Data
Brandeis U.
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 81 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 86 | 83 |
| Science and engineering | 59 | 64 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 69 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 10 | 4 | 8 | . | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 4 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Computer science | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Public health | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 13 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Physics | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Psychology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 13 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 21 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Economics | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Political science and government | . | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Public policy analysis | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 22 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 14 |
| Business | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Business | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Education | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts | 18 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
| Letters | 9 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| History | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | 3 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Music and performing arts | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 6 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
