Data
Auburn U., Auburn
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 287 | 326 | 305 | 283 | 250 | 269 | 253 | 253 | 284 | 270 |
| Science and engineering | 208 | 238 | 235 | 204 | 179 | 203 | 189 | 193 | 203 | 188 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 28 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 25 |
| Agricultural sciences | 20 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 40 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 37 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 8 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Computer science | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 77 | 78 | 91 | 74 | 51 | 62 | 65 | 62 | 65 | 65 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 5 | 4 | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 14 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 7 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 14 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 18 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 10 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Mechanical engineering | 16 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 11 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Public health | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 10 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 5 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Physics | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| Psychology | 18 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 28 |
| Clinical psychology | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 8 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Economics | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 79 | 88 | 70 | 79 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 81 | 82 |
| Business | 5 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Business | 5 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Education | 60 | 56 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 46 | 45 | 42 | 57 | 62 |
| Education leadership and administration | 16 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 |
| Education research | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 23 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 24 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 22 |
| Education, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
| Letters | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| History | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 10 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Communication | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
NOTES:
- . = 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