American 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 | |
2022 | 210 | 54.6 | 457 | 138 | 80 | 680 | 185 | 79.5 | 890 | |||
2021 | 237 | 47.6 | 447 | 125 | 82.2 | 691 | 374 | 36.6 | 583 | 182 | 80.2 | 907 |
2020 | 214 | 53 | 450 | 137 | 80.7 | 697 | 177 | 80.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 220 | 51.4 | 447 | 141 | 80.1 | 696 | 394 | 33.8 | 589 | 176 | 81 | 913 |
2018 | 224 | 48.3 | 428 | 142 | 80 | 698 | 180 | 80.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 182 | 57.7 | 425 | 147 | 78.8 | 684 | 461 | 20.7 | 575 | 189 | 79.2 | 897 |
2016 | 210 | 51.8 | 430 | 125 | 82.4 | 697 | 188 | 79.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 201 | 53.4 | 426 | 127 | 82 | 693 | 453 | 21.4 | 570 | 180 | 80.2 | 897 |
2014 | 203 | 52.5 | 422 | 120 | 82.8 | 688 | 174 | 80.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 190 | 55 | 417 | 112 | 80.2 | 555 | 515 | 13.3 | 588 | 182 | 79.7 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 52 | 36 | 45 | 42 | 42 | 69 | 51 | 58 | 52 | 55 |
Science and engineering | 35 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 54 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 39 |
Science | 35 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 54 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 39 |
Life science | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 33 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 53 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 37 |
Psychology | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 11 |
Anthropology | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Economics | 15 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
Political science and government | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
Non-science and engineering | 17 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
Education | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
History | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Other | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
Communication | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 1,184 | 1,239 | 1,012 | 935 | 946 | 891 | 1,245 | 1,240 | 1,277 | 1,347 |
Male | 467 | 501 | 398 | 307 | 328 | 314 | 452 | 481 | 483 | 518 |
Female | 717 | 738 | 614 | 628 | 618 | 577 | 793 | 759 | 794 | 829 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 950 | 1,021 | 808 | 750 | 765 | 712 | 980 | 991 | 1,044 | 1,116 |
Hispanic or Latino | 127 | 130 | 80 | 63 | 96 | 69 | 82 | 94 | 96 | 96 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 808 | 857 | 650 | 588 | 623 | 602 | 808 | 764 | 771 | 786 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Asian | 66 | 75 | 57 | 50 | 60 | 52 | 56 | 54 | 69 | 67 |
Black or African American | 96 | 102 | 99 | 78 | 86 | 93 | 130 | 117 | 109 | 105 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
White | 603 | 630 | 452 | 432 | 450 | 426 | 589 | 574 | 569 | 588 |
More than one race | 41 | 47 | 39 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 16 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 15 | 34 | 78 | 99 | 46 | 41 | 90 | 133 | 177 | 234 |
Temporary visa holders | 234 | 218 | 204 | 185 | 181 | 179 | 265 | 249 | 233 | 231 |
Science and engineering | 1,180 | 1,229 | 999 | 923 | 946 | 883 | 1,245 | 1,240 | 1,277 | 1,347 |
Science | 1,180 | 1,229 | 999 | 923 | 946 | 883 | 1,245 | 1,240 | 1,277 | 1,347 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | 14 | 15 | 6 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 41 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 74 | 78 | 67 | 83 |
Computer and information sciences | 54 | 55 | 49 | 19 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 16 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 68 | 79 | 68 | 62 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 51 | 49 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 25 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 28 | 26 | 19 | 54 | 58 | 27 | 86 | 88 | 97 | 96 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Social sciences | 935 | 978 | 781 | 693 | 815 | 786 | 1,037 | 1,026 | 1,065 | 1,130 |
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 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | . | 8 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | . | 8 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 691 | 803 | 686 | 701 | 784 | 828 | 1,105 | 1,104 | 907 | 802 |
Male | 306 | 360 | 283 | 306 | 360 | 365 | 431 | 418 | 352 | 307 |
Female | 385 | 443 | 403 | 395 | 424 | 463 | 674 | 686 | 555 | 495 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 669 | 764 | 660 | 678 | 765 | 813 | 1,076 | 1,064 | 865 | 754 |
Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 91 | 85 | 102 | 186 | 121 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 48 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 531 | 599 | 508 | 504 | 398 | 476 | 692 | 679 | 654 | 548 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
Asian | 36 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 57 | 61 | 47 | 40 |
