Data
SUNY, U. Buffalo
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 357 | 340 | 358 | 382 | 332 | 341 | 335 | 337 | 342 | 328 |
Science and engineering | 263 | 252 | 268 | 285 | 239 | 248 | 238 | 240 | 224 | 250 |
Science | 174 | 179 | 199 | 204 | 174 | 193 | 184 | 179 | 161 | 186 |
Life science | 68 | 68 | 67 | 80 | 70 | 79 | 71 | 68 | 55 | 74 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 50 | 50 | 49 | 55 | 46 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 52 |
Health sciences | 18 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 22 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 25 | 33 | 48 | 44 | 32 | 25 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 34 |
Chemistry | 14 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 19 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 31 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 19 |
Computer sciences | 15 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 13 |
Mathematics | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 50 | 50 | 59 | 46 | 45 | 64 | 52 | 60 | 52 | 59 |
Psychology | 25 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 25 |
Anthropology | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Economics | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Political science and government | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Sociology | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 17 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
Engineering | 89 | 73 | 69 | 81 | 65 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 63 | 64 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Chemical engineering | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Electrical engineering | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | . | 6 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Other engineering | 28 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 15 |
Non-science and engineering | 94 | 88 | 90 | 97 | 93 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 118 | 78 |
Education | 42 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 41 | 33 |
Education administration | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Education research | 31 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
Teacher education | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Humanities | 36 | 39 | 49 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 48 | 48 | 51 | 30 |
Foreign languages & literature | 5 | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
History | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Letters | 20 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 14 |
Other humanities and arts | 9 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
Other | 16 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 15 |
Business management/administration | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Communication | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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