Ohio State U., The, Columbus

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2025 11 97.8 460
2024 13 97.4 459
2023 8 98.5 459
2022 10 98 457
2021 7 98.7 447
2020 10 98 450
2019 11 97.8 447
2018 6 98.8 428
2017 8 98.4 425
2016 9 98.2 430
2015
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: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 728 711 748 767 712 704 726 749 733 716
  Science and engineering 572 552 572 625 546 536 543 555 557 544
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 49 52 33 55 38 33 45 51 48 39
      Agricultural sciences 43 41 29 44 30 29 36 40 35 29
      Natural resources and conservation 6 11 4 11 8 4 9 11 13 10
    Biological and biomedical sciences 118 120 107 110 103 98 116 103 120 115
      Biochemistry and biophysics 21 16 13 25 13 23 22 18 23 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 22 25 24 19 14 14 24 21 20 22
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 12 7 4 6 5 4 2 2 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 9 5 8 1 10 5 6 4 3 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 7 12 12 10 11 16 10 13 20
      Genetics and genomics 4 8 4 4 9 6 1 2 4 3
      Microbiology and immunology 17 11 15 15 12 9 13 12 9 13
      Molecular biology 6 7 6 12 4 8 7 10 14 10
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 9 6 5 8 8 7 6 9 8 5
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 5 2 2 3 3 7 7 6 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 15 18 10 8 14 7 10 8 17 13
    Computer and information sciences 11 10 10 12 19 25 16 23 25 30
      Computer science 6 6 6 9 14 21 16 21 23 29
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 4 4 3 5 4 . 2 2 1
    Engineering 141 154 164 170 156 149 146 139 142 137
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 8 10 13 2 7 6 7 8 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 15 15 7 11 15 15 10 16 9
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 11 20 17 18 18 16 11 20 8 16
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 14 12 8 6 6 8 8 3 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 50 44 51 53 58 42 44 44 41 40
      Industrial engineering and operations research 16 6 5 7 10 5 8 4 8 9
      Materials and mining engineering 22 23 26 29 20 24 19 12 22 19
      Mechanical engineering 10 12 21 23 21 26 23 18 21 24
      Engineering, other 9 12 7 12 10 8 12 16 15 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 9 5 5 19 9 7 13 7 10
      Geological sciences 10 7 4 2 14 7 6 11 4 10
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 2 1 3 5 2 1 2 3 .
    Health sciences 39 30 35 38 27 42 30 30 25 38
      Nursing science 11 2 4 5 2 7 7 2 3 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 6 7 14 14 9 17 7 14 6 2
      Public health 6 3 7 2 4 4 8 2 6 10
      Health sciences, other 16 18 10 17 12 14 8 12 10 21
    Mathematics and statistics 28 25 33 34 21 26 18 33 17 20
      Applied mathematics . 1 1 3 1 . 1 5 1 1
      Mathematics 2 2 3 1 2 4 5 8 6 5
      Statistics 10 4 9 11 9 5 3 10 5 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 16 18 20 19 9 17 9 10 5 9
    Physical sciences 83 72 82 96 55 69 76 76 73 62
      Astronomy and astrophysics 11 10 9 13 6 7 6 8 5 7
      Chemistry 45 38 43 47 26 35 32 33 37 30
      Physics 27 24 30 36 23 27 38 35 31 25
    Psychology 23 22 35 33 28 22 31 28 26 28
      Clinical psychology 4 3 8 6 10 7 8 4 7 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 . 1 1 2 5 2 3
      Research and experimental psychology 13 11 13 14 10 5 14 13 9 12
      Psychology, other 6 8 13 13 7 9 7 6 8 7
    Social sciences 70 58 68 72 80 63 58 59 74 65
      Anthropology 3 4 2 3 6 9 5 10 6 2
      Economics 20 10 12 16 18 14 19 13 24 16
      Political science and government 5 10 7 9 9 7 10 10 9 7
      Public policy analysis 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 6 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 16 9 15 13 11 8 9 8 9 11
      Social sciences, other 23 23 29 27 33 24 14 12 25 27
  Non-science and engineering 156 159 176 142 166 168 183 194 176 172
    Business 6 9 17 8 11 11 12 12 17 10
      Business 6 9 17 8 11 11 12 12 17 10
    Education 62 70 76 63 60 73 74 78 73 51
      Education leadership and administration 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 4 10 5
      Education research 19 24 22 15 21 26 29 27 24 17
      Teacher education and teaching fields 30 26 41 25 31 34 28 30 26 20
      Education, other 12 18 12 19 6 11 15 17 13 9
    Humanities and arts 67 51 62 55 71 65 80 83 69 85
      Letters 21 14 20 13 18 16 24 26 11 18
      Foreign languages and literature 12 10 14 10 13 14 15 24 23 18
      History 8 12 9 14 16 10 9 14 19 23
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 1 5 4 6 4 9 4 5 5
      Music and performing arts 6 8 5 4 11 12 9 8 6 12
      Humanities and arts, other 12 6 9 10 7 9 14 7 5 9
    Other non-science and engineering 21 29 21 16 24 19 17 21 17 26
      Communication 3 10 8 4 8 10 6 8 7 18
      Public administration and social services 11 11 9 4 8 4 9 9 9 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 8 4 8 8 5 2 4 1 5

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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