Data
U. North Dakota
| Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 82 | 79 | 69 | 71 | 81 | 73 | 87 | 72 | 74 | 57 |
| Science and engineering | 66 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 54 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 39 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 3 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Molecular biology | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Computer science | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 31 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 15 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering, other | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Geological sciences | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Nursing science | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Public health | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Chemistry | 5 | 4 | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Physics | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Psychology | 15 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 18 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Psychology, other | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 16 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 41 | 31 | 27 | 18 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Education | 14 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 20 | 23 | 17 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Education research | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Education, other | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | . |
| Letters | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | . |
| History | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Communication | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 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
