Data
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 355 | 375 | 380 | 335 | 297 | 305 | 308 | 324 | 326 | 292 |
| Science and engineering | 279 | 313 | 317 | 273 | 234 | 225 | 220 | 240 | 226 | 203 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 60 | 51 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 43 | 45 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 12 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 15 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 5 | 8 | . | 3 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 16 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer science | 12 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 82 | 110 | 103 | 84 | 91 | 60 | 78 | 65 | 64 | 49 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 15 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 15 | 33 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 11 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 7 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 12 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Statistics | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Physical sciences | 38 | 47 | 42 | 46 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 25 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Chemistry | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 5 |
| Physics | 15 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 16 |
| Psychology | 20 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 23 |
| Clinical psychology | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 35 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 39 | 36 | 26 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Economics | 19 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 7 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | . | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering | 76 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 80 | 88 | 84 | 100 | 89 |
| Business | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Business | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Education | 16 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 23 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Education research | 11 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 13 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Education, other | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 57 | 47 | 39 | 43 | 43 | 49 | 52 | 63 | 68 | 64 |
| Letters | 19 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 12 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| History | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 9 |
| Music and performing arts | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | . |
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
