Data
U. Illinois, Chicago
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 340 | 309 | 322 | 326 | 325 | 325 | 327 | 290 | 299 | 326 |
Science and engineering | 275 | 253 | 266 | 272 | 266 | 244 | 248 | 236 | 245 | 248 |
Science | 213 | 195 | 195 | 211 | 216 | 207 | 194 | 184 | 195 | 205 |
Life science | 81 | 91 | 94 | 86 | 99 | 93 | 85 | 84 | 96 | 130 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 51 | 59 | 48 | 59 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 80 |
Health sciences | 30 | 31 | 45 | 26 | 46 | 37 | 25 | 26 | 37 | 50 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 34 | 43 | 19 | 37 | 36 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 18 |
Chemistry | 25 | 27 | 14 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 45 | 25 | 33 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 25 | 22 | 32 | 23 |
Computer sciences | 22 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
Mathematics | 23 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 14 |
Psychology and social sciences | 53 | 36 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 57 | 51 | 49 | 34 | 34 |
Psychology | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 9 |
Anthropology | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . |
Economics | 9 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 |
Political science and government | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Sociology | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 19 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 10 |
Engineering | 62 | 58 | 71 | 61 | 50 | 37 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 43 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 11 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 |
Chemical engineering | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Civil engineering | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 11 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
Industrial engineering | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
Other engineering | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Non-science and engineering | 65 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 81 | 79 | 54 | 54 | 78 |
Education | 31 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 33 |
Education administration | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Education research | 26 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 29 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other education | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 7 | . | 1 | . |
Humanities | 21 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 31 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
History | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Letters | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
Other humanities and arts | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
Other | 13 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
Business management/administration | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Communication | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 2 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 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