Data
Portland State U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 76 | 86 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 60 |
Science and engineering | 64 | 70 | 60 | 64 | 72 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 51 | 51 |
Science | 51 | 50 | 51 | 46 | 56 | 48 | 41 | 51 | 46 | 36 |
Life science | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Health sciences | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
Chemistry | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | . | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Computer sciences | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Mathematics | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 19 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 14 |
Psychology | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
Anthropology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Political science and government | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
Sociology | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Engineering | 13 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
Civil engineering | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | . | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Non-science and engineering | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Education | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Other education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | 11 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Business management/administration | 4 | 9 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 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