Arkansas State U., Jonesboro

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 | 405 | 90.5 | 448 | 322 | 55.6 | 583 | 358 | 39.9 | 909 | |||
2020 | 352 | 78.4 | 450 | 357 | 39.6 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 412 | 92.2 | 447 | 324 | 55.4 | 589 | 350 | 38.9 | 913 | |||
2018 | 356 | 83.3 | 428 | 351 | 39.1 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 309 | 72.9 | 425 | 338 | 59.1 | 575 | 354 | 40 | 897 | |||
2016 | 349 | 81.3 | 430 | 346 | 39.2 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 367 | 86.3 | 426 | 324 | 57.2 | 570 | 339 | 38.4 | 897 | |||
2014 | 342 | 81.2 | 422 | 343 | 39.2 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 344 | 82.6 | 417 | 323 | 55.3 | 588 | 315 | 36.2 | 884 | |||
2012 | 354 | 86 | 412 | 300 | 34.2 | 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 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Science | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Life science | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
Biological sciences | . | 2 | 3 | . | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Humanities | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 |
History | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 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
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 8,422 | 8,640 | 8,945 | 8,245 | 7,952 | 8,169 | 8,453 | 8,099 | 10,463 | 14,250 | ||||||||||
Science | 7,995 | 8,266 | 8,353 | 7,748 | 7,440 | 7,546 | 7,569 | 7,353 | 9,427 | 13,097 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 239 | 290 | 332 | 288 | 335 | 186 | 234 | 171 | 164 | 276 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||
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 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 6,436 | 6,636 | 6,659 | 6,184 | 5,227 | 5,595 | 6,107 | 5,625 | 5,875 | 6,896 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,343 | 1,897 | 1,983 | 1,440 | 1,540 | 1,479 | 1,141 | 788 | 859 | 1,666 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,057 | 4,707 | 4,648 | 4,699 | 3,676 | 3,880 | 4,639 | 4,553 | 4,660 | 4,925 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 36 | 32 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 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 | 327 | 284 | 286 | 305 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 665 | 876 | 988 | 745 | 1,109 | 928 | 872 | 1,185 | 3,131 | 5,734 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 647 | 840 | 922 | 578 | 877 | 775 | 689 | 613 | 1,664 | 3,074 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 18 | 36 | 66 | 167 | 232 | 153 | 183 | 572 | 1,452 | 2,650 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 62 | 55 | 23 | 18 | 86 | 156 | 259 | 267 | 223 | 83 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 267 | 148 | 36 | 176 | 292 | 225 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 75 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 267 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 65 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 36 | 176 | 292 | 225 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 323 | 257 | 312 | 333 | 389 | 160 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 384 | 371 | 553 | 490 | 496 | 612 | 822 | 603 | 893 | 967 | ||||||||||
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 | 229 | 217 | 309 | 230 | 180 | 301 | 469 | 85 | 70 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 35 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 41 | 184 | 280 | 266 | 334 | 308 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 120 | 149 | 230 | 209 | 275 | 126 | 71 | 109 | 227 | 141 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 143 | 262 | 518 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 43 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 143 | 143 | 186 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 96 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 32 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 128 | 128 | 86 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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 | 8,422 | 4,249 | 3,103 | 721 | 349 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 7,995 | 4,001 | 3,004 | 664 | 326 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 239 | 95 | 138 | 6 | 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 | 6,436 | 2,909 | 2,730 | 490 | 307 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,343 | 838 | 234 | 169 | 102 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,057 | 2,071 | 2,466 | 315 | 205 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 36 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 665 | 537 | 74 | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 647 | 523 | 74 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 62 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 267 | 153 | 33 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 267 | 153 | 33 | 81 | 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 | 323 | 267 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 384 | 248 | 68 | 45 | 23 | 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 | 229 | 173 | 12 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 120 | 75 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 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 | 43 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 32 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 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 | 4,249 | 4,712 | 4,876 | 4,371 | 4,396 | 4,826 | 4,347 | 3,958 | 6,360 | 9,645 | ||||||||||
DOD | 3 | 55 | 115 | 111 | 234 | 236 | 310 | 991 | 3,165 | 5,726 | ||||||||||
DOE | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 271 | 1,068 | ||||||||||
HHS | 690 | 702 | 614 | 426 | 242 | 411 | 455 | 482 | 286 | 317 | ||||||||||
NASA | 11 | 11 | 36 | 61 | 39 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 104 | 152 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,395 | 1,938 | 1,796 | 1,732 | 1,803 | 1,861 | 1,962 | 1,146 | 1,314 | 1,619 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,001 | 1,217 | 1,479 | 1,224 | 1,350 | 1,428 | 1,038 | 667 | 679 | 325 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,074 | 789 | 836 | 817 | 728 | 862 | 540 | 638 | 541 | 438 |
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 | 295 | 40 | 255 | . | |||
2018 | 265 | 35 | 230 | . | |||
2017 | 279 | 41 | 238 | . | |||
2016 | 314 | 44 | 270 | . | |||
2015 | 295 | 57 | 238 | 13 | i |
i=imputed
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 102 | 101 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
Agricultural sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 60 | 60 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Health sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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.
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 |
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All research space | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 1,800 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 1,800 |
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 | 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.