Data
U. Pennsylvania
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 516 | 455 | 468 | 450 | 448 | 488 | 464 | 481 | 452 | 436 |
Science and engineering | 408 | 351 | 353 | 318 | 314 | 349 | 348 | 356 | 338 | 312 |
Science | 333 | 298 | 297 | 271 | 261 | 296 | 292 | 293 | 303 | 261 |
Life science | 153 | 139 | 129 | 118 | 123 | 145 | 141 | 140 | 150 | 125 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Biological sciences | 143 | 120 | 112 | 106 | 106 | 129 | 132 | 124 | 137 | 108 |
Health sciences | 10 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 15 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 46 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 49 | 53 | 44 | 39 |
Chemistry | 29 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 23 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 17 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 14 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 35 | 34 | 38 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 45 | 26 |
Computer sciences | 17 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
Mathematics | 18 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 31 | 11 |
Psychology and social sciences | 99 | 75 | 85 | 84 | 69 | 82 | 74 | 78 | 64 | 71 |
Psychology | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
Anthropology | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 |
Economics | 23 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 24 |
Political science and government | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Sociology | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Other social sciences | 35 | 19 | 35 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 13 |
Engineering | 75 | 53 | 56 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 35 | 51 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 21 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 23 |
Chemical engineering | 15 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
Electrical engineering | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
Mechanical engineering | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
Other engineering | 13 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 108 | 104 | 115 | 132 | 134 | 139 | 116 | 125 | 114 | 124 |
Education | 13 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 17 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 |
Teaching fields | 5 | 3 | 6 | . | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Other education | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | . | 1 | . |
Humanities | 59 | 51 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 74 | 63 | 62 |
Foreign languages & literature | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
History | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 13 |
Letters | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 14 |
Other humanities and arts | 15 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 28 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 21 |
Other | 36 | 38 | 41 | 54 | 49 | 41 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 45 |
Business management/administration | 17 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 23 |
Communication | 11 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
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