East Tennessee State 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 | 267 | 59.9 | 448 | 240 | 35.3 | 691 | 243 | 42.2 | 583 | 286 | 32.1 | 909 |
2020 | 254 | 56.8 | 450 | 233 | 34 | 697 | 311 | 34.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 268 | 60.3 | 447 | 227 | 33.2 | 696 | 241 | 41.4 | 589 | 304 | 33.9 | 913 |
2018 | 257 | 60.4 | 428 | 281 | 40.8 | 698 | 306 | 34.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 247 | 58.4 | 425 | 293 | 43.3 | 684 | 243 | 42.7 | 575 | 330 | 37.4 | 897 |
2016 | 271 | 63.3 | 430 | 249 | 36.3 | 697 | 349 | 39.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 262 | 61.8 | 426 | 250 | 36.6 | 693 | 235 | 41.7 | 570 | 365 | 41.2 | 897 |
2014 | 266 | 63.3 | 422 | 264 | 38.9 | 688 | 349 | 39.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 317 | 76.2 | 417 | 273 | 49.6 | 555 | 235 | 40.5 | 588 | 336 | 38.6 | 884 |
2012 | 325 | 79 | 412 | 263 | 47.8 | 555 | 314 | 35.8 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 25 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 22 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 9 |
Science | 22 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 9 |
Life science | 14 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 7 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
Health sciences | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Psychology | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
Education | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teacher education | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
Other education | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | 2 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 451 | 424 | 441 | 317 | 303 | 436 | 414 | 382 | 359 | 369 |
Male | 151 | 146 | 177 | 134 | 137 | 196 | 178 | 161 | 154 | 166 |
Female | 300 | 278 | 264 | 183 | 166 | 240 | 236 | 221 | 205 | 203 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 388 | 372 | 354 | 241 | 222 | 338 | 317 | 301 | 287 | 304 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 359 | 350 | 344 | 236 | 215 | 327 | 307 | 293 | 281 | 281 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Asian | 19 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
Black or African American | 35 | 33 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 22 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 294 | 285 | 306 | 204 | 192 | 280 | 267 | 252 | 248 | 246 |
More than one race | 11 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
Temporary visa holders | 63 | 52 | 87 | 76 | 81 | 98 | 97 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
Science and engineering | 169 | 164 | 188 | 149 | 162 | 266 | 256 | 238 | 236 | 209 |
Science | 169 | 164 | 188 | 149 | 162 | 266 | 256 | 238 | 236 | 209 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 47 | 46 | 59 | 47 | 54 | 104 | 88 | 80 | 90 | 68 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 16 |
Computer and information sciences | 29 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 27 | 30 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 22 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 35 | 36 | 34 | . | . | 31 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 33 |
Physical sciences | 11 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 17 |
Social sciences | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
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 | 282 | 260 | 253 | 168 | 141 | 170 | 158 | 144 | 123 | 160 |
Clinical medicine | 172 | 141 | 121 | 82 | 80 | 107 | 100 | 85 | 61 | 77 |
Other health | 110 | 119 | 132 | 86 | 61 | 63 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 83 |
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 | 199 | 175 | 127 | 96 | 85 | 134 | 138 | 118 | 91 | 159 |
Male | 66 | 63 | 43 | 23 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 38 | 48 |
Female | 133 | 112 | 84 | 73 | 76 | 95 | 99 | 84 | 53 | 111 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 193 | 172 | 118 | 89 | 83 | 128 | 130 | 110 | 82 | 153 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 177 | 164 | 116 | 88 | 80 | 123 | 125 | 104 | 79 | 136 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Black or African American | 15 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 145 | 141 | 101 | 77 | 63 | 103 | 105 | 88 | 67 | 124 |
More than one race | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 56 | 51 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 50 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 50 |
Science | 56 | 51 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 50 | 44 | 38 | 39 | 50 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 5 | 7 | 5 | . | . | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Social sciences | 13 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 143 | 124 | 87 | 82 | 80 | 84 | 94 | 80 | 52 | 109 |
