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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 304    327    308    310    313    287    296    289    272    242   
  Science and engineering 200    234    213    217    216    193    209    204    205    178   
    Science 146    183    160    172    172    142    157    160    162    130   
      Life science 39    55    53    51    68    69    57    70    46    49   
        Agricultural sciences 3    1    1    1    3    1    3    2    .    .   
        Biological sciences 24    34    36    35    42    43    35    37    26    30   
        Health sciences 12    20    16    15    23    25    19    31    20    19   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 37    50    31    47    39    20    41    40    48    32   
        Chemistry 13    23    6    20    11    6    20    14    20    13   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13    15    20    12    15    7    14    18    19    13   
        Physics and astronomy 11    12    5    15    13    7    7    8    9    6   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 20    30    19    20    16    10    13    10    21    9   
        Computer sciences 16    19    8    8    6    7    6    4    7    6   
        Mathematics 4    11    11    12    10    3    7    6    14    3   
      Psychology and social sciences 50    48    57    54    49    43    46    40    47    40   
        Psychology 18    19    25    21    18    14    17    18    19    18   
        Anthropology 15    8    10    4    7    9    13    8    17    12   
        Economics 2    2    4    3    4    .    1    4    2    1   
        Political science and government 2    4    3    7    1    .    3    2    1    .   
        Sociology 2    4    3    5    3    4    1    .    .    .   
        Other social sciences 11    11    12    14    16    16    11    8    8    9   
    Engineering 54    51    53    45    44    51    52    44    43    48   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 4    4    4    4    6    2    7    3    3    3   
      Chemical engineering 2    4    2    .    4    4    3    6    7    4   
      Civil engineering 3    7    7    3    5    4    5    4    6    6   
      Electrical engineering 16    16    11    19    12    10    15    12    14    7   
      Industrial engineering 4    3    2    2    3    8    3    4    3    6   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 1    .    1    .    .    1    2    1    2    1   
      Mechanical engineering 5    6    11    6    5    10    5    4    3    3   
      Other engineering 19    11    15    11    9    12    11    10    5    18   
  Non-science and engineering 104    93    95    93    97    94    87    85    67    64   
    Education 71    61    62    59    62    56    50    47    38    42   
      Education administration 6    5    9    2    3    3    1    2    1    1   
      Education research 46    37    37    40    42    30    36    30    29    31   
      Teacher education 6    6    .    3    6    3    3    .    1    3   
      Teaching fields 10    11    11    13    7    15    10    14    7    7   
      Other education 3    2    5    1    4    5    .    1    .    .   
    Humanities 20    21    21    17    16    24    15    14    13    12   
      Foreign languages & literature .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      History 3    2    5    5    1    2    .    .    .    .   
      Letters 10    9    6    4    10    9    8    5    7    5   
      Other humanities and arts 7    10    10    8    5    13    7    9    6    7   
    Other 13    11    12    17    19    14    22    24    16    10   
      Business management/administration 4    4    7    7    9    7    11    12    8    5   
      Communication 7    7    5    8    6    7    8    8    6    4   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 2    .    .    2    4    .    3    4    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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