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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 | 21 | 3.2 | 902 | |||||||||
2016 | 68 | 7.7 | 992 | 19 | 3 | 896 | ||||||
2015 | 70 | 7.8 | 1,010 | 19 | 3 | 898 | ||||||
2014 | 68 | 7.7 | 997 | 21 | 3.2 | 888 | ||||||
2013 | 66 | 7.5 | 993 | 26 | 3.8 | 885 | ||||||
2012 | 60 | 6.5 | 1,069 | 26 | 3.8 | 893 | ||||||
2011 | 59 | 6.1 | 1,128 | 24 | 3.5 | 911 | ||||||
2010 | 57 | 5.6 | 1,212 | 26 | 4.3 | 742 | ||||||
2009 | 57 | 5.7 | 1,178 | 25 | 4.4 | 708 | ||||||
2008 | 55 | 5.7 | 1,146 | 22 | 4 | 690 | ||||||
2007 | 51 | 5.1 | 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 | . | 125,315 | 125,060 | 132,734 | 162,743 | 159,907 | 201,135 | 196,138 | 155,309 | 171,339 |
Departments | . | 125,315 | 125,060 | 132,323 | 162,743 | 159,907 | 201,135 | 196,138 | 155,309 | 171,166 |
Department of Agriculture | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Commerce | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Defense | . | 6,775 | 3,239 | 1,927 | 7,395 | 4,415 | 8,150 | 11,268 | 1,113 | 15,436 |
Department of Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Energy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Health and Human Services | . | 118,540 | 121,821 | 130,395 | 155,348 | 155,492 | 192,985 | 184,870 | 154,196 | 155,730 |
Department of Homeland Security | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Housing and Urban Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of the Interior | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Labor | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Department of Transportation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other agencies | . | . | . | 411 | . | . | . | . | . | 173 |
Agency for International Development | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Appalachian Regional Commission | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Environmental Protection Agency | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | . | . | . | 411 | . | . | . | . | . | 173 |
National Science Foundation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | 125,315 | 125,060 | 132,734 | 162,743 | 159,907 | 201,135 | 196,138 | 155,309 | 171,339 |
Research and development | . | 116,087 | 120,544 | 128,550 | 151,890 | 154,101 | 197,772 | 185,223 | 151,824 | 168,188 |
R&D plant | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 990 | 951 | 0 | 0 |
Facilities for instruction in S&E | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fellowships, traineeships, and training grants | . | 1,951 | 2,355 | 2,474 | 2,862 | 2,682 | 2,137 | 2,675 | 3,485 | 2,802 |
General support for S&E | . | 502 | 0 | 877 | 596 | 1,024 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 274 |
Other S&E activities | . | 6,775 | 2,162 | 833 | 7,395 | 2,101 | 0 | 7,289 | 0 | 75 |
Field | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 888,029 | 852,095 | 833,406 | 794,980 | 718,096 | 685,814 | 663,279 | 599,529 | 578,788 | 558,503 | ||||||||||
Science | 888,029 | 852,095 | 833,406 | 794,980 | 718,096 | 685,814 | 663,279 | 599,529 | 578,788 | 556,944 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 825,102 | 792,743 | 773,837 | 738,247 | 658,847 | 614,604 | 591,925 | 531,040 | 510,469 | 491,639 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 309,987 | 300,708 | 309,488 | 309,169 | 247,702 | 221,846 | 191,436 | 176,745 | 165,095 | 155,657 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 515,115 | 492,035 | 464,349 | 429,078 | 411,145 | 392,758 | 400,489 | 354,295 | 345,374 | 335,982 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 23,331 | 18,514 | 17,797 | 16,965 | 16,068 | 21,258 | 20,185 | 20,432 | 24,294 | 23,050 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 12,763 | 15,303 | 16,214 | 14,590 | 15,262 | 15,482 | 16,181 | 14,501 | 13,229 | 11,093 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,482 | 16,181 | 14,501 | 13,229 | 11,093 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | 12,763 | 15,303 | 16,214 | 14,590 | 15,262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 18,189 | 17,548 | 17,786 | 16,600 | 17,292 | 22,921 | 22,452 | 21,296 | 21,119 | 23,217 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 8,644 | 7,987 | 7,772 | 8,578 | 10,627 | 11,549 | 12,536 | 12,260 | 9,677 | 7,945 | ||||||||||
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 | 8,644 | 7,987 | 7,772 | 8,578 | 10,627 | 11,549 | 12,536 | 12,260 | 9,677 | 7,945 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,559 | ||||||||||
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 | 1,559 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 888,029 | 166,552 | 255,960 | 173,161 | 127,759 | 30,470 | 134,127 | |||||||
Science | 888,029 | 166,552 | 255,960 | 173,161 | 127,759 | 30,470 | 134,127 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 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 | 825,102 | 146,757 | 234,970 | 154,584 | 126,199 | 30,135 | 132,457 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 309,987 | 71,042 | 82,504 | 77,349 | 17,386 | 12,101 | 49,605 | |||||||
Health sciences | 515,115 | 75,715 | 152,466 | 77,235 | 108,813 | 18,034 | 82,852 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 23,331 | 7,405 | 10,683 | 4,842 | 109 | 3 | 289 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 12,763 | 5,510 | 2,401 | 3,414 | 1,210 | 5 | 223 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 12,763 | 5,510 | 2,401 | 3,414 | 1,210 | 5 | 223 | |||||||
Physical sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 18,189 | 4,898 | 4,527 | 7,788 | 172 | 0 | 804 | |||||||
Social sciences | 8,644 | 1,982 | 3,379 | 2,533 | 69 | 327 | 354 | |||||||
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 | 8,644 | 1,982 | 3,379 | 2,533 | 69 | 327 | 354 | |||||||
Social sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 | ||||||||||
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All agencies | 166,552 | 155,044 | 161,171 | 158,986 | 182,971 | 196,753 | 236,400 | 206,664 | 194,633 | 194,889 | ||||||||||
Department of Agriculture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Department of Defense | 4,441 | 3,745 | 4,944 | 7,388 | 9,144 | 8,659 | 12,510 | 15,606 | 12,971 | 12,205 | ||||||||||
Department of Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
Department of Health and Human Services (including NIH) | 160,856 | 150,280 | 155,636 | 150,956 | 173,336 | 187,784 | 223,557 | 190,980 | 163,068 | 163,280 | ||||||||||
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 225 | 237 | 166 | 158 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 206 | ||||||||||
National Science Foundation | 1,004 | 607 | 293 | 297 | 293 | 211 | 199 | 77 | 0 | 203 | ||||||||||
Other Agencies | 26 | 175 | 132 | 187 | 138 | 99 | 80 | 0 | 18,555 | 18,944 |
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 | 6,739 | 682 | 6,057 | . | ||||
2016 | 6,738 | 655 | 6,083 | . | ||||
2015 | 6,477 | 665 | 5,812 | 653 | ||||
2014 | 6,477 | i | 665 | i | 5,812 | i | 653 | i |
2013 | 6,477 | i | 665 | i | 5,812 | i | 653 | i |
2012 | 6,222 | 790 | 5,432 | 616 | ||||
2011 | 5,776 | 721 | 5,055 | 608 |