Data
U. Tennessee, The, Knoxville
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 340 | 393 | 359 | 373 | 365 | 335 | 314 | 316 | 318 | 319 |
| Science and engineering | 276 | 302 | 289 | 281 | 273 | 241 | 232 | 226 | 233 | 227 |
| Science | 175 | 191 | 192 | 162 | 173 | 163 | 151 | 129 | 167 | 171 |
| Life science | 77 | 76 | 61 | 61 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 40 | 63 | 67 |
| Agricultural sciences | 20 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Biological sciences | 45 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 36 | 21 | 32 | 33 |
| Health sciences | 12 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 16 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 31 | 47 | 50 | 35 | 40 | 38 | 30 | 43 | 44 | 44 |
| Chemistry | 11 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 15 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Physics and astronomy | 16 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 23 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 21 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
| Computer sciences | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 46 | 44 | 57 | 45 | 50 | 46 | 50 | 36 | 48 | 43 |
| Psychology | 20 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 21 | 25 |
| Anthropology | . | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Economics | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Sociology | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Other social sciences | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Engineering | 101 | 111 | 97 | 119 | 100 | 78 | 81 | 97 | 66 | 56 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 6 | . | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Chemical engineering | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Civil engineering | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | . | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| Electrical engineering | 14 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| Industrial engineering | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 21 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| Mechanical engineering | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | . |
| Other engineering | 32 | 44 | 35 | 49 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 64 | 91 | 70 | 92 | 92 | 94 | 82 | 90 | 85 | 92 |
| Education | 28 | 50 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 31 | 34 | 40 | 45 |
| Education administration | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Education research | 18 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 27 |
| Teacher education | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Teaching fields | 4 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Other education | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities | 17 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 25 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| History | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Letters | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| Other humanities and arts | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Other | 19 | 23 | 19 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 22 |
| Business management/administration | 7 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 |
| Communication | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 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
