Data
U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 824 | 662 | 820 | 759 | 766 | 782 | 677 | 782 | 755 | 757 |
Science and engineering | 678 | 561 | 665 | 635 | 631 | 622 | 513 | 611 | 601 | 600 |
Science | 448 | 372 | 424 | 410 | 420 | 412 | 352 | 380 | 390 | 415 |
Life science | 152 | 111 | 143 | 143 | 125 | 146 | 131 | 141 | 144 | 133 |
Agricultural sciences | 42 | 31 | 42 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 25 |
Biological sciences | 91 | 70 | 86 | 94 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 97 | 90 | 84 |
Health sciences | 19 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 24 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 101 | 100 | 104 | 96 | 111 | 99 | 93 | 82 | 77 | 103 |
Chemistry | 46 | 45 | 49 | 41 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 38 | 34 | 47 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 15 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Physics and astronomy | 40 | 42 | 48 | 42 | 47 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 47 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 104 | 92 | 95 | 81 | 96 | 73 | 65 | 71 | 88 | 83 |
Computer sciences | 77 | 63 | 59 | 48 | 48 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 61 | 55 |
Mathematics | 27 | 29 | 36 | 33 | 48 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
Psychology and social sciences | 91 | 69 | 82 | 90 | 88 | 94 | 63 | 86 | 81 | 96 |
Psychology | 26 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 20 | 32 | 26 | 38 |
Anthropology | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Economics | 26 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
Political science and government | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
Sociology | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 19 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 18 |
Engineering | 230 | 189 | 241 | 225 | 211 | 210 | 161 | 231 | 211 | 185 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 9 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 8 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
Chemical engineering | 21 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 12 |
Civil engineering | 27 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 17 |
Electrical engineering | 36 | 41 | 45 | 41 | 36 | 58 | 34 | 57 | 37 | 38 |
Industrial engineering | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 19 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 21 |
Mechanical engineering | 52 | 28 | 53 | 42 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 42 | 29 | 23 |
Other engineering | 45 | 44 | 51 | 43 | 58 | 44 | 30 | 44 | 47 | 50 |
Non-science and engineering | 146 | 101 | 155 | 124 | 135 | 160 | 164 | 171 | 154 | 157 |
Education | 58 | 32 | 41 | 41 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 63 | 48 | 47 |
Education administration | 11 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Education research | 34 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 31 |
Teacher education | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
Other education | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | . | 2 |
Humanities | 47 | 34 | 62 | 40 | 41 | 56 | 65 | 51 | 61 | 59 |
Foreign languages & literature | 14 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
History | 13 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Letters | 10 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 16 |
Other humanities and arts | 10 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
Other | 41 | 35 | 52 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 45 | 57 | 45 | 51 |
Business management/administration | 25 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 21 |
Communication | 6 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 19 |
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