Table 324.10.

Doctor's degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by field of study: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2013-14

Field of study	1970-71	1975-76	1980-81	1985-86	1990-91	1995-96	2000-01	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Total	64,998	91,007	98,016	100,280	105,547	115,507	119,585	126,087	134,387	138,056	144,690	149,378	154,564	158,590	163,827	170,217	175,026	177,580
Agriculture and natural resources	1,086	928	1,067	1,158	1,185	1,259	1,127	1,185	1,173	1,194	1,272	1,257	1,328	1,149	1,246	1,333	1,411	1,407
Architecture and related services	36	82	93	73	135	141	153	173	179	201	178	199	212	210	205	255	247	247
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies	143	186	161	156	159	183	216	209	189	226	233	270	239	253	278	302	291	336
Biological and biomedical sciences	3,603	3,347	3,640	3,405	4,152	5,250	5,225	5,538	5,935	6,162	6,764	7,400	7,499	7,672	7,693	7,935	7,939	8,302
Business	774	906	808	923	1,185	1,366	1,180	1,481	1,498	1,711	2,029	2,084	2,123	2,249	2,286	2,538	2,828	3,039
Communication, journalism, and related programs	145	196	171	212	259	338	368	418	465	461	479	489	533	570	577	563	612	611
Communications technologies	0	8	11	6	13	7	2	8	3	3	1	7	2	3	1	4	0	3
Computer and information sciences	128	244	252	344	676	869	768	909	1,119	1,416	1,595	1,698	1,580	1,599	1,588	1,698	1,834	1,982
Education	6,041	7,202	7,279	6,610	6,189	6,246	6,284	7,088	7,681	7,584	8,261	8,491	9,028	9,237	9,642	10,118	10,572	10,920
Engineering	3,687	2,872	2,598	3,444	5,316	6,304	5,485	5,801	6,413	7,243	7,867	7,922	7,744	7,706	8,369	8,722	9,356	10,010
Engineering technologies	1	2	10	12	14	50	62	58	54	75	61	55	59	67	56	134	111	107
English language and literature/letters	1,554	1,514	1,040	895	1,056	1,395	1,330	1,207	1,212	1,254	1,178	1,262	1,271	1,334	1,344	1,427	1,377	1,393
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences	123	178	247	307	229	375	354	329	331	340	337	323	333	296	320	325	351	335
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	1,084	1,245	931	768	889	1,020	1,078	1,031	1,027	1,074	1,059	1,078	1,111	1,091	1,158	1,231	1,304	1,231
Health professions and related programs	15,988	25,267	29,595	31,922	29,842	32,678	39,019	41,861	44,201	45,677	48,943	51,675	54,846	57,750	60,221	62,097	64,192	67,448
Homeland security, law enforcement, and       firefighting	1	9	21	21	28	38	44	54	94	80	85	88	97	106	131	117	147	152
Legal professions and studies	17,441	32,369	36,391	35,898	38,035	39,919	38,190	40,328	43,521	43,569	43,629	43,880	44,304	44,627	44,853	46,836	47,246	44,169
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies,       and humanities	32	162	121	90	70	75	102	95	109	84	77	76	67	96	95	93	98	90
Library science	39	71	71	62	56	53	58	47	42	44	52	64	35	64	50	60	50	52
Mathematics and statistics	1,199	856	728	742	978	1,158	997	1,060	1,176	1,293	1,351	1,360	1,535	1,596	1,586	1,669	1,823	1,863
Multi/interdisciplinary studies	101	156	236	352	306	549	512	580	626	600	683	660	731	631	660	727	730	769
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies	2	15	42	39	28	104	177	222	207	194	218	228	285	266	257	288	295	317
Philosophy and religious studies	555	556	411	480	464	550	600	595	586	578	637	635	686	667	804	778	794	698
Physical sciences and science technologies	4,324	3,388	3,105	3,521	4,248	4,589	3,968	3,937	4,248	4,642	5,041	4,994	5,237	5,065	5,295	5,370	5,514	5,806
Psychology	2,144	3,157	3,576	3,593	3,932	4,141	5,091	4,827	5,106	4,921	5,153	5,296	5,477	5,540	5,851	5,936	6,326	6,634
Public administration and social services	174	292	362	382	430	499	574	649	673	704	726	760	812	838	851	890	979	1,047
Social sciences and history	3,660	4,157	3,122	2,955	3,012	3,760	3,930	3,811	3,819	3,914	3,844	4,059	4,234	4,238	4,390	4,597	4,610	4,724
Theology and religious vocations	312	1,022	1,273	1,185	1,076	1,517	1,461	1,304	1,422	1,429	1,573	1,615	1,587	2,071	2,374	2,446	2,174	2,103
Transportation and materials moving	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Visual and performing arts	621	620	654	722	838	1,067	1,167	1,282	1,278	1,383	1,364	1,453	1,569	1,599	1,646	1,728	1,814	1,778
Not classified by field of study	0	0	0	0	747	7	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NOTE: Data through 1990-91 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for postsecondary institutions that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The new Classification of Instructional Programs was initiated in 2009-10. Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level, as well as such degrees as M.D., D.D.S., and law degrees that were formerly classified as first-professional degrees. The figures for earlier years have been reclassified when necessary to make them conform to the new taxonomy. To facilitate trend comparisons, certain aggregations have been made of the degree fields as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): "Agriculture and natural resources" includes Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences and Natural resources and conservation; "Business" includes Business, management, marketing, and related support services and Personal and culinary services; and "Engineering technologies" includes Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields, Construction trades, and Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, 1970-71 through 1985-86; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:91-99); and IPEDS Fall 2000 through Fall 2014, Completions component. (This table was prepared September 2015.)