Data
U. Wisconsin-Madison
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 753 | 664 | 724 | 780 | 770 | 842 | 823 | 836 | 783 | 735 |
Science and engineering | 579 | 541 | 553 | 616 | 601 | 629 | 648 | 628 | 593 | 523 |
Science | 452 | 429 | 434 | 482 | 477 | 482 | 526 | 481 | 467 | 427 |
Life science | 208 | 177 | 197 | 226 | 222 | 241 | 246 | 216 | 229 | 204 |
Agricultural sciences | 31 | 33 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 28 |
Biological sciences | 135 | 107 | 115 | 144 | 152 | 146 | 162 | 127 | 141 | 125 |
Health sciences | 42 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 51 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 96 | 95 | 84 | 91 | 103 | 94 | 96 | 112 | 85 | 89 |
Chemistry | 56 | 51 | 43 | 43 | 54 | 44 | 51 | 55 | 42 | 45 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 17 |
Physics and astronomy | 26 | 37 | 27 | 38 | 27 | 36 | 28 | 45 | 32 | 27 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 58 | 54 | 58 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 69 | 52 | 51 | 55 |
Computer sciences | 21 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Mathematics | 37 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 32 |
Psychology and social sciences | 90 | 103 | 95 | 111 | 98 | 92 | 115 | 101 | 102 | 79 |
Psychology | 28 | 24 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 31 | 14 |
Anthropology | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Economics | 23 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 18 |
Political science and government | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
Sociology | 10 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 19 |
Other social sciences | 19 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Engineering | 127 | 112 | 119 | 134 | 124 | 147 | 122 | 147 | 126 | 96 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 15 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 9 |
Chemical engineering | 21 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 21 |
Civil engineering | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Electrical engineering | 25 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 9 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 10 |
Other engineering | 25 | 15 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 34 | 18 | 30 | 29 | 22 |
Non-science and engineering | 174 | 123 | 171 | 164 | 169 | 213 | 175 | 208 | 190 | 212 |
Education | 77 | 48 | 67 | 56 | 54 | 74 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 67 |
Education administration | 18 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
Education research | 44 | 37 | 43 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 48 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
Other education | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 |
Humanities | 66 | 46 | 71 | 85 | 83 | 110 | 80 | 99 | 90 | 110 |
Foreign languages & literature | 23 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 27 |
History | 8 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 27 |
Letters | 16 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 26 | 32 |
Other humanities and arts | 19 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 24 |
Other | 31 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 42 | 30 | 35 |
Business management/administration | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
Communication | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 16 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
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