Data
U. Georgia
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 528 | 511 | 400 | 449 | 428 | 461 | 472 | 455 | 424 | 421 |
| Science and engineering | 361 | 347 | 289 | 304 | 292 | 307 | 313 | 298 | 268 | 279 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 65 | 47 | 50 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 38 | 36 | 44 | 38 |
| Agricultural sciences | 56 | 39 | 32 | 37 | 36 | 43 | 26 | 25 | 35 | 21 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 17 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 105 | 104 | 106 | 91 | 84 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 90 | 79 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 14 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 12 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 |
| Genetics and genomics | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 13 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 10 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 6 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 20 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Computer science | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 30 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 9 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Health sciences | 25 | 26 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 26 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Public health | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Health sciences, other | 15 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Statistics | 10 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Physical sciences | 28 | 36 | 24 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 36 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 22 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 30 |
| Physics | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Psychology | 32 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 54 | 38 | 23 | 29 |
| Clinical psychology | . | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 16 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 11 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| Social sciences | 37 | 48 | 21 | 26 | 33 | 27 | 32 | 46 | 29 | 36 |
| Anthropology | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Economics | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 16 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 11 |
| Non-science and engineering | 167 | 164 | 111 | 145 | 136 | 154 | 159 | 157 | 156 | 142 |
| Business | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Business | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Education | 87 | 88 | 53 | 75 | 75 | 91 | 80 | 101 | 95 | 77 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Education research | 46 | 45 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 40 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 44 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 30 | 19 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 33 | 29 | 50 | 41 | 24 |
| Education, other | 8 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 36 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 47 | 25 | 33 | 35 |
| Letters | 11 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| History | 1 | . | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | . | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 28 | 34 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 24 |
| Communication | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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
