Data

U. Alaska, Fairbanks

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	36	49	36	54	49	47	40	49	52	50
Science and engineering	32	43	31	48	47	45	39	44	45	48
Science	30	42	30	45	44	40	36	40	41	45
Life science	9	20	11	17	10	20	17	18	20	23
Agricultural sciences	5	9	5	7	4	10	4	7	8	8
Biological sciences	3	11	6	10	6	10	12	9	11	15
Health sciences	1	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	1	.
Physical sciences and earth sciences	13	14	9	15	20	14	13	16	14	15
Chemistry	1	1	.	.	2	.	1	1	.	.
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	11	13	9	13	15	12	7	15	12	12
Physics and astronomy	1	.	.	2	3	2	5	.	2	3
Mathematics and computer sciences	.	1	1	.	.	1	1	1	1	.
Computer sciences	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	1	.
Mathematics	.	1	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Psychology and social sciences	8	7	9	13	14	5	5	5	6	7
Psychology	4	4	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	4
Anthropology	1	1	2	.	2	2	2	1	2	1
Economics	.	1	.	2	2	.	.	.	.	.
Other social sciences	3	1	5	8	7	2	2	2	3	2
Engineering	2	1	1	3	3	5	3	4	4	3
Civil engineering	.	.	1	.	2	2	.	1	.	.
Electrical engineering	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Materials/metallurgical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Mechanical engineering	1	.	.	.	.	2	1	.	2	.
Other engineering	1	.	.	3	1	.	2	2	2	3
Non-science and engineering	4	6	5	6	2	2	1	5	7	2
Education	2	2	2	3	1	2	1	2	6	2
Education administration	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2
Education research	1	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	4	.
Teaching fields	1	.	1	.	.	.	1	1	.	.
Other education	.	1	1	3	1	.	.	1	1	.
Humanities	1	1	1	.	.	.	.	2	1	.
History	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Letters	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.
Other humanities and arts	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Other	1	3	2	3	1	.	.	1	.	.
Business management/administration	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Communication	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	1	2	1	1	1	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

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