Bucknell 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 | 646 | 93.5 | 691 | 368 | 63.4 | 583 | 430 | 47.8 | 909 | |||
2020 | 623 | 89.5 | 697 | 406 | 44.9 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 621 | 89.3 | 696 | 337 | 57.6 | 589 | 394 | 43.7 | 913 | |||
2018 | 606 | 86.9 | 698 | 401 | 44.6 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 602 | 88.1 | 684 | 352 | 61.5 | 575 | 406 | 45.8 | 897 | |||
2016 | 615 | 88.3 | 697 | 403 | 45.5 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 603 | 87.1 | 693 | 504 | 88.5 | 570 | 414 | 46.6 | 897 | |||
2014 | 595 | 86.6 | 688 | 400 | 45.6 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 498 | 89.8 | 555 | 508 | 86.5 | 588 | 409 | 46.7 | 884 | |||
2012 | 496 | 89.5 | 555 | 425 | 48.1 | 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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 15 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 32 |
Male | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
Female | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 14 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 32 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 31 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 4 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 26 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 15 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 32 |
Science | 9 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 22 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 10 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Male | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 15 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 32 |
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 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 32 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 15 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 32 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 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.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 4,476 | 5,051 | 5,625 | 5,269 | 4,892 | 4,516 | 4,140 | 4,464 | 4,297 | 4,009 | ||||||||||
Science | 2,642 | 2,955 | i | 2,429 | 2,906 | 2,693 | i | 2,483 | i | 2,380 | 2,594 | 2,010 | 2,154 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 114 | 122 | i | 200 | 110 | 98 | i | 87 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 12 | i | 94 | 102 | 98 | i | 94 | i | 212 | 266 | 186 | 261 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8 | 10 | i | 94 | 83 | 81 | i | 79 | i | 147 | 189 | 164 | 179 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 2 | i | 0 | 19 | 17 | i | 15 | i | 65 | 77 | 22 | 82 | |||||||
Life sciences | 674 | 743 | i | 608 | 1,103 | 1,028 | i | 954 | i | 829 | 753 | 695 | 848 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 674 | 743 | i | 608 | 1,069 | 998 | i | 927 | i | 635 | 753 | 690 | 845 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 34 | 30 | i | 27 | i | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 110 | 113 | i | 418 | 83 | 78 | i | 73 | i | 93 | 39 | 35 | 170 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 816 | 872 | i | 538 | 650 | 595 | i | 541 | i | 878 | 771 | 711 | 547 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 275 | 291 | i | 106 | 254 | 239 | i | 225 | i | 366 | 115 | 173 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 456 | 494 | i | 265 | 396 | 356 | i | 316 | i | 512 | 499 | 538 | 418 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 85 | 87 | i | 167 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 157 | 0 | 129 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 129 | 154 | i | 152 | 239 | 229 | i | 219 | i | 146 | 325 | 183 | 125 | |||||||
Social sciences | 126 | 149 | i | 119 | 234 | 213 | i | 193 | i | 81 | 40 | 53 | 51 | |||||||
Anthropology | 25 | 30 | i | 0 | 43 | 43 | i | 44 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 25 | 30 | i | 36 | 20 | 18 | i | 16 | i | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
Political science and government | 7 | 8 | i | 6 | 25 | 22 | i | 20 | i | 41 | 30 | 8 | 14 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 57 | 68 | i | 16 | 6 | 5 | i | 5 | i | 27 | 3 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12 | 13 | i | 61 | 140 | 125 | i | 108 | i | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 663 | 790 | i | 300 | 385 | 354 | i | 322 | i | 141 | 400 | 147 | 124 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,494 | 1,690 | i | 1,632 | 1,733 | 1,628 | i | 1,522 | i | 1,410 | 1,549 | 1,857 | 1,469 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 114 | 128 | i | 96 | 121 | 117 | i | 113 | i | 53 | 84 | 244 | 162 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 390 | 432 | i | 329 | 375 | 349 | i | 323 | i | 249 | 203 | 194 | 233 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 335 | 380 | i | 321 | 482 | 443 | i | 403 | i | 477 | 490 | 467 | 300 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 216 | 232 | i | 94 | 142 | 141 | i | 140 | i | 206 | 289 | 359 | 106 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 