| Year |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Academic Discipline |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Materials Engineering |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Chemistry |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
| Physics |
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
| Atmospheric Sciences |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Mathematics and Statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Earth Sciences |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Computer Science |
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
| Agricultural Sciences |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Biological Sciences |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
| Medical Sciences |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
| Other Life Sciences |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Psychology |
11 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
8 |
| Economics |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Political Science and Public Administration |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Sociology |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
2 |
3 |
| Anthropology |
2 |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Linguistics |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
| Area and Ethnic Studies |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Other Social Sciences |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
| History |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
| English and Literature |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
| Foreign Languages |
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Other Humanities |
2 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
| Religion and Theology |
|
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
| Arts and Music |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Science Education |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Mathematics Education |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Social Science Education |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Other Science/Technical Education |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
| Non-Science Education |
7 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
| Business and Management |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
| Communication and Librarianship |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
| Social Service Professions |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
| Total |
47 |
46 |
38 |
31 |
45 |
52 |
| Note: Year in a table stands for the time when Doctorate degree awarded |
| Source:NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates/Doctorate Records File |
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