Data

Purdue U., West Lafayette

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 814 809 798 776 794 730 730 741 727 715
  Science and engineering 725 692 682 665 688 627 625 632 608 600
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 38 38 39 37 41 50 47 51 30 42
      Agricultural sciences 32 33 33 31 37 45 36 46 25 36
      Natural resources and conservation 6 5 6 6 4 5 11 5 5 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 73 84 65 67 79 72 74 80 82 55
      Biochemistry and biophysics 17 13 10 8 14 12 14 18 16 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 3 7 2 5 2 2 4 6 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 3 4 . 5 4 4 5 2 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 2 4 2 3 4 . 2 5 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 5 . 8 3 3 2 9 9 5
      Genetics and genomics 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 5 8 2 4 7 8 9 10 8 6
      Molecular biology 6 5 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 7 5 8 8 7 7 4 8 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 8 8 3 2 4 7 1 7 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 2 5 9 8 5 2 7 6 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 16 24 17 18 21 18 24 17 13 11
    Computer and information sciences 52 52 45 34 38 37 44 33 32 34
      Computer science 35 34 25 23 30 26 36 26 22 31
      Computer and information sciences, other 17 18 20 11 8 11 8 7 10 3
    Engineering 330 314 327 339 336 276 272 278 270 280
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 30 38 38 38 45 29 33 29 29 23
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 24 20 20 25 13 15 22 14 17 22
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 26 25 29 16 24 17 22 19 27 22
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 32 29 43 34 33 34 31 44 26 37
      Electrical and computer engineering 74 54 76 71 91 57 63 63 66 66
      Industrial engineering and operations research 12 14 19 24 23 15 16 11 15 7
      Materials and mining engineering 36 33 29 42 29 26 13 17 11 24
      Mechanical engineering 76 74 55 64 61 57 44 55 42 53
      Engineering, other 20 27 18 25 17 26 28 26 37 26
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 14 5 9 14 11 12 8 11 6
      Geological sciences 7 3 1 2 4 5 5 3 6 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 11 4 7 10 6 7 5 5 4
    Health sciences 24 12 25 19 20 17 19 14 19 15
      Nursing science 2 . 2 . 1 . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 7 4 10 6 9 8 9 6 7 3
      Public health 1 2 4 3 2 . 3 2 3 2
      Health sciences, other 14 6 9 10 8 9 7 6 9 10
    Mathematics and statistics 41 39 45 34 34 30 27 22 37 40
      Applied mathematics 5 5 8 5 2 3 2 7 8 12
      Mathematics 4 3 3 4 10 7 9 1 13 14
      Statistics 17 14 12 6 6 12 9 6 4 12
      Mathematics and statistics, other 15 17 22 19 16 8 7 8 12 2
    Physical sciences 97 87 74 78 82 77 79 89 82 79
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 10 5 2 2 4 4 3 2 .
      Chemistry 63 55 51 55 59 50 53 60 51 56
      Physics 27 22 18 21 21 23 22 26 29 23
    Psychology 15 22 16 16 15 22 14 19 17 22
      Clinical psychology 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 . 2 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 6 6 3 5 4 3 6 7 5
      Research and experimental psychology 3 4 4 4 2 10 5 8 5 13
      Psychology, other 3 9 2 5 5 5 4 5 3 4
    Social sciences 38 30 41 32 29 35 37 38 28 27
      Anthropology 1 2 2 4 2 . 1 2 3 2
      Economics 8 11 12 6 7 8 10 8 5 8
      Political science and government 5 2 7 2 4 2 8 8 2 2
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 2 6 5 3 8 5 4 5 7
      Social sciences, other 20 13 14 15 13 17 13 15 13 7
  Non-science and engineering 89 117 116 111 106 103 105 109 119 115
    Business 14 19 18 20 17 17 17 19 21 14
      Business 14 19 18 20 17 17 17 19 21 14
    Education 39 53 49 47 41 38 37 29 51 50
      Education leadership and administration 5 7 5 2 3 2 7 1 4 3
      Education research 14 15 20 24 20 21 16 8 23 26
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 26 20 20 17 13 13 18 20 17
      Education, other 2 5 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 4
    Humanities and arts 27 32 36 36 29 39 40 48 32 40
      Letters 11 13 16 20 14 22 16 26 17 21
      Foreign languages and literature 3 4 5 7 5 6 3 6 3 10
      History 5 10 6 3 4 6 11 6 7 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 4 8 6 6 3 8 8 4 5
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Humanities and arts, other 3 1 1 . . 2 2 1 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 9 13 13 8 19 9 11 13 15 11
      Communication 7 5 9 5 14 9 10 8 11 11
      Public administration and social services 1 2 1 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 6 3 3 5 . 1 5 4 .

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

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