Data
Michigan Technological U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 86 | 86 | 74 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 93 | 88 | 86 | 75 |
| Science and engineering | 81 | 81 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 82 | 78 | 69 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Computer science | 3 | 2 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 36 | 38 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 45 | 52 | 32 | 38 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Mechanical engineering | 12 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Engineering, other | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Health sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Chemistry | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Physics | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Psychology | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Business | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Letters | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| History | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 4 | . |
| Communication | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 4 | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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
