Data
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 293 | 349 | 258 | 313 | 349 | 295 | 307 | 298 | 268 | 277 |
| Science and engineering | 221 | 270 | 189 | 247 | 256 | 207 | 220 | 230 | 206 | 202 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 8 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 16 |
| Agricultural sciences | 6 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 49 | 27 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 36 | 20 | 31 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | . | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 27 | 29 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 19 |
| Computer science | 23 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 19 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 46 | 60 | 39 | 53 | 55 | 41 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 38 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 13 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 8 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 16 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Nursing science | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | . | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Statistics | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 23 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 40 | 33 | 39 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 11 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 26 |
| Physics | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 |
| Psychology | 14 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 32 | 51 | 40 | 28 | 41 | 27 | 33 | 43 | 39 | 30 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Economics | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 72 | 79 | 69 | 66 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 68 | 62 | 75 |
| Business | 14 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
| Business | 14 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
| Education | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 29 | 28 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Education research | 17 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 16 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Education, other | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 |
| Humanities and arts | 26 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 27 |
| Letters | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | . | 3 |
| History | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Communication | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 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
