Data
Michigan State U.
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 515 | 515 | 475 | 508 | 518 | 491 | 511 | 497 | 569 | 506 |
| Science and engineering | 393 | 391 | 356 | 373 | 383 | 346 | 375 | 343 | 422 | 364 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 41 | 38 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 39 | 34 | 49 | 50 |
| Agricultural sciences | 29 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 33 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 36 | 35 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 64 | 88 | 63 | 76 | 94 | 84 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 70 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 5 | . | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 10 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Computer and information sciences | 18 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 14 |
| Computer science | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 14 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Engineering | 112 | 89 | 70 | 73 | 80 | 68 | 60 | 59 | 98 | 63 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 8 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 21 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 24 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 30 | 17 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Mechanical engineering | 22 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 13 |
| Engineering, other | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 7 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
| Nursing science | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 24 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 15 |
| Applied mathematics | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Statistics | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 55 | 49 | 58 | 45 | 57 | 44 | 52 | 39 | 55 | 47 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 38 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 29 | 28 |
| Physics | 26 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 18 |
| Psychology | 16 | 23 | 11 | 33 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 28 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 4 | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Psychology, other | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Social sciences | 51 | 44 | 64 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 75 | 61 | 68 | 63 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| Economics | 14 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 17 |
| Political science and government | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Social sciences, other | 27 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 28 |
| Non-science and engineering | 122 | 124 | 119 | 135 | 135 | 145 | 136 | 154 | 147 | 142 |
| Business | 17 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 18 |
| Business | 17 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 18 |
| Education | 63 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 86 | 70 | 82 | 83 | 77 |
| Education leadership and administration | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Education research | 36 | 37 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 43 | 52 | 55 | 52 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 17 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Education, other | 6 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 25 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 40 | 31 | 28 |
| Letters | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| History | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 17 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 19 |
| Communication | 14 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 15 |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 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
