Data
Stony Brook U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 261 | 259 | 298 | 244 | 274 | 266 | 257 | 264 | 272 | 295 |
| Science and engineering | 232 | 238 | 268 | 218 | 233 | 243 | 225 | 225 | 230 | 251 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 44 | 49 | 50 | 27 | 40 | 46 | 44 | 39 | 39 | 53 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 4 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Genetics and genomics | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | . | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 22 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 16 |
| Computer science | 21 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Engineering | 37 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 45 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 16 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 10 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 16 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 15 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 16 |
| Health sciences | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | . | . | 2 |
| Nursing science | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | . | . | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 35 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 32 |
| Applied mathematics | 11 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Statistics | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Physical sciences | 38 | 38 | 68 | 34 | 31 | 50 | 34 | 50 | 45 | 43 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Chemistry | 24 | 19 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 22 |
| Physics | 13 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 20 |
| Psychology | 14 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 |
| Social sciences | 23 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 27 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Economics | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 29 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 41 | 23 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 44 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Education | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Education research | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 24 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 36 | 40 |
| Letters | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| History | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Music and performing arts | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 2 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | 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

