Data

Virginia Commonwealth U.
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 186 | 196 | 178 | 194 | 182 | 174 | 151 | 194 | 226 | 196 |
Science and engineering | 150 | 158 | 136 | 159 | 136 | 140 | 110 | 152 | 178 | 155 |
Science | 131 | 129 | 118 | 133 | 110 | 122 | 90 | 136 | 158 | 133 |
Life science | 67 | 77 | 66 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 50 | 86 | 98 | 90 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 40 | 49 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 27 | 52 | 56 | 53 |
Health sciences | 27 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 41 | 37 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 17 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
Chemistry | 17 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 14 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
Computer sciences | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Mathematics | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 33 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 32 | 38 | 26 |
Psychology | 27 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 17 |
Economics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Other social sciences | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 |
Engineering | 19 | 29 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 22 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Chemical engineering | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Other engineering | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 36 | 38 | 42 | 35 | 46 | 34 | 41 | 42 | 48 | 41 |
Education | 22 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 23 |
Education administration | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
Education research | 12 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Teacher education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Other education | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . |
Humanities | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
History | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Letters | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Other | 12 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Communication | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
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