Data
University of Alabama, The, Tuscaloosa
| Fields | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 197 | 189 | 167 | 182 | 143 | 145 | 161 | 189 | 184 | 159 |
| Science and engineering | 113 | 108 | 88 | 93 | 74 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 86 | 66 |
| Science | 82 | 80 | 62 | 68 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 54 |
| Life science | 18 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 9 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Biological sciences | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
| Health | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 21 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 12 |
| Chemistry | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 9 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Physics and astronomy | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 17 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Computer sciences | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . |
| Mathematics | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 26 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 29 |
| Psychology | 18 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Economics | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sociology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering | 31 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 12 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical engineering | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Civil engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Electrical engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Other engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 84 | 81 | 79 | 89 | 69 | 62 | 79 | 99 | 98 | 93 |
| Education | 33 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 58 | 62 | 49 |
| Education administration | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 14 |
| Education research | 23 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 24 |
| Teacher education | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Teaching fields | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Other education | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 4 |
| Humanities | 22 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| History | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Letters | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Other humanities | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 |
| Other | 29 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| Business management/administration | 23 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 14 |
| Communication | 5 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
