Clarkson 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 | 257 | 57.7 | 448 | 315 | 46 | 691 | 267 | 46.2 | 583 | 296 | 33.2 | 909 |
2020 | 288 | 64.3 | 450 | 308 | 44.7 | 697 | 299 | 33.3 | 915 | |||
2019 | 230 | 51.8 | 447 | 304 | 44.2 | 696 | 265 | 45.4 | 589 | 289 | 32.3 | 913 |
2018 | 220 | 51.8 | 428 | 298 | 43.2 | 698 | 287 | 32.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 250 | 59.1 | 425 | 295 | 43.6 | 684 | 287 | 50.3 | 575 | 298 | 33.8 | 897 |
2016 | 300 | 70 | 430 | 305 | 44.2 | 697 | 308 | 35 | 895 | |||
2015 | 254 | 59.9 | 426 | 336 | 48.9 | 693 | 294 | 52 | 570 | 299 | 33.9 | 897 |
2014 | 239 | 57 | 422 | 305 | 44.8 | 688 | 295 | 33.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 243 | 58.6 | 417 | 291 | 52.8 | 555 | 280 | 48 | 588 | 307 | 35.3 | 884 |
2012 | 250 | 61 | 412 | 285 | 51.8 | 555 | 297 | 33.9 | 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 | 28 | 22 | 39 | 45 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 26 |
Science and engineering | 28 | 22 | 39 | 45 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 26 |
Science | 10 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 11 |
Life science | . | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 3 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | . | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Chemistry | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Computer sciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
Mathematics | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Engineering | 18 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Chemical engineering | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | . | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Other engineering | 3 | . | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 280 | 273 | 268 | 288 | 296 | 306 | 255 | 290 | 307 | 318 |
Male | 199 | 187 | 188 | 200 | 214 | 225 | 185 | 212 | 230 | 239 |
Female | 81 | 86 | 80 | 88 | 82 | 81 | 70 | 78 | 77 | 79 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 133 | 158 | 119 | 129 | 124 | 145 | 101 | 124 | 139 | 145 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 147 | 109 | 119 | 112 | 132 | 95 | 114 | 129 | 132 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Black or African American | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 110 | 135 | 98 | 108 | 102 | 113 | 85 | 105 | 115 | 120 |
More than one race | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Temporary visa holders | 147 | 115 | 149 | 159 | 172 | 161 | 154 | 166 | 168 | 173 |
Science and engineering | 280 | 271 | 265 | 280 | 286 | 306 | 255 | 290 | 307 | 318 |
Science | 110 | 109 | 115 | 111 | 117 | 115 | 99 | 106 | 108 | 112 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 23 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 28 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 45 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 48 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 53 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 170 | 162 | 150 | 169 | 169 | 191 | 156 | 184 | 199 | 206 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 19 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 30 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 42 | 30 | 35 | 44 | 46 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 60 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 46 | 52 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 34 | 40 | 43 | 42 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 48 | 43 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 50 | 52 | 57 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Other engineering | 10 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Health | . | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 124 | 147 | 150 | 168 | 143 | 125 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 |
Male | 92 | 100 | 107 | 125 | 106 | 91 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
Female | 32 | 47 | 43 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 120 | 127 | 134 | 147 | 137 | 124 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 108 | 112 | 121 | 127 | 99 | 99 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 98 | 92 | 101 | 112 | 83 | 89 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
More than one race | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 4 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 124 | 120 | 133 | 137 | 124 | 125 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 |
Science | 25 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 99 | 103 | 112 | 113 | 111 | 104 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 60 | 54 | 49 | 47 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 23 | 29 | 39 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 14 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | 27 | 17 | 31 | 19 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 27 | 17 | 31 | 19 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 59 | 46 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 47 |
Science and engineering | 16 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 46 | 38 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 47 |
Science | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 12 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 39 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Health | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
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 | 280 | 273 | 268 | 288 | 296 | 306 | 255 | 290 | 307 | 318 |
Fellowships | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 10 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Institutional | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 36 | 50 | 79 | 94 | 77 | 62 | 61 | 71 | 79 | 83 |
Federal | 16 | 20 | 37 | 59 | 40 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 37 | 39 |
Institutional | 14 | 19 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 19 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 25 |
Teaching assistantships | 100 | 90 | 94 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 103 | 102 | 107 | 108 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 100 | 90 | 94 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 103 | 102 | 106 | 108 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other types of support | 144 | 132 | 95 | 93 | 110 | 131 | 78 | 102 | 104 | 117 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Institutional | 24 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Personal resources | 120 | 106 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 56 | 81 | 82 | 102 |
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 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
Science | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Science | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 16,765 | 15,104 | 17,147 | 16,927 | 15,148 | 12,983 | 13,406 | 13,750 | 12,061 | 14,809 | ||||||||||
Science | 5,399 | 4,732 | 5,322 | 3,722 | 3,693 | 2,589 | 3,255 | 4,264 | 3,851 | 4,484 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 776 | 517 | 506 | 307 | 204 | 47 | 88 | 89 | 202 | 233 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 172 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 142 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 30 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,014 | 999 | 1,163 | 1,401 | 1,284 | 534 | 789 | 673 | 534 | 947 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 920 | 902 | 765 | 894 | 776 | 534 | 730 | 577 | 488 | 836 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 93 | 97 | 398 | 507 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 96 | 46 | 111 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 868 | 780 | 1,046 | 848 | 987 | 630 | 882 | 798 | 427 | 482 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,414 | 2,217 | 2,498 | 1,055 | 1,091 | 1,306 | 1,390 | 2,521 | 2,615 | 2,754 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 945 | 1,829 | 2,300 | 772 | 837 | 1,029 | 1,121 | 2,205 | 2,302 | 2,435 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,005 | 388 | 198 | 283 | 254 | 254 | 269 | 316 | 313 | 319 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 113 | 86 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 66 | 30 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 42 | 74 | 83 | 97 | 111 | 41 | 76 | 161 | 7 | 38 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 21 | 36 | 49 | 73 | 65 | 41 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 161 | 7 | 38 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 10,113 | 9,363 | 10,889 | 12,058 | 10,487 | 10,210 | 9,939 | 9,378 | 8,158 | 10,303 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,548 | 1,849 | 2,739 | 2,142 | 2,031 | 2,273 | 1,953 | 1,674 | 1,585 | 1,546 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 2,310 | 2,954 | 3,030 | 3,786 | 3,002 | 4,423 | 4,442 | 3,572 | 3,103 | 4,801 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,793 | 2,394 | 3,046 | 2,858 | 3,064 | 2,003 | 1,544 | 1,376 | 1,311 | 1,451 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,627 | 2,112 | 2,037 | 1,983 | 1,270 | 1,511 | 2,000 | 2,756 | 2,159 | 2,505 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 21 | 36 | 1,289 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 31 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,253 | 1,009 | 936 | 1,147 | 968 | 184 | 212 | 108 | 52 | 22 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 358 | 574 | 619 | 724 | 719 | 148 | 181 | 104 | 38 | 8 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 39 | 13 | 115 | 82 | 79 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||||
Education | 704 | 322 | 56 | 108 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 105 | 88 | 129 | 225 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 45 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 16,765 | 7,246 | 1,426 | 5,725 | 1,147 | 871 | 350 | |||||||
Science | 5,399 | 2,295 | 515 | 2,131 | 117 | 144 | 197 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 776 | 700 | 1 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 172 | 77 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 142 | 47 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,014 | 565 | 10 | 313 | 44 | 19 | 63 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 920 | 565 | 10 | 219 | 44 | 19 | 63 | |||||||
Health sciences | 93 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 868 | 524 | 209 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 2,414 | 422 | 177 | 1,569 | 36 | 125 | 85 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 945 | 283 | 27 | 473 | 8 | 125 | 29 | |||||||
Materials science | 464 | 0 | 0 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,005 | 139 | 150 | 632 | 28 | 0 | 56 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 113 | 7 | 33 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 42 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 10,113 | 4,577 | 691 | 3,208 | 1,030 | 476 | 131 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 300 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,548 | 1,142 | 49 | 507 | 450 | 368 | 32 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 2,310 | 1,040 | 301 | 743 | 153 | 40 | 33 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,793 | 1,440 | 131 | 955 | 198 | 39 | 30 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 504 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 229 | 29 | 36 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,627 | 928 | 0 | 699 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 31 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,253 | 374 | 220 | 386 | 0 | 251 | 22 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 358 | 0 | 0 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 39 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 704 | 280 | 152 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 18 | |||||||
Humanities | 105 | 94 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 45 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 | 7,246 | 7,095 | 8,551 | 8,203 | 6,819 | 6,183 | 5,440 | 5,476 | 5,283 | 7,061 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,449 | 1,461 | 2,295 | 2,010 | 1,729 | 1,596 | 1,585 | 734 | 482 | 1,583 | ||||||||||
DOE | 293 | 184 | 565 | 376 | 143 | 298 | 333 | 73 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
HHS | 310 | 360 | 514 | 842 | 740 | 139 | 259 | 442 | 406 | 202 | ||||||||||
NASA | 38 | 62 | 61 | 23 | 34 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 81 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,948 | 3,433 | 3,235 | 3,341 | 2,795 | 2,142 | 1,634 | 1,887 | 2,412 | 2,580 | ||||||||||
USDA | 64 | 134 | 148 | 78 | 81 | 261 | 172 | 93 | 92 | 95 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,144 | 1,461 | 1,733 | 1,533 | 1,297 | 1,745 | 1,428 | 2,218 | 1,866 | 2,509 |
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 | 406 | 90 | 316 | . | |||
2018 | 418 | 82 | 336 | . | |||
2017 | 363 | 82 | 281 | . | |||
2016 | 280 | 61 | 219 | . | |||
2015 | 251 | 75 | 176 | 62 |
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 | 142 | 148 | 123 | 114 | 124 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 86 | 92 | 87 | 81 | 82 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 30 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 26 |
Psychology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 2,850 | 0 | 767 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 767 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 500 | 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.