Data
Georgetown U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 136 | 114 | 114 | 125 | 120 | 110 | 108 | 104 | 111 | 107 |
| Science and engineering | 107 | 87 | 86 | 95 | 89 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 80 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 35 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 30 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | . | 5 | . |
| Computer science | 7 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 8 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Physics | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Psychology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 40 | 25 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 35 |
| Economics | 11 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| Political science and government | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 23 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 11 |
| Non-science and engineering | 29 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 27 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 27 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 21 |
| Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Foreign languages and literature | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| History | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 8 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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
