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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 340    393    359    373    365    335    314    316    318    319   
  Science and engineering 276    302    289    281    273    241    232    226    233    227   
    Science 175    191    192    162    173    163    151    129    167    171   
      Life science 77    76    61    61    64    59    61    40    63    67   
        Agricultural sciences 20    13    13    19    18    12    17    7    11    18   
        Biological sciences 45    47    44    34    36    42    36    21    32    33   
        Health sciences 12    16    4    8    10    5    8    12    20    16   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 31    47    50    35    40    38    30    43    44    44   
        Chemistry 11    20    29    18    24    17    12    22    25    15   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4    6    5    6    4    7    3    7    3    6   
        Physics and astronomy 16    21    16    11    12    14    15    14    16    23   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 21    24    24    21    19    20    10    10    12    17   
        Computer sciences 11    8    12    3    12    7    4    4    8    6   
        Mathematics 10    16    12    18    7    13    6    6    4    11   
      Psychology and social sciences 46    44    57    45    50    46    50    36    48    43   
        Psychology 20    20    23    18    26    18    25    12    21    25   
        Anthropology .    5    6    7    5    10    7    7    6    3   
        Economics 11    4    3    6    4    6    7    5    5    4   
        Political science and government 3    1    5    2    5    4    4    5    5    3   
        Sociology 3    3    7    4    2    1    2    4    3    3   
        Other social sciences 9    11    13    8    8    7    5    3    8    5   
    Engineering 101    111    97    119    100    78    81    97    66    56   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 2    1    1    2    3    1    2    5    1    2   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 6    .    4    4    6    7    2    11    5    4   
      Chemical engineering 8    5    9    6    11    5    8    9    2    4   
      Civil engineering 3    7    9    9    2    .    2    8    2    4   
      Electrical engineering 14    16    13    22    23    17    14    11    11    14   
      Industrial engineering 6    7    5    4    8    6    3    3    3    4   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 21    19    8    13    11    10    22    13    10    12   
      Mechanical engineering 9    12    13    10    3    5    5    8    8    .   
      Other engineering 32    44    35    49    33    27    23    29    24    12   
  Non-science and engineering 64    91    70    92    92    94    82    90    85    92   
    Education 28    50    31    35    42    47    31    34    40    45   
      Education administration 3    6    5    4    4    6    3    4    5    6   
      Education research 18    23    19    16    25    27    18    19    24    27   
      Teacher education 2    2    2    3    .    3    3    1    3    4   
      Teaching fields 4    12    4    9    11    7    5    9    7    6   
      Other education 1    7    1    3    2    4    2    1    1    2   
    Humanities 17    18    20    26    24    23    17    26    17    25   
      Foreign languages & literature 3    2    1    9    3    5    4    6    5    2   
      History 2    6    4    7    5    3    3    4    3    5   
      Letters 10    9    9    6    11    12    7    9    7    11   
      Other humanities and arts 2    1    6    4    5    3    3    7    2    7   
    Other 19    23    19    31    26    24    34    30    28    22   
      Business management/administration 7    9    8    16    14    10    16    17    13    14   
      Communication 5    7    3    6    6    5    11    8    6    5   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 7    7    8    9    6    9    7    5    9    3   

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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