Data
U. Memphis, The
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 160 | 110 | 162 | 120 | 182 | 138 | 151 | 158 | 154 | 127 |
| Science and engineering | 75 | 51 | 96 | 57 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 81 | 67 | 58 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Computer science | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 14 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 6 | . | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 1 | 6 | . | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Statistics | 3 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Chemistry | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Physics | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 21 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| Economics | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 6 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 85 | 59 | 66 | 63 | 97 | 64 | 89 | 77 | 87 | 69 |
| Business | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Business | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Education | 35 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 47 | 37 | 55 | 46 | 43 | 37 |
| Education leadership and administration | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 14 |
| Education research | 23 | 26 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 21 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Education, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 5 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 35 | 14 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 19 |
| Letters | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| History | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Music and performing arts | 18 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Communication | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | 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
