Data
U. Kansas
| Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 269 | 237 | 310 | 304 | 318 | 310 | 302 | 351 | 293 | 324 |
| Science and engineering | 188 | 166 | 203 | 213 | 207 | 211 | 201 | 228 | 186 | 213 |
| Science | 162 | 130 | 160 | 173 | 182 | 183 | 174 | 200 | 159 | 193 |
| Life science | 58 | 37 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 68 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Biological sciences | 41 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 47 | 53 |
| Health sciences | 17 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 15 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 31 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 37 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 20 | 41 |
| Chemistry | 21 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 20 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Physics and astronomy | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | . | 12 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 14 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
| Computer sciences | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Mathematics | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 59 | 56 | 47 | 58 | 58 | 73 | 63 | 89 | 58 | 70 |
| Psychology | 30 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 41 | 24 | 27 |
| Anthropology | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Economics | 10 | . | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Sociology | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other social sciences | 10 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 22 |
| Engineering | 26 | 36 | 43 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 20 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Chemical engineering | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Civil engineering | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Electrical engineering | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Other engineering | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering | 81 | 71 | 107 | 91 | 111 | 99 | 101 | 123 | 107 | 111 |
| Education | 31 | 27 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 35 | 49 |
| Education administration | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Education research | 20 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 33 | 28 | 35 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Teaching fields | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 4 |
| Humanities | 26 | 27 | 37 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 53 | 36 | 31 |
| Foreign languages & literature | . | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| History | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 10 |
| Letters | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 |
| Other humanities and arts | 14 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
| Other | 24 | 17 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 36 | 31 |
| Business management/administration | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
| Communication | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 16 |
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
