Data
Southern Illinois U., Carbondale
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 96 | 109 | 103 | 135 | 134 | 165 | 174 | 177 | 188 | 170 |
| Science and engineering | 66 | 86 | 76 | 88 | 96 | 107 | 96 | 109 | 118 | 109 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Agricultural sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 23 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer science | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 8 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | 5 | 5 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Health sciences, other | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Statistics | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Physics | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Psychology | 8 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 19 |
| Clinical psychology | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 13 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 21 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Economics | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Political science and government | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 30 | 23 | 27 | 47 | 38 | 58 | 78 | 68 | 70 | 61 |
| Business | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Business | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Education | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 37 | 30 | 33 | 22 |
| Education leadership and administration | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Education research | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 12 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | . | . | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Education, other | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 26 | 15 |
| Letters | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| Foreign languages and literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| History | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| Music and performing arts | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| Communication | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 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
