Data

Oakland U.

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 44 45 48 51 59 52 38 56 46 59
  Science and engineering 27 32 34 36 39 30 28 36 23 29
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5 4 5 4 2 4 4 7 6 3
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 2 . 2 1 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 4 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Molecular biology . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . 1 1 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 1 1 9 13 12 6 1 4 3 6
      Computer science 1 1 5 7 8 6 1 4 3 6
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 4 6 4 . . . . .
    Engineering 13 22 10 13 19 16 10 14 11 16
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 9 6 5 7 4 4 5 5 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 3 . 2 3 4 1 2 4 5
      Materials and mining engineering . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 3 8 3 5 9 8 5 7 2 4
      Engineering, other 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Geological sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Health sciences 2 1 1 . 1 . 3 . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 2 1 1 . 1 . 3 . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 2 2 3 2 3 7 4 . 2
      Applied mathematics 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 3 . 2
      Mathematics . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . .
      Statistics . . . 2 . . 1 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 3 . . 1 1 . 1 2 2 1
      Chemistry 2 . . 1 1 . 1 2 2 1
      Physics 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Psychology 2 2 7 2 2 1 2 4 . .
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 2 . . 1 . 2 . .
      Research and experimental psychology . 1 2 2 1 . 1 2 . .
      Psychology, other 2 . 3 . 1 . 1 . . .
    Social sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . . 1
  Non-science and engineering 17 13 14 15 20 22 10 20 23 30
    Business 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Business 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
    Education 16 13 13 15 20 22 10 20 23 28
      Education leadership and administration 5 6 3 6 13 10 4 6 11 16
      Education research 4 3 4 1 3 4 3 6 5 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 4 5 7 4 8 2 6 7 10
      Education, other 1 . 1 1 . . 1 2 . .
    Humanities and arts . . . . . . . . . 2
      History . . . . . . . . . 1
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . . . . 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