Lafayette College

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 | 538 | 60 | 902 | |||||||||
2016 | 534 | 54.2 | 992 | 565 | 63.4 | 896 | ||||||
2015 | 589 | 58.7 | 1,010 | 543 | 60.8 | 898 | ||||||
2014 | 609 | 61.4 | 997 | 524 | 59.4 | 888 | ||||||
2013 | 584 | 59.2 | 993 | 530 | 60.2 | 885 | ||||||
2012 | 513 | 48.5 | 1,069 | 546 | 61.5 | 893 | ||||||
2011 | 605 | 54.1 | 1,128 | 483 | 53.4 | 911 | ||||||
2010 | 672 | 55.8 | 1,212 | 486 | 65.8 | 742 | ||||||
2009 | 521 | 44.7 | 1,178 | 473 | 67.1 | 708 | ||||||
2008 | 552 | 48.6 | 1,146 | 467 | 68 | 690 | ||||||
2007 | 416 | 34.9 | 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 |
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All agencies | . | 663 | 571 | 574 | 953 | 631 | 707 | 1,342 | 818 | 1,652 |
Departments | . | . | 268 | . | 273 | . | 101 | 238 | . | 7 |
Department of Agriculture | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Commerce | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 |
Department of Defense | . | . | . | . | . | . | 101 | . | . | . |
Department of Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Energy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Health and Human Services | . | . | 268 | . | 273 | . | . | 238 | . | . |
Department of Homeland Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Housing and Urban Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of the Interior | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Labor | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Transportation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other agencies | . | 663 | 302 | 574 | 680 | 631 | 606 | 1,103 | 818 | 1,645 |
Agency for International Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Appalachian Regional Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Environmental Protection Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | . | 120 | . | 82 | . | . | 173 | . | . | . |
National Science Foundation | . | 543 | 302 | 492 | 680 | 631 | 434 | 1,103 | 818 | 1,645 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Office of Justice Programs | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social Security Administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Type of activity | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
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All federal obligations | . | 663 | 571 | 574 | 953 | 631 | 707 | 1,342 | 818 | 1,652 |
Research and development | . | 129 | 412 | 358 | 953 | 469 | 514 | 755 | 536 | 1,334 |
R&D plant | . | 528 | 159 | 205 | 0 | 142 | 194 | 557 | 222 | 258 |
Facilities for instruction in S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fellowships, traineeships, and training grants | . | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
General support for S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other S&E activities | . | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 60 | 53 |
Field | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,831 | 1,553 | 1,693 | 1,915 | 1,947 | 1,864 | 2,426 | 2,089 | 1,898 | 2,002 | ||||||||||
Science | 654 | 458 | 784 | 536 | 834 | 736 | 768 | 1,117 | 1,076 | 1,013 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 171 | 139 | 115 | 74 | 165 | 5 | 126 | 105 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 30 | 41 | 75 | 89 | 207 | 131 | 67 | 79 | 63 | 143 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 30 | 41 | 75 | 85 | 204 | 131 | 67 | 79 | 63 | 143 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 8 | 73 | 121 | 110 | 166 | 274 | 178 | 126 | 69 | 65 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 72 | 121 | 110 | 166 | 274 | 178 | 126 | 69 | 65 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, nec | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 117 | 47 | 112 | 116 | 136 | 31 | 75 | 183 | 188 | 175 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 256 | 134 | 196 | 109 | 107 | 246 | 162 | 253 | 103 | 123 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 125 | 102 | 165 | 71 | 74 | 180 | 53 | 229 | 74 | 81 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | 131 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 33 | 66 | 109 | 24 | 29 | 42 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 64 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 79 | 31 | 59 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 8 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 53 | 49 | 123 | 236 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 45 | 48 | 109 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, nec | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 215 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 622 | 447 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 805 | 501 | 417 | 437 | 435 | 572 | 952 | 427 | 335 | 772 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 507 | 187 | 224 | 270 | 124 | 18 | 388 | 91 | 68 | 174 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 29 | 47 | 180 | 105 | 241 | 196 | 196 | 171 | 234 | 184 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 38 | 321 | 70 | 22 | 0 | 258 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 269 | 267 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 37 | 297 | 81 | 33 | 156 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 372 | 594 | 492 | 942 | 678 | 556 | 706 | 545 | 487 | 217 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 72 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 141 | 26 | ||||||||||
Education | 202 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 22 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 11 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 29 | 74 | 160 | 0 | 17 | 52 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 31 | 50 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 34 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 10 | 68 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, nec | 149 | 147 | 442 | 699 | 602 | 475 | 517 | 545 | 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 | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,831 | 1,493 | 38 | 205 | 95 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 654 | 554 | 0 | 27 | 73 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 171 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 30 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 30 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 117 | 115 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 256 | 243 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 125 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 131 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 805 | 749 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 507 | 461 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 29 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 269 | 269 | 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 | 372 | 190 | 10 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 202 | 190 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, nec | 149 | 0 | 10 | 139 | 0 | 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 | ||||||||||
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All agencies | 1,493 | 997 | 1,066 | 1,070 | 1,166 | 1,205 | 1,564 | 1,223 | 879 | 1,063 | ||||||||||
Department of Agriculture | 0 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 55 | 38 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
Department of Defense | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Department of Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Department of Health and Human Services (including NIH) | 65 | 70 | 195 | 266 | 78 | 141 | 66 | 80 | 37 | 74 | ||||||||||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 39 | 142 | 55 | 73 | 131 | 86 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
National Science Foundation | 1,120 | 575 | 598 | 684 | 853 | 865 | 1,245 | 954 | 576 | 918 | ||||||||||
Other Agencies | 254 | 145 | 166 | 8 | 27 | 65 | 194 | 187 | 266 | 53 |
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 | 103 | 99 | 4 | . | ||||
2016 | 196 | 138 | 58 | . | ||||
2015 | 180 | 135 | 45 | 0 | ||||
2014 | 178 | 132 | 46 | 0 | ||||
2013 | 174 | 128 | 46 | 0 | ||||
2012 | 181 | 123 | 58 | 0 | ||||
2011 | 187 | 127 | 60 | 0 |