Data
U. South Alabama
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 43 | 50 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 15 |
| Science and engineering | 24 | 29 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer science | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 5 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Psychology | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 19 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Business | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Business | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Education | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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
