Data
Duke U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 417 | 384 | 407 | 382 | 400 | 420 | 408 | 366 | 338 | 370 |
Science and engineering | 361 | 321 | 325 | 307 | 330 | 337 | 340 | 292 | 288 | 298 |
Science | 268 | 243 | 250 | 243 | 267 | 267 | 268 | 228 | 218 | 240 |
Life science | 135 | 109 | 110 | 103 | 136 | 130 | 130 | 119 | 98 | 123 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
Biological sciences | 120 | 85 | 93 | 84 | 104 | 109 | 110 | 103 | 92 | 106 |
Health sciences | 12 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 42 | 43 | 34 | 34 | 46 | 39 | 36 | 29 | 35 | 30 |
Chemistry | 21 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 16 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Physics and astronomy | 15 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 34 | 29 | 32 | 42 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 29 |
Computer sciences | 13 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 14 |
Mathematics | 21 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 15 |
Psychology and social sciences | 57 | 62 | 74 | 64 | 59 | 72 | 74 | 58 | 53 | 58 |
Psychology | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Anthropology | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Economics | 13 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 18 |
Political science and government | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
Sociology | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Engineering | 93 | 78 | 75 | 64 | 63 | 70 | 72 | 64 | 70 | 58 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 33 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 21 | 29 |
Chemical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 17 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Other engineering | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
Non-science and engineering | 56 | 63 | 82 | 75 | 70 | 83 | 68 | 74 | 50 | 72 |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 44 | 51 | 60 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 49 | 55 | 38 | 53 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | . | 2 | 7 |
History | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
Letters | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
Other humanities and arts | 22 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
Other | 12 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 19 |
Business management/administration | 10 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
NOTES:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates