Data
U. Colorado Boulder
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 447 | 409 | 426 | 394 | 392 | 388 | 383 | 392 | 400 | 418 |
| Science and engineering | 364 | 337 | 364 | 315 | 304 | 318 | 306 | 307 | 311 | 331 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Agricultural sciences | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 48 | 45 | 34 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 42 | 37 | 39 | 42 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 7 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 12 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 27 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 11 |
| Computer science | 20 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 10 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 137 | 103 | 137 | 111 | 97 | 102 | 88 | 90 | 106 | 95 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 38 | 23 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 16 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 19 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 28 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 28 | 19 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 15 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 8 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 24 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 25 | 23 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 30 |
| Geological sciences | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 16 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 13 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 |
| Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 68 | 69 | 64 | 52 | 68 | 53 | 67 | 63 | 56 | 65 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
| Chemistry | 15 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 26 |
| Physics | 44 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 28 | 37 | 37 | 31 | 33 |
| Psychology | 12 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Social sciences | 27 | 28 | 44 | 34 | 38 | 48 | 30 | 44 | 34 | 52 |
| Anthropology | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Economics | 6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 83 | 72 | 62 | 79 | 88 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 87 |
| Business | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Business | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Education | 16 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 19 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | . | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Education, other | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 37 | 39 | 40 | 46 | 61 | 47 | 41 | 60 | 46 | 51 |
| Letters | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| History | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 20 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 28 | 27 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 24 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| Communication | 23 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 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
