Dartmouth C.
Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2022 | 140 | 69.8 | 457 | 146 | 78.9 | 680 | 85 | 90.6 | 890 | |||
2021 | 173 | 61.8 | 447 | 146 | 79.2 | 691 | 96 | 83.8 | 583 | 82 | 91.2 | 907 |
2020 | 147 | 67.8 | 450 | 144 | 79.7 | 697 | 79 | 91.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 151 | 66.7 | 447 | 141 | 80.1 | 696 | 88 | 85.4 | 589 | 78 | 91.6 | 913 |
2018 | 166 | 61.7 | 428 | 150 | 78.8 | 698 | 76 | 91.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 171 | 60.3 | 425 | 183 | 73.6 | 684 | 88 | 85 | 575 | 76 | 91.7 | 897 |
2016 | 161 | 63.1 | 430 | 159 | 77.5 | 697 | 94 | 89.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 166 | 61.6 | 426 | 166 | 76.4 | 693 | 90 | 84.5 | 570 | 102 | 88.8 | 897 |
2014 | 156 | 63.6 | 422 | 167 | 76.1 | 688 | 97 | 89.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 156 | 63.1 | 417 | 155 | 72.5 | 555 | 89 | 85.2 | 588 | 99 | 89 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 111 | 75 | 108 | 100 | 81 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 95 | 91 |
Science and engineering | 111 | 75 | 108 | 99 | 81 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 95 | 91 |
Science | 93 | 58 | 86 | 80 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 70 |
Life science | 61 | 30 | 50 | 49 | 30 | 47 | 35 | 48 | 49 | 41 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 57 | 30 | 45 | 47 | 28 | 47 | 35 | 44 | 48 | 38 |
Health sciences | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 15 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Chemistry | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 10 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 10 |
Computer sciences | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Mathematics | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Psychology | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Engineering | 18 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 21 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
Chemical engineering | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | . | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 1,109 | 1,008 | 932 | 935 | 872 | 669 | 907 | 890 | 866 | 886 |
Male | 540 | 508 | 487 | 498 | 471 | 392 | 514 | 511 | 511 | 518 |
Female | 569 | 500 | 445 | 437 | 401 | 277 | 393 | 379 | 355 | 368 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 669 | 640 | 594 | 573 | 550 | 451 | 567 | 547 | 548 | 555 |
Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 52 | 53 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 33 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 597 | 571 | 520 | 500 | 490 | 395 | 518 | 497 | 497 | 498 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
Asian | 86 | 86 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 49 | 75 | 62 | 73 | 63 |
Black or African American | 33 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
White | 441 | 430 | 405 | 387 | 380 | 323 | 416 | 406 | 399 | 410 |
More than one race | 35 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 28 | 36 |
Temporary visa holders | 440 | 368 | 338 | 362 | 322 | 218 | 340 | 343 | 318 | 331 |
Science and engineering | 981 | 870 | 800 | 800 | 753 | 590 | 759 | 751 | 734 | 750 |
Science | 704 | 653 | 613 | 581 | 535 | 480 | 546 | 558 | 545 | 551 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 326 | 312 | 298 | 282 | 271 | 269 | 236 | 241 | 238 | 258 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 119 | 111 | 102 | 97 | 79 | 52 | 100 | 111 | 96 | 91 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 37 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 21 |
Mathematics and statistics | 35 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 33 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 89 | 82 | 68 | 68 | 57 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 45 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 98 | 94 | 101 | 90 | 80 | 87 | 93 | 99 | 105 | 97 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 41 | 38 | 40 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 277 | 217 | 187 | 219 | 218 | 110 | 213 | 193 | 189 | 199 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 277 | 217 | 187 | 219 | 218 | 110 | 213 | 193 | 189 | 199 |
Health | 128 | 138 | 132 | 135 | 119 | 79 | 148 | 139 | 132 | 136 |
Clinical medicine | 124 | 135 | 128 | 128 | 113 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 148 | 139 | 132 | 136 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 21 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 41 | 30 | 36 | 39 | 45 |
Male | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 16 |
