Data
U. Montana, Missoula
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 60 | 68 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 38 | 53 | 66 | 49 |
| Science and engineering | 55 | 54 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 26 | 39 | 56 | 34 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 12 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 5 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Statistics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 5 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
| Education | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Education research | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Education, other | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| Letters | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| History | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 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
