Data
Washington U., Saint Louis
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 356 | 342 | 285 | 297 | 250 | 289 | 287 | 256 | 272 | 264 |
| Science and engineering | 305 | 286 | 242 | 256 | 207 | 241 | 237 | 215 | 226 | 214 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 129 | 126 | 87 | 108 | 83 | 98 | 83 | 83 | 100 | 97 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 16 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 25 | 30 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 26 |
| Molecular biology | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 32 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 18 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Computer science | 14 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 70 | 63 | 52 | 54 | 51 | 43 | 57 | 52 | 39 | 37 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 27 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 20 | 15 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 12 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 6 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 4 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 7 |
| Physical sciences | 21 | 23 | 33 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 36 | 22 | 30 | 19 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| Physics | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| Psychology | 14 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | . | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 30 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 20 |
| Anthropology | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| Economics | 16 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 51 | 56 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 41 | 46 | 50 |
| Business | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Business | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Education | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 29 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 30 |
| Letters | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 10 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| History | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
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
