Data
U. Missouri, Columbia
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 241 | 280 | 287 | 271 | 287 | 325 | 353 | 343 | 308 | 331 |
| Science and engineering | 160 | 199 | 212 | 206 | 212 | 234 | 236 | 244 | 210 | 210 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 20 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 20 |
| Agricultural sciences | 13 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 17 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 37 | 44 | 36 | 47 | 51 | 44 | 52 | 45 | 45 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | 5 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Computer science | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Engineering | 28 | 27 | 31 | 57 | 45 | 35 | 49 | 45 | 31 | 36 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Engineering, other | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Health sciences | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 11 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 35 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 9 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 25 |
| Physics | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Psychology | 23 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 12 | 11 | 11 | . | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| Psychology, other | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 24 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 39 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 25 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Economics | 9 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Political science and government | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 81 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 75 | 91 | 117 | 99 | 98 | 121 |
| Business | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| Business | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
| Education | 31 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 32 | 46 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Education research | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 24 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 17 |
| Education, other | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 26 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 33 |
| Letters | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 14 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| History | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 18 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 37 | 28 | 26 | 32 |
| Communication | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 19 |
| Public administration and social services | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
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
