Data
U. Nevada, Las Vegas
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 106 | 140 | 109 | 116 | 99 | 110 | 106 | 90 | 98 | 96 |
| Science and engineering | 67 | 97 | 63 | 79 | 50 | 58 | 72 | 54 | 46 | 45 |
| Science | 57 | 76 | 54 | 65 | 37 | 41 | 60 | 41 | 42 | 39 |
| Life science | 20 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biological sciences | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 8 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Physics and astronomy | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Computer sciences | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 26 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 13 |
| Psychology | 15 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 3 | . |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Sociology | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Other social sciences | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Engineering | 10 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Civil engineering | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Electrical engineering | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 2 |
| Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 39 | 43 | 46 | 37 | 49 | 52 | 34 | 36 | 52 | 51 |
| Education | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 35 |
| Education administration | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Education research | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Teaching fields | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Other education | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Humanities | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| History | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 5 |
| Letters | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Business management/administration | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | . | 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
