Data
U. Utah, The
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 378 | 363 | 448 | 321 | 336 | 361 | 332 | 329 | 317 | 372 |
| Science and engineering | 322 | 310 | 382 | 259 | 280 | 298 | 280 | 265 | 250 | 304 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 64 | 70 | 67 | 48 | 52 | 50 | 62 | 54 | 61 | 51 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 15 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 26 | 20 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| Computer science | 21 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Engineering | 102 | 84 | 104 | 82 | 67 | 95 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 86 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 17 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 18 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 13 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 9 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 24 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 18 |
| Mechanical engineering | 26 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 11 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Health sciences | 32 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 45 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | . | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 5 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Public health | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Health sciences, other | 17 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 14 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 8 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Physical sciences | 28 | 40 | 43 | 35 | 36 | 43 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 32 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 22 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 22 |
| Physics | 6 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Psychology | 21 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 21 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 13 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | . | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Social sciences | 31 | 22 | 36 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 31 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Economics | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 11 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 56 | 53 | 66 | 62 | 56 | 63 | 52 | 64 | 67 | 68 |
| Business | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| Business | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| Education | 20 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 12 |
| Education leadership and administration | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Education research | 7 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | . | 6 | 4 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 16 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 26 |
| Letters | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . |
| Music and performing arts | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 17 |
| Communication | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 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
