Wright State U., Dayton

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 300 35.4 459
2023 294 36.7 459
2022 227 50.9 457
2021 226 50.1 447
2020 246 46 450
2019 238 47.4 447
2018 231 46.7 428
2017 214 50.3 425
2016 211 51.5 430
2015 245 43.2 426
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 22 24 43 40 33 37 39 49 50 32
  Science and engineering 22 24 43 40 33 37 38 49 50 32
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 8 10 9 12 2 10 12 15 10 9
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 1 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 3 3 6 1 6 10 10 5 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . . 1 2 . 1 . . 1 1
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Molecular biology . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 4 1 3 . . 1 . 2 .
    Computer and information sciences 2 1 6 3 7 4 5 9 10 3
      Computer science 2 1 5 3 6 3 3 9 8 3
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 1 . 1 1 2 . 2 .
    Engineering 9 12 16 16 15 14 13 11 20 13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . 1 1 . 1 2 . 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 7 10 6 8 9 5 3 9 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering . . 3 3 1 . . 1 3 .
      Mechanical engineering 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 . 1
      Engineering, other 1 1 1 4 5 1 4 4 6 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 2
      Geological sciences . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . 1 . 1 . 2
    Mathematics and statistics . . 3 3 2 1 . . . .
      Applied mathematics . . 2 1 1 1 . . . .
      Mathematics . . 1 2 1 . . . . .
    Physical sciences . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Chemistry . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Physics . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Psychology 2 . 7 4 4 5 4 12 8 4
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 4 3 4 3 2 8 3 3
      Research and experimental psychology . . . . . 2 . 1 2 1
      Psychology, other 2 . 3 1 . . 2 3 3 .
  Non-science and engineering . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Education . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . . . 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