Ball State 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 | |
2021 | 262 | 58.8 | 448 | 254 | 37.3 | 691 | 266 | 46.1 | 583 | 353 | 39.4 | 909 |
2020 | 260 | 58.1 | 450 | 252 | 36.7 | 697 | 349 | 38.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 247 | 55.6 | 447 | 254 | 37 | 696 | 330 | 56.4 | 589 | 324 | 36.1 | 913 |
2018 | 257 | 60.4 | 428 | 252 | 36.6 | 698 | 328 | 36.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 236 | 55.9 | 425 | 238 | 35.4 | 684 | 273 | 47.9 | 575 | 338 | 38.2 | 897 |
2016 | 265 | 61.9 | 430 | 229 | 33.4 | 697 | 314 | 35.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 236 | 55.7 | 426 | 221 | 32.5 | 693 | 285 | 50.4 | 570 | 315 | 35.7 | 897 |
2014 | 243 | 57.9 | 422 | 219 | 32.4 | 688 | 323 | 37 | 887 | |||
2013 | 229 | 55.3 | 417 | 280 | 50.9 | 555 | 320 | 54.8 | 588 | 318 | 36.5 | 884 |
2012 | 236 | 57.6 | 412 | 233 | 42.5 | 555 | 311 | 35.4 | 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 | 29 | 33 | 29 | 36 | 25 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 31 |
Science and engineering | 17 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 16 |
Science | 17 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 16 |
Life science | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 |
Psychology | 16 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 14 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 15 |
Education | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
Education research | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Teacher education | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Other education | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Letters | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 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, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 405 | 388 | 358 | 379 | 422 | 504 | 535 | 506 | 340 | 448 |
Male | 98 | 123 | 119 | 138 | 157 | 178 | 207 | 190 | 136 | 175 |
Female | 307 | 265 | 239 | 241 | 265 | 326 | 328 | 316 | 204 | 273 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 355 | 350 | 330 | 353 | 385 | 433 | 440 | 409 | 282 | 372 |
Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 328 | 324 | 306 | 328 | 358 | 406 | 411 | 353 | 228 | 339 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Black or African American | 24 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
White | 287 | 285 | 262 | 294 | 316 | 365 | 376 | 331 | 210 | 313 |
More than one race | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 49 | 27 |
Temporary visa holders | 50 | 38 | 28 | 26 | 37 | 71 | 95 | 97 | 58 | 76 |
Science and engineering | 336 | 324 | 295 | 294 | 328 | 424 | 461 | 407 | 243 | 326 |
Science | 336 | 324 | 295 | 294 | 326 | 420 | 461 | 407 | 243 | 326 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 6 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 32 | 29 | 40 | 53 | 60 | 72 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 35 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 42 | 44 | 39 | 43 | 54 | 66 | 86 | 30 | 21 | 17 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 26 | 9 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
Mathematics and statistics | 20 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 58 | 28 | 43 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 5 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 204 | 191 | 173 | 171 | 174 | 177 | 189 | 182 | 62 | 78 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 30 |
Social sciences | 25 | 31 | 26 | 35 | 41 | 46 | 48 | 44 | 44 | 67 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 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 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 0 | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 69 | 64 | 63 | 85 | 94 | 80 | 74 | 99 | 97 | 122 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 69 | 64 | 63 | 85 | 94 | 80 | 74 | 99 | 97 | 122 |
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 | 379 | 349 | 329 | 347 | 354 | 387 | 293 | 260 | 223 | 219 |
Male | 148 | 122 | 129 | 118 | 132 | 138 | 114 | 107 | 94 | 89 |
Female | 231 | 227 | 200 | 229 | 222 | 249 | 179 | 153 | 129 | 130 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 348 | 329 | 307 | 311 | 318 | 360 | 265 | 239 | 190 | 197 |
Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 316 | 303 | 280 | 289 | 285 | 328 | 236 | 195 | 164 | 179 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Black or African American | 22 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 278 | 269 | 242 | 260 | 255 | 298 | 216 | 181 | 155 | 168 |
More than one race | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 20 | 14 |
Temporary visa holders | 31 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 33 | 22 |
Science and engineering | 363 | 333 | 309 | 310 | 308 | 362 | 275 | 217 | 186 | 186 |
Science | 363 | 333 | 309 | 310 | 303 | 359 | 273 | 217 | 186 | 186 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 9 | 8 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 36 | 55 | 49 | 44 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 28 | 13 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 37 | 40 | 40 | 27 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 32 | 6 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 31 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 59 | 48 | 40 | 32 | 23 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 37 | 34 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 18 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 166 | 171 | 153 | 136 | 116 | 112 | 86 | 61 | 36 | 56 |
Physical sciences | 21 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 16 |
Social sciences | 20 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 19 | 35 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 31 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 16 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 37 | 33 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 16 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 37 | 33 |
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 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Science | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 3 | 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 |
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All types and sources of support | 405 | 388 | 358 | 379 | 422 | 504 | 535 | 506 | 340 | 448 |
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 | 108 | 106 | 105 | 118 | 116 | 118 | 124 | 96 | 0 | 17 |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Institutional | 106 | 106 | 105 | 118 | 116 | 118 | 124 | 96 | 0 | 14 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 35 | 62 | 88 | 66 | 82 | 110 | 127 | 121 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 35 | 62 | 88 | 66 | 82 | 110 | 127 | 121 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 262 | 220 | 165 | 195 | 224 | 276 | 284 | 289 | 340 | 431 |
Federal | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Institutional | 74 | 74 | 34 | 55 | 67 | 49 | 84 | 68 | 165 | 171 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 163 | 137 | 131 | 140 | 157 | 227 | 200 | 221 | 172 | 259 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
