Data
Brown U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 289 | 172 | 216 | 225 | 208 | 210 | 235 | 215 | 227 | 204 |
Science and engineering | 239 | 148 | 168 | 175 | 160 | 164 | 178 | 163 | 180 | 153 |
Science | 205 | 125 | 145 | 148 | 136 | 144 | 154 | 144 | 158 | 131 |
Life science | 69 | 43 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 39 | 38 | 44 | 38 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 61 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 45 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 34 |
Health sciences | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | . | . | 4 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 49 | 19 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 46 | 43 | 40 | 30 |
Chemistry | 15 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 16 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
Physics and astronomy | 18 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 26 | 20 | 26 | 37 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 33 | 32 | 21 |
Computer sciences | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Mathematics | 17 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 11 |
Psychology and social sciences | 61 | 43 | 36 | 41 | 31 | 33 | 47 | 30 | 42 | 42 |
Psychology | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Anthropology | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Economics | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Political science and government | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Sociology | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
Other social sciences | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
Engineering | 34 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
Chemical engineering | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Civil engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Other engineering | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Non-science and engineering | 50 | 24 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 52 | 47 | 51 |
Education | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 49 | 23 | 46 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 54 | 52 | 46 | 51 |
Foreign languages & literature | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
History | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
Letters | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 27 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 31 | 27 |
Other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Communication | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 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