Chapman 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 | 237 | 53.3 | 448 | 348 | 50.8 | 691 | 342 | 59 | 583 | 252 | 28.4 | 909 |
2020 | 280 | 62.5 | 450 | 330 | 47.8 | 697 | 244 | 27.3 | 915 | |||
2019 | 299 | 67.2 | 447 | 334 | 48.4 | 696 | 335 | 57.2 | 589 | 274 | 30.6 | 913 |
2018 | 318 | 74.5 | 428 | 336 | 48.6 | 698 | 304 | 34 | 910 | |||
2017 | 290 | 68.5 | 425 | 339 | 50 | 684 | 357 | 62.4 | 575 | 325 | 36.8 | 897 |
2016 | 271 | 63.3 | 430 | 366 | 52.9 | 697 | 371 | 42 | 895 | |||
2015 | 320 | 75.3 | 426 | 397 | 57.6 | 693 | 449 | 79 | 570 | 384 | 43.3 | 897 |
2014 | 331 | 78.6 | 422 | 397 | 58.1 | 688 | 394 | 44.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 344 | 82.6 | 417 | 355 | 64.3 | 555 | 487 | 83 | 588 | 406 | 46.4 | 884 |
2012 | 352 | 63.7 | 555 | 448 | 50.7 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 36 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 8 | . |
Science and engineering | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Science | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Life science | 7 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | 2 | 8 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 19 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 8 | . |
Education | 17 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 8 | . |
Education administration | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | . |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . |
Other education | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | . |
Humanities | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Letters | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 222 | 229 | 227 | 222 | 213 | 202 | 168 | 154 | 183 | 183 |
Male | 61 | 67 | 60 | 56 | 57 | 52 | 44 | 38 | 34 | 36 |
Female | 161 | 162 | 167 | 166 | 156 | 150 | 124 | 116 | 149 | 147 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 178 | 188 | 187 | 182 | 168 | 163 | 146 | 140 | 162 | 170 |
Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 27 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 133 | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | 109 | 111 | 130 | 136 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 46 | 38 | 39 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 36 |
Black or African American | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
White | 73 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 85 | 86 | 79 | 80 | 87 | 95 |
More than one race | 13 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Temporary visa holders | 44 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 45 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 92 | 100 | 98 | 101 | 95 | 94 | 88 | 88 | 122 | 124 |
Science | 92 | 100 | 98 | 101 | 95 | 94 | 88 | 88 | 122 | 124 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 10 | 12 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 20 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 40 | 38 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 8 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 36 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 40 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 40 | 37 | 47 | 43 | 65 | 73 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 130 | 129 | 129 | 121 | 118 | 108 | 80 | 66 | 61 | 59 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 130 | 129 | 129 | 121 | 118 | 108 | 80 | 66 | 61 | 59 |
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 | 98 | 104 | 100 | 87 | 89 | 95 | 67 | 69 | 125 | 98 |
Male | 33 | 44 | 38 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
Female | 65 | 60 | 62 | 55 | 52 | 56 | 40 | 41 | 96 | 69 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 92 | 95 | 92 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 59 | 66 | 122 | 88 |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 13 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 59 | 67 | 55 | 59 | 70 | 49 | 50 | 94 | 70 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 27 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
Black or African American | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
White | 27 | 28 | 38 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 31 | 29 | 65 | 51 |
More than one race | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 92 | 95 | 95 | 84 | 88 | 93 | 66 | 69 | 125 | 98 |
Science | 92 | 95 | 95 | 84 | 88 | 93 | 66 | 69 | 125 | 98 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 31 | 25 | 31 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 31 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 35 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 28 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 31 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 16 | 25 | 76 | 47 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
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 | 222 | 229 | 227 | 222 | 213 | 202 | 168 | 154 | 183 | 183 |
Fellowships | 59 | 48 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 77 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 59 | 48 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 77 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 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 |
Teaching assistantships | 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 |
Other types of support | 163 | 181 | 185 | 192 | 205 | 125 | 146 | 135 | 166 | 167 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 147 | 169 | 180 | 184 | 200 | 118 | 145 | 135 | 166 | 167 |
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 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Science | 23 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 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 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Science | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 25,820 | 26,660 | 19,592 | 14,141 | 10,626 | 6,554 | 5,353 | 4,794 | 4,463 | 3,314 | ||||||||||
