Boston C.

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 | 130 | 29.6 | 448 | 176 | 26.1 | 691 | 251 | 43.5 | 583 | 185 | 21.1 | 909 |
2020 | 138 | 31.2 | 450 | 186 | 27.3 | 697 | 186 | 21 | 915 | |||
2019 | 126 | 28.8 | 447 | 155 | 22.9 | 696 | 253 | 43.4 | 589 | 188 | 21.3 | 913 |
2018 | 122 | 29 | 428 | 211 | 30.8 | 698 | 189 | 21.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 130 | 31.1 | 425 | 182 | 27.2 | 684 | 299 | 52.4 | 575 | 186 | 21.4 | 897 |
2016 | 127 | 30.1 | 430 | 189 | 27.7 | 697 | 193 | 22.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 122 | 29.2 | 426 | 184 | 27.2 | 693 | 290 | 51.3 | 570 | 195 | 22.4 | 897 |
2014 | 120 | 29 | 422 | 188 | 28 | 688 | 195 | 22.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 122 | 29.8 | 417 | 185 | 33.9 | 555 | 286 | 49.1 | 588 | 198 | 23.1 | 884 |
2012 | 128 | 31.6 | 412 | 158 | 29.1 | 555 | 198 | 22.9 | 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 | 117 | 116 | 133 | 137 | 120 | 130 | 139 | 135 | 132 | 117 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 58 | 80 | 60 |
Science | 65 | 63 | 84 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 71 | 58 | 80 | 59 |
Life science | 12 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 12 |
Biological sciences | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
Health sciences | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 16 |
Chemistry | 22 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 26 | 26 | 40 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 27 | 35 | 31 |
Psychology | 11 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 16 |
Anthropology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
Political science and government | 5 | 1 | 4 | . | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Sociology | . | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Other social sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 52 | 53 | 49 | 78 | 58 | 64 | 68 | 77 | 52 | 57 |
Education | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 26 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Education research | 14 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 19 |
Teacher education | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Other education | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 23 | 27 | 18 | 41 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 28 | 21 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 |
History | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Letters | 2 | 2 | . | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Other humanities and arts | 15 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
Other | 14 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
Business management/administration | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
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 | 774 | 638 | 860 | 532 | 674 | 695 | 719 | 681 | 665 | 865 |
Male | 417 | 345 | 366 | 278 | 310 | 294 | 307 | 294 | 299 | 324 |
Female | 357 | 293 | 494 | 254 | 364 | 401 | 412 | 387 | 366 | 541 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 379 | 342 | 524 | 317 | 454 | 468 | 490 | 488 | 470 | 637 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 32 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 223 | 238 | 440 | 236 | 387 | 405 | 423 | 436 | 420 | 560 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Asian | 41 | 30 | 46 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 39 |
Black or African American | 14 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 36 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 160 | 186 | 360 | 205 | 325 | 355 | 365 | 356 | 353 | 472 |
More than one race | 8 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 10 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 136 | 88 | 56 | 66 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 21 | 27 | 45 |
Temporary visa holders | 395 | 296 | 336 | 215 | 220 | 227 | 229 | 193 | 195 | 228 |
Science and engineering | 751 | 620 | 624 | 511 | 654 | 675 | 698 | 659 | 644 | 692 |
Science | 751 | 620 | 624 | 509 | 652 | 675 | 698 | 659 | 644 | 692 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 56 | 53 | 39 | 37 | 65 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 52 | 45 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 27 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Mathematics and statistics | 165 | 85 | 90 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 15 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 76 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 198 | 245 | 252 | 235 | 214 | 244 |
Physical sciences | 173 | 162 | 173 | 162 | 130 | 164 | 165 | 138 | 143 | 149 |
Social sciences | 254 | 213 | 227 | 219 | 207 | 188 | 198 | 204 | 202 | 225 |
Engineering | 0 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 23 | 18 | 236 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 173 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 23 | 18 | 236 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 173 |
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 | 84 | 170 | 127 | 49 | 42 | 29 | 15 | 28 | 20 | 134 |
Male | 63 | 88 | 41 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
Female | 21 | 82 | 86 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 18 | 123 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 69 | 60 | 119 | 43 | 41 | 28 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 130 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 44 | 96 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 109 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Black or African American | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 50 | 37 | 87 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 97 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 15 | 110 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 83 | 167 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 18 | 11 |
