Data
U. Alabama, The, Birmingham
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 156 | 148 | 134 | 139 | 148 | 146 | 164 | 125 | 157 | 179 |
| Science and engineering | 149 | 138 | 120 | 126 | 132 | 140 | 152 | 116 | 142 | 167 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 81 | 64 | 52 | 70 | 61 | 75 | 82 | 60 | 76 | 97 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 12 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 8 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 17 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 19 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 13 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Computer science | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Engineering | 13 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 21 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 23 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 23 |
| Nursing science | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Public health | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Physics | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Psychology | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 7 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 12 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | 3 | . | 11 | 4 |
| Education research | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Education, other | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 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
