Data
Kansas State U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 189 | 199 | 203 | 195 | 170 | 179 | 175 | 184 | 160 | 156 |
Science and engineering | 151 | 159 | 171 | 159 | 135 | 147 | 143 | 149 | 137 | 117 |
Science | 125 | 132 | 132 | 127 | 115 | 118 | 123 | 127 | 114 | 97 |
Life science | 66 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 58 | 70 | 69 | 57 | 55 | 47 |
Agricultural sciences | 29 | 33 | 45 | 41 | 24 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 26 |
Biological sciences | 27 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 29 | 20 |
Health sciences | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 23 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 11 |
Chemistry | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 20 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 13 |
Computer sciences | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Mathematics | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
Psychology and social sciences | 16 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 26 | 26 |
Psychology | 8 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 10 |
Economics | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Political science and government | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Sociology | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 9 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
Engineering | 26 | 27 | 39 | 32 | 20 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | . | 7 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Other engineering | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Non-science and engineering | 38 | 40 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 39 |
Education | 25 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 26 |
Education administration | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Education research | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 17 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Other education | . | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
Humanities | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
History | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 13 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
Business management/administration | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Communication | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 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