Data
American U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 52 | 36 | 45 | 42 | 42 | 69 | 51 | 58 | 52 | 55 |
Science and engineering | 35 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 54 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 39 |
Science | 35 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 54 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 39 |
Life science | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 33 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 53 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 37 |
Psychology | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 11 |
Anthropology | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Economics | 15 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
Political science and government | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
Non-science and engineering | 17 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
Education | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
History | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Other | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
Communication | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
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