Data
Tufts U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 134 | 131 | 143 | 113 | 138 | 138 | 156 | 138 | 131 | 117 |
| Science and engineering | 123 | 119 | 132 | 103 | 124 | 127 | 138 | 128 | 115 | 111 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 48 | 50 | 37 | 39 | 56 | 41 | 54 | 53 | 39 | 38 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 4 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 8 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 4 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Computer science | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 27 | 23 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 37 | 18 | 25 | 21 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | 3 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Health sciences | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Public health | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 18 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Physics | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Psychology | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 12 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Political science and government | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 6 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| Letters | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| History | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Music and performing arts | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 4 | . | 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
