Data
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 145 | 119 | 111 | 130 | 147 | 164 | 122 | 142 | 164 | 135 |
| Science and engineering | 131 | 111 | 97 | 115 | 138 | 148 | 111 | 130 | 149 | 125 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 6 | 6 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 18 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 5 |
| Computer science | 16 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 74 | 74 | 56 | 66 | 83 | 87 | 60 | 72 | 89 | 77 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 15 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 11 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 8 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 15 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 9 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
| Engineering, other | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Applied mathematics | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Physics | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Psychology | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 14 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 10 |
| Business | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Business | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Letters | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Communication | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 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
