Data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 684 | 735 | 568 | 579 | 685 | 645 | 622 | 646 | 606 | 594 |
| Science and engineering | 641 | 690 | 525 | 542 | 649 | 606 | 594 | 615 | 562 | 557 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 69 | 67 | 46 | 64 | 69 | 54 | 71 | 86 | 64 | 59 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 17 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Molecular biology | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 21 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | . | . | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 72 | 59 | 61 | 46 | 35 | 41 | 30 | 30 | 50 | 25 |
| Computer science | 60 | 40 | 54 | 42 | 30 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 47 | 22 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 12 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Engineering | 282 | 328 | 237 | 221 | 308 | 296 | 290 | 278 | 266 | 306 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 31 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 32 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 39 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 43 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 34 | 37 | 31 | 34 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 39 | 34 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 57 | 82 | 45 | 39 | 14 | 32 | 27 | 53 | 50 | 71 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 14 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 26 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 31 | 35 |
| Mechanical engineering | 49 | 43 | 50 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 53 | 56 |
| Engineering, other | 22 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 71 | 19 | 27 | 30 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 27 | 37 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 48 | 26 | 29 | 27 |
| Geological sciences | 12 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 15 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| Health sciences | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Public health | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 20 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 23 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Mathematics | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Statistics | . | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 14 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 11 |
| Physical sciences | 109 | 97 | 76 | 79 | 101 | 85 | 63 | 101 | 80 | 56 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 44 | 49 | 34 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 30 | 47 | 35 | 21 |
| Physics | 55 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 56 | 35 | 29 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Psychology | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 52 | 58 | 46 | 61 | 62 | 58 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 51 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Economics | 23 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 21 |
| Political science and government | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 20 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 21 |
| Non-science and engineering | 43 | 45 | 43 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 31 | 44 | 37 |
| Business | 21 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 14 |
| Business | 21 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 14 |
| Education | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Education research | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| History | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 6 | . | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
| Communication | 4 | 4 | 7 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Public administration and social services | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 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
