Data

U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

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 919 934 900 861 780 846 801 853 778 818
  Science and engineering 778 824 765 758 674 740 661 722 640 673
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 4 1 11 2 6 3 6 11 6
      Agricultural sciences 1 1 . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 7 3 1 10 2 6 3 6 10 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 168 180 148 153 131 128 124 132 122 139
      Biochemistry and biophysics 13 8 7 8 5 10 11 9 11 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 8 2 6 4 5 6 6 3 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 29 41 30 30 27 19 19 26 19 22
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 5 5 3 2 7 8 9 14 10
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 21 27 23 19 25 26 21 25 15 17
      Genetics and genomics 9 3 7 8 6 2 4 3 7 6
      Microbiology and immunology 18 13 12 16 10 8 16 12 13 17
      Molecular biology 26 20 22 22 17 11 7 11 10 9
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 15 16 12 13 13 19 9 9 16 13
      Pharmacology and toxicology 14 13 4 7 5 8 6 6 3 6
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 20 17 13 12 11 14 16 8 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 6 7 8 5 2 3 . 3 3
    Computer and information sciences 38 28 32 22 35 40 30 32 19 25
      Computer science 20 15 13 8 27 27 24 22 14 21
      Computer and information sciences, other 18 13 19 14 8 13 6 10 5 4
    Engineering 252 285 266 275 223 245 218 237 223 201
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 24 22 24 17 27 17 15 34 17 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 29 23 26 24 16 21 20 23 15 19
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 18 25 25 30 21 18 22 25 20 11
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 19 17 11 19 14 16 16 12 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 63 69 75 71 41 46 46 55 59 52
      Industrial engineering and operations research 11 14 9 13 11 23 13 11 11 18
      Materials and mining engineering 20 27 22 16 21 20 10 22 22 27
      Mechanical engineering 50 54 43 60 40 59 54 36 33 34
      Engineering, other 27 32 25 33 27 27 22 15 34 22
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 18 19 23 10 16 18 17 12 20
      Geological sciences 13 11 9 14 5 10 11 10 6 15
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 8 7 10 9 5 6 7 7 6 5
    Health sciences 25 33 33 29 34 35 39 39 34 31
      Nursing science 3 1 4 3 7 6 8 11 6 12
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 6 10 7 6 8 10 7 6 9
      Public health 8 10 11 10 14 14 17 10 16 5
      Health sciences, other 11 16 8 9 7 7 4 11 6 5
    Mathematics and statistics 39 30 46 36 35 40 33 26 27 24
      Applied mathematics 9 4 7 8 7 5 4 6 7 3
      Mathematics 1 3 6 4 4 11 11 8 5 12
      Statistics 15 8 19 11 11 14 10 6 8 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 15 14 13 13 10 8 6 7 4
    Physical sciences 117 126 110 106 101 122 107 117 87 111
      Astronomy and astrophysics 18 8 7 13 6 9 7 7 10 12
      Chemistry 59 75 64 55 59 65 59 65 43 59
      Physics 40 43 39 38 36 48 41 45 34 40
    Psychology 33 32 28 29 29 32 29 27 25 18
      Clinical psychology 3 5 5 2 4 6 5 3 3 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 3 4 3 5 4 6 1 4 2
      Research and experimental psychology 23 20 18 20 14 20 17 20 12 11
      Psychology, other 4 4 1 4 6 2 1 3 6 2
    Social sciences 77 88 82 74 74 76 60 89 80 98
      Anthropology 8 11 12 9 9 14 9 16 9 13
      Economics 26 20 24 22 20 23 21 33 28 29
      Political science and government 6 17 10 15 10 14 11 14 16 21
      Public policy analysis 1 6 1 1 3 2 . 1 1 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 14 8 8 8 7 7 12 8 9
      Social sciences, other 30 20 27 19 24 16 12 13 18 23
  Non-science and engineering 141 110 135 103 106 106 140 131 138 145
    Business 26 13 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20
      Business 26 13 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20
    Education 28 20 27 25 26 19 21 34 17 38
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . 1 . 1 . 3
      Education research 16 8 13 10 10 8 8 15 11 20
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 7 9 6 8 7 11 16 4 12
      Education, other 7 5 5 9 8 3 2 2 2 3
    Humanities and arts 69 60 76 47 53 52 83 75 86 72
      Letters 30 20 37 20 21 12 21 17 20 22
      Foreign languages and literature 6 5 4 4 3 11 9 10 20 6
      History 15 14 15 10 13 11 27 25 26 21
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 6 11 1 5 6 7 7 4 5
      Music and performing arts 8 3 2 5 1 5 5 3 3 7
      Humanities and arts, other 1 12 7 7 10 7 14 13 13 11
    Other non-science and engineering 18 17 21 16 18 22 18 13 24 15
      Communication 4 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 3
      Public administration and social services 6 3 6 8 3 5 5 5 5 8
      Non-science and engineering, other 8 6 9 3 10 12 9 4 14 4

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