Baylor 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 | 146 | 33.1 | 448 | 126 | 18.9 | 691 | 193 | 33.7 | 583 | 207 | 23.5 | 909 |
2020 | 159 | 35.8 | 450 | 131 | 19.5 | 697 | 222 | 24.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 157 | 35.6 | 447 | 150 | 22.2 | 696 | 169 | 29.3 | 589 | 234 | 26.3 | 913 |
2018 | 171 | 40.4 | 428 | 179 | 26.3 | 698 | 234 | 26.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 178 | 42.3 | 425 | 183 | 27.4 | 684 | 163 | 28.9 | 575 | 236 | 27 | 897 |
2016 | 170 | 40 | 430 | 225 | 32.9 | 697 | 240 | 27.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 185 | 43.9 | 426 | 227 | 33.3 | 693 | 168 | 30.1 | 570 | 246 | 28.1 | 897 |
2014 | 169 | 40.5 | 422 | 231 | 34.1 | 688 | 258 | 29.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 176 | 42.6 | 417 | 238 | 43.4 | 555 | 175 | 30.4 | 588 | 294 | 33.8 | 884 |
2012 | 163 | 40 | 412 | 227 | 41.4 | 555 | 326 | 37.1 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 97 | 95 | 92 | 79 | 73 | 79 | 69 | 78 | 70 | 76 |
Science and engineering | 60 | 59 | 58 | 49 | 45 | 54 | 44 | 50 | 41 | 44 |
Science | 50 | 51 | 55 | 41 | 42 | 52 | 43 | 50 | 41 | 44 |
Life science | 12 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
Health sciences | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 24 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 10 |
Chemistry | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
Computer sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Mathematics | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 21 |
Psychology | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Political science and government | . | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Sociology | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Engineering | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 37 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 |
Education | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Education administration | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 20 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 27 |
History | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Letters | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 20 |
Other | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Business management/administration | 5 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 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, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 1,223 | 1,120 | 895 | 682 | 669 | 525 | 494 | 454 | 444 | 466 |
Male | 419 | 386 | 364 | 331 | 333 | 318 | 302 | 271 | 271 | 278 |
Female | 804 | 734 | 531 | 351 | 336 | 207 | 192 | 183 | 173 | 188 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,014 | 946 | 728 | 531 | 511 | 383 | 354 | 323 | 315 | 326 |
Hispanic or Latino | 181 | 152 | 113 | 57 | 51 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 18 | 18 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 819 | 782 | 607 | 465 | 447 | 339 | 310 | 279 | 287 | 303 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 48 | 44 | 38 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
Black or African American | 80 | 76 | 45 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 649 | 619 | 488 | 399 | 377 | 290 | 272 | 247 | 251 | 266 |
More than one race | 39 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 209 | 174 | 167 | 151 | 158 | 142 | 140 | 131 | 129 | 140 |
Science and engineering | 667 | 615 | 579 | 530 | 541 | 525 | 494 | 454 | 444 | 466 |
Science | 590 | 535 | 497 | 459 | 460 | 444 | 439 | 424 | 415 | 434 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 24 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 23 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 91 | 87 | 83 | 59 | 74 | 68 | 74 | 87 | 84 | 146 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
Computer and information sciences | 45 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 52 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 31 | 36 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 46 | 41 | 34 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 30 |
Mathematics and statistics | 63 | 58 | 53 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 42 | 49 | 50 | 50 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 42 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 27 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 107 | 83 | 78 | 75 | 65 | 51 | 54 | 43 | 37 | 34 |
Physical sciences | 131 | 136 | 117 | 110 | 106 | 100 | 93 | 84 | 85 | 29 |
Social sciences | 65 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 47 | 59 | 56 | 53 | 61 | 62 |
