Data
U. North Texas, Denton
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 230 | 239 | 255 | 211 | 239 | 232 | 192 | 209 | 237 | 225 |
| Science and engineering | 125 | 144 | 137 | 112 | 126 | 132 | 115 | 106 | 127 | 125 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 5 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 19 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 21 |
| Computer science | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 17 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| Engineering | 26 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Engineering, other | 3 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 28 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 21 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 24 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 12 |
| Physics | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Psychology | 21 | 34 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 36 | 30 | 36 | 28 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 11 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Social sciences | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 20 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 105 | 95 | 118 | 99 | 113 | 100 | 77 | 103 | 110 | 100 |
| Business | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 22 |
| Business | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 22 |
| Education | 53 | 46 | 68 | 48 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 48 |
| Education leadership and administration | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Education research | 41 | 34 | 52 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 41 | 36 | 36 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| Education, other | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 22 |
| Letters | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Communication | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 |
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
