Data
U. Houston
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 316 | 331 | 338 | 292 | 300 | 325 | 300 | 276 | 250 | 233 |
| Science and engineering | 262 | 269 | 282 | 238 | 244 | 260 | 253 | 223 | 207 | 186 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 25 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 3 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 8 | 3 | 9 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 18 |
| Computer science | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 5 | 4 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 86 | 96 | 77 | 90 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 68 | 52 | 45 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 11 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 24 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 9 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 16 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | . | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 18 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 11 |
| Geological sciences | 12 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 26 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 11 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Health sciences | 15 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Public health | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 17 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 36 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 40 | 36 | 44 | 32 | 29 | 24 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 20 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Physics | 16 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| Psychology | 43 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 30 | 21 | 35 | 24 | 39 | 24 |
| Clinical psychology | 9 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 10 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 25 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 20 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 |
| Economics | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 54 | 62 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 65 | 47 | 53 | 43 | 47 |
| Business | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Business | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Education | 23 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 16 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 20 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 23 |
| Letters | 13 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| History | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 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
