Data
U. Arkansas, Fayetteville
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 165 | 217 | 200 | 193 | 179 | 195 | 148 | 162 | 148 | 125 |
| Science and engineering | 133 | 161 | 135 | 132 | 127 | 138 | 105 | 109 | 102 | 85 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 14 |
| Agricultural sciences | 17 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 12 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 13 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Molecular biology | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | . | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Computer science | . | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 34 | 53 | 42 | 36 | 33 | 48 | 32 | 25 | 34 | 17 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 8 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 6 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Public health | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 22 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | . | 5 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Physics | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Psychology | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| Economics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Political science and government | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 32 | 56 | 65 | 61 | 52 | 57 | 43 | 53 | 46 | 40 |
| Business | 13 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 16 |
| Business | 13 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 16 |
| Education | 10 | 31 | 36 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 16 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 9 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 8 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 8 |
| Letters | 5 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| History | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 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
