Data
U. Southern California
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 479 | 397 | 437 | 494 | 435 | 460 | 490 | 452 | 431 | 449 |
Science and engineering | 394 | 325 | 372 | 406 | 345 | 366 | 393 | 343 | 343 | 346 |
Science | 286 | 226 | 249 | 275 | 229 | 259 | 264 | 225 | 252 | 242 |
Life science | 99 | 82 | 102 | 97 | 90 | 107 | 102 | 90 | 91 | 99 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 72 | 57 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 86 | 83 | 71 | 72 | 76 |
Health sciences | 27 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 53 | 48 | 54 | 52 | 40 | 51 | 52 | 34 | 58 | 41 |
Chemistry | 25 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 20 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 16 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 11 |
Physics and astronomy | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 10 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 63 | 34 | 43 | 66 | 46 | 33 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 43 |
Computer sciences | 39 | 24 | 33 | 49 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 29 |
Mathematics | 24 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
Psychology and social sciences | 71 | 62 | 50 | 60 | 53 | 68 | 71 | 58 | 58 | 59 |
Psychology | 19 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 17 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . |
Economics | 12 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
Political science and government | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Sociology | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Other social sciences | 29 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 27 |
Engineering | 108 | 99 | 123 | 131 | 116 | 107 | 129 | 118 | 91 | 104 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 16 |
Chemical engineering | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 11 |
Civil engineering | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Electrical engineering | 33 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 32 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 33 | 23 |
Industrial engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
Other engineering | 15 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 16 |
Non-science and engineering | 85 | 72 | 65 | 88 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 109 | 88 | 103 |
Education | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
Education administration | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 |
Education research | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other education | . | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 35 | 28 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 47 | 41 | 54 | 39 | 59 |
Foreign languages & literature | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
History | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 |
Letters | 16 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 23 |
Other humanities and arts | 14 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 23 |
Other | 42 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 45 | 35 |
Business management/administration | 18 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 13 |
Communication | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 15 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 |
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