Data
Howard U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 91 | 81 | 96 | 106 | 86 | 82 | 105 | 93 | 99 | 105 |
| Science and engineering | 67 | 60 | 80 | 86 | 63 | 59 | 76 | 71 | 67 | 81 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 16 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Computer science | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Health sciences | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Public health | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 7 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Physics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Psychology | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 11 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 17 | 10 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 29 | 26 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Economics | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | . |
| Political science and government | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | . | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 24 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 24 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Education | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| Letters | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 16 |
| Communication | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
