Data

U. Memphis, The

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	120	182	138	151	158	154	127	124	129	130
Science and engineering	57	85	74	62	81	67	58	56	54	59
Science	44	64	67	51	71	53	52	48	44	52
Life science	9	15	17	17	12	5	9	7	13	9
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.
Biological sciences	5	12	7	12	7	3	6	5	9	6
Health sciences	4	3	10	4	5	2	3	2	3	3
Physical sciences and earth sciences	1	12	7	6	4	9	9	5	5	4
Chemistry	1	7	2	1	3	4	6	3	3	4
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	5	5	5	1	5	3	2	2	.
Mathematics and computer sciences	9	7	9	4	12	9	11	8	4	14
Computer sciences	5	1	4	2	6	4	6	4	2	8
Mathematics	4	6	5	2	6	5	5	4	2	6
Psychology and social sciences	25	30	34	24	43	30	23	28	22	25
Psychology	21	20	23	20	26	24	22	24	19	21
Economics	.	1	1	2	4	.	1	2	2	3
Other social sciences	4	9	10	2	13	6	.	2	1	1
Engineering	13	21	7	11	10	14	6	8	10	7
Biological/biomedical sciences	3	5	.	3	1	2	2	2	5	3
Civil engineering	.	4	.	3	1	3	1	1	1	1
Electrical engineering	3	1	2	2	2	3	.	1	.	1
Mechanical engineering	1	5	.	.	2	1	1	1	.	1
Other engineering	6	6	5	3	4	5	2	3	4	1
Non-science and engineering	63	97	64	89	77	87	69	68	75	71
Education	35	47	37	55	46	43	37	30	34	32
Education administration	7	11	9	19	17	13	14	11	10	9
Education research	25	28	20	30	25	16	21	16	20	20
Teacher education	1	4	2	4	1	2	.	1	.	2
Teaching fields	1	4	4	2	3	7	2	2	2	1
Other education	1	.	2	.	.	5	.	.	2	.
Humanities	24	29	23	22	16	30	19	23	28	27
History	4	1	7	2	1	6	4	5	8	8
Letters	3	16	5	8	6	6	6	5	7	6
Other humanities and arts	17	12	11	12	9	18	9	13	13	13
Other	4	21	4	12	15	14	13	15	13	12
Business management/administration	1	12	2	11	10	12	13	10	11	11
Communication	2	9	2	1	5	2	.	5	2	1
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec)	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.