Data

U. Nebraska, Omaha

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
All fields	25	21	27	20	20	24	15	19	18	10
Science and engineering	22	18	16	15	17	19	15	15	16	8
Biological and biomedical sciences	5	6	6	3	3	2	2	3	2	.
Biology and biomedical sciences, general	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology	1	1	.	1	.	.	.	1	1	.
Neurobiology and neurosciences	2	.	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	.
Biology and biomedical sciences, other	2	5	5	1	.	1	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	6	2	3	3	2	1	2	5	3	1
Computer science	2	.	.	1	.	.	.	2	2	1
Computer and information sciences, other	4	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	1	.
Engineering	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Health sciences	1	3	1	1	1	5	1	.	1	.
Public health	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Health sciences, other	1	3	1	1	.	5	1	.	1	.
Psychology	6	4	5	3	8	2	7	4	5	4
Counseling and applied psychology	4	4	3	1	4	1	7	3	4	4
Research and experimental psychology	2	.	2	1	3	1	.	1	1	.
Psychology, other	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	4	3	1	5	3	7	3	3	5	3
Political science and government	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Public policy analysis	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Social sciences, other	4	3	1	5	3	7	3	3	3	3
Non-science and engineering	3	3	11	5	3	5	.	4	2	2
Business	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3	.	.
Business	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3	.	.
Other non-science and engineering	3	3	11	4	3	5	.	1	2	2
Public administration and social services	3	3	10	4	3	5	.	1	2	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.