DePauw University
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total federal obligations | Total R&D expenditures | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
| 2017 | 837 | 92.9 | 902 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 745 | 75.3 | 992 | 835 | 93.2 | 896 | ||||||
| 2015 | 742 | 73.7 | 1,010 | 823 | 91.7 | 898 | ||||||
| 2014 | 876 | 88 | 997 | 798 | 90 | 888 | ||||||
| 2013 | 946 | 95.3 | 993 | 748 | 84.7 | 885 | ||||||
| 2012 | 639 | 60.1 | 1,069 | 764 | 85.7 | 893 | ||||||
| 2011 | 980 | 87 | 1,128 | 783 | 86.1 | 911 | ||||||
| 2010 | 1,107 | 91.4 | 1,212 | 673 | 90.8 | 742 | ||||||
| 2009 | 572 | 49 | 1,178 | 620 | 87.7 | 708 | ||||||
| 2008 | 949 | 83 | 1,146 | 636 | 92.2 | 690 | ||||||
| 2007 | 832 | 68.9 | 1,213 | |||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
NOTES:
- 1. Grayed cells indicate data not yet available or data outside the 10-year span for these rankings. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
Data
| Agency | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | . | 317 | 104 | 30 | 495 | 52 | 60 | 1,025 | 114 | 206 |
| Departments | . | 287 | . | . | 18 | . | . | 200 | 69 | 70 |
| Department of Agriculture | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Commerce | . | . | . | . | 18 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Defense | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Energy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Health and Human Services | . | 287 | . | . | . | . | . | 200 | 69 | 70 |
| Department of Homeland Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of the Interior | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Labor | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Transportation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other agencies | . | 30 | 104 | 30 | 477 | 52 | 60 | 825 | 45 | 136 |
| Agency for International Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Environmental Protection Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| National Science Foundation | . | 30 | 104 | 30 | 477 | 52 | 60 | 825 | 45 | 136 |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Office of Justice Programs | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social Security Administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Type of activity | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All federal obligations | . | 317 | 104 | 30 | 495 | 52 | 60 | 1,025 | 114 | 206 |
| Research and development | . | 317 | 104 | 30 | 477 | 52 | 60 | 700 | 114 | 121 |
| R&D plant | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Facilities for instruction in S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fellowships, traineeships, and training grants | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General support for S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other S&E activities | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 0 | 85 |
| Field | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 366 | 344 | 348 | 376 | 486 | 561 | 438 | 503 | 595 | 445 | ||||||||||
| Science | 256 | 236 | 232 | 348 | 452 | 469 | 405 | 469 | 550 | 420 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 13 | 12 | 65 | 88 | 110 | 82 | 95 | 91 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 17 | 22 | 62 | 81 | 71 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 140 | 123 | 62 | 77 | 78 | 93 | 141 | 133 | 110 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 129 | 119 | 105 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Life sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 81 | 59 | 103 | 118 | 151 | 157 | 155 | 189 | 245 | 180 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | 114 | 120 | 106 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Physics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 39 | 62 | 137 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 9 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 70 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 16 | 12 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 16 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering, nec | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E | . | . | . | . | . | . | 33 | 34 | 45 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 10 | 25 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Law | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social work | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 22 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E, nec | . | . | . | . | . | . | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
| Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 366 | 97 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Science | 256 | 97 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 9 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Life sciences | 140 | 80 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Life sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Physical sciences | 81 | 17 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Physical sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Psychology | 9 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Social sciences, nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Engineering, nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Non-S&E | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Non-S&E, nec | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
| Source of funds | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 201 | 192 | 278 | 230 | ||||||||||
| Department of Agriculture | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Defense | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Energy | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Health and Human Services (including NIH) | . | . | . | . | . | . | 79 | 28 | 52 | 70 | ||||||||||
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| National Science Foundation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 122 | 164 | 226 | 160 | ||||||||||
| Other Agencies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
| Year | Total | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | ||||
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| 2011 | 98 | 33 | 65 | 0 |
