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Table 18. Doctoral degrees awarded to female 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 14,357 14,762 15,260 16,069 16,818 16,328 16,330 16,910 17,416 17,347 17,872
Science and engineering 7,998 8,450 8,847 9,494 10,177 10,264 10,559 10,949 11,289 11,436 11,659
Science 7,519 7,869 8,243 8,740 9,359 9,399 9,744 10,021 10,344 10,421 10,570
Computer sciences 102 131 130 176 154 176 175 154 148 183 148
Geosciences 165 177 236 217 229 249 228 278 316 351 316
Atmospheric sciences 27 20 36 29 24 32 28 41 53 44 47
Earth sciences 89 110 125 114 128 133 117 139 156 186 169
Ocean sciences 49 47 75 74 77 84 83 98 107 121 100
Life sciences 3,333 3,485 3,802 4,009 4,450 4,511 4,488 4,719 4,781 4,830 4,880
Agricultural sciences 238 246 283 272 332 304 340 307 346 382 387
Biological sciences 2,167 2,242 2,415 2,627 2,957 3,009 3,023 3,161 3,114 3,268 3,268
Health sciences 928 997 1,104 1,110 1,161 1,198 1,125 1,251 1,321 1,180 1,225
Mathematical sciences 152 171 178 220 231 250 219 230 241 259 245
Physical sciences 562 579 606 619 751 726 795 750 833 780 874
Astronomy 34 37 33 48 58 63 62 56 72 57 56
Chemistry 445 443 444 438 543 512 574 527 594 564 632
Physics 83 99 129 133 150 151 159 167 167 159 186
Social sciences 3,205 3,326 3,291 3,499 3,544 3,487 3,839 3,890 4,025 4,018 4,107
Anthropology 215 243 248 247 250 240 275 304 307 267 255
Economics 125 117 109 144 137 159 138 172 164 146 186
Political science 198 157 184 195 194 207 226 224 257 257 245
Psychology 1,993 2,035 1,986 2,061 2,091 2,003 2,222 2,178 2,233 2,183 2,233
Sociology 270 299 278 295 307 322 327 326 305 356 383
Other social sciences 404 475 486 557 565 556 651 686 759 809 805
Engineering 479 581 604 754 818 865 815 928 945 1,015 1,089
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 11 17 13 22 22 17 28 32 38 33
Bioengineering 68 104 128 186 211 212 224 229 233 272 285
Chemical engineering 76 101 78 124 116 138 128 120 115 119 148
Civil engineering 51 48 47 58 69 78 62 47 52 73 68
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 70 58 79 93 95 107 89 119 89 91 99
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 17 29 29 35 26 23 33 29 25 31 27
Materials science engineering 48 57 69 68 84 91 70 95 95 89 97
Mechanical engineering 41 63 44 67 74 62 69 84 97 85 108
Other engineering 97 110 113 110 121 132 123 177 207 217 224
Non-science and engineering 6,359 6,312 6,413 6,575 6,641 6,064 5,771 5,961 6,127 5,911 6,213
Education 3,564 3,390 3,627 3,784 3,739 3,086 2,715 2,800 2,824 2,741 2,900
Humanities 2,001 2,095 1,862 1,895 1,977 2,050 2,137 2,270 2,293 2,198 2,280
Professional/other/unknown 794 827 924 896 925 928 919 891 1,010 972 1,033
Hispanic or Latino, all fields 827 839 917 1,025 1,027 1,028 1,097 1,196 1,230 1,192 1,332
Science and engineering 440 487 513 613 590 644 728 766 786 776 848
Science 411 454 471 567 545 578 682 710 725 707 775
Computer sciences 3 4 2 6 5 8 2 5 7 10 6
Geosciences 8 11 13 10 10 11 12 18 19 17 23
Atmospheric sciences 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 5 2 4
Earth sciences 4 6 9 8 5 4 4 6 10 6 14
Ocean sciences 2 3 2 2 5 5 7 9 4 9 5
Life sciences 156 161 192 219 218 266 262 281 325 301 358
Agricultural sciences 12 14 18 11 20 20 23 18 28 24 28
Biological sciences 114 113 132 167 166 194 191 211 245 203 264
Health sciences 30 34 42 41 32 52 48 52 52 74 66
Mathematical sciences 6 10 6 5 12 6 4 12 7 8 10
Physical sciences 32 30 31 37 40 45 52 44 53 55 55
Astronomy 2 1 3 2 3 2 5 2 2 1 3
Chemistry 29 27 21 30 33 37 37 32 43 48 44
Physics 1 2 7 5 4 6 10 10 8 6 8
