Data
U. South Carolina, Columbia
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 221 | 323 | 265 | 279 | 246 | 269 | 315 | 280 | 276 | 233 |
| Science and engineering | 166 | 239 | 202 | 192 | 172 | 182 | 220 | 199 | 177 | 167 |
| Science | 124 | 203 | 165 | 140 | 128 | 143 | 165 | 139 | 136 | 134 |
| Life science | 49 | 88 | 56 | 66 | 46 | 57 | 78 | 48 | 63 | 55 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Biological sciences | 20 | 41 | 21 | 35 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 25 | 29 | 19 |
| Health sciences | 29 | 46 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 33 | 35 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 26 | 38 | 39 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 25 |
| Chemistry | 15 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 20 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Physics and astronomy | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 19 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 26 |
| Computer sciences | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
| Mathematics | 9 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 17 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 30 | 46 | 41 | 26 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 39 | 34 | 28 |
| Psychology | 9 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Anthropology | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | . |
| Economics | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Sociology | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Other social sciences | 14 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Engineering | 42 | 36 | 37 | 52 | 44 | 39 | 55 | 60 | 41 | 33 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Chemical engineering | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Civil engineering | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Electrical engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| Other engineering | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 55 | 84 | 63 | 87 | 74 | 87 | 95 | 81 | 99 | 66 |
| Education | 21 | 36 | 16 | 25 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 46 | 61 | 35 |
| Education administration | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 13 |
| Education research | 14 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 26 | 17 |
| Teacher education | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Teaching fields | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Other education | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities | 15 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
| Foreign languages & literature | . | . | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| History | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Letters | 9 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| Other humanities and arts | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | . |
| Other | 19 | 27 | 17 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 13 |
| Business management/administration | 12 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| Communication | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 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
