U. Alaska, Anchorage
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 | 417 | 9 | 457 | 282 | 68.4 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 372 | 17 | 447 | 499 | 27.9 | 691 | 350 | 40.1 | 583 | 274 | 69.8 | 907 |
2020 | 394 | 12.6 | 450 | 512 | 26.6 | 697 | 267 | 70.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 426 | 4.9 | 447 | 502 | 28 | 696 | 344 | 41.7 | 589 | 268 | 70.7 | 913 |
2018 | 416 | 3 | 428 | 497 | 28.9 | 698 | 263 | 71.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 394 | 7.5 | 425 | 485 | 29.2 | 684 | 336 | 41.7 | 575 | 264 | 70.6 | 897 |
2016 | 420 | 2.6 | 430 | 475 | 32 | 697 | 271 | 69.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 420 | 1.6 | 426 | 449 | 35.3 | 693 | 399 | 30.1 | 570 | 276 | 69.3 | 897 |
2014 | 466 | 32.4 | 688 | 280 | 68.5 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 455 | 18.2 | 555 | 356 | 39.6 | 588 | 263 | 70.3 | 884 | |||
2012 | 437 | 21.4 | 555 |
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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Science | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
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
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).
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).
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).
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
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).
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 | . | 21,332 | 22,713 | 21,724 | 21,096 | 20,861 | 19,883 | 17,436 | 17,150 | 20,255 | ||||||||||
Science | . | 18,916 | 21,022 | 19,262 | 17,058 | 16,580 | 16,400 | 14,522 | 13,855 | 11,264 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | 166 | 165 | 685 | 471 | 226 | 453 | 63 | 630 | 237 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 5,735 | 7,339 | 5,186 | 5,101 | 3,302 | 2,757 | 4,541 | 3,762 | 3,128 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | 310 | 215 | 203 | 120 | 271 | 100 | 1,578 | 853 | 433 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | 4,732 | 5,068 | 3,735 | 3,095 | 2,071 | 2,296 | 1,309 | 321 | 474 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | 650 | 1,103 | 674 | 341 | 451 | 89 | 226 | 102 | 25 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 43 | 953 | 574 | 1,545 | 509 | 272 | 1,428 | 2,486 | 2,196 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | . | 8,381 | 6,857 | 8,863 | 7,822 | 7,514 | 6,412 | 5,814 | 5,553 | 4,392 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | 0 | 294 | 482 | 938 | 187 | 374 | 874 | 1,228 | 591 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 6,250 | 4,665 | 4,874 | 3,713 | 4,960 | 3,114 | 3,033 | 3,114 | 3,027 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | 830 | 129 | 1,268 | 1,757 | 1,472 | 1,472 | 664 | 478 | 29 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | 878 | 952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 423 | 817 | 2,239 | 1,414 | 895 | 1,452 | 1,243 | 733 | 745 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | . | 1,160 | 184 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 106 | 0 | 116 | 162 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 144 | 125 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 47 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | 984 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 64 | 115 | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | . | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | . | 277 | 181 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 89 | 77 | 29 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | 3,020 | 3,306 | 2,233 | 1,916 | 2,281 | 1,750 | 2,368 | 2,658 | 2,585 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | 161 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | . | 476 | 175 | 444 | 141 | 118 | 289 | 383 | 311 | 434 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 75 | 42 | 110 | 55 | 81 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 2,323 | 3,112 | 1,789 | 1,660 | 2,042 | 1,417 | 1,875 | 2,292 | 2,070 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 177 | 2,990 | 2,102 | 1,731 | 3,235 | 4,911 | 1,647 | 888 | 731 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | 0 | 58 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | 617 | 241 | 476 | 496 | 514 | 933 | 427 | 543 | 695 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | 267 | 71 | 186 | 322 | 203 | 541 | 89 | 444 | 607 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | 529 | 128 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 81 | 146 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | 235 | 603 | 723 | 1,129 | 1,302 | 363 | 212 | 252 | 342 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | . | 742 | 590 | 1,069 | 1,842 | 2,215 | 1,501 | 2,040 | 2,038 | 7,233 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | 247 | 332 | 141 | 730 | 419 | 586 | 743 | 360 | 134 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | . | 386 | 225 | 338 | 447 | 1,121 | 391 | 316 | 591 | 349 | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 336 | ||||||||||
Law | . | 0 | 0 | 590 | 647 | 627 | 520 | 978 | 724 | 626 | ||||||||||
Social work | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | 86 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5,752 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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: 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 | . | 15,079 | 15,290 | 14,219 | 13,597 | 12,681 | 11,867 | 8,575 | 7,824 | 9,686 | ||||||||||
DOD | . | 1,910 | 2,078 | 1,784 | 116 | 468 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 62 | ||||||||||
DOE | . | 52 | 8 | 0 | 915 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 231 | 455 | ||||||||||
HHS | . | 3,111 | 2,987 | 3,255 | 2,600 | 2,531 | 2,311 | 2,079 | 2,529 | 3,752 | ||||||||||
NASA | . | 159 | 186 | 31 | 34 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 246 | ||||||||||
NSF | . | 2,959 | 2,726 | 2,696 | 2,135 | 2,966 | 2,467 | 2,649 | 2,288 | 2,410 | ||||||||||
USDA | . | 31 | 163 | 198 | 150 | 106 | 157 | 60 | 61 | 52 | ||||||||||
Other | . | 6,857 | 7,142 | 6,255 | 7,647 | 6,563 | 6,892 | 3,673 | 2,592 | 2,709 |
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2020 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2019 | 270 | 59 | 211 | . | ||||
2018 | 255 | 60 | 195 | . | ||||
2017 | 283 | 58 | 225 | . | ||||
2016 | 274 | 49 | 225 | . |
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 | 3,533 | 3,068 | 3,357 | 3,595 | 3,334 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 714 | 665 | 801 | 754 | 831 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 163 | 207 | 159 | 346 | 317 | |||||
Engineering | 1,223 | 900 | 1,093 | 1,137 | 1,091 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 45 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 | |||||
Health sciences | 647 | 638 | 880 | 902 | 875 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 31 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | . | |||||
Physical sciences | 348 | 383 | 175 | 303 | 104 | |||||
Psychology | 77 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 28 | |||||
Social sciences | 69 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 39 | |||||
Other | 212 | 133 | 113 | 14 | 11 |
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 | Planned to start in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | ||||||
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All research space | . | 1,705 | 143,010 | . | . | 0 | ||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 4,000 | . | . | 0 | ||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 1,780 | . | . | 0 | ||||||
Engineering | . | 1,705 | 98,397 | . | . | 0 | ||||||
Other | . | . | 38,833 | . | . | 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 | |||||
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All research space | 50,826 | 38,999 | 10,438 | 22,604 | 69,161 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27,196 | 14,020 | 10,438 | 6,391 | 22,887 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 9,559 | 9,703 | 0 | 8,114 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 11,321 | 12,689 | 0 | 6,153 | 12,565 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,337 | |||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 5,788 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 353 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,931 | |||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 757 | 0 | |||||
Other | 2,750 | 2,587 | 0 | 839 | 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.