Data
Montana State U., Bozeman
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 85 | 69 | 98 | 64 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 66 | 52 | 78 |
| Science and engineering | 76 | 54 | 74 | 51 | 60 | 61 | 50 | 46 | 43 | 62 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Agricultural sciences | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | . | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 6 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Computer science | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 18 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Physics | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 9 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 16 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 7 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 14 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Education research | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| History | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 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
