Data
Harvard U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 725 | 753 | 621 | 628 | 738 | 717 | 683 | 677 | 706 | 715 |
| Science and engineering | 573 | 570 | 480 | 485 | 581 | 556 | 496 | 508 | 528 | 529 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 208 | 207 | 159 | 187 | 224 | 211 | 172 | 194 | 220 | 200 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 23 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 46 | 33 | 22 | 55 | 38 | 37 | 24 | 40 | 24 | 23 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 29 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 16 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 34 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 25 |
| Genetics and genomics | 16 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 32 | 44 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 42 | 27 |
| Molecular biology | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 21 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 19 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 15 |
| Computer and information sciences | 18 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Computer science | 16 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 26 | 41 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 30 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 11 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Health sciences | 33 | 32 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 58 | 38 | 22 | 27 | 23 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 29 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 57 | 35 | 21 | 24 | 22 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 23 |
| Applied mathematics | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 9 |
| Statistics | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 103 | 103 | 91 | 82 | 116 | 97 | 90 | 93 | 78 | 88 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 15 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 9 |
| Chemistry | 39 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 46 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 25 |
| Physics | 49 | 55 | 47 | 50 | 62 | 52 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 54 |
| Psychology | 15 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 10 |
| Psychology, other | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 134 | 107 | 104 | 102 | 96 | 113 | 108 | 124 | 115 | 121 |
| Anthropology | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 16 |
| Economics | 36 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 29 | 46 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Political science and government | 33 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 21 |
| Public policy analysis | 16 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 9 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 10 |
| Social sciences, other | 32 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 30 |
| Non-science and engineering | 152 | 183 | 141 | 143 | 157 | 161 | 187 | 169 | 178 | 186 |
| Business | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 12 |
| Business | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 12 |
| Education | 14 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 39 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| Education research | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Education, other | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Humanities and arts | 103 | 125 | 87 | 92 | 103 | 106 | 135 | 105 | 112 | 121 |
| Letters | 16 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 11 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
| History | 27 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 25 | 37 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 20 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 19 |
| Music and performing arts | 9 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 20 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 17 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 18 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| Communication | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 16 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
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
