Data
U. Houston
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 331 | 338 | 292 | 300 | 325 | 300 | 276 | 250 | 233 | 219 |
Science and engineering | 269 | 282 | 238 | 244 | 260 | 253 | 223 | 207 | 186 | 189 |
Science | 173 | 205 | 148 | 163 | 180 | 177 | 155 | 155 | 141 | 146 |
Life science | 45 | 60 | 44 | 31 | 41 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 34 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 26 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Health sciences | 18 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 61 | 67 | 53 | 58 | 66 | 62 | 55 | 42 | 35 | 39 |
Chemistry | 32 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 20 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
Physics and astronomy | 9 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 24 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 35 | 19 |
Computer sciences | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 11 |
Mathematics | 8 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
Psychology and social sciences | 43 | 46 | 24 | 45 | 42 | 49 | 41 | 58 | 41 | 54 |
Psychology | 29 | 30 | 11 | 30 | 21 | 35 | 24 | 39 | 24 | 35 |
Economics | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Political science and government | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Other social sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 96 | 77 | 90 | 81 | 80 | 76 | 68 | 52 | 45 | 43 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Chemical engineering | 21 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Electrical engineering | 20 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 13 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | . | 2 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Other engineering | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 62 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 65 | 47 | 53 | 43 | 47 | 30 |
Education | 19 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Education administration | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 17 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Teacher education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 29 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 15 |
Foreign languages & literature | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
History | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
Letters | 19 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 14 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 10 |
Business management/administration | 8 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
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