Data
U. North Carolina, The, Charlotte
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 143 | 156 | 138 | 111 | 129 | 114 | 108 | 105 | 114 | 102 |
| Science and engineering | 103 | 115 | 105 | 88 | 102 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 78 | 75 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | 4 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 14 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Computer science | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Engineering | 36 | 36 | 41 | 28 | 39 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 28 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | . | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 18 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Public health | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Statistics | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physics | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Psychology | 11 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 9 |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 40 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 27 |
| Business | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Business | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Education | 29 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 16 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Education research | 26 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 14 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 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
