Data
U. California, Santa Barbara
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 335 | 356 | 296 | 281 | 323 | 355 | 315 | 328 | 342 | 353 |
| Science and engineering | 260 | 282 | 235 | 225 | 239 | 273 | 228 | 258 | 256 | 249 |
| Science | 198 | 207 | 160 | 164 | 176 | 199 | 161 | 192 | 184 | 173 |
| Life science | 27 | 35 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 23 |
| Agricultural sciences | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Biological sciences | 21 | 29 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 68 | 65 | 41 | 51 | 57 | 73 | 51 | 60 | 57 | 50 |
| Chemistry | 21 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 12 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| Physics and astronomy | 35 | 20 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 37 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 16 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 35 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 39 | 20 | 34 | 35 | 29 |
| Computer sciences | 27 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
| Mathematics | 8 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 68 | 75 | 62 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 71 |
| Psychology | 21 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 17 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Economics | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Sociology | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| Other social sciences | 27 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 26 |
| Engineering | 62 | 75 | 75 | 61 | 63 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 72 | 76 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Chemical engineering | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 20 |
| Civil engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Electrical engineering | 20 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| Industrial engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 20 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 23 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Other engineering | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 75 | 74 | 61 | 56 | 84 | 82 | 87 | 70 | 86 | 104 |
| Education | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 23 |
| Education administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Education research | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Teaching fields | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Other education | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Humanities | 58 | 49 | 43 | 43 | 56 | 51 | 56 | 45 | 61 | 71 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
| History | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 17 |
| Letters | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| Other humanities and arts | 30 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 32 |
| Other | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| Business management/administration | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Communication | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 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