Social sciences 206 238 227 290 260 242 350 350 314 316 323
Anthropology 10 12 12 18 23 12 27 24 27 37 23
Economics 8 3 4 4 3 8 7 7 10 7 15
Political science 8 8 10 10 7 19 5 16 17 19 17
Psychology 130 161 150 203 171 143 218 205 179 181 185
Sociology 21 23 16 22 18 19 33 39 25 25 26
Other social sciences 29 31 35 33 38 41 60 59 56 47 57
Engineering 29 33 42 46 45 66 46 56 61 69 73
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 5 2
Bioengineering 1 6 4 10 8 11 9 11 18 12 17
Chemical engineering 6 11 7 8 12 12 8 12 7 11 8
Civil engineering 2 3 6 3 5 8 3 4 4 7 8
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2 1 4 4 1 5 5 5 7 4 4
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1 3 3 4 3 4 6 3 3 2 2
Materials science engineering 7 4 3 3 4 8 2 5 5 8 3
Mechanical engineering 6 1 2 7 5 5 8 6 5 2 8
Other engineering 3 4 12 7 6 10 5 10 8 18 21
Non-science and engineering 387 352 404 412 437 384 369 430 444 416 484
Education 209 201 240 241 253 183 165 175 189 187 230
Humanities 133 115 122 122 137 151 151 196 188 160 198
Professional/other/unknown 45 36 42 49 47 50 53 59 67 69 56
Not Hispanic or Latino, all fields
American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields 79 60 78 66 76 59 77 63 63 54 72
Science and engineering 33 21 41 35 42 35 43 33 37 36 40
Science 32 21 40 33 37 34 43 30 37 36 39
Computer sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Geosciences 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earth sciences 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ocean sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Life sciences 10 7 18 20 16 12 18 18 19 12 19
Agricultural sciences 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 3 2 1 1
Biological sciences 6 2 10 15 10 8 8 10 10 6 11
Health sciences 2 3 4 4 4 4 9 5 7 5 7
Mathematical sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Physical sciences 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 4
Astronomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 4
Physics 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Social sciences 19 13 21 12 21 21 20 10 17 18 15
Anthropology 2 2 3 1 0 3 4 2 2 2 1
Economics 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Political science 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 0
Psychology 8 9 15 6 9 11 9 4 9 7 9
Sociology 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Other social sciences 5 1 1 3 8 4 6 3 4 7 5
Engineering 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioengineering 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Mechanical engineering 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Other engineering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-science and engineering 46 39 37 31 34 24 34 30 26 18 32
Education 33 21 25 23 28 17 23 20 15 13 17
Humanities 10 13 8 4 4 5 7 7 8 5 12
Professional/other/unknown 3 5 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 0 3
Asian, all fields 1,092 1,239 1,249 1,379 1,449 1,518 1,569 1,631 1,628 1,638 1,713
Science and engineering 814 908 914 1,037 1,065 1,171 1,200 1,277 1,228 1,261 1,303
Science 715 777 799 869 906 981 1,019 1,092 1,024 1,058 1,091
Computer sciences 27 44 30 41 31 41 44 38 30 49 24
Geosciences 9 13 7 15 15 12 14 15 13 16 11
Atmospheric sciences 1 2 1 3 4 1 4 7 6 0 3
Earth sciences 5 6 1 8 5 10 8 7 3 9 5
Ocean sciences 3 5 5 4 6 1 2 1 4 7 3
Life sciences 381 383 441 454 479 531 522 601 555 566 583
Agricultural sciences 15 19 16 25 17 22 28 20 18 33 32
Biological sciences 283 277 319 335 369 393 393 455 413 440 448
Health sciences 83 87 106 94 93 116 101 126 124 93 103
Mathematical sciences 28 32 31 27 38 48 36 31 41 34 47
