Data
Washington State U.
Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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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