Data

U. San Diego

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2025–16
Fields	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
All fields	42	46	37	38	28	21	32	30	36	37
Science and engineering	9	5	10	15	15	15	21	16	23	21
Health sciences	7	5	10	15	13	13	19	13	21	15
Nursing science	7	5	10	15	13	12	19	11	21	10
Public health	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Health sciences, other	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	5
Psychology	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Counseling and applied psychology	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	2	.	.	.	1	2	2	3	2	6
Social sciences, other	2	.	.	.	1	2	2	3	2	6
Non-science and engineering	33	41	27	23	13	6	11	14	13	16
Business	2	1	3	3	8	5	6	4	6	8
Business	2	1	3	3	8	5	6	4	6	8
Education	19	21	11	2	3	1	4	9	7	7
Education leadership and administration	.	5	2	.	.	1	3	8	7	5
Education research	2	5	2	.	1	.	1	1	.	.
Teacher education and teaching fields	3	.	2	.	2	.	.	.	.	.
Education, other	14	11	5	2	.	.	.	.	.	2
Other non-science and engineering	12	19	13	18	2	.	1	1	.	1
Communication	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Public administration and social services	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Non-science and engineering, other	12	18	12	18	2	.	.	1	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.