Data

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
All fields	12	16	21	18	15	15	18	15	11	9
Science and engineering	12	16	21	18	15	15	18	15	11	9
Agricultural sciences and natural resources	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	1	.
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	1	1	1	2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biochemistry and biophysics	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biology and biomedical sciences, general	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.
Microbiology and immunology	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biology and biomedical sciences, other	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences, other	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	8	11	18	13	8	10	15	10	5	9
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	.	1	2	1	.	3	3	.	1	.
Chemical and petroleum engineering	4	4	1	2	1	3	.	6	2	1
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering	1	2	4	3	2	2	1	.	.	2
Electrical and computer engineering	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	2
Materials and mining engineering	1	2	4	.	1	2	8	2	2	2
Mechanical engineering	.	.	1	.	1	.	3	2	.	.
Engineering, other	2	2	6	6	3	.	.	.	.	2
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	4	3	.
Geological sciences	.	.	1	2	2	2	.	2	3	.
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences	1	1	.	.	.	1	1	2	.	.
Physical sciences	.	3	1	1	4	2	2	.	2	.
Chemistry	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physics	.	3	.	1	4	2	2	.	2	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.