Data
Northern Illinois U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 83 | 67 | 69 | 60 | 64 | 70 | 81 | 95 | 62 | 62 |
| Science and engineering | 64 | 43 | 47 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 51 | 63 | 43 | 50 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | . | 3 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer science | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
| Engineering, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Geological sciences | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Statistics | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Physics | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Psychology | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | . | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | . | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| Economics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 19 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 12 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Education | 11 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 3 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 11 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 3 | . | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Letters | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| History | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
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
