Data
SUNY, U. Albany
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 127 | 142 | 137 | 168 | 165 | 183 | 157 | 180 | 171 | 202 |
| Science and engineering | 93 | 108 | 107 | 122 | 116 | 119 | 110 | 120 | 110 | 149 |
| Science | 89 | 100 | 100 | 106 | 101 | 103 | 97 | 107 | 92 | 132 |
| Life science | 17 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 30 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological sciences | 15 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 |
| Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 14 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Physics and astronomy | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 13 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 17 |
| Computer sciences | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 45 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 49 | 51 | 60 | 44 | 59 |
| Psychology | 21 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 24 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Economics | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Sociology | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Other social sciences | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Engineering | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Other engineering | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 34 | 34 | 30 | 46 | 49 | 64 | 47 | 60 | 61 | 53 |
| Education | 11 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 24 |
| Education administration | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Education research | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 15 |
| Teacher education | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Teaching fields | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Other education | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 17 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 11 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| History | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Letters | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Other humanities and arts | 4 | . | 1 | . | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 18 |
| Business management/administration | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Communication | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 16 |
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
