Data
U. South Dakota, The
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 38 | 51 | 26 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 40 | 32 |
| Science and engineering | 30 | 42 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 31 | 25 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer science | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Physics | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | . | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Psychology, other | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Education | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Education research | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Letters | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
