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Ohio U., Athens

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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 140 70 459
2022 135 70.9 457
2021 126 72.2 447
2020 129 71.8 450
2019 120 73.6 447
2018 126 71 428
2017 129 70.1 425
2016 134 69.3 430
2015 127 70.6 426
2014 126 70.6 422
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 112 114 121 129 138 130 121 118 129 125
  Science and engineering 55 63 64 76 81 65 61 67 62 74
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . . 1 . 2 . .
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 . 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 12 9 17 22 17 10 10 13 13 16
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 . . 1 . 2 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 . 1 4 4 1 3 1 2 4
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 2 .
      Molecular biology . 4 4 5 7 2 1 2 . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . 1 3 1 2 1 1 . 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . . . . . 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 2 2 1 1 . 2 1 2
    Computer and information sciences 1 3 1 1 3 . 1 3 2 2
      Computer science 1 3 1 1 3 . 1 3 2 2
    Engineering 12 24 17 14 18 12 13 17 13 11
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 7 6 4 9 4 5 5 5 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 1 5 4 2 4 5 2 3 . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 4 2 1 4 1 4 4 5 1
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 4 3 3 . 2 . 4 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 2 4 1 . . . 2 1
      Engineering, other . 1 . . . . 2 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Geological sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Health sciences 3 5 3 6 2 4 2 1 2 4
      Public health 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 5 3 6 2 4 2 1 2 4
    Mathematics and statistics 5 3 4 3 6 5 3 4 2 5
      Applied mathematics 1 . 1 1 . 2 . 1 . 2
      Mathematics 1 1 . 2 2 3 2 . 2 3
      Statistics . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 2 3 . 3 . 1 2 . .
    Physical sciences 12 10 10 17 20 13 21 15 14 23
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 3 . 2 2 . 1 2 . 2
      Chemistry 5 4 5 6 3 5 7 4 5 7
      Physics 7 3 5 9 15 8 13 9 9 14
    Psychology 8 8 10 13 15 19 11 9 16 13
      Clinical psychology 5 4 7 6 9 10 4 3 9 8
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . 1 1 4 2 . 2 4
      Research and experimental psychology 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 6 5 1
      Psychology, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Social sciences 2 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . .
      Social sciences, other 2 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . .
  Non-science and engineering 57 51 57 53 57 65 60 51 67 51
    Business 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Business 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
    Education 28 24 29 23 26 31 33 24 32 26
      Education leadership and administration . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1
      Education research 25 23 26 21 24 29 31 16 26 23
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 7 5 2
      Education, other 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 16 11 10 10 16 17 12 11 21 11
      Letters 8 6 5 5 10 9 6 6 8 6
      Foreign languages and literature . . . 1 . . . . . .
      History 4 1 3 . 4 4 3 . 4 2
      Philosophy and religious studies . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Music and performing arts 1 1 1 2 1 2 . 1 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 8 3
    Other non-science and engineering 12 16 18 20 15 16 15 16 14 14
      Communication 12 15 15 20 14 15 12 16 14 14
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 3 . 1 1 3 . . .

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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