Data
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 67 | 73 | 69 | 55 | 60 | 52 | 54 | 62 | 47 | 42 |
| Science and engineering | 46 | 53 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 29 | 42 | 45 | 32 | 31 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Computer science | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 26 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | . | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 15 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | . | . | 4 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | . | . | 4 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physics | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 21 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 11 |
| Business | . | . | . | 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 2 | . |
| Business | . | . | . | 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 2 | . |
| Education | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Education research | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 16 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 16 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 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
