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Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2022 | 186 | 59.8 | 457 | 378 | 45 | 680 | 232 | 74.3 | 890 | |||
2021 | 192 | 57.6 | 447 | 370 | 47.1 | 691 | 292 | 50.5 | 583 | 232 | 74.8 | 907 |
2020 | 151 | 66.9 | 450 | 360 | 48.9 | 697 | 256 | 72.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 144 | 68.3 | 447 | 352 | 50 | 696 | 294 | 50.7 | 589 | 258 | 72.1 | 913 |
2018 | 163 | 62.4 | 428 | 349 | 50.6 | 698 | 246 | 73.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 173 | 59.8 | 425 | 357 | 48.4 | 684 | 283 | 51.4 | 575 | 249 | 72.6 | 897 |
2016 | 159 | 63.5 | 430 | 387 | 45.1 | 697 | 247 | 72.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 163 | 62.3 | 426 | 385 | 45.1 | 693 | 282 | 51.1 | 570 | 249 | 72.6 | 897 |
2014 | 182 | 57.4 | 422 | 361 | 48.1 | 688 | 253 | 71.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 175 | 58.6 | 417 | 349 | 37.8 | 555 | 295 | 50.4 | 588 | 250 | 72.1 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
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Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 73 | 62 | 104 | 106 | 86 | 81 | 92 | 87 | 69 | 71 |
Science and engineering | 38 | 36 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 23 |
Science | 30 | 32 | 37 | 40 | 27 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 19 |
Life science | 12 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Biological sciences | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Health sciences | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
Psychology | 12 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . |
Engineering | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Civil engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | 4 | 2 | . | 7 | 5 | 1 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
Other engineering | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 35 | 26 | 59 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 49 | 39 | 48 |
Education | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Education administration | . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 |
Education research | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 34 | 23 | 44 | 43 | 36 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 46 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 6 |
History | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Letters | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | 25 | 17 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 35 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 32 |
Other | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | . |
Business management/administration | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 198 | 196 | 193 | 201 | 209 | 191 | 184 | 185 | 202 | 191 |
Male | 86 | 87 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 129 | 99 | 93 | 97 | 94 |
Female | 112 | 109 | 105 | 110 | 119 | 62 | 85 | 92 | 105 | 97 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 124 | 115 | 106 | 117 | 127 | 126 | 86 | 78 | 100 | 108 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 102 | 96 | 106 | 111 | 109 | 77 | 63 | 75 | 92 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Black or African American | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 73 | 67 | 63 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 51 | 42 | 55 | 60 |
More than one race | 16 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
Temporary visa holders | 74 | 81 | 87 | 84 | 82 | 65 | 98 | 107 | 102 | 83 |
Science and engineering | 198 | 196 | 193 | 201 | 209 | 191 | 180 | 178 | 199 | 186 |
Science | 120 | 106 | 104 | 124 | 128 | 119 | 130 | 122 | 141 | 128 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 27 | 26 | 36 | 37 | 41 | 21 | 29 | 35 | 27 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | . | . | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 38 |
Physical sciences | 31 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
Social sciences | 31 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 53 | 42 |
Engineering | 78 | 90 | 89 | 77 | 81 | 72 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 58 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 21 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 16 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 21 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 86 | 114 | 124 | 118 | 134 | 145 | 315 | 350 | 280 | 296 |
Male | 35 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 79 | 73 | 144 | 165 | 145 | 166 |
Female | 51 | 50 | 53 | 48 | 55 | 72 | 171 | 185 | 135 | 130 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 50 | 71 | 66 | 53 | 63 | 62 | 234 | 274 | 214 | 235 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 63 | 59 | 47 | 58 | 53 | 208 | 235 | 169 | 176 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 16 |
Black or African American | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 45 | 31 | 26 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 29 | 44 | 41 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 138 | 152 | 113 | 121 |
More than one race | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 12 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 44 |
Temporary visa holders | 36 | 43 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 61 |
Science and engineering | 86 | 114 | 124 | 118 | 134 | 145 | 235 | 270 | 261 | 280 |
Science | 62 | 84 | 84 | 75 | 86 | 100 | 163 | 184 | 176 | 194 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 36 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 27 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 42 |
Physical sciences | 13 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 26 |
Social sciences | 11 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 31 | 40 | 53 | 63 | 56 | 72 |
Engineering | 24 | 30 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 45 | 72 | 86 | 85 | 86 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 16 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 28 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 80 | 80 | 19 | 16 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 80 | 80 | 19 | 16 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 132 | 127 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 132 | 127 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Science | 75 | 63 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 25 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 57 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 198 | 196 | 193 | 201 | 209 | 191 | 184 | 185 | 202 | 191 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 29 | 36 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 29 | 36 | 53 | 52 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 29 | 27 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 63 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 29 | 27 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 63 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 140 | 133 | 58 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 184 | 174 | 192 | 181 |
