Data
Western Michigan U.
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 124 | 116 | 134 | 113 | 124 | 119 | 119 | 108 | 118 | 105 |
Science and engineering | 88 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 75 | 66 | 69 | 58 | 71 |
Science | 66 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 78 | 65 | 53 | 59 | 53 | 68 |
Life science | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Health sciences | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 34 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 41 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 39 |
Psychology | 19 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 24 |
Economics | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Political science and government | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Sociology | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Civil engineering | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 36 | 34 | 51 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 39 | 60 | 34 |
Education | 27 | 25 | 39 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 32 | 43 | 25 |
Education administration | 12 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 13 |
Education research | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
Foreign languages & literature | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
History | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Letters | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | . |
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