Data
Boston C.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 105 | 124 | 142 | 117 | 116 | 133 | 137 | 120 | 130 | 139 |
| Science and engineering | 56 | 73 | 79 | 65 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 71 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 9 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 19 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 7 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| Physics | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Psychology | 16 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| Clinical psychology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | . | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Social sciences | 19 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 49 | 51 | 63 | 52 | 53 | 49 | 78 | 58 | 64 | 68 |
| Business | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Business | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Education | 13 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 25 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Education research | 11 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 23 | 19 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 41 | 25 | 35 | 30 |
| Letters | . | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| History | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 13 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 13 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 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
