Data
U. Missouri, Kansas City
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 61 | 67 | 77 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 50 | 62 | 64 | 66 |
| Science and engineering | 50 | 53 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 46 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 52 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | . | . | 4 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 5 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Computer science | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 12 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 7 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| Nursing science | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Physics | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Psychology | 10 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Economics | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 11 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 14 |
| Business | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Business | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Education | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 |
| Education research | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Letters | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| History | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 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
