Data
U. California, Santa Barbara
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 394 | 335 | 356 | 296 | 281 | 323 | 355 | 315 | 328 | 342 |
| Science and engineering | 328 | 260 | 282 | 235 | 225 | 239 | 273 | 228 | 258 | 256 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 39 | 21 | 29 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | . | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 16 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 22 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
| Computer science | 21 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Engineering | 95 | 62 | 75 | 75 | 61 | 63 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 72 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 22 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 24 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 34 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 21 |
| Mechanical engineering | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 15 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 |
| Geological sciences | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 15 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | . | 3 | 6 |
| Statistics | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | . | 8 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 59 | 56 | 52 | 37 | 42 | 44 | 62 | 42 | 45 | 44 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Chemistry | 25 | 21 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
| Physics | 26 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 18 |
| Psychology | 18 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 21 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 56 | 47 | 50 | 45 | 33 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 51 | 50 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Economics | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| Social sciences, other | 26 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 16 |
| Non-science and engineering | 66 | 75 | 74 | 61 | 56 | 84 | 82 | 87 | 70 | 86 |
| Business | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 16 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Education research | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Education, other | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 51 | 58 | 49 | 43 | 43 | 56 | 51 | 56 | 45 | 61 |
| Letters | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| History | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 11 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| Communication | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 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
