Table 16. Doctoral degrees awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by field of degree, ethnicity, and race of recipients: 2005–15

Field 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa 27,945 29,028 29,501 30,844 32,327 31,604 31,727 32,983 33,966 34,010 35,117
Science and engineering 17,177 18,073 18,635 19,869 21,103 21,406 21,964 22,858 23,463 23,889 24,547
Science 14,889 15,573 16,089 16,911 17,937 18,074 18,614 19,279 19,696 19,823 20,324
Computer sciences 468 588 639 697 734 761 790 785 758 807 773
Geosciences 444 473 551 536 559 573 555 623 654 722 704
Atmospheric sciences 86 69 93 105 94 90 108 129 133 121 145
Earth sciences 239 284 307 280 318 325 297 307 327 366 363
Ocean sciences 119 120 151 151 147 158 150 187 194 235 196
Life sciences 6,282 6,506 7,009 7,279 7,803 7,812 7,892 8,184 8,354 8,392 8,484
Agricultural sciences 599 631 686 647 712 618 697 675 737 754 774
Biological sciences 4,392 4,504 4,833 5,141 5,528 5,585 5,614 5,790 5,770 5,995 6,043
Health sciences 1,291 1,371 1,490 1,491 1,563 1,609 1,581 1,719 1,847 1,643 1,667
Mathematical sciences 543 619 602 673 772 838 813 842 873 931 888
Physical sciences 1,900 2,006 2,016 2,138 2,355 2,287 2,493 2,525 2,593 2,579 2,777
Astronomy 121 124 135 175 174 190 198 191 212 200 190
Chemistry 1,212 1,276 1,190 1,231 1,391 1,323 1,407 1,385 1,443 1,447 1,574
Physics 567 606 691 732 790 774 888 949 938 932 1,013
Social sciences 5,252 5,381 5,272 5,588 5,714 5,803 6,071 6,320 6,464 6,392 6,698
Anthropology 358 404 410 400 403 384 455 445 457 406 397
Economics 344 356 327 405 418 459 428 517 505 470 552
Political science 459 459 425 441 483 522 488 536 593 574 621
Psychology 2,894 2,825 2,780 2,892 2,908 2,874 3,063 3,047 3,067 3,042 3,107
Sociology 417 472 440 463 506 519 511 512 516 545 598
Other social sciences 780 865 890 987 996 1,045 1,126 1,263 1,326 1,355 1,423
Engineering 2,288 2,500 2,546 2,958 3,166 3,332 3,350 3,579 3,767 4,066 4,223
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 98 90 118 122 160 141 145 181 194 246 216
Bioengineering 229 306 342 469 513 516 564 602 637 674 725
Chemical engineering 306 359 310 396 411 433 393 377 365 445 488
Civil engineering 192 195 221 207 262 231 216 159 182 229 230
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 480 478 492 558 578 627 617 614 603 575 632
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 75 69 73 90 70 62 100 75 77 91 65
Materials science engineering 177 216 251 266 254 313 278 350 349 363 382
Mechanical engineering 301 353 332 371 421 403 440 505 547 558 620
Other engineering 430 434 407 479 497 606 597 716 813 885 865
Non-science and engineering 10,768 10,955 10,866 10,975 11,224 10,198 9,763 10,125 10,503 10,121 10,570
Education 5,255 5,171 5,358 5,584 5,584 4,477 3,878 4,040 4,118 3,934 4,209
Humanities 4,036 4,240 3,894 3,744 3,893 4,030 4,192 4,435 4,535 4,362 4,480
Professional/other/unknown 1,477 1,544 1,614 1,647 1,747 1,691 1,693 1,650 1,850 1,825 1,881
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 1,435 1,532 1,655 1,773 1,880 1,843 1,990 2,144 2,135 2,192 2,451
Science and engineering 844 924 987 1,135 1,145 1,213 1,372 1,458 1,424 1,508 1,680
Science 755 811 861 1,001 985 1,021 1,184 1,268 1,234 1,264 1,386
Computer sciences 12 8 18 20 20 22 24 27 30 29 35
Geosciences 18 21 20 17 25 26 23 31 36 38 43
Atmospheric sciences 3 5 3 1 3 5 2 6 8 7 7
Earth sciences 8 11 12 12 12 10 9 13 15 17 25
Ocean sciences 7 5 5 4 10 11 12 12 13 14 11
Life sciences 293 306 356 399 390 449 471 493 545 530 632
Agricultural sciences 22 30 29 26 34 31 49 42 53 48 52
Biological sciences 228 230 261 313 305 350 355 371 416 384 481
Health sciences 43 46 66 60 51 68 67 80 76 98 99
