Data

U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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 731 815 662 820 759 766 782 677 782 755
  Science and engineering 609 678 561 665 635 631 623 514 611 602
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 43 44 34 43 36 31 37 39 35 35
      Agricultural sciences 37 37 28 36 31 30 35 34 32 32
      Natural resources and conservation 6 7 6 7 5 1 2 5 3 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 89 91 70 86 94 77 82 80 97 90
      Biochemistry and biophysics 21 17 8 13 13 13 21 24 25 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 4 3 2 1 1 . 4 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 9 1 6 6 4 2 2 4 6
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 3 4 5 4 11 4 6 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 9 6 5 17 8 5 11 10 13
      Genetics and genomics 1 2 1 . . . 1 1 2 1
      Microbiology and immunology 8 10 12 9 13 7 11 4 9 12
      Molecular biology 6 4 7 3 4 2 2 3 1 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 13 9 6 11 13 15 9 1 9 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 4 . 1 1 . 3 . 3 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 2 3 7 3 3 4 2 4 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 16 20 20 25 18 20 13 24 24 18
    Computer and information sciences 52 77 63 59 48 48 41 44 43 61
      Computer science 40 57 50 50 42 42 37 40 41 60
      Computer and information sciences, other 12 20 13 9 6 6 4 4 2 1
    Engineering 220 230 189 241 225 211 210 161 231 211
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 13 15 9 8 8 11 9 8 8 18
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 8 11 11 20 7 11 7 8 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 19 21 14 11 11 15 13 9 15 21
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 26 39 32 45 45 39 32 26 36 37
      Electrical and computer engineering 53 41 44 54 50 46 68 40 68 50
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 16 10 10 4 7 4 7 12 9
      Materials and mining engineering 25 19 20 27 26 32 24 27 29 21
      Mechanical engineering 41 46 32 56 45 30 29 23 43 31
      Engineering, other 20 25 17 19 16 24 20 14 12 17
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 15 13 7 13 15 6 7 9 9
      Geological sciences 4 5 8 4 4 5 2 1 3 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 10 5 3 9 10 4 6 6 7
    Health sciences 16 17 7 14 13 17 27 12 9 19
      Nursing science . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 3 3 1 2 3 2 9 6 3 4
      Health sciences, other 12 14 5 12 10 15 18 6 6 15
    Mathematics and statistics 36 27 29 36 33 48 32 21 28 27
      Applied mathematics 3 3 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 3
      Mathematics . 8 2 9 15 19 8 3 17 14
      Statistics 9 6 9 5 3 10 6 2 3 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other 24 10 17 18 13 15 16 13 5 4
    Physical sciences 72 86 87 97 83 96 93 86 73 68
      Astronomy and astrophysics 17 6 8 2 5 5 3 4 2 7
      Chemistry 29 46 45 49 41 49 47 50 38 34
      Physics 26 34 34 46 37 42 43 32 33 27
    Psychology 23 26 20 26 33 34 37 20 32 26
      Clinical psychology 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 7
      Research and experimental psychology 10 12 7 12 18 21 22 11 17 12
      Psychology, other 6 7 4 6 6 6 6 1 5 3
    Social sciences 47 65 49 56 57 54 58 44 54 56
      Anthropology 2 7 4 9 2 5 4 1 5 7
      Economics 25 26 21 17 21 18 17 12 15 13
      Political science and government 4 5 7 5 8 9 4 5 6 7
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 8 1 4 3 8 9 7 6 5
      Social sciences, other 14 19 16 21 22 13 24 19 22 24
  Non-science and engineering 122 137 101 155 124 135 159 163 171 153
    Business 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21 27 14
      Business 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21 27 14
    Education 41 52 32 41 41 50 50 54 63 48
      Education leadership and administration 7 6 2 7 8 6 8 . 5 1
      Education research 27 33 23 25 30 36 35 33 46 38
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 10 4 8 2 7 4 14 11 9
      Education, other . 3 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 .
    Humanities and arts 33 44 34 62 40 41 55 64 51 60
      Letters 11 10 9 25 12 18 17 22 15 23
      Foreign languages and literature 8 14 2 9 8 9 12 11 5 8
      History 6 13 15 15 6 6 11 17 14 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 1 1 5 . 3 3 3 4 4
      Music and performing arts 4 1 3 1 8 5 8 4 5 4
      Humanities and arts, other 3 5 4 7 6 . 4 7 8 8
    Other non-science and engineering 31 16 20 28 25 27 37 24 30 31
      Communication 14 6 7 14 11 6 19 14 15 12
      Public administration and social services 5 2 2 3 4 8 4 . 4 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 8 11 11 10 13 14 10 11 12

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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