Data
Baylor U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 115 | 102 | 110 | 97 | 94 | 92 | 79 | 73 | 79 | 69 |
| Science and engineering | 77 | 62 | 77 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 49 | 45 | 54 | 44 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 4 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Computer science | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Public health | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Physical sciences | 18 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 14 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Physics | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychology | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 3 | 6 | . | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 38 | 40 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 25 |
| Business | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Business | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Education | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 11 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 21 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 21 |
| Letters | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| History | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
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
