Data
Southern Methodist U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 72 | 93 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 59 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 73 |
| Science and engineering | 53 | 73 | 66 | 61 | 67 | 44 | 57 | 57 | 50 | 60 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| Computer science | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 19 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | 7 | 3 | . | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Engineering, other | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 4 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Physics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Economics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Political science and government | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 19 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Education research | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Education, other | 2 | 3 | . | 5 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| Letters | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| History | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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
