Data
U. Nevada, Reno
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 134 | 111 | 108 | 124 | 101 | 119 | 105 | 109 | 113 | 108 |
| Science and engineering | 115 | 93 | 93 | 100 | 80 | 96 | 82 | 86 | 99 | 81 |
| Science | 90 | 69 | 72 | 80 | 59 | 77 | 62 | 68 | 72 | 68 |
| Life science | 27 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 17 |
| Agricultural sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Biological sciences | 22 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 16 |
| Health sciences | 3 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 21 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 21 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Physics and astronomy | 6 | . | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Computer sciences | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology and social sciences | 39 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 23 |
| Psychology | 26 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 16 |
| Anthropology | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 4 |
| Economics | 6 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Political science and government | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Other social sciences | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Engineering | 25 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 13 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| Chemical engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Civil engineering | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Electrical engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 1 |
| Other engineering | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 19 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 27 |
| Education | 13 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| Education administration | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Education research | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teaching fields | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Other education | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| History | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Letters | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Other | 4 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Communication | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | . | 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