Engineering | 77 | 80 | 82 | 71 | 81 | 81 | 55 | 30 | 29 | 32 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 36 | 43 | 45 | 39 | 45 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 19 | 15 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 40 | 33 | 31 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Health | 556 | 505 | 316 | 152 | 128 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 214 | 173 | 106 | 26 | 27 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 342 | 332 | 210 | 126 | 101 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 292 | 309 | 129 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 80 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
Male | 57 | 65 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 43 | 44 | 37 | 29 |
Female | 235 | 244 | 94 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 37 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 287 | 298 | 125 | 45 | 40 | 46 | 73 | 53 | 41 | 35 |
Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 66 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 240 | 228 | 95 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 67 | 48 | 37 | 32 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Black or African American | 51 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 155 | 161 | 80 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 55 | 42 | 34 | 31 |
More than one race | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 55 | 74 | 52 | 45 | 44 | 53 | 80 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
Science | 52 | 61 | 43 | 36 | 38 | 48 | 63 | 48 | 48 | 40 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 11 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 7 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Engineering | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 237 | 235 | 77 | 5 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 100 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 137 | 139 | 74 | 3 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 110 | 110 | 87 | 59 | 79 | 62 | 49 | 57 | 46 | 58 |
Science and engineering | 102 | 98 | 85 | 57 | 76 | 62 | 49 | 57 | 46 | 58 |
Science | 80 | 80 | 69 | 47 | 57 | 45 | 41 | 52 | 44 | 46 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 29 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
Psychology | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Social sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 22 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 13 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1,223 | 1,120 | 895 | 682 | 669 | 525 | 494 | 454 | 444 | 466 |
Fellowships | 47 | 84 | 95 | 120 | 58 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
Federal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 41 | 75 | 92 | 113 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 265 | 212 | 188 | 187 | 203 | 179 | 183 | 142 | 146 | 144 |
Federal | 87 | 71 | 57 | 47 | 58 | 42 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 29 |
Institutional | 127 | 110 | 98 | 93 | 112 | 99 | 117 | 96 | 97 | 92 |
Nonfederal | 51 | 31 | 33 | 47 | 33 | 38 | 36 | 18 | 30 | 23 |
Teaching assistantships | 325 | 321 | 325 | 309 | 271 | 269 | 253 | 245 | 246 | 241 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 325 | 315 | 324 | 309 | 271 | 269 | 252 | 238 | 246 | 223 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
Other types of support | 586 | 503 | 287 | 66 | 137 | 58 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 69 |
Federal | 22 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 29 |
Institutional | 127 | 73 | 40 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Personal resources | 436 | 393 | 218 | 40 | 95 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 27 |
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 | 69 | 45 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 20 | 34 | 22 | 29 | 17 |
Science | 63 | 42 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 20 | 34 | 22 | 29 | 17 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 23 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 2 |
Social sciences | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
Science | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 48,809 | 39,765 | 33,304 | 31,936 | 29,400 | 26,767 | 24,642 | 20,729 | 13,616 | 10,161 | ||||||||||
Science | 34,846 | 26,798 | 22,571 | 20,795 | 20,114 | 19,004 | 18,005 | 15,623 | 10,264 | 6,944 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,148 | 1,011 | 581 | 500 | 540 | 575 | 814 | 574 | 919 | 471 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,731 | 2,185 | 2,685 | 2,573 | 2,070 | 2,211 | 1,674 | 1,445 | 1,285 | 1,120 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 1,349 | 275 | 138 | 174 | 127 | 150 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,139 | 1,343 | 1,878 | 2,058 | 1,369 | 1,569 | 1,164 | 1,160 | 837 | 865 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 243 | 345 | 290 | 8 | 106 | 77 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 222 | 379 | 333 | 468 | 415 | 475 | 279 | 