Table 2: Research Doctorates Completed by Discipline of Students Earning their BA/BS from UW System Institutions1
2002 – 2011
STP
Engineering
UW
% of
Regionals
STP EAU GBY LAC OSH PKS PLT RVF STO SUP WTW Subtotal MAD MIL
All UW
TOTAL
6
2%
4
1
6
1
5
17
5
5
0
3
53
293
24
370
1
<1%
3
0
2
4
0
1
3
0
3
1
18
53
11
82
119
44%
60
32
57
30
16
17
45
6
13
22
417
854
82
1353
5
2%
7
4
4
6
4
4
2
1
1
3
41
91
10
142
33
12%
24
4
25
9
8
8
16
1
4
8
140
145
24
309
Architecture and Environmental Design
0
0%
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
4
Arts and Music
4
1%
8
3
5
1
3
2
1
0
2
2
31
58
13
102
Business and Management
1
<1%
7
3
7
4
2
1
1
4
0
9
39
37
10
86
Communication and Librarianship
7
3%
5
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
2
19
37
7
63
Education
40
15%
56
10
46
52
14
14
20
35
8
61
356
287 114
757
Humanities
17
6%
21
12
11
12
7
1
3
1
4
7
96
266
46
408
Law
0
0%
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
Other Non-sciences or Unknown Disciplines
0
0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
4
28
10%
34
27
8
12
8
4
13
4
6
29
173
217
56
446
Religion and Theology
2
1%
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
10
19
3
32
Social Sciences
8
3%
27
8
23
11
9
5
10
2
4
13
120
228
49
397
Social Service Professions
0
0%
3
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
7
20
4
31
Vocational Studies and Home Economics
1
0%
100%
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
1
6
Geosciences
Life Sciences
2
Math and Computer Sciences
Physical Sciences ³
Psychology
Source: NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates
Note: Highlighted cells denote disciplines used in STEM field calculations
1
Includes research doctorates only, such as Ph.D., D.M.A. Excludes professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., O.D., D.V.M., and J.D. Note that Ed.D. programs were re-classified from the research to
professional category in 2010, resulting in some year-to-year variability and representing a change in the NSF methodology.
² Includes agricultural sciences, natural resources, biological sciences and health sciences.
3
Includes astronomy, chemistry, and physics.
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
January 2014