Data
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 241 | 281 | 282 | 241 | 268 | 275 | 257 | 267 | 276 | 275 |
| Science and engineering | 182 | 209 | 223 | 181 | 206 | 206 | 190 | 200 | 201 | 181 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 34 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 22 |
| Agricultural sciences | 28 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 23 | 18 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 30 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 22 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Computer science | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 42 | 42 | 67 | 47 | 56 | 47 | 34 | 44 | 50 | 46 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 12 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 9 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | . | . | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Statistics | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 18 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 24 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 7 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 16 |
| Physics | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Psychology | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 20 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Psychology, other | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 10 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Political science and government | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering | 59 | 72 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 94 |
| Business | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Business | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Education | 28 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 39 | 46 | 57 |
| Education leadership and administration | 7 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| Education research | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 23 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Education, other | 9 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| Humanities and arts | 20 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| Letters | 15 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| History | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 3 | . | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 7 | . | . | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Communication | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 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