Mathematical sciences 24 25 23 29 36 36 26 47 35 37 40
Physical sciences 74 79 94 100 106 102 136 128 132 166 137
Astronomy 3 3 8 5 5 7 11 8 7 12 9
Chemistry 55 64 57 72 77 62 90 68 82 101 86
Physics 16 12 29 23 24 33 35 52 43 53 42
Social sciences 334 372 350 436 408 386 504 542 456 464 499
Anthropology 19 23 23 25 37 22 42 36 38 46 38
Economics 23 21 16 16 11 33 23 28 25 24 34
Political science 21 26 25 22 25 30 24 31 32 33 36
Psychology 192 214 206 278 231 196 285 292 224 241 247
Sociology 33 35 29 40 32 34 47 56 43 37 50
Other social sciences 46 53 51 55 72 71 83 99 94 83 94
Engineering 89 113 126 134 160 192 188 190 190 244 294
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 1 7 4 11 7 8 8 14 25 12
Bioengineering 7 11 9 22 21 26 26 29 35 32 51
Chemical engineering 20 22 12 21 24 26 28 26 19 25 27
Civil engineering 10 12 18 11 16 18 16 12 10 12 16
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 13 16 26 25 23 33 34 31 33 26 43
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2 6 5 7 6 8 11 5 6 7 6
Materials science engineering 10 12 8 8 9 20 11 18 15 27 32
Mechanical engineering 13 7 12 17 23 23 24 28 33 28 33
Other engineering 8 26 29 19 27 31 30 33 25 62 74
Non-science and engineering 591 608 668 638 735 630 618 686 711 684 771
Education 293 296 343 351 390 275 230 257 270 259 315
Humanities 217 239 251 206 256 270 287 331 331 312 364
Professional/other/unknown 81 73 74 81 89 85 101 98 110 113 92
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 137 113 140 115 132 117 127 104 119 103 130
Science and engineering 70 49 86 62 75 78 78 61 71 70 70
Science 61 45 79 55 65 72 71 55 66 63 63
Computer sciences 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1
Geosciences 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 2
Atmospheric sciences 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earth sciences 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1
Ocean sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Life sciences 19 16 30 29 29 22 25 24 30 20 22
Agricultural sciences 3 3 9 5 4 2 1 5 4 5 1
Biological sciences 12 6 14 20 18 15 14 14 16 7 12
Health sciences 4 7 7 4 7 5 10 5 10 8 9
Mathematical sciences 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0
Physical sciences 4 4 6 2 4 7 8 2 3 8 7
Astronomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chemistry 2 3 4 2 4 5 6 1 2 6 5
Physics 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2
Social sciences 33 22 40 22 28 38 33 23 30 30 31
Anthropology 3 4 4 1 1 4 5 4 3 3 4
Economics 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Political science 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 1 2 0 1
Psychology 14 11 22 12 10 20 13 8 14 13 11
Sociology 4 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 1
Other social sciences 8 3 9 6 12 8 8 9 10 11 12
Engineering 9 4 7 7 10 6 7 6 5 7 7
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioengineering 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
Chemical engineering 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 2
Civil engineering 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Materials science engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
Mechanical engineering 4 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0
Other engineering 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 2
Non-science and engineering 67 64 54 53 57 39 49 43 48 33 60
Education 41 35 37 36 42 22 30 29 24 19 28
Humanities 21 21 11 11 10 14 13 10 20 12 25
Professional/other/unknown 5 8 6 6 5 3 6 4 4 2 7
Asian, all fields 2,155 2,391 2,308 2,507 2,612 2,738 2,832 2,943 2,892 2,882 3,072
Science and engineering 1,722 1,882 1,811 2,013 2,046 2,217 2,298 2,384 2,316 2,344 2,486
