Data
U. California, San Diego
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 508 | 537 | 545 | 490 | 512 | 492 | 471 | 520 | 521 | 501 |
| Science and engineering | 444 | 480 | 481 | 444 | 457 | 438 | 410 | 466 | 443 | 447 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 77 | 111 | 136 | 95 | 100 | 101 | 90 | 109 | 87 | 93 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 27 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 19 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 19 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | . | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 14 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 33 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 11 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 34 | 31 | 33 | 15 | 35 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 22 |
| Computer science | 29 | 28 | 30 | 14 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 22 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . |
| Engineering | 155 | 162 | 154 | 159 | 148 | 133 | 125 | 128 | 115 | 117 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 32 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 8 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 51 | 53 | 40 | 54 | 37 | 42 | 37 | 27 | 35 | 34 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 19 |
| Mechanical engineering | 14 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 16 |
| Engineering, other | 11 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 28 | 39 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 32 | 43 | 26 |
| Geological sciences | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 21 | 30 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 27 | 33 | 22 |
| Health sciences | . | . | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
| Public health | . | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | . | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Statistics | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 53 | 48 | 49 | 64 | 56 | 50 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 66 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 24 | 26 | 31 | 39 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 31 |
| Physics | 20 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 32 | 18 | 23 | 32 |
| Psychology | 14 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 32 |
| Clinical psychology | . | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | . | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 14 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| Psychology, other | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 53 | 52 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 63 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Economics | 26 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 25 |
| Political science and government | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering | 64 | 57 | 64 | 46 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 54 | 78 | 54 |
| Business | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Business | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Education | 20 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 12 |
| Education leadership and administration | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Education research | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Education, other | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 37 | 23 | 36 | 27 | 29 | 41 | 37 | 30 | 43 | 35 |
| Letters | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| History | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| Music and performing arts | 9 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Communication | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 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
