TABLE 16. Doctorate recipients, by sex and subfield of study: 2014

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1 All fields 54,070 29,049 24, Life sciences 12,504 5,468 6, Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1, Agricultural economics Agronomy, horticulture science, plant breeding, plant pathology, plant sciences-other Animal nutrition, poultry science Animal science, other Environmental science Fishing and fisheries sciences/management Food science, food technology-other Forest biology, forest management, wood science, forestry sciences-other Natural resources/conservation Soil chemistry, soil sciences-other Wildlife/range management Agricultural sciences/natural resources, aggregated Biological, biomedical sciences 8,991 4,134 4, Anatomy, developmental biology Bacteriology, parasitology Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biomedical sciences Biometrics and biostatistics Biophysics (biology) Botany, plant pathology, plant physiology Cancer biology Cell/cellular biology and histology Computational biology Ecology Endocrinology, human/animal pathology Entomology Environmental toxicology, toxicology Epidemiology Evolutionary biology Genetics-human/animal, plant genetics Immunology Marine biology and biological oceanography Microbiology Molecular biology Neurosciences and neurobiology 1, Nutrition sciences Pharmacology, human and animal Physiology, human and animal Structural biology Virology Wildlife biology Zoology Biology/biomedical sciences, general Biotechnology, biology/biomedical sciences-other Health sciences 2, , Environmental health, public health Health and behavior Health policy analysis Health systems/services administration Kinesiology/exercise physiology

2 Nursing science Pharmaceutical sciences Rehabilitation/therapeutic services Speech-language pathology and audiology Health sciences, aggregated Physical sciences 9,859 7,004 2, Astronomy Astronomy Astrophysics Astronomy, other Atmospheric science and meteorology Atmospheric physics, meteorology Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric sciences-general, atmospheric sciences-other Chemistry 2,673 1,643 1, Analytical chemistry Inorganic chemistry Medicinal chemistry Organic chemistry Physical chemistry Polymer chemistry Theoretical chemistry Chemistry, general Chemistry, other Computer and information sciences 2,072 1, Computer science 1,668 1, Information science and systems Robotics Computer and information science, general Computer and information science, other Geological and earth sciences Geochemistry, mineralogy Geology Geomorphology, geological sciences-general, geological sciences-other Geophysics and seismology Paleontology, stratigraphy Mathematics 1,879 1, Algebra Analysis and functional analysis Applied mathematics, computing theory Geometry/geometric analysis Logic, topology/foundations Number theory Operations research, mathematics/statistics-general, mathematics/statistics-other Statistics (mathematics) Ocean/marine sciences Oceanography, chemical and physical Ocean/marine sciences, aggregated Physics 1,956 1, Acoustics, optics/photonics Applied physics

3 Atomic physics, polymer physics Biophysics (physics) Condensed matter/low temperature physics Medical physics/radiological science Nuclear physics Particle (elementary) physics Plasma/fusion physics Physics, general Physics, other Psychology and social sciences 8,657 3,477 5, Psychology 3,765 1,072 2, Behavioral analysis Clinical psychology 1, Cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics Counseling Developmental and child psychology Educational psychology (psychology) Experimental psychology Family psychology, human development and family studies Health and medical psychology Industrial and organizational psychology Neuropsychology/physiological psychology School psychology (psychology) Social psychology Psychology, general Psychology, aggregated Social sciences 4,892 2,405 2, Anthropology, cultural Anthropology, physical and biological Anthropology, general Economics, econometrics 1, Natural resource/environmental economics (social sciences) Political science and government Sociology Other social sciences 1, Area/ethnic/cultural studies Criminal justice and corrections Criminology Demography, gerontology, statistics, urban affairs, social sciences-general, social sciences-other Gender and women's studies Geography International relations/affairs Linguistics Natural resource/environmental policy Public policy analysis Urban/city, community and regional planning Engineering 9,568 7,349 2, Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering Chemical engineering Civil engineering Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 1,957 1, Industrial and manufacturing engineering Materials science engineering Mechanical engineering 1,332 1,

4 Other engineering 3,161 2, Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1, Computer engineering Environmental health engineering Nuclear engineering Structural engineering Systems engineering Other engineering, aggregated 1, Education 4,793 1,467 3, Education administration Education and human resource studies/development Educational administration and supervision Educational leadership Urban education and leadership Education research 2, , Counseling education/counseling and guidance Curriculum and instruction Educational assessment/testing/measurement Educational policy analysis Educational psychology (education) Educational statistics/research methods Educational/instructional technology, media design Higher education/evaluation and research International education School psychology (education) Social/philosophical foundations of education Special education Teacher education Teaching fields English as a second or foreign language Health education Literacy and reading education Mathematics education Music education Physical education and coaching Science education Teaching fields, aggregated Other education Education, general Other education, aggregated Humanities 5,486 2,697 2, Foreign languages and literature French, Italian German Latin American Spanish Other aggregated languages History 1, American history (U.S. and Canada) Asian history European history History, science and technology and society Latin American history Middle/Near East studies

5 History, general History, aggregated Letters 1, American literature (U.S. and Canada) Classics Comparative literature English language English literature (British and Commonwealth) Rhetoric and composition Speech and rhetorical studies Letters, aggregated Other humanities 2,075 1, American/U.S. studies Archaeology Art history/criticism/conservation Drama/theater arts Film/cinema/video studies Music Musicology/ethnomusicology Music performance Music theory and composition Philosophy, ethics Religion/religious studies, Jewish/Judaic studies Other humanities, aggregated Other b 3,203 1,587 1, Business management and administration 1, Accounting Business administration and management Finance Human resources development Management information systems/business statistics Marketing management and research Organizational behavior Other aggregated business fields Communication Communication research Mass communication/media studies Communication, general Communication, aggregated Non-S&E fields not elsewhere classified Architecture/environmental design Family/consumer science/human science Parks/sports/recreation/leisure/fitness Public administration Social work Theology/religious education Fields not elsewhere classified, aggregated S&E = science and engineering. a Includes 164 respondents who did not report sex. b Non-science and engineering fields. NOTE: See table A-5 in the technical notes for a listing of aggregated fields and their constituent fine fields. SOURCE: NSF, NIH, USED, USDA, NEH, NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2014.