Data
Vanderbilt U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 339 | 329 | 264 | 281 | 291 | 280 | 313 | 300 | 324 | 295 |
| Science and engineering | 288 | 288 | 212 | 216 | 237 | 234 | 254 | 244 | 258 | 224 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 112 | 101 | 75 | 79 | 103 | 85 | 102 | 101 | 116 | 101 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 26 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 22 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Molecular biology | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 19 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 17 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 4 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Computer science | 11 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Engineering | 74 | 59 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 50 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 19 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 19 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Public health | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 32 | 44 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 36 | 40 | 24 | 20 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| Physics | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 5 |
| Psychology | 17 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 9 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 23 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Economics | 8 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 6 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 51 | 41 | 52 | 65 | 54 | 46 | 59 | 56 | 66 | 71 |
| Business | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Business | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Education | 18 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 30 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Education research | 9 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 20 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Education, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 30 | 26 | 27 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 33 | 48 | 39 |
| Letters | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| History | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 8 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 12 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Communication | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 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
