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Table 7. Academic institutions with science and engineering research space shared with other fields or used for purposes other than research, by type of institution: FY 2017

Type of institution Institutions with research spacea Institutions with research space shared with other fields Institutions with research space also used for nonresearch purposes
Number Percent Number Percent
All institutions 562 295 52 315 56
Doctorate granting 422 230 55 236 56
Public 292 161 55 158 54
Private 130 69 53 78 60
Nondoctorate granting 140 65 46 79 56
a Includes only those institutions that reported on shared space.
NOTE: Institutions were asked to indicate whether any of the net assignable square feet of research space reported in individual field totals was shared with other fields or used for purposes other than research.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities, FY 2017.