Bowling Green State U.

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 244 | 64.5 | 679 | 212 | 65.2 | 602 | 305 | 67 | 914 | |||
2022 | 233 | 66.2 | 680 | 294 | 67.7 | 900 | ||||||
2021 | 230 | 67.1 | 691 | 246 | 58.3 | 583 | 284 | 69.1 | 908 | |||
2020 | 210 | 70.3 | 698 | 278 | 70 | 916 | ||||||
2019 | 213 | 69.8 | 697 | 248 | 58.4 | 589 | 291 | 68.6 | 914 | |||
2018 | 207 | 70.8 | 700 | 277 | 70 | 911 | ||||||
2017 | 212 | 69.4 | 684 | 245 | 57.9 | 575 | 302 | 66.8 | 898 | |||
2016 | 199 | 71.8 | 697 | 301 | 66.8 | 896 | ||||||
2015 | 195 | 72.2 | 693 | 260 | 54.9 | 570 | 344 | 62.1 | 898 | |||
2014 | 208 | 70.2 | 688 | 329 | 63.4 | 889 |
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

All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 198 | 232 | 226 | 228 | 212 | 219 | 236 | 285 | 304 | 241 | ||||||||||
Female | 296 | 285 | 262 | 302 | 299 | 325 | 289 | 352 | 362 | 341 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 274 | 300 | 317 | 366 | 341 | 366 | 329 | 383 | 419 | 373 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 255 | 274 | 288 | 337 | 315 | 340 | 302 | 351 | 381 | 337 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Asian | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 11 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
White | 213 | 240 | 253 | 299 | 287 | 306 | 273 | 318 | 345 | 306 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 20 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 22 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 220 | 217 | 171 | 164 | 170 | 178 | 196 | 254 | 247 | 209 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 429 | 458 | 426 | 463 | 443 | 477 | 458 | 569 | 595 | 516 | ||||||||||
Science | 374 | 412 | 404 | 443 | 420 | 455 | 426 | 569 | 595 | 516 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 65 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 61 | 62 | 77 | 66 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 40 | 39 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 41 | 33 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 20 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 21 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 71 | 75 | 83 | 71 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 128 | 143 | 88 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 37 | 42 | 47 | 63 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 60 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 86 | 74 | 57 | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 39 | 66 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 72 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 82 | 87 | 71 | 97 | 85 | 77 | 82 | 141 | 129 | 131 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 55 | 46 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 43 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health | 65 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 66 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
Other health | 65 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 60 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 97 | 80 | 83 | 89 | 100 | 102 | 98 | 109 | 99 | 107 | ||||||||||
Female | 110 | 116 | 153 | 128 | 144 | 161 | 163 | 252 | 222 | 203 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 168 | 167 | 201 | 183 | 212 | 226 | 226 | 324 | 276 | 266 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 153 | 154 | 184 | 165 | 198 | 206 | 207 | 294 | 246 | 237 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Asian | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 23 | 29 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
White | 134 | 126 | 152 | 141 | 174 | 179 | 187 | 251 | 214 | 192 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 20 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 39 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 45 | 44 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 206 | 195 | 235 | 214 | 243 | 263 | 260 | 268 | 237 | 212 | ||||||||||
Science | 194 | 187 | 230 | 210 | 239 | 251 | 248 | 268 | 237 | 212 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 53 | 50 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 27 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 11 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 8 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 23 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 29 | 26 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 72 | 80 | 95 | 83 | 93 | 93 | 82 | 87 | 82 | 52 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 84 | 98 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 84 | 95 | ||||||||||
Other health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||
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All surveyed fields | 56 | 105 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Science and engineering | 39 | 74 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Science | 39 | 74 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Physical sciences | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Psychology | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Social sciences | 17 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Health | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Other health | 17 | 31 | 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).
