Data
U. Kansas
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 275 | 298 | 317 | 269 | 237 | 310 | 304 | 318 | 310 | 302 |
| Science and engineering | 203 | 198 | 212 | 188 | 166 | 203 | 213 | 207 | 211 | 201 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 63 | 53 | 50 | 41 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 50 | 42 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Computer science | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 34 | 26 | 36 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 40 | 25 | 28 | 27 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 21 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 27 | 29 |
| Nursing science | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Public health | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Health sciences, other | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 15 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
| Statistics | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Physical sciences | 29 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 18 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 18 |
| Physics | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Psychology | 21 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 25 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 8 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Social sciences | 22 | 34 | 43 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 35 | 26 | 43 | 38 |
| Anthropology | . | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Economics | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | . | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Social sciences, other | 12 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 |
| Non-science and engineering | 72 | 100 | 105 | 81 | 71 | 107 | 91 | 111 | 99 | 101 |
| Business | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Business | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Education | 25 | 34 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 39 | 35 | 46 | 28 | 35 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Education research | 19 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 19 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 23 | 42 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 37 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 38 |
| Letters | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| History | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 20 | 16 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 19 |
| Communication | 8 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Public administration and social services | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
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