Data
Brandeis U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 75 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 86 | 83 | 100 |
| Science and engineering | 64 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 77 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 8 | . | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 10 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Computer science | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Public health | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Physics | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Psychology | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Social sciences | 16 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 32 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Economics | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Political science and government | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 23 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Education | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education research | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 10 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 20 |
| Letters | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 3 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 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
