Data

U. Alabama, The, Huntsville

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	40	40	38	25	42	32	33	30	27	37
Science and engineering	39	40	38	25	42	32	33	30	27	37
Science	16	19	16	13	18	17	12	16	13	22
Life science	1	2	4	3	6	5	.	4	2	9
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Biological sciences	1	2	4	3	5	5	.	4	1	9
Health sciences	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences and earth sciences	12	11	8	5	9	7	8	7	7	6
Chemistry	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	1	.	.
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	4	4	4	2	1	3	2	1	1	2
Physics and astronomy	8	7	3	3	8	3	6	5	6	4
Mathematics and computer sciences	3	6	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	7
Computer sciences	3	5	.	4	2	3	3	4	2	4
Mathematics	.	1	3	1	1	1	1	.	2	3
Psychology and social sciences	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	1	.	.
Psychology	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	.
Economics	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	23	21	22	12	24	15	21	14	14	15
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering	3	1	2	.	1	3	1	.	2	1
Biological/biomedical sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Chemical engineering	.	.	.	2	2	1	.	.	.	.
Civil engineering	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1
Electrical engineering	6	5	9	3	4	4	4	1	3	4
Industrial engineering	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	1	.	2
Materials/metallurgical engineering	.	.	.	1	1	.	2	.	.	1
Mechanical engineering	8	6	4	2	3	4	3	6	1	1
Other engineering	4	8	6	2	12	2	8	5	5	5
Non-science and engineering	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.