Data
U. Chicago, The
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 457 | 467 | 462 | 455 | 369 | 409 | 432 | 387 | 395 | 391 |
| Science and engineering | 347 | 339 | 342 | 339 | 258 | 258 | 293 | 258 | 262 | 248 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 83 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 47 | 71 | 67 | 79 | 69 | 69 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 13 |
| Genetics and genomics | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 16 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | . | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 11 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences | 16 | 27 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | . | 4 |
| Computer science | 15 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | . | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 19 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Public health | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 26 |
| Applied mathematics | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Mathematics | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| Statistics | 7 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 15 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Physical sciences | 89 | 72 | 87 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 57 | 46 | 66 | 45 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 42 | 25 | 50 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 31 | 22 |
| Physics | 32 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 20 |
| Psychology | 12 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 13 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
| Psychology, other | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 84 | 92 | 93 | 114 | 80 | 72 | 92 | 81 | 83 | 81 |
| Anthropology | 8 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 |
| Economics | 26 | 30 | 25 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 30 |
| Political science and government | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Public policy analysis | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 8 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Social sciences, other | 23 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 110 | 128 | 120 | 116 | 111 | 151 | 139 | 129 | 133 | 143 |
| Business | 19 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 25 |
| Business | 19 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 25 |
| Education | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | . |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Education, other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 82 | 104 | 96 | 97 | 85 | 125 | 111 | 106 | 108 | 105 |
| Letters | 14 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 10 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| History | 17 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 34 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 22 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
| Music and performing arts | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 15 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| Communication | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 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
