San Diego State U., San Diego
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 | |
| 2023 | 204 | 56.1 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 208 | 55.1 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 314 | 30.5 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 218 | 52.2 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 244 | 46.1 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 192 | 55.7 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 395 | 8 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 318 | 26.8 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 327 | 24.1 | 426 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 324 | 24 | 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.
Data
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 59 | 55 | 15 | 44 | 35 | 62 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Science and engineering | 51 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 8 | 8 | . | 1 | 7 | 8 | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 |
| Computer science | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 8 | 8 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Geological sciences | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 14 | 4 | . | 5 | 1 | 10 | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 9 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 8 | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Psychology | 8 | 7 | . | 6 | 7 | 10 | . | . | . | . |
| Clinical psychology | 6 | 7 | . | 6 | 4 | 10 | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | . | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Education | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | . | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Education research | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 | . | . | 2 | 3 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Education, other | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 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