265 | 311 | i | 350 | 293 | 292 | i | 290 | i | 311 | 467 | 451 | 240 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 174 | 207 | i | 442 | 320 | 286 | i | 253 | i | 114 | 16 | 142 | 428 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 340 | 406 | i | 1,564 | 630 | 571 | i | 511 | i | 350 | 321 | 430 | 386 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 61 | 73 | i | 64 | 185 | 165 | i | 145 | i | 59 | 19 | 71 | 113 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2 | 2 | i | 2 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Humanities | 151 | 181 | i | 797 | 273 | 253 | i | 231 | i | 282 | 289 | 316 | 240 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 18 | 21 | i | 57 | 24 | 21 | i | 19 | i | 9 | 6 | 27 | 29 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 108 | 129 | i | 644 | 148 | 132 | i | 116 | i | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
i=imputed
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 4,476 | 1,696 | 0 | 1,439 | 311 | 203 | 827 | |||||||
Science | 2,642 | 1,153 | 0 | 756 | 0 | 139 | 594 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 114 | 82 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 674 | 354 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 12 | 131 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 674 | 354 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 12 | 131 | |||||||
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 | 110 | 104 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 816 | 592 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 70 | 22 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 275 | 215 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 456 | 292 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 29 | 22 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 85 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 129 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||||||
Social sciences | 126 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 57 | 10 | |||||||
Anthropology | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Economics | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 663 | 13 | 0 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 363 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,494 | 543 | 0 | 502 | 311 | 48 | 90 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 114 | 46 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 390 | 196 | 0 | 152 | 12 | 30 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 335 | 116 | 0 | 54 | 149 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 216 | 147 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 265 | 33 | 0 | 92 | 140 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 174 | 5 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 8 | 19 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 340 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 0 | 16 | 143 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 61 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 151 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 14 | 31 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 108 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 81 |
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 | 1,696 | 1,730 | 1,764 | 1,329 | 1,383 | 1,436 | 1,489 | 1,725 | 1,590 | 1,540 | ||||||||||
DOD | 43 | 44 | i | 221 | 2 | 2 | i | 2 | i | 40 | 0 | 3 | 75 | |||||||
DOE | 18 | 18 | i | 3 | 36 | 38 | i | 39 | i | 73 | 153 | 132 | 190 | |||||||
HHS | 131 | 134 | i | 290 | 418 | 436 | i | 453 | i | 33 | 0 | 31 | 113 | |||||||
NASA | 359 | 365 | i | 36 | 22 | 23 | i | 24 | i | 156 | 93 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
NSF | 1,026 | 1,048 | i | 1,091 | 722 | 750 | i | 778 | i | 1,053 | 1,258 | 1,211 | 841 | |||||||
USDA | 4 | 4 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Other | 115 | 117 | i | 123 | 129 | 134 | i | 140 | i | 134 | 221 | 188 | 321 |
i=imputed
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 | 297 | 47 | 250 | . | |||
2018 | 271 | 58 | 213 | . | |||
2017 | 271 | 58 | i | 213 | i | . | |
2016 | 271 | 58 | i | 213 | i | . | |
2015 | 526 | 104 | 422 | 4 |
i=imputed
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 | 81 | 96 | 81 | 16 | 16 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 20 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
Psychology | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
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.
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 | . | . | 15,459 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 2,199 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 2,257 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 11,003 | . | . |
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 | 4,099 | 0 | 2,354 | 2,750 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 549 | 0 | 954 | 2,250 | 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 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1,400 | 500 | 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.