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||
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All types and sources of support | 494 | 517 | 488 | 530 | 511 | 544 | 525 | 637 | 666 | 582 | ||||||||||
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 81 | 56 | 62 | 72 | 62 | 55 | 47 | 76 | ||||||||||
Federal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 75 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 75 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 147 | 169 | 142 | 132 | 127 | 173 | 185 | 267 | ||||||||||
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 147 | 168 | 142 | 131 | 126 | 173 | 184 | 267 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other types of support | 494 | 517 | 260 | 305 | 307 | 340 | 336 | 409 | 434 | 239 | ||||||||||
Federal | 56 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 222 | 367 | 1 | 89 | 108 | 122 | 120 | 152 | 166 | 46 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
Personal resources | 216 | 45 | 259 | 214 | 195 | 202 | 197 | 225 | 261 | 190 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||
Science | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
Science | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 20,726 | 19,342 | 18,619 | 18,729 | 17,026 | 17,991 | 14,333 | 14,460 | 7,995 | 8,861 | ||||||||||
Science | 14,112 | 13,283 | 12,360 | 11,578 | 10,052 | 9,560 | 9,354 | 10,973 | 6,263 | 8,570 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 456 | 97 | 192 | 274 | 295 | 240 | 227 | 276 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,062 | 1,679 | 1,875 | 1,903 | 1,112 | 723 | 657 | 531 | 147 | 942 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 530 | 346 | 412 | 473 | 290 | 480 | 475 | 397 | 81 | 578 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1,532 | 1,333 | 1,463 | 1,430 | 822 | 243 | 182 | 134 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 364 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 4,114 | 4,077 | 3,158 | 1,766 | 1,268 | 1,146 | 1,257 | 1,591 | 805 | 1,239 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 541 | 478 | 312 | 398 | 294 | 8 | 56 | 108 | 113 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 995 | 1,515 | 1,125 | 909 | 696 | 813 | 774 | 1,373 | 572 | 1,162 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,720 | 1,368 | 1,535 | 304 | 109 | 236 | 392 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 858 | 716 | 186 | 155 | 169 | 89 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 120 | 77 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 163 | 348 | 160 | 532 | 341 | 408 | 426 | 1,318 | 154 | 1,571 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,994 | 2,201 | 2,345 | 2,326 | 2,362 | 3,112 | 2,455 | 3,292 | 3,232 | 2,970 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,317 | 1,758 | 1,561 | 1,477 | 1,769 | 2,390 | 1,798 | 2,859 | 2,685 | 2,662 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 217 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 460 | 348 | 784 | 849 | 593 | 722 | 657 | 433 | 194 | 308 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 353 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 885 | 1,200 | 979 | 1,444 | 991 | 906 | 1,100 | 996 | 301 | 226 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 4,328 | 3,623 | 3,631 | 3,333 | 3,683 | 3,025 | 3,232 | 2,969 | 1,622 | 1,622 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 234 | 227 | 249 | 196 | 257 | 209 | 240 | 348 | 223 | 17 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 409 | 373 | 562 | 574 | 128 | 6 | 73 | 10 | 103 | 225 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,256 | 1,067 | 787 | 920 | 1,521 | 1,305 | 1,509 | 1,695 | 1,296 | 1,378 | ||||||||||
Social sciences nec | 2,429 | 1,956 | 2,033 | 1,643 | 1,777 | 1,505 | 1,410 | 916 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Sciences nec | 110 | 58 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 189 | 80 | 57 | 121 | 60 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 21 | 8 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 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 nec | 168 | 72 | 57 | 84 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 6,425 | 5,979 | 6,202 | 7,030 | 6,914 | 8,421 | 4,959 | 3,461 | 1,732 | 231 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 59 | 52 | 145 | 32 | 122 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 89 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 11 | 339 | 539 | 843 | 206 | 418 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,501 | 4,265 | 4,149 | 5,638 | 5,229 | 5,828 | 4,195 | 2,894 | 1,579 | 63 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 331 | 414 | 495 | 372 | 446 | 1,000 | 366 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 542 | 223 | 434 | 572 | 491 | 372 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 59 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E nec | 992 | 1,025 | 968 | 74 | 87 | 292 | 168 | 76 | 134 | 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
