Data
U. Notre Dame
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 274 | 275 | 270 | 285 | 240 | 237 | 240 | 274 | 238 | 214 |
| Science and engineering | 235 | 222 | 229 | 242 | 193 | 176 | 181 | 210 | 186 | 156 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 43 | 21 | 21 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| Computer science | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 84 | 73 | 72 | 88 | 52 | 57 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 51 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 15 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 20 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 20 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 6 | . | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Health sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | . | 5 |
| Physical sciences | 39 | 46 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 35 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 25 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 24 |
| Physics | 13 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 10 |
| Psychology | 10 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 6 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Social sciences | 39 | 29 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 17 |
| Anthropology | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Economics | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Political science and government | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 39 | 53 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 61 | 59 | 64 | 52 | 58 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 39 | 53 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 61 | 59 | 63 | 52 | 57 |
| Letters | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| History | 8 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 14 |
| Music and performing arts | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 18 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 15 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| 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