East Carolina 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 | 206 | 46.4 | 448 | 213 | 31.4 | 691 | 182 | 31.8 | 583 | 200 | 22.7 | 909 |
2020 | 230 | 51.5 | 450 | 209 | 30.6 | 697 | 192 | 21.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 201 | 45.4 | 447 | 176 | 25.9 | 696 | 187 | 32.3 | 589 | 195 | 22.1 | 913 |
2018 | 225 | 52.9 | 428 | 173 | 25.4 | 698 | 216 | 24.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 210 | 49.8 | 425 | 164 | 24.6 | 684 | 180 | 31.9 | 575 | 242 | 27.6 | 897 |
2016 | 230 | 53.8 | 430 | 195 | 28.6 | 697 | 246 | 28.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 203 | 48 | 426 | 177 | 26.2 | 693 | 179 | 32 | 570 | 238 | 27.2 | 897 |
2014 | 222 | 53 | 422 | 175 | 26.1 | 688 | 228 | 26.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 219 | 52.9 | 417 | 182 | 33.3 | 555 | 189 | 32.7 | 588 | 213 | 24.8 | 884 |
2012 | 225 | 55 | 412 | 162 | 29.8 | 555 | 232 | 26.7 | 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 | 50 | 39 | 56 | 41 | 52 | 40 | 56 | 42 | 39 | 36 |
Science and engineering | 49 | 35 | 52 | 37 | 46 | 38 | 52 | 32 | 35 | 35 |
Science | 49 | 35 | 52 | 37 | 46 | 38 | 52 | 32 | 35 | 35 |
Life science | 33 | 27 | 38 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 36 | 18 | 33 | 26 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 4 | 4 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 5 | 2 |
Biological sciences | 17 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 14 |
Health sciences | 16 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | 3 |
Chemistry | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 |
Psychology and social sciences | 14 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
Psychology | 13 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
Economics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
Education | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Education research | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . |
Letters | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . |
Other | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | 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 | 536 | 537 | 734 | 723 | 756 | 671 | 783 | 766 | 691 | 795 |
Male | 240 | 227 | 256 | 266 | 311 | 292 | 366 | 345 | 278 | 320 |
Female | 296 | 310 | 478 | 457 | 445 | 379 | 417 | 421 | 413 | 475 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 492 | 511 | 692 | 673 | 694 | 606 | 704 | 689 | 623 | 725 |
Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 29 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 449 | 465 | 625 | 603 | 642 | 561 | 681 | 659 | 602 | 706 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Asian | 22 | 26 | 37 | 34 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 23 |
Black or African American | 78 | 67 | 70 | 76 | 85 | 44 | 55 | 59 | 46 | 63 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
White | 324 | 352 | 501 | 473 | 508 | 487 | 587 | 574 | 531 | 608 |
More than one race | 19 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 16 | 17 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Temporary visa holders | 44 | 26 | 42 | 50 | 62 | 65 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 70 |
Science and engineering | 371 | 403 | 471 | 446 | 492 | 443 | 550 | 526 | 447 | 471 |
Science | 352 | 379 | 450 | 430 | 462 | 408 | 516 | 510 | 435 | 450 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 23 | 26 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 167 | 214 | 183 | 173 | 177 | 121 | 147 | 145 | 150 | 170 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 26 | . | 18 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 91 | 86 | 17 | 32 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 35 | 40 | 34 | 27 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 51 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 17 | 17 | 78 | 69 | 76 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 65 | 63 |
Physical sciences | 33 | 29 | 35 | 31 | 34 | 51 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 13 |
Social sciences | 82 | 90 | 101 | 105 | 119 | 74 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 71 |
Engineering | 19 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 21 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 23 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 26 | 16 | 12 | 21 |
Health | 165 | 134 | 263 | 277 | 264 | 228 | 233 | 240 | 244 | 324 |
Clinical medicine | 96 | 76 | 103 | 90 | 103 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 75 |
Other health | 69 | 58 | 160 | 187 | 161 | 207 | 224 | 240 | 240 | 249 |
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 | 363 | 275 | 305 | 399 | 388 | 257 | 311 | 275 | 274 | 350 |
Male | 197 | 132 | 160 | 181 | 172 | 128 | 163 | 141 | 148 | 198 |
Female | 166 | 143 | 145 | 218 | 216 | 129 | 148 | 134 | 126 | 152 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 347 | 269 | 296 | 386 | 380 | 249 | 300 | 274 | 266 | 346 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 317 | 251 | 269 | 351 | 345 | 228 | 282 | 253 | 251 | 321 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Asian | 15 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
Black or African American | 47 | 51 | 44 | 51 | 46 | 26 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 40 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
White | 236 | 178 | 201 | 279 | 281 | 193 | 223 | 202 | 212 | 261 |
More than one race | 13 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 14 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 254 | 143 | 193 | 230 | 220 | 162 | 216 | 167 | 195 | 215 |