Female | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 29 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 11 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 43 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 39 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Black or African American | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 35 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Science | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Health | 11 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 45 |
Clinical medicine | 11 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 45 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 63 | 67 | 75 | 50 | 80 | 49 | 48 | 75 | 139 | 134 |
Science and engineering | 59 | 66 | 70 | 46 | 76 | 47 | 48 | 74 | 139 | 133 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 87 | 79 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 13 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 59 | 66 | 70 | 43 | 76 | 47 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 54 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 59 | 66 | 70 | 43 | 76 | 47 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 54 |
Health | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 1,109 | 1,008 | 932 | 935 | 872 | 669 | 907 | 890 | 866 | 886 |
Fellowships | 793 | 712 | 677 | 695 | 646 | 545 | 373 | 355 | 367 | 393 |
Federal | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 63 | 74 |
Institutional | 782 | 708 | 667 | 683 | 629 | 533 | 365 | 317 | 295 | 316 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Research assistantships | 101 | 90 | 86 | 63 | 62 | 70 | 278 | 277 | 266 | 303 |
Federal | 59 | 66 | 70 | 43 | 61 | 47 | 44 | 43 | 75 | 60 |
Institutional | 36 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 210 | 167 | 222 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
Teaching assistantships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 73 | 61 | 62 | 50 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 73 | 61 | 62 | 50 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 214 | 206 | 169 | 148 | 138 | 54 | 183 | 197 | 171 | 140 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 41 | 42 | 5 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 6 |
Personal resources | 202 | 193 | 150 | 146 | 119 | 54 | 137 | 125 | 93 | 129 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 192 | 178 | 162 | 158 | 147 | 163 | 173 | 188 | 195 | 201 |
Science | 158 | 153 | 150 | 148 | 131 | 148 | 141 | 158 | 151 | 168 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 65 | 72 | 80 | 65 | 53 | 59 | 52 | 75 | 77 | 85 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 24 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 27 |
Psychology | 8 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 16 | . | 12 | 11 | 13 |
Social sciences | 24 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 |
Engineering | 34 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 30 | 44 | 33 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 7 | 6 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 30 | 44 | 33 |
Health | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 27 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 22 |
Other health | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 128 | 105 | 90 | 83 | 75 | 84 | 89 | 109 | 115 | 125 |
Science and engineering | 127 | 105 | 88 | 83 | 71 | 80 | 88 | 104 | 105 | 115 |
Science | 101 | 91 | 78 | 74 | 65 | 72 | 66 | 84 | 76 | 94 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 51 | 55 | 57 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 39 | 60 | 46 | 56 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . |
Psychology | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | . | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 19 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 26 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 21 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 1 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 21 |
Health | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Other health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 344,126 | 330,226 | 326,349 | 323,020 | 323,927 | 308,445 | 233,636 | 209,646 | 212,606 | 201,591 | ||||||||||
