Emory U., Atlanta
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
| 2024 | 83 | 82.3 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 82 | 82.5 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 83 | 82.2 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 86 | 81.1 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 82 | 82.1 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 90 | 80.2 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 78 | 82.2 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 84 | 80.6 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 87 | 80.2 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 75 | 82.8 | 426 | |||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 245 | 247 | 239 | 211 | 233 | 216 | 246 | 229 | 228 | 247 |
| Science and engineering | 194 | 192 | 193 | 166 | 180 | 151 | 193 | 171 | 154 | 172 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 97 | 98 | 90 | 84 | 95 | 66 | 95 | 91 | 72 | 92 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 13 | 3 | 7 | . | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 18 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| Genetics and genomics | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 11 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 17 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 20 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Computer science | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | . | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 3 |
| Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 12 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 9 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Public health | 7 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 31 | 28 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 |
| Chemistry | 28 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 18 |
| Physics | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Psychology | 16 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 21 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 22 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Economics | 2 | 2 | 11 | . | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Social sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 51 | 55 | 46 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 53 | 58 | 74 | 75 |
| Business | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Business | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . |
| Education, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 41 | 47 | 41 | 38 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 63 | 68 |
| Letters | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 13 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| History | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 21 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 24 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 9 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 2 | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = 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