Kent State U., Kent
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 | 121 | 74.1 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 113 | 75.8 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 120 | 74.2 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 118 | 74 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 111 | 75.8 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 108 | 76.2 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 115 | 73.6 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 112 | 74.1 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 112 | 74.4 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 110 | 74.6 | 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.
Data
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 139 | 152 | 140 | 130 | 156 | 176 | 159 | 170 | 156 | 167 |
| Science and engineering | 89 | 107 | 98 | 81 | 87 | 102 | 98 | 113 | 93 | 99 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 15 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Computer science | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 4 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 9 |
| Nursing science | . | 4 | . | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Public health | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Health sciences, other | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 14 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 20 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Physics | 11 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Psychology | 10 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 24 |
| Clinical psychology | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 14 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 16 |
| Anthropology | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Political science and government | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering | 50 | 45 | 42 | 49 | 69 | 74 | 61 | 57 | 63 | 68 |
| Business | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Business | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Education | 27 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 40 | 45 | 35 | 43 | 37 | 45 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Education research | 22 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 27 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| Education, other | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 11 |
| Letters | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | . | . | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | . | 4 | . |
| History | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 6 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Communication | 5 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 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
