Data
U. Washington, Seattle
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 615 | 632 | 681 | 708 | 619 | 604 | 615 | 666 | 648 | 653 |
Science and engineering | 509 | 556 | 573 | 586 | 516 | 473 | 501 | 531 | 518 | 528 |
Science | 394 | 426 | 458 | 450 | 434 | 368 | 406 | 428 | 409 | 420 |
Life science | 164 | 186 | 201 | 221 | 195 | 160 | 181 | 196 | 169 | 220 |
Agricultural sciences | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 15 |
Biological sciences | 122 | 132 | 145 | 162 | 134 | 106 | 139 | 136 | 129 | 138 |
Health sciences | 28 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 36 | 46 | 27 | 67 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 87 | 108 | 98 | 79 | 97 | 80 | 94 | 83 | 97 | 67 |
Chemistry | 35 | 41 | 39 | 21 | 34 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 23 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 29 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 46 | 33 | 36 | 25 |
Physics and astronomy | 23 | 38 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 19 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 65 | 70 | 80 | 77 | 62 | 57 | 47 | 70 | 68 | 47 |
Computer sciences | 34 | 34 | 57 | 45 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 38 | 31 | 28 |
Mathematics | 31 | 36 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 19 |
Psychology and social sciences | 78 | 62 | 79 | 73 | 80 | 71 | 84 | 79 | 75 | 86 |
Psychology | 12 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 23 |
Anthropology | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
Economics | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 7 |
Political science and government | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 12 |
Sociology | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 39 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 23 |
Engineering | 115 | 130 | 115 | 136 | 82 | 105 | 95 | 103 | 109 | 108 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 18 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 22 |
Chemical engineering | 14 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 11 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Electrical engineering | 16 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 23 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 5 | 5 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 14 |
Other engineering | 32 | 34 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
Non-science and engineering | 106 | 76 | 108 | 122 | 103 | 131 | 114 | 135 | 130 | 125 |
Education | 32 | 18 | 27 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 52 | 52 | 42 | 37 |
Education administration | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Education research | 19 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 37 | 29 | 30 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Other education | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Humanities | 40 | 35 | 48 | 47 | 42 | 53 | 43 | 50 | 63 | 55 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
History | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Letters | 19 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
Other humanities and arts | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 9 |
Other | 34 | 23 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 38 | 19 | 33 | 25 | 33 |
Business management/administration | 21 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
Communication | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 |
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