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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 244 276 245 314 259 298 279 279 263 246
  Science and engineering 212 233 202 261 220 257 235 231 205 201
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 24 40 27 25 36 53 47 39 33 30
      Agricultural sciences 21 36 23 20 32 45 42 35 30 25
      Natural resources and conservation 3 4 4 5 4 8 5 4 3 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 32 37 29 36 25 42 38 39 35 29
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 2 . 2 2 3 2 2 2 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 5 4 2 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 . . . . 2 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . 2 4 1 3 3 3 . 2
      Genetics and genomics . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 6
      Microbiology and immunology 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 5
      Molecular biology 7 5 . 6 7 10 6 7 4 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 1 3 7 1 3 6 3 4 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 2 1 . 1 1 1 2 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 5 17 12 10 8 15 13 13 15 7
    Computer and information sciences 6 4 9 12 14 5 7 8 8 4
      Computer science 6 4 9 12 14 5 7 8 8 4
    Engineering 65 69 54 88 52 53 67 58 50 56
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 7 8 4 1 1 . 1 . 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 11 7 12 6 5 11 14 7 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 6 6 4 6 2 11 7 3 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 16 9 22 12 9 11 6 11 8
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 13 10 5 10 7 16 10 8 9 7
      Mechanical engineering 5 15 12 13 11 10 6 12 8 7
      Engineering, other 6 4 7 22 9 9 18 10 12 14
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 4 5 6 4 4 3 1 4 3
      Geological sciences 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 . 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
    Health sciences 10 8 8 13 11 10 10 13 4 8
      Nursing science 5 1 3 2 5 5 4 9 2 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 5 4 5 4 1 3 3 2 1
      Public health . 2 1 6 2 2 2 . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . 2 1 1 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 9 9 12 11 10 5 3 2 6 5
      Applied mathematics 4 1 4 4 4 3 . 2 2 2
      Mathematics . 2 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1
      Statistics 1 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 4 8 5 5 2 2 . 3 2
    Physical sciences 18 18 13 21 15 17 28 23 19 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 2 1 1 1 . . 1 1
      Chemistry 11 11 8 12 11 10 19 18 11 12
      Physics 5 6 3 8 3 6 9 5 7 9
    Psychology 11 15 15 17 11 18 12 14 16 12
      Clinical psychology 6 7 5 6 3 7 2 5 5 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 7 1 3 6 1 6 4 5
      Research and experimental psychology 2 2 2 9 2 5 3 3 7 4
      Psychology, other 1 3 1 1 3 . 6 . . 1
    Social sciences 34 29 30 32 42 50 20 34 30 32
      Anthropology 2 2 5 4 2 4 2 7 4 3
      Economics 11 12 14 10 14 23 3 12 8 15
      Political science and government 3 3 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 2
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 4 1 8 6 4 4 4 4 3
      Social sciences, other 13 8 9 8 15 16 9 8 11 9
  Non-science and engineering 32 43 43 53 39 41 44 48 58 45
    Business 7 10 13 15 10 12 9 16 15 18
      Business 7 10 13 15 10 12 9 16 15 18
    Education 13 19 19 22 19 14 24 21 18 13
      Education leadership and administration . . 1 6 . . 1 5 . 1
      Education research 5 7 8 10 10 6 6 11 15 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 7 8 3 8 4 11 5 2 4
      Education, other 1 5 2 3 1 4 6 . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 5 8 5 9 3 8 8 10 19 9
      Letters 2 6 3 4 1 5 4 5 9 3
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . 1 . .
      History 3 2 2 5 2 3 2 2 5 6
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . . 2 2 4 .
    Other non-science and engineering 7 6 6 7 7 7 3 1 6 5
      Communication 4 4 3 7 6 7 3 1 4 1
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . . . 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 2 3 . 1 . . . 2 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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