University of Massachusetts Boston

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total federal obligations | Total R&D expenditures | ||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2017 | 172 | 19.8 | 902 | |||||||||
2016 | 212 | 49.6 | 431 | 215 | 31.6 | 693 | 247 | 25.6 | 992 | 175 | 20.2 | 896 |
2015 | 250 | 58.7 | 428 | 222 | 32.8 | 690 | 251 | 25.5 | 1,010 | 172 | 19.9 | 898 |
2014 | 219 | 52 | 424 | 232 | 34.4 | 685 | 198 | 20.6 | 997 | 177 | 20.6 | 888 |
2013 | 273 | 65.4 | 419 | 240 | 43.7 | 555 | 172 | 18.1 | 993 | 183 | 21.4 | 885 |
2012 | 253 | 61.3 | 415 | 215 | 39.2 | 555 | 199 | 19.4 | 1,069 | 185 | 21.4 | 893 |
2011 | 227 | 56 | 408 | 353 | 64.1 | 553 | 216 | 19.9 | 1,128 | 192 | 21.8 | 911 |
2010 | 198 | 48.2 | 414 | 295 | 52.9 | 562 | 183 | 15.9 | 1,212 | 183 | 25.3 | 742 |
2009 | 223 | 53.6 | 419 | 210 | 37.7 | 565 | 243 | 21.4 | 1,178 | 189 | 27.3 | 708 |
2008 | 259 | 62.2 | 418 | 165 | 29.7 | 566 | 239 | 21.6 | 1,146 | 198 | 29.3 | 690 |
2007 | 237 | 58 | 411 | 195 | 34.9 | 567 | 245 | 20.9 | 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

Fields | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All fields | 50 | 31 | 45 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 48 | 41 | 26 | 35 |
Science and engineering | 38 | 26 | 42 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 17 | 21 |
Science | 38 | 26 | 42 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 17 | 21 |
Life science | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
Health | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | . | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Chemistry | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Computer sciences | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 13 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 16 |
Psychology | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Other social sciences | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 12 | 5 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
Education | 11 | 5 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 |
Education administration | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Education research | 6 | 5 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Agency | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All agencies | . | 8,774 | 18,277 | 23,499 | 18,408 | 15,512 | 29,437 | 13,101 | 10,163 | 10,150 |
Departments | . | 5,038 | 11,249 | 14,745 | 12,115 | 9,760 | 20,437 | 9,358 | 4,853 | 5,297 |
Department of Agriculture | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 147 | 147 | . |
Department of Commerce | . | 58 | 35 | 242 | 241 | 548 | 775 | . | . | . |
Department of Defense | . | 320 | 297 | 206 | 296 | 593 | 468 | 533 | 308 | 275 |
Department of Education | . | 300 | 4,525 | 9,643 | 7,279 | 1,600 | 4,429 | 2,100 | 600 | . |
Department of Energy | . | 150 | 150 | 15 | . | . | 292 | 462 | 479 | . |
Department of Health and Human Services | . | 4,157 | 6,242 | 4,640 | 4,299 | 7,019 | 14,474 | 6,116 | 3,319 | 5,022 |
Department of Homeland Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Housing and Urban Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of the Interior | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Labor | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Transportation | . | 52 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other agencies | . | 3,737 | 7,028 | 8,754 | 6,293 | 5,752 | 9,000 | 3,743 | 5,310 | 4,853 |
Agency for International Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Appalachian Regional Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Environmental Protection Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,565 | 110 | 1,857 | . |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | . | . | . | . | 660 | 72 | . | 68 | 272 | . |
National Science Foundation | . | 3,737 | 4,404 | 8,254 | 5,633 | 5,679 | 7,435 | 3,565 | 3,181 | 4,853 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Office of Justice Programs | . | . | 2,625 | 499 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social Security Administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Type of activity | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All federal obligations | . | 8,774 | 18,277 | 23,499 | 18,408 | 15,512 | 29,437 | 13,101 | 10,163 | 10,150 |
Research and development | . | 7,593 | 16,421 | 17,093 | 16,797 | 11,311 | 23,332 | 10,436 | 7,455 | 7,512 |
R&D plant | . | 18 | 11 | 22 | 77 | 175 | 959 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Facilities for instruction in S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fellowships, traineeships, and training grants | . | 685 | 1,845 | 150 | 272 | 342 | 921 | 433 | 597 | 870 |
General support for S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other S&E activities | . | 479 | 0 | 6,235 | 1,262 | 3,684 | 4,225 | 2,132 | 2,111 | 1,768 |
