Data
U. Nevada, Reno
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 145 | 145 | 125 | 134 | 111 | 108 | 124 | 101 | 119 | 105 |
| Science and engineering | 120 | 131 | 107 | 116 | 93 | 93 | 100 | 80 | 96 | 82 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 35 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 14 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 5 | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 |
| Computer science | 5 | 3 | . | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . |
| Engineering | 25 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 6 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 6 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | . | 6 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Public health | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 16 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 17 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Physics | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | . | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Psychology | 10 | 23 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Social sciences | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 7 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Economics | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Political science and government | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 25 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
| Business | 4 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | 4 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 17 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Education research | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Education, other | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Letters | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| History | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 |
| Communication | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 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
