Data

Drexel U.
Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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All fields | 158 | 154 | 149 | 161 | 148 | 162 | 147 | 172 | 173 | 150 |
Science and engineering | 137 | 140 | 128 | 141 | 123 | 149 | 127 | 157 | 162 | 130 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 45 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 38 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 9 | . | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
Molecular biology | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Computer science | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Engineering | 34 | 54 | 41 | 51 | 55 | 66 | 52 | 69 | 81 | 48 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 12 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 16 |
Chemical and petroleum engineering | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 8 |
Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 12 |
Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Geological sciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Nursing science | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Public health | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
Health sciences, other | 5 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Applied mathematics | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 11 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 8 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Chemistry | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Physics | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | . | 2 |
Psychology | 18 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
Clinical psychology | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 |
Psychology, other | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Economics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 21 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 20 |
Business | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Business | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Education | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 |
Education leadership and administration | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 3 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | 1 | 7 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Education, other | 2 | . | 4 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Other non-science and engineering | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Communication | . | 4 | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering, other | . | 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