Data

Purdue U., West Lafayette

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 810 798 776 794 730 730 741 727 715 730
  Science and engineering 693 682 665 688 627 625 632 608 600 624
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 38 39 37 41 50 47 51 30 42 33
      Agricultural sciences 33 33 31 37 45 36 46 25 36 24
      Natural resources and conservation 5 6 6 4 5 11 5 5 6 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 84 65 67 79 72 74 80 82 55 75
      Biochemistry and biophysics 13 10 8 14 12 14 18 16 7 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 7 2 5 2 2 4 6 5 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 4 . 5 4 4 5 2 2 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 4 2 3 4 . 2 5 3 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 . 8 3 3 2 9 9 5 4
      Genetics and genomics 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 8 2 4 7 8 9 10 8 6 9
      Molecular biology 5 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 3 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 7 5 8 8 7 7 4 8 3 5
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 8 3 2 4 7 1 7 2 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 5 9 8 5 2 7 6 6 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 24 17 18 21 18 24 17 13 11 14
    Computer and information sciences 52 45 34 38 37 44 33 32 34 26
      Computer science 34 25 23 30 26 36 26 22 31 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 18 20 11 8 11 8 7 10 3 2
    Engineering 315 327 339 336 276 272 278 270 280 292
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 38 38 38 45 29 33 29 29 23 22
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20 20 25 13 15 22 14 17 22 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 29 16 24 17 22 19 27 22 24
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 30 43 34 33 34 31 44 26 37 39
      Electrical and computer engineering 54 76 71 91 57 63 63 66 66 89
      Industrial engineering and operations research 14 19 24 23 15 16 11 15 7 15
      Materials and mining engineering 33 29 42 29 26 13 17 11 24 11
      Mechanical engineering 74 55 64 61 57 44 55 42 53 49
      Engineering, other 27 18 25 17 26 28 26 37 26 27
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 5 9 14 11 12 8 11 6 9
      Geological sciences 3 1 2 4 5 5 3 6 2 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 11 4 7 10 6 7 5 5 4 4
    Health sciences 12 25 19 20 17 19 14 19 15 24
      Nursing science . 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 10 6 9 8 9 6 7 3 10
      Public health 2 4 3 2 . 3 2 3 2 2
      Health sciences, other 6 9 10 8 9 7 6 9 10 12
    Mathematics and statistics 39 45 34 34 30 27 22 37 40 34
      Applied mathematics 5 8 5 2 3 2 7 8 12 9
      Mathematics 3 3 4 10 7 9 1 13 14 15
      Statistics 14 12 6 6 12 9 6 4 12 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 17 22 19 16 8 7 8 12 2 2
    Physical sciences 87 74 78 82 77 79 89 82 79 79
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 5 2 2 4 4 3 2 . 1
      Chemistry 55 51 55 59 50 53 60 51 56 47
      Physics 22 18 21 21 23 22 26 29 23 31
    Psychology 22 16 16 15 22 14 19 17 22 21
      Clinical psychology 3 4 4 3 3 2 . 2 . 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 6 3 5 4 3 6 7 5 7
      Research and experimental psychology 4 4 4 2 10 5 8 5 13 7
      Psychology, other 9 2 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 4
    Social sciences 30 41 32 29 35 37 38 28 27 31
      Anthropology 2 2 4 2 . 1 2 3 2 3
      Economics 11 12 6 7 8 10 8 5 8 10
      Political science and government 2 7 2 4 2 8 8 2 2 7
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 6 5 3 8 5 4 5 7 5
      Social sciences, other 13 14 15 13 17 13 15 13 7 6
  Non-science and engineering 117 116 111 106 103 105 109 119 115 106
    Business 19 18 20 17 17 17 19 21 14 13
      Business 19 18 20 17 17 17 19 21 14 13
    Education 53 49 47 41 38 37 29 51 50 30
      Education leadership and administration 7 5 2 3 2 7 1 4 3 10
      Education research 15 20 24 20 21 16 8 23 26 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields 26 20 20 17 13 13 18 20 17 6
      Education, other 5 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 1
    Humanities and arts 32 36 36 29 39 40 48 32 40 50
      Letters 13 16 20 14 22 16 26 17 21 26
      Foreign languages and literature 4 5 7 5 6 3 6 3 10 6
      History 10 6 3 4 6 11 6 7 4 11
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 8 6 6 3 8 8 4 5 6
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 . . 2 2 1 1 . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 13 13 8 19 9 11 13 15 11 13
      Communication 5 9 5 14 9 10 8 11 11 13
      Public administration and social services 2 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 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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