Data
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 289 | 281 | 304 | 277 | 328 | 300 | 283 | 296 | 324 | 312 |
| Science and engineering | 211 | 197 | 220 | 201 | 236 | 209 | 213 | 204 | 236 | 211 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 27 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 34 | 26 |
| Agricultural sciences | 19 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 24 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 34 | 32 | 23 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 33 | 27 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Computer science | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Engineering | 42 | 47 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 55 | 49 | 42 | 49 | 43 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 11 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 12 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Health sciences | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Statistics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 34 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 39 | 27 | 30 | 39 | 37 | 33 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 21 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 24 |
| Physics | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 9 |
| Psychology | 21 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 19 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 25 | 23 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Economics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 78 | 84 | 84 | 76 | 92 | 91 | 70 | 92 | 88 | 101 |
| Business | 9 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 18 |
| Business | 9 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 18 |
| Education | 27 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 37 | 37 |
| Education leadership and administration | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 8 |
| Education research | 15 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 22 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 26 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 35 | 33 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 28 |
| Letters | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| History | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 16 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 18 |
| Communication | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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
