Data
Oklahoma State U., Stillwater
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 241 | 227 | 208 | 211 | 214 | 231 | 228 | 224 | 255 | 242 |
| Science and engineering | 169 | 149 | 135 | 138 | 146 | 155 | 133 | 139 | 165 | 152 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 25 |
| Agricultural sciences | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 23 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 33 | 24 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | . | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Computer science | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 41 | 38 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 49 | 44 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Public health | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Statistics | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 24 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 13 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| Physics | 13 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Psychology | 28 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 24 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 14 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Social sciences | 19 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| Economics | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 72 | 78 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 76 | 95 | 85 | 90 | 90 |
| Business | 16 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 25 |
| Business | 16 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 25 |
| Education | 48 | 36 | 35 | 40 | 36 | 44 | 59 | 41 | 46 | 47 |
| Education leadership and administration | 19 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| Education research | 13 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Education, other | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| Humanities and arts | 7 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| Letters | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| History | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Communication | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 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

