Air Force Institute of Technology

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 | 262 | 58.8 | 448 | 218 | 32.1 | 691 | 214 | 24.2 | 909 | |||
2020 | 268 | 59.9 | 450 | 214 | 31.3 | 697 | 232 | 26 | 915 | |||
2019 | 244 | 54.9 | 447 | 214 | 31.3 | 696 | 233 | 26.2 | 913 | |||
2018 | 236 | 55.5 | 428 | 227 | 33.1 | 698 | 227 | 25.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 235 | 55.6 | 425 | 230 | 34.2 | 684 | 220 | 25.2 | 897 | |||
2016 | 228 | 53.4 | 430 | 228 | 33.3 | 697 | 231 | 26.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 227 | 53.6 | 426 | 229 | 33.6 | 693 | 235 | 26.8 | 897 | |||
2014 | 238 | 56.7 | 422 | 215 | 31.8 | 688 | 244 | 28.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 219 | 52.9 | 417 | 215 | 39.2 | 555 | 239 | 27.7 | 884 | |||
2012 | 230 | 56.2 | 412 | 219 | 40 | 555 | 227 | 26.1 | 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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 35 | 39 | 34 |
Science and engineering | 24 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 34 |
Science | 9 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Computer sciences | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Engineering | 15 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 24 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Electrical engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Business management/administration | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
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 | 515 | 521 | 503 | 447 | 449 | 512 | 482 | 542 | 530 | 499 |
Male | 456 | 458 | 445 | 387 | 394 | 459 | 430 | 491 | 467 | 435 |
Female | 59 | 63 | 58 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 63 | 64 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 510 | 517 | 495 | 441 | 444 | 509 | 478 | 528 | 519 | 486 |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 449 | 450 | 430 | 368 | 367 | 423 | 375 | 352 | 254 | 120 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 36 | 39 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 |
Black or African American | 18 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
White | 368 | 367 | 368 | 322 | 313 | 365 | 328 | 302 | 214 | 100 |
More than one race | 21 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 29 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 51 | 66 | 78 | 152 | 243 | 366 |
Temporary visa holders | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 510 | 518 | 501 | 443 | 447 | 509 | 478 | 542 | 525 | 494 |
Science | 104 | 116 | 127 | 95 | 95 | 110 | 73 | 60 | 67 | 73 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 45 | 59 | 67 | 34 | 30 | 59 | 56 | 44 | 49 | 59 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 12 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Social sciences | 19 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 406 | 402 | 374 | 348 | 352 | 399 | 405 | 482 | 458 | 421 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 114 | 96 | 82 | 90 | 105 | 111 | 116 | 128 | 118 | 101 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 82 | 104 | 109 | 103 | 98 | 113 | 110 | 113 | 135 | 115 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 143 | 124 | 105 | 86 | 90 | 96 | 102 | 138 | 100 | 97 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
Other engineering | 59 | 69 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 64 | 64 | 91 | 90 | 90 |
Health | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 159 | 133 | 147 | 123 | 121 | 106 | 128 | 60 | 120 | 120 |
Male | 134 | 114 | 126 | 107 | 110 | 87 | 109 | 50 | 102 | 106 |
Female | 25 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 14 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 159 | 133 | 147 | 121 | 119 | 102 | 121 | 60 | 111 | 117 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 134 | 113 | 126 | 103 | 88 | 74 | 93 | 30 | 58 | 27 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 9 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Black or African American | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 111 | 100 | 102 | 88 | 76 | 60 | 81 | 29 | 53 | 24 |
More than one race | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 51 | 90 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 157 | 132 | 145 | 121 | 121 | 104 | 126 | 60 | 117 | 120 |
Science | 19 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 17 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 10 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 138 | 119 | 134 | 108 | 106 | 88 | 112 | 44 | 96 | 103 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 27 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 21 | 14 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 33 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 70 | 69 | 76 | 63 | 62 | 51 | 62 | 21 | 54 | 62 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Other engineering | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Health | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 500 | 502 | 483 | 437 | 443 | 509 | 454 | 507 | 475 | 487 |
Science and engineering | 495 | 499 | 481 | 434 | 441 | 506 | 450 | 507 | 470 | 482 |
