Data
Western Michigan U.
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 108 | 100 | 124 | 116 | 134 | 113 | 124 | 120 | 119 | 108 |
| Science and engineering | 76 | 67 | 88 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 75 | 66 | 69 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Computer science | . | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | . |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 18 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 6 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Materials and mining engineering | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Geological sciences | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Public health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Health sciences, other | 7 | . | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Applied mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Statistics | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Physics | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Psychology | 24 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 20 |
| Clinical psychology | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 14 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Social sciences | 7 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| Economics | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Social sciences, other | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 32 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 51 | 31 | 34 | 45 | 53 | 39 |
| Business | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Business | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . |
| Education | 25 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 39 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 32 |
| Education leadership and administration | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 14 |
| Education research | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Education, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Letters | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| History | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | . |
| Philosophy and religious studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Public administration and social services | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | . | . |
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
