Data
U. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 403 | 430 | 396 | 353 | 420 | 375 | 404 | 386 | 447 | 417 |
| Science and engineering | 343 | 361 | 329 | 283 | 339 | 287 | 318 | 302 | 343 | 325 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 104 | 112 | 94 | 77 | 90 | 67 | 86 | 78 | 101 | 98 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 14 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 21 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 12 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 20 |
| Genetics and genomics | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 14 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 22 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 17 |
| Computer science | 14 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| Engineering | 70 | 81 | 73 | 57 | 74 | 66 | 79 | 61 | 76 | 68 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 15 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 31 | 17 | 23 | 27 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | . | 4 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 4 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 39 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 51 | 41 | 47 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Public health | 11 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 15 |
| Health sciences, other | 14 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 18 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 17 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 8 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | . | 8 |
| Statistics | 1 | 8 | . | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 43 | 48 | 34 | 36 | 46 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 32 | 37 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 25 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 26 |
| Physics | 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Psychology | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 41 | 28 | 39 | 39 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 35 | 27 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Economics | 12 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 18 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 60 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 81 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 104 | 92 |
| Business | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Business | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Education | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 17 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Education research | 4 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 9 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 39 | 32 | 34 | 40 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 64 | 52 |
| Letters | 11 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| History | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| Music and performing arts | 6 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
| Communication | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
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
