Data
San Diego State U., San Diego
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 78 | 59 | 55 | 15 | 44 | 35 | 62 | 3 | 14 | 12 |
| Science and engineering | 65 | 51 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 8 | 8 | . | 1 | 7 | 8 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 2 | . | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Computer science | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 8 | 8 | 8 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 12 | 14 | 4 | . | 5 | 1 | 10 | . | . | . |
| Public health | 9 | 9 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 8 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 5 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | . |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | . | . | . |
| Physics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Psychology | 7 | 8 | 7 | . | 6 | 7 | 10 | . | . | . |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 6 | 7 | . | 6 | 4 | 10 | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | . | 3 | 6 |
| Education | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | . | 3 | 6 |
| Education research | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 | . | . | 2 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Education, other | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 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
