Data
Washington State U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 244 | 276 | 245 | 314 | 259 | 298 | 279 | 279 | 263 | 246 |
| Science and engineering | 212 | 233 | 202 | 261 | 220 | 257 | 235 | 231 | 205 | 201 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 24 | 40 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 33 | 30 |
| Agricultural sciences | 21 | 36 | 23 | 20 | 32 | 45 | 42 | 35 | 30 | 25 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 32 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 25 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 29 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 7 | 5 | . | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 5 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Computer science | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Engineering | 65 | 69 | 54 | 88 | 52 | 53 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 56 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 15 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 8 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 13 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Public health | . | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 18 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 22 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 12 |
| Physics | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| Psychology | 11 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 12 |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 6 | . | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 34 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 20 | 34 | 30 | 32 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Economics | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering | 32 | 43 | 43 | 53 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 58 | 45 |
| Business | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| Business | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| Education | 13 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 13 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | . | 1 | 6 | . | . | 1 | 5 | . | 1 |
| Education research | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Education, other | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 9 |
| Letters | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Communication | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 |
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
