California State U., Los Angeles

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 | 243 | 35.7 | 691 | 412 | 70.9 | 583 | 346 | 38.6 | 909 | |||
2020 | 246 | 35.8 | 697 | 337 | 37.4 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 224 | 32.8 | 696 | 405 | 69 | 589 | 317 | 35.3 | 913 | |||
2018 | 220 | 32.1 | 698 | 339 | 37.8 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 215 | 32 | 684 | 394 | 68.8 | 575 | 346 | 39.1 | 897 | |||
2016 | 201 | 29.4 | 697 | 388 | 43.9 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 193 | 28.5 | 693 | 376 | 66.2 | 570 | 392 | 44.2 | 897 | |||
2014 | 147 | 22 | 688 | 389 | 44.4 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 163 | 30 | 555 | 377 | 64.4 | 588 | 353 | 40.5 | 884 | |||
2012 | 161 | 29.6 | 555 | 365 | 41.4 | 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 |
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All full-time students | 445 | 398 | 451 | 493 | 519 | 627 | 671 | 1,034 | 788 | 797 |
Male | 230 | 206 | 232 | 227 | 269 | 347 | 399 | 655 | 437 | 420 |
Female | 215 | 192 | 219 | 266 | 250 | 280 | 272 | 379 | 351 | 377 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 353 | 332 | 351 | 338 | 328 | 383 | 337 | 528 | 598 | 672 |
Hispanic or Latino | 203 | 203 | 201 | 175 | 178 | 173 | 115 | 208 | 222 | 254 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 133 | 117 | 132 | 147 | 133 | 192 | 190 | 273 | 335 | 362 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 55 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 49 | 71 | 71 | 116 | 120 | 147 |
Black or African American | 11 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 39 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
White | 56 | 51 | 54 | 64 | 55 | 84 | 86 | 110 | 168 | 155 |
More than one race | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 14 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 32 | 47 | 41 | 56 |
Temporary visa holders | 92 | 66 | 100 | 155 | 191 | 244 | 334 | 506 | 190 | 125 |
Science and engineering | 369 | 332 | 381 | 452 | 479 | 611 | 669 | 1,034 | 788 | 797 |
Science | 289 | 284 | 318 | 399 | 399 | 436 | 502 | 631 | 598 | 622 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 29 | 35 | 67 | 30 | 107 | 93 | 118 | 147 | 209 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 66 | 48 | 68 | 131 | 136 | 136 | 219 | 237 | 126 | 69 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 22 |
Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 36 | 47 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 16 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 37 | 27 | 60 | 50 |
Physical sciences | 32 | 40 | 31 | 22 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 23 |
Social sciences | 116 | 105 | 122 | 125 | 130 | 131 | 110 | 197 | 207 | 202 |
Engineering | 80 | 48 | 63 | 53 | 80 | 175 | 167 | 403 | 190 | 175 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 46 | 41 | 54 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 35 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 40 | 72 | 102 | 261 | 109 | 77 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 33 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
Mechanical engineering | 25 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 42 | 93 | 34 | 37 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 6 | 7 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 76 | 66 | 70 | 41 | 40 | 16 | 2 | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 76 | 66 | 70 | 41 | 40 | 16 | 2 | . | . | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 378 | 336 | 369 | 383 | 420 | 702 | 1,018 | 413 | 398 | 401 |
Male | 244 | 210 | 217 | 237 | 245 | 469 | 707 | 249 | 228 | 221 |
Female | 134 | 126 | 152 | 146 | 175 | 233 | 311 | 164 | 170 | 180 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 341 | 301 | 339 | 337 | 348 | 432 | 509 | 326 | 360 | 372 |
Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 170 | 183 | 169 | 164 | 203 | 226 | 114 | 139 | 135 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 108 | 137 | 148 | 159 | 200 | 251 | 182 | 183 | 195 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 49 | 47 | 49 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 98 | 76 | 74 | 81 |
Black or African American | 14 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 23 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
White | 44 | 47 | 61 | 56 | 61 | 80 | 120 | 78 | 73 | 77 |
More than one race | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 18 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 38 | 42 |
Temporary visa holders | 37 | 35 | 30 | 46 | 72 | 270 | 509 | 87 | 38 | 29 |
Science and engineering | 330 | 299 | 326 | 382 | 418 | 695 | 1,002 | 413 | 398 | 401 |
Science | 209 | 198 | 229 | 276 | 288 | 411 | 517 | 316 | 304 | 292 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 13 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 53 | 82 | 90 | 112 | 82 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 20 | 23 | 48 | 68 | 131 | 172 | 78 | 25 | 34 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 25 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 13 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 16 |
Physical sciences | 43 | 31 | 31 | 51 | 48 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
Social sciences | 77 | 88 | 99 | 94 | 108 | 161 | 194 | 87 | 117 | 116 |
Engineering | 121 | 101 | 97 | 106 | 130 | 284 | 485 | 97 | 94 | 109 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 33 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 55 | 68 | 22 | 21 | 58 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 43 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 73 | 116 | 269 | 44 | 39 | 25 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 54 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
Mechanical engineering | 37 | 42 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 59 | 134 | 28 | 24 | 16 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 48 | 37 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | 23 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 48 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | . | . | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 58 | 68 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 58 | 68 |
Science | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 49 | 55 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 52 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Social sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
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 | 445 | 398 | 451 | 493 | 519 | 627 | 671 | 1,034 | 788 | 797 |
Fellowships | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 25 |
