Bowdoin 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 | 411 | 70.7 | 583 | 512 | 56.7 | 909 | ||||||
2020 | 487 | 53.6 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 413 | 70.4 | 589 | 475 | 52.4 | 913 | ||||||
2018 | 490 | 54.3 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 403 | 70.3 | 575 | 494 | 55.5 | 897 | ||||||
2016 | 452 | 50.9 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 395 | 69.6 | 570 | 453 | 50.9 | 897 | ||||||
2014 | 444 | 50.5 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 407 | 69.5 | 588 | 410 | 46.9 | 884 | ||||||
2012 | 403 | 45.7 | 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

Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 2,417 | 2,719 | 2,991 | 2,724 | 2,340 | 3,204 | 2,991 | 3,126 | 4,292 | 4,732 | ||||||||||
Science | 2,112 | 2,554 | 2,677 | 2,506 | 2,200 | 3,079 | 2,873 | 2,950 | 4,025 | 4,277 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 81 | 84 | 16 | 6 | 79 | 212 | 2 | 94 | 135 | 189 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 328 | 635 | 507 | 562 | 301 | 714 | 412 | 598 | 930 | 757 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 16 | 63 | 32 | 60 | 73 | 467 | 216 | 379 | 457 | 114 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 312 | 572 | 475 | 502 | 228 | 247 | 196 | 219 | 473 | 643 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,262 | 1,196 | 1,476 | 1,473 | 1,344 | 1,511 | 1,677 | 1,777 | 1,984 | 1,803 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,262 | 1,196 | 1,206 | 1,216 | 1,110 | 1,292 | 1,349 | 1,380 | 1,542 | 1,698 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 270 | 257 | 234 | 219 | 328 | 397 | 442 | 105 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 29 | 71 | 65 | 96 | 75 | 159 | 92 | 196 | 257 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 288 | 239 | 364 | 338 | 267 | 368 | 332 | 255 | 308 | 739 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 121 | 124 | 129 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 177 | 77 | 79 | 193 | 118 | 97 | 197 | 134 | 184 | 610 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 79 | 131 | 250 | 115 | 117 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 32 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 125 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 18 | 191 | 243 | 62 | 113 | 199 | 289 | 99 | 337 | 259 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 6 | 67 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 3 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 158 | 216 | 36 | 10 | 41 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 7 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 33 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 112 | 165 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 67 | 54 | 297 | 185 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 135 | 273 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 305 | 165 | 314 | 218 | 140 | 125 | 118 | 176 | 267 | 455 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 71 | 9 | 11 | 71 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 54 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 44 | 81 | 239 | 90 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 55 | 161 | 315 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 160 | 52 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 63 | 50 | 83 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 30 | 23 | 45 | 55 | 55 | 30 | 26 | 57 | 20 | 3 |
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 | 2,417 | 1,836 | 6 | 440 | 0 | 135 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 2,112 | 1,767 | 6 | 321 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 81 | 74 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 328 | 310 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 312 | 297 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,262 | 1,002 | 0 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,262 | 1,002 | 0 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 288 | 252 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 177 | 158 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 79 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 32 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 125 | 123 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 18 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 305 | 69 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 71 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 44 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 160 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 95 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 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 | 1,836 | 1,862 | 1,790 | 2,065 | 1,812 | 2,457 | 2,156 | 2,330 | 3,244 | 3,317 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||||
HHS | 639 | 550 | 483 | 572 | 741 | 1,158 | 995 | 926 | 1,098 | 878 | ||||||||||
NASA | 292 | 409 | 314 | 294 | 160 | 186 | 199 | 385 | 522 | 503 | ||||||||||
NSF | 822 | 830 | 894 | 1,085 | 845 | 1,113 | 956 | 972 | 1,588 | 1,889 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 83 | 73 | 99 | 99 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 74 | 40 | 34 | . | |||
2018 | 56 | 24 | 32 | . | |||
2017 | 66 | 28 | 38 | . | |||
2016 | 63 | 23 | 40 | . | |||
2015 | 57 | 26 | 31 | 2 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 57 | 54 | 53 | 48 | 45 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Psychology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Social sciences | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
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All research space | . | 1,286 | 5,992 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 1,286 | 5,079 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 913 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
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All research space | 0 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 705 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 371 | 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 | 705 |
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.