Data
New York U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 414 | 385 | 411 | 427 | 428 | 434 | 483 | 437 | 477 | 393 |
Science and engineering | 303 | 290 | 269 | 273 | 264 | 268 | 290 | 260 | 282 | 205 |
Science | 262 | 244 | 231 | 242 | 236 | 231 | 261 | 235 | 246 | 205 |
Life science | 99 | 89 | 76 | 84 | 90 | 81 | 85 | 70 | 72 | 85 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 79 | 79 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 63 | 72 | 65 | 56 | 65 |
Health sciences | 20 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 19 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 34 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 21 |
Chemistry | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 38 | 42 | 43 | 35 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 40 | 50 | 25 |
Computer sciences | 26 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 |
Mathematics | 12 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 32 | 11 |
Psychology and social sciences | 91 | 81 | 80 | 94 | 82 | 81 | 103 | 94 | 91 | 74 |
Psychology | 24 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 20 |
Anthropology | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Economics | 18 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 24 |
Political science and government | 15 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 |
Sociology | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 19 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
Engineering | 41 | 46 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 37 | 29 | 25 | 36 | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | . |
Chemical engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Civil engineering | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | . | . | 4 | . |
Electrical engineering | 16 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 17 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . |
Other engineering | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 111 | 95 | 142 | 154 | 164 | 166 | 193 | 177 | 195 | 188 |
Education | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 36 | 24 |
Education administration | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Education research | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 11 |
Teacher education | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
Other education | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Humanities | 70 | 65 | 89 | 99 | 100 | 108 | 141 | 122 | 123 | 126 |
Foreign languages & literature | 13 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 31 | 17 |
History | 17 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 17 |
Letters | 11 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
Other humanities and arts | 29 | 37 | 38 | 43 | 45 | 53 | 69 | 65 | 56 | 73 |
Other | 33 | 21 | 36 | 30 | 37 | 36 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 38 |
Business management/administration | 18 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 10 |
Communication | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 9 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
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