U. Oklahoma, The, Norman

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 96 79.5 459
2023 100 78.6 459
2022 101 78.3 457
2021 84 81.6 447
2020 83 81.9 450
2019 98 78.5 447
2018 81 81.4 428
2017 78 82 425
2016 86 80.4 430
2015 81 81.4 426
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 204 189 194 219 228 199 233 242 234 236
  Science and engineering 129 133 128 152 153 142 158 162 164 163
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 1 2 . 1 2 1 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . 1 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 2 . 2 . . 1 1 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 17 17 14 37 29 28 34 55 36 32
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 4 1 7 6 7 5 8 8 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 2 1 2 1 1 . 4 6 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 2 2 . 2 3 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 3 2 3 3 4 3 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 8 5 5 5 3 7 10 7 7
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 1 4 7 7 8 10 13 8 8
      Molecular biology . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 . 5 . 1 3 3 2 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . 4 4 1 1 2 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 8 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 5 5
      Computer science 5 7 1 . 1 1 2 4 4 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 1 2 1 . . 1 1 1 .
    Engineering 49 38 34 40 44 43 43 28 39 32
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 1 . 2 . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 6 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 16 8 6 14 18 16 12 3 15 13
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 2 4 5 7 2 4 5 5 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 11 10 9 14 9 13 14 11 12 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 4 5 2 3 1 4 3 4 3
      Materials and mining engineering 1 . . . . . . . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 3 6 6 2 2 6 1 1 2 1
      Engineering, other 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 12 14 22 19 11 13 14 15 21
      Geological sciences 5 5 8 11 10 5 6 4 6 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 7 6 11 9 6 7 10 9 13
    Health sciences 1 4 3 9 14 10 17 11 8 10
      Nursing science . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . 1 2 4 3 2 2 2
      Public health . 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2
      Health sciences, other 1 2 1 5 10 2 9 6 4 4
    Mathematics and statistics 1 10 3 3 5 9 3 3 6 7
      Applied mathematics 1 2 . . . . . 1 2 1
      Mathematics . 2 . . 3 5 1 2 . 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 6 3 3 2 4 2 . 4 .
    Physical sciences 17 19 20 11 20 18 11 11 10 14
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 8 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 .
      Chemistry 8 4 13 7 11 10 4 4 4 6
      Physics 2 7 5 3 7 3 6 6 5 8
    Psychology 8 10 17 15 10 9 14 14 24 20
      Clinical psychology . . . . 1 . . . 3 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 6 12 9 3 4 10 10 13 12
      Research and experimental psychology 5 3 1 6 6 5 4 3 6 8
      Psychology, other 2 1 4 . . . . 1 2 .
    Social sciences 11 13 19 12 11 12 18 20 20 21
      Anthropology . 3 3 1 1 . 3 2 3 4
      Economics 1 1 7 5 2 2 4 3 3 5
      Political science and government 2 3 1 3 4 4 5 1 . 3
      Public policy analysis . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 6
      Social sciences, other 4 3 7 2 3 4 4 10 10 3
  Non-science and engineering 75 56 66 67 75 57 75 80 70 73
    Business 14 7 3 8 9 8 9 11 6 11
      Business 14 7 3 8 9 8 9 11 6 11
    Education 21 10 20 25 29 23 30 32 23 26
      Education leadership and administration 4 3 8 4 4 4 12 6 4 7
      Education research 14 1 10 8 18 8 12 8 7 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 4 2 9 4 10 3 14 9 4
      Education, other . 2 . 4 3 1 3 4 3 .
    Humanities and arts 27 23 36 26 30 16 26 30 32 25
      Letters 3 2 9 3 2 2 4 3 6 4
      Foreign languages and literature 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 2
      History 3 5 4 5 5 2 2 2 6 3
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 5 4 2
      Music and performing arts 14 11 17 11 15 8 11 11 12 9
      Humanities and arts, other 4 . 2 1 4 1 4 5 2 5
    Other non-science and engineering 13 16 7 8 7 10 10 7 9 11
      Communication 12 15 6 6 4 9 7 6 8 11
      Public administration and social services 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 1 2 . 2 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