Data
U. Central Florida
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 262 | 304 | 299 | 282 | 261 | 230 | 228 | 218 | 245 | 241 |
| Science and engineering | 203 | 250 | 242 | 242 | 221 | 187 | 184 | 169 | 196 | 194 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 10 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 34 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 16 |
| Computer science | 29 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Engineering | 70 | 88 | 99 | 100 | 95 | 74 | 78 | 70 | 72 | 64 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 16 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 20 | 24 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 12 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| Nursing science | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Public health | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 37 | 40 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 34 | 37 | 25 | 45 | 57 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | . |
| Chemistry | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| Physics | 27 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 41 |
| Psychology | 16 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Social sciences | 19 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Political science and government | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering | 59 | 54 | 57 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 49 | 49 | 47 |
| Business | 12 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 9 |
| Business | 12 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 9 |
| Education | 22 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education research | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Education, other | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Humanities and arts | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Letters | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 17 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Communication | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 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
