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
