Data
U. Alabama, The, Tuscaloosa
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 181 | 203 | 193 | 152 | 157 | 171 | 182 | 199 | 197 | 189 |
| Science and engineering | 130 | 151 | 114 | 83 | 94 | 100 | 97 | 116 | 113 | 108 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Computer science | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 48 | 50 | 42 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 28 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Nursing science | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Statistics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 17 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 5 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Chemistry | 9 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Physics | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Psychology | 20 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| Clinical psychology | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Social sciences | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Economics | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 51 | 52 | 79 | 69 | 63 | 71 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 81 |
| Business | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 15 |
| Business | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 15 |
| Education | 29 | 18 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 36 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Education research | 20 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 24 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
| Education, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 9 |
| Letters | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| History | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | 4 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 9 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 21 |
| Communication | 6 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 16 |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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
