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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 244    240    227    222    201    174    195    173    173    181   
  Science and engineering 206    197    179    181    160    135    151    135    137    147   
    Science 128    129    113    113    96    81    104    93    89    100   
      Life science 28    18    22    19    16    13    12    14    7    10   
        Biological sciences 21    17    16    16    13    12    12    13    6    9   
        Health sciences 7    1    6    3    3    1    .    1    1    1   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 23    26    32    29    17    22    21    25    18    14   
        Chemistry 14    12    17    9    13    7    9    15    8    4   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3    9    6    8    2    5    6    4    3    5   
        Physics and astronomy 6    5    9    12    2    10    6    6    7    5   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 41    47    28    30    33    20    24    29    26    34   
        Computer sciences 18    37    18    21    23    14    19    28    19    31   
        Mathematics 23    10    10    9    10    6    5    1    7    3   
      Psychology and social sciences 36    38    31    35    30    26    47    25    38    42   
        Psychology 7    12    11    8    13    4    2    10    4    9   
        Anthropology .    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
        Economics 6    4    3    7    2    4    6    2    7    5   
        Political science and government 7    7    1    2    3    4    9    3    5    6   
        Sociology 1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    1    .   
        Other social sciences 15    14    16    18    12    14    30    10    21    22   
    Engineering 78    68    66    68    64    54    47    42    48    47   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 9    8    8    4    7    8    6    .    .    1   
      Chemical engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Electrical engineering 38    29    34    36    39    31    27    27    36    32   
      Industrial engineering 1    .    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 9    11    9    11    7    7    11    10    8    8   
      Mechanical engineering 15    13    10    10    5    1    2    .    .    1   
      Other engineering 6    7    4    7    6    7    1    5    4    5   
  Non-science and engineering 38    43    48    41    41    39    44    38    36    34   
    Education .    .    1    .    1    1    1    1    .    1   
      Education administration .    .    .    .    .    1    .    1    .    .   
      Education research .    .    .    .    .    .    1    .    .    1   
      Teaching fields .    .    .    .    1    .    .    .    .    .   
      Other education .    .    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
    Humanities 13    22    14    19    20    17    16    17    14    15   
      Foreign languages & literature 1    .    1    .    1    1    1    1    1    1   
      History 3    4    3    1    2    1    3    4    2    2   
      Letters 5    3    2    3    5    7    4    5    5    6   
      Other humanities and arts 4    15    8    15    12    8    8    7    6    6   
    Other 25    21    33    22    20    21    27    20    22    18   
      Business management/administration 15    13    26    17    14    16    18    16    19    13   
      Communication 3    1    2    3    1    .    1    .    .    .   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 7    7    5    2    5    5    8    4    3    5   

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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