Data
U. Southern Mississippi, The
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 103 | 125 | 106 | 88 | 110 | 124 | 118 | 113 | 110 | 125 |
| Science and engineering | 55 | 65 | 61 | 53 | 50 | 61 | 74 | 72 | 42 | 63 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Computer science | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 11 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | . | 5 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| Physics | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 |
| Psychology | 14 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Economics | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Political science and government | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 48 | 60 | 45 | 35 | 60 | 63 | 44 | 41 | 68 | 62 |
| Business | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Business | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Education | 20 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 21 | 44 | 40 |
| Education leadership and administration | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 17 |
| Education research | 7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 11 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Letters | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| History | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Communication | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 2 | 2 | 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
