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Table 14. Doctoral degrees awarded to men, by field of degree and citizenship status of recipients: 2008–18

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Male doctoral degree recipients, all fieldsa 26,271 26,331 25,524 26,188 27,362 28,326 29,009 29,535 29,568 29,085 29,798
Science and engineering 20,419 20,346 20,075 20,902 21,761 22,448 23,303 23,706 23,911 23,561 24,283
Science 14,252 14,340 14,246 14,660 15,196 15,502 15,902 16,128 16,645 16,219 16,557
Computer and information sciences 1,387 1,260 1,286 1,312 1,419 1,502 1,580 1,581 1,662 1,548 1,568
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 548 539 496 522 538 539 622 600 716 644 659
Atmospheric sciences 134 117 106 123 125 118 129 138 150 144 167
Earth sciences 293 303 270 287 266 278 329 317 369 327 342
Ocean sciences 121 119 120 112 147 143 164 145 197 173 150
Life sciences 5,223 5,183 5,101 5,243 5,335 5,492 5,514 5,564 5,626 5,613 5,659
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 700 722 609 652 698 702 691 746 755 756 746
Biological and biomedical sciences 3,861 3,834 3,823 3,878 3,891 3,941 4,088 4,101 4,152 4,056 4,089
Health sciences 662 627 669 713 746 849 735 717 719 801 824
Mathematics and Statistics 966 1,067 1,123 1,144 1,219 1,290 1,332 1,296 1,332 1,319 1,475
Physical sciences 2,957 2,994 2,883 3,107 3,146 3,178 3,346 3,329 3,569 3,425 3,555
Astronomy 187 178 178 203 189 204 209 193 218 229 246
Chemistry 1,479 1,490 1,440 1,508 1,521 1,497 1,642 1,593 1,712 1,668 1,743
Physics 1,291 1,326 1,265 1,396 1,436 1,477 1,495 1,543 1,639 1,528 1,566
Psychology and social sciences 3,171 3,297 3,357 3,332 3,539 3,501 3,508 3,758 3,740 3,670 3,641
Anthropology 189 195 201 223 187 188 195 185 171 155 126
Economics 717 735 703 734 840 767 785 821 819 812 850
Political science 367 409 434 389 420 469 434 527 462 449 429
Psychology 999 991 1,031 1,003 1,040 997 1,063 1,057 1,133 1,123 1,097
Sociology 235 263 250 254 230 259 247 284 257 263 250
Other social sciences 664 704 738 729 822 821 784 884 898 868 889
Engineering 6,167 6,006 5,829 6,242 6,565 6,946 7,401 7,578 7,266 7,342 7,726
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 238 255 215 228 268 293 330 308 314 336 337
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 477 525 509 563 608 684 660 698 686 605 688
Chemical engineering 641 591 574 566 583 566 682 685 624 659 688
Civil engineering 568 559 473 486 388 417 465 457 437 508 507
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,568 1,433 1,462 1,579 1,594 1,616 1,614 1,704 1,528 1,525 1,606
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 200 186 159 180 164 176 209 154 185 168 204
Materials science engineering 482 466 495 496 556 598 617 648 721 688 720
Mechanical engineering 930 942 858 934 1,042 1,081 1,126 1,265 1,096 1,160 1,286
Other engineering 1,063 1,049 1,084 1,210 1,362 1,515 1,698 1,659 1,675 1,693 1,690
Non-science and engineering 5,852 5,985 5,449 5,286 5,601 5,878 5,706 5,829 5,657 5,524 5,515
Education 2,158 2,161 1,661 1,432 1,500 1,570 1,468 1,605 1,545 1,519 1,496
Humanities and arts 2,308 2,404 2,462 2,571 2,741 2,829 2,760 2,763 2,639 2,580 2,567
Other non-science and engineering 1,386 1,420 1,326 1,283 1,360 1,479 1,478 1,461 1,473 1,425 1,452
U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsb 14,774 15,508 15,275 15,396 16,072 16,550 16,660 17,219 17,528 17,554 17,335
Science and engineering 10,375 10,925 11,142 11,405 11,909 12,174 12,451 12,872 13,243 13,383 13,219
Science 8,171 8,577 8,675 8,870 9,258 9,352 9,400 9,743 10,086 10,158 10,130
Computer and information sciences 521 580 585 615 631 610 624 626 618 597 559
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 319 330 324 327 345 338 371 388 441 422 383
Atmospheric sciences 76 70 58 80 88 80 77 98 97 95 100
Earth sciences 166 190 192 180 168 171 180 194 218 204 198
Ocean sciences 77 70 74 67 89 87 114 96 126 123 85
Life sciences 3,270 3,353 3,301 3,404 3,465 3,573 3,561 3,594 3,706 3,807 3,836
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 375 380 314 357 368 391 372 387 413 398 392
Biological and biomedical sciences 2,514 2,571 2,576 2,591 2,629 2,656 2,726 2,765 2,854 2,882 2,931
Health sciences 381 402 411 456 468 526 463 442 439 527 513
Mathematics and Statistics 453 540 588 594 612 632 672 644 694 698 758
Physical sciences 1,519 1,604 1,561 1,698 1,775 1,760 1,799 1,902 2,008 2,015 2,043
Astronomy 127 116 127 136 135 140 143 134 155 162 173
Chemistry 793 848 811 833 858 849 883 941 986 1,032 1,049
Physics 599 640 623 729 782 771 773 827 867 821 821
