Data
Northeastern U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 249 | 231 | 251 | 193 | 174 | 197 | 178 | 226 | 186 | 156 |
| Science and engineering | 242 | 221 | 242 | 183 | 167 | 186 | 167 | 212 | 171 | 144 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 30 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 9 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Molecular biology | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 37 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Computer science | 28 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 102 | 95 | 101 | 87 | 67 | 78 | 68 | 93 | 68 | 51 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 19 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 43 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 36 | 24 | 22 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
| Engineering, other | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Geological sciences | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Nursing science | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Public health | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 23 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 28 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Chemistry | 13 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
| Physics | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
| Psychology | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 25 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Business | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Business | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| Humanities and arts | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
| Letters | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| History | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | . | 4 | 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