Science | 83 | 167 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 18 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 75 | 68 | 37 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 123 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 123 |
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 | 86 | 63 | 61 | 81 | 95 | 91 | 77 | 78 | 91 | 61 |
Science and engineering | 86 | 63 | 61 | 80 | 95 | 90 | 77 | 78 | 91 | 61 |
Science | 86 | 63 | 61 | 79 | 94 | 90 | 77 | 78 | 91 | 61 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 12 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 65 | 44 | 43 | 55 | 57 | 62 | 53 | 57 | 65 | 42 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 774 | 638 | 860 | 532 | 674 | 695 | 719 | 681 | 665 | 865 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 48 | 94 | 72 | 49 | 61 | 75 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 45 | 85 | 65 | 45 | 60 | 71 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Research assistantships | 109 | 76 | 119 | 161 | 214 | 187 | 168 | 187 | 215 | 191 |
Federal | 82 | 62 | 60 | 70 | 86 | 86 | 70 | 75 | 90 | 58 |
Institutional | 13 | 6 | 46 | 88 | 113 | 90 | 88 | 106 | 105 | 113 |
Nonfederal | 14 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 20 |
Teaching assistantships | 235 | 248 | 255 | 145 | 207 | 237 | 250 | 211 | 192 | 154 |
Federal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 229 | 248 | 255 | 144 | 200 | 237 | 250 | 211 | 192 | 154 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 430 | 314 | 486 | 118 | 205 | 177 | 229 | 234 | 197 | 445 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Institutional | 132 | 112 | 97 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 30 | 105 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Personal resources | 297 | 201 | 387 | 105 | 177 | 163 | 181 | 185 | 165 | 331 |
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 | 124 | 124 | 109 | 42 | 50 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 62 | 53 |
Science | 121 | 124 | 109 | 41 | 50 | 44 | 43 | 46 | 62 | 53 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 4 | 5 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 22 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Physical sciences | 51 | 52 | 44 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 23 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 3 | . | . | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 3 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 40 | 35 |
Science and engineering | 34 | 36 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 40 | 35 |
Science | 34 | 36 | 31 | 28 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 40 | 35 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 14 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 19 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 65,156 | 63,063 | 61,956 | 57,030 | 58,088 | 54,469 | 47,761 | 49,724 | 50,702 | 51,442 | ||||||||||
Science | 45,676 | 43,168 | 44,768 | 42,801 | 43,825 | 40,724 | 26,123 | 28,326 | 30,700 | 30,436 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 663 | 599 | 559 | 521 | 387 | 343 | 142 | 46 | 223 | 243 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7,414 | 5,836 | 5,130 | 5,533 | 6,058 | 6,106 | 6,161 | 6,817 | 9,009 | 8,938 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 6,176 | 4,786 | 4,498 | 4,682 | 5,226 | 5,041 | 5,614 | 6,219 | 7,959 | 8,103 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,238 | 1,050 | 632 | 851 | 832 | 1,065 | 547 | 598 | 1,050 | 835 | ||||||||||
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 | 9,313 | 9,824 | 13,514 | 12,494 | 13,811 | 10,996 | 7,091 | 8,321 | 9,509 | 8,251 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,705 | 8,248 | 12,312 | 11,319 | 12,967 | 9,969 | 6,659 | 7,751 | 8,948 | 7,589 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,608 | 1,576 | 1,202 | 1,175 | 844 | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 432 | 570 | 561 | 662 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,079 | 1,289 | 1,015 | 1,113 | 1,230 | 1,084 | 929 | 886 | 597 | 370 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 11,863 | 9,306 | 9,572 | 8,313 | 8,233 | 7,978 | 8,297 | 9,547 | 9,070 | 9,991 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 8,543 | 7,492 | 7,188 | 6,530 | 6,137 | 5,864 | 5,384 | 6,484 | 5,031 | 5,155 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 3,320 | 1,814 | 2,384 | 1,783 | 2,096 | 2,114 | 2,913 | 2,768 | 3,699 | 4,836 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 340 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 4,588 | 4,452 | 3,837 | 3,549 | 3,156 | 3,300 | 2,873 | 2,286 | 1,906 | 1,948 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 10,756 | 11,862 | 11,141 | 11,278 | 10,950 | 10,917 | 630 | 423 | 386 | 695 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 525 | 821 | 702 | 572 | 616 | 545 | 397 | 215 | 186 | 195 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 164 | 172 | 150 | 49 | 68 | 171 | 52 | 29 | 24 | 15 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,355 | 4,538 | 3,989 | 4,814 | 4,604 | 4,910 | 160 | 179 | 176 | 485 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,712 | 6,331 | 6,300 | 5,843 | 5,662 | 5,291 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 19,430 | 19,895 | 17,188 | 14,229 | 14,263 | 13,745 | 21,638 | 21,398 | 20,002 | 21,006 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 89 | 36 | 74 | 51 | 26 | 137 | 4,198 | 4,043 | 4,870 | 7,031 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 10 | 58 | 61 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||||
