Data
U. Denver
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 115 | 108 | 89 | 86 | 95 | 96 | 103 | 94 | 115 | 23 |
| Science and engineering | 54 | 55 | 41 | 49 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 43 | 57 | 7 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer science | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | . | 3 | 3 | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Statistics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | . |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Physics | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Psychology | 18 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 4 | . | . | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 8 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Social sciences | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 9 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 61 | 53 | 48 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 51 | 58 | 16 |
| Business | 13 | 10 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | 13 | 10 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 5 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Education research | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 22 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 5 |
| Letters | 14 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| History | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Communication | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 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
