Data
Yale U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 424 | 410 | 423 | 415 | 410 | 379 | 407 | 420 | 403 | 393 |
Science and engineering | 332 | 325 | 320 | 314 | 294 | 270 | 280 | 304 | 287 | 286 |
Science | 292 | 290 | 286 | 287 | 258 | 243 | 255 | 275 | 260 | 249 |
Life science | 135 | 121 | 134 | 121 | 113 | 101 | 119 | 129 | 110 | 110 |
Agricultural sciences | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Biological sciences | 117 | 108 | 121 | 109 | 104 | 90 | 104 | 117 | 99 | 98 |
Health sciences | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 72 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 57 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 45 |
Chemistry | 27 | 28 | 22 | 36 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 34 | 31 | 38 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 16 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 16 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 18 |
Computer sciences | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Mathematics | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
Psychology and social sciences | 69 | 83 | 76 | 81 | 64 | 69 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 76 |
Psychology | 14 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 10 |
Anthropology | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
Economics | 17 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 19 |
Political science and government | 12 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 |
Sociology | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
Engineering | 40 | 35 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 37 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 15 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
Chemical engineering | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | 4 | 5 | . | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Other engineering | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Non-science and engineering | 92 | 85 | 103 | 101 | 116 | 109 | 127 | 116 | 116 | 107 |
Humanities | 70 | 60 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 108 | 91 | 99 | 93 |
Foreign languages & literature | 7 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 15 |
History | 15 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 28 |
Letters | 10 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 15 |
Other humanities and arts | 38 | 24 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 26 | 35 |
Other | 22 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 14 |
Business management/administration | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 14 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
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