Data
U. North Carolina, The, Chapel Hill
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 491 | 526 | 474 | 433 | 556 | 489 | 473 | 542 | 510 | 492 |
| Science and engineering | 393 | 425 | 383 | 349 | 429 | 371 | 375 | 416 | 383 | 381 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 128 | 165 | 138 | 124 | 144 | 112 | 146 | 146 | 137 | 158 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 35 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 23 | 42 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 31 | 33 | 36 |
| Genetics and genomics | 5 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 12 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Computer and information sciences | 23 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Computer science | 23 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Engineering | 28 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 12 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Health sciences | 50 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 47 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| Public health | 14 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 19 |
| Health sciences, other | 17 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 24 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 16 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Physical sciences | 59 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 58 | 52 | 45 | 59 | 46 | 43 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 43 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 40 | 35 | 46 | 30 | 37 |
| Physics | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
| Psychology | 27 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Psychology, other | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 46 | 71 | 60 | 37 | 61 | 59 | 52 | 61 | 54 | 62 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Economics | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
| Political science and government | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Public policy analysis | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 13 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
| Non-science and engineering | 98 | 101 | 91 | 84 | 127 | 118 | 98 | 126 | 127 | 111 |
| Business | 14 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
| Business | 14 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
| Education | 15 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 23 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 13 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Education, other | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts | 52 | 43 | 46 | 42 | 65 | 63 | 42 | 68 | 76 | 59 |
| Letters | 14 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 12 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 21 |
| History | 12 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 10 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| Music and performing arts | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 17 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 22 |
| Communication | 9 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 |
| Public administration and social services | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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
