 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 5 5 5 3 7 10 7 7 3
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . 1 . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 1 4 7 7 8 10 13 8 8 11
      Molecular biology . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . 5 . 1 3 3 2 4 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . 2 . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . 4 4 1 1 2 . 1 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 2
    Computer and information sciences 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 5 5 5
      Computer science 7 1 . 1 1 2 4 4 5 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 1 . . 1 1 1 . .
    Engineering 38 34 40 44 43 43 28 39 32 34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . 1 . 2 . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 3 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 6 14 18 16 12 3 15 13 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 4 5 7 2 4 5 5 3 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 10 9 14 9 13 14 11 12 6 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 5 2 3 1 4 3 4 3 .
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 6 6 2 2 6 1 1 2 1 4
      Engineering, other 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 . 1 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 14 22 19 11 13 14 15 21 20
      Geological sciences 5 8 11 10 5 6 4 6 8 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 6 11 9 6 7 10 9 13 12
    Health sciences 4 3 9 14 10 17 11 8 10 12
      Nursing science . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 2 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 1
      Public health 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1
      Health sciences, other 2 1 5 10 2 9 6 4 4 9
    Mathematics and statistics 10 3 3 5 9 3 3 6 7 10
      Applied mathematics 2 . . . . . 1 2 1 1
      Mathematics 2 . . 3 5 1 2 . 6 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 3 3 2 4 2 . 4 . 3
    Physical sciences 19 20 11 20 18 11 11 10 14 9
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 . 1
      Chemistry 4 13 7 11 10 4 4 4 6 6
      Physics 7 5 3 7 3 6 6 5 8 2
    Psychology 10 17 15 10 9 14 14 24 20 24
      Clinical psychology . . . 1 . . . 3 . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 12 9 3 4 10 10 13 12 16
      Research and experimental psychology 3 1 6 6 5 4 3 6 8 8
      Psychology, other 1 4 . . . . 1 2 . .
    Social sciences 13 19 12 11 12 18 20 20 21 18
      Anthropology 3 3 1 1 . 3 2 3 4 3
      Economics 1 7 5 2 2 4 3 3 5 1
      Political science and government 3 1 3 4 4 5 1 . 3 4
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . . . . . . 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 6 1
      Social sciences, other 3 7 2 3 4 4 10 10 3 7
  Non-science and engineering 56 66 67 75 57 75 80 70 73 67
    Business 7 3 8 9 8 9 11 6 11 8
      Business 7 3 8 9 8 9 11 6 11 8
    Education 10 20 25 29 23 30 32 23 26 29
      Education leadership and administration 3 8 4 4 4 12 6 4 7 12
      Education research 1 10 8 18 8 12 8 7 15 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 2 9 4 10 3 14 9 4 8
      Education, other 2 . 4 3 1 3 4 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 23 36 26 30 16 26 30 32 25 22
      Letters 2 9 3 2 2 4 3 6 4 2
      Foreign languages and literature 3 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 .
      History 5 4 5 5 2 2 2 6 3 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 3 4 3 2 2 5 4 2 .
      Music and performing arts 11 17 11 15 8 11 11 12 9 13
      Humanities and arts, other . 2 1 4 1 4 5 2 5 .
    Other non-science and engineering 16 7 8 7 10 10 7 9 11 8
      Communication 15 6 6 4 9 7 6 8 11 8
      Public administration and social services 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 1 2 . 2 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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