Data
U. Kentucky
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 295 | 312 | 305 | 324 | 332 | 322 | 285 | 305 | 299 | 288 |
| Science and engineering | 225 | 232 | 230 | 224 | 241 | 251 | 223 | 205 | 216 | 214 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Agricultural sciences | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 62 | 57 | 48 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 45 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 4 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
| Computer and information sciences | 7 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Computer science | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 37 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 33 | 27 | 43 | 47 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 23 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 41 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 25 |
| Nursing science | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Public health | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 18 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 3 | . | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Statistics | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 19 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Physics | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Psychology | 17 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 21 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 17 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 25 | 23 | 29 | 25 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Economics | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Political science and government | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 70 | 80 | 75 | 100 | 91 | 71 | 62 | 100 | 83 | 74 |
| Business | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Business | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Education | 37 | 41 | 33 | 50 | 31 | 34 | 21 | 56 | 31 | 33 |
| Education leadership and administration | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Education research | 16 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 13 | 25 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Education, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 21 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 38 | 17 |
| Letters | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| History | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | . | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | . | 3 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 5 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
| Communication | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 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
