Clark 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 | 271 | 60.8 | 448 | 284 | 41.6 | 691 | 419 | 72.1 | 583 | 364 | 40.6 | 909 |
2020 | 236 | 52.8 | 450 | 277 | 40.3 | 697 | 340 | 37.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 318 | 71.4 | 447 | 277 | 40.3 | 696 | 410 | 69.9 | 589 | 335 | 37.3 | 913 |
2018 | 318 | 74.5 | 428 | 304 | 44 | 698 | 350 | 39 | 910 | |||
2017 | 251 | 59.4 | 425 | 295 | 43.6 | 684 | 400 | 69.8 | 575 | 343 | 38.8 | 897 |
2016 | 236 | 55.2 | 430 | 253 | 36.8 | 697 | 364 | 41.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 273 | 64.4 | 426 | 235 | 34.5 | 693 | 406 | 71.5 | 570 | 361 | 40.8 | 897 |
2014 | 266 | 63.3 | 422 | 224 | 33.1 | 688 | 372 | 42.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 229 | 55.3 | 417 | 219 | 40 | 555 | 412 | 70.3 | 588 | 381 | 43.6 | 884 |
2012 | 250 | 61 | 412 | 211 | 38.5 | 555 | 363 | 41.2 | 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 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 26 |
Science and engineering | 23 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 32 | 25 |
Science | 23 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 32 | 25 |
Life science | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | . | 6 | 1 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | . | 6 | 1 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | 5 | . | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Chemistry | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 21 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 22 |
Psychology | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Economics | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Humanities | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
History | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | 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, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 339 | 326 | 319 | 276 | 296 | 425 | 452 | 487 | 501 | 516 |
Male | 191 | 148 | 156 | 139 | 145 | 178 | 178 | 203 | 198 | 207 |
Female | 148 | 178 | 163 | 137 | 151 | 247 | 274 | 284 | 303 | 309 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 126 | 156 | 150 | 139 | 163 | 223 | 247 | 303 | 311 | 294 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 115 | 143 | 134 | 120 | 137 | 191 | 211 | 252 | 245 | 225 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
Black or African American | 7 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White | 93 | 117 | 107 | 91 | 109 | 156 | 176 | 216 | 212 | 190 |
More than one race | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 53 | 54 |
Temporary visa holders | 213 | 170 | 169 | 137 | 133 | 202 | 205 | 184 | 190 | 222 |
Science and engineering | 339 | 326 | 319 | 276 | 296 | 425 | 452 | 487 | 501 | 516 |
Science | 339 | 326 | 319 | 276 | 296 | 425 | 452 | 487 | 501 | 516 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 38 | 38 | 41 | 31 | 41 | 43 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 41 | 40 | 24 | 45 | 54 |
Computer and information sciences | 113 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 153 | 196 | 189 | 198 |
Natural resources and conservation | 30 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 17 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 47 |
Physical sciences | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 19 |
Social sciences | 139 | 171 | 181 | 176 | 187 | 131 | 135 | 142 | 155 | 150 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 50 | 55 | 16 | 22 | 31 | 69 | 93 | 87 | 86 | 83 |
Male | 24 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 43 | 31 | 44 |
Female | 26 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 53 | 44 | 55 | 39 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 25 | 22 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 58 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 40 | 54 | 45 | 43 | 39 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Black or African American | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
White | 14 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 44 | 36 | 35 | 32 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 25 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Science and engineering | 50 | 55 | 16 | 22 | 31 | 69 | 93 | 87 | 86 | 83 |
Science | 50 | 55 | 16 | 22 | 31 | 69 | 93 | 87 | 86 | 83 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 24 |
Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Social sciences | 10 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 18 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 13 |
Science | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Social sciences | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 339 | 326 | 319 | 276 | 296 | 425 | 452 | 487 | 501 | 516 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 35 | 33 | 46 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 29 | 35 |
Federal | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 13 |
Institutional | 24 | 9 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
Teaching assistantships | 67 | 63 | 70 | 66 | 65 | 80 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 67 | 63 | 70 | 66 | 65 | 79 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 67 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 237 | 230 | 203 | 177 | 205 | 307 | 343 | 382 | 388 | 404 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 85 | 117 | 98 | 77 | 105 | 125 | 137 | 154 | 130 | 126 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 152 | 112 | 105 | 100 | 100 | 182 | 206 | 228 | 258 | 278 |
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 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Science | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Science | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 7,931 | 10,277 | 10,193 | 8,318 | 8,453 | 6,970 | 7,050 | 6,168 | 5,693 | 7,260 | ||||||||||
