Data
U. Alaska, Fairbanks
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 31 | 32 | 36 | 49 | 36 | 54 | 49 | 47 | 40 | 49 |
| Science and engineering | 28 | 32 | 32 | 43 | 31 | 48 | 47 | 45 | 39 | 44 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Computer science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physics | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Psychology | . | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Social sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Economics | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Business | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education research | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Letters | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| History | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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
