Data
Tulane U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 107 | 111 | 119 | 109 | 102 | 91 | 107 | 116 | 111 | 111 |
| Science and engineering | 94 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 84 | 72 | 84 | 79 | 92 | 86 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 43 | 32 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 8 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 5 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer science | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 17 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | . | 8 | 17 |
| Public health | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | . | 5 | . | 2 | 7 |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 6 | 10 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Physics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Psychology | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 21 | 29 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Economics | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 12 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 13 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 25 |
| Business | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| Business | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| Education | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 10 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 17 |
| Letters | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| History | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 4 |
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