Science 1,323 1,441 1,417 1,526 1,559 1,674 1,735 1,828 1,746 1,764 1,837
Computer sciences 91 131 105 116 123 134 150 127 125 135 108
Geosciences 18 24 10 25 19 19 33 34 22 23 24
Atmospheric sciences 3 5 1 4 4 6 9 16 9 1 9
Earth sciences 11 11 3 16 9 12 16 10 6 13 11
Ocean sciences 4 8 6 5 6 1 8 8 7 9 4
Life sciences 671 696 725 768 784 843 853 934 877 883 922
Agricultural sciences 24 37 24 41 31 33 46 31 29 46 49
Biological sciences 534 541 563 589 613 648 651 737 679 695 731
Health sciences 113 118 138 138 140 162 156 166 169 142 142
Mathematical sciences 67 70 70 62 81 89 84 73 108 87 96
Physical sciences 195 182 193 212 198 216 219 223 205 229 248
Astronomy 7 8 6 10 7 9 12 13 11 11 11
Chemistry 123 125 126 134 129 141 134 142 120 122 145
Physics 65 49 61 68 62 66 73 68 74 96 92
Social sciences 281 338 314 343 354 373 396 437 409 407 439
Anthropology 20 21 23 27 16 14 29 19 34 23 25
Economics 40 56 48 58 57 52 62 78 63 59 73
Political science 22 19 16 26 28 32 36 28 35 28 29
Psychology 124 165 146 144 147 167 170 186 158 161 189
Sociology 26 21 24 28 39 32 31 35 26 41 33
Other social sciences 49 56 57 60 67 76 68 91 93 95 90
Engineering 399 441 394 487 487 543 563 556 570 580 649
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 16 8 16 13 13 15 16 16 21 12
Bioengineering 54 56 60 92 91 106 121 133 142 124 160
Chemical engineering 43 56 39 50 53 56 50 53 62 60 73
Civil engineering 24 33 22 21 29 33 33 23 20 17 23
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 115 112 124 155 150 142 158 145 125 124 137
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 14 7 11 10 14 6 11 11 9 11 8
Materials science engineering 26 37 38 40 29 52 49 50 48 50 58
Mechanical engineering 42 53 42 34 44 46 47 40 57 62 73
Other engineering 72 71 50 69 64 89 79 85 91 111 105
Non-science and engineering 433 509 497 494 566 521 534 559 576 538 586
Education 153 174 177 202 211 186 181 178 219 198 195
Humanities 194 224 205 169 203 180 198 206 190 186 197
Professional/other/unknown 86 111 115 123 152 155 155 175 167 154 194
Black or African American, all fields 1,741 1,789 1,891 1,961 2,168 1,939 1,899 2,056 2,172 2,172 2,281
Science and engineering 799 845 867 897 1,055 1,008 1,094 1,126 1,311 1,282 1,307
Science 703 743 775 787 923 871 964 976 1,140 1,114 1,142
Computer sciences 14 14 30 26 27 28 30 33 31 38 28
Geosciences 6 5 9 9 8 11 8 18 10 17 13
Atmospheric sciences 3 1 5 1 3 1 1 7 3 4 3
Earth sciences 2 2 3 5 4 7 4 6 3 7 6
Ocean sciences 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 5 4 6 4
Life sciences 289 299 316 318 410 392 428 448 523 501 452
Agricultural sciences 17 27 22 30 34 32 24 35 43 37 29
Biological sciences 155 148 182 188 241 213 248 240 250 280 224
Health sciences 117 124 112 100 135 147 156 173 230 184 199
Mathematical sciences 22 20 19 29 24 22 21 23 26 37 25
Physical sciences 55 50 81 65 74 69 78 84 80 83 88
Astronomy 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 2
Chemistry 41 37 60 50 62 52 61 59 60 62 73
Physics 12 13 20 15 12 15 15 25 19 17 13
Social sciences 317 355 320 340 380 349 399 370 470 438 536
Anthropology 22 19 16 12 23 17 18 14 19 19 17
Economics 8 18 18 16 13 17 16 16 17 16 15
Political science 32 31 24 23 30 28 28 24 50 30 46
Psychology 159 172 152 159 175 163 182 157 206 179 241
Sociology 40 43 34 39 44 45 41 43 48 45 53
Other social sciences 56 72 76 91 95 79 114 116 130 149 164
Engineering 96 102 92 110 132 137 130 150 171 168 165
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 0 2 3 1 5 9 4 3 9
Bioengineering 8 8 20 17 20 19 20 17 27 29 20
Chemical engineering 13 13 14 16 13 13 14 8 7 15 9
Civil engineering 6 12 10 6 9 13 10 7 9 12 18
