Data
U. Louisville
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 143 | 153 | 157 | 127 | 138 | 154 | 149 | 145 | 137 | 161 |
| Science and engineering | 107 | 114 | 122 | 97 | 106 | 111 | 121 | 106 | 103 | 116 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 41 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 25 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 9 | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | . | 3 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Computer science | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 24 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 32 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 11 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public health | 7 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 16 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Chemistry | 11 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Physics | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Psychology | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 11 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering | 36 | 39 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 43 | 28 | 39 | 34 | 45 |
| Business | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 8 |
| Business | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 8 |
| Education | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 17 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Education research | 17 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 12 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 16 |
| Letters | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| History | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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
