Data

U. Chicago, The
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 455 | 369 | 409 | 432 | 387 | 395 | 391 | 401 | 412 | 402 |
Science and engineering | 339 | 258 | 258 | 293 | 257 | 262 | 246 | 255 | 250 | 241 |
Science | 324 | 250 | 254 | 286 | 252 | 258 | 246 | 254 | 250 | 241 |
Life science | 82 | 55 | 73 | 74 | 83 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 66 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 77 | 47 | 71 | 67 | 79 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 60 |
Health sciences | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 70 | 70 | 66 | 64 | 51 | 71 | 49 | 59 | 43 | 64 |
Chemistry | 34 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 31 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 34 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | 30 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 35 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 27 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 46 | 38 | 27 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 30 | 26 |
Computer sciences | 20 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | . | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Mathematics | 26 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 15 |
Psychology and social sciences | 126 | 87 | 88 | 111 | 91 | 98 | 92 | 102 | 101 | 85 |
Psychology | 12 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
Anthropology | 20 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 15 |
Economics | 34 | 35 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 23 |
Political science and government | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
Sociology | 16 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 30 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 19 |
Engineering | 15 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 8 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 116 | 111 | 151 | 139 | 130 | 133 | 145 | 146 | 162 | 161 |
Education | 1 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
Education research | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 97 | 85 | 125 | 111 | 107 | 108 | 107 | 122 | 132 | 141 |
Foreign languages & literature | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 20 |
History | 16 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 33 |
Letters | 24 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 36 |
Other humanities and arts | 42 | 37 | 59 | 53 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 47 | 56 | 52 |
Other | 18 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 38 | 23 | 30 | 20 |
Business management/administration | 11 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 14 |
Communication | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 6 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
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