Data
Howard U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 95 | 91 | 81 | 96 | 106 | 86 | 82 | 105 | 93 | 99 |
| Science and engineering | 71 | 67 | 60 | 80 | 86 | 63 | 59 | 76 | 71 | 67 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 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 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Computer science | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Public health | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Physics | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 18 | 17 | 10 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 29 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Economics | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | . | 2 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | . | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Public policy analysis | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 24 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 32 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
| Letters | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| History | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Communication | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 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
