Data
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 69 | 88 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 60 | 66 | 46 | 35 | 42 |
| Science and engineering | 63 | 79 | 64 | 59 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 44 | 35 | 41 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 3 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Computer and information sciences | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Computer science | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Engineering | 34 | 40 | 38 | 24 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 30 | 17 | 29 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Engineering, other | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Health sciences | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Public health | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Statistics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . |
| Physical sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Physics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Social sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Business | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Business | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Education | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Education research | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Humanities and arts, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other non-science and engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 1 | . | . | 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
