Data
Boston U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 394 | 392 | 363 | 315 | 337 | 311 | 342 | 345 | 384 | 399 |
| Science and engineering | 316 | 313 | 296 | 255 | 275 | 250 | 261 | 280 | 302 | 241 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 76 | 81 | 82 | 72 | 82 | 72 | 67 | 89 | 99 | 78 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 13 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Genetics and genomics | 4 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 17 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 9 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 13 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 |
| Computer science | 11 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 78 | 80 | 73 | 55 | 66 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 60 | 41 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 15 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 27 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 10 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 12 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Health sciences | 24 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 6 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 12 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Health sciences, other | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 13 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Statistics | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 35 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 37 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 24 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| Physics | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 17 |
| Psychology | 24 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 17 |
| Clinical psychology | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 8 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 43 | 43 | 50 | 41 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 33 | 48 | 61 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Economics | 20 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 25 | 24 |
| Political science and government | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| Non-science and engineering | 78 | 79 | 67 | 60 | 62 | 61 | 81 | 65 | 82 | 158 |
| Business | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Business | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Education | 9 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 48 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 18 | . | . | . | . | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Education research | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 | 37 |
| Education, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 53 | 44 | 37 | 39 | 48 | 53 | 49 | 36 | 57 | 100 |
| Letters | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| History | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 19 |
| Music and performing arts | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 37 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 17 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 21 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Communication | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | . | 4 | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . |
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
