Data
U. Dayton
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 43 | 40 | 49 | 25 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 34 |
| Science and engineering | 33 | 29 | 38 | 17 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer science | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 26 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 18 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 18 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | . |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Physics | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Psychology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Education | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Education leadership and administration | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Education research | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | . | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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

