Data
Washington U., Saint Louis
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 250 | 289 | 287 | 256 | 272 | 264 | 287 | 258 | 252 | 246 |
| Science and engineering | 207 | 241 | 237 | 215 | 226 | 214 | 231 | 207 | 203 | 211 |
| Science | 156 | 198 | 180 | 163 | 187 | 177 | 185 | 166 | 176 | 175 |
| Life science | 88 | 103 | 90 | 87 | 107 | 107 | 97 | 97 | 92 | 101 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biological sciences | 83 | 98 | 83 | 83 | 100 | 97 | 93 | 92 | 89 | 99 |
| Health sciences | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 25 | 36 | 44 | 27 | 33 | 24 | 33 | 29 | 35 | 34 |
| Chemistry | 13 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Physics and astronomy | 11 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 13 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 12 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Computer sciences | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 31 | 44 | 32 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 29 |
| Psychology | 15 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Economics | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Other social sciences | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 51 | 43 | 57 | 52 | 39 | 37 | 46 | 41 | 27 | 36 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 20 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 16 |
| Chemical engineering | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Electrical engineering | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | . | 8 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Other engineering | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 43 | 48 | 50 | 41 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 51 | 49 | 35 |
| Education | . | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Education research | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other education | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 26 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 25 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| History | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| Other humanities and arts | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Other | 17 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 9 |
| Business management/administration | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 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
