Data
Northwestern U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 491 | 428 | 433 | 484 | 432 | 441 | 454 | 424 | 430 | 469 |
Science and engineering | 394 | 356 | 361 | 388 | 346 | 354 | 355 | 330 | 352 | 368 |
Science | 280 | 253 | 238 | 268 | 244 | 227 | 252 | 208 | 251 | 258 |
Life science | 91 | 67 | 79 | 76 | 73 | 67 | 84 | 67 | 77 | 94 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 83 | 59 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 62 | 79 | 64 | 75 | 88 |
Health sciences | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 83 | 66 | 56 | 75 | 62 | 58 | 61 | 53 | 65 | 57 |
Chemistry | 54 | 42 | 38 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 41 | 38 | 44 | 44 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 23 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 11 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 30 | 43 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 33 | 26 |
Computer sciences | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 9 |
Mathematics | 16 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 17 |
Psychology and social sciences | 76 | 77 | 77 | 84 | 81 | 71 | 84 | 71 | 76 | 81 |
Psychology | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 19 |
Anthropology | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Economics | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
Political science and government | 10 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 19 |
Sociology | 13 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
Other social sciences | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Engineering | 114 | 103 | 123 | 120 | 102 | 127 | 103 | 122 | 101 | 110 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 22 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
Chemical engineering | 14 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 25 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 29 |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
Other engineering | 19 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 17 |
Non-science and engineering | 97 | 72 | 72 | 96 | 86 | 87 | 99 | 94 | 78 | 101 |
Education | 15 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
Education administration | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Other education | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 2 |
Humanities | 53 | 41 | 46 | 65 | 56 | 57 | 62 | 40 | 41 | 52 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
History | 9 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
Letters | 12 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Other humanities and arts | 28 | 19 | 20 | 33 | 22 | 32 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 29 |
Other | 29 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 29 | 36 |
Business management/administration | 22 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
Communication | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 17 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 |
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