Data
Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 120 | 119 | 89 | 101 | 106 | 83 | 91 | 87 | 74 | 67 |
| Science and engineering | 105 | 102 | 78 | 86 | 93 | 66 | 85 | 78 | 60 | 53 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 53 | 61 | 40 | 45 | 55 | 29 | 58 | 56 | 36 | 42 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 7 | . | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Computer science | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Engineering | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 10 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| Nursing science | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Public health | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Physics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Social sciences | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Economics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 15 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 14 |
| Business | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Business | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Education | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Education, other | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 4 |
| Letters | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| History | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Music and performing arts | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Communication | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
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
