Elon U.
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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 | 580 | 35.5 | 890 | |||||||||
2021 | 540 | 41.1 | 907 | |||||||||
2020 | 544 | 41.2 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 346 | 41.9 | 589 | 499 | 45.9 | 913 | ||||||
2018 | 506 | 45 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 342 | 41.2 | 575 | 491 | 45.9 | 897 | ||||||
2016 | 477 | 47.3 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 473 | 47.8 | 897 | |||||||||
2014 | 502 | 44 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 324 | 45.5 | 588 | 524 | 41.4 | 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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Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,797 | 2,032 | 1,968 | 2,545 | 2,486 | 2,407 | 2,606 | 2,608 | 2,184 | 2,043 | ||||||||||
Science | 914 | 892 | 845 | 1,075 | 1,221 | 1,048 | 1,051 | 1,012 | 811 | 867 | i | |||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 25 | 41 | 36 | 90 | 84 | 90 | 96 | 56 | 54 | 52 | i | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 18 | i | |||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 18 | i | |||||||||
Life sciences | 287 | 288 | 344 | 367 | 397 | 337 | 296 | 195 | 249 | 237 | i | |||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49 | 108 | 140 | 79 | 69 | 113 | 136 | 106 | 104 | 138 | i | |||||||||
Health sciences | 238 | 180 | 45 | 268 | 307 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | i | |||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 159 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 103 | 89 | 145 | 93 | i | |||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 135 | 87 | 0 | 161 | 75 | 72 | 80 | 85 | 71 | 70 | i | |||||||||
Physical sciences | 45 | 59 | 83 | 89 | 146 | 139 | 170 | 237 | 158 | 206 | i | |||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Chemistry | 26 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 51 | 76 | 88 | 130 | i | |||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 19 | 21 | 27 | 49 | 108 | 99 | 75 | 123 | 28 | 30 | i | |||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 38 | 42 | 46 | i | |||||||||
Psychology | 215 | 132 | 108 | 159 | 260 | 126 | 83 | 84 | 68 | 74 | i | |||||||||
Social sciences | 193 | 264 | 274 | 209 | 259 | 284 | 326 | 332 | 194 | 210 | i | |||||||||
Anthropology | 18 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 48 | 70 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 69 | 79 | 79 | 59 | 64 | i | |||||||||
Political science and government | 40 | 53 | 51 | 58 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 60 | 53 | 57 | i | |||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 30 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 52 | 54 | 59 | 58 | 49 | 53 | i | |||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 57 | 79 | 88 | 96 | 88 | 105 | 124 | 135 | 33 | 36 | i | |||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Engineering | 18 | 29 | 45 | 87 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 42 | 40 | 9 | i | |||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 18 | 16 | 23 | 66 | 49 | 82 | 90 | 42 | 40 | 9 | i | |||||||||
Non-S&E | 865 | 1,111 | 1,078 | 1,383 | 1,182 | 1,277 | 1,465 | 1,554 | 1,333 | 1,167 | i | |||||||||
Business management and business administration | 291 | 354 | 337 | 459 | 349 | 325 | 343 | 346 | 256 | 277 | i | |||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 146 | 217 | 220 | 257 | 217 | 215 | 272 | 258 | 196 | 212 | i | |||||||||
Education | 62 | 78 | 76 | 103 | 98 | 231 | 326 | 386 | 341 | 93 | i | |||||||||
Humanities | 193 | 245 | 245 | 303 | 279 | 272 | 297 | 307 | 323 | 350 | i | |||||||||
Law | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 129 | 192 | 174 | 235 | 216 | 211 | 227 | 257 | 217 | 235 | i | |||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 33 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i |
i=imputed
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 | 1,797 | 428 | 0 | 1,303 | 0 | 47 | 19 | |||||||
Science | 914 | 361 | 0 | 544 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 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 | 287 | 97 | 0 | 181 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 238 | 97 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 9 | 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 | 135 | 84 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 215 | 162 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 193 | 18 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 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 not elsewhere classified | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 865 | 67 | 0 | 743 | 0 | 36 | 19 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 291 | 48 | 0 | 234 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 146 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 62 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 193 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 129 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 428 | 138 | 106 | 284 | 309 | 358 | 423 | 376 | 398 | 161 | ||||||||||
DOD | 48 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 235 | 63 | 81 | 76 | 179 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 145 | 75 | 22 | 129 | 116 | 266 | 344 | 342 | 362 | 161 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 45 | 79 | 34 | 4 | 0 |
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 | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 277 | 10 | 267 | . | |||
2018 | 281 | 10 | 271 | . | |||
2017 | 200 | 6 | 194 | . | |||
2016 | 239 | 8 | 231 | . |
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 |
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All research space | . | 88 | 84 | . | 89 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 0 | . | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 13 | 13 | . | 30 |
Computer and information sciences | . | 4 | 2 | . | 6 |
Engineering | . | 8 | 8 | . | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Health sciences | . | 32 | 30 | . | 31 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | 14 | 14 | . | 4 |
Psychology | . | 11 | 11 | . | 4 |
Social sciences | . | 2 | 2 | . | 7 |
Other | . | 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.
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 |
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All research space | . | . | 425 | 314 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Engineering | . | . | 425 | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | 314 | . |
Other | . | . | 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.