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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 159    140    164    184    177    147    167    187    152    155   
  Science and engineering 111    107    111    127    128    97    106    137    99    90   
    Science 89    87    88    106    106    82    87    106    79    77   
      Life science 30    39    23    30    35    19    26    41    22    27   
        Agricultural sciences .    .    .    .    2    .    .    1    1    .   
        Biological sciences 14    22    8    13    10    10    10    17    6    11   
        Health sciences 16    17    15    17    23    9    16    23    15    16   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 12    14    16    14    18    19    17    12    14    7   
        Chemistry 5    8    8    8    9    7    10    6    8    3   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2    4    3    1    3    5    2    1    3    .   
        Physics and astronomy 5    2    5    5    6    7    5    5    3    4   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 16    4    20    11    16    14    13    7    6    5   
        Computer sciences 7    2    8    4    5    5    3    4    3    2   
        Mathematics 9    2    12    7    11    9    10    3    3    3   
      Psychology and social sciences 31    30    29    51    37    30    31    46    37    38   
        Psychology 19    14    9    22    16    14    14    13    12    22   
        Anthropology 2    3    1    2    .    2    2    2    6    2   
        Economics 3    4    3    9    5    4    8    11    7    5   
        Political science and government 1    1    1    1    1    3    .    8    7    2   
        Sociology 2    3    .    4    2    1    .    .    .    .   
        Other social sciences 4    5    15    13    13    6    7    12    5    7   
    Engineering 22    20    23    21    22    15    19    31    20    13   
      Biological/biomedical sciences .    1    1    1    2    1    1    1    .    2   
      Chemical engineering 1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Civil engineering 1    4    4    .    4    1    2    2    .    .   
      Electrical engineering 4    3    3    9    7    2    5    6    8    .   
      Industrial engineering 5    3    2    1    2    1    1    3    2    1   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 5    1    3    1    2    2    1    2    2    1   
      Mechanical engineering 2    5    5    6    4    5    6    9    5    5   
      Other engineering 4    3    5    3    1    3    3    8    3    4   
  Non-science and engineering 48    33    53    57    49    50    61    50    53    65   
    Education 15    9    21    16    15    15    20    18    18    23   
      Education administration 2    3    8    6    9    4    8    9    6    11   
      Education research 10    3    10    7    5    3    10    9    10    8   
      Teacher education .    .    .    1    .    1    .    .    .    2   
      Teaching fields 3    2    3    2    .    6    1    .    2    1   
      Other education .    1    .    .    1    1    1    .    .    1   
    Humanities 18    15    16    19    18    17    16    12    20    26   
      Foreign languages & literature .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    1   
      History 4    3    2    2    .    2    .    1    4    6   
      Letters 12    10    9    15    10    12    14    7    15    15   
      Other humanities and arts 2    2    5    2    8    3    2    4    1    4   
    Other 15    9    16    22    16    18    25    20    15    16   
      Business management/administration 5    4    7    7    5    5    9    10    9    7   
      Communication 6    2    3    9    5    10    7    8    6    4   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 4    3    6    6    6    3    9    2    .    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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