Data
Colorado School of Mines
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 136 | 124 | 87 | 126 | 94 | 111 | 98 | 115 | 124 | 96 |
| Science and engineering | 135 | 123 | 86 | 126 | 94 | 111 | 98 | 115 | 121 | 95 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Computer science | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 84 | 75 | 54 | 83 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 50 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 18 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 26 | 20 | 14 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 15 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 26 | 29 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
| Mechanical engineering | 9 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | 9 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 20 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 27 |
| Geological sciences | 20 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 26 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 16 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| Physics | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Social sciences | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 |
| Economics | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 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