Selected characteristics | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All full-time students | 575 | 533 | 452 | 439 | 511 | 177 | 297 | 586 | 851 | 641 |
Not Available | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Male | 220 | 214 | 207 | 155 | 204 | 61 | 97 | 272 | 292 | 181 |
Female | 355 | 319 | 245 | 284 | 307 | 116 | 200 | 314 | 559 | 460 |
First-year full-time | 185 | 233 | 73 | 152 | 6 | 45 | 84 | 134 | 183 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 334 | 337 | 288 | 305 | 430 | 127 | 231 | 483 | 716 | 535 |
Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 11 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 294 | 285 | 240 | 269 | 358 | 103 | 197 | 448 | 639 | 500 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Asian | 16 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 33 |
Black or African American | 20 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 14 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
White | 244 | 216 | 185 | 212 | 238 | 86 | 164 | 381 | 552 | 451 |
More than one race | 14 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 12 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 50 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 54 | 24 |
Temporary visa holders | 241 | 196 | 164 | 134 | 81 | 50 | 66 | 103 | 135 | 106 |
Science and engineering | 509 | 500 | 437 | 423 | 478 | 163 | 283 | 557 | 693 | 508 |
Science | 509 | 499 | 437 | 423 | 456 | 160 | 280 | 536 | 673 | 487 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 32 | 36 | 42 | 35 | 59 | 30 | 30 | 42 | 48 | 26 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 165 | 122 | 99 | 66 | 57 | 28 | 28 | 52 | 64 | 65 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 14 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 69 | 22 | 22 | 40 | 32 | 63 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 29 | 28 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | 18 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 41 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 82 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 23 |
Psychology | 115 | 72 | 91 | 118 | 49 | 32 | 79 | 100 | 115 | 159 |
Social sciences | 113 | 159 | 146 | 152 | 140 | 35 | 76 | 259 | 373 | 151 |
Engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 22 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 22 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 21 |
Health | 66 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 158 | 133 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
Selected characteristics | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All part-time students | 697 | 654 | 598 | 673 | 14 | 167 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
Not Available | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Male | 208 | 221 | 202 | 225 | 12 | 73 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
Female | 489 | 433 | 396 | 448 | 2 | 94 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 581 | 589 | 288 | 629 | 14 | 155 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 39 | 26 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 520 | 514 | 240 | 568 | 10 | 119 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 36 | 38 | 28 | 42 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Black or African American | 41 | 41 | 18 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 425 | 423 | 185 | 443 | 9 | 92 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
More than one race | 16 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 27 | 36 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 29 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
Temporary visa holders | 116 | 65 | 164 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 553 | 635 | 573 | 651 | 14 | 167 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
Science | 553 | 632 | 573 | 651 | 0 | 148 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 40 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 39 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 100 | 138 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 24 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 19 | 49 | 35 | 100 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Social sciences | 327 | 328 | 435 | 435 | 0 | 48 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
Engineering | . | 3 | . | . | 14 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 3 | . | . | 14 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 144 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
Field | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All surveyed fields | 30 | 47 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 19 |
Science and engineering | 30 | 46 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
