Data
U. Colorado Boulder
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 426 | 394 | 392 | 388 | 383 | 392 | 400 | 418 | 380 | 375 |
Science and engineering | 364 | 315 | 304 | 318 | 306 | 306 | 311 | 331 | 312 | 275 |
Science | 227 | 204 | 207 | 216 | 218 | 216 | 205 | 236 | 218 | 202 |
Life science | 43 | 39 | 29 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 60 | 44 |
Agricultural sciences | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 34 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 42 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 41 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 82 | 82 | 93 | 76 | 88 | 82 | 81 | 95 | 80 | 67 |
Chemistry | 17 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 17 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 18 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 22 |
Physics and astronomy | 47 | 39 | 51 | 31 | 45 | 50 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 28 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 49 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 29 | 42 |
Computer sciences | 24 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 16 |
Mathematics | 25 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 26 |
Psychology and social sciences | 53 | 43 | 50 | 55 | 51 | 55 | 45 | 67 | 49 | 49 |
Psychology | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
Anthropology | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Economics | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
Political science and government | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Sociology | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Other social sciences | 15 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
Engineering | 137 | 111 | 97 | 102 | 88 | 90 | 106 | 95 | 94 | 73 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 41 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | 2 |
Chemical engineering | 11 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 16 |
Civil engineering | 19 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 4 |
Electrical engineering | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 17 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 13 |
Other engineering | 13 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 62 | 79 | 88 | 70 | 77 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 68 | 100 |
Education | 13 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 15 |
Education administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
Teaching fields | 6 | 7 | . | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
Other education | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Humanities | 40 | 46 | 61 | 47 | 41 | 61 | 46 | 51 | 41 | 67 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
History | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
Letters | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
Other humanities and arts | 24 | 29 | 41 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 47 |
Other | 9 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 18 |
Business management/administration | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Communication | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 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