Clinical medicine | 120 | 96 | 72 | 65 | 59 | 60 | 64 | 44 | 43 | 68 |
Other health | 23 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 9 | 41 |
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 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 27 |
Science and engineering | 13 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
Science | 13 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Other health | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 451 | 424 | 441 | 317 | 303 | 436 | 414 | 382 | 359 | 369 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 168 | 170 | 190 | 161 | 172 | 187 | 187 | 173 | 161 | 174 |
Federal | 18 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 19 |
Institutional | 139 | 145 | 190 | 149 | 159 | 175 | 176 | 156 | 146 | 151 |
Nonfederal | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Teaching assistantships | 77 | 99 | 98 | 113 | 93 | 111 | 112 | 112 | 127 | 123 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Institutional | 76 | 98 | 98 | 113 | 93 | 110 | 112 | 111 | 125 | 114 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Other types of support | 206 | 155 | 153 | 43 | 38 | 125 | 103 | 97 | 71 | 72 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 44 | 46 | 0 | 43 | 37 | 46 | 37 | 32 | 28 | 23 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Personal resources | 162 | 109 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 65 | 65 | 43 | 48 |
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 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Science | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- 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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- 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 | 18,449 | 13,925 | 14,197 | 14,043 | 9,493 | 7,982 | 6,930 | 7,836 | 8,919 | 11,213 | ||||||||||
Science | 17,258 | i | 13,553 | i | 13,901 | i | 13,694 | i | 9,146 | 7,680 | 6,173 | 6,952 | 8,505 | 10,386 | ||||||
Computer and information sciences | 4 | i | 19 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 77 | 129 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 26 | i | 0 | i | 6 | i | 29 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 102 | 349 | ||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 26 | i | 0 | i | 6 | i | 29 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 100 | 349 | ||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Life sciences | 13,835 | i | 10,103 | i | 10,721 | i | 9,373 | i | 8,069 | 6,779 | 5,263 | 5,869 | 7,135 | 8,642 | ||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 3 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8,912 | i | 5,949 | i | 7,316 | i | 5,091 | i | 4,032 | 3,649 | 3,056 | 3,020 | 3,572 | 2,652 | ||||||
Health sciences | 4,923 | i | 4,145 | i | 3,405 | i | 4,282 | i | 4,013 | 3,109 | 2,207 | 2,838 | 3,553 | 5,968 | ||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 6 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 50 | i | 149 | i | 19 | i | 0 | i | 75 | 117 | 92 | 22 | 315 | 297 | ||||||
Physical sciences | 240 | i | 439 | i | 368 | i | 425 | i | 193 | 209 | 180 | 225 | 431 | 488 | ||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 132 | i | 121 | i | 119 | i | 97 | i | 17 | 97 | 95 | 59 | 47 | 62 | ||||||
Chemistry | 59 | i | 91 | i | 78 | i | 35 | i | 8 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 17 | ||||||
Materials science | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Physics | 49 | i | 227 | i | 171 | i | 293 | i | 168 | 82 | 75 | 164 | 355 | 409 | ||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Psychology | 3,057 | i | 2,755 | i | 2,381 | i | 2,695 | i | 640 | 367 | 446 | 554 | 496 | 561 | ||||||
Social sciences | 46 | i | 88 | i | 406 | i | 1,172 | i | 169 | 208 | 115 | 70 | 20 | 49 | ||||||
Anthropology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Economics | 0 | i | 1 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Political science and government | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 46 | i | 82 | i | 379 | i | 1,167 | i | 169 | 31 | 115 | 9 | 13 | 40 | ||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 5 | i | 27 | i | 5 | i | 0 | 177 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Engineering | 138 | i | 65 | i | 2 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 271 | ||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | i | 63 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 2 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 138 | i | 0 | i | 2 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | ||||||
