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New Mexico State U., Las Cruces

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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
2023 168 63.9 459
2022 139 70 457
2021 142 68.7 447
2020 153 66.5 450
2019 143 68.5 447
2018 133 69.4 428
2017 152 64.7 425
2016 155 64.5 430
2015 136 68.6 426
2014 139 67.6 422
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 82 112 105 101 107 118 95 97 116 109
  Science and engineering 64 81 78 50 74 74 64 68 78 69
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 12 6 11 7 5 4 3 5 6 8
      Agricultural sciences 10 5 7 4 4 3 3 3 4 7
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 4 3 1 1 . 2 2 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 8 16 8 6 8 13 8 12 10 7
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 3 1 . 3 . . 1 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . 3 3 3 2 . 1 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 1 1 2 . 1 . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 2 1 1 1 4 . . 1 .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 . . . . 3 1 . 2
      Molecular biology 2 4 2 . 1 5 2 4 5 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 . 1 . . 2 2 . .
    Computer and information sciences 1 5 4 5 7 1 4 4 4 5
      Computer science 1 5 4 5 7 1 4 3 4 3
      Computer and information sciences, other . . . . . . . 1 . 2
    Engineering 20 24 32 14 21 18 27 24 24 20
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 2 . . . . . 1 2 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 3 4 3 4 1 5 6 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 9 8 3 4 6 5 3 4 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 5 7 3 6 6 7 6 5 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 2 3 2 1 2 6 3 4 2
      Materials and mining engineering . . 1 . 1 . . . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 2 8 3 2 2 4 4 5 .
      Engineering, other 1 1 1 . 2 1 . 1 . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 . .
      Geological sciences . . . . 1 . 1 1 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 3 2 . 2 1 . . .
    Health sciences 1 1 . 3 2 7 1 2 6 3
      Nursing science 1 . . 1 2 7 1 2 6 3
      Health sciences, other . 1 . 2 . . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 5 3
      Applied mathematics . . 1 . . 2 . . 1 .
      Mathematics . 1 1 . . 1 1 3 1 3
      Statistics . 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 2 1 2 3 . 1 . 3 .
    Physical sciences 12 12 10 2 13 15 11 10 16 8
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 2 3 1 3 8 5 3 8 2
      Chemistry 5 3 5 . 4 4 2 1 4 3
      Physics 4 7 2 1 6 3 4 6 4 3
    Psychology 7 8 7 8 13 11 6 6 7 15
      Clinical psychology 2 . . . 2 4 . 1 . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 6 6 4 3 1 3 4 5 10
      Research and experimental psychology . 2 1 2 6 6 . 1 1 3
      Psychology, other . . . 2 2 . 3 . 1 2
    Social sciences . 3 . . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other . 3 . . . . . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 18 31 27 51 33 44 31 29 38 40
    Business 3 3 4 3 6 7 6 . 7 9
      Business 3 3 4 3 6 7 6 . 7 9
    Education 14 26 21 40 23 30 24 24 24 29
      Education leadership and administration 2 9 11 10 5 8 6 3 4 8
      Education research 9 11 8 27 12 13 12 17 15 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 5 2 3 5 7 4 4 4 3
      Education, other . 1 . . 1 2 2 . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 1 1 1 8 4 6 1 5 5 1
      Letters 1 1 1 8 4 6 1 5 5 1
    Other non-science and engineering . 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 1
      Communication . 1 . . . . . . 2 1
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 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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