Data
U. California, Riverside
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 327 | 322 | 329 | 268 | 271 | 292 | 299 | 268 | 239 | 272 |
| Science and engineering | 281 | 269 | 282 | 230 | 229 | 252 | 243 | 217 | 196 | 201 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| Agricultural sciences | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 78 | 70 | 66 | 55 | 49 | 57 | 69 | 46 | 44 | 46 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 15 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| Computer and information sciences | 24 | 15 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 19 |
| Computer science | 18 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Engineering | 56 | 66 | 72 | 50 | 55 | 73 | 52 | 62 | 45 | 57 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 19 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 18 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 12 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
| Mechanical engineering | 10 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Statistics | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 52 | 42 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 30 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 26 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 17 |
| Physics | 16 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| Psychology | 14 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 8 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 29 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 23 |
| Anthropology | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Economics | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 46 | 53 | 47 | 38 | 42 | 40 | 56 | 51 | 43 | 71 |
| Business | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Business | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Education | 9 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Education research | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Education, other | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 35 | 37 | 36 | 20 | 33 | 30 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 57 |
| Letters | 11 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 18 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| History | 6 | . | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Music and performing arts | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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
