Data
U. Tennessee, The, Knoxville
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 338 | 378 | 353 | 340 | 393 | 359 | 373 | 365 | 335 | 314 |
| Science and engineering | 266 | 300 | 269 | 276 | 302 | 289 | 281 | 273 | 241 | 232 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 16 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 17 |
| Agricultural sciences | 13 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 15 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 36 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 8 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Molecular biology | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences | 19 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| Computer science | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Engineering | 109 | 97 | 104 | 101 | 111 | 97 | 119 | 100 | 78 | 81 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 17 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 8 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 17 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| Mechanical engineering | 16 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | 24 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 35 | 22 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 11 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 8 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 11 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| Nursing science | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Public health | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 26 | 46 | 38 | 27 | 41 | 45 | 29 | 36 | 31 | 27 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . |
| Chemistry | 18 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 12 |
| Physics | 8 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Psychology | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 25 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Social sciences | 20 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 25 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 5 | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Economics | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 72 | 78 | 84 | 64 | 91 | 70 | 92 | 92 | 94 | 82 |
| Business | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
| Business | 9 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
| Education | 38 | 28 | 36 | 28 | 50 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 31 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Education research | 24 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 18 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| Education, other | . | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 16 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 17 |
| Letters | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 9 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 18 |
| Communication | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
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
