Data
U. Oregon
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 207 | 189 | 204 | 152 | 186 | 176 | 167 | 195 | 142 | 172 |
| Science and engineering | 137 | 127 | 132 | 96 | 131 | 115 | 123 | 130 | 91 | 103 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 6 | 5 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 6 | 5 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 30 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 5 | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer science | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 13 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Geological sciences | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Public health | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 16 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 40 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 3 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 11 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
| Physics | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| Psychology | 17 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 9 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 34 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 27 |
| Anthropology | 2 | . | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Economics | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Political science and government | 6 | . | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 11 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 70 | 62 | 72 | 56 | 55 | 61 | 44 | 65 | 51 | 69 |
| Business | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Business | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Education | 14 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Education research | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Education, other | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 28 | 23 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 37 |
| Letters | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 17 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| History | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 24 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Communication | 21 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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
