Data

Georgetown U.
Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 114 | 114 | 125 | 120 | 110 | 108 | 104 | 111 | 107 | 127 |
Science and engineering | 87 | 86 | 95 | 89 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 80 | 92 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 35 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 30 | 30 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 4 | 4 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | 3 |
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Molecular biology | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | . | 5 | . | . |
Computer science | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | . | 5 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Physical sciences | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
Chemistry | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Physics | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Psychology | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Social sciences | 25 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 43 |
Economics | 9 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
Political science and government | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Social sciences, other | 10 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 17 |
Non-science and engineering | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 27 | 35 |
Business | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Business | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities and arts | 22 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 31 |
Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Foreign languages and literature | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
History | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 14 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
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