444 | 255 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 11,299 | 7,456 | 5,641 | 5,839 | 5,503 | 4,522 | 4,147 | 4,123 | 2,240 | 1,167 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 323 | 221 | 64 | 148 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 128 | 117 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,708 | 4,523 | 2,938 | 2,622 | 3,037 | 2,294 | 2,241 | 1,957 | 978 | 467 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 2,782 | 2,267 | 2,127 | 2,761 | 2,251 | 2,068 | 1,615 | 1,822 | 879 | 426 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 421 | 445 | 512 | 292 | 117 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 65 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 38 | 291 | 291 | 255 | 157 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 877 | 933 | 1,104 | 693 | 526 | 605 | 512 | 323 | 162 | 92 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 8,289 | 6,993 | 6,891 | 6,994 | 6,908 | 7,318 | 6,829 | 6,181 | 3,931 | 2,533 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 24 | 29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 5,111 | 3,921 | 3,877 | 4,279 | 4,741 | 5,296 | 4,261 | 3,239 | 2,346 | 1,318 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,955 | 2,968 | 2,866 | 2,585 | 2,069 | 2,011 | 2,568 | 2,913 | 1,562 | 1,215 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 184 | 75 | 113 | 130 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,692 | 2,726 | 906 | 400 | 568 | 989 | 898 | 880 | 122 | 565 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,420 | 1,945 | 1,920 | 1,859 | 2,048 | 1,435 | 1,270 | 1,104 | 722 | 592 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 433 | 448 | 419 | 276 | 78 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 185 | 171 | 124 | 32 | 83 | 8 | 5 | 77 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 15 | 249 | 78 | 158 | 77 | 30 | 140 | 2 | 67 | 87 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 612 | 975 | 1,142 | 958 | 1,074 | 891 | 686 | 810 | 590 | 467 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 175 | 102 | 157 | 435 | 736 | 466 | 439 | 215 | 47 | 27 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,390 | 3,549 | 2,843 | 1,937 | 1,951 | 1,349 | 1,861 | 993 | 883 | 404 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 7,241 | 4,515 | 3,720 | 4,494 | 4,938 | 3,233 | 2,716 | 2,254 | 1,613 | 1,240 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,064 | 117 | 194 | 322 | 204 | 211 | 149 | 69 | 33 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 598 | 283 | 401 | 551 | 285 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 64 | 537 | 88 | 41 | 72 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 49 | 89 | 20 | 57 | 52 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,054 | 2,127 | 1,425 | 1,639 | 2,728 | 1,138 | 1,439 | 1,319 | 906 | 353 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,149 | 1,924 | 1,163 | 1,825 | 1,629 | 1,626 | 1,061 | 773 | 620 | 746 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 170 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 36 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 6,722 | 8,452 | 7,013 | 6,647 | 4,348 | 4,530 | 3,921 | 2,852 | 1,739 | 1,977 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 958 | 2,173 | 2,357 | 2,034 | 1,139 | 867 | 663 | 605 | 437 | 589 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 563 | 429 | 108 | 178 | 52 | 118 | 83 | 52 | 66 | 71 | ||||||||||
Education | 462 | 296 | 471 | 280 | 285 | 87 | 57 | 72 | 86 | 74 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,004 | 3,366 | 2,150 | 2,707 | 2,003 | 2,845 | 2,476 | 1,299 | 561 | 810 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1,221 | 1,444 | 1,233 | 350 | 416 | 280 | 479 | 727 | 526 | 311 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 122 | 96 | 134 | 113 | 27 | 149 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 392 | 648 | 560 | 985 | 426 | 184 | 136 | 96 | 45 | 111 |
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 | 48,809 | 11,025 | 1,892 | 26,678 | 3,116 | 4,510 | 1,588 | |||||||
Science | 34,846 | 9,281 | 1,482 | 19,741 | 504 | 3,114 | 724 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,148 | 101 | 0 | 668 | 324 | 49 | 6 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,731 | 408 | 482 | 1,572 | 12 | 18 | 239 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 1,349 | 91 | 431 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 83 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,139 | 184 | 51 | 735 | 12 | 1 | 156 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 243 | 133 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 11,299 | 5,327 | 533 | 3,976 | 28 | 1,171 | 264 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 323 | 230 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,708 | 3,462 | 499 | 2,661 | 27 | 914 | 145 | |||||||
