Eastern 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 | 294 | 43 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 396 | 57.2 | 697 | |||||||||
2019 | 517 | 74.5 | 696 | |||||||||
2018 | 508 | 73 | 698 | |||||||||
2017 | 425 | 62.5 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 443 | 63.9 | 697 | |||||||||
2015 | 424 | 61.5 | 693 | |||||||||
2014 | 441 | 64.4 | 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 | 320 | 148 | 63 | 66 | 116 | 113 | 130 | 106 | . | . |
Male | 171 | 64 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 31 | . | . |
Female | 149 | 84 | 53 | 56 | 93 | 90 | 99 | 75 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 304 | 143 | 62 | 65 | 114 | 110 | 120 | 98 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 241 | 115 | 51 | 58 | 95 | 90 | 99 | 81 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Asian | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Black or African American | 60 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 16 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 144 | 66 | 25 | 34 | 64 | 58 | 62 | 60 | . | . |
More than one race | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 14 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 320 | 148 | 63 | 66 | 116 | 113 | 130 | 106 | . | . |
Science | 320 | 148 | 63 | 66 | 116 | 113 | 130 | 106 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 245 | 64 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 71 | 77 | 62 | 63 | 81 | 75 | 71 | 44 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 38 | 59 | 62 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 775 | 212 | 99 | 103 | 111 | 115 | 110 | 130 | . | . |
Male | 435 | 104 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 20 | . | . |
Female | 340 | 108 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 91 | 92 | 110 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 745 | 208 | 98 | 102 | 107 | 106 | 108 | 125 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 604 | 168 | 88 | 88 | 96 | 95 | 98 | 117 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 78 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Black or African American | 145 | 54 | 37 | 33 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 56 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 355 | 104 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 47 | 54 | 58 | . | . |
More than one race | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 78 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 775 | 212 | 99 | 103 | 111 | 115 | 110 | 130 | . | . |
Science | 775 | 212 | 99 | 103 | 111 | 115 | 110 | 130 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 655 | 126 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 89 | 65 | 72 | 58 | 68 | 60 | 57 | 63 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 31 | 21 | 27 | 45 | 43 | 55 | 53 | 67 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 320 | 148 | 63 | 66 | 116 | 113 | 130 | 106 | . | . |
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 | 4 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 315 | 145 | 61 | 63 | 114 | 111 | 126 | 106 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Personal resources | 311 | 140 | 60 | 58 | 112 | 105 | 121 | 90 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).