Data
George Washington U., The
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 185 | 198 | 200 | 186 | 227 | 255 | 238 | 252 | 214 | 231 |
| Science and engineering | 127 | 135 | 126 | 131 | 148 | 165 | 155 | 165 | 133 | 137 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 32 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Computer science | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 33 | 44 | 29 | 40 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 36 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 8 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 18 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | . |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Nursing science | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 10 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Statistics | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | . | 7 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Physics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology | 14 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 22 | 29 | 25 | 32 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 49 | 38 | 41 |
| Anthropology | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Economics | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Public policy analysis | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 58 | 63 | 74 | 55 | 79 | 90 | 83 | 87 | 81 | 94 |
| Business | 10 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 26 |
| Business | 10 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 26 |
| Education | 31 | 41 | 51 | 39 | 51 | 64 | 53 | 58 | 52 | 52 |
| Education leadership and administration | 14 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 36 | 22 | 21 |
| Education research | 16 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 27 | 27 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Education, other | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
| Letters | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| History | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
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
