Data
U. Nevada, Reno
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 125 | 134 | 111 | 108 | 124 | 101 | 119 | 105 | 109 | 113 |
Science and engineering | 107 | 116 | 93 | 93 | 100 | 80 | 96 | 82 | 86 | 99 |
Science | 82 | 91 | 69 | 72 | 80 | 59 | 77 | 62 | 68 | 72 |
Life science | 35 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 24 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 2 |
Biological sciences | 32 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 22 |
Health sciences | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 19 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 22 |
Chemistry | 11 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 7 | . | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 24 | 39 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 24 |
Psychology | 13 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 15 |
Anthropology | 3 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
Economics | 2 | 6 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Political science and government | . | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Engineering | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 27 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Civil engineering | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 4 |
Other engineering | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 14 |
Education | 14 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
Education administration | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Education research | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Other education | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
History | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Letters | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Other | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 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