Teachers C., Columbia U.

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 | |
2021 | 146 | 33.1 | 448 | 102 | 15.5 | 691 | 382 | 65.8 | 583 | 259 | 29.1 | 909 |
2020 | 163 | 36.7 | 450 | 124 | 18.5 | 697 | 268 | 29.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 151 | 34.3 | 447 | 123 | 18.4 | 696 | 375 | 64 | 589 | 255 | 28.6 | 913 |
2018 | 150 | 35.6 | 428 | 122 | 18.2 | 698 | 251 | 28.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 102 | 24.6 | 425 | 123 | 18.7 | 684 | 395 | 69 | 575 | 250 | 28.5 | 897 |
2016 | 103 | 24.5 | 430 | 170 | 25 | 697 | 251 | 28.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 93 | 22.4 | 426 | 178 | 26.3 | 693 | 379 | 66.8 | 570 | 254 | 29 | 897 |
2014 | 98 | 23.8 | 422 | 172 | 25.6 | 688 | 263 | 30.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 87 | 21.5 | 417 | 180 | 33 | 555 | 362 | 61.9 | 588 | 267 | 30.8 | 884 |
2012 | 79 | 19.8 | 412 | 172 | 31.6 | 555 | 266 | 30.4 | 892 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 97 | 93 | 100 | 98 | 189 | 180 | 205 | 185 | 211 | 221 |
Science and engineering | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 57 | 58 | 62 | 53 | 73 | 66 |
Science | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 57 | 58 | 62 | 53 | 72 | 66 |
Life science | 15 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 18 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | . | . | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | . | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Health sciences | 15 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 14 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 52 | 48 |
Psychology | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 38 | 40 |
Anthropology | . | . | 1 | . | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
Economics | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 79 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 132 | 122 | 143 | 132 | 138 | 155 |
Education | 69 | 74 | 81 | 86 | 129 | 119 | 136 | 128 | 133 | 147 |
Education administration | 10 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
Education research | 13 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 45 | 41 | 49 | 52 | 67 | 72 |
Teacher education | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
Teaching fields | 30 | 39 | 45 | 45 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 46 | 48 | 45 |
Other education | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
Humanities | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
History | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
Letters | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Communication | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 5 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 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
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 1,471 | 1,170 | 1,164 | 1,152 | 1,144 | 849 | 782 | 817 | 693 | 728 |
Male | 244 | 196 | 186 | 198 | 200 | 158 | 172 | 182 | 171 | 148 |
Female | 1,227 | 974 | 978 | 954 | 944 | 691 | 610 | 635 | 522 | 580 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,043 | 870 | 835 | 838 | 873 | 583 | 536 | 595 | 498 | 569 |
Hispanic or Latino | 165 | 145 | 157 | 128 | 148 | 81 | 70 | 72 | 50 | 55 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 854 | 693 | 653 | 688 | 702 | 490 | 455 | 504 | 425 | 492 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 200 | 145 | 131 | 126 | 123 | 91 | 86 | 80 | 68 | 79 |
Black or African American | 83 | 78 | 72 | 83 | 102 | 72 | 53 | 64 | 58 | 63 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White | 531 | 440 | 421 | 450 | 446 | 303 | 300 | 339 | 277 | 330 |
More than one race | 38 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 18 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 24 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 22 |
Temporary visa holders | 428 | 300 | 329 | 314 | 271 | 266 | 246 | 222 | 195 | 159 |
Science and engineering | 1,347 | 1,015 | 1,035 | 1,020 | 1,012 | 738 | 690 | 719 | 636 | 653 |
Science | 1,347 | 1,015 | 1,035 | 1,020 | 1,012 | 738 | 690 | 719 | 636 | 653 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 115 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 24 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 58 | 34 | 40 | 28 | 29 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | 40 | 62 | 26 | 19 | 21 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 368 | 275 | . | 0 | . | 59 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 16 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 601 | 493 | 781 | 796 | 810 | 398 | 502 | 550 | 497 | 511 |
