Data
U. California, Santa Cruz
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 228 | 206 | 167 | 150 | 190 | 157 | 166 | 174 | 148 | 175 |
| Science and engineering | 184 | 171 | 139 | 133 | 167 | 129 | 142 | 148 | 123 | 146 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Agricultural sciences | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 51 | 44 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 37 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | . | . | 2 | 5 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Genetics and genomics | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 15 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 11 |
| Computer science | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 19 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 8 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 16 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 15 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Health sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Applied mathematics | 5 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 9 | . | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Statistics | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 24 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 20 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Chemistry | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Physics | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Psychology | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 30 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 40 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 33 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 3 | 5 | . | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Economics | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 44 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 29 |
| Business | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Education | 8 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Education research | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Education, other | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 33 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 23 |
| Letters | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
| Communication | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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
