Data
East Carolina U.
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 54 | 28 | 37 | 29 | 48 | 39 | 56 | 41 | 52 | 40 |
| Science and engineering | 50 | 27 | 35 | 26 | 47 | 35 | 52 | 37 | 46 | 38 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | . | . | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 20 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 5 | 5 | . | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Health sciences | 7 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
| Nursing science | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Public health | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
| Chemistry | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physics | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Psychology | 20 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Social sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Economics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Education | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Education research | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Letters | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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