Federal | 132 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 0 | 0 | 43 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 179 | 171 | 189 | 177 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 27 | 42 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
Science | 26 | 42 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 39 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 27 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Science and engineering | 27 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Science | 25 | 50 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 25 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 38,191 | 35,548 | 25,221 | 24,484 | 25,497 | 24,282 | 25,139 | 24,265 | 22,331 | 23,235 | ||||||||||
Science | 26,959 | 22,631 | 20,581 | 20,815 | 22,296 | 21,400 | 22,919 | 22,285 | 20,401 | 20,890 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 50 | 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, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 637 | 1,649 | 2,000 | 2,368 | 2,503 | 2,116 | 2,640 | 2,500 | 1,774 | 1,737 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 607 | 1,157 | 1,333 | 1,633 | 1,614 | 1,692 | 2,060 | 2,229 | 1,566 | 1,506 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 30 | 444 | 667 | 735 | 889 | 424 | 580 | 271 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 226 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 23,353 | 19,708 | 17,669 | 17,660 | 19,319 | 18,592 | 18,956 | 18,048 | 16,957 | 17,579 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 18 | 101 | 659 | 551 | 662 | 586 | 608 | 557 | 471 | 652 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 19,597 | 13,988 | 12,213 | 11,192 | 9,434 | 8,497 | 8,683 | 8,109 | 7,810 | 6,917 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,738 | 5,434 | 4,797 | 5,917 | 9,223 | 9,509 | 9,665 | 9,382 | 8,676 | 10,010 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,064 | 520 | 347 | 294 | 105 | 267 | 1,011 | 1,377 | 1,204 | 1,057 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,897 | 651 | 502 | 402 | 358 | 425 | 312 | 360 | 456 | 477 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 5 | 248 | 0 | 40 | 49 | 4 | 99 | 148 | 173 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 370 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,527 | 635 | 240 | 359 | 318 | 371 | 308 | 261 | 308 | 304 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8 | 0 | 63 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 3,076 | 3,926 | 3,518 | 2,587 | 1,973 | 1,937 | 1,441 | 1,532 | 1,608 | 1,905 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,313 | 1,312 | 1,034 | 614 | 376 | 357 | 270 | 294 | 314 | 523 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 371 | 347 | 314 | 351 | 231 | 337 | 365 | 371 | 493 | 218 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,049 | 1,189 | 1,212 | 903 | 795 | 658 | 531 | 486 | 292 | 643 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 343 | 948 | 958 | 719 | 571 | 585 | 275 | 381 | 509 | 517 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 8,156 | 8,991 | 1,122 | 1,082 | 1,228 | 945 | 779 | 448 | 322 | 440 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 4,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 60 | 66 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,174 | 2,300 | 223 | 309 | 456 | 407 | 263 | 62 | 14 | 136 | ||||||||||
Law | 73 | 108 | 161 | 231 | 310 | 129 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 142 | 70 | 180 | 129 | 163 | 347 | 325 | 287 | 126 | 108 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,767 | 2,343 | 558 | 413 | 299 | 58 | 41 | 78 | 122 | 130 |
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: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
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 | 38,191 | 26,285 | 130 | 4,211 | 370 | 7,195 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 26,959 | 24,027 | 0 | 1,381 | 271 | 1,280 | 0 | |||||||
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, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 637 | 521 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 607 | 491 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 23,353 | 23,076 | 0 | 6 | 271 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 19,597 | 19,597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,738 | 3,467 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,064 | 422 | 0 | 504 | 0 | 138 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,897 | 0 | 0 | 755 | 0 | 1,142 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,527 | 0 | 0 | 755 | 0 | 772 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 3,076 | 2,099 | 130 | 762 | 0 | 85 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,313 | 1,021 | 0 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 371 | 10 | 130 | 146 | 0 | 85 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,049 | 725 | 0 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 343 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 8,156 | 159 | 0 | 2,068 | 99 | 5,830 | 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 | 3,174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,174 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 142 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,767 | 43 | 0 | 2,068 | 0 | 2,656 | 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: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 26,285 | 23,128 | 22,503 | 21,642 | 20,749 | 19,857 | 19,928 | 19,900 | 17,205 | 17,310 | ||||||||||
DOD | 366 | 225 | 363 | 362 | 472 | 563 | 935 | 1,466 | 1,308 | 1,556 | ||||||||||
DOE | 4,180 | 5,338 | 5,027 | 5,880 | 6,836 | 7,258 | 6,925 | 6,703 | 5,390 | 5,871 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,720 | 2,378 | 2,341 | 2,222 | 2,023 | 1,910 | 2,403 | 2,861 | 1,781 | 1,737 | ||||||||||
NASA | 18,342 | 13,378 | 11,992 | 10,428 | 8,847 | 7,938 | 7,523 | 7,145 | 6,439 | 5,747 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,428 | 1,149 | 1,823 | 1,942 | 1,668 | 1,589 | 1,582 | 1,313 | 1,912 | 2,011 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 249 | 660 | 957 | 808 | 903 | 599 | 560 | 412 | 375 | 388 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 235 | 67 | 168 | . | |||
2018 | 205 | 56 | 149 | . | |||
2017 | 450 | 76 | 374 | . | |||
2016 | 406 | 126 | 280 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 125 | 125 | 124 | 124 | 110 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Engineering | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 17 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 43 |
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
Social sciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | . | 31,000 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | 31,000 | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 3,143 | 800 | 1,001 | 2,430 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 985 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 993 | 800 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 382 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1,165 | 0 | 619 | 2,430 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.