Data
SUNY, U. Albany
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 163 | 148 | 151 | 164 | 127 | 142 | 137 | 168 | 165 | 183 |
| Science and engineering | 116 | 98 | 105 | 120 | 93 | 108 | 107 | 122 | 116 | 119 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
| Molecular biology | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Computer science | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Engineering | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Engineering, other | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 12 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 12 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Public health | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | . | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 9 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 16 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Physics | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Psychology | 19 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 21 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 23 | 41 | 30 |
| Anthropology | 3 | . | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Economics | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 11 |
| Social sciences, other | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering | 47 | 50 | 46 | 44 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 46 | 49 | 64 |
| Business | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Business | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Education | 22 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 28 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Education research | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Education, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 21 |
| Letters | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | . |
| History | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | . | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 5 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 12 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Communication | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 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
