Data

U. Wisconsin-Madison
Fields | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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All fields | 761 | 753 | 664 | 724 | 780 | 770 | 842 | 823 | 836 | 783 |
Science and engineering | 585 | 579 | 541 | 553 | 616 | 601 | 632 | 648 | 631 | 596 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 33 | 31 | 34 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 34 |
Agricultural sciences | 24 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 25 |
Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 143 | 135 | 107 | 115 | 144 | 152 | 146 | 162 | 127 | 141 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 24 | 23 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 19 | 15 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 8 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
Genetics and genomics | 9 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
Microbiology and immunology | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 21 |
Molecular biology | 23 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 15 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 20 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 25 |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
Computer science | 14 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 33 | 21 | 23 |
Computer and information sciences, other | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . |
Engineering | 126 | 127 | 112 | 119 | 134 | 124 | 147 | 122 | 147 | 126 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 16 |
Chemical and petroleum engineering | 11 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 27 | 17 |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 12 |
Electrical and computer engineering | 31 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 40 | 23 |
Industrial engineering and operations research | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
Materials and mining engineering | 13 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 14 |
Mechanical engineering | 27 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 18 |
Engineering, other | 8 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 |
Geological sciences | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
Health sciences | 46 | 42 | 36 | 39 | 45 | 39 | 47 | 37 | 43 | 54 |
Nursing science | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Pharmaceutical sciences | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Public health | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Health sciences, other | 32 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 36 |
Mathematics and statistics | 31 | 37 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 28 |
Applied mathematics | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Mathematics | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 14 |
Statistics | 14 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 7 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 86 | 82 | 88 | 70 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 100 | 74 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Chemistry | 58 | 56 | 51 | 43 | 43 | 54 | 44 | 51 | 55 | 42 |
Physics | 23 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 38 | 28 |
Psychology | 21 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 31 |
Clinical psychology | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Counseling and applied psychology | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
Research and experimental psychology | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology, other | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Social sciences | 67 | 62 | 79 | 74 | 80 | 69 | 72 | 86 | 86 | 74 |
Anthropology | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Economics | 30 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 23 |
Political science and government | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 13 |
Public policy analysis | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 12 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 17 |
Social sciences, other | 17 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Non-science and engineering | 176 | 174 | 123 | 171 | 164 | 169 | 210 | 175 | 205 | 187 |
Business | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Business | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Education | 79 | 77 | 48 | 67 | 56 | 54 | 74 | 67 | 67 | 70 |
Education leadership and administration | 17 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
Education research | 50 | 44 | 37 | 43 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 44 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
Education, other | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 1 |
Humanities and arts | 61 | 66 | 46 | 71 | 85 | 83 | 107 | 80 | 96 | 87 |
Letters | 17 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 26 |
Foreign languages and literature | 16 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 27 |
History | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Music and performing arts | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Humanities and arts, other | 7 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Other non-science and engineering | 23 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 16 |
Communication | 17 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 13 |
Public administration and social services | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . |
Non-science and engineering, other | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
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