Data
U. Arizona
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 432 | 445 | 374 | 380 | 473 | 406 | 389 | 401 | 436 | 470 |
| Science and engineering | 341 | 355 | 286 | 301 | 368 | 326 | 291 | 311 | 333 | 348 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 8 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 |
| Agricultural sciences | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 67 | 64 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 53 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 8 | 11 | 6 | . | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 15 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| Computer science | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | 8 | 8 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Engineering | 50 | 60 | 44 | 49 | 64 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 67 | 67 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 14 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 13 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 20 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 22 |
| Geological sciences | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 10 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| Health sciences | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 22 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 6 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Public health | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 21 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 14 |
| Applied mathematics | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 69 | 77 | 50 | 55 | 58 | 47 | 53 | 56 | 65 | 67 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 16 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Chemistry | 16 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 23 |
| Physics | 37 | 42 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 32 | 39 | 33 |
| Psychology | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Social sciences | 56 | 47 | 53 | 50 | 83 | 66 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 64 |
| Anthropology | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 16 |
| Economics | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Social sciences, other | 36 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 33 | 22 | 28 |
| Non-science and engineering | 91 | 90 | 88 | 79 | 105 | 80 | 98 | 90 | 103 | 122 |
| Business | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| Business | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| Education | 36 | 43 | 47 | 38 | 45 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 54 | 48 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | . | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Education research | 19 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 21 | 17 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 13 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 27 | 22 |
| Education, other | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts | 33 | 33 | 23 | 24 | 38 | 34 | 43 | 31 | 32 | 51 |
| Letters | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| History | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Communication | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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

