Data
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
| Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 459 | 465 | 495 | 405 | 426 | 438 | 472 | 451 | 473 | 473 |
| Science and engineering | 388 | 399 | 431 | 344 | 362 | 370 | 397 | 385 | 386 | 392 |
| Science | 210 | 233 | 236 | 200 | 197 | 216 | 226 | 217 | 193 | 207 |
| Life science | 80 | 93 | 100 | 88 | 77 | 86 | 94 | 89 | 81 | 78 |
| Agricultural sciences | 28 | 37 | 47 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 29 | 35 |
| Biological sciences | 43 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 40 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 48 | 39 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 48 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 46 | 32 | 41 |
| Chemistry | 27 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 19 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
| Physics and astronomy | 13 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 33 | 47 | 40 | 26 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 26 | 48 |
| Computer sciences | 20 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 34 |
| Mathematics | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 14 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 49 | 45 | 51 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 40 | 54 | 40 |
| Psychology | 21 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 27 | 19 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Economics | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Sociology | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Other social sciences | 12 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| Engineering | 178 | 166 | 195 | 144 | 165 | 154 | 171 | 168 | 193 | 185 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 12 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 7 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
| Chemical engineering | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
| Civil engineering | 19 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
| Electrical engineering | 39 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 36 |
| Industrial engineering | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Mechanical engineering | 19 | 31 | 33 | 20 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 22 |
| Other engineering | 58 | 32 | 55 | 41 | 50 | 36 | 56 | 66 | 66 | 61 |
| Non-science and engineering | 71 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 66 | 87 | 81 |
| Education | 35 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 36 | 45 | 30 | 45 | 39 |
| Education administration | . | 4 | . | . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Education research | 22 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 27 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Teaching fields | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Other education | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Humanities | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| History | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . |
| Letters | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Other humanities and arts | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Other | 26 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 34 | 32 |
| Business management/administration | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 12 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 18 |
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
