Data
Purdue U., West Lafayette
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 798 | 776 | 794 | 730 | 730 | 741 | 727 | 715 | 730 | 686 |
Science and engineering | 682 | 665 | 688 | 627 | 625 | 631 | 608 | 600 | 623 | 553 |
Science | 355 | 326 | 352 | 351 | 353 | 353 | 338 | 320 | 331 | 322 |
Life science | 129 | 123 | 140 | 139 | 140 | 145 | 131 | 112 | 132 | 144 |
Agricultural sciences | 39 | 36 | 41 | 50 | 47 | 51 | 28 | 41 | 32 | 48 |
Biological sciences | 65 | 67 | 79 | 72 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 55 | 75 | 64 |
Health sciences | 25 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 32 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 79 | 87 | 96 | 88 | 91 | 97 | 93 | 85 | 88 | 85 |
Chemistry | 51 | 55 | 59 | 50 | 53 | 60 | 51 | 56 | 47 | 52 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
Physics and astronomy | 23 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 32 | 23 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 90 | 68 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 55 | 69 | 74 | 60 | 52 |
Computer sciences | 45 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 20 |
Mathematics | 45 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 37 | 40 | 34 | 32 |
Psychology and social sciences | 57 | 48 | 44 | 57 | 51 | 56 | 45 | 49 | 51 | 41 |
Psychology | 16 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Anthropology | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Economics | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
Political science and government | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Sociology | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 14 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Engineering | 327 | 339 | 336 | 276 | 272 | 278 | 270 | 280 | 292 | 231 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 35 | 38 | 45 | 29 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 19 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 20 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 21 |
Chemical engineering | 29 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 19 |
Civil engineering | 27 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 14 |
Electrical engineering | 72 | 64 | 71 | 46 | 50 | 44 | 55 | 48 | 67 | 45 |
Industrial engineering | 16 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 28 | 41 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 14 |
Mechanical engineering | 54 | 61 | 56 | 54 | 42 | 54 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 42 |
Other engineering | 46 | 58 | 56 | 61 | 53 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 49 |
Non-science and engineering | 116 | 111 | 106 | 103 | 105 | 110 | 119 | 115 | 107 | 133 |
Education | 49 | 47 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 29 | 51 | 50 | 30 | 47 |
Education administration | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
Education research | 20 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 31 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 20 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 7 |
Other education | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Humanities | 36 | 36 | 29 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 43 |
Foreign languages & literature | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
History | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
Letters | 16 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 21 |
Other humanities and arts | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
Other | 31 | 28 | 36 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 25 | 26 | 43 |
Business management/administration | 18 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 25 |
Communication | 9 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 3 | 5 | . | 1 | 5 | 4 | . | . | 4 |
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