Black or African American | 75 | 89 | 74 | 63 | 57 | 65 | 128 | 135 | 131 | 96 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
White | 383 | 433 | 359 | 371 | 282 | 343 | 472 | 450 | 452 | 386 |
More than one race | 32 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 48 | 74 | 67 | 72 | 181 | 216 | 316 | 313 | 139 | 158 |
Temporary visa holders | 22 | 39 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 42 | 48 |
Science and engineering | 676 | 789 | 677 | 694 | 784 | 815 | 1,105 | 1,104 | 907 | 802 |
Science | 676 | 789 | 677 | 694 | 784 | 815 | 1,105 | 1,104 | 907 | 802 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 164 | 170 | 129 | 84 |
Computer and information sciences | 31 | 49 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 19 | 15 | 22 | 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 22 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 20 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 9 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 29 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Social sciences | 581 | 663 | 573 | 613 | 750 | 765 | 913 | 888 | 741 | 671 |
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 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 7 | . | 13 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 15 | 14 | 9 | 7 | . | 13 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 1,184 | 1,239 | 1,012 | 935 | 946 | 891 | 1,245 | 1,240 | 1,277 | 1,347 |
Fellowships | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Institutional | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 101 | 201 | 130 | 87 | 105 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 101 | 200 | 126 | 82 | 105 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 82 | 17 | 44 | 44 | 26 | 53 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 82 | 17 | 44 | 42 | 26 | 53 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,181 | 1,238 | 1,012 | 851 | 863 | 771 | 978 | 1,063 | 1,149 | 1,185 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 111 | 101 | 0 | 18 | 76 | 32 | 103 | 73 | 214 | 153 |
Nonfederal | 16 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 41 | 25 | 50 | 30 | 22 | 21 |
Personal resources | 1,054 | 1,113 | 1,012 | 805 | 745 | 714 | 806 | 960 | 913 | 1,011 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Science | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 67,616 | 65,912 | 71,839 | 71,053 | 61,741 | 56,034 | 57,064 | 58,325 | 63,628 | 61,087 | ||||||||||
Science | 31,685 | 29,508 | 37,505 | 39,531 | 31,906 | 26,551 | 28,170 | 25,350 | 38,038 | 23,794 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 753 | 649 | 672 | 2,122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,021 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,091 | 1,035 | 642 | 482 | 511 | 396 | 436 | 542 | 902 | 260 | ||||||||||
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 | 1,091 | 1,035 | 642 | 482 | 511 | 396 | 436 | 542 | 902 | 260 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,117 | 1,148 | 1,886 | 1,854 | 1,703 | 2,314 | 2,645 | 2,109 | 3,276 | 2,146 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 661 | 719 | 1,235 | 1,225 | 1,168 | 1,617 | 1,895 | 1,416 | 1,723 | 1,406 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 630 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 456 | 429 | 651 | 629 | 535 | 697 | 750 | 693 | 1,553 | 110 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,615 | 1,538 | 1,559 | 1,319 | 1,618 | 1,741 | 1,890 | 1,396 | 2,711 | 1,088 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 4,351 | 4,404 | 4,714 | 5,167 | 3,545 | 2,504 | 1,809 | 1,945 | 2,733 | 1,839 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,097 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 983 | 790 | 847 | 1,864 | 1,300 | 651 | 599 | 528 | 1,294 | 386 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 3,368 | 3,614 | 3,867 | 3,303 | 2,245 | 1,853 | 1,210 | 1,417 | 1,439 | 203 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,109 | 1,063 | 2,248 | 2,564 | 3,026 | 2,474 | 2,821 | 2,582 | 4,371 | 1,722 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 17,191 | 16,428 | 20,632 | 20,802 | 16,040 | 12,757 | 13,273 | 10,674 | 16,140 | 14,718 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 2,440 | 2,410 | 2,433 | 3,584 | 2,310 | 2,018 | 1,950 | 2,361 | 4,552 | 1,429 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 7,506 | 6,730 | 7,219 | 6,775 | 6,640 | 6,383 | 7,066 | 3,813 | 5,820 | 7,004 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 960 | 1,188 | 3,346 | 2,792 | 602 | 466 | 355 | 858 | 1,976 | 1,531 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,285 | 6,100 | 7,634 | 7,651 | 6,488 | 3,890 | 3,902 | 3,642 | 3,792 | 4,754 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,458 | 3,243 | 5,152 | 5,221 | 5,463 | 4,365 | 5,296 | 6,102 | 7,905 | 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 | 35,931 | 36,404 | 34,334 | 31,522 | 29,835 | 29,483 | 28,894 | 32,975 | 25,590 | 37,293 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 6,169 | 5,834 | 5,403 | 5,368 | 5,228 | 4,704 | 4,740 | 4,880 | 10,960 | 5,524 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 5,816 | 6,415 | 6,801 | 6,848 | 4,353 | 4,493 | 3,180 | 3,322 | 7,992 | 6,493 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,473 | 1,637 | 1,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,267 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 2,742 | 2,573 | 2,955 | 2,613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,451 | ||||||||||
