TABLE 6. Doctorates awarded, by state or location, broad field of study, and sex of doctorate recipients: 2014 State or location f Totala Male Female Life sciencesb Male Female Physical sciencesc Male Female Social sciencesd Male Female Engineering Education Humanities Male Female Male Female Male Female Othere Male Female 29,049 24,857 5,468 6,998 7,004 2,820 3,477 5,155 7,349 2,179 1,467 3,316 2,697 2,785 1,587 1,604 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida 342 17 478 114 3,454 529 393 100 275 1,218 328 32 411 94 2,717 409 339 95 320 1,056 98 D 78 40 626 94 83 D 28 198 117 D 89 36 688 136 116 D 58 261 68 9 110 27 967 170 94 22 33 306 28 7 43 16 369 64 37 18 24 136 22 D 68 13 492 44 69 14 85 154 44 D 100 7 709 61 75 22 108 218 88 D 113 14 859 144 62 38 42 311 26 D 41 5 253 39 28 25 7 98 37 0 30 5 93 35 D D 11 89 90 D 68 14 221 69 D D 42 182 8 D 51 5 324 27 60 D 48 87 11 D 48 6 367 20 58 D 45 86 21 D 28 10 93 15 D 0 28 73 12 0 22 10 110 20 D 0 36 75 Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 807 88 86 1,331 868 400 256 279 643 108 47 1,061 581 329 228 244 144 23 20 194 115 98 71 62 185 22 12 269 155 106 58 81 181 17 18 343 223 90 44 42 73 11 9 127 66 49 22 19 62 15 5 185 73 27 43 26 119 32 D 230 103 43 42 44 289 D D 313 287 96 49 69 74 D D 98 61 33 21 13 32 11 8 48 38 36 8 9 95 19 17 81 82 50 38 35 66 13 D 150 98 28 20 44 61 17 D 168 78 27 25 30 33 D 0 98 34 25 21 27 36 D D 88 36 21 22 22 Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska 327 36 650 1,563 1,071 631 213 475 58 166 280 40 632 1,253 885 710 202 413 49 199 68 14 147 295 176 146 39 105 24 51 82 15 260 372 220 213 44 120 18 74 84 D 163 381 231 100 D 107 13 34 39 D 63 153 99 27 D 41 8 15 39 D 70 187 105 138 20 66 D 17 43 D 115 237 185 235 42 82 D 29 62 D 186 425 355 108 44 95 D 29 18 D 55 143 85 21 9 26 D 10 14 D 17 49 79 44 40 24 13 13 42 D 49 109 155 91 70 63 8 34 29 D 47 152 71 31 D 44 0 9 28 0 54 170 85 40 D 53 D 25 31 0 20 74 54 64 18 34 0 13 28 D 36 69 56 83 18 28 0 12 Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon 107 95 637 177 2,218 852 93 1,054 278 220 91 84 516 160 2,094 839 66 872 238 219 10 35 76 26 388 190 23 215 51 48 22 41 119 27 517 313 26 234 51 76 17 36 191 46 517 213 D 243 59 66 11 15 62 20 216 104 D 114 29 25 23 D 76 22 351 74 9 100 34 20 25 D 127 23 558 130 D 143 45 44 D 14 132 49 432 230 D 294 64 54 D 7 50 16 135 69 D 73 19 10 13 D 23 13 87 35 15 65 27 7 23 D 32 43 222 100 16 149 54 24 D D 99 11 349 64 D 87 20 17 D D 89 18 332 73 0 94 21 22 D D 40 10 94 46 D 50 23 8 D D 37 13 114 50 D 65 19 18 Pennsylvania 1,410 1,184 275 352 370 119 138 181 324 125 64 142 147 153 92 112 United States TABLE 6. Doctorates awarded, by state or location, broad field of study, and sex of doctorate recipients: 2014 State or location Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Totala Male Female 127 184 235 41 395 1,778 187 38 697 Physical sciencesc Male Female Social sciencesd Male Female Engineering Education Humanities Male Female Male Female Male Female Othere Male Female 11 24 54 20 99 402 74 19 111 26 56 70 21 125 497 50 17 173 17 57 56 17 79 495 85 D 164 11 37 30 5 24 198 20 D 70 13 18 22 D 43 190 34 D 112 66 35 34 D 75 286 44 7 148 5 D 109 14 146 652 76 D 260 D D 35 5 28 188 18 D 79 0 D 37 D 37 93 20 D 64 D D 42 D 73 305 28 D 126 6 26 10 0 57 190 7 D 67 6 30 8 D 46 161 12 D 59 9 D 17 D 35 158 15 0 82 12 0 16 0 24 143 15 0 42 Washington 502 428 113 17 West Virginia 97 95 119 Wisconsin 566 544 8 Wyoming 62 40 D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. 128 24 181 13 139 25 128 D 59 5 57 D 55 14 72 5 79 20 90 6 116 D 129 24 47 D 39 5 23 8 36 D 44 28 84 10 32 6 54 0 46 9 69 D 24 D 28 0 25 D 24 D a 61 149 305 59 496 2,180 311 35 860 Life sciencesb Male Female Excludes 164 doctorate recipients who did not report sex. b Includes agricultural sciences and natural resources; biological, biomedical sciences; and health sciences. c Includes mathematics and computer and information sciences. d Includes psychology. e Non-science and engineering fields not shown separately. f Includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. SOURCE: NSF, NIH, USED, USDA, NEH, NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2014.
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