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 24 18 20 15 28 24 28 28 32 32 28
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8 10 5 12 6 9 8 9 14 6 5
Materials science engineering 5 8 2 15 18 16 12 14 17 9 12
Mechanical engineering 11 13 11 18 18 13 14 17 26 15 18
Other engineering 19 19 10 9 17 29 19 41 35 47 46
Non-science and engineering 942 944 1,024 1,064 1,113 931 805 930 861 890 974
Education 648 639 711 714 788 622 495 578 518 522 635
Humanities 174 170 175 171 158 171 156 182 167 156 139
Professional/other/unknown 120 135 138 179 167 138 154 170 176 212 200
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, all fields 64 63 64 67 73 53 47 57 53 58 44
Science and engineering 43 46 48 48 48 41 33 40 34 42 31
Science 39 41 43 43 44 36 29 35 32 35 28
Computer sciences 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0
Geosciences 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ocean sciences 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Life sciences 23 21 22 21 22 21 15 21 20 21 13
Agricultural sciences 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3
Biological sciences 15 19 18 17 17 15 14 12 12 16 8
Health sciences 6 2 4 3 4 5 1 8 7 3 2
Mathematical sciences 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
Physical sciences 3 3 6 6 5 4 4 2 1 2 5
Astronomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 3 2 5 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 2
Physics 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 3
Social sciences 10 14 12 15 17 6 8 10 9 11 9
Anthropology 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Economics 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
Political science 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
Psychology 6 10 7 5 11 2 5 5 5 7 2
Sociology 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Other social sciences 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 5
Engineering 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 2 7 3
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioengineering 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1
Chemical engineering 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Materials science engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mechanical engineering 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other engineering 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 1
Non-science and engineering 21 17 16 19 25 12 14 17 19 16 13
Education 14 9 6 9 19 7 7 7 15 10 9
Humanities 5 6 4 8 3 5 4 6 2 4 4
Professional/other/unknown 2 2 6 2 3 0 3 4 2 2 0
White, all fields 21,208 21,923 22,067 22,835 23,616 23,101 23,279 24,011 24,750 24,833 25,407
Science and engineering 12,945 13,547 13,961 14,708 15,482 15,606 15,994 16,585 17,005 17,407 17,702
Science 11,355 11,827 12,171 12,643 13,371 13,379 13,700 14,111 14,409 14,581 14,833
Computer sciences 320 404 454 498 523 524 544 537 519 566 544
Geosciences 384 400 487 466 466 483 471 514 550 604 589
Atmospheric sciences 76 54 80 96 71 72 91 94 105 105 122
Earth sciences 204 252 274 236 274 278 258 262 286 307 299
Ocean sciences 104 94 133 134 121 133 122 158 159 192 168
Life sciences 4,761 4,927 5,301 5,423 5,782 5,689 5,753 5,880 5,978 6,041 6,045
Agricultural sciences 506 508 577 514 567 489 550 536 581 589 605
Biological sciences 3,297 3,400 3,628 3,772 4,059 4,071 4,084 4,123 4,117 4,320 4,297
Health sciences 958 1,019 1,096 1,137 1,156 1,129 1,119 1,221 1,280 1,132 1,143
Mathematical sciences 410 478 464 523 584 640 635 654 653 723 671
Physical sciences 1,492 1,622 1,542 1,642 1,823 1,758 1,917 1,956 2,034 1,943 2,165
Astronomy 100 108 112 157 153 168 165 166 184 165 161
