Benedict College
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 | 552 | 61.5 | 902 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 661 | 66.9 | 992 | 548 | 61.5 | 896 | ||||||
| 2015 | 721 | 71.6 | 1,010 | 576 | 64.5 | 898 | ||||||
| 2014 | 488 | 49.4 | 997 | 481 | 54.6 | 888 | ||||||
| 2013 | 568 | 57.6 | 993 | 475 | 54.1 | 885 | ||||||
| 2012 | 632 | 59.5 | 1,069 | 479 | 54 | 893 | ||||||
| 2011 | 372 | 33.6 | 1,128 | 456 | 50.5 | 911 | ||||||
| 2010 | 559 | 46.6 | 1,212 | 530 | 71.7 | 742 | ||||||
| 2009 | 493 | 42.4 | 1,178 | 530 | 75.1 | 708 | ||||||
| 2008 | 418 | 37.1 | 1,146 | 500 | 72.7 | 690 | ||||||
| 2007 | 564 | 47 | 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 | . | 356 | 1,019 | 620 | 503 | 2,662 | 1,174 | 1,584 | 1,724 | 689 |
| Departments | . | . | 60 | 620 | 105 | 2,662 | 1,074 | 1,584 | 1,294 | 301 |
| Department of Agriculture | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Commerce | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Defense | . | . | 60 | 620 | . | 2,557 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
| Department of Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 65 |
| Department of Energy | . | . | . | . | . | . | 850 | 850 | 984 | . |
| Department of Health and Human Services | . | . | . | . | 105 | 105 | 224 | 734 | 310 | 236 |
| Department of Homeland Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of the Interior | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Labor | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Department of Transportation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other agencies | . | 356 | 959 | . | 398 | . | 100 | . | 430 | 388 |
| Agency for International Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Environmental Protection Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| National Science Foundation | . | 356 | 959 | . | 398 | . | 100 | . | 430 | 388 |
| 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 | . | 356 | 1,019 | 620 | 503 | 2,662 | 1,174 | 1,584 | 1,724 | 689 |
| Research and development | . | 0 | 220 | 620 | 263 | 2,662 | 1,074 | 1,584 | 1,294 | 236 |
| 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 | . | 356 | 799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| General support for S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other S&E activities | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 430 | 388 |
| Field | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All R&D fields | 1,676 | 1,653 | 1,373 | 2,479 | 2,664 | 2,754 | 3,009 | 1,533 | 1,337 | 1,549 | ||||||||||
| Science | 1,223 | 1,229 | 1,046 | 1,433 | 1,552 | 1,675 | 2,042 | 1,083 | 1,010 | 1,164 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 259 | 216 | 75 | 38 | 19 | 28 | 81 | 39 | 59 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 439 | 359 | 498 | 701 | 981 | 854 | 931 | 156 | 63 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 439 | 359 | 498 | 701 | 964 | 854 | 931 | 156 | 63 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Life sciences | 136 | 170 | 126 | 156 | 219 | 418 | 556 | 676 | 695 | 898 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 136 | 170 | 124 | 128 | 112 | 272 | 416 | 633 | 695 | 871 | ||||||||||
| Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 106 | 146 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Life sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 75 | 112 | 61 | 38 | 18 | 28 | 81 | 33 | 60 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 314 | 372 | 286 | 500 | 315 | 335 | 307 | 97 | 69 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chemistry | 314 | 372 | 286 | 500 | 315 | 335 | 307 | 97 | 69 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 86 | 82 | 64 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 86 | 82 | 64 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 453 | 424 | 327 | 1,046 | 1,112 | 1,079 | 967 | 450 | 269 | 188 | ||||||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 450 | 424 | 327 | 1,046 | 1,112 | 1,079 | 967 | 450 | 269 | 188 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 197 | ||||||||||
| Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 136 | ||||||||||
| Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Non-S&E, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
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 | 1,676 | 1,634 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
| Science | 1,223 | 1,181 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 259 | 217 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 439 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Geological and earth sciences | 439 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 136 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 136 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Physical sciences | 314 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Chemistry | 314 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Social sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Engineering | 453 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 450 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Non-S&E, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All agencies | 1,634 | 1,621 | 1,373 | 2,443 | 2,625 | 2,713 | 2,925 | 1,473 | 1,229 | 1,281 | ||||||||||
| Department of Agriculture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Defense | 133 | 172 | 189 | 936 | 937 | 777 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Department of Energy | 800 | 649 | 646 | 1,067 | 1,263 | 1,287 | 1,666 | 524 | 218 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Department of Health and Human Services (including NIH) | 38 | 17 | 59 | 98 | 183 | 287 | 418 | 603 | 561 | 698 | ||||||||||
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| National Science Foundation | 530 | 677 | 360 | 228 | 120 | 225 | 591 | 261 | 450 | 447 | ||||||||||
| Other Agencies | 127 | 99 | 119 | 112 | 121 | 137 | 177 | 85 | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 81 | 14 | 67 | . | ||||
| 2016 | 50 | 17 | 33 | . | ||||
| 2015 | 59 | 19 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | 67 | 18 | 49 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | 41 | 8 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 41 | 8 | 33 | 0 |
