Data
Stanford U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 836 | 815 | 769 | 770 | 726 | 758 | 763 | 689 | 729 | 763 |
Science and engineering | 726 | 712 | 656 | 643 | 616 | 599 | 644 | 550 | 608 | 630 |
Science | 444 | 455 | 396 | 401 | 387 | 398 | 389 | 321 | 360 | 365 |
Life science | 148 | 164 | 127 | 107 | 127 | 114 | 120 | 110 | 113 | 116 |
Agricultural sciences | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
Biological sciences | 140 | 150 | 123 | 98 | 116 | 101 | 110 | 104 | 102 | 111 |
Health sciences | . | 5 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 127 | 118 | 124 | 136 | 121 | 139 | 102 | 85 | 111 | 115 |
Chemistry | 29 | 40 | 33 | 55 | 46 | 42 | 34 | 24 | 29 | 29 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 31 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 19 |
Physics and astronomy | 67 | 50 | 65 | 52 | 41 | 64 | 48 | 36 | 57 | 67 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 89 | 83 | 68 | 68 | 55 | 84 | 65 | 54 | 67 | 64 |
Computer sciences | 49 | 44 | 39 | 44 | 29 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 24 |
Mathematics | 40 | 39 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 36 | 18 | 31 | 40 |
Psychology and social sciences | 80 | 90 | 77 | 90 | 84 | 61 | 102 | 72 | 69 | 70 |
Psychology | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 12 |
Anthropology | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Economics | 26 | 28 | 17 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 24 | 26 |
Political science and government | 12 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
Sociology | 5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 17 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Engineering | 282 | 257 | 260 | 242 | 229 | 201 | 255 | 229 | 248 | 265 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 14 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 38 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 10 |
Chemical engineering | 25 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Civil engineering | 27 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 52 | 58 | 68 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 77 | 65 | 97 | 81 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 27 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 18 |
Mechanical engineering | 44 | 37 | 50 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 44 | 43 | 28 | 67 |
Other engineering | 54 | 55 | 41 | 44 | 38 | 28 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 49 |
Non-science and engineering | 110 | 103 | 113 | 127 | 110 | 159 | 119 | 139 | 121 | 133 |
Education | 21 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 40 | 27 | 26 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Education research | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 22 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Other education | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 |
Humanities | 51 | 52 | 56 | 70 | 54 | 65 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 81 |
Foreign languages & literature | 9 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
History | 8 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 |
Letters | 13 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
Other humanities and arts | 21 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 30 |
Other | 38 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 65 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 26 |
Business management/administration | 27 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 20 |
Communication | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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