Data
U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 702 | 726 | 693 | 626 | 647 | 719 | 665 | 678 | 787 | 711 |
| Science and engineering | 575 | 581 | 558 | 527 | 503 | 561 | 539 | 521 | 605 | 530 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 28 | 34 | 51 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 34 | 38 |
| Agricultural sciences | 26 | 20 | 42 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 24 | 23 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 134 | 133 | 113 | 104 | 94 | 115 | 110 | 104 | 115 | 102 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 19 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 27 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 25 | 22 |
| Genetics and genomics | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 11 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 17 |
| Computer and information sciences | 24 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 26 |
| Computer science | 19 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 24 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Engineering | 129 | 130 | 128 | 134 | 126 | 132 | 146 | 121 | 136 | 127 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 21 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 12 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 23 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 17 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 25 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 33 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 12 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 11 |
| Mechanical engineering | 20 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 |
| Engineering, other | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 17 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Geological sciences | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Health sciences | 48 | 36 | 38 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 47 | 38 | 50 | 43 |
| Nursing science | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 11 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| Public health | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| Health sciences, other | 21 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 28 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
| Applied mathematics | . | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Statistics | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 13 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
| Physical sciences | 65 | 90 | 58 | 62 | 56 | 70 | 69 | 54 | 67 | 57 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Chemistry | 43 | 62 | 30 | 39 | 34 | 46 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 33 |
| Physics | 15 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 21 |
| Psychology | 41 | 47 | 51 | 34 | 43 | 46 | 34 | 44 | 64 | 34 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 9 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 20 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| Psychology, other | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 8 |
| Social sciences | 69 | 59 | 54 | 76 | 67 | 62 | 56 | 58 | 80 | 68 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Economics | 32 | 16 | 19 | 40 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 20 |
| Political science and government | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Public policy analysis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Social sciences, other | 10 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 20 |
| Non-science and engineering | 127 | 145 | 135 | 99 | 144 | 158 | 126 | 157 | 182 | 181 |
| Business | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 23 |
| Business | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 23 |
| Education | 51 | 61 | 44 | 37 | 58 | 66 | 58 | 77 | 80 | 82 |
| Education leadership and administration | 10 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Education research | 26 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 42 | 31 | 34 | 57 | 47 | 57 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 12 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
| Education, other | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Humanities and arts | 37 | 43 | 42 | 27 | 52 | 51 | 29 | 49 | 40 | 47 |
| Letters | 13 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| History | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Music and performing arts | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 17 | 22 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 28 | 29 |
| Communication | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 |
| Public administration and social services | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 7 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
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