Science | 101 | 113 | 125 | 93 | 93 | 110 | 71 | 56 | 49 | 73 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 44 | 59 | 66 | 34 | 29 | 59 | 54 | 42 | 36 | 59 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 12 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | 19 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 394 | 386 | 356 | 341 | 348 | 396 | 379 | 451 | 421 | 409 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 112 | 95 | 81 | 90 | 105 | 111 | 110 | 117 | 112 | 100 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 78 | 94 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 112 | 102 | 108 | 120 | 111 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 138 | 121 | 99 | 86 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 130 | 89 | 90 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
Other engineering | 58 | 67 | 69 | 60 | 50 | 64 | 62 | 89 | 86 | 90 |
Health | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
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All types and sources of support | 515 | 521 | 503 | 447 | 449 | 512 | 482 | 542 | 530 | 499 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 515 | 521 | 503 | 447 | 449 | 512 | 482 | 542 | 530 | 499 |
Federal | 500 | 502 | 483 | 437 | 443 | 509 | 454 | 507 | 475 | 487 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 15 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
Personal resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 44 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 45,703 | 35,584 | 34,016 | 33,360 | 35,733 | 29,998 | 26,866 | 23,902 | 27,592 | 32,746 | ||||||||||
Science | 18,923 | 11,637 | 13,491 | 10,452 | 9,607 | 10,029 | 13,535 | 11,026 | 14,040 | 14,536 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,921 | 2,441 | 2,733 | 1,697 | 2,036 | 2,971 | 3,182 | 2,111 | 1,872 | 2,253 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 175 | 742 | 967 | 1,792 | 2,365 | 1,616 | 112 | 250 | 957 | 330 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 175 | 742 | 967 | 1,792 | 2,365 | 1,616 | 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 | 112 | 250 | 957 | 330 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 828 | 658 | 1,313 | 1,092 | 538 | 635 | 4,477 | 3,088 | 5,225 | 4,739 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 15,999 | 7,796 | 8,478 | 5,871 | 4,668 | 4,807 | 5,764 | 5,577 | 5,986 | 7,214 | ||||||||||
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 | 15,999 | 7,796 | 8,478 | 5,871 | 4,668 | 4,807 | 5,764 | 5,577 | 5,986 | 7,214 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 26,780 | 23,947 | 20,525 | 22,908 | 26,096 | 19,693 | 12,788 | 12,309 | 12,194 | 16,073 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 8,194 | 6,577 | 5,181 | 4,740 | 5,450 | 4,137 | 4,443 | 4,405 | 5,084 | 5,291 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 282 | 327 | 206 | 254 | 335 | 97 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,944 | 5,372 | 5,946 | 6,959 | 6,109 | 6,592 | 5,641 | 5,785 | 5,800 | 9,016 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 12,119 | 9,957 | 8,198 | 9,863 | 13,100 | 7,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 241 | 1,714 | 994 | 1,092 | 1,102 | 1,288 | 851 | 852 | 1,033 | 992 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,685 | 1,267 | 277 | 774 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 276 | 543 | 567 | 1,358 | 2,137 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 276 | 543 | 567 | 1,354 | 2,076 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53 | ||||||||||
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 | 8 |
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 | 45,703 | 27,025 | 0 | 18,015 | 663 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 18,923 | 9,960 | 0 | 8,427 | 536 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,921 | 1,551 | 0 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 175 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 175 | 175 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 828 | 197 | 0 | 601 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 15,999 | 8,037 | 0 | 7,456 | 506 | 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 | 15,999 | 8,037 | 0 | 7,456 | 506 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 26,780 | 17,065 | 0 | 9,588 | 127 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 8,194 | 3,651 | 0 | 4,456 | 87 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 282 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,944 | 3,480 | 0 | 2,424 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 12,119 | 9,524 | 0 | 2,595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 241 | 128 | 0 | 113 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 27,025 | 22,854 | 21,856 | 23,393 | 25,588 | 19,796 | 16,727 | 16,782 | 18,739 | 19,579 | ||||||||||
DOD | 24,584 | 21,467 | 20,782 | 22,373 | 24,955 | 19,383 | 16,100 | 16,070 | 17,981 | 18,656 | ||||||||||
DOE | 167 | 208 | 170 | 125 | 67 | 13 | 55 | 138 | 93 | 407 | ||||||||||
HHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2 | 16 | 194 | 62 | 238 | 11 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
NSF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 64 | 37 | 114 | 143 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,272 | 1,163 | 710 | 833 | 324 | 341 | 445 | 537 | 544 | 351 |
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 | 449 | 114 | 335 | . | |||
2018 | 501 | 119 | 382 | . | |||
2017 | 515 | 106 | 409 | . | |||
2016 | 352 | 108 | 244 | . | |||
2015 | 354 | 88 | 266 | 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