San Diego State U., San Diego

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 176 62.2 459
2023 204 56.1 459
2022 208 55.1 457
2021 314 30.5 447
2020 218 52.2 450
2019 244 46.1 447
2018 192 55.7 428
2017 395 8 425
2016 318 26.8 430
2015 327 24.1 426
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 78 59 55 15 44 35 62 3 14 12
  Science and engineering 65 51 46 7 37 31 48 3 11 6
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 10 9 16 2 8 11 13 1 1 .
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 . . . 3 1 . . . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 8 8 . 1 7 8 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 . . . 2 1 . . . .
      Molecular biology 2 . 7 2 1 2 2 . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 1 . . . 3 . . . . 2
      Computer science . . . . 2 . . . . 1
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1
    Engineering 8 8 8 . . 1 3 . . .
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 2 3 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 1 2 . . 1 . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 2 2 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering . . 1 . . . 2 . . .
      Engineering, other 1 1 1 . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 2 . 3 . 2 . 1 .
      Geological sciences 1 2 1 . 3 . 2 . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 .
    Health sciences 12 14 4 . 5 1 10 . . .
      Public health 9 9 4 . 3 1 8 . . .
      Health sciences, other 3 5 . . 2 . 2 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 9 5 3 4 4 3 4 2 7 3
      Applied mathematics . . . . . . 1 . 4 2
      Mathematics 8 5 3 3 3 1 2 . . .
      Statistics 1 . . 1 . 2 1 1 2 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . . . 1 . . 1 1 .
    Physical sciences 10 2 4 1 5 5 4 . 2 .
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Chemistry 9 2 4 1 5 5 4 . . .
      Physics 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
    Psychology 7 8 7 . 6 7 10 . . .
      Clinical psychology 7 6 7 . 6 4 10 . . .
      Research and experimental psychology . 2 . . . 3 . . . .
    Social sciences 5 3 1 . 3 3 2 . . 1
      Social sciences, other 5 3 1 . 3 3 2 . . 1
  Non-science and engineering 13 8 9 8 7 4 14 . 3 6
    Education 13 8 9 8 7 4 14 . 3 6
      Education research 1 2 1 2 3 . 5 . . 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 . 3 1 2 2 6 . 1 2
      Education, other 6 6 5 5 2 2 3 . 2 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