Rarest phd in the world?

DWarrior · #1 02-10-2007, 02:39 PM

Does anyone know the rarest phd in the world?

My friend said it was accounting and that got me curious. I couldn't find anything on google.

thedarknight · #2 02-10-2007, 03:20 PM

probably anything in the liberal arts since they get the least funding...or you can just easily look it up on phd.org or something

MrMon · #3 02-10-2007, 06:43 PM

I believe there are several PhDs in subjects that have been awarded to only one person. I doubt accounting is one of them, but it's pretty rsre.

tabako · #4 02-10-2007, 07:12 PM

I have 2 PhD accounting students in one of my econ classes, which makes me think that it probably isn't the rarest.

JoeC · #5 02-10-2007, 08:38 PM

I once heard that Carnegie Mellon U. is the only place in the world you can get a PhD in Robotics.

NU Star · #6 02-10-2007, 11:16 PM

At some schools you can design your own specialized PhD program, so what ever you created would probably be pretty rare.

Keyser. · #7 02-11-2007, 12:15 AM

Pages 4-7 of this pdf answer your question. Doctorates awarded by field of study from 1996-2005: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07305/pdf/nsf07305.pdf

Lots of disciplines had just a handful of doctorates awarded each year.