Data
George Mason U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 257 | 271 | 247 | 233 | 234 | 259 | 272 | 262 | 290 | 228 |
| Science and engineering | 195 | 220 | 192 | 188 | 181 | 183 | 211 | 202 | 224 | 177 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 20 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 13 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | . | 2 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 7 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | . | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 4 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 24 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 27 |
| Computer science | 8 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 16 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 8 |
| Engineering | 30 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 5 | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Nursing science | 2 | . | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Public health | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Physics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology | 18 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 22 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 65 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 65 | 68 | 84 | 84 | 61 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Economics | 25 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 17 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | 4 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 30 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 20 |
| Non-science and engineering | 62 | 51 | 55 | 45 | 53 | 76 | 61 | 60 | 66 | 51 |
| Business | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 35 | 39 | 32 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 52 | 42 | 50 | 39 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | 6 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Education research | 21 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 17 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 15 |
| Education, other | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts | 20 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Letters | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| Communication | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 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
