Data
Boston U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 370 | 315 | 337 | 311 | 342 | 345 | 384 | 399 | 421 | 394 |
Science and engineering | 303 | 255 | 275 | 250 | 261 | 280 | 302 | 241 | 285 | 276 |
Science | 226 | 200 | 209 | 197 | 212 | 228 | 242 | 200 | 233 | 227 |
Life science | 97 | 92 | 94 | 87 | 97 | 127 | 119 | 84 | 113 | 102 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
Biological sciences | 84 | 72 | 82 | 72 | 67 | 89 | 99 | 78 | 101 | 80 |
Health sciences | 11 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 37 | 28 | 42 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 41 | 28 | 42 | 47 |
Chemistry | 16 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 20 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 24 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 32 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 18 |
Computer sciences | 15 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Mathematics | 17 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
Psychology and social sciences | 60 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 69 | 52 | 63 | 78 | 61 | 60 |
Psychology | 10 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 17 |
Anthropology | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
Economics | 34 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 21 |
Political science and government | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
Sociology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 11 |
Engineering | 77 | 55 | 66 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 60 | 41 | 52 | 49 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 23 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 19 |
Chemical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 19 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Other engineering | 15 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
Non-science and engineering | 67 | 60 | 62 | 61 | 81 | 65 | 82 | 158 | 136 | 118 |
Education | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 48 | 53 | 31 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Education research | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 35 | 42 | 20 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Humanities | 37 | 39 | 48 | 53 | 49 | 36 | 57 | 100 | 75 | 82 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
History | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
Letters | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
Other humanities and arts | 22 | 23 | 29 | 34 | 21 | 19 | 35 | 77 | 63 | 61 |
Other | 22 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
Business management/administration | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
Communication | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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