Data
Temple U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 214 | 235 | 232 | 216 | 250 | 227 | 257 | 272 | 204 | 243 |
| Science and engineering | 136 | 136 | 128 | 127 | 154 | 118 | 150 | 159 | 122 | 129 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 38 | 24 | 22 | 35 | 29 | 34 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Computer science | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Engineering | 15 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Public health | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 23 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 12 |
| Chemistry | 13 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 8 |
| Physics | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Psychology | 20 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 20 |
| Clinical psychology | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 23 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 31 | 22 | 23 |
| Anthropology | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Economics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 14 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 78 | 99 | 104 | 89 | 96 | 109 | 107 | 113 | 82 | 114 |
| Business | 13 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 26 |
| Business | 13 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 26 |
| Education | 30 | 41 | 51 | 42 | 33 | 58 | 45 | 53 | 39 | 43 |
| Education leadership and administration | 9 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 13 |
| Education research | 14 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 |
| Education, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 30 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 43 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 36 |
| Letters | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| History | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Communication | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 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
