CUNY, City C.
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 | 307 | 33.6 | 457 | 305 | 55.7 | 680 | 189 | 79.1 | 890 | |||
2021 | 282 | 37.6 | 447 | 271 | 61.3 | 691 | 113 | 81 | 583 | 192 | 79.1 | 907 |
2020 | 254 | 44.2 | 450 | 256 | 63.7 | 697 | 207 | 77.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 268 | 40.7 | 447 | 261 | 63 | 696 | 75 | 87.5 | 589 | 199 | 78.5 | 913 |
2018 | 239 | 44.8 | 428 | 312 | 55.8 | 698 | 194 | 79 | 910 | |||
2017 | 255 | 40.7 | 425 | 382 | 44.8 | 684 | 75 | 87.2 | 575 | 191 | 79 | 897 |
2016 | 236 | 45.8 | 430 | 236 | 66.6 | 697 | 179 | 80.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 239 | 44.6 | 426 | 227 | 67.7 | 693 | 73 | 87.5 | 570 | 189 | 79.2 | 897 |
2014 | 293 | 31.3 | 422 | 226 | 67.6 | 688 | 189 | 79 | 887 | |||
2013 | 369 | 12.4 | 417 | 235 | 58.2 | 555 | 81 | 86.5 | 588 | 192 | 78.6 | 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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 17 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 5 |
Science and engineering | 17 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 30 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 5 |
Science | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | . |
Life science | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 15 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 5 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Chemical engineering | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Civil engineering | 2 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 326 | 358 | 374 | 350 | 262 | 162 | 480 | 494 | 479 | 452 |
Male | 184 | 205 | 219 | 224 | 180 | 106 | 304 | 320 | 299 | 294 |
Female | 142 | 153 | 155 | 126 | 82 | 56 | 176 | 174 | 180 | 158 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 185 | 241 | 250 | 256 | 154 | 119 | 282 | 304 | 277 | 240 |
Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 51 | 46 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 40 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 146 | 190 | 204 | 219 | 135 | 108 | 240 | 263 | 234 | 196 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 48 | 58 | 62 | 75 | 56 | 39 | 72 | 82 | 60 | 60 |
Black or African American | 31 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 15 | 17 | 36 | 38 | 30 | 37 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 60 | 81 | 85 | 99 | 64 | 51 | 129 | 134 | 139 | 97 |
More than one race | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 141 | 117 | 124 | 94 | 108 | 43 | 198 | 190 | 202 | 212 |
Science and engineering | 326 | 358 | 374 | 350 | 262 | 162 | 480 | 494 | 479 | 452 |
Science | 144 | 161 | 149 | 136 | 42 | 73 | 221 | 227 | 192 | 153 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 61 | 73 | 59 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 29 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 62 | 58 | 50 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 14 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 19 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 5 | . | 5 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 38 | 37 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 36 | 46 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 16 | 0 | . | 11 | 13 |
Engineering | 182 | 197 | 225 | 214 | 220 | 89 | 259 | 267 | 287 | 299 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 49 | 48 | 58 | 55 | 46 | 18 | 50 | 54 | 51 | 53 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 41 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 48 | 45 | 57 | 53 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 18 | 27 | 43 | 36 | 47 | 22 | 56 | 50 | 57 | 58 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 53 | 53 | 57 | 52 | 54 | 21 | 62 | 74 | 79 | 93 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 21 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 18 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 42 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 268 | 341 | 344 | 321 | 454 | 599 | 327 | 309 | 435 | 551 |
Male | 138 | 180 | 203 | 178 | 275 | 395 | 228 | 205 | 276 | 336 |
Female | 130 | 161 | 141 | 143 | 179 | 204 | 99 | 104 | 159 | 215 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 250 | 310 | 310 | 295 | 398 | 442 | 292 | 273 | 360 | 442 |
Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 70 | 78 | 50 | 62 | 75 | 44 | 40 | 64 | 84 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 187 | 240 | 232 | 245 | 336 | 367 | 241 | 230 | 295 | 358 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 59 | 80 | 89 | 103 | 130 | 133 | 99 | 87 | 96 | 91 |
Black or African American | 34 | 46 | 53 | 49 | 67 | 65 | 45 | 53 | 69 | 89 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 90 | 111 | 85 | 92 | 138 | 169 | 95 | 89 | 128 | 176 |
More than one race | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 18 | 31 | 34 | 26 | 56 | 157 | 35 | 36 | 75 | 109 |
Science and engineering | 268 | 341 | 344 | 321 | 454 | 599 | 327 | 309 | 435 | 551 |
Science | 199 | 244 | 250 | 222 | 310 | 271 | 171 | 156 | 270 | 379 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 25 | 32 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 55 | 51 | 54 | 75 | 77 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 22 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 36 | 39 | 27 | 24 | 41 | 32 | 48 | 54 | 53 | 55 |
Physical sciences | 13 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 32 |
Social sciences | 65 | 79 | 91 | 66 | 106 | 82 | 5 | . | 88 | 155 |