Chemistry 952 1,005 888 911 1,036 992 1,057 1,044 1,103 1,072 1,182
Physics 440 509 542 574 634 598 695 746 747 706 822
Social sciences 3,988 3,996 3,923 4,091 4,193 4,285 4,380 4,570 4,675 4,704 4,819
Anthropology 275 308 315 303 297 298 335 341 335 287 288
Economics 261 244 228 298 311 330 312 371 376 349 396
Political science 364 357 326 343 355 403 370 415 433 459 467
Psychology 2,212 2,094 2,071 2,103 2,183 2,127 2,209 2,221 2,239 2,273 2,260
Sociology 297 358 329 331 364 380 367 354 376 399 426
Other social sciences 579 635 654 713 683 747 787 868 916 937 982
Engineering 1,590 1,720 1,790 2,065 2,111 2,227 2,294 2,474 2,596 2,826 2,869
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 74 65 93 92 116 111 108 138 150 183 169
Bioengineering 148 216 233 307 337 335 372 392 385 446 449
Chemical engineering 218 257 233 290 288 305 284 268 258 319 351
Civil engineering 144 130 159 159 195 158 148 110 137 171 166
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 308 305 290 329 328 375 370 369 364 370 383
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 48 45 49 56 39 34 67 46 47 60 40
Materials science engineering 130 149 188 193 167 211 184 246 252 257 260
Mechanical engineering 217 258 251 285 298 292 327 387 392 423 459
Other engineering 303 295 294 354 343 406 434 518 611 597 592
Non-science and engineering 8,263 8,376 8,106 8,127 8,134 7,495 7,285 7,426 7,745 7,426 7,705
Education 3,903 3,844 3,852 4,001 3,886 3,130 2,763 2,835 2,876 2,710 2,856
Humanities 3,229 3,390 3,064 2,961 3,027 3,147 3,329 3,464 3,568 3,470 3,536
Professional/other/unknown 1,131 1,142 1,190 1,165 1,221 1,218 1,193 1,127 1,301 1,246 1,313
More than one race, all fields 395 464 505 506 646 654 722 807 859 879 905
Science and engineering 254 303 339 335 445 463 518 580 622 637 666
Science 223 258 292 290 389 398 446 505 535 534 558
Computer sciences 12 10 8 8 17 17 17 18 20 17 18
Geosciences 4 5 10 4 8 11 6 11 16 23 16
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 2
Earth sciences 4 2 6 2 3 4 3 5 8 12 13
Ocean sciences 0 3 3 1 2 6 2 2 6 10 1
Life sciences 80 97 113 124 158 155 180 215 213 234 240
Agricultural sciences 7 6 9 6 13 7 13 11 10 9 18
Biological sciences 57 79 83 97 118 116 138 174 165 181 190
Health sciences 16 12 21 21 27 32 29 30 38 44 32
Mathematical sciences 3 11 6 5 15 15 18 24 20 17 17
Physical sciences 32 22 33 37 39 51 69 61 71 68 73
Astronomy 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 4 3 6
Chemistry 20 14 17 17 23 27 27 39 40 44 46
Physics 9 5 13 17 12 22 38 21 27 21 21
Social sciences 92 113 122 112 152 149 156 176 195 175 194
Anthropology 7 12 13 6 13 16 15 17 11 19 13
Economics 4 6 7 5 7 6 6 14 12 12 15
Political science 6 8 14 8 17 9 9 14 19 12 16
Psychology 50 64 59 62 80 81 80 87 87 82 81
Sociology 9 7 13 12 14 15 18 11 15 16 25
Other social sciences 16 16 16 19 21 22 28 33 51 34 44
Engineering 31 45 47 45 56 65 72 75 87 103 108
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 2 4 0 2 3 3 4 4 6 8
Bioengineering 6 8 8 7 14 14 11 10 21 21 26
Chemical engineering 7 6 2 7 6 8 8 12 6 11 8
Civil engineering 3 1 4 4 1 2 3 1 1 3 3
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 3 9 9 9 7 12 12 11 18 10 18
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 2 3
Materials science engineering 1 3 10 2 7 7 12 10 12 11 10
Mechanical engineering 3 6 5 4 8 7 10 16 13 18 11
Other engineering 5 9 5 9 10 9 12 10 12 21 21
Non-science and engineering 141 161 166 171 201 191 204 227 237 242 239
Education 58 58 76 64 90 77 83 81 81 92 89
Humanities 66 82 67 85 80 84 84 113 115 115 110
Professional/other/unknown 17 21 23 22 31 30 37 33 41 35 40
Race unknown, all fields 242 224 240 276 265 219 201 236 226 214 205
