Data
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 110 | 106 | 140 | 109 | 116 | 99 | 110 | 106 | 90 | 98 |
Science and engineering | 72 | 67 | 97 | 63 | 79 | 50 | 58 | 72 | 54 | 46 |
Science | 56 | 57 | 76 | 54 | 65 | 37 | 41 | 60 | 41 | 42 |
Life science | 16 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Health sciences | 9 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
Chemistry | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Computer sciences | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Mathematics | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 26 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 18 |
Psychology | 10 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 6 |
Anthropology | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 3 |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Sociology | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Engineering | 16 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . |
Other engineering | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 38 | 39 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 49 | 52 | 34 | 36 | 52 |
Education | 30 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 22 | 25 | 35 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 11 |
Education research | 18 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Teacher education | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Other education | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
History | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . |
Letters | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Other | 5 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Business management/administration | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | . | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | . |
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