Arkansas State U.

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2021 | 349 | 50.9 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 378 | 54.6 | 697 | |||||||||
2019 | 369 | 53.4 | 696 | |||||||||
2018 | 367 | 53 | 698 | |||||||||
2017 | 324 | 47.8 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 324 | 46.9 | 697 | |||||||||
2015 | 337 | 49.1 | 693 | |||||||||
2014 | 344 | 50.4 | 688 | |||||||||
2013 | 333 | 60.3 | 555 | |||||||||
2012 | 311 | 56.4 | 555 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 220 | 169 | 181 | 184 | 238 | 265 | 250 | 218 | 210 | 246 |
Male | 97 | 65 | 69 | 76 | 101 | 116 | 123 | 115 | 95 | 97 |
Female | 123 | 104 | 112 | 108 | 137 | 149 | 127 | 103 | 115 | 149 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 107 | 111 | 111 | 107 | 130 | 142 | 133 | 139 | 146 | 180 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 106 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 120 | 138 | 128 | 137 | 141 | 169 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Asian | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Black or African American | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 27 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 90 | 98 | 99 | 90 | 97 | 114 | 105 | 114 | 117 | 137 |
More than one race | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 113 | 58 | 70 | 77 | 108 | 123 | 117 | 79 | 64 | 66 |
Science and engineering | 159 | 103 | 118 | 123 | 172 | 199 | 190 | 158 | 150 | 187 |
Science | 158 | 103 | 117 | 123 | 170 | 197 | 187 | 157 | 149 | 186 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 21 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 86 | 36 | 47 | 53 | 84 | 84 | 66 | 45 | 24 | 22 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 20 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 29 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | 17 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Social sciences | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 29 | 40 | 42 | 52 | 61 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Health | 61 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 61 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 95 | 114 | 144 | 152 | 149 | 387 | 340 | 296 | 261 | 256 |
Male | 44 | 52 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 207 | 177 | 133 | 110 | 108 |
Female | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 180 | 163 | 163 | 151 | 148 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 76 | 86 | 116 | 119 | 117 | 343 | 312 | 272 | 245 | 231 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 81 | 109 | 113 | 108 | 312 | 287 | 258 | 235 | 223 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Black or African American | 8 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 77 | 80 | 75 | 69 | 80 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 58 | 64 | 89 | 91 | 87 | 219 | 196 | 172 | 163 | 140 |
More than one race | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 19 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 44 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 25 |
Science and engineering | 88 | 105 | 136 | 140 | 143 | 381 | 331 | 282 | 246 | 244 |
Science | 81 | 99 | 130 | 129 | 129 | 367 | 318 | 276 | 244 | 243 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 21 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 14 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 22 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 23 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 14 | 33 | 30 | 37 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 13 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Social sciences | 30 | 35 | 44 | 48 | 47 | 273 | 225 | 194 | 153 | 136 |
Engineering | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
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 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Health | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 9 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 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 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 220 | 169 | 181 | 184 | 238 | 265 | 250 | 218 | 210 | 246 |
Fellowships | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 12 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Federal | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 205 | 158 | 163 | 109 | 221 | 259 | 236 | 205 | 195 | 238 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 75 | 61 | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 98 | 77 | 74 | 75 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 130 | 97 | 101 | 100 | 206 | 242 | 138 | 128 | 121 | 163 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Science | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Science | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).