U. New Mexico, Albuquerque

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 108 76.9 459
2023 107 77.1 459
2022 106 77.2 457
2021 104 77.1 447
2020 101 78 450
2019 91 80 447
2018 100 77 428
2017 101 76.6 425
2016 98 77.6 430
2015 85 80.4 426
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 169 170 175 162 188 215 191 191 192 219
  Science and engineering 128 122 133 123 145 154 133 151 140 161
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 . . . . . . 1 3 .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . . . . . . 2 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 17 12 21 26 20 27 17 25 30 22
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 1 1 . . 2 3 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 4 9 12 11 8 6 9 10 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 2 1 1 . 1 . . . 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 . . . 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 5 3 2 4 3 6 10 8 5
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . 3 . . 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 1 1 5 2 5 3 1 2 2
      Molecular biology . . 5 . . 2 . 1 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 . 1 3 2 . . . . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 . 1 . . 2 2 . 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 . . 2 . 1 . 2 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 7 4 2 4 7 6 7 7 7 8
      Computer science 6 3 1 4 7 6 6 7 7 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 1 1 . . . 1 . . .
    Engineering 33 41 30 25 33 45 37 42 34 45
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 2 1 2 3 6 5 2 2 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 1 1 . 2 3 5 5 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 7 3 5 3 7 4 9 4 4 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 12 17 10 14 9 12 8 17 12 24
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . 3 5 1 1 5 2 2 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 4 5 2 5 3 1 2 6 5
      Engineering, other 7 10 3 3 6 12 7 10 3 9
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 7 6 7 4 2 5 5 2 6
      Geological sciences 2 7 2 7 1 2 4 5 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . 4 . 3 . 1 . 1 3
    Health sciences 5 10 8 9 5 14 6 7 8 9
      Nursing science 2 2 3 4 1 8 2 3 4 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 1 1 1 1 . . 1 1 .
      Public health . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 3 7 3 4 2 6 4 3 2 3
    Mathematics and statistics 5 5 3 6 1 . 4 6 6 5
      Applied mathematics 2 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 3 2
      Mathematics 1 1 . . . . 2 2 1 .
      Statistics 1 3 2 4 . . . 3 1 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 1
    Physical sciences 22 17 17 20 27 22 23 20 19 29
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 5 3 5 3 1 . 1 2 1
      Chemistry 7 5 8 6 5 8 8 7 3 13
      Physics 8 7 6 9 19 13 15 12 14 15
    Psychology 9 10 15 5 11 13 10 16 12 9
      Clinical psychology 2 6 7 3 6 7 4 7 7 3
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 . 2 1 2 . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 2 1 3 . 3 5 2 5 3 6
      Psychology, other 5 3 4 2 . . 2 4 1 .
    Social sciences 25 16 31 21 37 25 24 22 19 28
      Anthropology 2 3 6 4 12 1 3 4 2 6
      Economics 5 4 7 3 7 9 7 1 3 7
      Political science and government 2 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 3 4 3 . . 2 . 3 4
      Social sciences, other 11 3 12 9 15 14 11 14 8 6
  Non-science and engineering 41 48 42 39 43 61 58 40 52 58
    Business . . 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1
      Business . . 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1
    Education 21 21 21 24 15 31 23 20 20 23
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 . 2 . . . 1 . .
      Education research 11 11 13 18 7 17 14 11 11 10
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 7 7 2 6 12 8 7 7 11
      Education, other 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
    Humanities and arts 15 17 11 9 17 20 24 14 25 22
      Letters 5 5 6 5 5 7 3 4 7 6
      Foreign languages and literature 2 6 1 . 4 3 5 1 3 6
      History 4 3 3 1 5 2 6 4 5 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 2 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 2
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 . 1 2 4 7 4 8 1
    Other non-science and engineering 5 10 9 6 11 9 10 5 7 12
      Communication 3 5 5 3 8 6 5 5 5 8
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 5 4 3 3 3 5 . 2 4

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