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U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 812 731 815 662 820 759 766 782 677 782
  Science and engineering 683 609 678 561 665 635 631 623 514 611
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 38 43 44 34 43 36 31 37 39 35
      Agricultural sciences 32 37 37 28 36 31 30 35 34 32
      Natural resources and conservation 6 6 7 6 7 5 1 2 5 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 87 89 91 70 86 94 77 82 80 97
      Biochemistry and biophysics 16 21 17 8 13 13 13 21 24 25
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 . 4 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 2 9 1 6 6 4 2 2 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 1 3 4 5 4 11 4 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 10 9 6 5 17 8 5 11 10
      Genetics and genomics . 1 2 1 . . . 1 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 13 8 10 12 9 13 7 11 4 9
      Molecular biology 7 6 4 7 3 4 2 2 3 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 7 13 9 6 11 13 15 9 1 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 4 . 1 1 . 3 . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 6 2 3 7 3 3 4 2 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 18 16 20 20 25 18 20 13 24 24
    Computer and information sciences 86 52 77 63 59 48 48 41 44 43
      Computer science 76 40 57 50 50 42 42 37 40 41
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 12 20 13 9 6 6 4 4 2
    Engineering 225 220 230 189 241 225 211 210 161 231
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 13 15 9 8 8 11 9 8 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 15 8 11 11 20 7 11 7 8
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 19 21 14 11 11 15 13 9 15
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 36 26 39 32 45 45 39 32 26 36
      Electrical and computer engineering 54 53 41 44 54 50 46 68 40 68
      Industrial engineering and operations research 12 8 16 10 10 4 7 4 7 12
      Materials and mining engineering 23 25 19 20 27 26 32 24 27 29
      Mechanical engineering 40 41 46 32 56 45 30 29 23 43
      Engineering, other 21 20 25 17 19 16 24 20 14 12
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 11 15 13 7 13 15 6 7 9
      Geological sciences 7 4 5 8 4 4 5 2 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 9 7 10 5 3 9 10 4 6 6
    Health sciences 17 16 17 7 14 13 17 27 12 9
      Nursing science . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Public health 10 3 3 1 2 3 2 9 6 3
      Health sciences, other 7 12 14 5 12 10 15 18 6 6
    Mathematics and statistics 29 36 27 29 36 33 48 32 21 28
      Applied mathematics . 3 3 1 4 2 4 2 3 3
      Mathematics 3 . 8 2 9 15 19 8 3 17
      Statistics 11 9 6 9 5 3 10 6 2 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 15 24 10 17 18 13 15 16 13 5
    Physical sciences 93 72 86 87 97 83 96 93 86 73
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 17 6 8 2 5 5 3 4 2
      Chemistry 49 29 46 45 49 41 49 47 50 38
      Physics 36 26 34 34 46 37 42 43 32 33
    Psychology 35 23 26 20 26 33 34 37 20 32
      Clinical psychology 7 4 3 5 4 3 2 3 3 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 6
      Research and experimental psychology 17 10 12 7 12 18 21 22 11 17
      Psychology, other 8 6 7 4 6 6 6 6 1 5
    Social sciences 57 47 65 49 56 57 54 58 44 54
      Anthropology 7 2 7 4 9 2 5 4 1 5
      Economics 17 25 26 21 17 21 18 17 12 15
      Political science and government 7 4 5 7 5 8 9 4 5 6
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 2 8 1 4 3 8 9 7 6
      Social sciences, other 23 14 19 16 21 22 13 24 19 22
  Non-science and engineering 129 122 137 101 155 124 135 159 163 171
    Business 21 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21 27
      Business 21 17 25 15 24 18 17 17 21 27
    Education 47 41 52 32 41 41 50 50 54 63
      Education leadership and administration 8 7 6 2 7 8 6 8 . 5
      Education research 31 27 33 23 25 30 36 35 33 46
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 7 10 4 8 2 7 4 14 11
      Education, other 4 . 3 3 1 1 1 3 7 1
    Humanities and arts 37 33 44 34 62 40 41 55 64 51
      Letters 12 11 10 9 25 12 18 17 22 15
      Foreign languages and literature 8 8 14 2 9 8 9 12 11 5
      History 10 6 13 15 15 6 6 11 17 14
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 1 1 1 5 . 3 3 3 4
      Music and performing arts 3 4 1 3 1 8 5 8 4 5
      Humanities and arts, other 2 3 5 4 7 6 . 4 7 8
    Other non-science and engineering 24 31 16 20 28 25 27 37 24 30
      Communication 8 14 6 7 14 11 6 19 14 15
      Public administration and social services 4 5 2 2 3 4 8 4 . 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 12 8 11 11 10 13 14 10 11

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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