Data
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 336 | 293 | 349 | 258 | 313 | 349 | 295 | 307 | 298 | 268 |
| Science and engineering | 261 | 221 | 270 | 189 | 247 | 256 | 207 | 220 | 230 | 206 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 24 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 14 |
| Agricultural sciences | 22 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 9 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 54 | 43 | 49 | 27 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 36 | 20 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 16 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 25 | 27 | 29 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 26 |
| Computer science | 22 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 55 | 46 | 60 | 39 | 53 | 55 | 41 | 52 | 49 | 46 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 25 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 5 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 13 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 11 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Public health | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Physical sciences | 30 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 40 | 33 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 23 |
| Physics | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| Psychology | 18 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 12 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 27 | 32 | 51 | 40 | 28 | 41 | 27 | 33 | 43 | 39 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Economics | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering | 75 | 72 | 79 | 69 | 66 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 68 | 62 |
| Business | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 |
| Business | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 |
| Education | 36 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 29 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| Education research | 22 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Education, other | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 23 | 26 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 17 |
| Letters | 8 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | . |
| History | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Music and performing arts | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Communication | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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
