Data
Lehigh U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 97 | 87 | 105 | 87 | 95 | 106 | 110 | 89 | 121 | 101 |
| Science and engineering | 87 | 78 | 89 | 73 | 83 | 88 | 93 | 72 | 108 | 91 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Computer science | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 44 | 41 | 53 | 39 | 48 | 47 | 58 | 38 | 55 | 53 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 6 | . | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Mechanical engineering | 15 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 15 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 6 |
| Physics | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Psychology | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Economics | 6 | 1 | 1 | . | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 10 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Letters | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| History | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 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
