Data
New Mexico State U., Las Cruces
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 82 | 112 | 105 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 95 | 97 | 116 | 109 |
| Science and engineering | 64 | 81 | 78 | 50 | 74 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 78 | 69 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Agricultural sciences | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Computer science | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 20 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Nursing science | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Statistics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Physics | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychology | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Social sciences | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 18 | 31 | 27 | 51 | 33 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 38 | 40 |
| Business | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | 9 |
| Business | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | 9 |
| Education | 14 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 29 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Education research | 9 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Letters | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Communication | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 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
