Data
Clemson U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 295 | 281 | 239 | 220 | 243 | 243 | 232 | 235 | 235 | 237 |
| Science and engineering | 222 | 222 | 194 | 180 | 179 | 186 | 192 | 200 | 191 | 205 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 10 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 14 |
| Agricultural sciences | 8 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 25 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences | 13 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| Computer science | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Engineering | 95 | 97 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 84 | 87 | 97 | 83 | 89 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 19 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 24 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 12 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 18 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 11 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 12 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 10 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Mechanical engineering | 20 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Public health | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Statistics | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Physical sciences | 26 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 14 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 9 |
| Physics | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Psychology | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 12 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 21 |
| Economics | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Political science and government | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 7 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 73 | 59 | 45 | 40 | 64 | 57 | 40 | 35 | 44 | 32 |
| Business | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | . | 6 | 3 |
| Business | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | . | 6 | 3 |
| Education | 46 | 35 | 26 | 21 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 18 |
| Education leadership and administration | 15 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| Education research | 16 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Education, other | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Letters | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| Communication | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
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
