Data
Kansas State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 173 | 195 | 189 | 199 | 203 | 195 | 170 | 179 | 175 | 184 |
| Science and engineering | 128 | 159 | 151 | 159 | 171 | 159 | 135 | 147 | 143 | 149 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 44 | 33 | 32 | 39 | 47 | 42 | 26 | 41 | 35 | 30 |
| Agricultural sciences | 42 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 42 | 25 | 40 | 34 | 28 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 33 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 25 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Computer science | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Engineering | 23 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 29 | 20 | 22 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | 7 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Public health | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Statistics | . | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 14 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 20 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
| Physics | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Psychology | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Social sciences | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
| Economics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 | 6 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering | 45 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 35 |
| Business | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Business | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Education | 20 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Education research | 13 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Education, other | 2 | . | . | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| History | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Communication | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
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
