Data

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	111	130	147	164	122	142	164	135	150	136
Science and engineering	97	115	138	148	107	126	149	125	134	128
Science	41	49	55	61	47	54	60	48	51	55
Life science	10	5	9	15	9	11	8	7	8	12
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.
Biological sciences	10	5	9	14	8	11	8	7	6	11
Health sciences	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	1
Physical sciences and earth sciences	11	16	24	18	14	16	17	24	17	20
Chemistry	6	6	7	8	7	6	3	8	8	10
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	1	6	3	.	1	2	1	1	1
Physics and astronomy	5	9	11	7	7	9	12	15	8	9
Mathematics and computer sciences	14	22	19	20	20	23	24	12	19	18
Computer sciences	7	15	14	15	11	16	17	5	11	11
Mathematics	7	7	5	5	9	7	7	7	8	7
Psychology and social sciences	6	6	3	8	4	4	11	5	7	5
Psychology	2	2	.	4	2	1	4	4	2	2
Anthropology	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Economics	.	.	.	.	1	1	4	.	1	1
Sociology	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.
Other social sciences	4	4	3	3	.	2	3	1	3	2
Engineering	56	66	83	87	60	72	89	77	83	73
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering	2	6	5	9	3	1	4	6	4	.
Biological/biomedical sciences	4	5	12	9	5	4	9	7	9	4
Chemical engineering	10	10	7	13	12	10	15	11	10	10
Civil engineering	1	.	3	.	.	1	2	3	2	3
Electrical engineering	9	12	15	9	8	20	16	14	19	20
Industrial engineering	1	1	2	2	.	2	1	1	3	4
Materials/metallurgical engineering	7	5	12	6	9	4	15	9	8	9
Mechanical engineering	10	13	12	25	11	18	12	13	23	14
Other engineering	12	14	15	14	12	12	15	13	5	9
Non-science and engineering	14	15	9	16	15	16	15	10	16	8
Humanities	9	6	3	2	7	5	.	2	4	3
History	.	.	.	.	4	4	.	.	.	.
Letters	3	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	2	1
Other humanities and arts	6	5	3	1	2	1	.	2	2	2
Other	5	9	6	14	8	11	15	8	12	5
Business management/administration	3	3	6	6	3	7	10	4	8	3
Communication	1	2	.	3	1	2	2	2	2	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	1	4	.	5	4	2	3	2	2	2

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.