Federal | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 25 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 51 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 43 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 44 | 35 | 54 | 56 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 44 | 35 | 54 | 56 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 396 | 357 | 392 | 362 | 514 | 594 | 625 | 1,011 | 730 | 700 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 93 | 66 | 87 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Nonfederal | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 281 | 286 | 288 | 358 | 509 | 594 | 498 | 1,011 | 730 | 673 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 9,382 | 10,590 | 12,476 | 9,594 | 8,274 | 5,371 | 5,010 | 5,172 | 7,659 | 7,192 | ||||||||||
Science | 7,406 | 9,266 | 11,204 | i | 8,725 | 7,244 | 4,051 | 2,610 | 2,922 | 3,850 | 4,354 | |||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 218 | 36 | 50 | i | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 16 | 115 | 68 | |||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 23 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 16 | 115 | 68 | |||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Life sciences | 740 | 2,299 | 2,989 | i | 1,794 | 869 | 958 | 940 | 1,301 | 1,647 | 1,651 | |||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 476 | 1,949 | 2,424 | i | 1,394 | 721 | 793 | 806 | 1,233 | 1,428 | 1,144 | |||||||||
Health sciences | 264 | 257 | 522 | i | 400 | 148 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 93 | 43 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 68 | 219 | 507 | |||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 10 | 28 | i | 46 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 217 | 19 | |||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,165 | 5,241 | 6,385 | i | 5,202 | 4,409 | 1,575 | 1,129 | 1,196 | 1,397 | 1,938 | |||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Chemistry | 4,770 | 4,602 | 5,640 | i | 4,040 | 3,715 | 1,244 | 873 | 884 | 958 | 1,300 | |||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Physics | 395 | 639 | 745 | i | 1,162 | 694 | 331 | 256 | 312 | 439 | 638 | |||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Psychology | 103 | 110 | 93 | i | 44 | 56 | 0 | 283 | 333 | 390 | 665 | |||||||||
Social sciences | 1,131 | 1,570 | 1,659 | i | 1,619 | 1,860 | 1,518 | 171 | 59 | 45 | 13 | |||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 22 | i | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 66 | 62 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,131 | 1,570 | 1,637 | i | 1,513 | 1,798 | 1,469 | 171 | 59 | 45 | 13 | |||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||||
Engineering | 1,486 | 922 | 879 | i | 762 | 787 | 809 | 1,851 | 1,959 | 3,342 | 2,522 | |||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 421 | 837 | 985 | |||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Civil engineering | 824 | 377 | 374 | i | 401 | 46 | 513 | 837 | 1,081 | 1,618 | 1,340 | |||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 56 | 427 | 408 | i | 135 | 701 | 267 | 466 | 425 | 887 | 102 | |||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 606 | 118 | 85 | i | 137 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 12 | i | 89 | 0 | 29 | 548 | 32 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Non-S&E | 490 | 402 | 393 | i | 107 | 243 | 511 | 549 | 291 | 467 | 316 | |||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 2 | 52 | i | 56 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Education | 490 | 397 | 340 | i | 22 | 149 | 400 | 456 | 135 | 238 | 214 | |||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 94 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 3 | 1 | i | 29 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 155 | 229 | 102 |
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 | 9,382 | 7,342 | 108 | 1,561 | 0 | 371 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 7,406 | 5,865 | 108 | 1,272 | 0 | 161 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 218 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 23 | 23 | 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 | 740 | 554 | 82 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 476 | 319 | 82 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 264 | 235 | 0 | 29 | 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 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,165 | 4,085 | 26 | 1,027 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 4,770 | 3,691 | 26 | 1,026 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 395 | 394 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 103 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 81 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,131 | 959 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,131 | 959 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,486 | 1,067 | 0 | 209 | 0 | 210 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 824 | 543 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 190 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 56 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 606 | 490 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 490 | 410 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 490 | 410 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 7,342 | 8,380 | 9,288 | 8,586 | 6,612 | 3,804 | 4,291 | 4,923 | 7,065 | 6,847 | ||||||||||
DOD | 564 | 252 | 182 | 197 | 122 | 584 | 245 | 300 | 587 | 211 | ||||||||||
DOE | 33 | 98 | 125 | 115 | 178 | 195 | 233 | 204 | 127 | 140 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,288 | 3,161 | 3,804 | 3,838 | 3,250 | 865 | 1,571 | 1,334 | 1,885 | 2,734 | ||||||||||
NASA | 637 | 1,031 | 1,123 | 1,174 | 972 | 1,053 | 289 | 421 | 837 | 1,025 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,968 | 2,673 | 2,081 | 1,646 | 1,264 | 681 | 1,502 | 2,509 | 3,425 | 2,474 | ||||||||||
USDA | 24 | 15 | 97 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 87 | 138 | ||||||||||
Other | 828 | 1,150 | 1,876 | 1,580 | 826 | 426 | 451 | 135 | 117 | 125 |
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 | 272 | 65 | 207 | . | |||
2018 | 265 | 93 | 172 | . | |||
2017 | 181 | 55 | 126 | . | |||
2016 | 96 | 47 | 49 | . | |||
2015 | 116 | 53 | 63 | 2 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 153 | 181 | 173 | 137 | 137 |
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 53 | 56 | 52 | 24 | 24 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 42 | 47 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Health sciences | 16 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 21 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
Psychology | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
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All research space | 0 | 0 | 400 | 9,554 | 10,000 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 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 | 400 | 4,554 | 10,000 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.