Data
Oregon State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 239 | 264 | 290 | 244 | 255 | 287 | 238 | 267 | 203 | 210 |
| Science and engineering | 225 | 238 | 273 | 227 | 238 | 270 | 223 | 245 | 178 | 177 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 11 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 28 |
| Agricultural sciences | 5 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 7 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 21 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 36 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 28 | 50 | 29 | 26 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | . | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences | 19 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 7 |
| Computer science | 18 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 77 | 61 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 67 | 57 | 36 | 50 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 24 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 11 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Mechanical engineering | 21 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Engineering, other | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 14 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 11 |
| Geological sciences | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Health sciences | 20 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 12 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Public health | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 18 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 19 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 11 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 14 |
| Physics | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychology | 18 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Social sciences | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Economics | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering | 14 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 33 |
| Business | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 14 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 29 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| Education research | 6 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Education, other | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| History | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 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
