Data

CUNY, Graduate Center

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 302 339 370 336 337 394 394 410 419 431
  Science and engineering 201 234 247 233 221 238 252 257 257 278
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 1 . 1 2 5 3 2 4 3
      Agricultural sciences 2 . . 1 1 . . 2 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 . . 1 5 3 . 4 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 39 39 33 31 24 43 34 37 26 39
      Biochemistry and biophysics 13 15 13 11 8 14 7 11 7 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 6 7 9 6 11 12 9 1 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 2 . . . 1 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 . . 1 1 1 1 1 4 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 6 2 1 2 2 1 3 5 8
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 2
      Molecular biology 5 4 5 3 1 6 1 3 4 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 7 4 4 3 4 5 4 8 2 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 . 1 1 . 4 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 . . 1 . 3 2 1 1 2
    Computer and information sciences 8 7 17 10 14 6 14 17 6 14
      Computer science 6 6 15 10 11 6 14 17 6 12
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 1 2 . 3 . . . . 2
    Engineering 1 3 3 3 2 1 . . 4 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering . 1 . . 1 . . . . 2
      Materials and mining engineering . . 1 1 1 1 . . 2 .
      Engineering, other 1 2 2 1 . . . . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 9 4 4 7 6 6 3 4 2
      Geological sciences 6 7 4 2 7 5 5 3 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 2 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 1
    Health sciences 3 4 17 14 8 10 9 14 16 16
      Nursing science . 1 13 11 7 5 7 10 7 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public health . . 1 . . . 1 1 2 1
      Health sciences, other 3 3 3 3 1 5 1 2 7 11
    Mathematics and statistics 8 11 7 6 6 15 6 13 18 15
      Applied mathematics . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 2 1
      Mathematics 2 1 3 . 1 6 3 5 8 7
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 9 4 6 4 9 2 8 8 7
    Physical sciences 27 31 35 25 25 25 45 32 26 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 3 3 2 2 . . . 4 1
      Chemistry 14 17 14 10 14 9 26 15 13 12
      Physics 9 11 18 13 9 16 19 17 9 20
    Psychology 42 51 54 53 59 59 53 67 72 76
      Clinical psychology 8 8 12 19 19 21 21 24 22 25
      Counseling and applied psychology 10 11 12 11 16 10 6 14 18 13
      Research and experimental psychology 9 18 12 9 13 17 21 23 22 27
      Psychology, other 15 14 18 14 11 11 5 6 10 11
    Social sciences 64 78 77 86 74 68 82 72 81 76
      Anthropology 12 15 13 19 7 11 14 10 13 12
      Economics 10 11 11 13 14 15 11 18 5 13
      Political science and government 10 6 9 7 9 6 8 8 19 12
      Public policy analysis . . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 13 16 13 15 14 11 14 13 11 7
      Social sciences, other 19 30 30 31 30 25 35 23 33 32
  Non-science and engineering 101 105 123 103 116 156 142 153 162 153
    Business 4 9 13 6 11 7 11 8 11 16
      Business 4 9 13 6 11 7 11 8 11 16
    Education 15 9 15 13 12 18 16 22 24 15
      Education leadership and administration 7 6 8 7 6 13 9 14 11 5
      Education research 3 . 5 4 1 2 5 6 5 4
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 . 1 1 4 2 2 1 7 6
      Education, other 3 3 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 .
    Humanities and arts 78 81 87 78 85 122 110 118 122 115
      Letters 25 29 26 23 24 39 33 30 29 39
      Foreign languages and literature 6 7 12 4 6 16 13 23 18 10
      History 12 9 7 8 6 9 11 12 20 11
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 6 11 9 9 18 17 10 10 11
      Music and performing arts 12 20 23 23 21 29 22 30 31 20
      Humanities and arts, other 12 10 8 11 19 11 14 13 14 24
    Other non-science and engineering 4 6 8 6 8 9 5 5 5 7
      Communication 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 1
      Public administration and social services 3 5 7 4 5 9 5 4 4 6
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 1 1 3 . . 1 . .

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