Data
Brigham Young U., Provo
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 113 | 107 | 110 | 88 | 109 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 107 | 97 |
| Science and engineering | 98 | 93 | 95 | 65 | 93 | 80 | 80 | 66 | 88 | 79 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Computer science | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Engineering | 24 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 20 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Chemistry | 17 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| Physics | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Psychology | 23 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 31 | 22 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 15 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 18 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 15 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 17 |
| Education leadership and administration | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Education research | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 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
