Data
Rutgers, State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 398 | 373 | 401 | 375 | 342 | 398 | 441 | 435 | 440 | 415 |
| Science and engineering | 287 | 288 | 306 | 294 | 262 | 289 | 334 | 327 | 328 | 319 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 6 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 19 |
| Agricultural sciences | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 5 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 73 | 78 | 62 | 56 | 52 | 79 | 98 | 90 | 92 | 93 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 10 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| Genetics and genomics | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 18 |
| Molecular biology | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| Computer and information sciences | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 33 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| Computer science | 19 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 62 | 41 | 80 | 71 | 72 | 65 | 80 | 74 | 71 | 59 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 16 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 8 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Nursing science | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Public health | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 23 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Statistics | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Physical sciences | 34 | 35 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 33 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 17 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 19 |
| Physics | 10 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
| Psychology | 17 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 27 | 45 | 53 | 46 | 30 | 37 | 41 | 58 | 45 | 43 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Economics | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 18 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
| Non-science and engineering | 111 | 85 | 95 | 81 | 80 | 109 | 107 | 108 | 112 | 96 |
| Business | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Business | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Education | 39 | 26 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 43 | 31 | 37 | 40 | 39 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| Education research | 14 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| Education, other | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 42 | 40 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 51 | 57 | 47 | 52 | 39 |
| Letters | 14 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 10 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| History | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Music and performing arts | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 24 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| Communication | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Public administration and social services | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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
