Data
Portland State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 69 | 52 | 76 | 86 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 61 | 66 | 65 |
| Science and engineering | 52 | 36 | 64 | 70 | 60 | 64 | 72 | 56 | 55 | 57 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | . | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Computer science | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| Engineering | 10 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Statistics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Physics | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Psychology | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 9 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Political science and government | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Public policy analysis | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 17 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
| Business | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Business | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Education research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Public administration and social services | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 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
