Data
Wayne State U.
| Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 163 | 202 | 205 | 205 | 247 | 204 | 224 | 236 | 205 | 211 |
| Science and engineering | 131 | 157 | 154 | 157 | 183 | 145 | 159 | 185 | 147 | 158 |
| Science | 102 | 119 | 125 | 120 | 156 | 118 | 125 | 140 | 120 | 114 |
| Life science | 51 | 43 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 37 | 56 | 50 | 48 | 45 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
| Biological sciences | 34 | 29 | 25 | 42 | 45 | 32 | 48 | 39 | 32 | 38 |
| Health sciences | 16 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 17 | 20 | 35 | 28 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 25 | 22 |
| Chemistry | 12 | 11 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 12 |
| Physics and astronomy | 5 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 14 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 16 |
| Computer sciences | 9 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Mathematics | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 20 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 53 | 40 | 30 | 41 | 35 | 31 |
| Psychology | 11 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
| Anthropology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Economics | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Sociology | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Other social sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Engineering | 29 | 38 | 29 | 37 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 27 | 44 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Chemical engineering | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Civil engineering | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Electrical engineering | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Industrial engineering | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Other engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Non-science and engineering | 32 | 45 | 51 | 48 | 64 | 59 | 65 | 51 | 58 | 53 |
| Education | 18 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 35 | 32 |
| Education administration | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Education research | 16 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 36 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 27 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Teaching fields | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Other education | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Humanities | 8 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
| Foreign languages & literature | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| History | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | . | 3 | 2 |
| Letters | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Other humanities and arts | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Business management/administration | . | . | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Communication | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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
