Data
U. South Carolina, Columbia
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 262 | 250 | 249 | 221 | 323 | 265 | 279 | 246 | 269 | 315 |
| Science and engineering | 197 | 184 | 178 | 166 | 239 | 202 | 192 | 173 | 183 | 220 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 30 | 28 | 20 | 41 | 21 | 35 | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 6 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Computer science | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 58 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 37 | 52 | 44 | 39 | 55 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 13 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 10 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 21 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 5 | . | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 35 | 34 | 34 | 29 | 46 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 26 |
| Nursing science | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Public health | 23 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Health sciences, other | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Statistics | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . |
| Physical sciences | 24 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 18 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 15 |
| Physics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Psychology | 15 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 12 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 26 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | . |
| Economics | . | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Political science and government | 4 | . | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 |
| Non-science and engineering | 65 | 66 | 71 | 55 | 84 | 63 | 87 | 73 | 86 | 95 |
| Business | 10 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Business | 10 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Education | 27 | 33 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 16 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 54 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| Education research | 15 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 16 |
| Education, other | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 17 |
| Letters | 10 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | . |
| History | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Communication | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 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
