Data
U. Massachusetts, Amherst
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 349 | 258 | 313 | 349 | 295 | 307 | 298 | 268 | 277 | 295 |
Science and engineering | 270 | 189 | 247 | 256 | 207 | 220 | 230 | 206 | 202 | 218 |
Science | 210 | 150 | 194 | 201 | 166 | 168 | 181 | 160 | 164 | 171 |
Life science | 74 | 54 | 77 | 80 | 65 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 49 | 57 |
Agricultural sciences | 15 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 |
Biological sciences | 49 | 27 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 36 | 20 | 31 | 37 |
Health sciences | 10 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 34 | 25 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 41 | 45 |
Chemistry | 18 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 9 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 19 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 41 | 18 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 24 |
Computer sciences | 29 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 20 |
Mathematics | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 61 | 53 | 38 | 49 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 42 | 45 |
Psychology | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
Anthropology | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Economics | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Political science and government | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Sociology | 10 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
Engineering | 60 | 39 | 53 | 55 | 41 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 38 | 47 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
Civil engineering | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Other engineering | 14 | 11 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 17 |
Non-science and engineering | 79 | 69 | 66 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 68 | 62 | 75 | 77 |
Education | 28 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 35 |
Education administration | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Education research | 13 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
Teacher education | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Other education | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 3 |
Humanities | 35 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 25 |
Foreign languages & literature | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | . | 3 | 7 |
History | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Letters | 18 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
Other humanities and arts | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Other | 16 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 17 |
Business management/administration | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
Communication | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 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