Data
Oakland U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 42 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 52 | 38 | 56 | 46 |
| Science and engineering | 33 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 23 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Genetics and genomics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Computer science | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | . | 4 | 6 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 15 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Nursing science | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | . |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Statistics | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Physics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 9 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 23 |
| Business | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Business | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education | 8 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 23 |
| Education leadership and administration | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Education research | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| History | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
