Data
Washington State U.
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 245 | 314 | 259 | 298 | 279 | 279 | 263 | 246 | 249 | 180 |
| Science and engineering | 202 | 261 | 220 | 257 | 235 | 230 | 205 | 200 | 209 | 147 |
| Science | 148 | 173 | 168 | 204 | 168 | 172 | 155 | 144 | 156 | 108 |
| Life science | 64 | 74 | 72 | 105 | 95 | 91 | 72 | 67 | 67 | 50 |
| Agricultural sciences | 22 | 21 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 20 |
| Biological sciences | 29 | 36 | 25 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 29 | 32 | 27 |
| Health sciences | 13 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 18 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 15 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Physics and astronomy | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 21 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 10 |
| Computer sciences | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 45 | 49 | 53 | 68 | 32 | 47 | 46 | 43 | 49 | 33 |
| Psychology | 15 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Economics | 14 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Sociology | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Other social sciences | 9 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Engineering | 54 | 88 | 52 | 53 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 56 | 53 | 39 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemical engineering | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Civil engineering | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Electrical engineering | 8 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 5 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Mechanical engineering | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Other engineering | 9 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 11 |
| Non-science and engineering | 43 | 53 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 58 | 46 | 40 | 33 |
| Education | 19 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 7 |
| Education administration | 1 | 6 | . | . | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 5 | . |
| Education research | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Teaching fields | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Other education | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| History | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Letters | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Other | 19 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 15 |
| Business management/administration | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
| Communication | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 5 | . |
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
