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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 | 310 | 53.6 | 583 | 552 | 61.1 | 909 | ||||||
2020 | 590 | 64.8 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 621 | 68.3 | 913 | |||||||||
2018 | 660 | 72.8 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 316 | 55.3 | 575 | 629 | 70.4 | 897 | ||||||
2016 | 592 | 66.4 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 662 | 74 | 897 | |||||||||
2014 | 665 | 75.2 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 640 | 72.6 | 884 | |||||||||
2012 | 762 | 85.6 | 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

Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,912 | 1,464 | 1,176 | 949 | 1,078 | 1,301 | 830 | 861 | 961 | 468 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,545 | 1,284 | 877 | 712 | 740 | 878 | 768 | 831 | 782 | 336 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 178 | 194 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 151 | 171 | 122 | 67 | 66 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 856 | 657 | 483 | 371 | 411 | 295 | 303 | 495 | 453 | 137 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 819 | 649 | . | 362 | 353 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 13 | 8 | . | 9 | 58 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 24 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 296 | 197 | 126 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 423 | 366 | 385 | 305 | 216 | 135 | 96 | 85 | 262 | 133 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 184 | 54 | . | 27 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | 239 | 312 | . | 278 | 212 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Psychology | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1 | 54 | . | 18 | 40 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 16 | . | 3 | 25 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 38 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | . | 15 | 15 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 67 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | . | . | 159 | . | . | 387 | 26 | 30 | 113 | 27 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 283 | 105 | 159 | 155 | 283 | 387 | 26 | 30 | 113 | 27 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 120 | 4 | . | 0 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 110 | 54 | . | 48 | 153 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 48 | 6 | . | 0 | 16 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 38 | . | 73 | 41 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 3 | . | 34 | 65 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 84 | 75 | 140 | 82 | 55 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 66 | 105 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 3 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Education | 7 | 6 | . | 30 | 23 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Humanities | 63 | 67 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 6 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | 52 | 32 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1,912 | 1,079 | 56 | 327 | 57 | 393 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 1,545 | 883 | 17 | 259 | 0 | 386 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 178 | 175 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 856 | 347 | 17 | 198 | 0 | 294 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 819 | 347 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 287 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 24 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 423 | 351 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 184 | 118 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 239 | 233 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 283 | 133 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 120 | 82 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 110 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 48 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 84 | 63 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 63 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 1,079 | 951 | . | 829 | 929 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | . | 18 | 66 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | 23 | 0 | . | 14 | 24 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | 98 | 120 | . | 148 | 119 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | 144 | 22 | . | 30 | 84 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | 722 | 731 | . | 513 | 487 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | 15 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | 77 | 78 | . | 106 | 149 | . | . | . | . | . |
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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2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | . | . | . | . | |||
2018 | 55 | 16 | 39 | . | |||
2017 | 52 | 15 | 37 | . | |||
2016 | . | . | . | . | |||
2015 | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 109 | . | 101 | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20 | . | 17 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | . | 3 | . | . |
Engineering | 28 | . | 35 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | 0 | . | . |
Health sciences | 2 | . | 2 | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | . | 2 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 23 | . | 26 | . | . |
Psychology | 12 | . | 6 | . | . |
Social sciences | 17 | . | 11 | . | . |
Other | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
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All research space | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . |
Other | 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.