Data

Northern Illinois U.
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 60 | 64 | 70 | 82 | 95 | 62 | 62 | 53 | 72 | 54 |
Science and engineering | 37 | 44 | 50 | 52 | 63 | 42 | 50 | 40 | 57 | 40 |
Science | 37 | 44 | 50 | 51 | 63 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 57 | 40 |
Life science | 4 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Biological sciences | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Health sciences | 2 | 7 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
Chemistry | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Mathematics | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 24 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 38 | 23 |
Psychology | 14 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 17 |
Economics | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 23 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
Education | 19 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | . |
Education research | 19 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | . | 5 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . |
Humanities | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
History | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Letters | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Other humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
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