Science | 30 | 45 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Psychology | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 4 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
Type and primary source of support | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All types and sources of support | 575 | 533 | 452 | 439 | 511 | 177 | 297 | 586 | 851 | 641 |
Fellowships | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 131 | 108 | 131 | 137 | 113 | 48 | 69 | 29 | 106 | 188 |
Federal | 28 | 45 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
Nonfederal | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Institutional | 99 | 42 | 86 | 109 | 75 | 35 | 60 | 29 | 82 | 164 |
Teaching assistantships | 193 | 187 | 147 | 148 | 145 | 121 | 131 | 162 | 143 | 207 |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Institutional | 190 | 186 | 142 | 144 | 145 | 121 | 131 | 162 | 134 | 201 |
Other types of support | 231 | 237 | 171 | 148 | 253 | 8 | 97 | 395 | 602 | 246 |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
Self-support | 225 | 227 | 165 | 135 | 242 | 8 | 97 | 380 | 587 | 246 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
Selected characteristics | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All postdoctorates | 8 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Available | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Male | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
Field | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All surveyed fields | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
Field | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 70,019 | 64,223 | 62,374 | 61,186 | 60,380 | 60,086 | 57,040 | 56,416 | 47,028 | 38,018 | ||||||||||
Science | 36,380 | 34,422 | 29,872 | 29,788 | 29,524 | 28,671 | 31,639 | 39,246 | 36,428 | 30,170 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,308 | 2,536 | 2,733 | 3,048 | 2,428 | 2,569 | 1,715 | 2,188 | 1,678 | 1,088 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,587 | 6,696 | 4,463 | 4,164 | 3,340 | 3,096 | 5,326 | 4,634 | 3,919 | 3,128 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,064 | 2,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 10 | 99 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,523 | 4,095 | 4,201 | 3,978 | 2,888 | 2,712 | 4,766 | 4,030 | 2,861 | 2,131 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 262 | 186 | 452 | 384 | 560 | 535 | 1,048 | 898 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 11,478 | 10,872 | 9,362 | 9,922 | 7,599 | 8,443 | 8,278 | 9,916 | 9,237 | 7,138 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,242 | 3,226 | 3,305 | 2,913 | 2,592 | 2,773 | 2,581 | 2,537 | 3,020 | 3,384 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 8,060 | 7,447 | 1,358 | 2,294 | 812 | 4,345 | 4,675 | 4,697 | 3,493 | 2,934 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, nec | 173 | 87 | 4,575 | 4,715 | 4,195 | 1,325 | 1,022 | 2,682 | 2,724 | 820 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 188 | 112 | 27 | 101 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 26 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,763 | 1,726 | 2,147 | 2,169 | 1,434 | 1,506 | 1,440 | 932 | 507 | 584 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 858 | 924 | 1,267 | 1,073 | 705 | 727 | 879 | 688 | 355 | 283 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | 905 | 802 | 880 | 1,096 | 729 | 779 | 561 | 244 | 152 | 301 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,356 | 3,929 | 3,255 | 3,301 | 3,866 | 5,478 | 7,035 | 9,031 | 9,049 | 7,255 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 10,262 | 8,089 | 7,323 | 6,658 | 10,802 | 7,524 | 7,845 | 10,524 | 10,544 | 7,113 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 1,316 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | 210 | 130 | 232 | 165 | 117 | 340 | 147 | 797 | 1,155 | 788 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 4,222 | 2,541 | 3,387 | 3,727 | 7,509 | 2,757 | 3,183 | 3,056 | 3,000 | 1,516 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3,015 | 3,649 | 2,784 | 1,789 | 941 | 1,706 | 1,757 | 858 | 856 | 1,304 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, nec | 1,499 | 1,009 | 920 | 977 | 2,235 | 2,721 | 2,758 | 5,813 | 5,533 | 3,505 | ||||||||||
Sciences, nec | 438 | 462 | 562 | 425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,002 | 1,478 | 3,838 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,549 | 798 | 433 | 233 | 351 | 198 | 225 | 141 | 209 | 102 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 53 | 146 | 38 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,496 | 652 | 395 | 196 | 351 | 198 | 225 | 139 | 205 | 101 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 32,090 | 29,003 | 32,069 | 31,165 | 30,505 | 31,217 | 25,176 | 17,029 | 10,391 | 7,746 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,706 | 1,651 | 1,637 | 1,079 | 224 | 698 | 653 | 2,100 | 577 | 570 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 11 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33 | ||||||||||
