Data
U. Rhode Island
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 88 | 92 | 83 | 90 | 103 | 104 | 100 | 84 | 92 | 102 |
| Science and engineering | 72 | 71 | 60 | 72 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 64 | 73 | 85 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 4 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | . | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Computer science | . | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 25 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Health sciences | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Nursing science | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 2 | . | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| Chemistry | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Physics | . | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 6 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Economics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 16 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
| Business | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Business | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Education | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education research | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Education, other | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Humanities and arts | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| Letters | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | 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