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All surveyed fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 8,826 | 9,429 | 12,145 | 11,163 | 8,797 | 11,763 | 10,548 | 9,209 | 10,357 | 11,740 | ||||||||||
Science | 6,262 | 6,771 | 7,025 | 6,412 | 5,215 | 5,689 | 4,693 | 4,275 | 3,422 | 4,545 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,079 | 1,263 | 1,236 | 1,580 | 1,233 | 1,075 | 899 | 805 | 835 | 701 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 9 | 57 | 91 | 22 | 44 | 27 | 24 | 60 | 65 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 9 | 57 | 91 | 22 | 44 | 27 | 23 | 60 | 65 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,674 | 2,738 | 2,880 | 2,615 | 2,572 | 2,166 | 2,634 | 2,297 | 1,725 | 2,628 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 823 | 575 | 747 | 805 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,536 | 1,412 | 1,569 | 1,279 | 1,164 | 884 | 864 | 733 | 477 | 708 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,042 | 1,171 | 1,232 | 1,287 | 1,349 | 1,249 | 173 | 299 | 290 | 698 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 96 | 155 | 79 | 49 | 59 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 774 | 690 | 211 | 417 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 51 | 140 | 139 | 107 | 80 | 60 | 46 | 45 | 50 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 826 | 834 | 993 | 700 | 398 | 435 | 220 | 281 | 350 | 246 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 667 | 801 | 963 | 677 | 384 | 408 | 167 | 249 | 322 | 169 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 65 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 53 | 32 | 28 | 77 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 94 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 183 | 214 | 338 | 65 | 34 | 46 | 196 | 287 | 131 | 137 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,473 | 1,662 | 1,381 | 1,222 | 849 | 1,843 | 657 | 535 | 276 | 718 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 363 | 404 | 412 | 189 | 230 | 441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 766 | 869 | 430 | 254 | 293 | 1,234 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 67 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 145 | 168 | 170 | 171 | 127 | 113 | 297 | 216 | 76 | 280 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 148 | 163 | 298 | 265 | 91 | 37 | 217 | 123 | 105 | 153 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 51 | 58 | 71 | 343 | 108 | 18 | 103 | 195 | 85 | 218 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 89 | 194 | 156 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 39 | 163 | 130 | ||||||||||
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 | 87 | 50 | 15 | 17 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,564 | 2,658 | 5,120 | 4,751 | 3,582 | 6,074 | 5,738 | 4,845 | 6,741 | 7,039 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 601 | 638 | 1,421 | 1,650 | 969 | 355 | 957 | 1,179 | 1,075 | 1,045 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 401 | 176 | 415 | ||||||||||
Education | 287 | 353 | 709 | 475 | 381 | 611 | 343 | 438 | 264 | 573 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 165 | 238 | 182 | 277 | 202 | 47 | 196 | 175 | 230 | 192 | ||||||||||
Law | 579 | 228 | 164 | 191 | 109 | 117 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 147 | 82 | 24 | 113 | 258 | 257 | 211 | 60 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 50 | 17 | 94 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 785 | 1,119 | 2,620 | 2,045 | 1,663 | 4,687 | 3,433 | 2,542 | 4,977 | 4,703 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 8,826 | 2,469 | 266 | 5,153 | 702 | 236 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 6,262 | 2,099 | 168 | 3,084 | 702 | 209 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,079 | 22 | 0 | 404 | 653 | 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 | 2,674 | 1,336 | 107 | 1,142 | 48 | 41 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,536 | 727 | 26 | 745 | 32 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,042 | 608 | 74 | 330 | 2 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 96 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 14 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 826 | 449 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 667 | 428 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 65 | 21 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 94 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 183 | 80 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,473 | 196 | 58 | 1,090 | 0 | 129 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 363 | 140 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 129 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 766 | 0 | 16 | 750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 145 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 148 | 42 | 42 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 51 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 2,564 | 370 | 98 | 2,069 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 601 | 293 | 32 | 254 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 287 | 7 | 40 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 165 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 579 | 0 | 0 | 578 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 147 | 25 | 20 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 785 | 45 | 6 | 730 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 2,469 | 2,397 | 2,929 | 3,028 | 2,531 | 3,253 | 2,291 | 1,971 | 2,440 | 3,320 | ||||||||||
DOD | 25 | 19 | 99 | 257 | 270 | 356 | 174 | 90 | 282 | 221 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 8 | 26 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,387 | 1,060 | 1,026 | 700 | 594 | 877 | 789 | 615 | 455 | 718 | ||||||||||
NASA | 22 | 17 | 22 | 54 | 140 | 84 | 95 | 178 | 227 | 206 | ||||||||||
NSF | 388 | 623 | 891 | 1,304 | 515 | 1,194 | 612 | 551 | 541 | 1,036 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 13 | ||||||||||
Other | 647 | 655 | 846 | 649 | 970 | 716 | 600 | 528 | 926 | 1,126 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 345 | 100 | 245 | . | |||
2018 | 346 | 101 | 245 | . | |||
2017 | 404 | 90 | 314 | . | |||
2016 | 361 | 58 | 303 | . | |||
2015 | 343 | 52 | 291 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 143 | 100 | 132 | 123 | 91 |
Agricultural sciences | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 51 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 25 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
Health sciences | 14 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 12 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | . |
Physical sciences | 38 | 22 | 31 | 28 | 11 |
Psychology | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Social sciences | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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 | . | . | 42,747 | . | 500 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 26,468 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 16,279 | . | 500 |
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 | 0 | 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 | 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.