Data
U. New Hampshire, Durham
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 71 | 80 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 75 | 63 | 66 | 75 | 75 |
| Science and engineering | 56 | 70 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 61 | 47 | 60 | 62 | 62 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | . | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Computer science | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 13 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . |
| Statistics | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 20 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 16 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Chemistry | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Physics | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Economics | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | . | 5 |
| Education, other | 2 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | . | 9 | 4 |
| Letters | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | . | 6 | 1 |
| History | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
