Data
West Virginia U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 207 | 218 | 209 | 194 | 203 | 200 | 200 | 179 | 224 | 199 |
| Science and engineering | 156 | 178 | 162 | 158 | 147 | 153 | 146 | 141 | 176 | 150 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Agricultural sciences | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 32 | 34 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 20 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 3 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Computer science | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 34 | 42 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 26 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 37 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | . |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 7 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 17 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Public health | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | . |
| Physical sciences | 20 | 27 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 16 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Physics | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Psychology | 20 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 29 |
| Clinical psychology | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 5 | . | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Social sciences | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 12 |
| Economics | 8 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 51 | 40 | 47 | 36 | 56 | 47 | 54 | 38 | 48 | 49 |
| Business | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Business | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Education | 16 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 19 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Education research | 9 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Education, other | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 7 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 25 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 25 |
| Letters | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| History | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| Music and performing arts | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Communication | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 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