Physical sciences 65 78 80 87 95 91 114 96 96 97 111
Astronomy 2 3 4 3 2 3 5 8 3 3 2
Chemistry 49 60 62 63 72 70 85 68 72 64 79
Physics 14 15 14 21 21 18 24 20 21 30 30
Social sciences 205 227 210 245 248 258 289 311 289 296 315
Anthropology 16 17 20 17 12 10 19 15 27 17 15
Economics 25 26 21 30 29 25 38 42 36 33 41
Political science 11 7 6 18 16 19 22 18 21 16 16
Psychology 99 119 120 122 120 130 139 145 122 134 152
Sociology 22 17 13 15 26 21 26 24 18 30 27
Other social sciences 32 41 30 43 45 53 45 67 65 66 64
Engineering 99 131 115 168 159 190 181 185 204 203 212
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 3 0 5 3 4 1 3 3 6 1
Bioengineering 21 18 23 44 43 52 57 61 60 59 68
Chemical engineering 14 20 11 25 20 23 28 25 29 20 31
Civil engineering 6 9 4 8 11 16 6 8 7 7 8
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 20 21 32 40 32 36 38 31 33 32 27
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2 4 3 3 6 3 2 1 5 4 4
Materials science engineering 10 15 9 17 13 19 18 19 17 23 18
Mechanical engineering 6 15 10 8 9 8 6 12 17 15 17
Other engineering 20 26 23 18 22 29 25 25 33 37 38
Non-science and engineering 278 331 335 342 384 347 369 354 400 377 410
Education 110 131 134 150 165 142 139 140 169 162 155
Humanities 121 135 126 112 131 116 135 126 122 126 129
Professional/other/unknown 47 65 75 80 88 89 95 88 109 89 126
Black or African American, all fields 1,100 1,140 1,211 1,249 1,378 1,242 1,233 1,315 1,371 1,350 1,468
Science and engineering 473 525 504 540 650 628 679 685 794 761 799
Science 447 483 473 498 606 584 634 631 737 698 745
Computer sciences 7 4 11 11 7 10 16 13 13 11 7
Geosciences 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 7 2 6 5
Atmospheric sciences 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 0
Earth sciences 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3
Ocean sciences 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 2
Life sciences 201 199 218 213 279 281 285 317 348 330 316
Agricultural sciences 12 10 11 16 20 20 8 16 24 18 11
Biological sciences 100 91 112 116 152 144 155 164 154 183 140
Health sciences 89 98 95 81 107 117 122 137 170 129 165
Mathematical sciences 7 8 4 14 11 9 9 10 6 12 9
Physical sciences 17 20 29 30 39 33 42 29 36 30 41
Astronomy 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1
Chemistry 15 18 27 27 37 26 36 26 31 26 37
Physics 2 2 2 3 2 5 4 3 4 2 3
Social sciences 214 250 210 227 266 247 279 255 332 309 367
Anthropology 15 15 11 11 16 13 12 10 16 11 11
Economics 3 4 10 7 5 5 7 5 6 5 4
Political science 17 16 14 11 19 15 21 10 29 15 26
Psychology 123 140 108 126 135 136 139 129 171 154 194
Sociology 24 27 26 26 29 28 26 33 30 30 38
Other social sciences 32 48 41 46 62 50 74 68 80 94 94
Engineering 26 42 31 42 44 44 45 54 57 63 54
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 4
Bioengineering 3 6 12 10 12 11 10 8 16 19 11
Chemical engineering 7 7 5 7 2 5 9 5 3 5 2
Civil engineering 4 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 6 4 3 4 8 4 5 11 4 7 7
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1 6 3 7 3 4 3 5 5 3 3
Materials science engineering 0 2 1 6 11 6 4 5 10 5 6
Mechanical engineering 0 4 2 2 1 3 2 2 5 1 2
Other engineering 5 9 4 3 5 9 8 14 11 19 16
Non-science and engineering 627 615 707 709 728 614 554 630 577 589 669
Education 459 434 512 499 545 431 365 424 367 374 467
Humanities 90 93 100 91 87 98 92 103 100 83 72
Professional/other/unknown 78 88 95 119 96 85 97 103 110 132 130
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, all fields 38 28 38 30 51 32 23 36 33 30 22
Science and engineering 23 17 27 21 32 25 13 26 21 21 14
