Data
Colorado State U., Fort Collins
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 293 | 276 | 229 | 311 | 220 | 245 | 263 | 250 | 223 | 249 |
| Science and engineering | 261 | 255 | 204 | 282 | 203 | 217 | 239 | 225 | 194 | 211 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 33 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 34 |
| Agricultural sciences | 24 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 20 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 42 | 66 | 41 | 61 | 50 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 53 | 57 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 19 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Computer science | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 64 | 48 | 40 | 74 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 34 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 13 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 23 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 7 | . | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Engineering, other | . | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 17 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 19 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | . | 6 | 5 | . | 5 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
| Health sciences | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Public health | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Mathematics | . | 3 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Statistics | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Physical sciences | 31 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 18 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Chemistry | 25 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 8 |
| Physics | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| Psychology | 18 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 23 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 32 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 38 |
| Business | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Business | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Education | 18 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 28 |
| Education leadership and administration | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 13 |
| Education research | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education, other | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Letters | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Communication | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 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