Education | 11,664 | 11,563 | 11,045 | 10,307 | 11,512 | 10,383 | 14,731 | 14,122 | 12,313 | 11,703 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 564 | 806 | 399 | 460 | 559 | 513 | 525 | 450 | 672 | 300 | ||||||||||
Law | 586 | 543 | 551 | 73 | 96 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
Social work | 5,977 | 6,369 | 4,419 | 2,366 | 1,104 | 1,681 | 1,220 | 1,826 | 1,966 | 1,681 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 66 | 50 | 85 | 81 | 55 | 74 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 474 | 470 | 554 | 852 | 883 | 841 | 892 | 923 | 181 | 181 |
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 | 65,156 | 34,257 | 1,632 | 12,870 | 522 | 15,071 | 804 | |||||||
Science | 45,676 | 28,738 | 1,562 | 9,258 | 449 | 5,131 | 538 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 663 | 402 | 0 | 242 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7,414 | 5,459 | 0 | 1,937 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 6,176 | 4,788 | 0 | 1,372 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,238 | 671 | 0 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
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 | 9,313 | 7,427 | 0 | 1,278 | 46 | 556 | 6 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,705 | 6,232 | 0 | 992 | 46 | 429 | 6 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,608 | 1,195 | 0 | 286 | 0 | 127 | 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 | 1,079 | 908 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 124 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 11,863 | 8,597 | 33 | 2,500 | 184 | 539 | 10 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 8,543 | 6,600 | 33 | 1,207 | 171 | 532 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 3,320 | 1,997 | 0 | 1,293 | 13 | 7 | 10 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 4,588 | 2,314 | 0 | 919 | 0 | 1,355 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 10,756 | 3,631 | 1,529 | 2,335 | 200 | 2,541 | 520 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 525 | 145 | 0 | 227 | 0 | 153 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 164 | 107 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,355 | 2,991 | 64 | 391 | 38 | 816 | 55 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,712 | 388 | 1,465 | 1,670 | 152 | 1,572 | 465 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 19,430 | 5,519 | 70 | 3,562 | 73 | 9,940 | 266 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 89 | 58 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Education | 11,664 | 1,944 | 70 | 1,788 | 36 | 7,588 | 238 | |||||||
Humanities | 564 | 0 | 0 | 292 | 37 | 235 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 586 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 0 | 394 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 5,977 | 3,517 | 0 | 718 | 0 | 1,719 | 23 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 66 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 474 | 0 | 0 | 474 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 34,257 | 31,038 | 32,475 | 30,541 | 30,448 | 27,033 | 23,352 | 25,115 | 27,975 | 30,855 | ||||||||||
DOD | 5,438 | 3,386 | 3,095 | 3,090 | 3,525 | 2,952 | 3,366 | 4,639 | 6,878 | 8,249 | ||||||||||
DOE | 929 | 620 | 704 | 604 | 542 | 778 | 1,000 | 1,086 | 1,456 | 1,494 | ||||||||||
HHS | 16,891 | 16,628 | 19,255 | 16,840 | 16,189 | 12,833 | 8,316 | 9,420 | 10,794 | 9,529 | ||||||||||
NASA | 160 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 267 | 220 | 386 | 360 | 275 | 383 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,635 | 6,491 | 6,340 | 5,920 | 6,328 | 6,455 | 6,211 | 5,469 | 4,893 | 5,323 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 31 | 95 | 79 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,204 | 3,628 | 2,765 | 3,707 | 3,518 | 3,709 | 4,073 | 4,141 | 3,679 | 5,877 |
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 | 746 | 125 | 621 | . | |||
2018 | 732 | 127 | 605 | . | |||
2017 | 690 | 110 | 580 | . | |||
2016 | 674 | 108 | 566 | . | |||
2015 | 663 | 90 | 573 | 49 |
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 | 164 | 167 | 115 | 116 | 118 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 38 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 16 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Health sciences | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 57 | 56 | 49 | 49 | 51 |
Psychology | 17 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Social sciences | 28 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
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.
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 | . | 31,225 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 4,208 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | 4,208 | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 4,208 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 4,608 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | 4,208 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | 9,785 | . | . | . |
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 | 2,687 | 1,837 | 7,786 | 7,902 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 288 | 611 | 2,478 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 920 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1,500 | 541 | 1,998 | 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 | 267 | 1,007 | 5,177 | 5,424 |
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.