Science | 269,129 | 259,420 | 254,411 | 253,733 | 256,048 | 247,745 | 196,173 | 178,604 | 186,122 | 177,244 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 17,794 | 18,556 | 14,889 | 15,753 | 14,596 | 12,250 | 5,543 | 4,444 | 4,658 | 5,696 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8,933 | 4,607 | 5,241 | 4,359 | 4,771 | 4,904 | 2,030 | 2,972 | 2,961 | 2,257 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8,933 | 4,607 | 5,241 | 4,359 | 4,771 | 4,904 | 2,030 | 2,140 | 1,868 | 1,763 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 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 | 832 | 1,093 | 494 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 171,185 | 163,702 | 170,704 | 176,231 | 179,025 | 178,006 | 162,794 | 154,731 | 159,574 | 151,143 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 89,693 | 83,974 | 84,528 | 90,029 | 87,469 | 88,109 | 68,811 | 69,485 | 73,881 | 71,017 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 80,239 | 78,745 | 83,046 | 80,692 | 83,026 | 79,919 | 82,381 | 79,085 | 83,576 | 80,126 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,252 | 691 | 813 | 949 | 1,482 | 1,494 | 1,347 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 292 | 2,317 | 4,561 | 7,048 | 8,484 | 10,255 | 6,161 | 2,117 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 8,959 | 6,932 | 5,848 | 5,149 | 5,892 | 5,839 | 1,603 | 1,019 | 1,160 | 1,431 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 24,806 | 26,312 | 21,219 | 18,757 | 18,977 | 19,855 | 11,423 | 8,904 | 9,244 | 8,493 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 11,434 | 12,008 | 9,198 | 8,125 | 8,435 | 8,605 | 4,850 | 3,396 | 3,481 | 3,101 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 45 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 13,327 | 14,279 | 12,021 | 10,632 | 10,542 | 11,250 | 6,573 | 5,508 | 5,763 | 5,392 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 15,457 | 11,670 | 13,239 | 10,892 | 9,185 | 7,652 | 4,746 | 3,196 | 4,457 | 3,723 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 19,335 | 23,175 | 20,370 | 17,928 | 18,404 | 15,308 | 5,000 | 2,055 | 2,322 | 1,879 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 926 | 481 | 891 | 802 | 584 | 835 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,035 | 1,280 | 898 | 907 | 1,014 | 670 | 1,003 | 1,318 | 1,181 | 657 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 910 | 1,396 | 610 | 1,147 | 1,039 | 568 | 299 | 398 | 582 | 892 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 14,452 | 18,634 | 16,677 | 13,939 | 14,512 | 12,191 | 2,087 | 80 | 338 | 277 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,012 | 1,384 | 1,294 | 1,133 | 1,255 | 1,044 | 1,174 | 259 | 221 | 53 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,660 | 4,466 | 2,901 | 4,664 | 5,198 | 3,931 | 3,034 | 1,283 | 1,746 | 2,622 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 36,219 | 33,559 | 31,140 | 31,110 | 31,903 | 29,893 | 28,324 | 25,056 | 18,238 | 21,751 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 11,862 | 13,613 | 13,253 | 12,768 | 13,175 | 11,864 | 11,219 | 8,397 | 6,438 | 7,065 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 3,766 | 4,565 | 3,605 | 4,115 | 4,173 | 3,977 | 2,759 | 2,899 | 2,618 | 3,192 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 2,255 | 791 | 655 | 444 | 517 | 466 | 614 | 347 | 386 | 340 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 8,172 | 4,898 | 3,738 | 3,232 | 2,985 | 3,177 | 2,767 | 2,574 | 3,027 | 3,893 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 7 | 6 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 122 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5,735 | 6,286 | 6,330 | 7,539 | 7,976 | 7,703 | 6,437 | 7,962 | 3,767 | 4,065 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,422 | 3,400 | 3,521 | 3,007 | 3,066 | 2,583 | 4,518 | 2,877 | 2,002 | 3,196 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 38,778 | 37,247 | 40,798 | 38,177 | 35,976 | 30,807 | 9,139 | 5,986 | 8,246 | 2,596 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 15,501 | 15,555 | 16,848 | 16,074 | 15,215 | 12,992 | 651 | 92 | 94 | 97 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 97 | 80 | 115 | 432 | 294 | 148 | 161 | 46 | 75 | 34 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 15,701 | 16,847 | 18,104 | 19,673 | 18,410 | 15,800 | 3,763 | 3,498 | 3,679 | 338 | ||||||||||
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 | 1,259 | 1,120 | 1,752 | 1,388 | 1,692 | 1,606 | 798 | 640 | 803 | 225 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 6,220 | 3,645 | 3,979 | 610 | 365 | 261 | 3,766 | 1,710 | 3,595 | 1,902 |
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 | 344,126 | 155,445 | 1,344 | 156,384 | 2,383 | 19,943 | 8,627 | |||||||
Science | 269,129 | 129,569 | 1,344 | 109,842 | 1,993 | 18,764 | 7,617 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 17,794 | 4,922 | 0 | 11,956 | 128 | 3 | 785 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8,933 | 2,054 | 0 | 6,558 | 0 | 315 | 6 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8,933 | 2,054 | 0 | 6,558 | 0 | 315 | 6 | |||||||
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 | 171,185 | 96,688 | 1,203 | 49,215 | 1,567 | 16,482 | 6,030 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 89,693 | 53,746 | 959 | 32,964 | 205 | 1,648 | 171 | |||||||
