Data
U. Rochester
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 245 | 208 | 202 | 207 | 186 | 207 | 201 | 240 | 207 | 228 |
| Science and engineering | 198 | 165 | 164 | 173 | 154 | 171 | 167 | 200 | 169 | 188 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 52 | 45 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 60 | 50 | 74 | 62 | 59 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | . | 3 | . | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Genetics and genomics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 13 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 10 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Computer science | 14 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 36 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 24 | 27 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 13 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Nursing science | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Public health | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Statistics | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 47 | 45 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 34 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Chemistry | 17 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 10 |
| Physics | 27 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 20 |
| Psychology | 11 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| Psychology, other | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 21 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 23 |
| Economics | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
| Political science and government | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 47 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 40 | 38 | 40 |
| Business | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Business | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Education | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Education research | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Education, other | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 24 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 28 |
| Letters | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| History | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 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