Science | 233 | 121 | 167 | 193 | 183 | 115 | 174 | 131 | 156 | 160 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 10 | 13 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 19 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 99 | . | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 112 | 89 | 103 | 93 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 17 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 19 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Social sciences | 80 | 78 | 98 | 109 | 114 | 46 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
Engineering | 21 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 37 | 47 | 42 | 36 | 39 | 55 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 15 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 36 | 43 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 41 | 36 | 39 | 55 |
Health | 109 | 132 | 112 | 169 | 168 | 95 | 95 | 108 | 79 | 135 |
Clinical medicine | 97 | 121 | 92 | 99 | 83 | 38 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 53 |
Other health | 12 | 11 | 20 | 70 | 85 | 57 | 72 | 79 | 75 | 82 |
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 | 47 | 55 | 55 | 45 | 44 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 45 | 52 |
Science and engineering | 40 | 46 | 52 | 37 | 41 | 36 | 31 | 42 | 40 | 48 |
Science | 40 | 44 | 52 | 37 | 41 | 35 | 31 | 42 | 40 | 48 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 31 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
Engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
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 | 536 | 537 | 734 | 723 | 756 | 671 | 783 | 766 | 691 | 795 |
Fellowships | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 19 | 34 | 32 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 13 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
Research assistantships | 222 | 253 | 304 | 285 | 300 | 223 | 274 | 295 | 229 | 220 |
Federal | 44 | 53 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 27 | 41 | 48 | 42 | 35 |
Institutional | 168 | 195 | 254 | 239 | 232 | 183 | 217 | 228 | 173 | 169 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 16 |
Teaching assistantships | 107 | 130 | 177 | 185 | 186 | 190 | 179 | 147 | 190 | 168 |
Federal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 104 | 130 | 172 | 185 | 186 | 189 | 179 | 147 | 190 | 168 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 206 | 151 | 241 | 243 | 262 | 244 | 296 | 305 | 238 | 375 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Institutional | 15 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 56 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Personal resources | 189 | 150 | 236 | 225 | 216 | 209 | 266 | 279 | 210 | 309 |
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 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 23 | 39 | 22 | 22 |
Science | 21 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 28 | 23 | 39 | 22 | 22 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 39 | 19 | 21 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 15 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 14 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 |
Science | 14 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 12 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 51,662 | 57,820 | 55,611 | 39,074 | 26,117 | 25,273 | 26,549 | 29,925 | 38,271 | 31,990 | ||||||||||
Science | 38,984 | 44,070 | 45,597 | 34,790 | 25,005 | 24,623 | 25,709 | 28,676 | 35,683 | 29,052 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 603 | 828 | 554 | 266 | 207 | 209 | 0 | 23 | 135 | 123 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,564 | 4,586 | 3,684 | 4,433 | 738 | 2,057 | 1,778 | 1,449 | 2,316 | 2,584 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 410 | 823 | 844 | 465 | 287 | 388 | 855 | 412 | 528 | 1,265 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,154 | 3,763 | 2,840 | 3,968 | 392 | 1,669 | 923 | 914 | 1,730 | 1,302 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 58 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 28,703 | 33,206 | 35,936 | 26,176 | 20,221 | 20,731 | 22,368 | 23,932 | 28,780 | 22,824 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 164 | 79 | 0 | 41 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,397 | 2,842 | 3,075 | 5,632 | 7,088 | 11,050 | 9,003 | 9,389 | 12,041 | 10,518 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 18,142 | 30,285 | 32,861 | 20,478 | 12,871 | 9,600 | 12,096 | 13,267 | 15,945 | 11,333 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1,269 | 1,276 | 794 | 973 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 75 | 11 | 51 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 119 | 179 | 291 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,814 | 2,168 | 2,177 | 1,464 | 613 | 353 | 436 | 861 | 1,065 | 1,313 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,193 | 1,354 | 1,586 | 868 | 75 | 90 | 151 | 173 | 101 | 136 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 621 | 814 | 591 | 596 | 538 | 263 | 285 | 688 | 964 | 1,177 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 974 | 1,321 | 1,039 | 878 | 874 | 480 | 550 | 757 | 850 | 1,067 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,319 | 1,886 | 1,976 | 1,522 | 2,201 | 770 | 532 | 1,535 | 2,358 | 850 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 35 | 207 | 204 | 256 | 412 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 774 | 601 | 509 | 481 | 476 | 263 | 21 | 391 | 1,145 | 75 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 188 | 209 | 112 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 195 | 103 | 284 | 6 | 167 | 70 | 421 | 411 | 575 | 723 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,127 | 766 | 867 | 779 | 1,141 | 392 | 50 | 733 | 638 | 50 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 220 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 3,069 | 3,053 | 2,015 | 1,276 | 546 | 628 | 539 | 493 | 742 | 416 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 395 | 402 | 1,032 | 437 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 274 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 38 | 0 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 157 | 321 | 23 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 381 | 311 | 245 | 116 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,636 | 2,651 | 601 | 839 | 196 | 280 | 9 | 8 | 152 | 3 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 9,609 | 10,697 | 7,999 | 3,008 | 566 | 22 | 301 | 756 | 1,846 | 2,522 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,338 | 3,403 | 2,209 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 58 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,633 | 4,426 | 2,195 | 1,588 | 427 | 22 | 54 | 245 | 1,431 | 2,014 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 153 | 1,476 | 1,236 | 894 | 122 | 0 | 15 | 63 | 105 | 200 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 242 | 141 | 167 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 3 | 126 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,240 | 1,067 | 2,024 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 448 | 310 | 262 |
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 | 51,662 | 22,813 | 787 | 21,450 | 4,387 | 1,858 | 367 | |||||||
Science | 38,984 | 18,257 | 583 | 14,093 | 4,349 | 1,445 | 257 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 603 | 309 | 119 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,564 | 1,198 | 23 | 3,260 | 1 | 45 | 37 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 410 | 231 | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,154 | 967 | 23 | 3,081 | 1 | 45 | 37 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 28,703 | 13,680 | 441 | 8,982 | 4,261 | 1,156 | 183 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 164 | 0 | 24 | 106 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,397 | 5,749 | 417 | 3,234 | 426 | 455 | 116 | |||||||
Health sciences | 18,142 | 7,931 | 0 | 5,642 | 3,835 | 667 | 67 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,814 | 1,387 | 0 | 341 | 59 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,193 | 986 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 621 | 401 | 0 | 156 | 59 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 974 | 612 | 0 | 240 | 28 | 89 | 5 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,319 | 1,071 | 0 | 1,088 | 0 | 128 | 32 | |||||||
Anthropology | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 774 | 233 | 0 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 188 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 128 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 195 | 170 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,127 | 650 | 0 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 3,069 | 1,376 | 199 | 1,387 | 38 | 51 | 18 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 395 | 189 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,636 | 1,187 | 199 | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 9,609 | 3,180 | 5 | 5,970 | 0 | 362 | 92 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,338 | 30 | 0 | 2,308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,633 | 3,021 | 0 | 1,566 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 153 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 11 | 92 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 242 | 44 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 81 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,240 | 85 | 5 | 1,926 | 0 | 224 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 22,813 | 20,168 | 17,428 | 12,611 | 11,526 | 13,073 | 15,079 | 17,409 | 18,227 | 17,838 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,285 | 1,176 | 659 | 295 | 21 | 280 | 843 | 1,401 | 2,430 | 1,347 | ||||||||||
DOE | 216 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 198 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 12,999 | 11,380 | 11,312 | 9,046 | 9,229 | 9,954 | 9,366 | 9,542 | 12,073 | 12,670 | ||||||||||
NASA | 108 | 99 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 244 | 408 | 333 | 106 | 134 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,758 | 3,850 | 3,360 | 2,071 | 905 | 1,426 | 1,162 | 1,347 | 1,724 | 2,226 | ||||||||||
USDA | 154 | 93 | 98 | 106 | 6 | 52 | 15 | 64 | 61 | 66 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,293 | 3,536 | 1,967 | 1,059 | 1,353 | 1,117 | 3,285 | 4,648 | 1,635 | 1,395 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,563 | 260 | 1,303 | . | |||
2018 | 1,594 | 228 | 1,366 | . | |||
2017 | 715 | 135 | 580 | . | |||
2016 | 630 | 128 | 502 | . | |||
2015 | 608 | 103 | 505 | 24 |
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 | 287 | 280 | 283 | 281 | 258 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 99 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 108 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 19 |
Health sciences | 120 | 119 | 122 | 127 | 85 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 30 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 32 |
Psychology | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Social sciences | 7 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
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.
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 | . | 67,109 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 62,854 | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 4,255 | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 1,415 | 4,910 | 5,503 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 306 | 378 | 757 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 1,109 | 4,533 | 4,746 | 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.