Data
U. Nebraska, Medical Center
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 82 | 67 | 94 | 66 | 64 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 86 | 81 |
| Science and engineering | 79 | 65 | 94 | 65 | 64 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 86 | 80 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 33 | 51 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 46 | 42 | 55 | 54 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 10 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 23 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 26 | 27 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 23 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Public health | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Physical sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Psychology | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, 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
