Data
U. South Florida, Tampa
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 269 | 294 | 304 | 327 | 308 | 310 | 313 | 287 | 296 | 289 |
| Science and engineering | 196 | 212 | 200 | 234 | 213 | 217 | 216 | 193 | 209 | 204 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 38 | 24 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 42 | 43 | 35 | 37 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Computer science | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 67 | 65 | 54 | 51 | 53 | 45 | 44 | 51 | 52 | 44 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 29 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 18 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Health sciences | 15 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 31 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| Health sciences, other | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | . | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 14 | 19 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 22 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 10 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 14 |
| Physics | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Psychology | 14 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 35 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 22 |
| Anthropology | 8 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
| Economics | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 73 | 82 | 104 | 93 | 95 | 93 | 97 | 94 | 87 | 85 |
| Business | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Business | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Education | 47 | 50 | 71 | 61 | 62 | 59 | 62 | 56 | 50 | 47 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Education research | 29 | 29 | 46 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 30 | 36 | 30 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 14 |
| Education, other | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 12 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 14 |
| Letters | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| History | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | . | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Music and performing arts | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
| Communication | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 3 | 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
