Data
William & Mary
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 54 | 66 | 51 | 62 | 66 | 76 | 74 | 54 | 61 | 53 |
| Science and engineering | 33 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 33 | 35 | 39 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Computer science | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Health sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physics | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Social sciences | . | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | . | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 21 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 14 |
| Education | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 10 |
| Education leadership and administration | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Education research | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Letters | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| History | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 |
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
