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Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 248 255 244 240 227 222 201 174 195 173
  Science and engineering 199 214 206 197 179 181 160 135 151 136
    Biological and biomedical sciences 19 18 21 17 16 16 13 12 12 13
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 5 3 . 3 . . 1 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . 1 2 . . . . 1 . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 1 . 1 . 2 1 3 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 . . 2 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 . . 2 1 1 1 . . .
      Molecular biology 8 5 9 8 5 8 4 3 3 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 5 6 4 6 5 4 3 7 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . . . . 1 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 1 . . . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 21 25 18 37 18 21 23 14 19 28
      Computer science 16 18 16 34 16 17 20 13 16 26
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 7 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 2
    Engineering 83 77 78 68 66 68 64 54 47 42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9 14 9 8 8 4 7 8 6 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 45 40 43 32 37 41 43 35 28 30
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 2 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 10 9 9 11 9 11 7 7 11 10
      Mechanical engineering 14 11 16 16 11 10 6 2 2 1
      Engineering, other 4 . . 1 . 2 1 2 . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 3 3 9 6 8 2 5 6 4
      Geological sciences 5 2 2 7 5 4 2 4 5 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 1 2 1 4 . 1 1 .
    Health sciences 2 4 7 1 6 3 3 1 . 1
      Health sciences, other 2 4 7 1 6 3 3 1 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 14 24 23 10 10 9 10 6 5 1
      Applied mathematics 3 10 4 3 2 3 1 . 2 .
      Mathematics . 4 1 1 . . . 1 . .
      Statistics 6 4 9 2 4 3 4 3 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 6 9 4 4 3 5 2 . .
    Physical sciences 21 31 20 17 26 21 15 17 15 21
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 3 . 2 5 1 . 1 1 1
      Chemistry 7 15 14 12 17 9 13 7 9 15
      Physics 11 13 6 3 4 11 2 9 5 5
    Psychology 14 13 7 12 11 8 13 4 2 10
      Research and experimental psychology 12 13 6 9 11 8 13 4 2 10
      Psychology, other 2 . 1 3 . . . . . .
    Social sciences 19 19 29 26 20 27 17 22 45 16
      Anthropology . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Economics 3 2 6 4 3 7 2 4 6 2
      Political science and government 5 5 7 7 1 2 3 4 9 3
      Public policy analysis 1 6 5 6 6 3 2 6 15 6
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 10 6 10 8 10 15 10 8 15 5
  Non-science and engineering 49 41 38 43 48 41 41 39 44 37
    Business 24 18 15 13 26 17 14 16 18 16
      Business 24 18 15 13 26 17 14 16 18 16
    Education 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Education research 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Education, other . . . . 1 . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 17 15 13 22 14 19 20 17 16 16
      Letters 6 3 5 3 2 3 5 7 4 5
      Foreign languages and literature . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1
      History 1 3 3 4 3 1 2 1 3 3
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 . 1 3 1 3 . . . .
      Music and performing arts . . . 2 . 1 . . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 8 9 3 10 7 11 12 8 8 6
    Other non-science and engineering 7 8 10 8 7 5 6 5 9 4
      Communication 3 . 3 1 2 3 1 . 1 .
      Public administration and social services 2 3 6 7 4 2 4 3 8 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 5 1 . 1 . 1 2 . .

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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