Data
U. New Mexico, Albuquerque
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 170 | 175 | 162 | 188 | 215 | 191 | 191 | 192 | 219 | 226 |
| Science and engineering | 122 | 133 | 123 | 145 | 154 | 133 | 151 | 140 | 161 | 159 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 21 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 5 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Computer science | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 41 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 37 | 42 | 34 | 45 | 43 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | . | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 17 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 18 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 4 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Health sciences | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Public health | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | . | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 7 |
| Statistics | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 17 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 21 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| Physics | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Psychology | 10 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Social sciences | 16 | 31 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 23 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Economics | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 4 | 3 | . | . | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 48 | 42 | 39 | 43 | 61 | 58 | 40 | 52 | 58 | 67 |
| Business | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Business | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Education | 21 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 27 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | 11 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| Education, other | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 17 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 27 |
| Letters | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 6 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 10 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| Communication | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | 3 |
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