Psychology and social sciences 2,089 2,170 2,316 2,232 2,430 2,439 2,373 2,589 2,619 2,619 2,551
Anthropology 153 153 144 180 141 150 139 142 127 117 93
Economics 261 281 300 290 345 341 323 366 361 372 345
Political science 246 289 315 262 312 336 317 376 352 354 312
Psychology 831 817 871 841 869 834 859 871 965 967 951
Sociology 168 199 197 184 186 211 189 216 199 215 211
Other social sciences 430 431 489 475 577 567 546 618 615 594 639
Engineering 2,204 2,348 2,467 2,535 2,651 2,822 3,051 3,129 3,157 3,225 3,089
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 109 138 119 128 153 162 208 183 198 216 193
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 283 302 304 340 373 404 402 438 467 409 436
Chemical engineering 272 295 295 265 257 250 326 340 333 351 339
Civil engineering 149 193 153 154 112 130 156 162 158 158 143
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 465 483 520 528 495 514 484 533 466 484 446
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 55 44 39 67 46 52 60 38 61 55 42
Materials science engineering 198 170 222 208 255 254 274 284 339 351 337
Mechanical engineering 304 347 341 371 421 450 473 512 486 502 510
Other engineering 369 376 474 474 539 606 668 639 649 699 643
Non-science and engineering 4,399 4,583 4,133 3,991 4,163 4,376 4,209 4,347 4,285 4,171 4,116
Education 1,799 1,845 1,390 1,163 1,240 1,294 1,192 1,302 1,271 1,242 1,222
Humanities and arts 1,849 1,916 1,980 2,054 2,164 2,242 2,164 2,197 2,141 2,101 2,084
Other non-science and engineering 751 822 763 774 759 840 853 848 873 828 810
Temporary visa holders, all fields 9,984 9,564 8,768 9,179 9,556 10,103 10,204 10,395 10,670 10,602 11,322
Science and engineering 8,927 8,520 7,817 8,218 8,543 9,028 9,187 9,404 9,618 9,519 10,207
Science 5,285 5,058 4,763 4,892 5,037 5,277 5,281 5,363 5,835 5,580 5,858
Computer and information sciences 801 618 606 602 679 820 837 862 969 905 937
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 208 194 148 158 173 175 212 186 253 204 255
Atmospheric sciences 54 46 41 35 35 35 45 37 50 46 64
Earth sciences 114 102 66 87 86 92 120 104 134 110 128
Ocean sciences 40 46 41 36 52 48 47 45 69 48 63
Life sciences 1,646 1,589 1,509 1,548 1,612 1,612 1,537 1,623 1,699 1,666 1,646
Agricultural sciences and natural resources 293 306 254 274 301 273 271 308 313 338 340
Biological and biomedical sciences 1,135 1,106 1,050 1,081 1,089 1,081 1,065 1,101 1,140 1,075 1,027
Health sciences 218 177 205 193 222 258 201 214 246 253 279
Mathematics and Statistics 459 481 488 481 528 582 569 584 589 588 674
Physical sciences 1,288 1,253 1,186 1,247 1,191 1,234 1,310 1,219 1,393 1,322 1,409
Astronomy 52 57 44 62 46 56 51 51 58 61 68
Chemistry 596 568 557 594 570 549 624 544 645 592 653
Physics 640 628 585 591 575 629 635 624 690 669 688
Psychology and social sciences 883 923 826 856 854 854 816 889 932 895 937
Anthropology 30 35 40 32 36 29 46 33 38 28 29
Economics 407 422 372 401 438 381 397 389 419 423 467
Political science 100 110 95 94 89 107 79 113 89 85 100
Psychology 87 85 76 75 70 89 83 87 94 93 84
Sociology 58 56 42 57 28 34 37 51 47 41 31
Other social sciences 201 215 201 197 193 214 174 216 245 225 226
Engineering 3,642 3,462 3,054 3,326 3,506 3,751 3,906 4,041 3,783 3,939 4,349
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 116 110 85 86 97 119 111 113 101 112 131
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 176 199 192 199 206 243 222 231 191 184 232
Chemical engineering 340 285 256 269 289 285 322 312 259 289 328
Civil engineering 383 344 296 300 252 263 276 269 252 328 339
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,017 898 852 933 987 986 1,007 1,064 970 1,010 1,088
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 136 138 111 108 110 117 133 108 116 113 152
Materials science engineering 259 281 249 261 259 322 308 331 359 320 363
Mechanical engineering 575 571 461 500 552 576 586 699 564 629 723
Other engineering 640 636 552 670 754 840 941 914 971 954 993
Non-science and engineering 1,057 1,044 951 961 1,013 1,075 1,017 991 1,052 1,083 1,115
Education 204 193 175 173 154 168 159 174 205 214 212
Humanities and arts 329 345 325 374 390 380 367 351 339 362 355
Other non-science and engineering 524 506 451 414 469 527 491 466 508 507 548
a Total includes male doctorate recipients who did not report citizenship, not shown separately.
b These categories include U.S. citizens and foreign citizens on permanent visas (i.e., resident aliens who have been admitted for permanent residency).
NOTE: See technical table A-1 for specific fields included in each category.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates.