Data
U. Rhode Island
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 83 | 90 | 103 | 105 | 100 | 84 | 92 | 102 | 99 | 90 |
| Science and engineering | 60 | 72 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 64 | 73 | 85 | 83 | 70 |
| Science | 43 | 59 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 51 | 58 | 71 | 73 | 54 |
| Life science | 15 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 20 |
| Agricultural sciences | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Biological sciences | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
| Health sciences | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 15 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Physics and astronomy | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Computer sciences | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Psychology | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Economics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other social sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Electrical engineering | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Industrial engineering | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Other engineering | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering | 23 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 |
| Education | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Education administration | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Education research | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Teacher education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Teaching fields | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other education | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Humanities | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Letters | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Business management/administration | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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
