Data
North Carolina State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 555 | 536 | 540 | 505 | 533 | 533 | 495 | 499 | 480 | 468 |
| Science and engineering | 465 | 463 | 466 | 430 | 445 | 452 | 428 | 429 | 409 | 422 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 33 | 52 | 52 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 37 | 46 | 36 | 51 |
| Agricultural sciences | 21 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 34 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 17 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 48 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 56 | 55 | 63 | 65 | 47 | 54 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 7 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | . | 8 | . | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 12 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 18 |
| Computer and information sciences | 32 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 23 |
| Computer science | 26 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 22 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 199 | 171 | 179 | 185 | 192 | 164 | 171 | 162 | 163 | 167 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 25 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 27 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 28 | 31 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 26 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 45 | 36 | 36 | 47 | 49 | 32 | 51 | 33 | 29 | 36 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 23 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 10 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 25 | 12 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 13 |
| Mechanical engineering | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 29 |
| Engineering, other | 21 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Health sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 39 | 52 | 53 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 47 |
| Applied mathematics | 8 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Statistics | 23 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 |
| Physical sciences | 58 | 57 | 59 | 39 | 33 | 54 | 42 | 47 | 44 | 36 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Chemistry | 40 | 37 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 32 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 23 |
| Physics | 17 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 |
| Psychology | 18 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 22 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| Anthropology | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 90 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 88 | 81 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 46 |
| Business | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Business | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Education | 58 | 47 | 42 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 49 | 28 | 45 | 31 |
| Education leadership and administration | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Education research | 27 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 22 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 22 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| Education, other | 3 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Letters | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| History | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 25 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 20 | 8 |
| Communication | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 12 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
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
