Data
Rochester Institute of Technology
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 64 | 63 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 33 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 33 |
| Science and engineering | 58 | 56 | 40 | 45 | 48 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 33 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | . | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | . | 8 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 14 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Computer science | 7 | 8 | . | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Engineering | 30 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geological sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Physics | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 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

