Data

Brigham Young U., Provo
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 88 | 111 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 107 | 97 | 84 | 100 | 92 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 95 | 80 | 80 | 66 | 88 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 80 |
Science | 50 | 68 | 59 | 63 | 49 | 68 | 58 | 62 | 50 | 49 |
Life science | 13 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 11 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 7 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Chemistry | 4 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Mathematics | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 24 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 19 |
Psychology | 24 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 31 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 19 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 15 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 31 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Other engineering | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Non-science and engineering | 23 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 12 |
Education | 23 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 12 |
Education administration | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Education research | 19 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 8 |
Teaching fields | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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