Data
North Dakota State U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 106 | 106 | 118 | 87 | 120 | 94 | 113 | 101 | 102 | 78 |
Science and engineering | 91 | 79 | 103 | 75 | 104 | 79 | 98 | 86 | 84 | 59 |
Science | 61 | 58 | 71 | 59 | 87 | 56 | 78 | 57 | 73 | 41 |
Life science | 35 | 31 | 42 | 35 | 60 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 41 | 21 |
Agricultural sciences | 18 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 7 |
Biological sciences | 10 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
Health sciences | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
Chemistry | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 8 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Mathematics | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Psychology | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | 1 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Engineering | 30 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 18 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Civil engineering | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | . | 6 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
Industrial engineering | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Other engineering | 6 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Non-science and engineering | 15 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
Education | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
Education administration | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Education research | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Teacher education | . | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
Other education | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Humanities | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
History | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Letters | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 4 | 11 | 8 | . | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Business management/administration | 2 | 7 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . |
Communication | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | . | 3 | 7 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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