Science | 7,750 | 9,795 | 9,426 | 7,650 | 7,408 | 6,404 | 6,357 | 5,644 | 5,480 | 7,041 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 36 | 60 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,197 | 1,890 | 1,787 | 1,052 | 909 | 940 | 2,165 | 1,618 | 1,344 | 2,328 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,052 | 1,781 | 1,629 | 721 | 294 | 678 | 803 | 446 | 879 | 1,703 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 145 | 109 | 158 | 331 | 371 | 262 | 327 | 183 | 131 | 53 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 0 | 1,035 | 989 | 334 | 572 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,197 | 1,953 | 2,057 | 1,225 | 739 | 1,041 | 866 | 735 | 546 | 606 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 295 | 797 | 711 | 104 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,059 | 1,134 | 1,288 | 1,107 | 706 | 837 | 866 | 735 | 546 | 606 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 832 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,386 | 1,648 | 889 | 664 | 633 | 681 | 656 | 691 | 541 | 744 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 317 | 594 | 539 | 243 | 91 | 149 | 311 | 449 | 372 | 434 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,069 | 1,054 | 350 | 421 | 542 | 532 | 345 | 242 | 169 | 310 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 223 | 622 | 829 | 540 | 1,358 | 1,632 | 1,430 | 995 | 364 | 617 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,711 | 3,575 | 3,694 | 4,141 | 3,767 | 2,110 | 1,222 | 1,583 | 887 | 522 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,192 | 2,067 | 1,911 | 1,873 | 1,480 | 481 | 619 | 602 | 312 | 190 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 16 | 20 | 38 | 33 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 115 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,500 | 1,373 | 1,731 | 2,217 | 2,234 | 1,596 | 585 | 967 | 561 | 328 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 47 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 1,791 | 2,213 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 181 | 482 | 767 | 668 | 1,045 | 566 | 693 | 524 | 212 | 219 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 26 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 116 | 161 | 165 | 236 | 445 | 439 | 312 | 91 | 132 | 164 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 197 | 293 | 235 | 224 | 0 | 263 | 290 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 38 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 27 | 116 | 277 | 161 | 317 | 99 | 104 | 110 | 56 | 29 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 7,931 | 2,754 | 74 | 3,633 | 0 | 1,431 | 39 | |||||||
Science | 7,750 | 2,754 | 74 | 3,529 | 0 | 1,354 | 39 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,197 | 271 | 0 | 275 | 0 | 651 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,052 | 145 | 0 | 256 | 0 | 651 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 145 | 126 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,197 | 898 | 1 | 695 | 0 | 603 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 295 | 215 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,059 | 649 | 0 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 832 | 34 | 1 | 194 | 0 | 603 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,386 | 717 | 0 | 632 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 317 | 74 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,069 | 643 | 0 | 389 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 223 | 50 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,711 | 801 | 73 | 1,735 | 0 | 63 | 39 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1,192 | 619 | 0 | 534 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||||||
Political science and government | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,500 | 182 | 73 | 1,182 | 0 | 63 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 181 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 77 | 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 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 77 | 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 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 2,754 | 3,350 | 3,495 | 2,962 | 2,513 | 2,002 | 2,515 | 2,751 | 2,848 | 3,141 | ||||||||||
DOD | 37 | 9 | 97 | 292 | 158 | 57 | 23 | 70 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
DOE | 134 | 139 | 43 | 18 | 57 | 15 | 43 | 54 | 34 | 85 | ||||||||||
HHS | 325 | 499 | 615 | 281 | 196 | 362 | 660 | 865 | 645 | 737 | ||||||||||
NASA | 65 | 164 | 262 | 463 | 473 | 362 | 294 | 294 | 261 | 431 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,572 | 2,197 | 1,931 | 1,193 | 1,119 | 867 | 974 | 1,125 | 1,617 | 1,483 | ||||||||||
USDA | 158 | 88 | 187 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 57 | 117 | 58 | ||||||||||
Other | 463 | 254 | 360 | 703 | 490 | 339 | 509 | 286 | 171 | 345 |
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 | 180 | 28 | 152 | . | |||
2018 | 112 | 23 | 89 | . | |||
2017 | 166 | 27 | 139 | . | |||
2016 | 237 | 33 | 204 | . | |||
2015 | 139 | 23 | 116 | 6 |
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 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 43 | 43 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 24 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 |
Psychology | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Social sciences | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 4,145 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1,328 | . | . | . | . |
Other | 2,817 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 9,000 | 0 | 803 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 803 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2,000 | 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.