Data
U. Nebraska, Lincoln
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 282 | 241 | 268 | 275 | 257 | 267 | 276 | 275 | 281 | 306 |
Science and engineering | 223 | 181 | 206 | 206 | 190 | 200 | 201 | 181 | 179 | 205 |
Science | 156 | 134 | 150 | 159 | 156 | 156 | 151 | 135 | 140 | 154 |
Life science | 67 | 70 | 61 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 46 | 61 | 69 |
Agricultural sciences | 33 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 22 | 31 | 31 |
Biological sciences | 32 | 30 | 24 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 22 | 26 | 33 |
Health sciences | 2 | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 27 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 24 |
Chemistry | 17 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 16 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Physics and astronomy | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 25 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 19 |
Computer sciences | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Mathematics | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
Psychology and social sciences | 37 | 28 | 45 | 49 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 42 |
Psychology | 21 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 20 |
Anthropology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Economics | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Political science and government | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Sociology | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Engineering | 67 | 47 | 56 | 47 | 34 | 44 | 50 | 46 | 39 | 51 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Civil engineering | 14 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Electrical engineering | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
Other engineering | 18 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 14 |
Non-science and engineering | 59 | 60 | 62 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 94 | 102 | 101 |
Education | 29 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 47 | 46 |
Education administration | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
Education research | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Teacher education | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Teaching fields | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
Other education | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Humanities | 15 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 34 | 31 |
Foreign languages & literature | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
History | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Letters | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 20 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Other | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 24 |
Business management/administration | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 18 |
Communication | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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