Data

Ball State U.

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	26	29	33	29	36	25	34	32	33	31
Science and engineering	17	19	24	20	20	17	20	15	22	16
Science	17	19	24	20	20	17	20	15	22	16
Life science	1	2	4	4	4	5	4	1	3	1
Agricultural sciences	.	1	1	1	1	3	.	.	1	.
Biological sciences	.	.	2	.	1	.	1	.	.	.
Health sciences	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	1	2	1
Physical sciences and earth sciences	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Psychology and social sciences	16	16	19	16	16	12	16	14	19	15
Psychology	16	14	19	14	13	11	16	13	19	14
Other social sciences	.	2	.	2	3	1	.	1	.	1
Non-science and engineering	9	10	9	9	16	8	14	17	11	15
Education	8	8	5	7	9	4	7	11	6	8
Education research	5	7	3	5	6	3	4	7	4	5
Teacher education	2	1	.	.	1	.	2	2	1	3
Teaching fields	.	.	1	2	.	1	1	1	1	.
Other education	1	.	1	.	2	.	.	1	.	.
Humanities	1	2	4	2	7	4	7	6	5	7
Foreign languages & literature	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Letters	1	2	4	2	6	4	7	6	5	7

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.