Data

Rochester Institute of Technology

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	51	48	33	31	25	35	33	29	17	14
Science and engineering	44	48	32	25	25	34	33	29	17	14
Science	28	35	21	11	19	26	20	13	10	7
Life science	3	19	12	1	9	5	3	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	1	5	3	1	.	2	2	.	.	.
Biological sciences	2	14	9	.	9	2	1	.	.	.
Health sciences	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences and earth sciences	8	7	5	6	3	12	6	7	8	6
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
Physics and astronomy	7	7	5	6	3	12	6	6	8	5
Mathematics and computer sciences	17	9	3	4	7	7	10	6	2	1
Computer sciences	17	9	2	4	5	6	10	6	2	1
Mathematics	.	.	1	.	2	1	.	.	.	.
Psychology and social sciences	.	.	1	.	.	2	1	.	.	.
Psychology	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Economics	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Other social sciences	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Engineering	16	13	11	14	6	8	13	16	7	7
Biological/biomedical sciences	.	2	.	2	.	.	.	2	.	.
Chemical engineering	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical engineering	4	.	.	.	2	2	1	4	1	3
Industrial engineering	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Materials/metallurgical engineering	1	1	1	1	.	.	2	.	2	1
Mechanical engineering	2	1	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.
Other engineering	7	8	10	11	4	5	9	10	4	3
Non-science and engineering	7	.	1	6	.	1	.	.	.	.
Other	7	.	1	6	.	1	.	.	.	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	7	.	1	6	.	1	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

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