Data
George Mason U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 247 | 233 | 234 | 259 | 272 | 262 | 290 | 228 | 240 | 239 |
Science and engineering | 192 | 188 | 181 | 183 | 211 | 202 | 224 | 177 | 184 | 176 |
Science | 167 | 172 | 170 | 164 | 187 | 185 | 207 | 163 | 167 | 163 |
Life science | 39 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 28 | 34 | 34 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
Biological sciences | 29 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 18 |
Health sciences | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 11 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 12 |
Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 33 | 34 | 16 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 38 | 35 | 37 | 25 |
Computer sciences | 19 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 19 |
Mathematics | 14 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 84 | 96 | 104 | 86 | 91 | 105 | 108 | 83 | 81 | 92 |
Psychology | 12 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 24 |
Anthropology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Economics | 27 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 23 |
Political science and government | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Sociology | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 34 | 50 | 51 | 39 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 37 | 48 | 37 |
Engineering | 25 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Civil engineering | 7 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 55 | 45 | 53 | 76 | 61 | 60 | 66 | 51 | 56 | 63 |
Education | 32 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 52 | 42 | 50 | 39 | 45 | 54 |
Education administration | . | 4 | 6 | 6 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Education research | 16 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 31 |
Teacher education | 3 | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
Other education | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Humanities | 13 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
History | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Letters | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Communication | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 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