Colorado School of Mines

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 | 159 | 36 | 448 | 127 | 19.1 | 691 | 190 | 33.2 | 583 | 173 | 19.8 | 909 |
2020 | 131 | 29.7 | 450 | 126 | 18.8 | 697 | 173 | 19.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 155 | 35.2 | 447 | 128 | 19.1 | 696 | 240 | 41.2 | 589 | 177 | 20.1 | 913 |
2018 | 142 | 33.7 | 428 | 132 | 19.6 | 698 | 186 | 21.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 151 | 36 | 425 | 125 | 19 | 684 | 267 | 46.9 | 575 | 184 | 21.2 | 897 |
2016 | 136 | 32.2 | 430 | 136 | 20.2 | 697 | 180 | 20.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 130 | 31 | 426 | 140 | 20.9 | 693 | 244 | 43.3 | 570 | 179 | 20.7 | 897 |
2014 | 155 | 37.2 | 422 | 135 | 20.3 | 688 | 180 | 21 | 887 | |||
2013 | 160 | 38.8 | 417 | 131 | 24.2 | 555 | 251 | 43.2 | 588 | 186 | 21.7 | 884 |
2012 | 181 | 44.4 | 412 | 124 | 23 | 555 | 188 | 21.8 | 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 | 87 | 126 | 94 | 111 | 98 | 115 | 124 | 96 | 84 | 59 |
Science and engineering | 86 | 126 | 94 | 111 | 98 | 115 | 121 | 95 | 83 | 59 |
Science | 32 | 43 | 47 | 57 | 34 | 48 | 50 | 45 | 41 | 22 |
Life science | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Biological sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 22 | 34 | 35 | 45 | 22 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 31 | 10 |
Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 13 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 3 |
Psychology and social sciences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Economics | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 54 | 83 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 50 | 42 | 37 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 4 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Other engineering | 30 | 37 | 22 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 24 |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,126 | 1,050 | 1,086 | 1,076 | 1,100 | 1,128 | 1,084 | 1,138 |
Male | 821 | 797 | 776 | 749 | 768 | 758 | 780 | 808 | 804 | 847 |
Female | 398 | 366 | 350 | 301 | 318 | 318 | 320 | 320 | 280 | 291 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 913 | 858 | 784 | 698 | 703 | 709 | 728 | 724 | 712 | 774 |
Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 52 | 54 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 56 | 49 | 48 | 61 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 831 | 796 | 724 | 644 | 640 | 644 | 655 | 654 | 633 | 683 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Asian | 42 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
Black or African American | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 714 | 706 | 648 | 572 | 570 | 578 | 594 | 611 | 582 | 628 |
More than one race | 55 | 42 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 30 |
Temporary visa holders | 306 | 305 | 342 | 352 | 383 | 367 | 372 | 404 | 372 | 364 |
Science and engineering | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,126 | 1,050 | 1,086 | 1,076 | 1,100 | 1,128 | 1,084 | 1,138 |
Science | 428 | 375 | 365 | 360 | 334 | 469 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 524 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 93 | 47 | 61 | 71 | 47 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 106 | 103 | 108 | 110 | 133 | 215 | 228 | 239 | 232 | 247 |
Mathematics and statistics | 33 | 39 | 43 | 34 | 25 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 44 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 33 | 24 | 6 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 105 | 105 | 97 | 89 | 70 | 107 | 120 | 124 | 121 | 135 |
Social sciences | 58 | 57 | 50 | 56 | 59 | 115 | 126 | 110 | 124 | 98 |
Engineering | 791 | 788 | 761 | 690 | 752 | 607 | 598 | 625 | 580 | 614 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 132 | 137 | 141 | 136 | 148 | 151 | 148 | 168 | 178 | 159 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 71 | 88 | 89 | 72 | 80 | 106 | 101 | 117 | 119 | 142 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 34 | 32 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 75 | 70 | 85 | 60 | 73 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 75 | 66 | 35 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 132 | 119 | 126 | 133 | 146 | 133 | 120 | 103 | 79 | 87 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 293 | 302 | 301 | 293 | 317 | 142 | 159 | 152 | 144 | 153 |
Other engineering | 43 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 26 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 304 | 260 | 215 | 159 | 148 | 148 | 137 | 163 | 182 | 44 |
Male | 231 | 204 | 169 | 112 | 114 | 116 | 103 | 129 | 137 | 38 |
Female | 73 | 56 | 46 | 47 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 6 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 263 | 239 | 200 | 145 | 138 | 135 | 123 | 151 | 168 | 41 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 238 | 213 | 180 | 126 | 119 | 108 | 103 | 126 | 146 | 39 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Black or African American | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 216 | 191 | 162 | 110 | 107 | 97 | 95 | 113 | 137 | 34 |
More than one race | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 41 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 304 | 260 | 215 | 159 | 148 | 148 | 137 | 163 | 182 | 44 |
Science | 61 | 57 | 56 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 80 | 17 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 21 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 27 | 38 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 12 | 9 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
Social sciences | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 5 |
