Brandeis 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 | 173 | 39.1 | 448 | 141 | 21.1 | 691 | 199 | 34.7 | 583 | 165 | 18.9 | 909 |
2020 | 175 | 39.4 | 450 | 141 | 20.9 | 697 | 170 | 19.3 | 915 | |||
2019 | 173 | 39.2 | 447 | 121 | 18.1 | 696 | 202 | 34.8 | 589 | 190 | 21.5 | 913 |
2018 | 167 | 39.5 | 428 | 119 | 17.8 | 698 | 181 | 20.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 168 | 40 | 425 | 117 | 17.8 | 684 | 199 | 35.2 | 575 | 174 | 20.1 | 897 |
2016 | 167 | 39.3 | 430 | 132 | 19.6 | 697 | 162 | 18.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 148 | 35.2 | 426 | 139 | 20.7 | 693 | 175 | 31.3 | 570 | 161 | 18.7 | 897 |
2014 | 158 | 37.9 | 422 | 129 | 19.4 | 688 | 160 | 18.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 155 | 37.6 | 417 | 123 | 22.8 | 555 | 172 | 29.8 | 588 | 162 | 19 | 884 |
2012 | 157 | 38.6 | 412 | 119 | 22.1 | 555 | 168 | 19.6 | 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 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 86 | 83 | 100 | 94 | 93 | 81 |
Science and engineering | 63 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 77 | 69 | 68 | 63 |
Science | 63 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 77 | 69 | 68 | 63 |
Life science | 19 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
Biological sciences | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
Chemistry | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Physics and astronomy | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Mathematics | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Psychology and social sciences | 23 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 27 |
Psychology | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Anthropology | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Economics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 3 |
Sociology | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | . | 4 |
Other social sciences | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 11 |
Non-science and engineering | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 18 |
Education | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Other education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 11 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 16 |
Foreign languages & literature | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Letters | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Other humanities and arts | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Other | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 1,053 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,219 | 1,188 | 1,118 | 1,101 | 1,184 | 1,143 | 1,198 |
Male | 489 | 440 | 546 | 530 | 520 | 503 | 537 | 565 | 530 | 545 |
Female | 564 | 526 | 654 | 689 | 668 | 615 | 564 | 619 | 613 | 653 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 561 | 585 | 565 | 579 | 613 | 631 | 592 | 681 | 662 | 694 |
Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 71 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 54 | 42 | 45 | 35 | 32 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 465 | 484 | 470 | 479 | 507 | 511 | 475 | 509 | 470 | 457 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 61 | 58 | 53 | 48 | 56 | 49 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 29 |
Black or African American | 50 | 46 | 39 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 33 | 51 | 45 | 43 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
White | 343 | 352 | 351 | 368 | 395 | 405 | 377 | 403 | 384 | 381 |
More than one race | 10 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 21 | 30 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 66 | 75 | 127 | 157 | 205 |
Temporary visa holders | 492 | 381 | 635 | 640 | 575 | 487 | 509 | 503 | 481 | 504 |
Science and engineering | 1,053 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,219 | 1,188 | 1,118 | 1,101 | 1,184 | 1,143 | 1,198 |
Science | 1,053 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,219 | 1,188 | 1,118 | 1,101 | 1,184 | 1,143 | 1,198 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 172 | 175 | 183 | 185 | 190 | 126 | 110 | 122 | 119 | 110 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 133 | 110 | 142 | 139 | 109 | 84 | 97 | 65 | 70 | 64 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 149 | 90 | 175 | 164 | 145 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 36 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 36 | 36 | 46 | 60 | 57 | 42 | . | 32 | 27 | 28 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 60 | 58 | 60 | 53 | 49 |
Physical sciences | 79 | 86 | 87 | 83 | 94 | 95 | 90 | 99 | 98 | 90 |
Psychology | 36 | 32 | 31 | 39 | 34 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 42 | 45 |
Social sciences | 448 | 437 | 536 | 549 | 559 | 638 | 674 | 737 | 697 | 776 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 35 | 96 | 89 | 102 | 96 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
Male | 9 | 37 | 44 | 40 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
Female | 26 | 59 | 45 | 62 | 66 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 16 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 19 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 20 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 13 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 10 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
More than one race | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 70 | 68 | 80 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 35 | 96 | 89 | 102 | 96 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
