Data
Mississippi State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 162 | 148 | 165 | 143 | 159 | 179 | 175 | 173 | 153 | 146 |
| Science and engineering | 129 | 116 | 138 | 114 | 115 | 139 | 128 | 128 | 105 | 104 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 23 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 41 | 40 | 29 | 31 | 24 |
| Agricultural sciences | 18 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 6 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 18 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 10 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Computer science | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 48 | 45 | 45 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 39 | 26 | 30 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | . | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Statistics | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 17 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 14 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| Physics | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Psychology | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 5 | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Economics | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | . | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 33 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 44 | 40 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 42 |
| Business | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Business | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Education | 25 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 33 |
| Education leadership and administration | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
| Education research | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | . |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| History | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 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
