Data
North Carolina State U.
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 505 | 533 | 533 | 495 | 499 | 480 | 468 | 457 | 456 | 408 |
| Science and engineering | 430 | 445 | 452 | 428 | 429 | 409 | 422 | 402 | 394 | 362 |
| Science | 245 | 253 | 288 | 257 | 267 | 246 | 255 | 245 | 235 | 229 |
| Life science | 85 | 99 | 105 | 100 | 111 | 83 | 106 | 88 | 95 | 87 |
| Agricultural sciences | 36 | 40 | 49 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 32 | 40 |
| Biological sciences | 46 | 56 | 55 | 63 | 65 | 47 | 54 | 40 | 63 | 46 |
| Health sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 44 | 36 | 67 | 52 | 62 | 52 | 44 | 64 | 49 | 44 |
| Chemistry | 25 | 19 | 32 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 22 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Physics and astronomy | 14 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 16 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 66 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 60 | 77 | 70 | 64 | 45 | 62 |
| Computer sciences | 19 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 17 |
| Mathematics | 47 | 47 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 47 | 45 | 23 | 45 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 50 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 46 | 36 |
| Psychology | 27 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 19 |
| Economics | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 9 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sociology | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Other social sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 185 | 192 | 164 | 171 | 162 | 163 | 167 | 157 | 159 | 133 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Chemical engineering | 24 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 11 |
| Civil engineering | 15 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Electrical engineering | 43 | 41 | 26 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 30 |
| Industrial engineering | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 24 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 11 |
| Mechanical engineering | 16 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 15 |
| Other engineering | 40 | 54 | 52 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 33 | 41 | 58 | 39 |
| Non-science and engineering | 75 | 88 | 81 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 46 |
| Education | 39 | 43 | 51 | 49 | 28 | 45 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 30 |
| Education administration | 3 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Education research | 23 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 20 |
| Teacher education | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teaching fields | 9 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Other education | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| History | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Letters | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Other | 28 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 12 |
| Business management/administration | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Communication | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 20 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 |
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
