Data
U. Colorado Denver
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 130 | 146 | 122 | 129 | 100 | 105 | 97 | 100 | 103 | 96 |
| Science and engineering | 124 | 134 | 108 | 114 | 88 | 96 | 89 | 89 | 96 | 81 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 62 | 85 | 65 | 59 | 45 | 55 | 45 | 64 | 56 | 41 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 11 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Computer science | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering, other | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 21 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 18 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Public health | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Clinical psychology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Economics | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 6 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 15 |
| Business | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Business | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Education | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 4 |
| Education research | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Humanities and arts | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
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
