Data
Vanderbilt U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 329 | 264 | 281 | 291 | 280 | 313 | 300 | 324 | 295 | 286 |
Science and engineering | 288 | 212 | 216 | 237 | 234 | 254 | 244 | 258 | 224 | 215 |
Science | 229 | 163 | 170 | 185 | 184 | 205 | 199 | 205 | 174 | 168 |
Life science | 114 | 83 | 93 | 115 | 91 | 117 | 112 | 125 | 113 | 84 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 101 | 75 | 79 | 103 | 85 | 102 | 101 | 116 | 101 | 77 |
Health sciences | 13 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 45 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 42 | 28 | 21 | 27 |
Chemistry | 30 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 14 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 16 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
Computer sciences | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Psychology and social sciences | 54 | 40 | 31 | 29 | 41 | 41 | 32 | 41 | 31 | 43 |
Psychology | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 23 |
Anthropology | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Economics | 11 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
Political science and government | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Sociology | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Other social sciences | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Engineering | 59 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 50 | 47 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 16 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
Chemical engineering | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Other engineering | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 41 | 52 | 65 | 54 | 46 | 59 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 71 |
Education | 13 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 30 | 27 |
Education administration | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Education research | 11 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 17 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | 26 | 27 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 33 | 48 | 39 | 40 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
History | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Letters | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 18 |
Other | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 4 |
Communication | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 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