Data

Pennsylvania State U.
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 629 | 688 | 659 | 699 | 694 | 679 | 693 | 654 | 677 | 651 |
Science and engineering | 496 | 554 | 513 | 533 | 527 | 533 | 531 | 492 | 519 | 497 |
Science | 332 | 384 | 368 | 356 | 374 | 367 | 329 | 343 | 364 | 353 |
Life science | 108 | 145 | 128 | 130 | 149 | 127 | 121 | 121 | 135 | 151 |
Agricultural sciences | 13 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 21 |
Biological sciences | 80 | 104 | 92 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 80 | 80 | 98 | 112 |
Health sciences | 15 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 18 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 67 | 73 | 76 | 81 | 86 | 92 | 79 | 67 | 68 | 66 |
Chemistry | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 25 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 15 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 17 |
Physics and astronomy | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 30 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 24 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 52 | 57 | 59 | 50 | 41 | 53 | 51 | 58 | 72 | 47 |
Computer sciences | 24 | 25 | 36 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 36 | 42 | 21 |
Mathematics | 28 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 26 |
Psychology and social sciences | 105 | 109 | 105 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 78 | 97 | 89 | 89 |
Psychology | 43 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 40 |
Anthropology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Economics | 16 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 |
Political science and government | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
Sociology | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 14 |
Other social sciences | 27 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
Engineering | 164 | 170 | 145 | 177 | 153 | 166 | 202 | 149 | 155 | 144 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Chemical engineering | 14 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 17 |
Civil engineering | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 18 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | 11 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 32 | 33 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 18 | 28 |
Mechanical engineering | 25 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 17 |
Other engineering | 40 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 56 | 47 | 43 |
Non-science and engineering | 133 | 134 | 146 | 166 | 167 | 146 | 162 | 162 | 158 | 154 |
Education | 70 | 70 | 82 | 77 | 96 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 64 | 74 |
Education administration | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
Education research | 43 | 43 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 32 | 50 | 43 | 41 | 43 |
Teacher education | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | 5 |
Teaching fields | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Other education | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Humanities | 27 | 35 | 32 | 44 | 35 | 36 | 47 | 39 | 44 | 43 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
History | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Letters | 9 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 18 |
Other humanities and arts | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
Other | 36 | 29 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 49 | 50 | 37 |
Business management/administration | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 25 |
Communication | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 9 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 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