Data
Old Dominion U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 161 | 142 | 132 | 150 | 147 | 119 | 136 | 141 | 143 | 170 |
| Science and engineering | 97 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 74 | 70 | 76 | 85 | 78 | 97 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Computer science | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 26 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 21 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public health | . | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Physics | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Psychology | 27 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 19 |
| Political science and government | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| Non-science and engineering | 64 | 61 | 54 | 70 | 73 | 49 | 60 | 56 | 65 | 73 |
| Business | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Business | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Education | 45 | 40 | 43 | 55 | 46 | 35 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 51 |
| Education leadership and administration | 16 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| Education research | 19 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 24 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Education, other | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| Letters | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
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
