Doctorate recipient numbers U.S. 2021, by gender and field of study

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Veera Korhonen,
Jul 5, 2024
In 2021, there were 52,250 doctorate recipients in total across the United States. Of these, there were 7,582 male and 2,656 female doctorate recipients in the field of engineering. Engineering was the leading field of study for male doctorate recipients in that year.

Number of doctorate recipients in the United States in 2021, by gender and field of study

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October 2022

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United States

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2021

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* Non-science and engineering fields.
Data excludes 23 respondents who did not report gender.

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