California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
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 | |
2022 | 317 | 53.9 | 680 | 241 | 73.3 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 289 | 58.7 | 691 | 218 | 63.1 | 583 | 250 | 72.8 | 907 | |||
2020 | 276 | 60.9 | 697 | 245 | 73.6 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 295 | 58.1 | 696 | 218 | 63.5 | 589 | 253 | 72.6 | 913 | |||
2018 | 313 | 55.7 | 698 | 293 | 68.2 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 288 | 58.4 | 684 | 215 | 63.1 | 575 | 278 | 69.4 | 897 | |||
2016 | 311 | 55.9 | 697 | 280 | 69.1 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 275 | 60.8 | 693 | 219 | 62.1 | 570 | 281 | 69.1 | 897 | |||
2014 | 254 | 63.5 | 688 | 287 | 68 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 257 | 54.2 | 555 | 242 | 59.4 | 588 | 287 | 67.9 | 884 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 292 | 329 | 328 | 290 | 261 | 312 | 298 | 373 | 407 | 392 |
Male | 169 | 199 | 198 | 168 | 156 | 204 | 189 | 236 | 254 | 274 |
Female | 123 | 130 | 130 | 122 | 105 | 108 | 109 | 137 | 153 | 118 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 277 | 319 | 316 | 267 | 249 | 297 | 283 | 343 | 378 | 375 |
Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 45 | 47 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 38 | 48 | 53 | 38 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 222 | 250 | 255 | 227 | 204 | 243 | 224 | 269 | 305 | 312 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 47 | 46 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 43 | 38 | 49 | 48 | 46 |
Black or African American | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 152 | 177 | 183 | 162 | 152 | 174 | 170 | 190 | 235 | 244 |
More than one race | 19 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 18 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 25 |
Temporary visa holders | 15 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 29 | 17 |
Science and engineering | 292 | 329 | 328 | 290 | 261 | 312 | 289 | 363 | 393 | 385 |
Science | 138 | 144 | 125 | 117 | 113 | 137 | 122 | 149 | 143 | 147 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 17 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 29 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 19 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 37 | 41 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 44 | 33 | 45 | 29 | 45 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 27 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 29 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Social sciences | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
Engineering | 154 | 185 | 203 | 173 | 148 | 175 | 167 | 214 | 250 | 238 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 16 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 38 | 33 | 39 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 24 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 32 | 56 | 53 | 49 | 38 | 51 | 44 | 48 | 60 | 33 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 23 | 39 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 51 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
Mechanical engineering | 40 | 36 | 41 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 33 | 38 | 36 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 31 | 35 | 52 | 68 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 135 | 137 | 122 | 112 | 133 | 127 | 160 | 173 | 160 | 187 |
Male | 88 | 82 | 82 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 97 | 97 | 111 | 115 |
Female | 47 | 55 | 40 | 41 | 54 | 45 | 63 | 76 | 49 | 72 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 122 | 129 | 112 | 105 | 127 | 119 | 149 | 156 | 151 | 177 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 94 | 101 | 96 | 80 | 101 | 88 | 118 | 115 | 114 | 135 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
Black or African American | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
White | 67 | 75 | 74 | 57 | 81 | 69 | 89 | 92 | 95 | 106 |
More than one race | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 20 |
Temporary visa holders | 13 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 135 | 137 | 122 | 112 | 133 | 127 | 151 | 165 | 153 | 177 |
Science | 93 | 93 | 74 | 66 | 76 | 69 | 79 | 93 | 71 | 92 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 18 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 18 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 21 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
Social sciences | 19 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