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 | 20,726 | 8,208 | 2,160 | 9,214 | 233 | 911 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 14,112 | 5,660 | 2,156 | 5,173 | 233 | 890 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 456 | 153 | 0 | 255 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,062 | 1,781 | 92 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 530 | 371 | 34 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1,532 | 1,410 | 58 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 4,114 | 1,432 | 862 | 1,614 | 152 | 54 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 541 | 335 | 64 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 995 | 595 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,720 | 399 | 261 | 854 | 152 | 54 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 858 | 103 | 537 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 163 | 39 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,994 | 1,173 | 62 | 723 | 33 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,317 | 744 | 0 | 537 | 33 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 217 | 110 | 62 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 460 | 319 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 885 | 0 | 0 | 565 | 0 | 320 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 4,328 | 1,082 | 1,140 | 1,600 | 0 | 506 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 234 | 124 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 409 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 272 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,256 | 733 | 0 | 448 | 0 | 75 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences nec | 2,429 | 225 | 1,140 | 905 | 0 | 159 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences nec | 110 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 189 | 114 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 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 nec | 168 | 114 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 6,425 | 2,434 | 4 | 3,987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 59 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,501 | 2,023 | 4 | 2,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 331 | 4 | 0 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 542 | 0 | 0 | 542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E nec | 992 | 407 | 0 | 585 | 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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 8,208 | 7,918 | 7,263 | 6,397 | 5,852 | 6,056 | 6,395 | 6,229 | 5,544 | 6,576 | ||||||||||
DOD | 222 | 124 | 60 | 112 | 84 | 0 | 27 | 617 | 854 | 375 | ||||||||||
DOE | 373 | 488 | 739 | 497 | 280 | 243 | 174 | 137 | 315 | 757 | ||||||||||
HHS | 2,120 | 2,218 | 1,661 | 1,480 | 1,321 | 1,365 | 1,392 | 2,023 | 1,721 | 1,821 | ||||||||||
NASA | 129 | 75 | 62 | 126 | 88 | 63 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,273 | 2,867 | 2,676 | 2,745 | 2,512 | 3,154 | 3,394 | 2,962 | 2,228 | 2,915 | ||||||||||
USDA | 239 | 237 | 121 | 121 | 47 | 8 | 27 | 100 | 89 | 109 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,852 | 1,909 | 1,944 | 1,316 | 1,520 | 1,223 | 1,346 | 388 | 332 | 599 |
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 | ||||||||
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2023 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2022 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2021 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2020 | . | . | . | . | ||||
2019 | 904 | 94 | 810 | . | ||||
2018 | 899 | 72 | 827 | . | ||||
2017 | 718 | 71 | 647 | . |
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, medical school space, and research animal space | 2023 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 241 | 179 | 175 | 175 | 149 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 62 | 41 | 24 | 27 | 23 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | |||||
Engineering | 4 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 30 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | |||||
Health sciences | 27 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Physical sciences | 58 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 33 | |||||
Psychology | 34 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||||
Social sciences | 21 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | |||||
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, medical school space, and research animal space | Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 | Started 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 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 11,600 | . | . | 10,788 | . | |||||
Engineering | 11,600 | . | . | 0 | . | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | . | . | 2,697 | . | |||||
Social sciences | 0 | . | . | 8,091 | . |
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, medical school space, and research animal space | Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 | Started 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 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 706 | 0 | 1,500 | 13,816 | 3,104 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 598 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,359 | 0 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 625 | |||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 2,733 | 1,200 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 674 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences | 706 | 0 | 0 | 1,470 | 0 | |||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,236 | 313 | |||||
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.