Data

Oakland U.

Number of earned doctorates, by major field of study of recipients: 2021–12
Fields	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All fields	48	51	59	52	38	56	46	59	36	37
Science and engineering	34	36	39	30	28	36	23	29	21	21
Science	24	23	20	14	18	22	12	13	13	9
Life science	6	4	3	4	7	7	7	3	6	6
Biological sciences	5	4	2	4	4	7	6	3	4	5
Health sciences	1	.	1	.	3	.	1	.	2	1
Physical sciences and earth sciences	.	1	1	.	1	3	2	1	2	1
Chemistry	.	1	1	.	1	2	2	1	2	1
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and computer sciences	11	16	14	9	8	8	3	8	3	2
Computer sciences	9	13	12	6	1	4	3	6	2	.
Mathematics	2	3	2	3	7	4	.	2	1	2
Psychology and social sciences	7	2	2	1	2	4	.	1	2	.
Psychology	7	2	2	1	2	4	.	.	2	.
Sociology	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Engineering	10	13	19	16	10	14	11	16	8	12
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological/biomedical sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
Electrical engineering	3	1	5	3	4	3	4	5	1	6
Industrial engineering	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	1	1	.
Mechanical engineering	3	5	9	8	5	6	2	4	4	4
Other engineering	3	7	5	5	.	4	5	5	2	1
Non-science and engineering	14	15	20	22	10	20	23	30	15	16
Education	13	15	20	22	10	20	23	28	15	16
Education administration	3	6	13	10	4	6	11	16	5	7
Education research	4	1	3	4	3	6	5	2	7	3
Teacher education	5	4	1	2	1	2	2	4	1	2
Teaching fields	.	3	3	6	1	4	5	6	2	3
Other education	1	1	.	.	1	2	.	.	.	1
Humanities	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.
History	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Other humanities and arts	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Other	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business management/administration	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.