Engineering | 243 | 203 | 159 | 123 | 106 | 100 | 85 | 107 | 102 | 27 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 18 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 14 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 79 | 90 | 52 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 23 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 79 | 46 | 33 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 3 |
Other engineering | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 315 | 260 | 294 | 158 | 201 | 232 | 212 | 242 | 227 | 191 |
Science and engineering | 315 | 260 | 294 | 158 | 201 | 232 | 212 | 242 | 227 | 191 |
Science | 85 | 75 | 86 | 58 | 60 | 80 | 77 | 92 | 88 | 65 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 18 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 46 | 32 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 52 | 43 | 53 | 56 | 41 |
Social sciences | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
Engineering | 230 | 185 | 208 | 100 | 141 | 152 | 135 | 150 | 139 | 126 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 31 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 32 | 38 | 30 | 29 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 24 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 28 | 39 | 42 | 31 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 41 | 34 | 44 | 16 | 21 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 19 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 94 | 72 | 94 | 47 | 60 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 32 |
Other engineering | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,126 | 1,050 | 1,086 | 1,076 | 1,100 | 1,128 | 1,084 | 1,138 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 57 | 73 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 11 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 38 | 30 | 32 | 38 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 24 |
Research assistantships | 494 | 412 | 540 | 467 | 432 | 476 | 508 | 508 | 479 | 512 |
Federal | 302 | 171 | 279 | 133 | 155 | 201 | 189 | 212 | 204 | 180 |
Institutional | 95 | 168 | 182 | 309 | 238 | 107 | 129 | 111 | 92 | 104 |
Nonfederal | 97 | 73 | 79 | 25 | 39 | 168 | 190 | 185 | 183 | 228 |
Teaching assistantships | 180 | 126 | 120 | 154 | 182 | 152 | 172 | 164 | 181 | 171 |
Federal | 13 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 105 | 59 | 104 | 134 | 142 | 149 | 166 | 163 | 180 | 171 |
Nonfederal | 62 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 545 | 625 | 466 | 429 | 472 | 385 | 355 | 391 | 367 | 382 |
Federal | 0 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Institutional | 19 | 43 | 32 | 123 | 117 | 92 | 52 | 53 | 49 | 70 |
Nonfederal | 4 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Personal resources | 522 | 512 | 429 | 284 | 331 | 284 | 294 | 329 | 308 | 312 |
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 | 83 | 64 | 60 | 49 | 40 | 58 | 65 | 49 | 45 | 49 |
Science | 25 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 22 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 58 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 35 | 35 | 42 | 35 | 26 | 27 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 15 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 21 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Other engineering | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 31 | 26 | 18 |
Science and engineering | 39 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 31 | 26 | 18 |
Science | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 26 | 32 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Other engineering | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 81,443 | 78,517 | 70,397 | 60,372 | 59,477 | 60,931 | 58,349 | 59,695 | 59,091 | 58,836 | ||||||||||
Science | 25,402 | 28,069 | 23,115 | 22,784 | 25,351 | 24,736 | 17,916 | 17,894 | 19,063 | 18,145 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,894 | 3,748 | 2,782 | 1,429 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,713 | 8,916 | 8,238 | 8,380 | 10,340 | 10,458 | 10,586 | 11,081 | 10,617 | 10,491 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 123 | 95 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 5,052 | 7,679 | 7,654 | 8,003 | 9,693 | 10,458 | 10,586 | 11,081 | 10,617 | 10,491 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 661 | 1,237 | 461 | 282 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 3,081 | 2,073 | 2,324 | 2,282 | 3,033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 310 | 382 | 288 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,458 | 1,549 | 1,948 | 2,185 | 2,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 257 | 132 | 88 | 68 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 682 | 583 | 404 | 302 | 569 | 355 | 421 | 299 | 404 | 347 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 10,812 | 11,346 | 8,796 | 8,980 | 9,396 | 12,741 | 6,643 | 6,248 | 7,637 | 6,804 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 3,333 | 2,691 | 2,839 | 3,576 | 3,794 | 3,949 | 2,631 | 2,812 | 3,459 | 2,753 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 1,699 | 697 | 206 | 751 | 1,901 | 5,209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 5,336 | 5,398 | 4,841 | 3,128 | 3,180 | 3,583 | 4,012 | 3,436 | 4,178 | 4,051 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 397 | 2,560 | 910 | 1,525 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,220 | 1,403 | 571 | 1,411 | 1,113 | 1,182 | 266 | 266 | 405 | 503 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 244 | 220 | 220 | 165 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 976 | 1,173 | 336 | 1,245 | 956 | 1,182 | 265 | 260 | 404 | 502 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 54,062 | 46,694 | 44,195 | 35,504 | 32,824 | 34,840 | 39,509 | 40,604 | 38,715 | 37,780 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 956 | 369 | 161 | 171 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 76 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,213 | 1,627 | 1,375 | 414 | 170 | 7 | 61 | 239 | 564 | 731 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 4,467 | 5,512 | 5,114 | 4,463 | 5,104 | 5,304 | 10,006 | 10,694 | 8,692 | 8,232 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 11,742 | 7,318 | 5,041 | 5,277 | 4,591 | 4,764 | 4,156 | 4,805 | 4,786 | 3,237 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 262 | 476 | 664 | 1,069 | 949 | 675 | 583 | 616 | 453 | 316 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,389 | 7,364 | 6,130 | 3,834 | 2,700 | 4,937 | 3,115 | 3,072 | 2,288 | 1,472 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 12,605 | 15,810 | 17,834 | 14,181 | 11,127 | 9,716 | 14,491 | 15,005 | 14,168 | 15,057 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 17,740 | 8,218 | 7,876 | 6,095 | 8,115 | 9,343 | 7,097 | 6,171 | 7,737 | 8,659 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,979 | 3,754 | 3,087 | 2,084 | 1,302 | 1,355 | 924 | 1,197 | 1,313 | 2,911 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 66 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 47 | 59 | 8 | 161 | 658 | 1,221 | 871 | 1,137 | 1,188 | 2,790 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 128 | 50 | 57 | 124 | 118 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,851 | 3,651 | 3,072 | 1,919 | 579 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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
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 | 81,443 | 61,421 | 1,351 | 3,657 | 9,036 | 1,990 | 3,988 | |||||||
Science | 25,402 | 21,638 | 129 | 890 | 1,438 | 552 | 755 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,894 | 3,746 | 18 | 1 | 105 | 5 | 19 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,713 | 3,708 | 69 | 456 | 526 | 335 | 619 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 5,052 | 3,562 | 69 | 456 | 512 | 293 | 160 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 661 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 459 | |||||||
Life sciences | 3,081 | 2,479 | 15 | 21 | 505 | 5 | 56 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 310 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,458 | 1,927 | 2 | 21 | 505 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 257 | 242 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 682 | 645 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 10,812 | 9,963 | 27 | 363 | 302 | 96 | 61 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 3,333 | 3,022 | 27 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |||||||
Materials science | 1,699 | 1,626 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 5,336 | 4,957 | 0 | 124 | 150 | 96 | 9 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 397 | 311 | 0 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,220 | 1,097 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 111 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 244 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 976 | 853 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 111 | 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 | 54,062 | 37,909 | 1,200 | 2,720 | 7,598 | 1,402 | 3,233 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 956 | 927 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,213 | 1,040 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 4,467 | 3,663 | 64 | 231 | 241 | 207 | 61 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 11,742 | 10,535 | 636 | 533 | 28 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 262 | 110 | 0 | 58 | 26 | 0 | 68 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,688 | 1,605 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,389 | 2,725 | 17 | 214 | 3 | 202 | 228 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 12,605 | 10,789 | 259 | 882 | 394 | 38 | 243 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 17,740 | 6,515 | 168 | 802 | 6,794 | 836 | 2,625 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,979 | 1,874 | 22 | 47 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 47 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,851 | 1,808 | 6 | 37 | 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 | 61,421 | 55,560 | 49,603 | 40,161 | 37,505 | 35,677 | 34,266 | 34,781 | 32,399 | 33,481 | ||||||||||
DOD | 15,048 | 9,593 | 8,779 | 5,205 | 3,474 | 3,585 | 4,681 | 5,173 | 6,677 | 5,206 | ||||||||||
DOE | 20,880 | 20,441 | 19,191 | 17,030 | 17,298 | 16,851 | 15,434 | 14,063 | 10,834 | 11,835 | ||||||||||
HHS | 2,926 | 2,785 | 2,878 | 2,156 | 2,390 | 2,283 | 1,324 | 1,821 | 2,129 | 1,980 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,550 | 2,160 | 1,645 | 1,230 | 1,502 | 1,793 | 1,262 | 1,094 | 614 | 747 | ||||||||||
NSF | 14,905 | 16,181 | 13,112 | 10,799 | 9,823 | 9,292 | 9,954 | 10,671 | 10,471 | 12,579 | ||||||||||
USDA | 843 | 600 | 637 | 208 | 330 | 36 | 43 | 146 | 165 | 114 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,269 | 3,800 | 3,361 | 3,533 | 2,688 | 1,837 | 1,568 | 1,813 | 1,509 | 1,020 |
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,585 | 220 | 1,365 | . | |||
2018 | 1,483 | 213 | 1,270 | . | |||
2017 | 1,152 | 219 | 933 | . | |||
2016 | 1,391 | 213 | 1,178 | . | |||
2015 | 1,257 | 156 | 1,101 | 80 |
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 | 278 | 187 | 140 | 165 | 159 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 183 | 109 | 86 | 84 | 64 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 34 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 55 | 33 | 35 | 67 | 69 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 15 | 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 | 12,000 | . | . | 26,618 | 18,942 |
Engineering | 12,000 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 26,618 | 18,942 |
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 | 1,106 | 7,823 | 872 | 1,713 | 1,703 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 307 | 0 | 435 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1,106 | 7,823 | 565 | 1,713 | 1,268 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 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.