Data
U. Kentucky
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 305 | 324 | 332 | 322 | 285 | 305 | 299 | 288 | 319 | 292 |
Science and engineering | 230 | 224 | 241 | 251 | 223 | 205 | 216 | 214 | 241 | 211 |
Science | 195 | 182 | 198 | 201 | 190 | 178 | 173 | 167 | 204 | 181 |
Life science | 92 | 92 | 102 | 91 | 105 | 91 | 83 | 83 | 105 | 108 |
Agricultural sciences | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 19 |
Biological sciences | 48 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 45 | 54 | 58 |
Health sciences | 30 | 34 | 46 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 31 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 25 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 19 |
Chemistry | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 10 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 27 | 21 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 10 |
Computer sciences | 11 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
Mathematics | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 51 | 44 | 49 | 61 | 45 | 38 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 44 |
Psychology | 19 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 12 |
Anthropology | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Economics | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Political science and government | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Sociology | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 13 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 9 |
Engineering | 35 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 33 | 27 | 43 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
Chemical engineering | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Civil engineering | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Other engineering | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 75 | 100 | 91 | 71 | 62 | 100 | 83 | 74 | 78 | 81 |
Education | 33 | 50 | 31 | 34 | 21 | 56 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 35 |
Education administration | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Education research | 11 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 13 | 25 | 20 | 23 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Other education | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 |
Humanities | 20 | 27 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 38 | 17 | 31 | 25 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
History | 1 | 7 | 3 | . | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
Letters | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Other | 22 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 21 |
Business management/administration | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
Communication | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 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