Data
U. Rochester
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 262 | 245 | 208 | 202 | 207 | 186 | 207 | 201 | 240 | 207 |
| Science and engineering | 222 | 198 | 165 | 164 | 173 | 154 | 171 | 167 | 200 | 169 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 58 | 52 | 45 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 60 | 50 | 74 | 62 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 10 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Computer science | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 44 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 24 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 14 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 11 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Nursing science | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Public health | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Statistics | 6 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 47 | 47 | 45 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 43 | 46 | 37 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 15 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 16 |
| Physics | 26 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 20 |
| Psychology | 15 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 15 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 12 |
| Economics | 9 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 40 | 47 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 40 | 38 |
| Business | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Business | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Education | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Education research | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 |
| Education, other | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 20 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Letters | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
