Data
Duke U.
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 422 | 419 | 434 | 417 | 383 | 407 | 382 | 400 | 420 | 408 |
| Science and engineering | 364 | 356 | 371 | 361 | 320 | 325 | 307 | 330 | 339 | 340 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 121 | 119 | 100 | 120 | 85 | 93 | 84 | 104 | 109 | 110 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 9 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 12 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
| Genetics and genomics | 12 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 15 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Molecular biology | 16 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 24 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| Computer science | 20 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 83 | 99 | 88 | 93 | 78 | 75 | 64 | 63 | 70 | 72 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 34 | 41 | 31 | 33 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 30 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 24 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 24 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Engineering, other | 11 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 11 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . |
| Public health | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 12 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Statistics | 16 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 31 | 33 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 27 | 23 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 17 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 11 |
| Physics | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 12 |
| Psychology | 6 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 28 |
| Clinical psychology | . | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 49 | 38 | 57 | 45 | 48 | 61 | 53 | 49 | 54 | 46 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Economics | 13 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 13 |
| Political science and government | 11 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Public policy analysis | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 58 | 63 | 63 | 56 | 63 | 82 | 75 | 70 | 81 | 68 |
| Business | 10 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
| Business | 10 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
| Education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 45 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 56 | 57 | 54 | 49 |
| Letters | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| History | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Communication | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 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