Education | 26,550 | 24,176 | 27,602 | 25,500 | 24,514 | 24,655 | 21,331 | 14,607 | 4,919 | 5,786 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 342 | 306 | 387 | 556 | 341 | 1,147 | 98 | 303 | 679 | 955 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
Social work | 145 | 369 | 570 | 1,016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 36 | 17 | 51 | 85 | 15 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 34 | 71 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, nec | 2,300 | 2,478 | 1,822 | 2,875 | 5,403 | 4,677 | 3,059 | 0 | 4,128 | 319 |
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 | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 70,019 | 29,934 | 6,990 | 27,949 | 1,279 | 3,541 | 326 | |||||||
Science | 36,380 | 15,831 | 4,966 | 13,262 | 219 | 2,001 | 101 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,308 | 1,401 | 0 | 862 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,587 | 3,692 | 519 | 2,087 | 42 | 220 | 27 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,064 | 1,811 | 22 | 125 | 18 | 75 | 13 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,523 | 1,881 | 497 | 1,962 | 24 | 145 | 14 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 11,478 | 4,613 | 3,647 | 2,511 | 0 | 682 | 25 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,242 | 2,328 | 0 | 895 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 8,060 | 2,282 | 3,517 | 1,573 | 0 | 663 | 25 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, nec | 173 | 0 | 130 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 188 | 127 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,763 | 1,141 | 0 | 433 | 0 | 181 | 8 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 858 | 548 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 905 | 593 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 121 | 8 | |||||||
Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,356 | 1,969 | 0 | 1,230 | 69 | 88 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 10,262 | 2,561 | 800 | 5,967 | 108 | 785 | 41 | |||||||
Anthropology | 1,316 | 896 | 3 | 405 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 210 | 32 | 30 | 102 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 4,222 | 158 | 135 | 3,472 | 0 | 440 | 17 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3,015 | 1,284 | 592 | 879 | 65 | 171 | 24 | |||||||
Social sciences, nec | 1,499 | 191 | 40 | 1,109 | 43 | 116 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, nec | 438 | 327 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,549 | 477 | 0 | 901 | 1 | 0 | 170 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 53 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,496 | 425 | 0 | 900 | 1 | 0 | 170 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 32,090 | 13,626 | 2,024 | 13,786 | 1,059 | 1,540 | 55 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,706 | 124 | 6 | 2,477 | 6 | 93 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 26,550 | 13,379 | 2,000 | 8,968 | 1,050 | 1,153 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 342 | 84 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 53 | 55 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 145 | 19 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, nec | 2,300 | 20 | 18 | 2,018 | 3 | 241 | 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 | ||||||||||
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All agencies | 29,934 | 30,608 | 28,653 | 27,715 | 24,924 | 33,275 | 26,958 | 24,527 | 13,536 | 12,001 | ||||||||||
Department of Agriculture | 0 | 0 | 17 | 63 | 0 | 47 | 193 | 94 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Department of Defense | 820 | 789 | 623 | 749 | 549 | 558 | 714 | 682 | 138 | 244 | ||||||||||
Department of Energy | 0 | 22 | 349 | 303 | 329 | 897 | 559 | 433 | 87 | 865 | ||||||||||
Department of Health and Human Services (including NIH) | 10,353 | 9,909 | 9,603 | 9,680 | 8,290 | 12,332 | 9,222 | 9,666 | 2,605 | 4,373 | ||||||||||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1,450 | 1,567 | 1,103 | 763 | 573 | 365 | 2,023 | 137 | 46 | 30 | ||||||||||
National Science Foundation | 5,118 | 6,115 | 6,469 | 5,692 | 5,215 | 5,349 | 3,840 | 5,902 | 2,368 | 2,500 | ||||||||||
Other Agencies | 12,193 | 12,206 | 10,489 | 10,465 | 9,968 | 13,727 | 10,407 | 7,613 | 8,269 | 3,989 |
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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2017 | 1,306 | 150 | 1,156 | . | ||||
2016 | 1,403 | 134 | 1,269 | . | ||||
2015 | 1,373 | 156 | 1,217 | 37 | ||||
2014 | 1,205 | 148 | 1,057 | 16 | ||||
2013 | 1,112 | 162 | 950 | 12 | ||||
2012 | 1,034 | 173 | 861 | 12 | ||||
2011 | 848 | 194 | 654 | 14 |