Data

U. Minnesota, Twin Cities
Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 626 | 647 | 719 | 665 | 678 | 787 | 711 | 762 | 762 | 721 |
Science and engineering | 526 | 503 | 561 | 539 | 521 | 602 | 529 | 564 | 578 | 534 |
Science | 392 | 377 | 429 | 393 | 400 | 466 | 402 | 433 | 448 | 419 |
Life science | 158 | 167 | 188 | 186 | 181 | 199 | 183 | 200 | 210 | 206 |
Agricultural sciences | 21 | 32 | 22 | 25 | 36 | 29 | 33 | 39 | 36 | 27 |
Biological sciences | 104 | 94 | 115 | 110 | 104 | 115 | 102 | 104 | 111 | 120 |
Health sciences | 33 | 41 | 51 | 51 | 41 | 55 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 59 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 68 | 63 | 78 | 78 | 66 | 79 | 68 | 72 | 63 | 61 |
Chemistry | 39 | 34 | 46 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 33 | 42 | 32 | 27 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
Physics and astronomy | 22 | 22 | 24 | 33 | 16 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 56 | 37 | 55 | 39 | 51 | 47 | 50 | 46 | 70 | 32 |
Computer sciences | 30 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 17 |
Mathematics | 26 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 39 | 15 |
Psychology and social sciences | 110 | 110 | 108 | 90 | 102 | 141 | 101 | 115 | 105 | 120 |
Psychology | 34 | 43 | 46 | 34 | 44 | 64 | 34 | 42 | 38 | 40 |
Anthropology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Economics | 40 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 25 |
Political science and government | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Sociology | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 12 |
Other social sciences | 27 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 28 |
Engineering | 134 | 126 | 132 | 146 | 121 | 136 | 127 | 131 | 130 | 115 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 8 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 20 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 12 |
Chemical engineering | 22 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
Civil engineering | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 |
Electrical engineering | 26 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 41 | 35 |
Industrial engineering | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 16 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 14 | 15 |
Other engineering | 13 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
Non-science and engineering | 100 | 144 | 158 | 126 | 157 | 185 | 182 | 198 | 184 | 187 |
Education | 37 | 58 | 66 | 58 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 75 | 83 | 77 |
Education administration | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 |
Education research | 21 | 42 | 31 | 34 | 57 | 47 | 57 | 51 | 56 | 55 |
Teacher education | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
Other education | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Humanities | 27 | 52 | 51 | 29 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 62 | 61 | 59 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
History | 11 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 17 |
Letters | 7 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 15 |
Other humanities and arts | 5 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 22 |
Other | 36 | 34 | 41 | 39 | 31 | 62 | 52 | 61 | 40 | 51 |
Business management/administration | 18 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 23 | 30 | 12 | 26 |
Communication | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 14 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 8 |
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