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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 397    437    494    435    460    490    452    431    449    445   
  Science and engineering 325    372    406    345    366    393    343    343    346    349   
    Science 226    249    275    229    259    264    225    252    242    219   
      Life science 82    102    97    90    107    102    90    91    99    86   
        Agricultural sciences .    .    .    2    .    .    .    .    .    .   
        Biological sciences 57    78    72    61    86    83    71    72    76    67   
        Health sciences 25    24    25    27    21    19    19    19    23    19   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 48    54    52    40    51    52    34    58    41    34   
        Chemistry 25    26    21    21    25    26    18    22    20    10   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9    16    15    11    16    17    8    16    11    11   
        Physics and astronomy 14    12    16    8    10    9    8    20    10    13   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 34    43    66    46    33    39    43    45    43    34   
        Computer sciences 24    33    49    36    27    25    31    34    29    22   
        Mathematics 10    10    17    10    6    14    12    11    14    12   
      Psychology and social sciences 62    50    60    53    68    71    58    58    59    65   
        Psychology 10    15    12    12    14    16    17    10    17    24   
        Anthropology .    .    .    .    .    3    1    .    .    1   
        Economics 18    9    16    9    17    13    5    12    8    4   
        Political science and government 7    2    4    3    7    4    3    4    5    2   
        Sociology 2    5    6    5    1    4    1    3    2    7   
        Other social sciences 25    19    22    24    29    31    31    29    27    27   
    Engineering 99    123    131    116    107    129    118    91    104    130   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 6    7    7    2    5    9    5    6    8    12   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 14    17    20    21    13    19    11    9    16    20   
      Chemical engineering 11    12    8    5    8    9    14    6    11    4   
      Civil engineering 4    7    6    10    6    6    4    7    11    6   
      Electrical engineering 37    38    39    32    34    38    46    33    23    47   
      Industrial engineering 3    3    4    2    6    1    4    4    2    3   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 4    5    8    4    7    8    8    3    8    8   
      Mechanical engineering 5    12    6    15    6    12    4    8    9    8   
      Other engineering 15    22    33    25    22    27    22    15    16    22   
  Non-science and engineering 72    65    88    90    94    97    109    88    103    96   
    Education 7    9    8    10    12    18    10    4    9    3   
      Education administration 2    1    2    4    6    4    1    .    3    1   
      Education research 3    8    6    6    3    11    8    4    6    2   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .   
      Teaching fields .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .   
      Other education 2    .    .    .    3    2    .    .    .    .   
    Humanities 28    23    40    38    47    41    54    39    59    52   
      Foreign languages & literature 1    1    2    4    6    3    2    2    4    2   
      History 3    4    4    2    6    2    16    9    9    8   
      Letters 11    6    13    14    19    17    18    13    23    19   
      Other humanities and arts 13    12    21    18    16    19    18    15    23    23   
    Other 37    33    40    42    35    38    45    45    35    41   
      Business management/administration 10    11    11    15    8    9    15    18    13    11   
      Communication 18    15    18    17    16    21    22    13    15    21   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 9    7    11    10    11    8    8    14    7    9   

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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