Data

State U. New York, The, U. at Buffalo

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 312 315 357 340 358 382 332 341 335 337
  Science and engineering 236 235 263 252 268 285 239 248 238 240
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . . 2 1 . 1 . . .
      Agricultural sciences . . . 2 1 . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 45 40 50 50 49 55 46 60 56 51
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 7 5 2 3 9 5 15 7 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 8 6 6 2 2 4 1 5 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 3 8 7 5 7 3 4 5 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 2 . . 2 2 . 2 4 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 5 4 3 6 6 7 3 10 6
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . 2 2 2 1 . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 4 9 8 10 6 6 9 6 7
      Molecular biology . 1 2 2 1 5 7 7 3 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 1 7 7 3 7 4 9 5 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 3 2 3 2 5 4 5 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 7 5 10 9 5 4 6 3 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 1 1 3 2 . . 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 7 9 15 14 21 27 15 19 20 16
      Computer science 3 5 9 11 16 26 12 19 17 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 6 3 5 1 3 . 3 .
    Engineering 76 81 89 73 69 81 65 55 54 61
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 2 5 1 3 2 2 5 . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 2 7 7 7 6 6 4 3 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 6 13 13 11 10 14 4 9 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 10 10 11 15 20 7 11 9 18
      Electrical and computer engineering 19 31 18 14 8 15 18 13 8 19
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 11 10 10 11 12 8 8 12 2
      Materials and mining engineering 3 6 8 4 2 1 1 . 2 3
      Mechanical engineering 8 9 9 10 11 10 9 9 6 11
      Engineering, other . 4 9 3 1 5 . 1 5 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 3 1 3 6 1 5 1 2 3
      Geological sciences . 2 1 3 6 1 5 1 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
    Health sciences 20 15 18 16 17 25 23 19 15 17
      Nursing science 6 6 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 6 2 4 9 4 12 9 7 4 5
      Public health 3 2 6 2 3 3 1 3 2 1
      Health sciences, other 5 5 5 4 9 9 7 6 8 6
    Mathematics and statistics 8 11 16 14 4 7 12 6 8 4
      Applied mathematics 3 2 5 . 1 2 5 1 . 2
      Mathematics 2 3 4 3 . 2 3 3 4 2
      Statistics . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 6 6 11 2 3 4 2 3 .
    Physical sciences 38 30 24 30 42 43 27 24 31 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 1 . 2 . . . . 1
      Chemistry 31 24 14 21 25 29 19 14 22 16
      Physics 7 4 9 9 15 14 8 10 9 11
    Psychology 10 20 25 15 23 17 8 24 19 21
      Clinical psychology 1 6 7 2 5 2 1 9 6 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 9 8 6 3 5 5 12 5 9
      Research and experimental psychology 4 4 8 7 8 6 2 3 7 4
      Psychology, other . 1 2 . 7 4 . . 1 1
    Social sciences 30 26 25 35 36 29 37 40 33 39
      Anthropology 1 1 . 5 1 2 1 8 5 3
      Economics 7 3 3 4 4 6 6 4 2 7
      Political science and government 1 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 3 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 2 3 6 4 2 5 7 3 14
      Social sciences, other 17 18 17 16 26 15 22 17 19 14
  Non-science and engineering 76 80 94 88 90 97 93 93 97 97
    Business 12 3 7 4 7 12 13 13 8 11
      Business 12 3 7 4 7 12 13 13 8 11
    Education 30 47 42 37 32 35 28 37 33 32
      Education leadership and administration 2 4 2 3 3 4 . 2 1 3
      Education research 19 31 31 21 14 22 9 22 12 21
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 7 8 12 13 7 17 12 18 8
      Education, other 2 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 .
    Humanities and arts 24 27 36 39 49 38 42 38 48 48
      Letters 7 14 20 19 19 14 20 19 16 22
      Foreign languages and literature 4 2 5 4 4 . 2 2 10 4
      History 4 1 2 3 9 2 6 4 5 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 2 3 5 1 9 4 6 7 5
      Music and performing arts 1 6 4 4 9 8 3 2 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other 5 2 2 4 7 5 7 5 5 5
    Other non-science and engineering 10 3 9 8 2 12 10 5 8 6
      Communication 6 1 6 7 1 6 5 3 5 3
      Public administration and social services 3 2 2 . 1 6 5 2 2 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 1 1 . . . . 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