Data

Naval Postgraduate School

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
All fields	16	12	12	13	19	10	6	.	.	.
Science and engineering	16	12	12	13	19	10	6	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	9	7	4	4	1	3	.	.	.	.
Computer science	1	2	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences, other	8	5	3	4	1	3	.	.	.	.
Engineering	2	3	4	5	10	6	3	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	.	1	.	.	1	2	.	.	.	.
Electrical and computer engineering	1	1	.	4	3	1	1	.	.	.
Industrial engineering and operations research	.	1	2	1	3	2	1	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	1	.	1	.	2	.	1	.	.	.
Engineering, other	.	.	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1	2	1	2	3	1	.	.	.	.
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences	1	2	1	2	3	1	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	1	.	1	1	.	.	1	.	.	.
Applied mathematics	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics, other	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	3	.	.	1	2	.	1	.	.	.
Physics	3	.	.	1	2	.	1	.	.	.
Social sciences	.	.	2	.	3	.	1	.	.	.
Social sciences, other	.	.	2	.	3	.	1	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.