Data
Georgia State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 217 | 222 | 216 | 196 | 192 | 233 | 225 | 228 | 198 | 217 |
| Science and engineering | 141 | 142 | 146 | 153 | 129 | 134 | 147 | 141 | 97 | 118 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 30 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 31 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . | 3 | 6 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 17 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 16 |
| Computer science | 15 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Engineering | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 10 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Nursing science | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 7 |
| Public health | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 17 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Physics | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Psychology | 21 | 23 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 12 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 43 | 38 | 32 | 46 | 25 | 31 | 52 | 37 | 19 | 27 |
| Economics | 11 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Political science and government | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 76 | 80 | 70 | 43 | 63 | 99 | 78 | 87 | 101 | 99 |
| Business | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 |
| Business | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 |
| Education | 42 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 51 | 50 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Education research | 22 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 30 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 20 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 16 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 23 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 34 |
| Letters | 18 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 29 |
| History | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Communication | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 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
