Bentley 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 | 430 | 96 | 448 | 589 | 65.1 | 909 | ||||||
2020 | 383 | 85.2 | 450 | 686 | 75.2 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 376 | 84.2 | 447 | 775 | 85 | 913 | ||||||
2018 | 395 | 92.4 | 428 | 736 | 81 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 372 | 87.6 | 425 | 749 | 83.6 | 897 | ||||||
2016 | 369 | 85.9 | 430 | 739 | 82.7 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 357 | 83.9 | 426 | |||||||||
2014 | 415 | 98.4 | 422 | |||||||||
2013 | 313 | 75.2 | 417 | |||||||||
2012 | 334 | 81.2 | 412 |
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 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
Science and engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Science | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
Other | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
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 | 1,082 | 687 | 428 | 550 | 562 | 534 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Science | 1,063 | 687 | 428 | 461 | 562 | 534 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 96 | 74 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | 46 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | 50 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 768 | 623 | 387 | 439 | 452 | 459 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 452 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Physical sciences | 248 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Engineering | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Engineering | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | i | . | . | . | . | |||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
i=imputed
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 | 1,082 | 475 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 1,063 | 456 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 768 | 162 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 46 | 46 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 248 | 248 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 19 | 19 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 19 | 19 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | 110 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOD | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | . | 50 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | . | 47 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
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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2018 | . | . | . | . | |||
2017 | 11 | 5 | 6 | . | |||
2016 | . | . | . | . | |||
2015 | . | . | . | . |
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