Science 22 16 23 20 29 22 13 24 21 20 12
Computer sciences 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Geosciences 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Life sciences 12 9 13 10 15 15 5 18 15 9 8
Agricultural sciences 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Biological sciences 7 9 10 7 12 11 5 11 9 7 6
Health sciences 4 0 3 2 3 4 0 6 6 1 0
Mathematical sciences 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Physical sciences 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0
Astronomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Social sciences 6 5 7 9 13 2 6 5 6 8 4
Anthropology 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Economics 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Political science 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Psychology 3 4 4 3 10 0 4 2 3 7 2
Sociology 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Other social sciences 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2
Engineering 1 1 4 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 2
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioengineering 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chemical engineering 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Materials science engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other engineering 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Non-science and engineering 15 11 11 9 19 7 10 10 12 9 8
Education 11 7 4 4 15 5 6 5 12 7 6
Humanities 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 4 0 0 2
Professional/other/unknown 1 2 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
White, all fields 10,594 10,848 11,062 11,538 11,954 11,496 11,541 11,842 12,168 12,243 12,411
Science and engineering 5,864 6,142 6,439 6,810 7,268 7,161 7,384 7,610 7,806 8,035 8,066
Science 5,571 5,789 6,058 6,340 6,765 6,659 6,875 7,029 7,237 7,410 7,387
Computer sciences 58 78 82 111 103 107 102 87 88 104 101
Geosciences 138 147 203 182 184 209 191 229 270 296 262
Atmospheric sciences 24 14 30 24 16 26 20 26 37 38 38
Earth sciences 71 96 110 94 110 114 101 119 140 164 139
Ocean sciences 43 37 63 64 58 69 70 84 93 94 85
Life sciences 2,462 2,604 2,782 2,934 3,235 3,171 3,211 3,281 3,306 3,396 3,370
Agricultural sciences 187 189 225 205 254 227 266 237 262 293 295
Biological sciences 1,589 1,677 1,753 1,879 2,104 2,111 2,144 2,160 2,134 2,280 2,244
Health sciences 686 738 804 850 877 833 801 884 910 823 831
Mathematical sciences 106 111 132 168 160 171 158 164 176 191 169
Physical sciences 430 432 440 441 538 514 544 534 606 555 628
Astronomy 28 31 25 43 49 54 46 44 63 50 48
Chemistry 339 325 316 300 375 353 391 370 418 395 441
Physics 63 76 99 98 114 107 107 120 125 110 139
Social sciences 2,377 2,417 2,419 2,504 2,545 2,487 2,669 2,734 2,791 2,868 2,857
Anthropology 164 178 183 177 177 184 199 230 217 186 190
Economics 87 76 68 101 94 115 81 112 106 98 115
Political science 151 122 139 144 130 143 170 164 172 195 168
Psychology 1,499 1,487 1,463 1,463 1,546 1,444 1,562 1,562 1,573 1,586 1,573
Sociology 190 222 212 216 222 234 234 219 219 254 272
Other social sciences 286 332 354 403 376 367 423 447 504 549 539
Engineering 293 353 381 470 503 502 509 581 569 625 679
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 8 14 6 15 13 14 23 24 24 22
Bioengineering 40 69 82 113 135 123 140 139 123 165 167
Chemical engineering 44 60 52 81 73 86 77 73 74 77 97
Civil engineering 36 30 32 43 46 51 48 31 37 51 47
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 37 31 34 43 45 50 38 65 36 46 54
