Data
South Dakota State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 46 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 40 | 52 | 54 | 46 | 64 |
| Science and engineering | 45 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 66 | 40 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 63 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 14 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 18 |
| Agricultural sciences | 12 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 17 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | . | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 2 | 4 | . | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Engineering | 11 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Nursing science | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Public health | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | . | . | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 5 | . | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Social sciences | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Education research | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | 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