Health sciences | 2,782 | 1,446 | 0 | 1,039 | 1 | 177 | 119 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 421 | 138 | 34 | 169 | 0 | 80 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 65 | 51 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 877 | 408 | 0 | 466 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 8,289 | 2,661 | 26 | 4,906 | 140 | 397 | 159 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 5,111 | 1,464 | 0 | 3,115 | 0 | 393 | 139 | |||||||
Materials science | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,955 | 1,158 | 0 | 1,773 | 0 | 4 | 20 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 184 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 140 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,692 | 313 | 342 | 1,839 | 0 | 1,198 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,420 | 27 | 99 | 960 | 0 | 278 | 56 | |||||||
Anthropology | 433 | 0 | 0 | 363 | 0 | 29 | 41 | |||||||
Economics | 185 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 90 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 612 | 27 | 99 | 451 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 175 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 124 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,390 | 36 | 0 | 5,354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 7,241 | 1,598 | 284 | 3,217 | 2,081 | 61 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,064 | 87 | 0 | 133 | 1,844 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 598 | 178 | 284 | 136 | 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 | 2,054 | 897 | 0 | 1,065 | 31 | 61 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,149 | 436 | 0 | 1,713 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 170 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 6,722 | 146 | 126 | 3,720 | 531 | 1,335 | 864 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 958 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 1 | 0 | 716 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 563 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 503 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Education | 462 | 36 | 11 | 330 | 0 | 81 | 4 | |||||||
Humanities | 3,004 | 85 | 0 | 2,106 | 27 | 786 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 1,221 | 25 | 115 | 649 | 0 | 319 | 113 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 122 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 392 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 149 | 28 |
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 | 11,025 | 8,851 | 6,955 | 5,782 | 5,265 | 4,244 | 3,878 | 4,062 | 3,510 | 3,513 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,429 | 1,073 | 828 | 861 | 879 | 463 | 478 | 555 | 793 | 589 | ||||||||||
DOE | 890 | 998 | 1,460 | 980 | 735 | 535 | 494 | 595 | 383 | 342 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,565 | 3,007 | 2,142 | 1,596 | 1,201 | 1,156 | 840 | 866 | 935 | 934 | ||||||||||
NASA | 68 | 111 | 109 | 95 | 124 | 75 | 82 | 75 | 62 | 135 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,560 | 2,841 | 1,900 | 1,727 | 2,063 | 1,698 | 1,734 | 1,386 | 623 | 964 | ||||||||||
USDA | 2,087 | 665 | 284 | 343 | 106 | 154 | 125 | 296 | 469 | 375 | ||||||||||
Other | 426 | 156 | 232 | 180 | 157 | 163 | 125 | 289 | 245 | 174 |
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 | 697 | 100 | 597 | . | |||
2018 | 638 | 87 | 551 | . | |||
2017 | 690 | 81 | 609 | . | |||
2016 | 546 | 93 | 453 | . | |||
2015 | 485 | 76 | 409 | 34 |
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 | 275 | 316 | 327 | 321 | 297 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 59 | 61 | 59 | 45 | 43 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Engineering | 50 | 61 | 72 | 69 | 60 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 31 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 15 |
Health sciences | 20 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 20 | 19 | 13 | . |
Physical sciences | 73 | 83 | 85 | 88 | 80 |
Psychology | 8 | 16 | 15 | 36 | 36 |
Social sciences | 13 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
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 | . | . | . | . | 1,718 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1,718 |
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 | 14,360 | 7,340 | 3,931 | 6,815 | 4,099 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,915 | 867 | 845 | 3,777 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 9,020 | 2,164 | 1,827 | 1,184 | 2,774 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 3,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 800 | 0 | 451 | 642 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 945 | 749 | 336 | 1,213 | 1,325 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 472 | 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.