Science | 16,246 | 13,849 | 12,498 | 9,895 | 8,568 | 5,023 | 3,074 | 3,189 | 2,734 | 2,396 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 701 | 665 | 244 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 32 | 36 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 304 | 212 | 231 | 274 | 209 | 357 | 651 | 1,040 | 1,064 | 825 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 56 | 340 | 592 | 320 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 315 | 252 | 254 | 319 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 175 | 174 | 158 | 145 | 186 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 276 | 212 | 231 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 290 | 73 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 9,497 | 7,307 | 7,139 | 5,505 | 4,204 | 2,590 | 987 | 407 | 292 | 867 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 409 | 102 | 147 | 241 | 274 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,588 | 4,374 | 4,414 | 2,880 | 938 | 811 | 448 | 384 | 292 | 867 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,337 | 2,761 | 2,578 | 2,384 | 2,913 | 1,646 | 536 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 158 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,314 | 2,062 | 1,816 | 1,280 | 2,306 | 1,036 | 538 | 758 | 905 | 324 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 247 | 370 | 584 | 491 | 607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 88 | 81 | 55 | 86 | 1,415 | 1,036 | 538 | 758 | 905 | 324 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 979 | 1,611 | 1,177 | 703 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,161 | 888 | 0 | 485 | 416 | 433 | 450 | 167 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 3,253 | 2,714 | 3,068 | 2,314 | 1,315 | 607 | 433 | 799 | 423 | 344 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 732 | 190 | 671 | 1,000 | 779 | 317 | 230 | 529 | 301 | 276 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 2,182 | 2,305 | 2,267 | 1,126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 138 | 30 | 25 | 68 | 536 | 195 | 191 | 270 | 122 | 68 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 201 | 189 | 105 | 120 | 0 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 348 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 348 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 9,226 | 12,709 | 7,094 | 4,246 | 2,058 | 1,531 | 2,279 | 1,605 | 1,729 | 918 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 672 | 0 | 358 | 0 | 387 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 46 | 20 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 819 | 585 | 351 | 353 | 175 | 166 | 219 | 188 | 87 | 42 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,376 | 3,318 | 3,636 | 980 | 430 | 1,188 | 538 | 390 | 288 | 77 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 36 | 362 | 416 | 643 | 100 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||||
Law | 862 | 939 | 858 | 754 | 620 | 37 | 1,093 | 939 | 1,282 | 726 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 187 | 9 | 314 | 85 | 17 | 13 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 5,443 | 7,499 | 1,470 | 1,505 | 159 | 110 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 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 | 25,820 | 8,574 | 612 | 10,273 | 567 | 5,766 | 28 | |||||||
Science | 16,246 | 7,873 | 20 | 3,216 | 514 | 4,595 | 28 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 701 | 0 | 0 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 304 | 242 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 28 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 276 | 242 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 9,497 | 5,563 | 20 | 1,723 | 446 | 1,745 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 409 | 390 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,588 | 2,796 | 0 | 1,258 | 354 | 180 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,337 | 2,377 | 15 | 380 | 65 | 1,500 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 158 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 15 | 65 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,314 | 936 | 0 | 199 | 0 | 179 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 247 | 157 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 88 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 979 | 693 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 172 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,161 | 1,023 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 52 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 3,253 | 109 | 0 | 472 | 68 | 2,604 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 732 | 3 | 0 | 244 | 68 | 417 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 2,182 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 2,107 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 138 | 87 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 201 | 19 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 66 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 348 | 8 | 0 | 336 | 4 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 348 | 8 | 0 | 336 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 9,226 | 693 | 592 | 6,721 | 49 | 1,171 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 672 | 0 | 0 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 819 | 570 | 0 | 199 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,376 | 8 | 121 | 386 | 49 | 812 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 862 | 100 | 341 | 275 | 0 | 146 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 5,443 | 15 | 125 | 5,176 | 0 | 127 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 8,574 | 7,850 | 5,738 | 4,057 | 3,598 | 3,357 | 2,790 | 2,373 | 2,379 | 1,733 | ||||||||||
DOD | 974 | 1,378 | 611 | 552 | 1,141 | 1,284 | 815 | 755 | 891 | 234 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 105 | 552 | 420 | 256 | 273 | 106 | 102 | 39 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 5,195 | 4,377 | 2,974 | 1,922 | 1,067 | 479 | 579 | 244 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
NASA | 241 | 203 | 193 | 210 | 172 | 175 | 174 | 268 | 421 | 233 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,176 | 1,264 | 1,087 | 636 | 422 | 847 | 638 | 539 | 393 | 483 | ||||||||||
USDA | 642 | 293 | 108 | 135 | 237 | 114 | 229 | 361 | 423 | 379 | ||||||||||
Other | 346 | 230 | 213 | 182 | 303 | 185 | 249 | 104 | 195 | 404 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 217 | 69 | 148 | . | |||
2018 | 170 | 63 | 107 | . | |||
2017 | 210 | 65 | 145 | . | |||
2016 | 168 | 56 | 112 | . | |||
2015 | 164 | 34 | 130 | 8 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 94 | 97 | 78 | 31 | 22 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 19 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Psychology | 10 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
Social sciences | 18 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 4 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | 40,238 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 8,159 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 10,429 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 8,879 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 2,139 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | 2,489 | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 8,143 | . |
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 | 0 | 21,530 | 7,280 | 8,296 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 2,630 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,963 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 17,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 1,900 | 0 | 3,233 | 0 |
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 | 1,380 | 3,100 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 5,900 | 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.