U. Akron, The, Akron

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 178 61.7 459
2023 176 62.2 459
2022 169 63.5 457
2021 121 73.4 447
2020 130 71.6 450
2019 132 70.9 447
2018 122 72 428
2017 122 71.8 425
2016 129 70.5 430
2015 131 69.7 426
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 75 76 83 128 128 122 137 141 122 121
  Science and engineering 73 67 78 118 114 117 127 127 107 104
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 2 7 11 12 5 2 11 5 4 7
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 3 3 1 1 5 1 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . 4 4 3 1 . 2 . 2 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . 1 . . 2 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . . 1 1 1 . . . 1 3
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Molecular biology . . 1 . . . . . . 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 . 3 . . . 2 . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 . 1
    Computer and information sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Engineering 40 31 39 55 55 66 55 75 50 60
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 1 . . . . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 . 2 4 4 10 3 4 6 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 10 6 21 24 23 27 41 11 30
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 5 9 5 4 7 11 8 13 12
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 8 3 3 7 4 7 9 3 4
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 1 1 2 2 2 . . 1
      Materials and mining engineering 11 7 9 8 2 4 1 . 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 10 1 8 11 12 16 4 11 10 9
      Engineering, other . . . 1 . . . 2 4 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 2 .
      Geological sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Health sciences 1 . 1 2 1 . . 3 . 1
      Nursing science 1 . 1 2 1 . . 2 . 1
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Applied mathematics . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
    Physical sciences 14 16 16 29 24 33 36 25 35 20
      Chemistry 13 16 14 24 19 21 25 22 27 17
      Physics 1 . 2 5 5 12 11 3 8 3
    Psychology 15 9 11 14 23 11 19 16 10 12
      Clinical psychology . . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 12 9 10 13 14 7 14 10 7 10
      Research and experimental psychology . . . . 1 . . 3 . .
      Psychology, other 3 . 1 . 7 4 4 2 2 2
    Social sciences . 4 . 6 5 4 6 3 5 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . 4 . 6 4 4 4 2 4 1
      Social sciences, other . . . . 1 . 2 1 1 2
  Non-science and engineering 2 9 5 10 14 5 10 14 15 17
    Business . . . . . . . . . .
      Business . . . . . . . . . .
    Education 1 8 3 8 7 3 6 11 9 14
      Education leadership and administration . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Education research 1 3 3 7 4 1 6 8 5 11
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 3 . 1 1 2 . 2 4 2
      Education, other . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . 1
    Humanities and arts 1 1 2 1 2 . 3 2 5 1
      History 1 1 2 1 2 . 3 2 5 1
    Other non-science and engineering . . . 1 5 2 1 1 1 2
      Public administration and social services . . . . 2 2 1 . 1 2
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . 1 3 . . 1 . .

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