Data

Boston C.
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 117 | 116 | 133 | 137 | 120 | 130 | 139 | 135 | 132 | 117 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 58 | 80 | 60 |
Science | 65 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 71 | 58 | 80 | 59 |
Life science | 12 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 12 |
Biological sciences | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
Health sciences | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 16 |
Chemistry | 22 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 26 | 26 | 40 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 27 | 35 | 31 |
Psychology | 11 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 16 |
Anthropology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
Political science and government | 5 | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Sociology | . | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 52 | 53 | 49 | 78 | 58 | 64 | 68 | 77 | 52 | 57 |
Education | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 26 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Education research | 14 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 19 |
Teacher education | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Other education | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 23 | 27 | 18 | 41 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 28 | 21 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 |
History | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Letters | 2 | 2 | . | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Other humanities and arts | 15 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
Other | 14 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
Business management/administration | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
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