Data
U. Illinois, Chicago
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 339 | 330 | 340 | 309 | 322 | 326 | 325 | 325 | 327 | 290 |
| Science and engineering | 292 | 256 | 275 | 253 | 266 | 272 | 266 | 244 | 248 | 236 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 53 | 57 | 51 | 59 | 48 | 59 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 57 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Molecular biology | . | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 23 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
| Computer science | 20 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 13 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Engineering | 68 | 66 | 62 | 58 | 71 | 61 | 50 | 37 | 54 | 52 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 13 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Geological sciences | 5 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 37 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 45 | 26 | 46 | 37 | 25 | 26 |
| Nursing science | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Public health | 14 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Health sciences, other | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 9 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | . |
| Mathematics | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Statistics | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 38 | 24 | 34 | 41 | 18 | 36 | 34 | 20 | 32 | 28 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 32 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 21 |
| Physics | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 7 |
| Psychology | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 13 |
| Clinical psychology | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . |
| Research and experimental psychology | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Social sciences | 36 | 33 | 40 | 26 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 36 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Economics | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 |
| Public policy analysis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Social sciences, other | 13 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 47 | 74 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 81 | 79 | 54 |
| Business | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Business | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Education | 12 | 29 | 31 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 33 | 32 | 13 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Education research | 11 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 11 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Education, other | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 7 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 20 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 30 | 29 |
| Letters | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| History | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | . | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 7 |
| Communication | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Public administration and social services | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 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
