Data

U. California, Irvine
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 393 | 420 | 407 | 380 | 403 | 393 | 390 | 414 | 434 | 410 |
Science and engineering | 333 | 365 | 344 | 323 | 358 | 326 | 322 | 349 | 352 | 322 |
Science | 243 | 282 | 259 | 246 | 278 | 272 | 235 | 266 | 263 | 244 |
Life science | 62 | 67 | 68 | 54 | 85 | 58 | 63 | 72 | 86 | 69 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
Biological sciences | 50 | 51 | 57 | 50 | 78 | 53 | 63 | 70 | 80 | 65 |
Health sciences | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 48 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 58 | 63 | 59 | 67 |
Chemistry | 16 | 44 | 34 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 39 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 17 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
Physics and astronomy | 15 | 15 | 30 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 20 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 57 | 62 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 59 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 48 |
Computer sciences | 31 | 36 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 39 | 31 | 34 | 29 | 27 |
Mathematics | 26 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 21 |
Psychology and social sciences | 76 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 65 | 80 | 68 | 60 |
Psychology | 18 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 16 |
Anthropology | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Economics | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 8 |
Political science and government | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Sociology | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
Other social sciences | 20 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 14 |
Engineering | 90 | 83 | 85 | 77 | 80 | 54 | 87 | 83 | 89 | 78 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 16 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 15 |
Chemical engineering | 13 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Civil engineering | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
Electrical engineering | 10 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 14 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 7 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 7 |
Other engineering | 21 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 16 |
Non-science and engineering | 60 | 55 | 63 | 57 | 45 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 82 | 88 |
Education | 15 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 14 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Education research | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Other education | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | 30 | 29 | 47 | 33 | 26 | 42 | 53 | 48 | 55 | 62 |
Foreign languages & literature | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
History | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
Letters | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 26 |
Other humanities and arts | 15 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 16 |
Other | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
Business management/administration | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
Communication | . | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 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