Law | 10,783 | 11,579 | 12,393 | 12,152 | 13,258 | 11,350 | 12,363 | 13,537 | 5,720 | 11,189 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 707 | 748 | 798 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,155 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 7,241 | 7,618 | 4,854 | 3,620 | 6,996 | 8,936 | 8,611 | 11,236 | 918 | 8,214 |
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 | 67,616 | 14,752 | 874 | 40,650 | 428 | 8,424 | 2,488 | |||||||
Science | 31,685 | 10,345 | 299 | 16,453 | 0 | 4,220 | 368 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 753 | 184 | 0 | 569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,091 | 604 | 0 | 459 | 0 | 28 | 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 | 1,091 | 604 | 0 | 459 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,117 | 252 | 0 | 836 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 661 | 252 | 0 | 392 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |||||||
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 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 444 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,615 | 663 | 0 | 952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 4,351 | 3,078 | 0 | 1,127 | 0 | 121 | 25 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 983 | 324 | 0 | 538 | 0 | 121 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 3,368 | 2,754 | 0 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,109 | 81 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||
Social sciences | 17,191 | 4,239 | 178 | 9,014 | 0 | 3,466 | 294 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 2,440 | 106 | 0 | 1,662 | 0 | 643 | 29 | |||||||
Political science and government | 7,506 | 395 | 0 | 4,433 | 0 | 2,433 | 245 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 960 | 413 | 0 | 524 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,285 | 3,325 | 178 | 2,395 | 0 | 387 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,458 | 1,244 | 121 | 2,496 | 0 | 582 | 15 | |||||||
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 | 35,931 | 4,407 | 575 | 24,197 | 428 | 4,204 | 2,120 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 6,169 | 403 | 0 | 5,402 | 254 | 9 | 101 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 5,816 | 1,138 | 13 | 2,276 | 114 | 2,275 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2,473 | 502 | 509 | 810 | 1 | 651 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 2,742 | 0 | 0 | 2,645 | 0 | 97 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 10,783 | 1,219 | 0 | 6,723 | 0 | 905 | 1,936 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 707 | 0 | 0 | 704 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 7,241 | 1,145 | 53 | 5,637 | 59 | 267 | 80 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 14,752 | 12,076 | 16,123 | 15,229 | 13,013 | 8,800 | 9,554 | 9,449 | 9,427 | 10,421 | ||||||||||
DOD | 586 | 647 | 1,092 | 582 | 346 | 504 | 410 | 250 | 214 | 193 | ||||||||||
DOE | 50 | 16 | 42 | 96 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,654 | 1,537 | 3,228 | 3,427 | 2,739 | 2,022 | 2,713 | 2,524 | 2,404 | 2,136 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,621 | 2,927 | 3,211 | 2,595 | 1,625 | 1,277 | 732 | 944 | 800 | 898 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,617 | 2,220 | 1,121 | 1,344 | 1,372 | 997 | 1,422 | 1,794 | 970 | 992 | ||||||||||
USDA | 304 | 165 | 174 | 199 | 270 | 117 | 293 | 160 | 330 | 446 | ||||||||||
Other | 5,920 | 4,564 | 7,255 | 6,986 | 6,618 | 3,883 | 3,984 | 3,777 | 4,709 | 5,756 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,311 | 173 | 1,138 | . | |||
2018 | 1,066 | 122 | 944 | . | |||
2017 | 1,132 | 155 | 977 | . | |||
2016 | 1,116 | 161 | 955 | . |
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 | 75 | 61 | 33 | 30 | 15 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | . |
Physical sciences | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Psychology | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Social sciences | 19 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
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 | . | . | 25,643 | . | 13,042 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 12,788 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | 3,414 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | 1,987 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 5,980 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 4,958 | . | 7,641 |
Psychology | . | . | 1,917 | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,154 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 904 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 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.