Data
Indiana U., Bloomington
| Fields | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 326 | 346 | 376 | 373 | 375 | 395 | 428 | 427 | 403 | 405 |
| Science and engineering | 215 | 228 | 236 | 239 | 256 | 221 | 254 | 247 | 244 | 235 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 39 | 37 | 38 | 50 | 54 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 44 | 37 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Computer and information sciences | 18 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 19 |
| Computer science | 15 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| Engineering | 16 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering, other | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Geological sciences | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences | 18 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
| Public health | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 13 |
| Health sciences, other | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mathematics | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Statistics | . | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Physical sciences | 47 | 40 | 51 | 44 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 37 | 41 | 40 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Chemistry | 32 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| Physics | 11 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| Psychology | 14 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 32 |
| Clinical psychology | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 9 |
| Psychology, other | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Social sciences | 51 | 61 | 55 | 52 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 72 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| Economics | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Political science and government | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Public policy analysis | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
| Social sciences, other | 30 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 33 |
| Non-science and engineering | 111 | 118 | 140 | 134 | 119 | 174 | 174 | 180 | 159 | 170 |
| Business | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 16 |
| Business | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 16 |
| Education | 38 | 42 | 42 | 56 | 48 | 56 | 54 | 61 | 52 | 50 |
| Education leadership and administration | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Education research | 29 | 28 | 21 | 42 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 34 | 29 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 9 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Humanities and arts | 51 | 56 | 61 | 51 | 51 | 78 | 93 | 70 | 74 | 84 |
| Letters | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 23 |
| Foreign languages and literature | 10 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
| History | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 19 |
| Philosophy and religious studies | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Music and performing arts | 12 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 10 |
| Humanities and arts, other | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| Other non-science and engineering | 8 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 23 | 20 |
| Communication | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 9 |
| Public administration and social services | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
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
