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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 50 89.4 459
2023 54 88.5 459
2022 71 84.8 457
2021 58 87.4 447
2020 55 88.1 450
2019 51 88.9 447
2018 52 88.2 428
2017 49 88.8 425
2016 51 88.5 430
2015 54 87.6 426
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.
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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 368 342 288 295 326 355 334 348 330 331
  Science and engineering 307 283 226 244 257 294 279 297 266 254
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 14 9 7 11 9 5 9 4 11
      Agricultural sciences 7 11 8 5 8 7 4 8 2 8
      Natural resources and conservation 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 56 67 41 41 64 48 50 65 58 48
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 3 1 3 7 3 5 4 4 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 18 10 10 7 13 11 22 10 8
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 1 2 3 1 2 . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 . . 3 1 1 . 1 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 7 4 4 9 3 4 7 7 7
      Genetics and genomics 8 9 5 2 5 3 3 5 6 1
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 6 7 10 6 10 10 3 8
      Molecular biology 4 8 3 2 5 1 2 2 5 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 7 7 1 4 4 7 3 9 11 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 1 2 2 2 1 . 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 2 5 1 4 1 5 1 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 6 3 3 7 6 5 5 7 4
    Computer and information sciences 4 8 2 9 12 12 8 12 14 8
      Computer science 4 3 2 7 9 11 7 9 12 8
      Computer and information sciences, other . 5 . 2 3 1 1 3 2 .
    Engineering 73 67 57 62 44 75 75 68 57 60
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 10 9 10 5 7 13 8 9 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 8 11 8 3 4 10 9 5 14
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 15 12 7 8 15 6 9 8 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 22 15 10 16 12 15 20 17 13 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 15 12 12 13 7 17 16 10 11 10
      Mechanical engineering 2 7 3 8 7 15 10 14 10 12
      Engineering, other . . . . 1 2 . . 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 5 3 8 2 8 3 7 4 6
      Geological sciences 4 1 2 3 . . . 2 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 4 1 5 2 8 3 5 3 3
    Health sciences 20 15 18 15 24 18 24 17 27 21
      Nursing science 3 7 6 5 7 6 4 5 5 9
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 2 4 4 6 4 8 4 6 5
      Public health . 2 4 1 1 . 7 2 6 .
      Health sciences, other 12 4 4 5 10 8 5 6 10 7
    Mathematics and statistics 32 27 13 21 19 21 17 21 12 11
      Applied mathematics 1 2 1 2 3 2 . 3 2 2
      Mathematics . 2 2 3 2 2 3 6 1 2
      Statistics 25 11 5 11 9 6 7 5 4 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 12 5 5 5 11 7 7 5 4
    Physical sciences 38 32 27 29 20 42 38 39 30 34
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . .
      Chemistry 31 22 22 20 15 30 26 29 19 26
      Physics 6 9 3 9 5 12 12 9 11 8
    Psychology 22 23 24 20 32 28 26 27 31 27
      Clinical psychology 4 7 8 5 10 7 6 5 4 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 1 2 3 4 7 5 5 4 8
      Research and experimental psychology 9 6 11 7 9 6 13 7 15 8
      Psychology, other 7 9 3 5 9 8 2 10 8 2
    Social sciences 44 25 32 32 29 33 33 32 29 28
      Anthropology 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 4 5
      Economics 16 7 10 8 10 8 8 6 7 3
      Political science and government 4 6 2 1 3 5 7 7 3 10
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 2 6 5 4 5 6 5 1 2
      Social sciences, other 20 9 12 16 11 12 10 11 13 8
  Non-science and engineering 61 59 62 51 69 61 55 51 64 77
    Business 11 13 9 7 7 8 6 7 9 11
      Business 11 13 9 7 7 8 6 7 9 11
    Education 20 25 17 23 16 16 16 13 13 23
      Education leadership and administration 2 3 4 4 2 2 . . . 4
      Education research 18 15 11 17 12 13 13 11 9 17
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 5 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 2
      Education, other . 2 1 . . . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 19 14 25 14 32 28 24 17 32 36
      Letters 6 4 12 8 16 7 11 5 18 17
      Foreign languages and literature 2 2 1 . 5 7 3 5 2 12
      History 6 4 4 2 8 6 6 . 4 2
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 3 6 4 3 8 3 5 4 .
      Music and performing arts . 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 3
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 1 . . . . 1 3 2
    Other non-science and engineering 11 7 11 7 14 9 9 14 10 7
      Communication 5 4 4 4 6 5 4 8 6 3
      Public administration and social services 1 1 4 1 3 2 3 6 3 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 5 2 3 2 5 2 2 . 1 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

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