Data
U. California, Merced
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 112 | 107 | 105 | 56 | 63 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 37 | 30 |
| Science and engineering | 103 | 105 | 101 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 | 29 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Computer science | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 20 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public health | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Physics | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology | 12 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Political science and government | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 9 | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 9 | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Letters | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| History | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 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
