Data
Virginia Commonwealth U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 170 | 186 | 196 | 178 | 194 | 182 | 174 | 151 | 194 | 226 |
Science and engineering | 130 | 150 | 158 | 136 | 159 | 136 | 140 | 110 | 152 | 178 |
Science | 108 | 131 | 129 | 118 | 133 | 110 | 122 | 90 | 136 | 158 |
Life science | 54 | 67 | 77 | 66 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 50 | 86 | 98 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 28 | 40 | 49 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 27 | 52 | 56 |
Health sciences | 26 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 41 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
Chemistry | 9 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 19 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Computer sciences | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
Mathematics | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 33 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 32 | 38 |
Psychology | 18 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 23 |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Other social sciences | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 |
Engineering | 22 | 19 | 29 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 20 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Chemical engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Other engineering | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 40 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 35 | 46 | 34 | 41 | 42 | 48 |
Education | 24 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
Education administration | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
Education research | 15 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Other education | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
Humanities | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Letters | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Other | 12 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 18 |
Business management/administration | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
Communication | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
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