Health sciences | 80,239 | 42,037 | 244 | 15,905 | 1,362 | 14,834 | 5,857 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,252 | 905 | 0 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 8,959 | 2,954 | 0 | 5,501 | 0 | 470 | 34 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 24,806 | 10,411 | 0 | 13,670 | 41 | 500 | 184 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 11,434 | 4,388 | 0 | 6,771 | 41 | 214 | 20 | |||||||
Materials science | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 13,327 | 6,023 | 0 | 6,854 | 0 | 286 | 164 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 15,457 | 9,764 | 141 | 4,935 | 0 | 455 | 162 | |||||||
Social sciences | 19,335 | 2,001 | 0 | 16,223 | 257 | 438 | 416 | |||||||
Anthropology | 926 | 412 | 0 | 397 | 0 | 10 | 107 | |||||||
Economics | 1,035 | 119 | 0 | 437 | 107 | 162 | 210 | |||||||
Political science and government | 910 | 236 | 0 | 310 | 149 | 116 | 99 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 14,452 | 183 | 0 | 14,250 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,012 | 1,051 | 0 | 829 | 1 | 131 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,660 | 775 | 0 | 1,784 | 0 | 101 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 36,219 | 25,052 | 0 | 9,217 | 390 | 597 | 963 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 11,862 | 9,421 | 0 | 1,598 | 14 | 259 | 570 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 3,766 | 3,304 | 0 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 2,255 | 1,461 | 0 | 588 | 0 | 165 | 41 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 8,172 | 6,219 | 0 | 1,604 | 112 | 108 | 129 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5,735 | 4,647 | 0 | 757 | 264 | 65 | 2 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,422 | 0 | 0 | 4,264 | 0 | 0 | 158 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 38,778 | 824 | 0 | 37,325 | 0 | 582 | 47 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 15,501 | 65 | 0 | 15,431 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 97 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 50 | 6 | |||||||
Humanities | 15,701 | 323 | 0 | 15,235 | 0 | 140 | 3 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,259 | 163 | 0 | 927 | 0 | 160 | 9 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 6,220 | 264 | 0 | 5,700 | 0 | 227 | 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
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 155,445 | 152,335 | 142,219 | 137,965 | 140,399 | 137,448 | 139,090 | 146,233 | 145,498 | 155,209 | ||||||||||
DOD | 10,250 | 9,831 | 8,404 | 7,402 | 7,017 | 6,368 | 8,203 | 9,040 | 8,186 | 8,885 | ||||||||||
DOE | 4,298 | 3,534 | 2,756 | 2,263 | 2,280 | 2,729 | 3,367 | 3,122 | 2,342 | 3,551 | ||||||||||
HHS | 112,729 | 114,245 | 106,809 | 104,275 | 107,132 | 104,376 | 104,147 | 109,299 | 113,315 | 119,281 | ||||||||||
NASA | 5,554 | 4,560 | 4,757 | 3,904 | 3,013 | 3,281 | 4,076 | 3,586 | 4,315 | 3,801 | ||||||||||
NSF | 20,306 | 18,918 | 17,832 | 16,470 | 17,605 | 17,676 | 16,784 | 17,229 | 12,807 | 13,462 | ||||||||||
USDA | 333 | 253 | 557 | 897 | 1,220 | 1,116 | 505 | 199 | 368 | 217 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,975 | 994 | 1,104 | 2,754 | 2,132 | 1,902 | 2,008 | 3,758 | 4,165 | 6,012 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,961 | 490 | 1,471 | . | |||
2018 | 1,931 | 434 | 1,497 | . | |||
2017 | 2,016 | 398 | 1,618 | . | |||
2016 | 1,958 | 409 | 1,549 | . |
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 | 744 | 746 | 725 | 694 | 693 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 272 | 254 | 257 | 235 | 241 |
Computer and information sciences | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 19 |
Engineering | 103 | 74 | 59 | 58 | 56 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 |
Health sciences | 138 | 158 | 149 | 149 | 179 |
Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 16 |
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | . |
Physical sciences | 76 | 81 | 82 | 76 | 71 |
Psychology | 33 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 32 |
Social sciences | 43 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 53 |
Other | 3 | 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 | 4,851 | . | 30,636 | . | . |
Engineering | 4,851 | . | 30,636 | . | . |
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 | 3,120 | 6,523 | 288 | 20,134 | 6,033 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,500 | 5,730 | 0 | 9,450 | 3,000 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
Engineering | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 1,685 | 2,036 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 288 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 271 | 0 | 2,798 | 997 |
Psychology | 0 | 522 | 0 | 2,700 | 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.