Data
Rice U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 231 | 264 | 222 | 162 | 206 | 221 | 206 | 192 | 208 | 172 |
| Science and engineering | 212 | 242 | 198 | 146 | 177 | 190 | 180 | 164 | 183 | 159 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 9 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 22 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
| Computer science | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 7 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 79 | 87 | 68 | 56 | 54 | 71 | 61 | 56 | 59 | 53 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 13 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 10 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 23 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 18 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 8 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | . | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 16 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Statistics | 6 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 8 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 39 | 40 | 44 | 28 | 39 | 45 | 49 | 40 | 41 | 48 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 4 |
| Chemistry | 17 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 26 | 22 |
| Physics | 19 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 22 |
| Psychology | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 5 |
| Social sciences | 17 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 11 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Economics | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 19 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 13 |
| Business | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Business | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 16 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 12 |
| Letters | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | . | 4 | 6 | . | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . |
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
