Data
Michigan State U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 519 | 475 | 509 | 518 | 491 | 511 | 497 | 569 | 506 | 461 |
Science and engineering | 394 | 356 | 374 | 383 | 346 | 374 | 343 | 421 | 364 | 319 |
Science | 304 | 286 | 301 | 303 | 278 | 314 | 284 | 323 | 301 | 258 |
Life science | 141 | 112 | 138 | 143 | 124 | 127 | 122 | 140 | 131 | 106 |
Agricultural sciences | 36 | 30 | 38 | 36 | 26 | 35 | 33 | 44 | 48 | 32 |
Biological sciences | 89 | 63 | 76 | 94 | 84 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 70 | 58 |
Health sciences | 16 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 16 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 53 | 62 | 49 | 60 | 44 | 57 | 43 | 59 | 50 | 54 |
Chemistry | 26 | 29 | 22 | 38 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 29 | 28 | 31 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Physics and astronomy | 23 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 19 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 42 | 37 | 26 | 25 | 37 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 29 | 26 |
Computer sciences | 20 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 12 |
Mathematics | 22 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 14 |
Psychology and social sciences | 68 | 75 | 88 | 75 | 73 | 99 | 83 | 86 | 91 | 72 |
Psychology | 24 | 11 | 33 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 21 |
Anthropology | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Economics | 16 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
Political science and government | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
Sociology | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 21 | 29 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 20 |
Engineering | 90 | 70 | 73 | 80 | 68 | 60 | 59 | 98 | 63 | 61 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 14 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Mechanical engineering | 21 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 14 |
Other engineering | 20 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
Non-science and engineering | 125 | 119 | 135 | 135 | 145 | 137 | 154 | 148 | 142 | 142 |
Education | 68 | 73 | 71 | 75 | 86 | 70 | 82 | 83 | 77 | 64 |
Education administration | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
Education research | 38 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 43 | 52 | 55 | 52 | 34 |
Teacher education | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 22 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
Other education | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Humanities | 27 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 36 |
Foreign languages & literature | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
History | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
Letters | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 18 |
Other humanities and arts | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Other | 30 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 42 |
Business management/administration | 17 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 20 |
Communication | 10 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 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