Data
Princeton U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 447 | 293 | 318 | 398 | 396 | 358 | 373 | 371 | 389 | 319 |
Science and engineering | 374 | 240 | 246 | 301 | 287 | 270 | 288 | 291 | 267 | 232 |
Science | 296 | 201 | 201 | 248 | 222 | 213 | 238 | 222 | 204 | 180 |
Life science | 56 | 42 | 32 | 57 | 39 | 44 | 30 | 41 | 38 | 36 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 56 | 38 | 31 | 57 | 38 | 43 | 30 | 41 | 37 | 36 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 83 | 59 | 60 | 75 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 77 | 58 | 50 |
Chemistry | 35 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 16 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
Physics and astronomy | 38 | 32 | 26 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 26 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 64 | 30 | 43 | 50 | 41 | 29 | 42 | 34 | 42 | 40 |
Computer sciences | 27 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 16 |
Mathematics | 37 | 14 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
Psychology and social sciences | 93 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 73 | 64 | 82 | 70 | 66 | 54 |
Psychology | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Anthropology | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Economics | 24 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 15 |
Political science and government | 25 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
Sociology | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
Other social sciences | 18 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Engineering | 78 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 57 | 50 | 69 | 63 | 52 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical engineering | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 11 |
Civil engineering | 9 | . | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 23 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 13 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 3 | . | . | 4 | . | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
Other engineering | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
Non-science and engineering | 73 | 53 | 72 | 97 | 109 | 88 | 85 | 80 | 122 | 87 |
Humanities | 70 | 49 | 67 | 87 | 104 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 109 | 80 |
Foreign languages & literature | 8 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 17 |
History | 21 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 26 |
Letters | 15 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 11 |
Other humanities and arts | 26 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 38 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 47 | 26 |
Other | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 4 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
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