Data
Florida State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 391 | 377 | 366 | 333 | 381 | 381 | 373 | 363 | 362 | 383 |
| Science and engineering | 251 | 234 | 236 | 203 | 256 | 254 | 231 | 225 | 221 | 222 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 46 | 43 | 33 | 27 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 31 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Computer science | 7 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | . | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Engineering | 43 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 21 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | . | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 32 | 33 | 28 | 36 | 25 | 29 | 43 | 23 | 29 | 23 |
| Applied mathematics | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Statistics | 8 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Physical sciences | 36 | 52 | 47 | 36 | 48 | 40 | 33 | 42 | 44 | 30 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 5 | . | 5 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 27 | 28 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 13 |
| Physics | 14 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
| Psychology | 38 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 37 | 29 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 40 |
| Clinical psychology | 17 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 13 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Social sciences | 22 | 23 | 34 | 20 | 40 | 51 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 41 |
| Economics | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 |
| Social sciences, other | 10 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 17 |
| Non-science and engineering | 140 | 143 | 130 | 130 | 125 | 127 | 142 | 138 | 141 | 161 |
| Business | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| Business | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| Education | 47 | 51 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 38 | 60 | 37 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Education research | 30 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 40 | 21 | 34 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 15 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 67 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 53 | 44 | 65 | 64 | 49 | 85 |
| Letters | 28 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 33 | 17 | 33 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| History | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 11 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| Music and performing arts | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 16 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 20 | 24 |
| Communication | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Public administration and social services | 9 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
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
