Data
Illinois Institute of Technology
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 78 | 86 | 88 | 82 | 103 | 90 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 76 |
| Science and engineering | 63 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 82 | 84 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 63 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 13 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Computer science | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 24 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 45 | 46 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 36 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 6 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 7 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Applied mathematics | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Physics | . | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Psychology | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 10 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 2 | 4 | . | 5 | . | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| Business | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Business | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Education | 2 | 5 | . | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Education research | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 4 | . | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Communication | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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
