Data
Southern Methodist U.
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 84 | 80 | 59 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 61 | 51 | 57 |
| Science and engineering | 61 | 67 | 44 | 57 | 57 | 50 | 60 | 47 | 41 | 42 |
| Science | 41 | 41 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 29 |
| Life science | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biological sciences | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Chemistry | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Physics and astronomy | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 13 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Computer sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 10 |
| Psychology | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 2 | 7 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Economics | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Other social sciences | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 20 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Civil engineering | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Electrical engineering | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Other engineering | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 23 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
| Education | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Education administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education research | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Other education | 5 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
| History | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Letters | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Other humanities and arts | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Other | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
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
