Data
U. Massachusetts, Lowell
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 133 | 149 | 109 | 121 | 98 | 135 | 114 | 84 | 73 | 96 |
| Science and engineering | 89 | 97 | 82 | 82 | 69 | 94 | 86 | 68 | 65 | 82 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Computer science | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 36 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 28 | 44 | 36 | 39 | 31 | 39 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 11 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 5 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Physics | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Psychology | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Economics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering | 44 | 52 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 41 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 14 |
| Business | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | . |
| Business | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | . |
| Education | 40 | 45 | 24 | 30 | 26 | 39 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| Education leadership and administration | 27 | 27 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Education research | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Education, other | 5 | 4 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | 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