Social sciences | 263 | 215 | 221 | 192 | 179 | 124 | 45 | 48 | 56 | 46 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 124 | 155 | 129 | 132 | 132 | 111 | 92 | 98 | 57 | 75 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 123 | 154 | 129 | 132 | 131 | 95 | 92 | 98 | 57 | 75 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 629 | 657 | 644 | 723 | 746 | 1,472 | 1,247 | 1,173 | 1,130 | 978 |
Male | 131 | 121 | 118 | 133 | 127 | 335 | 278 | 255 | 263 | 246 |
Female | 498 | 536 | 526 | 590 | 619 | 1,137 | 969 | 918 | 867 | 732 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 566 | 533 | 531 | 619 | 607 | 1,152 | 1,018 | 973 | 893 | 819 |
Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 102 | 91 | 116 | 113 | 167 | 137 | 120 | 100 | 79 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 423 | 412 | 423 | 481 | 479 | 952 | 834 | 808 | 753 | 703 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 78 | 74 | 74 | 87 | 91 | 175 | 137 | 135 | 116 | 128 |
Black or African American | 51 | 48 | 53 | 65 | 70 | 140 | 102 | 93 | 83 | 73 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
White | 272 | 272 | 280 | 310 | 301 | 602 | 561 | 545 | 516 | 465 |
More than one race | 21 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 35 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 22 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 45 | 40 | 37 |
Temporary visa holders | 63 | 124 | 113 | 104 | 139 | 320 | 229 | 200 | 237 | 159 |
Science and engineering | 550 | 565 | 582 | 641 | 646 | 1,192 | 1,168 | 1,098 | 1,064 | 908 |
Science | 550 | 565 | 582 | 641 | 646 | 1,192 | 1,168 | 1,098 | 1,064 | 908 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 55 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 100 | 96 | 105 | 67 | 59 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 128 | 97 | 100 | 118 | 123 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | 74 | 38 | 26 | 21 | 16 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 182 | 184 | . | 1 | . | 98 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 82 | 70 | 53 | 49 | 30 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 203 | 230 | 397 | 436 | 442 | 434 | 673 | 610 | 604 | 551 |
Social sciences | 110 | 140 | 173 | 190 | 193 | 260 | 172 | 176 | 179 | 129 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 79 | 92 | 62 | 82 | 100 | 280 | 79 | 75 | 66 | 70 |
Clinical medicine | 15 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 104 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 64 | 83 | 48 | 66 | 87 | 176 | 79 | 75 | 66 | 70 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 20 | 30 | 28 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 20 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Science | 20 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 3 | . | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 20 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 1,471 | 1,170 | 1,164 | 1,152 | 1,144 | 849 | 782 | 817 | 693 | 728 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 50 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 43 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,471 | 1,170 | 1,164 | 1,152 | 1,144 | 798 | 718 | 749 | 626 | 464 |
Federal | 20 | 30 | 28 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 149 | 147 | 100 | 99 | 117 | 158 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 49 |
Nonfederal | 57 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Personal resources | 1,245 | 970 | 994 | 955 | 938 | 619 | 653 | 680 | 559 | 403 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 24,335 | 22,630 | 24,865 | 24,477 | 24,194 | 24,124 | 23,269 | 20,538 | 19,649 | 20,805 | ||||||||||
Science | 24,303 | 22,170 | 24,234 | 23,261 | 23,189 | 22,868 | 22,359 | 19,457 | 18,538 | 19,829 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,913 | 2,459 | 1,948 | 1,627 | 1,493 | 613 | 459 | 355 | 265 | 219 | ||||||||||
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 | 5,040 | 4,455 | 4,651 | 3,554 | 1,959 | 2,225 | 3,317 | 3,229 | 2,538 | 1,541 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,040 | 4,455 | 4,651 | 3,554 | 1,959 | 2,225 | 3,317 | 3,229 | 2,538 | 1,541 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 878 | 1,387 | 1,760 | 2,514 | 2,870 | 3,892 | 3,668 | 4,132 | 4,465 | 5,532 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 15,472 | 13,869 | 15,875 | 15,566 | 16,867 | 16,138 | 14,915 | 11,741 | 11,270 | 12,537 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 14,292 | 12,071 | 12,145 | 10,779 | 11,699 | 11,077 | 11,331 | 9,765 | 9,223 | 10,094 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,180 | 1,798 | 3,730 | 4,787 | 5,168 | 5,061 | 3,584 | 1,976 | 2,047 | 2,443 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 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 not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 32 | 460 | 631 | 1,216 | 1,005 | 1,256 | 910 | 1,081 | 1,111 | 976 | ||||||||||
