Data

U. Delaware
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 206 | 211 | 235 | 231 | 232 | 269 | 219 | 194 | 179 | 212 |
Science and engineering | 182 | 189 | 208 | 220 | 209 | 247 | 196 | 173 | 153 | 187 |
Science | 125 | 132 | 133 | 137 | 140 | 163 | 137 | 109 | 109 | 121 |
Life science | 44 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 33 |
Agricultural sciences | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Biological sciences | 30 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 18 |
Health sciences | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 30 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 21 | 44 | 36 | 27 | 35 | 30 |
Chemistry | 17 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
Physics and astronomy | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Computer sciences | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
Mathematics | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 33 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 45 | 49 | 41 | 34 | 33 | 42 |
Psychology | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
Economics | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Political science and government | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Sociology | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 21 |
Engineering | 57 | 57 | 75 | 83 | 69 | 84 | 59 | 64 | 44 | 66 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical engineering | 19 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 22 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Other engineering | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
Non-science and engineering | 24 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 25 |
Education | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 6 | 5 | 8 | . | . | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Other education | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . |
Humanities | 10 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Letters | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Other humanities and arts | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Other | 4 | . | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Business management/administration | 4 | . | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | 3 | 1 | 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