Data

Boise State U.

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
All fields	53	37	34	25	28	23	11	16	2	2
Science and engineering	48	36	34	25	25	20	10	16	2	2
Agricultural sciences and natural resources	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	9	10	9	5	3	4	4	2	1	.
Biochemistry and biophysics	.	.	2	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Biology and biomedical sciences, general	1	2	3	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology	6	4	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Molecular biology	2	1	3	2	1	3	4	2	1	.
Pharmacology and toxicology	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Biology and biomedical sciences, other	.	2	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	11	4	3	3	3	.	.	.	.	.
Computer science	8	3	3	1	3	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences, other	3	1	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	18	10	15	15	10	9	5	9	1	1
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	2	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical and computer engineering	4	3	6	5	5	2	.	5	1	.
Materials and mining engineering	10	5	8	9	5	7	5	4	.	1
Mechanical engineering	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering, other	1	2	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	3	7	3	1	8	5	1	3	.	1
Geological sciences	3	6	3	1	8	4	1	3	.	1
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathematics	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Statistics	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physics	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	7	3	3	.	1	2	.	2	.	.
Public policy analysis	7	3	2	.	1	2	.	2	.	.
Social sciences, other	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-science and engineering	5	1	.	.	3	3	1	.	.	.
Education	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Education research	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Other non-science and engineering	4	1	.	.	2	3	1	.	.	.
Communication	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Public administration and social services	3	1	.	.	2	3	1	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.