Data
Mississippi State U.
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 143 | 159 | 179 | 175 | 173 | 153 | 146 | 138 | 126 | 134 |
| Science and engineering | 114 | 115 | 139 | 128 | 128 | 105 | 104 | 110 | 96 | 94 |
| Science | 76 | 76 | 103 | 96 | 89 | 79 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 58 |
| Life science | 45 | 44 | 64 | 60 | 47 | 51 | 34 | 30 | 40 | 36 |
| Agricultural sciences | 20 | 23 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 16 |
| Biological sciences | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| Health sciences | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 12 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Physics and astronomy | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| Computer sciences | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 15 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Psychology | 12 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Economics | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sociology | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering | 38 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 39 | 26 | 30 | 42 | 28 | 36 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Chemical engineering | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 |
| Civil engineering | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | . | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Electrical engineering | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Other engineering | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering | 29 | 44 | 40 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 42 | 28 | 30 | 40 |
| Education | 22 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 33 | 19 | 22 | 27 |
| Education administration | 7 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
| Education research | 13 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Teaching fields | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Other education | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| History | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Other | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Business management/administration | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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
