DeSales 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 | 628 | 91 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 625 | 89.8 | 697 | |||||||||
2019 | 644 | 92.6 | 696 | |||||||||
2018 | 635 | 91 | 698 | |||||||||
2017 | 645 | 94.4 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 640 | 91.9 | 697 | |||||||||
2015 | 645 | 93.1 | 693 | |||||||||
2014 | 641 | 93.2 | 688 | |||||||||
2013 | ||||||||||||
2012 |
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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 20 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
Male | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | . | . |
Female | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 20 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Black or African American | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 16 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | . | . |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 20 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
Science | 20 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 17 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 38 | 34 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 47 | . | . |
Male | 20 | 18 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 25 | . | . |
Female | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 22 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 38 | 34 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 47 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 25 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 41 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 26 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 36 | . | . |
More than one race | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 37 | 33 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 47 | . | . |
Science | 37 | 33 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 47 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 15 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 31 | 27 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 32 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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).
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 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 20 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Personal resources | 17 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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).