Data

New Mexico State U., Las Cruces

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	105	101	107	118	95	97	116	109	122	92
Science and engineering	78	50	74	74	64	68	78	69	80	65
Science	46	36	53	56	37	44	54	49	65	55
Life science	19	16	15	24	12	19	22	18	31	25
Agricultural sciences	11	7	5	4	3	5	6	8	9	9
Biological sciences	8	6	8	13	8	12	10	7	19	10
Health sciences	.	3	2	7	1	2	6	3	3	6
Physical sciences and earth sciences	13	4	14	17	13	11	16	8	16	12
Chemistry	5	.	4	4	2	1	4	3	3	4
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	3	2	1	2	2	1	.	.	1	.
Physics and astronomy	5	2	9	11	9	9	12	5	12	8
Mathematics and computer sciences	7	8	11	4	6	8	9	8	10	9
Computer sciences	4	5	7	1	4	4	4	5	4	2
Mathematics	3	3	4	3	2	4	5	3	6	7
Psychology and social sciences	7	8	13	11	6	6	7	15	8	9
Psychology	7	8	13	11	6	6	7	15	8	8
Other social sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Engineering	32	14	21	18	27	24	24	20	15	10
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	2	.	.
Biological/biomedical sciences	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemical engineering	4	3	4	1	5	6	4	3	.	.
Civil engineering	2	2	3	4	2	.	4	1	2	3
Electrical engineering	6	3	6	6	6	5	5	8	6	2
Industrial engineering	2	1	1	2	5	2	3	2	.	1
Materials/metallurgical engineering	1	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Mechanical engineering	8	3	2	2	4	4	5	.	5	4
Other engineering	9	2	3	3	5	6	1	3	2	.
Non-science and engineering	27	51	33	44	31	29	38	40	42	27
Education	21	40	23	30	24	24	24	29	31	22
Education administration	11	10	5	8	6	3	4	8	11	4
Education research	8	27	12	13	12	17	15	18	18	17
Teacher education	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	1	1	.
Teaching fields	2	3	4	6	4	4	4	2	1	.
Other education	.	.	1	2	2	.	1	.	.	1
Humanities	1	8	4	6	1	5	5	1	3	2
Letters	1	8	4	6	1	5	5	1	3	2
Other	5	3	6	8	6	.	9	10	8	3
Business management/administration	4	3	6	7	6	.	7	9	8	3
Communication	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	1	.	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.