National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

  • Contact
  • Help
Skip to main content
    Home
  • Home ✕
  • Research Areas
      • Biological Sciences (BIO)
      • Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
      • Education and Human Resources (EHR)
      • Engineering (ENG)
      • Environmental Research and Education (ERE)
      • Geosciences (GEO)
      • Integrative Activities (OIA)
      • International Science and Engineering (OISE)
      • Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
      • Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
      • Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP)
      • Related Links
      • Interdisciplinary Research
      • NSF Organization List
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Staff Directory
      • Understanding NSF Research
  • Funding
      • About Funding
      • Archived Funding Search
      • Due Dates
      • Find Funding
      • Merit Review
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Preparing Proposals
      • Recent Opportunities
      • Transformative Research
      • Related Links
      • Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
      • Research.gov
      • FastLane
      • Funding Opportunities For
      • Graduate Students
      • K-12 Educators
      • Postdoctoral Fellows
      • Undergraduate Students
      • Small Business
  • Awards
      • About Awards
      • Award Statistics (Budget Internet Info System)
      • Award Conditions
      • Managing Awards
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Presidential and Honorary Awards
      • Search Awards
      • Related Links
      • Research.gov
      • FastLane
      • Public Access Initiative
  • Document Library
      • All Documents
      • National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
      • Obtaining Documents
      • Search Documents
  • News
      • All News
      • For News Media
      • Multimedia Gallery
      • News Archive
      • Search News
      • Special Reports
      • Speeches and Lectures
      • Related Links
      • About NSF Logo
      • Events
  • About NSF
      • About NSF
      • Broadening Participation/Diversity
      • Budget and Performance
      • Career Opportunities
      • Contracting Opportunities
      • History
      • National Science Board (NSB)
      • NSF and Congress
      • NSF Toolkit
      • Office of Equity and Civil Rights
      • Organization List
      • Partners
      • Remote Participant Support
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Staff Directory
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Transparency and Accountability
      • Visit NSF
  • Academic
    Institution Profiles

  • Academic Institution Profiles Home
  • List of institutions
  • Search by institution name
  • Institution rankings most recent year
  • Institution rankings by
    • Earned doctorates
    • Full-time graduate students
    • Total R&D expenditures
    • Research Space
  • Release notes
  • Technical notes
  • Errata
  • TableBuilder
  • NCSES Home
  • Contact NCSES
  1. NCSES Home
  2. Academic Institution Profiles
  3. U. California, Los Angeles
  4. Data
Email Print Share

Data

U. California, Los Angeles

Download in Excel Format View Excel.
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 639    632    701    688    726    689    743    757    742    687   
  Science and engineering 500    492    557    535    559    528    556    598    520    520   
    Science 375    352    431    411    430    403    433    461    394    396   
      Life science 122    114    164    145    179    153    151    162    157    138   
        Agricultural sciences .    1    .    .    1    2    .    1    .    .   
        Biological sciences 95    90    122    117    137    121    122    130    121    103   
        Health sciences 27    23    42    28    41    30    29    31    36    35   
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 82    73    88    69    73    69    82    92    58    66   
        Chemistry 40    35    42    32    33    20    44    40    25    27   
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7    12    16    14    15    14    17    8    5    12   
        Physics and astronomy 35    26    30    23    25    35    21    44    28    27   
      Mathematics and computer sciences 59    51    64    57    67    54    70    69    56    75   
        Computer sciences 32    20    32    24    32    28    35    38    29    31   
        Mathematics 27    31    32    33    35    26    35    31    27    44   
      Psychology and social sciences 112    114    115    140    111    127    130    138    123    117   
        Psychology 21    29    30    33    31    35    30    52    31    33   
        Anthropology 10    13    8    7    7    8    10    9    8    11   
        Economics 18    22    19    19    13    31    16    12    21    22   
        Political science and government 10    12    12    17    15    15    16    17    14    15   
        Sociology 10    9    13    20    11    6    23    14    16    10   
        Other social sciences 43    29    33    44    34    32    35    34    33    26   
    Engineering 125    140    126    124    129    125    123    137    126    124   
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 5    2    3    5    5    5    2    5    4    4   
      Biological/biomedical sciences 12    23    20    19    28    22    27    29    14    13   
      Chemical engineering 16    16    14    13    12    15    9    7    12    15   
      Civil engineering 12    8    5    7    4    5    7    17    7    9   
      Electrical engineering 32    33    32    26    35    30    32    36    51    32   
      Industrial engineering 1    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 15    25    24    23    18    19    14    15    16    15   
      Mechanical engineering 23    26    18    30    20    19    25    22    19    27   
      Other engineering 9    7    10    1    7    10    7    6    3    9   
  Non-science and engineering 139    140    144    153    167    161    187    159    222    167   
    Education 34    44    35    36    40    46    49    35    57    43   
      Education administration 2    1    6    4    3    1    2    6    6    10   
      Education research 20    28    12    19    27    33    35    22    43    24   
      Teacher education .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    1   
      Teaching fields 4    2    6    2    4    2    4    2    .    3   
      Other education 8    13    11    11    6    10    8    5    8    5   
    Humanities 84    80    91    97    103    97    120    106    133    102   
      Foreign languages & literature 17    16    18    23    21    10    15    19    25    19   
      History 11    20    22    18    17    28    26    25    40    26   
      Letters 17    14    18    19    22    18    21    15    23    18   
      Other humanities and arts 39    30    33    37    43    41    58    47    45    39   
    Other 21    16    18    20    24    18    18    18    32    22   
      Business management/administration 9    8    9    14    11    6    9    8    16    14   
      Communication .    .    1    .    1    1    1    2    .    .   
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 12    8    8    6    12    11    8    8    16    8   

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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.

National Science FoundationNational Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
National Science Foundation
Research.gov
News
  • Media Inquiries
  • Multimedia Gallery
Funding & Awards
  • Find Funding
  • Award Search
  • Proposal & Award Policies Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
  • Recently Announced Funding Opportunities
  • Upcoming Funding Opportunity Due Dates
Document Library &
About NSF
  • Document Library
  • About NSF
  • Careers
  • Staff Directory
About Services
  • ACM$ (Award Cash Management Service)
  • Notifications & Requests
  • Project Reports
  • Proposal Status
  • Public Access
  • User Management
NSF Award Highlights
  • Research Spending & Results
Contact
  • Contact Help Desk
Feedback
  • View Mobile Site
  •  
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
See all NSF social media
  • Website Policies
  • Budget and Performance
  • Inspector General
  • Privacy
  • FOIA
  • No FEAR Act
  • USA.gov
  • Accessibility
  • Plain Language
  • Contact
  • Research.gov

National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA Tel: (703) 292-5111, FIRS: (800) 877-8339 | TDD: (800) 281-8749 | NSF NCSES