U. Tennessee, The, Health Science Center

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 | 260 | 58.4 | 448 | 296 | 43.3 | 691 | 170 | 29.8 | 583 | 162 | 18.6 | 909 |
2020 | 292 | 65.2 | 450 | 290 | 42.1 | 697 | 164 | 18.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 276 | 62 | 447 | 298 | 43.3 | 696 | 155 | 26.9 | 589 | 162 | 18.5 | 913 |
2018 | 323 | 75.7 | 428 | 302 | 43.8 | 698 | 168 | 19.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 241 | 57 | 425 | 316 | 46.7 | 684 | 153 | 27.2 | 575 | 167 | 19.3 | 897 |
2016 | 257 | 60.1 | 430 | 340 | 49.2 | 697 | 165 | 19.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 257 | 60.6 | 426 | 343 | 49.9 | 693 | 193 | 34.4 | 570 | 168 | 19.4 | 897 |
2014 | 257 | 61.2 | 422 | 322 | 47.3 | 688 | 164 | 19.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 254 | 61.2 | 417 | 314 | 56.9 | 555 | 196 | 33.9 | 588 | 164 | 19.3 | 884 |
2012 | 236 | 57.6 | 412 | 325 | 58.9 | 555 | 166 | 19.3 | 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 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 31 |
Science and engineering | 27 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 31 |
Science | 27 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 30 |
Life science | 26 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 29 |
Biological sciences | 19 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 14 |
Health sciences | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Chemistry | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 307 | 302 | 283 | 282 | 252 | 233 | 243 | 253 | 251 | 224 |
Male | 118 | 117 | 114 | 131 | 120 | 113 | 119 | 127 | 128 | 107 |
Female | 189 | 185 | 169 | 151 | 132 | 120 | 124 | 126 | 123 | 117 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 260 | 237 | 205 | 209 | 181 | 163 | 184 | 182 | 175 | 145 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 250 | 217 | 197 | 199 | 177 | 157 | 176 | 176 | 168 | 139 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 41 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 6 |
Black or African American | 36 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 19 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 173 | 180 | 158 | 157 | 154 | 133 | 142 | 141 | 133 | 114 |
More than one race | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 47 | 65 | 78 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 59 | 71 | 76 | 79 |
Science and engineering | 186 | 175 | 168 | 168 | 148 | 138 | 144 | 141 | 148 | 120 |
Science | 181 | 170 | 162 | 163 | 140 | 128 | 135 | 130 | 136 | 110 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 158 | 151 | 146 | 149 | 133 | 122 | 129 | 123 | 127 | 101 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Engineering | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
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 | 121 | 127 | 115 | 114 | 104 | 95 | 99 | 112 | 103 | 104 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 121 | 127 | 115 | 114 | 104 | 95 | 99 | 112 | 103 | 104 |
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 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Male | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Female | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 6 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Science | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Science | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 307 | 302 | 283 | 282 | 252 | 233 | 243 | 253 | 251 | 224 |
Fellowships | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 264 | 242 | 231 | 236 | 214 | 206 | 215 | 229 | 231 | 161 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 264 | 242 | 231 | 236 | 214 | 205 | 215 | 229 | 230 | 160 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 42 | 58 | 50 | 42 | 35 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 12 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Personal resources | 42 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 34 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 12 |
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 |
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Science and engineering | 37 | 46 | 38 | 29 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 52 | 47 | 80 |
Science | 37 | 46 | 38 | 29 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 52 | 47 | 79 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 36 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 44 | 45 | 42 | 72 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 45 | 54 | 75 | 79 | 66 | 66 | 54 | 61 | 59 | 76 |
Clinical medicine | 23 | 41 | 53 | 55 | 45 | 48 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 46 |
Other health | 22 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 30 |
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 | 53 | 88 | 56 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 94 |
Science and engineering | 28 | 44 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 35 | 37 | 28 | 56 |
Science | 28 | 44 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 35 | 37 | 28 | 56 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 33 | 26 | 53 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 25 | 44 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 38 |
Clinical medicine | 11 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 22 |
Other health | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 109,562 | 99,716 | 96,979 | 79,460 | 73,393 | 71,547 | 65,771 | 67,841 | 71,902 | 77,754 | ||||||||||
Science | 108,875 | 99,068 | 96,369 | 78,862 | 72,768 | 70,845 | 65,074 | 67,291 | 71,185 | 77,098 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 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 | 107,620 | 98,345 | 95,852 | 78,204 | 72,682 | 70,805 | 64,908 | 66,777 | 70,770 | 76,834 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29,655 | 22,245 | 18,079 | 15,901 | 16,311 | 16,851 | 17,790 | 18,539 | 22,029 | 29,701 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 74,246 | 72,349 | 74,555 | 61,918 | 56,195 | 52,924 | 45,902 | 46,814 | 47,637 | 45,664 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,719 | 3,751 | 3,218 | 385 | 176 | 1,030 | 1,216 | 1,424 | 1,104 | 1,469 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,255 | 723 | 517 | 658 | 86 | 40 | 166 | 514 | 415 | 264 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 687 | 648 | 610 | 598 | 625 | 702 | 697 | 550 | 712 | 651 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 687 | 648 | 610 | 598 | 625 | 702 | 697 | 550 | 712 | 651 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
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 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 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
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 109,562 | 56,021 | 5,433 | 30,132 | 3,708 | 7,514 | 6,754 | |||||||
Science | 108,875 | 56,021 | 4,746 | 30,132 | 3,708 | 7,514 | 6,754 | |||||||
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 | 107,620 | 56,021 | 4,746 | 29,848 | 3,708 | 7,514 | 5,783 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29,655 | 23,001 | 279 | 4,720 | 471 | 775 | 409 | |||||||
Health sciences | 74,246 | 33,007 | 4,467 | 21,432 | 3,227 | 6,739 | 5,374 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,719 | 13 | 0 | 3,696 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,255 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 971 | |||||||
Engineering | 687 | 0 | 687 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 687 | 0 | 687 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 56,021 | 48,264 | 42,396 | 39,421 | 39,138 | 38,374 | 39,356 | 41,830 | 42,269 | 48,473 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,837 | 2,943 | 2,832 | 3,292 | 2,848 | 2,438 | 1,457 | 1,382 | 2,543 | 3,095 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 155 | 146 | 160 | ||||||||||
HHS | 52,273 | 44,904 | 39,136 | 35,235 | 36,125 | 35,884 | 37,816 | 39,834 | 38,874 | 44,790 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 115 | 60 | 107 | 120 | 51 | 18 | 17 | 146 | 204 | 131 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 47 | 9 | ||||||||||
Other | 796 | 357 | 321 | 764 | 114 | 28 | 16 | 279 | 455 | 288 |
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 | 1,140 | 207 | 933 | . | |||
2018 | 1,038 | 169 | 869 | . | |||
2017 | 1,041 | 154 | 887 | . | |||
2016 | 1,011 | 154 | 857 | . | |||
2015 | 1,063 | 152 | 911 | 111 |
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 | 338 | 378 | 392 | 257 | 250 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 277 | 318 | 342 | 207 | 156 |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 40 | 40 | 46 | 46 | 92 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 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.
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 | 48,321 | 18,300 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 48,321 | 18,300 | . | . | . |
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 | 30,690 | 0 | 0 | 75,000 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75,000 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 30,690 | 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.