Engineering | 42 | 44 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 58 | 72 | 72 | 82 | 85 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 15 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 18 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 14 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 17 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 292 | 329 | 328 | 290 | 261 | 312 | 298 | 373 | 407 | 392 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 33 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 35 | 15 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 33 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 35 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 258 | 300 | 302 | 262 | 240 | 293 | 276 | 339 | 371 | 376 |
Federal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 244 | 293 | 296 | 258 | 237 | 289 | 274 | 331 | 363 | 369 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 33,155 | 25,953 | 26,605 | 25,249 | 16,352 | 17,979 | 18,081 | 16,312 | 15,096 | 16,067 | ||||||||||
Science | 20,528 | 17,019 | 19,033 | 20,837 | 12,318 | 13,108 | 10,865 | 9,544 | 8,804 | 9,813 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 359 | 679 | 626 | 850 | 586 | 321 | 314 | 111 | 19 | 76 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,006 | 1,106 | 1,105 | 1,362 | 1,410 | 882 | 795 | 915 | 1,133 | 1,705 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,006 | 1,106 | 1,105 | 1,362 | 1,410 | 882 | 768 | 915 | 1,133 | 1,491 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 214 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 9,048 | 6,526 | 7,929 | 8,979 | 6,326 | 6,773 | 5,942 | 5,322 | 5,454 | 4,142 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 4,120 | 2,514 | 3,201 | 4,252 | 2,134 | 2,100 | 2,495 | 2,417 | 2,714 | 3,004 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 844 | 707 | 1,009 | 1,227 | 936 | 703 | 1,280 | 892 | 1,036 | 1,138 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 2,181 | 2,546 | 2,899 | 2,891 | 2,741 | 3,029 | 2,167 | 2,013 | 1,704 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,387 | 759 | 820 | 609 | 515 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,826 | 2,668 | 2,841 | 1,711 | 1,361 | 1,353 | 1,227 | 989 | 736 | 809 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,294 | 4,953 | 5,672 | 7,589 | 1,884 | 2,057 | 1,647 | 855 | 1,015 | 2,372 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 622 | 460 | 456 | 385 | 348 | 409 | 402 | 330 | 306 | 246 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,142 | 1,757 | 2,494 | 2,783 | 1,536 | 1,648 | 1,245 | 525 | 703 | 592 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,530 | 2,736 | 2,722 | 4,421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,534 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 183 | 157 | 185 | 90 | 61 | 51 | 77 | 103 | 80 | 43 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 738 | 930 | 675 | 256 | 505 | 1,671 | 616 | 899 | 328 | 139 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 542 | 623 | 379 | 99 | 65 | 97 | 40 | 172 | 196 | 61 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 126 | 98 | 53 | 48 | 340 | 1,273 | 360 | 552 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 49 | 69 | 33 | 33 | 87 | 67 | 78 | 13 | 33 | 61 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 140 | 210 | 76 | 13 | 234 | 138 | 162 | 99 | 17 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 247 | 350 | 39 | 527 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 8,472 | 5,522 | 4,646 | 4,117 | 3,542 | 4,196 | 6,694 | 6,122 | 5,844 | 5,285 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3,861 | 1,314 | 274 | 275 | 621 | 1,651 | 3,561 | 2,654 | 3,449 | 3,382 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 372 | 128 | 66 | 106 | 91 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,453 | 1,033 | 1,444 | 1,505 | 1,179 | 766 | 1,658 | 1,982 | 1,320 | 960 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 169 | 180 | 30 | 21 | 83 | 169 | 260 | 98 | 473 | 349 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 45 | 41 | 81 | 166 | 204 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 983 | 865 | 746 | 681 | 936 | 711 | 427 | 392 | 210 | 233 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 4 | 26 | 0 | 49 | 156 | 173 | 303 | 136 | 30 | 3 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,585 | 1,935 | 2,005 | 1,314 | 272 | 442 | 390 | 765 | 357 | 335 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 4,155 | 3,412 | 2,926 | 295 | 492 | 675 | 522 | 646 | 448 | 969 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,798 | 2,755 | 2,003 | 57 | 61 | 178 | 176 | 445 | 370 | 881 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 32 | 70 | 97 | 105 | 52 | 75 | 51 | 41 | 34 | 72 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,012 | 367 | 266 | 37 | 97 | 39 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 313 | 210 | 555 | 72 | 224 | 304 | 231 | 141 | 36 | 16 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 58 | 69 | 21 | 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
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 | 33,155 | 15,084 | 3,155 | 9,964 | 2,008 | 2,890 | 54 | |||||||
