Data
Cornell U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 509 | 472 | 514 | 527 | 539 | 496 | 492 | 481 | 507 | 488 |
Science and engineering | 444 | 414 | 443 | 448 | 459 | 426 | 411 | 410 | 421 | 402 |
Science | 336 | 310 | 328 | 323 | 350 | 319 | 307 | 288 | 311 | 307 |
Life science | 125 | 120 | 139 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 113 | 111 | 121 | 131 |
Agricultural sciences | 37 | 43 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 43 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 30 |
Biological sciences | 87 | 76 | 93 | 78 | 83 | 89 | 81 | 72 | 89 | 96 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 61 | 68 | 73 | 64 | 94 | 60 | 73 | 69 | 80 | 71 |
Chemistry | 20 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 35 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 31 | 18 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | 38 | 40 | 43 | 38 | 45 | 31 | 42 | 37 | 44 | 50 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 69 | 55 | 47 | 43 | 55 | 46 | 49 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
Computer sciences | 34 | 32 | 29 | 18 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
Mathematics | 35 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 23 |
Psychology and social sciences | 81 | 67 | 69 | 91 | 71 | 81 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 67 |
Psychology | 14 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Anthropology | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Economics | 25 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 28 |
Political science and government | 10 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
Sociology | 8 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 17 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
Engineering | 108 | 104 | 115 | 125 | 109 | 107 | 104 | 122 | 110 | 95 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 17 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 14 |
Chemical engineering | 16 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Civil engineering | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
Electrical engineering | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 24 | 21 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
Mechanical engineering | 26 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 11 |
Other engineering | 13 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 23 |
Non-science and engineering | 65 | 58 | 71 | 79 | 80 | 70 | 81 | 71 | 86 | 86 |
Education | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Education research | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
Other education | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
Humanities | 44 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 44 | 53 | 47 | 56 | 63 |
Foreign languages & literature | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 9 |
History | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
Letters | 18 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
Other humanities and arts | 14 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
Other | 21 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 19 |
Business management/administration | 12 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 14 |
Communication | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 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