Data
U. Arkansas, Little Rock
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 26 | 32 | 39 | 43 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 39 | 40 |
| Science and engineering | 20 | 29 | 34 | 36 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 37 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Computer science | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Engineering | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 15 |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Statistics | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 6 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 6 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Education | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 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