Science and engineering 147 143 162 181 168 131 144 166 146 150 149
Science 125 116 135 150 143 100 126 129 118 116 121
Computer sciences 5 6 14 8 11 9 5 6 11 6 9
Geosciences 5 4 6 4 5 2 5 3 4 6 2
Atmospheric sciences 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
Earth sciences 3 1 5 3 3 1 2 2 2 4 1
Ocean sciences 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Life sciences 46 40 49 58 54 36 52 58 43 42 42
Agricultural sciences 1 1 3 8 7 3 2 3 3 5 4
Biological sciences 38 28 28 43 40 25 37 42 34 30 30
Health sciences 7 11 18 7 7 8 13 13 6 7 8
Mathematical sciences 6 6 7 6 8 5 5 7 4 7 9
Physical sciences 20 17 20 15 20 8 18 18 20 25 9
Astronomy 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0
Chemistry 6 11 12 7 6 3 9 9 10 11 5
Physics 10 6 8 8 13 4 8 7 9 13 4
Social sciences 43 43 39 59 45 40 41 37 36 30 50
Anthropology 5 11 2 14 5 5 3 5 7 3 8
Economics 4 3 3 2 7 10 3 1 1 2 3
Political science 3 3 3 6 7 4 7 5 8 3 6
Psychology 16 7 17 22 15 16 18 9 11 11 17
Sociology 2 6 4 3 5 1 1 3 4 1 4
Other social sciences 13 13 10 12 6 4 9 14 5 10 12
Engineering 22 27 27 31 25 31 18 37 28 34 28
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 0 4 1
Bioengineering 2 3 2 7 1 4 4 6 8 3 4
Chemical engineering 0 2 2 3 1 6 1 0 1 7 4
Civil engineering 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 6 9 5 7 4 9 3 8 8 3 4
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Materials science engineering 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 4 2
Mechanical engineering 2 2 4 6 6 3 1 8 3 4 2
Other engineering 6 5 7 1 7 5 6 8 6 7 7
Non-science and engineering 95 81 78 95 97 88 57 70 80 64 56
Education 32 38 26 42 34 33 18 17 25 13 14
Humanities 51 31 38 30 51 42 24 41 40 35 32
Professional/other/unknown 12 12 14 23 12 13 15 12 15 16 10
Ethnicity unknown, all fields 568 529 631 804 935 940 630 625 760 677 622
Science and engineering 353 334 374 490 639 649 433 458 534 449 456
Science 305 291 316 416 458 523 359 372 416 352 356
Computer sciences 13 12 9 21 13 21 18 35 22 13 30
Geosciences 4 13 7 9 27 21 7 8 13 10 15
Atmospheric sciences 0 3 1 1 8 5 2 1 5 2 1
Earth sciences 4 4 4 5 13 13 3 6 5 6 7
Ocean sciences 0 6 2 3 6 3 2 1 3 2 7
Life sciences 100 104 97 139 174 205 115 111 125 120 116
Agricultural sciences 17 19 13 16 21 20 12 11 13 13 13
Biological sciences 56 53 56 102 117 132 73 77 81 82 70
Health sciences 27 32 28 21 36 53 30 23 31 25 33
Mathematical sciences 9 7 10 18 21 27 21 12 25 21 29
Physical sciences 25 27 41 59 86 72 44 51 47 55 45
Astronomy 2 2 5 0 4 1 3 1 4 3 1
Chemistry 10 15 21 35 50 38 21 22 25 29 30
Physics 13 10 15 24 32 33 20 28 18 23 14
Social sciences 154 128 152 170 137 177 154 155 184 133 121
Anthropology 6 5 12 10 11 8 8 8 9 6 4
Economics 3 5 5 10 10 9 5 8 11 8 13
Political science 6 13 14 9 15 12 9 16 13 8 19
Psychology 121 88 100 107 56 102 101 82 123 75 59
Sociology 6 2 4 6 7 10 3 9 3 2 6
Other social sciences 12 15 17 28 38 36 28 32 25 34 20
Engineering 48 43 58 74 181 126 74 86 118 97 100
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 4 4 13 5 4 3 6 4 5
Bioengineering 4 3 7 12 27 12 8 14 19 14 11
Chemical engineering 5 3 7 7 23 17 6 9 9 8 13
Civil engineering 4 5 3 5 10 6 6 4 4 12 3
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 6 8 16 17 34 31 11 20 22 9 19
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 0
Materials science engineering 3 6 3 5 21 3 6 8 3 4 8
Mechanical engineering 9 10 7 5 23 17 16 8 21 8 24
Other engineering 15 6 9 17 28 33 15 18 33 34 17
Non-science and engineering 215 195 257 314 296 291 197 167 226 228 166
Education 113 78 130 165 124 125 71 58 90 111 68
Humanities 79 77 79 103 105 117 97 82 102 72 73
Professional/other/unknown 23 40 48 46 67 49 29 27 34 45 25