Data
Washington State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 251 | 244 | 276 | 245 | 314 | 259 | 298 | 279 | 279 | 263 |
| Science and engineering | 212 | 212 | 233 | 202 | 261 | 220 | 257 | 235 | 231 | 205 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 30 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 33 |
| Agricultural sciences | 25 | 21 | 36 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 45 | 42 | 35 | 30 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 32 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 25 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 35 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 7 | 5 | . | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 12 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Computer science | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 43 | 65 | 69 | 54 | 88 | 52 | 53 | 67 | 58 | 50 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 6 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| Engineering, other | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 12 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Public health | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 19 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 11 |
| Physics | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Psychology | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 6 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 40 | 34 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 20 | 34 | 30 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Economics | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
| Non-science and engineering | 39 | 32 | 43 | 43 | 53 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 58 |
| Business | 12 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| Business | 12 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| Education | 19 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 18 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | . | 1 | 6 | . | . | 1 | 5 | . |
| Education research | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| Education, other | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| Letters | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| History | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Communication | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 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