Science | 35 | 96 | 89 | 102 | 96 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 67 | 69 | 84 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 16 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 14 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 114 | 111 | 159 | 146 | 157 | 161 | 153 | 157 | 185 | 186 |
Science and engineering | 114 | 111 | 159 | 146 | 157 | 161 | 153 | 157 | 185 | 186 |
Science | 114 | 111 | 159 | 146 | 157 | 161 | 153 | 157 | 185 | 186 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 57 | 57 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 40 | 37 | 35 | 43 | 42 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 39 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 27 | 40 | 34 | 38 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 44 |
Social sciences | 14 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 43 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 1,053 | 966 | 1,200 | 1,219 | 1,188 | 1,118 | 1,101 | 1,184 | 1,143 | 1,198 |
Fellowships | 222 | 124 | 546 | 554 | 497 | 497 | 521 | 370 | 363 | 384 |
Federal | 25 | 27 | 61 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 79 | 72 | 79 | 77 |
Institutional | 176 | 87 | 451 | 458 | 383 | 396 | 412 | 263 | 259 | 265 |
Nonfederal | 21 | 10 | 34 | 26 | 44 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 42 |
Research assistantships | 108 | 107 | 120 | 105 | 103 | 111 | 98 | 113 | 120 | 111 |
Federal | 82 | 84 | 98 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 74 | 84 | 81 | 75 |
Institutional | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 19 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 11 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 61 | 53 | 48 | 34 | 42 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 51 | 46 | 31 | 41 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Other types of support | 723 | 734 | 530 | 560 | 521 | 449 | 429 | 653 | 626 | 661 |
Federal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 33 |
Institutional | 188 | 459 | 60 | 58 | 33 | 48 | 108 | 107 | 97 | 99 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
Personal resources | 527 | 269 | 462 | 492 | 475 | 392 | 320 | 534 | 494 | 516 |
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 | 77 | 65 | 170 | 94 | 101 | 105 | 95 | 102 | 116 | 128 |
Science | 77 | 65 | 170 | 94 | 101 | 105 | 95 | 102 | 116 | 128 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 48 | 40 | 100 | 59 | 58 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 53 | 58 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 17 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
Physical sciences | 14 | 12 | 40 | 22 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 |
Psychology | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Social sciences | 10 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 65 | 56 | 70 | 69 | 50 | 62 | 73 | 74 | 90 | 102 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 56 | 70 | 69 | 50 | 62 | 73 | 74 | 90 | 102 |
Science | 65 | 56 | 70 | 69 | 50 | 62 | 73 | 74 | 90 | 102 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 37 | 31 | 48 | 52 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 43 | 44 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | 20 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Psychology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
Social sciences | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 107,549 | 91,355 | 60,825 | 61,639 | 68,437 | 73,435 | 74,700 | 74,992 | 76,060 | 74,660 | ||||||||||
Science | 86,877 | 76,864 | 56,738 | 56,750 | 62,745 | i | 56,871 | 68,690 | i | 67,048 | i | 69,398 | 69,489 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,187 | 2,999 | 1,560 | 1,425 | 1,184 | i | 1,347 | 2,382 | i | 2,464 | i | 1,764 | 1,154 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 27,969 | 28,345 | 22,063 | 24,400 | 30,140 | i | 25,824 | 30,606 | i | 29,662 | i | 24,816 | 27,461 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20,813 | 26,272 | 22,063 | 24,400 | 30,140 | i | 25,824 | 30,606 | i | 29,662 | i | 24,816 | 27,461 | |||||||
Health sciences | 7,156 | 2,047 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,880 | 2,042 | 677 | 790 | 650 | i | 375 | 687 | i | 963 | i | 592 | 463 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 15,157 | 13,701 | 9,838 | 10,266 | 10,684 | i | 8,790 | 9,043 | i | 8,925 | i | 7,846 | 7,983 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 7,463 | 4,239 | 2,287 | 3,137 | 3,428 | i | 2,512 | 2,792 | i | 2,666 | i | 2,824 | 3,553 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Physics | 7,631 | 9,118 | 7,551 | 7,129 | 7,256 | i | 6,278 | 6,251 | i | 6,259 | i | 5,022 | 4,430 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 63 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 4,423 | 4,459 | 2,485 | 2,673 | 2,390 | i | 2,514 | 3,100 | i | 3,329 | i | 2,509 | 2,929 | |||||||
Social sciences | 34,261 | 25,117 | 18,222 | 15,709 | 17,697 | i | 18,021 | 22,872 | i | 21,705 | i | 17,816 | 17,526 | |||||||
