Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 568 | 579 | 685 | 645 | 622 | 646 | 606 | 594 | 587 | 573 |
Science and engineering | 525 | 542 | 649 | 606 | 589 | 613 | 558 | 552 | 545 | 533 |
Science | 287 | 321 | 341 | 310 | 299 | 335 | 292 | 246 | 272 | 284 |
Life science | 49 | 72 | 78 | 63 | 76 | 93 | 72 | 68 | 57 | 64 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 46 | 64 | 69 | 54 | 71 | 86 | 64 | 59 | 52 | 61 |
Health sciences | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 96 | 102 | 129 | 107 | 111 | 127 | 109 | 83 | 106 | 95 |
Chemistry | 34 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 30 | 47 | 35 | 21 | 26 | 26 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 21 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 48 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 25 |
Physics and astronomy | 41 | 40 | 59 | 40 | 33 | 54 | 45 | 35 | 47 | 44 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 90 | 81 | 62 | 70 | 50 | 58 | 71 | 48 | 50 | 67 |
Computer sciences | 61 | 46 | 35 | 41 | 30 | 30 | 50 | 25 | 28 | 44 |
Mathematics | 29 | 35 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
Psychology and social sciences | 52 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 57 | 40 | 47 | 59 | 58 |
Psychology | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Anthropology | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Economics | 23 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 23 |
Political science and government | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
Sociology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Other social sciences | 15 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 19 |
Engineering | 238 | 221 | 308 | 296 | 290 | 278 | 266 | 306 | 273 | 249 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 14 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 19 | 21 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 30 | 15 | 43 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 34 |
Chemical engineering | 31 | 33 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Electrical engineering | 42 | 39 | 12 | 32 | 26 | 52 | 48 | 25 | 42 | 45 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 29 | 18 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 31 | 35 | 25 | 22 |
Mechanical engineering | 47 | 54 | 54 | 59 | 55 | 58 | 47 | 54 | 50 | 38 |
Other engineering | 41 | 41 | 78 | 81 | 96 | 40 | 50 | 94 | 66 | 48 |
Non-science and engineering | 43 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 33 | 33 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 40 |
Education | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Education research | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 6 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
History | . | . | . | . | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | . | 3 |
Other humanities and arts | 6 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
Other | 36 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 32 | 36 | 24 |
Business management/administration | 23 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 15 |
Communication | 7 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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