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 12 15 18 20 12 10 21 18 12 19 17
Materials science engineering 29 35 51 40 48 52 40 62 57 48 62
Mechanical engineering 27 40 28 47 51 40 49 55 65 62 74
Other engineering 60 65 70 77 78 77 82 115 141 133 139
Non-science and engineering 4,730 4,706 4,623 4,728 4,686 4,335 4,157 4,232 4,362 4,208 4,345
Education 2,607 2,481 2,549 2,688 2,571 2,135 1,889 1,932 1,933 1,859 1,906
Humanities 1,530 1,639 1,416 1,444 1,498 1,550 1,639 1,699 1,755 1,711 1,758
Professional/other/unknown 593 586 658 596 617 650 629 601 674 638 681
More than one race, all fields 230 259 294 279 346 391 376 460 471 468 511
Science and engineering 136 150 189 177 226 268 244 304 332 325 355
Science 119 138 173 165 203 244 227 279 305 293 314
Computer sciences 3 0 3 2 4 5 5 3 7 5 3
Geosciences 2 1 8 1 3 6 3 6 4 11 9
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Earth sciences 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 3 1 6 7
Ocean sciences 0 0 3 0 2 5 2 1 3 5 0
Life sciences 42 52 63 73 84 100 96 126 127 134 151
Agricultural sciences 4 3 5 2 7 4 9 7 5 4 13
Biological sciences 28 40 41 54 62 72 70 101 93 96 110
Health sciences 10 9 17 17 15 24 17 18 29 34 28
Mathematical sciences 1 6 1 2 7 7 5 6 5 4 5
Physical sciences 13 8 15 11 12 18 21 29 27 21 24
Astronomy 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 3 1 2
Chemistry 9 7 8 6 7 11 11 21 19 15 19
Physics 2 0 6 5 2 5 8 7 5 5 3
Social sciences 58 71 83 76 93 108 97 109 135 118 122
Anthropology 4 9 9 6 11 13 6 11 8 10 9
Economics 1 3 3 2 0 1 3 5 4 3 6
Political science 4 1 9 2 8 4 3 8 8 7 7
Psychology 36 46 46 49 55 61 60 61 73 65 60
Sociology 5 5 7 8 7 12 6 6 7 12 15
Other social sciences 8 7 9 9 12 17 19 18 35 21 25
Engineering 17 12 16 12 23 24 17 25 27 32 41
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2
Bioengineering 3 2 3 1 7 6 3 4 9 12 14
Chemical engineering 4 2 2 2 2 5 4 5 1 1 4
Civil engineering 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 4 1 5
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
Materials science engineering 1 0 4 1 4 3 5 3 6 4 5
Mechanical engineering 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 6 3 3 4
Other engineering 4 5 0 4 4 3 0 4 4 5 6
Non-science and engineering 94 109 105 102 120 123 132 156 139 143 156
Education 39 44 52 43 57 55 62 60 59 61 65
Humanities 44 50 38 45 43 50 50 73 55 62 65
Professional/other/unknown 11 15 15 14 20 18 20 23 25 20 26
Race unknown, all fields 102 95 91 122 109 101 89 109 98 80 75
Science and engineering 55 48 55 69 61 48 58 71 55 52 60
Science 50 45 50 65 58 40 56 62 51 49 54
Computer sciences 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1
Geosciences 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0
Atmospheric sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Earth sciences 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ocean sciences 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Life sciences 23 16 25 23 30 15 27 30 20 22 20
Agricultural sciences 1 0 1 5 5 2 1 1 2 1 1
Biological sciences 17 10 11 14 22 9 17 22 17 17 14
Health sciences 5 6 13 4 3 4 9 7 1 4 5
Mathematical sciences 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 2
Physical sciences 2 4 2 3 1 4 5 7 6 5 1
Astronomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 1 3 1 3 0 2 4 4 3 3 0
Physics 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 3 2 1
Social sciences 21 24 21 34 22 17 20 21 21 16 30
Anthropology 1 9 2 11 3 2 3 4 5 1 4
Economics 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Political science 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 3 3 2 3
