Data

U. Massachusetts, Lowell

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	98	135	114	84	73	96	87	60	66	58
Science and engineering	69	94	86	68	65	82	73	57	57	45
Science	41	50	50	29	34	43	48	36	24	29
Life science	15	16	18	12	19	14	18	19	8	12
Biological sciences	6	9	7	8	7	7	10	10	1	7
Health sciences	9	7	11	4	12	7	8	9	7	5
Physical sciences and earth sciences	10	13	16	10	11	15	11	6	11	13
Chemistry	5	10	6	5	4	6	7	4	4	3
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	1
Physics and astronomy	5	3	10	4	7	9	4	2	6	9
Mathematics and computer sciences	9	9	8	6	4	11	10	11	5	3
Computer sciences	9	9	8	6	4	10	10	11	5	3
Mathematics	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Psychology and social sciences	7	12	8	1	.	3	9	.	.	1
Psychology	4	3	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Economics	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other social sciences	3	9	6	1	.	3	9	.	.	1
Engineering	28	44	36	39	31	39	25	21	33	16
Biological/biomedical sciences	8	5	6	9	7	6	5	5	6	4
Chemical engineering	4	5	.	4	3	.	.	.	2	2
Civil engineering	1	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.
Electrical engineering	3	5	6	9	2	7	6	6	9	4
Industrial engineering	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Materials/metallurgical engineering	.	1	.	.	1	2	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	6	13	7	10	3	3	5	1	1	3
Other engineering	5	14	17	7	15	20	8	9	15	3
Non-science and engineering	29	41	28	16	8	14	14	3	9	13
Education	26	39	26	8	5	14	14	3	9	13
Education administration	21	27	20	2	2	8	8	2	2	7
Education research	1	4	4	.	.	.	.	1	2	.
Teacher education	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Teaching fields	3	6	1	6	1	5	6	.	4	5
Other education	1	2	1	.	2	1	.	.	.	1
Other	3	2	2	8	3	.	.	.	.	.
Business management/administration	2	2	2	7	3	.	.	.	.	.
Communication	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

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