Data
Wayne State U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 181 | 197 | 202 | 163 | 202 | 205 | 205 | 248 | 204 | 224 |
| Science and engineering | 137 | 154 | 165 | 131 | 157 | 154 | 157 | 184 | 145 | 160 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 34 | 25 | 47 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 42 | 45 | 32 | 48 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 5 |
| Molecular biology | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Computer and information sciences | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
| Computer science | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 32 | 39 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 27 | 34 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences | 10 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 7 |
| Nursing science | . | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | . | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 4 | 5 | . | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . |
| Public health | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 22 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 21 | 24 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Chemistry | 17 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| Physics | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Psychology | 20 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 8 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Psychology, other | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 9 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 16 |
| Anthropology | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Economics | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 44 | 43 | 37 | 32 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 64 | 59 | 64 |
| Business | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Business | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Education | 14 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 39 | 29 | 29 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | 9 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Education research | 10 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 36 | 17 | 24 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| Education, other | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 14 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 23 |
| Letters | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 5 | 3 |
| History | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Communication | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Public administration and social services | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
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