Anthropology | 2,002 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Economics | 0 | 344 | 0 | 25 | 7 | i | 38 | 38 | i | 28 | i | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Political science and government | 543 | 482 | 195 | 104 | 142 | i | 214 | 302 | i | 427 | i | 95 | 79 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7,047 | 16,146 | 18,027 | 15,580 | 17,548 | i | 17,769 | 22,532 | i | 21,250 | i | 17,719 | 17,443 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 24,669 | 7,595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 189 | 1,893 | 1,487 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 14,055 | 11,973 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,055 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 503 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,030 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 16,617 | 13,443 | 4,087 | 4,889 | 5,692 | i | 16,564 | 6,010 | i | 7,944 | i | 6,662 | 5,171 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 216 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 92 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 237 | 2,004 | 555 | 622 | 714 | i | 5 | 805 | i | 2,549 | i | 1,921 | 952 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,339 | 682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 81 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 191 | 168 | 42 | i | 38 | 59 | i | 82 | i | 233 | 82 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2,408 | 1,158 | 241 | 80 | 193 | i | 129 | 33 | i | 22 | i | 2 | 10 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 12,417 | 8,909 | 3,100 | 4,019 | 4,743 | i | 16,392 | 5,113 | i | 5,291 | i | 4,506 | 3,954 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 107,549 | 52,147 | 404 | 34,998 | 1,418 | 9,045 | 9,537 | |||||||
Science | 86,877 | 42,913 | 404 | 28,409 | 1,296 | 8,056 | 5,799 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,187 | 1,006 | 0 | 1,557 | 53 | 441 | 130 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 27,969 | 22,656 | 0 | 3,823 | 0 | 661 | 829 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20,813 | 16,190 | 0 | 3,802 | 0 | 601 | 220 | |||||||
Health sciences | 7,156 | 6,466 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 60 | 609 | |||||||
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 | 1,880 | 513 | 0 | 1,300 | 0 | 67 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 15,157 | 9,885 | 0 | 4,294 | 15 | 655 | 308 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 7,463 | 5,363 | 0 | 1,691 | 15 | 203 | 191 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 7,631 | 4,522 | 0 | 2,603 | 0 | 452 | 54 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |||||||
Psychology | 4,423 | 3,004 | 0 | 1,101 | 0 | 315 | 3 | |||||||
Social sciences | 34,261 | 5,849 | 404 | 16,334 | 1,228 | 5,917 | 4,529 | |||||||
Anthropology | 2,002 | 5 | 0 | 1,892 | 0 | 103 | 2 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 543 | 56 | 0 | 384 | 0 | 37 | 66 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7,047 | 721 | 0 | 2,036 | 529 | 1,845 | 1,916 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 24,669 | 5,067 | 404 | 12,022 | 699 | 3,932 | 2,545 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,055 | 409 | 0 | 2,988 | 108 | 0 | 550 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 503 | 409 | 0 | 39 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,030 | 0 | 0 | 1,731 | 53 | 0 | 246 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,522 | 0 | 0 | 1,218 | 0 | 0 | 304 | |||||||
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 | 16,617 | 8,825 | 0 | 3,601 | 14 | 989 | 3,188 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 216 | 193 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 237 | 128 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 81 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,339 | 0 | 0 | 483 | 0 | 584 | 272 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2,408 | 19 | 0 | 2,166 | 0 | 5 | 218 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 12,417 | 8,485 | 0 | 916 | 14 | 319 | 2,683 |
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 | 52,147 | 41,440 | 41,475 | 38,632 | 46,108 | 48,273 | 47,841 | 47,532 | 45,337 | 44,532 | ||||||||||
DOD | 270 | 545 | 767 | 532 | 1,066 | 829 | 826 | 753 | 1,295 | 802 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,185 | 1,540 | 1,751 | 1,355 | 1,953 | 1,864 | 1,697 | 1,377 | 1,132 | 1,440 | ||||||||||
HHS | 33,748 | 32,395 | 29,938 | 28,021 | 33,613 | 36,382 | 35,315 | 33,052 | 31,421 | 34,030 | ||||||||||
NASA | 158 | 72 | 130 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 5,621 | 6,511 | 5,786 | 5,461 | 5,889 | 6,462 | 6,261 | 7,530 | 7,207 | 5,758 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 84 | ||||||||||
Other | 11,165 | 377 | 3,103 | 3,176 | 3,586 | 2,736 | 3,737 | 4,820 | 4,181 | 2,418 |
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 | 1,118 | 204 | 914 | . | |||
2018 | 1,614 | 214 | 1,400 | . | |||
2017 | 1,234 | 174 | 1,060 | . | |||
2016 | 1,194 | 145 | 1,049 | . | |||
2015 | 1,268 | 134 | 1,134 | 111 |
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 | 258 | 254 | 256 | 308 | 308 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 117 | 117 | 118 | 124 | 124 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 56 | 56 | 55 | 79 | 79 |
Psychology | 13 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 23 |
Social sciences | 58 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 60 |
Other | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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.
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 | 4,408 | 3,409 | 0 | 511 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,208 | 3,409 | 0 | 511 | 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 | 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 | 2,200 | 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.