Data
Northeastern U.
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 193 | 174 | 197 | 178 | 226 | 186 | 156 | 184 | 176 | 117 |
| Science and engineering | 183 | 167 | 186 | 167 | 212 | 171 | 144 | 171 | 158 | 110 |
| Science | 96 | 100 | 108 | 99 | 119 | 103 | 93 | 104 | 102 | 69 |
| Life science | 28 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 21 |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Biological sciences | 18 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| Health sciences | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 18 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 14 |
| Chemistry | 8 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 11 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
| Physics and astronomy | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 24 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 10 |
| Computer sciences | 18 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Mathematics | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 26 | 40 | 31 | 28 | 44 | 36 | 31 | 40 | 33 | 24 |
| Psychology | 11 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 |
| Anthropology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Sociology | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Other social sciences | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Engineering | 87 | 67 | 78 | 68 | 93 | 68 | 51 | 67 | 56 | 41 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Chemical engineering | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Civil engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Electrical engineering | 33 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 6 |
| Industrial engineering | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 |
| Other engineering | 21 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Non-science and engineering | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 3 | 1 |
| Humanities | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 5 |
| History | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Letters | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
| Other | 2 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Business management/administration | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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
