Data
Columbia U. in the City of New York
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 606 | 577 | 585 | 673 | 573 | 659 | 481 | 500 | 474 | 537 |
| Science and engineering | 469 | 445 | 421 | 457 | 407 | 488 | 369 | 359 | 338 | 369 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 122 | 112 | 100 | 106 | 104 | 105 | 95 | 84 | 85 | 86 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 15 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 26 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 22 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 25 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 6 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 22 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 14 |
| Computer science | 20 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 12 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 108 | 85 | 77 | 97 | 79 | 83 | 86 | 73 | 68 | 84 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 23 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 15 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 18 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 14 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Engineering, other | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 18 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Geological sciences | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 15 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 18 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Public health | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 29 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 27 |
| Applied mathematics | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Statistics | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 41 | 64 | 41 | 56 | 49 | 59 | 52 | 57 | 46 | 45 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Chemistry | 13 | 24 | 16 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 17 |
| Physics | 22 | 29 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 34 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 21 |
| Psychology | 33 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Clinical psychology | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 78 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 57 | 97 | 59 | 58 | 74 | 78 |
| Anthropology | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Economics | 30 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 27 |
| Political science and government | 8 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 18 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 4 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 8 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Social sciences, other | 20 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering | 137 | 132 | 164 | 216 | 166 | 171 | 112 | 141 | 136 | 168 |
| Business | 20 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 19 |
| Business | 20 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 19 |
| Education | 26 | 35 | 24 | 53 | 40 | 44 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 9 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 12 | 15 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Education, other | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 77 | 78 | 103 | 125 | 98 | 98 | 89 | 111 | 113 | 132 |
| Letters | 19 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 27 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 7 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 28 |
| History | 20 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 36 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 10 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Music and performing arts | 12 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 9 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 15 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 14 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 17 |
| Communication | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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