Science | 20,528 | 8,736 | 2,203 | 6,032 | 833 | 2,672 | 52 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 359 | 253 | 19 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,006 | 1,249 | 96 | 195 | 1 | 465 | 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 | 2,006 | 1,249 | 96 | 195 | 1 | 465 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 9,048 | 3,113 | 1,745 | 2,354 | 553 | 1,265 | 18 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 4,120 | 755 | 759 | 1,791 | 93 | 722 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 844 | 632 | 69 | 89 | 36 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Health sciences | 2,181 | 1,340 | 123 | 173 | 325 | 220 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,387 | 326 | 673 | 262 | 0 | 126 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 516 | 60 | 121 | 39 | 99 | 197 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,826 | 2,275 | 35 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,294 | 1,347 | 92 | 2,830 | 173 | 818 | 34 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 622 | 385 | 92 | 64 | 8 | 73 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,142 | 962 | 0 | 236 | 165 | 745 | 34 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 183 | 0 | 150 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 738 | 499 | 24 | 81 | 32 | 102 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 542 | 445 | 24 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 126 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 102 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 49 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 74 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 8,472 | 5,436 | 874 | 829 | 1,158 | 175 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3,861 | 3,768 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 372 | 11 | 93 | 63 | 204 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,453 | 864 | 216 | 152 | 221 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 169 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 45 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 983 | 266 | 284 | 47 | 384 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,585 | 480 | 281 | 566 | 86 | 172 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 4,155 | 912 | 78 | 3,103 | 17 | 43 | 2 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,798 | 22 | 0 | 2,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 32 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,012 | 793 | 78 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 313 | 96 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 15,084 | 11,163 | 10,178 | 9,720 | 9,613 | 10,535 | 11,276 | 9,796 | 9,087 | 10,280 | ||||||||||
DOD | 4,195 | 1,865 | 440 | 440 | 879 | 1,493 | 2,606 | 1,973 | 1,708 | 1,319 | ||||||||||
DOE | 471 | 525 | 832 | 859 | 959 | 1,585 | 1,508 | 1,787 | 869 | 232 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,153 | 1,778 | 1,731 | 2,016 | 1,914 | 2,288 | 2,159 | 1,987 | 1,732 | 1,554 | ||||||||||
NASA | 334 | 145 | 353 | 597 | 419 | 623 | 1,099 | 667 | 1,653 | 3,243 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,371 | 3,293 | 4,232 | 3,633 | 3,625 | 3,023 | 2,423 | 2,057 | 1,987 | 1,935 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,645 | 1,224 | 1,181 | 1,068 | 936 | 552 | 502 | 598 | 551 | 895 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,915 | 2,333 | 1,409 | 1,107 | 881 | 971 | 979 | 727 | 587 | 1,102 |
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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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 971 | 160 | 811 | . | |||
2018 | 886 | 145 | 741 | . | |||
2017 | 795 | 158 | 637 | . | |||
2016 | 731 | 167 | 564 | . |
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 | 231 | 228 | 226 | 224 | 173 |
Agricultural sciences | 34 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 28 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 32 |
Computer and information sciences | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
Engineering | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 66 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
Health sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 4 |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Other | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
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 | 33,000 | . | 61,088 | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | 33,000 | . | 23,500 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 33,800 | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 500 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 500 | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 2,788 | . | . |
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 | 1,750 | 600 | 922 | 1,044 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 1,500 | 0 | 922 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 250 | 600 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 550 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 494 | 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.