Data
Rice U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 222 | 162 | 206 | 221 | 206 | 192 | 208 | 172 | 186 | 170 |
Science and engineering | 198 | 146 | 177 | 190 | 180 | 164 | 183 | 159 | 161 | 155 |
Science | 130 | 90 | 123 | 119 | 119 | 108 | 124 | 106 | 104 | 103 |
Life science | 24 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 16 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 24 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 48 | 34 | 51 | 52 | 58 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 42 | 46 |
Chemistry | 20 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 23 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 24 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 21 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 33 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 15 |
Computer sciences | 13 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
Mathematics | 20 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 26 |
Psychology | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Anthropology | 1 | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Economics | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Political science and government | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Sociology | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Engineering | 68 | 56 | 54 | 71 | 61 | 56 | 59 | 53 | 57 | 52 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 13 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 16 |
Chemical engineering | 12 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 7 | 5 | . | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
Other engineering | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
Non-science and engineering | 24 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 15 |
Humanities | 22 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 15 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
History | 6 | . | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | . | 7 | 6 |
Letters | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Other humanities and arts | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
Other | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | . |
Business management/administration | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | . |
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