Data
U. Maryland, Baltimore
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 68 | 87 | 66 | 64 | 71 | 81 | 88 | 67 | 81 | 63 |
| Science and engineering | 59 | 81 | 60 | 55 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 60 | 77 | 59 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 52 | 38 | 36 | 45 | 45 | 51 | 43 | 53 | 43 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 4 | 6 | . | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| Molecular biology | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer science | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 16 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 14 |
| Nursing science | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Public health | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Psychology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
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
