Data
Florida International U.
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 200 | 235 | 236 | 208 | 193 | 186 | 204 | 187 | 184 | 138 |
| Science and engineering | 157 | 196 | 193 | 172 | 149 | 145 | 159 | 157 | 153 | 115 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 25 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 18 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 12 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Computer science | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 39 | 52 | 49 | 42 | 37 | 43 | 33 | 41 | 42 | 36 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 12 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 11 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 12 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Geological sciences | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Health sciences | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 |
| Nursing science | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Public health | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 21 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 17 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 14 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 13 |
| Physics | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Psychology | 20 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 20 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 30 | 13 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Economics | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | 3 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 43 | 39 | 43 | 36 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 30 | 31 | 23 |
| Business | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
| Business | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 4 |
| Education | 23 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 13 | 9 | 5 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Education, other | 2 | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| History | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Public administration and social services | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 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
