Data
U. Alabama, The, Huntsville
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 42 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 33 |
| Science and engineering | 42 | 33 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 33 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | . |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Computer science | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 22 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 21 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Chemistry | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physics | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | 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
