Data
West Virginia U.
| Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 209 | 194 | 203 | 201 | 200 | 179 | 224 | 199 | 182 | 181 |
| Science and engineering | 162 | 158 | 147 | 154 | 146 | 141 | 176 | 150 | 128 | 130 |
| Science | 125 | 118 | 109 | 128 | 108 | 110 | 136 | 113 | 99 | 102 |
| Life science | 45 | 49 | 46 | 57 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 44 |
| Agricultural sciences | 9 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Biological sciences | 20 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Health sciences | 16 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 16 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 31 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 25 | 14 |
| Chemistry | 17 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | . | . | 2 |
| Physics and astronomy | 13 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 15 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Computer sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | . | 3 | 7 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 34 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 41 | 34 | 34 |
| Psychology | 13 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 29 | 20 | 20 |
| Economics | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Sociology | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other social sciences | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | . | 2 |
| Engineering | 37 | 40 | 38 | 26 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 37 | 29 | 28 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Chemical engineering | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Civil engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Electrical engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Industrial engineering | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Other engineering | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering | 47 | 36 | 56 | 47 | 54 | 38 | 48 | 49 | 54 | 51 |
| Education | 18 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 32 | 29 |
| Education administration | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 |
| Education research | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 12 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teaching fields | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Other education | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 7 | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 15 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 17 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| History | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 5 |
| Letters | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Other humanities and arts | 9 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Other | 14 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Business management/administration | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Communication | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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