Non-S&E | 1,053 | i | 307 | i | 294 | i | 349 | i | 347 | 302 | 757 | 882 | 413 | 556 | ||||||
Business management and business administration | 157 | i | 277 | i | 248 | i | 259 | i | 216 | 209 | 211 | 261 | 239 | 269 | ||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 64 | i | 30 | i | 30 | i | 30 | i | 40 | 36 | 543 | 472 | 48 | 46 | ||||||
Education | 65 | i | 0 | i | 16 | i | 60 | i | 82 | 56 | 0 | 148 | 82 | 152 | ||||||
Humanities | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 78 | ||||||
Law | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Social work | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 767 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
i=imputed
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 18,449 | 8,358 | 20 | 4,902 | 134 | 4,785 | 250 | |||||||
Science | 17,258 | i | 8,209 | 20 | 4,585 | i | 134 | 4,060 | 250 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 4 | i | 0 | 3 | 1 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 26 | i | 0 | 0 | 7 | i | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geological and earth sciences | 26 | i | 0 | 0 | 7 | i | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Life sciences | 13,835 | i | 8,010 | 17 | 3,676 | i | 134 | 1,748 | 250 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8,912 | i | 6,103 | 17 | 2,368 | i | 23 | 151 | 250 | |||||
Health sciences | 4,923 | i | 1,907 | 0 | 1,308 | i | 111 | 1,597 | 0 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 50 | i | 37 | 0 | 13 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences | 240 | i | 134 | 0 | 64 | i | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 132 | i | 97 | 0 | 35 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chemistry | 59 | i | 1 | 0 | 16 | i | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
Materials science | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physics | 49 | i | 36 | 0 | 13 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Psychology | 3,057 | i | 14 | 0 | 812 | i | 0 | 2,231 | 0 | |||||
Social sciences | 46 | i | 14 | 0 | 12 | i | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||
Anthropology | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Economics | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Political science and government | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 46 | i | 14 | 0 | 12 | i | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 138 | i | 101 | 0 | 37 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Civil engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 138 | i | 101 | 0 | 37 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Non-S&E | 1,053 | i | 48 | 0 | 280 | i | 0 | 725 | 0 | |||||
Business management and business administration | 157 | i | 0 | 0 | 42 | i | 0 | 115 | 0 | |||||
Communication and communications technologies | 64 | i | 0 | 0 | 17 | i | 0 | 47 | 0 | |||||
Education | 65 | i | 48 | 0 | 17 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Humanities | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Law | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Social work | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 767 | i | 0 | 0 | 204 | i | 0 | 563 | 0 |
i=imputed
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 | 8,358 | 7,329 | 7,688 | 7,168 | 5,933 | 5,658 | 5,135 | 5,484 | 6,909 | 8,052 | ||||||||||
DOD | 157 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 76 | 60 | 63 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 7,220 | 6,405 | 6,822 | 5,557 | 5,051 | 4,815 | 4,357 | 3,989 | 4,906 | 6,064 | ||||||||||
NASA | 38 | 26 | 51 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 39 | 13 | 22 | ||||||||||
NSF | 471 | 377 | 600 | 1,165 | 566 | 507 | 620 | 1,012 | 1,627 | 1,689 | ||||||||||
USDA | 52 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 420 | 349 | 209 | 392 | 257 | 260 | 78 | 378 | 344 | 277 |
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 | 640 | 86 | 554 | . | |||
2018 | 641 | 79 | 562 | . | |||
2017 | 499 | 79 | 420 | . | |||
2016 | 422 | 81 | 341 | . | |||
2015 | 413 | 80 | 333 | 18 | i |
i=imputed
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 | 185 | 185 | 185 | 185 | 181 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Health sciences | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 32 |
Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | . |
Physical sciences | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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.
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 | 1,356 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 1,356 | 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.