Data
Georgia Institute of Technology
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 560 | 563 | 512 | 503 | 512 | 503 | 531 | 526 | 551 | 488 |
Science and engineering | 540 | 536 | 491 | 481 | 499 | 477 | 500 | 508 | 540 | 470 |
Science | 189 | 177 | 169 | 185 | 176 | 136 | 176 | 155 | 173 | 163 |
Life science | 37 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 26 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 36 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 26 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 64 | 55 | 52 | 74 | 67 | 50 | 62 | 45 | 59 | 38 |
Chemistry | 28 | 26 | 14 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 23 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 7 |
Physics and astronomy | 25 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 8 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 63 | 84 | 71 | 58 | 59 | 41 | 65 | 62 | 56 | 72 |
Computer sciences | 43 | 66 | 51 | 42 | 37 | 32 | 54 | 43 | 46 | 50 |
Mathematics | 20 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 22 |
Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 27 |
Psychology | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
Economics | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Sociology | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 13 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
Engineering | 351 | 359 | 322 | 296 | 323 | 341 | 324 | 353 | 367 | 307 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 38 | 26 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 46 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 32 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 36 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 44 | 30 |
Chemical engineering | 22 | 39 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 23 |
Civil engineering | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 18 |
Electrical engineering | 85 | 82 | 68 | 62 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 91 | 78 | 83 |
Industrial engineering | 14 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 21 | 40 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 17 |
Mechanical engineering | 49 | 50 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 51 | 48 | 44 | 51 | 35 |
Other engineering | 71 | 59 | 65 | 60 | 49 | 54 | 66 | 58 | 64 | 55 |
Non-science and engineering | 20 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 18 |
Education | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Education research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Other | 17 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
Business management/administration | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
Communication | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 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