Data
Texas Tech U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 404 | 417 | 384 | 375 | 356 | 316 | 304 | 341 | 300 | 323 |
| Science and engineering | 208 | 225 | 189 | 218 | 194 | 191 | 177 | 176 | 155 | 190 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 21 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 22 |
| Agricultural sciences | 20 | 21 | 15 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 37 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 5 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Computer and information sciences | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Computer science | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 55 | 62 | 57 | 67 | 62 | 60 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 61 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 13 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 19 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 10 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 7 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Health sciences | 1 | 5 | 4 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 5 | 4 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Physical sciences | 15 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 17 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 13 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
| Physics | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology | 33 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 30 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 17 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 18 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Economics | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 196 | 192 | 195 | 157 | 162 | 125 | 127 | 165 | 145 | 133 |
| Business | 21 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 17 |
| Business | 21 | 17 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 17 |
| Education | 117 | 117 | 113 | 82 | 88 | 64 | 70 | 98 | 77 | 65 |
| Education leadership and administration | 28 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
| Education research | 69 | 64 | 71 | 54 | 52 | 28 | 47 | 77 | 50 | 43 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Education, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 33 | 38 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 30 |
| Letters | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| History | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Music and performing arts | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 25 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 21 |
| Communication | 17 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
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
