Data
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 470 | 502 | 459 | 465 | 495 | 405 | 426 | 438 | 472 | 451 |
| Science and engineering | 397 | 427 | 388 | 399 | 431 | 344 | 362 | 374 | 400 | 388 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 42 | 40 | 31 | 39 | 51 | 39 | 33 | 37 | 38 | 38 |
| Agricultural sciences | 33 | 31 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 56 | 53 | 43 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 40 | 48 | 51 | 50 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 9 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 10 |
| Computer and information sciences | 21 | 23 | 20 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 25 |
| Computer science | 18 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 25 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Engineering | 183 | 208 | 178 | 166 | 195 | 144 | 165 | 154 | 171 | 168 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 21 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 11 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 21 | 41 | 30 | 13 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 34 | 30 | 30 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 44 | 45 | 51 | 51 | 40 | 34 | 49 | 46 | 39 | 44 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 20 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Mechanical engineering | 31 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 37 | 21 | 36 | 22 | 31 | 22 |
| Engineering, other | 11 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 23 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
| Geological sciences | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 17 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Statistics | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 24 | 27 | 40 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 38 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 13 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 26 |
| Physics | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Psychology | 13 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 28 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 33 | 30 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Economics | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 19 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| Non-science and engineering | 73 | 75 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 72 | 63 |
| Business | 11 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 16 |
| Business | 11 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 16 |
| Education | 34 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 36 | 45 | 30 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | . | . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Education research | 16 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 21 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Education, other | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Letters | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 |
| History | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 21 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 11 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
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
