Data
U. Virginia, Charlottesville
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 335 | 297 | 305 | 308 | 324 | 326 | 292 | 346 | 393 | 378 |
Science and engineering | 273 | 234 | 225 | 220 | 240 | 226 | 203 | 229 | 270 | 249 |
Science | 189 | 143 | 165 | 142 | 175 | 162 | 154 | 156 | 181 | 183 |
Life science | 64 | 54 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 57 | 62 | 54 | 76 | 72 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 6 |
Biological sciences | 55 | 45 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 43 | 45 | 40 | 57 | 56 |
Health sciences | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 10 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 47 | 39 | 34 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
Chemistry | 21 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | 25 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 22 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 28 |
Computer sciences | 15 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Mathematics | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
Psychology and social sciences | 56 | 34 | 48 | 34 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 56 | 53 | 52 |
Psychology | 20 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 24 |
Anthropology | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Economics | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Political science and government | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
Sociology | 5 | . | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Engineering | 84 | 91 | 60 | 78 | 65 | 64 | 49 | 73 | 89 | 66 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 16 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 |
Chemical engineering | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 12 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 7 |
Other engineering | 15 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 22 |
Non-science and engineering | 62 | 63 | 80 | 88 | 84 | 100 | 89 | 117 | 123 | 129 |
Education | 19 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 36 |
Education administration | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Education research | 14 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 24 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Teaching fields | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Other education | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 43 | 43 | 49 | 52 | 63 | 68 | 64 | 87 | 84 | 88 |
Foreign languages & literature | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 21 |
History | 10 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 12 |
Letters | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
Other humanities and arts | 15 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 36 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 34 |
Other | . | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
Business management/administration | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 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