Psychology 13 4 12 13 11 9 10 5 10 4 13
Sociology 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
Other social sciences 3 7 5 5 2 3 6 9 0 8 8
Engineering 5 3 5 4 3 8 2 9 4 3 6
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioengineering 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 5 1 1 1
Chemical engineering 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Materials science engineering 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Other engineering 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
Non-science and engineering 47 47 36 53 48 53 31 38 43 28 15
Education 18 23 17 24 21 26 14 12 17 7 8
Humanities 27 16 15 19 20 17 12 24 20 14 7
Professional/other/unknown 2 8 4 10 7 10 5 2 6 7 0
Ethnicity unknown, all fields 295 254 320 381 428 461 325 258 354 292 268
Science and engineering 160 152 165 192 243 284 210 177 230 169 174
Science 152 146 156 183 210 257 195 164 207 150 153
Computer sciences 2 1 2 3 2 2 5 5 2 1 6
Geosciences 2 3 2 4 12 6 3 3 6 3 5
Atmospheric sciences 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 0
Earth sciences 2 1 0 1 6 3 2 2 1 0 1
Ocean sciences 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 2 2 4
Life sciences 46 54 50 63 94 120 62 47 66 60 55
Agricultural sciences 4 9 3 6 7 9 4 4 5 7 4
Biological sciences 23 23 27 40 60 67 40 27 39 36 31
Health sciences 19 22 20 17 27 44 18 16 22 17 20
Mathematical sciences 2 1 2 2 1 7 5 4 5 5 3
Physical sciences 1 6 7 9 25 17 11 10 8 12 10
Astronomy 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
Chemistry 1 2 7 8 18 10 7 5 7 10 8
Physics 0 3 0 1 6 7 2 4 1 2 2
Social sciences 99 81 93 102 76 105 109 95 120 69 74
Anthropology 3 1 7 6 8 3 5 7 5 3 2
Economics 0 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 5
Political science 3 2 5 3 7 4 3 4 5 3 8
Psychology 82 65 68 76 34 69 81 65 93 45 45
Sociology 3 2 1 4 4 6 1 5 2 2 3
Other social sciences 8 8 11 13 21 21 17 14 13 16 11
Engineering 8 6 9 9 33 27 15 13 23 19 21
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bioengineering 0 1 2 4 4 7 4 1 6 3 5
Chemical engineering 1 1 0 0 6 6 2 0 1 4 5
Civil engineering 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 3 0
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 2 0 2 2 5 7 3 2 5 1 2
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
Materials science engineering 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 2
Mechanical engineering 0 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 3
Other engineering 3 0 0 1 4 3 2 6 8 4 2
Non-science and engineering 135 102 155 189 185 177 115 81 124 123 94
Education 78 48 94 112 84 92 52 32 63 71 46
Humanities 43 32 35 54 55 61 48 38 45 37 37
Professional/other/unknown 14 22 26 23 46 24 15 11 16 15 11
a Ethnicity and race categories are as designated on survey form. Hispanic or Latino may be of any race or unreported race. American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, white, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander are single race and not Hispanic. More than one race includes doctorate recipients who are not Hispanic and indicated more than one race category. Race unknown includes doctorate recipients who are not Hispanic and did not indicate their race. Ethnicity unknown includes doctorate recipients who did not indicate their ethnicity (whether or not they indicated their race). Ethnicity and race categories include U.S. citizens and foreign citizens on permanent visas (i.e., resident aliens who have been admitted for permanent residency).
NOTE: See table A-1 for specific fields included in each category.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates.