Data
North Dakota State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 98 | 95 | 105 | 106 | 118 | 87 | 120 | 94 | 113 | 101 |
| Science and engineering | 75 | 80 | 91 | 79 | 103 | 75 | 104 | 79 | 98 | 86 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 20 |
| Agricultural sciences | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 15 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Computer science | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . |
| Engineering | 26 | 20 | 30 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 29 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 5 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Nursing science | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 4 | . | . |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Public health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Statistics | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Chemistry | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Physics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Psychology | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Social sciences | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering | 23 | 15 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Business | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Business | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Education | 11 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Education research | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | . | 3 |
| Education, other | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | . | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Letters | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| History | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Communication | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | . |
| Public administration and social services | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | 1 | . | 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
