Data
Drexel U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 144 | 158 | 154 | 149 | 161 | 148 | 162 | 147 | 172 | 173 |
| Science and engineering | 121 | 137 | 140 | 128 | 141 | 123 | 149 | 127 | 157 | 162 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 36 | 43 | 45 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 26 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 7 | 9 | . | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Computer science | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Engineering | 40 | 34 | 54 | 41 | 51 | 55 | 66 | 52 | 69 | 81 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 10 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 22 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Nursing science | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public health | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 5 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Statistics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 15 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Physics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | . |
| Psychology | 13 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Social sciences | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Economics | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 23 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 11 |
| Business | 9 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Business | 9 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Education | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Education research | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education, other | 5 | 2 | . | 4 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Communication | 3 | . | 4 | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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
