Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2023.
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Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2023

December 2, 2024
The number of doctorate recipients from U.S. universities reached 57,862 in 2023, an increase of 414 students from 2022. In S&E fields, the number of doctorate recipients grew in biological and biomedical sciences; computer and information sciences; and geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences while declining slightly in all others. In non-S&E fields, doctorates increased in business, education, and “other non-S&E fields” while declining very slightly in humanities and arts.

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