Data
Kent State U., Kent
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 130 | 156 | 176 | 159 | 170 | 156 | 167 | 144 | 148 | 138 |
| Science and engineering | 81 | 87 | 102 | 98 | 113 | 93 | 99 | 84 | 91 | 75 |
| Science | 81 | 87 | 101 | 98 | 112 | 93 | 99 | 84 | 90 | 74 |
| Life science | 25 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 20 |
| Biological sciences | 16 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 12 |
| Health sciences | 9 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 15 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 18 |
| Chemistry | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Physics and astronomy | 7 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 16 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 5 |
| Computer sciences | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 38 | 22 | 40 | 29 | 39 | 31 |
| Psychology | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 19 |
| Anthropology | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Political science and government | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Sociology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Other social sciences | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 49 | 69 | 74 | 61 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 60 | 57 | 63 |
| Education | 28 | 40 | 45 | 35 | 43 | 37 | 45 | 32 | 24 | 37 |
| Education administration | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Education research | 25 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 30 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Teaching fields | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Other education | . | 1 | 3 | . | 5 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | . |
| Humanities | 13 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 14 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | . | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| History | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Letters | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| Other humanities and arts | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Other | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 |
| Business management/administration | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
| Communication | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 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
