Data

Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
All fields	37	17	17	21	21	15	8	21	24	8
Science and engineering	33	11	16	16	16	12	5	14	14	6
Agricultural sciences and natural resources	6	5	6	5	4	3	3	3	8	.
Agricultural sciences	.	1	.	.	1	1	1	1	3	.
Natural resources and conservation	6	4	6	5	3	2	2	2	5	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	1	.	1	5	3	1	.	.	.	.
Microbiology and immunology	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pharmacology and toxicology	1	.	1	4	3	1	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Computer science	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Health sciences	1	.	1	2	2	2	2	5	1	.
Nursing science	.	.	.	2	2	2	2	4	1	.
Public health	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Social sciences	25	6	8	4	7	6	.	5	5	6
Economics	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Political science and government	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Public policy analysis	25	5	8	4	7	5	.	5	5	6
Social sciences, other	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-science and engineering	4	6	1	5	5	3	3	7	10	2
Business	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Education	2	3	1	5	4	3	3	7	10	2
Education leadership and administration	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Education research	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	4	1
Teacher education and teaching fields	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	6	6	1
Education, other	.	2	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities and arts	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities and arts, other	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Other non-science and engineering	2	3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Public administration and social services	2	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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.