Data
New York U.
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 461 | 501 | 435 | 414 | 385 | 411 | 427 | 428 | 434 | 483 |
| Science and engineering | 348 | 374 | 307 | 303 | 290 | 269 | 273 | 264 | 268 | 290 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 70 | 95 | 85 | 79 | 79 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 63 | 72 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 8 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 10 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 9 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 17 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 25 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 44 | 37 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
| Computer science | 27 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 17 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Engineering | 63 | 65 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 37 | 29 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 21 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Health sciences | 15 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| Public health | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | . | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 24 |
| Applied mathematics | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Statistics | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 42 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 28 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 23 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 |
| Physics | 11 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Psychology | 32 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 27 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 25 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
| Psychology, other | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 61 | 81 | 57 | 67 | 54 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 57 | 76 |
| Anthropology | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| Economics | 16 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 19 |
| Political science and government | 12 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 12 |
| Social sciences, other | 18 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| Non-science and engineering | 113 | 127 | 128 | 111 | 95 | 142 | 154 | 164 | 166 | 193 |
| Business | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
| Business | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
| Education | 22 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 27 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Education research | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | 4 |
| Humanities and arts | 69 | 74 | 79 | 70 | 65 | 89 | 99 | 100 | 108 | 141 |
| Letters | 16 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 23 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 12 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 19 |
| History | 13 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 30 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
| Music and performing arts | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 16 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 41 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 12 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 10 |
| Communication | . | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 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
