U. San Francisco
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 | 237 | 48.2 | 457 | 520 | 41.6 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 259 | 42.2 | 447 | 188 | 72.8 | 691 | 513 | 12.2 | 583 | 590 | 35 | 907 |
2020 | 264 | 41.5 | 450 | 189 | 72.9 | 697 | 523 | 42.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 353 | 21.2 | 447 | 134 | 80.8 | 696 | 491 | 16.8 | 589 | 491 | 46.3 | 913 |
2018 | 286 | 33.3 | 428 | 146 | 79.1 | 698 | 488 | 46.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 241 | 43.4 | 425 | 145 | 78.8 | 684 | 447 | 22.4 | 575 | 479 | 46.7 | 897 |
2016 | 252 | 41.5 | 430 | 231 | 66.9 | 697 | 494 | 44.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 279 | 34.7 | 426 | 244 | 64.8 | 693 | 508 | 11 | 570 | 474 | 47.2 | 897 |
2014 | 239 | 43.5 | 422 | 258 | 62.6 | 688 | 466 | 47.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 233 | 44.3 | 417 | 247 | 55.6 | 555 | 461 | 21.7 | 588 | 476 | 46.2 | 884 |
2012 | 264 | 52.5 | 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 | 38 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 34 | 31 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
Science | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 37 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 33 | 30 |
Education | 31 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 28 |
Education administration | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Education research | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 14 |
Teacher education | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 |
Other education | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Other | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
Business management/administration | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | 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 | . | 1,375 | 2,161 | 2,712 | 2,741 | 2,602 | 2,365 | 2,599 | 2,764 | 2,663 | ||||||||||
Science | . | 1,004 | 1,151 | 1,195 | 1,169 | 1,009 | 1,718 | 1,848 | 2,208 | 2,233 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | 16 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 80 | 60 | 27 | 144 | 133 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 204 | 106 | 194 | 295 | 187 | 98 | 183 | 121 | 152 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | 81 | 77 | 80 | 27 | 58 | 64 | 151 | 95 | 70 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | 43 | 29 | 114 | 268 | 129 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 46 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | . | 398 | 308 | 456 | 492 | 406 | 302 | 436 | 802 | 1,009 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 81 | 65 | 88 | 160 | 281 | 96 | 219 | 138 | 64 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | 284 | 195 | 321 | 280 | 86 | 206 | 217 | 664 | 671 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | 32 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 1 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | . | 16 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | . | 144 | 72 | 83 | 89 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 44 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | 56 | 45 | 55 | 73 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 44 | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | . | 4 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | . | 28 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | 148 | 397 | 300 | 149 | 112 | 55 | 28 | 53 | 82 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | . | 26 | 43 | 106 | 30 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | 90 | 226 | 163 | 105 | 55 | 55 | 28 | 36 | 70 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 27 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | 50 | 144 | 82 | 88 | 111 | 1,144 | 1,113 | 1,057 | 813 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | . | 368 | 1,004 | 1,517 | 1,572 | 1,593 | 647 | 751 | 556 | 430 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | 75 | 202 | 283 | 274 | 376 | 268 | 367 | 289 | 184 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | 8 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | . | 233 | 572 | 869 | 1,147 | 1,136 | 353 | 384 | 267 | 222 | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | 34 | 161 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | . | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
Social work | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | 16 | 47 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | 2 | 0 | 173 | 136 | 64 | 26 | 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: 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | . | 255 | 148 | 198 | 310 | 405 | 280 | 503 | 738 | 858 | ||||||||||
DOD | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 348 | ||||||||||
DOE | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | . | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 142 | 87 | 220 | 328 | 258 | ||||||||||
NASA | . | 84 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | . | 131 | 148 | 171 | 257 | 199 | 96 | 213 | 250 | 245 | ||||||||||
USDA | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | . | 40 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 82 | 70 | 7 | 7 |
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 | 225 | 22 | 203 | . | ||||
2018 | 245 | 23 | 222 | . | ||||
2017 | 272 | 30 | 242 | . | ||||
2016 | 262 | 26 | 236 | . |
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 | 21 | 29 | 38 | 16 | 29 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 7 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Health sciences | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | |||||
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | |||||
Psychology | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||
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.
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 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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.