Engineering | 69 | 97 | 94 | 99 | 144 | 328 | 156 | 153 | 165 | 172 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 35 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 58 | 101 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 84 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 42 | 85 | 47 | 45 | 41 | 35 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 34 | 70 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 41 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 surveyed fields | 93 | 97 | 102 | 75 | 76 | 11 | 148 | 181 | 168 | 163 |
Science and engineering | 93 | 97 | 102 | 75 | 76 | 11 | 148 | 181 | 168 | 163 |
Science | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 73 | 84 | 54 | 40 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 29 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 83 | 95 | 102 | 75 | 76 | 2 | 75 | 97 | 114 | 123 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 22 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 19 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 27 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 21 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 26 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 40 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 17 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 326 | 358 | 374 | 350 | 262 | 162 | 480 | 494 | 479 | 452 |
Fellowships | 31 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 43 | 86 | 70 | 57 |
Federal | 8 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 29 | 1 |
Institutional | 23 | 19 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 46 | 39 | 56 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 87 | 95 | 100 | 103 | 105 | 32 | 177 | 182 | 188 | 189 |
Federal | 66 | 82 | 85 | 75 | 72 | 10 | 132 | 145 | 136 | 151 |
Institutional | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 18 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 20 |
Teaching assistantships | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 24 | 31 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Institutional | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 203 | 221 | 242 | 217 | 122 | 119 | 222 | 192 | 197 | 175 |
Federal | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Institutional | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Personal resources | 174 | 218 | 241 | 212 | 122 | 106 | 213 | 188 | 186 | 169 |
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 | 68 | 70 | 53 | 62 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 47 | 57 | 78 |
Science | 40 | 37 | 30 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 56 | 31 | 39 | 40 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 27 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 25 | 26 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 28 | 33 | 23 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 38 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 surveyed fields | 60 | 54 | 41 | 40 | 22 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 61 |
Science and engineering | 60 | 54 | 41 | 40 | 22 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 61 |
Science | 37 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 31 | 29 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
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 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 19 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 23 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 65,569 | 57,361 | 45,632 | 52,738 | 53,979 | 54,627 | 62,484 | 53,223 | 52,654 | 55,138 | ||||||||||
Science | 24,382 | 20,468 | 21,035 | 22,968 | 24,880 | 27,259 | 29,117 | 24,070 | 25,216 | 27,960 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 820 | 778 | 1,490 | 990 | 895 | 1,134 | 1,792 | 1,391 | 1,213 | 1,049 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,547 | 1,600 | 1,699 | 2,459 | 2,113 | 1,438 | 1,534 | 1,599 | 1,472 | 4,217 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 736 | 2,494 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,867 | 1,600 | 1,699 | 2,459 | 2,113 | 1,438 | 1,534 | 1,390 | 736 | 1,723 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 7,942 | 9,192 | 7,167 | 8,010 | 9,336 | 9,906 | 11,623 | 9,841 | 10,706 | 10,099 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,257 | 6,634 | 2,752 | 3,655 | 5,059 | 6,150 | 8,368 | 5,907 | 6,851 | 4,415 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 2,663 | 2,112 | 4,387 | 4,355 | 4,277 | 3,756 | 3,100 | 3,932 | 3,855 | 5,684 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 22 | 416 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 220 | 158 | 389 | 579 | 733 | 876 | 977 | 774 | 549 | 585 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 11,590 | 8,709 | 9,591 | 9,935 | 10,496 | 12,506 | 10,344 | 9,361 | 9,921 | 10,909 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 5,494 | 4,978 | 5,164 | 6,308 | 5,779 | 5,920 | 5,879 | 5,344 | 6,211 | 6,772 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 4,153 | 3,553 | 3,361 | 3,207 | 4,213 | 5,193 | 4,464 | 3,148 | 3,710 | 4,137 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,943 | 178 | 1,066 | 420 | 504 | 1,393 | 1 | 869 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,260 | 15 | 693 | 953 | 940 | 1,281 | 1,238 | 920 | 1,149 | 956 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 3 | 16 | 6 | 42 | 101 | 118 | 206 | 184 | 206 | 145 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 85 | 26 | 43 | 62 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 68 | 58 | 69 | 101 | 153 | 71 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 0 | 1,403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 36,189 | 34,710 | 23,140 | 28,337 | 28,252 | 26,479 | 32,237 | 27,835 | 26,856 | 26,356 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,315 | 4,862 | 4,878 | 5,135 | 4,631 | 3,883 | 3,632 | 5,103 | 3,447 | 3,709 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,631 | 2,775 | 2,278 | 2,231 | 3,854 | 1,866 | 2,363 | 3,021 | 2,414 | 4,667 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 4,097 | 6,216 | 9,672 | 14,119 | 14,580 | 16,968 | 21,301 | 11,946 | 14,719 | 6,992 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 8,515 | 2,683 | 2,967 | 2,682 | 2,388 | 1,886 | 3,095 | 4,004 | 4,148 | 6,915 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,107 | 3,201 | 3,172 | 3,196 | 2,035 | 1,378 | 1,475 | 1,233 | 2,128 | 4,073 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 12,550 | 14,973 | 173 | 974 | 764 | 498 | 371 | 2,528 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 4,998 | 2,183 | 1,457 | 1,433 | 847 | 889 | 1,130 | 1,318 | 582 | 822 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 68 | 96 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,612 | 212 | 121 | 319 | 620 | 612 | 115 | 469 | 270 | 447 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 172 | 140 | 98 | 69 | 269 | 303 | ||||||||||
Law | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 45 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 27 | 36 | 47 | 36 | 38 | 66 | 64 | 24 | 8 | 27 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,342 | 1,904 | 1,272 | 1,072 | 11 | 13 | 785 | 659 | 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 | 65,569 | 38,596 | 11,892 | 13,103 | 467 | 1,311 | 200 | |||||||
Science | 24,382 | 18,903 | 757 | 3,700 | 270 | 684 | 68 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 820 | 524 | 0 | 196 | 43 | 57 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,547 | 2,024 | 225 | 158 | 0 | 140 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,867 | 1,468 | 225 | 158 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 680 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 7,942 | 5,466 | 532 | 1,682 | 0 | 262 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,257 | 4,534 | 0 | 501 | 0 | 222 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 2,663 | 932 | 532 | 1,159 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 220 | 115 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 11,590 | 9,999 | 0 | 1,117 | 227 | 192 | 55 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 5,494 | 4,496 | 0 | 851 | 147 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 4,153 | 3,771 | 0 | 247 | 80 | 0 | 55 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,943 | 1,732 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 192 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,260 | 775 | 0 | 463 | 0 | 9 | 13 | |||||||
Social sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 36,189 | 19,125 | 9,883 | 6,289 | 197 | 563 | 132 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,315 | 3,581 | 8 | 452 | 148 | 87 | 39 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,631 | 2,597 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 21 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 4,097 | 1,752 | 1,860 | 447 | 14 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 8,515 | 7,741 | 144 | 102 | 6 | 474 | 48 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 974 | 0 | 0 | 974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,107 | 3,089 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 12,550 | 365 | 7,871 | 4,314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 4,998 | 568 | 1,252 | 3,114 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2,612 | 28 | 0 | 2,520 | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 27 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,342 | 538 | 1,252 | 552 | 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 | 38,596 | 34,218 | 30,106 | 33,065 | 36,866 | 35,429 | 37,525 | 38,434 | 40,095 | 40,094 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,370 | 1,993 | 1,893 | 1,756 | 1,095 | 2,158 | 2,104 | 2,612 | 3,349 | 2,794 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,092 | 1,694 | 1,380 | 1,190 | 968 | 1,390 | 1,245 | 1,606 | 2,470 | 2,145 | ||||||||||
HHS | 13,040 | 9,780 | 8,554 | 10,196 | 12,658 | 12,390 | 13,814 | 13,321 | 11,609 | 11,908 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,559 | 2,201 | 1,864 | 1,905 | 1,842 | 1,343 | 2,086 | 2,022 | 2,009 | 2,759 | ||||||||||
NSF | 10,832 | 11,056 | 10,122 | 10,121 | 10,766 | 9,214 | 8,394 | 10,611 | 12,245 | 9,624 | ||||||||||
USDA | 19 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 383 | 21 | 59 | 33 | 85 | 11 | ||||||||||
Other | 7,684 | 7,359 | 6,288 | 7,897 | 9,154 | 8,913 | 9,823 | 8,229 | 8,328 | 10,853 |
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 | 1,322 | 236 | 1,086 | . | |||
2018 | 1,405 | 275 | 1,130 | . | |||
2017 | 1,443 | 292 | 1,151 | . | |||
2016 | 810 | 299 | 511 | . |
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 | 631 | 856 | 855 | 854 | 742 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 163 | 213 | 181 | 181 | 126 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Engineering | 158 | 203 | 203 | 202 | 202 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 22 |
Health sciences | 46 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | . |
Physical sciences | 175 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 133 |
Psychology | 22 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Social sciences | 18 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 |
Other | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44,000 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,000 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,000 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,000 | 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 | 18,000 | 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.