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 | 32 | 460 | 631 | 1,216 | 1,005 | 994 | 910 | 1,081 | 1,109 | 923 | ||||||||||
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, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 24,335 | 8,521 | 700 | 0 | 1,700 | 10,914 | 2,500 | |||||||
Science | 24,303 | 8,521 | 700 | 0 | 1,700 | 10,882 | 2,500 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,913 | 1,570 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 1,090 | |||||||
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 | 5,040 | 1,660 | 472 | 0 | 5 | 2,787 | 116 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,040 | 1,660 | 472 | 0 | 5 | 2,787 | 116 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 878 | 593 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 83 | |||||||
Social sciences | 15,472 | 4,698 | 177 | 0 | 1,695 | 7,691 | 1,211 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 14,292 | 4,247 | 28 | 0 | 1,695 | 7,603 | 719 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,180 | 451 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 492 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 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 not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 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 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 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, not elsewhere classified | 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: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 8,521 | 7,614 | 8,054 | 8,925 | 10,194 | 11,635 | 12,775 | 8,909 | 8,494 | 10,173 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 241 | 259 | 250 | 121 | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 668 | 524 | 606 | 583 | 533 | 1,353 | 2,243 | 1,923 | 2,129 | 3,514 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,352 | 2,286 | 2,060 | 2,166 | 2,050 | 1,583 | 1,594 | 1,275 | 1,040 | 660 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 450 | 415 | 231 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,501 | 4,804 | 5,388 | 6,176 | 7,538 | 8,458 | 8,388 | 5,011 | 4,789 | 5,768 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 382 | 78 | 304 | i | . | ||
2018 | 378 | 72 | 306 | i | . | ||
2017 | 416 | 82 | 334 | i | . | ||
2016 | 393 | 68 | 325 | i | . | ||
2015 | 360 | 67 | 293 | i | 22 | i |
i=imputed
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 | 1,199 | 1,122 | 1,078 | 1,052 | 1,189 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 283 | 248 | 237 | 276 | 243 |
Computer and information sciences | 162 | 188 | 84 | 100 | 118 |
Engineering | 226 | 147 | 144 | 133 | 152 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 24 | 78 | 69 | 68 | 31 |
Health sciences | 259 | 247 | 235 | 178 | 276 |
Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Natural resources and conservation | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 69 | 72 | 64 | 61 | 67 |
Psychology | 41 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 48 |
Social sciences | 24 | 61 | 49 | 41 | 17 |
Other | 52 | 23 | 138 | 136 | 227 |
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 | 342,113 | . | 45,317 | . | 128,550 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 330,000 | . | 20,945 | . | 128,550 |
Engineering | 10,203 | . | 12,872 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 710 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 1,200 | . | 11,500 | . | . |
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 | 3,581 | 28,955 | 71,880 | 28,596 | 71,020 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 306 | 10,726 | 27,911 | 8,383 | 62,824 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 5,054 | 2,036 | 1,360 |
Engineering | 0 | 3,198 | 21,109 | 7,841 | 5,631 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 683 | 6,259 | 6,060 | 390 |
Health sciences | 2,809 | 7,878 | 4,990 | 0 | 815 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,946 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 5,513 | 4,670 | 1,475 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 956 | 0 | 854 | 0 |
Social sciences | 466 | 0 | 1,888 | 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.