Data
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 124 | 133 | 110 | 106 | 140 | 109 | 116 | 99 | 110 | 106 |
| Science and engineering | 89 | 96 | 72 | 67 | 97 | 63 | 79 | 50 | 58 | 72 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 5 | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Computer science | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 19 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 12 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Nursing science | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Public health | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 7 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Statistics | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Physics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Psychology | 19 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| Clinical psychology | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | . | 3 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 12 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 6 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Political science and government | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 35 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 49 | 52 | 34 |
| Business | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Business | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Education | 27 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 22 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Education research | 19 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Letters | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| History | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 4 | . | . | 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
