Data
State U. New York, The, U. at Buffalo
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 315 | 357 | 340 | 358 | 382 | 332 | 341 | 335 | 337 | 342 |
| Science and engineering | 235 | 263 | 252 | 268 | 285 | 239 | 248 | 238 | 240 | 224 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 55 | 46 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 42 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 20 |
| Computer science | 5 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 3 |
| Engineering | 81 | 89 | 73 | 69 | 81 | 65 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 63 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 15 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 31 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 12 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 15 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 12 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Public health | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Mathematics | 3 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 30 | 24 | 30 | 42 | 43 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 29 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 24 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 21 |
| Physics | 4 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Psychology | 20 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | . | 7 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 26 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 29 | 37 | 40 | 33 | 39 | 34 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Economics | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 18 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 |
| Non-science and engineering | 80 | 94 | 88 | 90 | 97 | 93 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 118 |
| Business | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Business | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Education | 47 | 42 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 41 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Education research | 31 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 19 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 16 |
| Education, other | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 27 | 36 | 39 | 49 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 48 | 48 | 51 |
| Letters | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 25 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| History | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Music and performing arts | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| Communication | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 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
