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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 321    336    361    332    329    317    372    313    315    325   
  Science and engineering 259    280    298    280    265    250    304    245    244    263   
    Science 177    213    203    206    197    178    218    184    176    197   
      Life science 70    79    68    91    75    87    96    84    75    91   
        Agricultural sciences 1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
        Biological sciences 48    52    50    62    54    61    51    58    55    59   
        Health sciences 21    27    18    29    21    26    45    26    20    32   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 44    53    60    41    39    34    43    36    51    44   
        Chemistry 19    20    25    22    16    20    22    14    27    24   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9    17    17    9    12    6    11    14    13    9   
        Physics and astronomy 16    16    18    10    11    8    10    8    11    11   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 31    38    29    31    35    18    27    27    30    25   
        Computer sciences 14    17    12    15    14    10    13    19    19    15   
        Mathematics 17    21    17    16    21    8    14    8    11    10   
      Psychology and social sciences 32    43    46    43    48    39    52    37    20    37   
        Psychology 12    17    18    21    19    11    21    15    8    13   
        Anthropology .    6    2    .    1    5    5    5    1    3   
        Economics 8    9    12    4    7    7    2    6    5    10   
        Political science and government 5    3    2    3    3    4    7    1    .    4   
        Sociology 1    3    1    6    6    4    5    4    1    .   
        Other social sciences 6    5    11    9    12    8    12    6    5    7   
    Engineering 82    67    95    74    68    72    86    61    68    66   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 20    10    17    10    15    22    18    14    17    17   
      Chemical engineering 10    10    7    9    5    15    7    7    12    4   
      Civil engineering 1    3    5    1    7    4    5    6    3    7   
      Electrical engineering 13    19    9    19    6    5    14    10    6    12   
      Industrial engineering .    1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 4    3    6    1    6    4    10    5    6    7   
      Mechanical engineering 15    11    21    14    9    6    10    6    6    9   
      Other engineering 19    10    30    20    20    16    22    13    18    10   
  Non-science and engineering 62    56    63    52    64    67    68    68    71    62   
    Education 25    14    22    15    20    20    12    23    19    20   
      Education administration 5    6    2    1    8    2    3    6    1    1   
      Education research 14    6    10    10    12    9    5    15    13    15   
      Teaching fields 5    2    8    3    .    6    4    2    4    1   
      Other education 1    .    2    1    .    3    .    .    1    3   
    Humanities 14    21    15    15    24    18    26    19    21    18   
      Foreign languages & literature 1    3    .    .    1    .    .    1    .    1   
      History 5    3    2    3    1    4    6    2    5    2   
      Letters 4    11    10    9    11    6    17    9    8    10   
      Other humanities and arts 4    4    3    3    11    8    3    7    8    5   
    Other 23    21    26    22    20    29    30    26    31    24   
      Business management/administration 11    8    11    11    8    6    13    10    10    7   
      Communication 4    7    7    6    7    17    8    3    6    10   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 8    6    8    5    5    6    9    13    15    7   

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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