Florida A&M 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 | |
2022 | 252 | 45.5 | 457 | 341 | 50.4 | 680 | 212 | 76.5 | 890 | |||
2021 | 282 | 37.6 | 447 | 330 | 52.8 | 691 | 232 | 60.7 | 583 | 211 | 77 | 907 |
2020 | 306 | 32.8 | 450 | 320 | 54.6 | 697 | 221 | 76.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 299 | 33.8 | 447 | 312 | 55.7 | 696 | 260 | 56.4 | 589 | 216 | 76.7 | 913 |
2018 | 305 | 29.5 | 428 | 293 | 58.5 | 698 | 214 | 76.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 284 | 33.9 | 425 | 280 | 59.6 | 684 | 135 | 76.9 | 575 | 216 | 76.2 | 897 |
2016 | 318 | 26.8 | 430 | 281 | 60.2 | 697 | 203 | 77.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 301 | 30.1 | 426 | 306 | 56.4 | 693 | 139 | 76 | 570 | 200 | 78 | 897 |
2014 | 279 | 34.6 | 422 | 296 | 57.5 | 688 | 199 | 77.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 270 | 36 | 417 | 295 | 47.5 | 555 | 154 | 74.2 | 588 | 197 | 78 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 32 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 21 |
Science and engineering | 27 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 14 |
Science | 17 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 12 |
Life science | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
Agricultural sciences | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 8 |
Biological sciences | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Health sciences | 7 | 9 | . | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | . |
Chemistry | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Civil engineering | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Industrial engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Education | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Education administration | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 259 | 250 | 246 | 254 | 293 | 330 | 364 | 308 | 307 | 303 |
Male | 112 | 114 | 104 | 95 | 109 | 124 | 144 | 121 | 118 | 121 |
Female | 147 | 136 | 142 | 159 | 184 | 206 | 220 | 187 | 189 | 182 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 243 | 228 | 223 | 233 | 270 | 313 | 323 | 271 | 278 | 275 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 213 | 216 | 224 | 262 | 305 | 316 | 268 | 276 | 271 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Black or African American | 196 | 179 | 190 | 194 | 238 | 284 | 304 | 257 | 266 | 260 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 12 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
More than one race | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 41 | 37 | 29 | 28 |
Science and engineering | 218 | 224 | 212 | 209 | 213 | 206 | 221 | 177 | 199 | 207 |
Science | 153 | 161 | 153 | 158 | 166 | 157 | 147 | 111 | 134 | 152 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 20 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 36 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 12 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 43 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 29 | 21 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 28 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 31 |
Physical sciences | 14 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 13 |
Social sciences | 24 | 25 | 34 | 37 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 29 | 38 | 53 |
Engineering | 65 | 63 | 59 | 51 | 47 | 49 | 74 | 66 | 65 | 55 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 17 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | . | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 28 | 34 | 43 | 32 |
Health | 41 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 80 | 124 | 143 | 131 | 108 | 96 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 45 | 80 | 94 | 110 | 91 | 77 | 62 |
Other health | 41 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 31 | 34 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 48 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 69 | 84 | 111 | 94 | 96 |
Male | 27 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 37 | 32 |
Female | 21 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 45 | 66 | 57 | 64 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 48 | 55 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 66 | 81 | 98 | 87 | 87 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 49 | 58 | 61 | 58 | 66 | 80 | 97 | 85 | 85 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Black or African American | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 54 | 63 | 76 | 83 | 83 | 82 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
White | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 44 | 52 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 51 | 59 | 95 | 71 | 66 |
Science | 41 | 46 | 51 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 78 | 64 | 60 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 11 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Social sciences | 12 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 39 | 32 |
Engineering | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 6 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
Health | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 30 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 21 |
Other health | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 100 | 79 | 72 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 39 | 124 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 60 | 52 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 76 |
Science | 62 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 59 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 16 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 38 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Health | 35 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 48 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
Other health | 35 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 259 | 250 | 246 | 254 | 293 | 330 | 364 | 308 | 307 | 303 |
Fellowships | 11 | 19 | 14 | 53 | 108 | 146 | 54 | 50 | 18 | 47 |
Federal | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
Institutional | 3 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 108 | 146 | 52 | 33 | 15 | 37 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Research assistantships | 64 | 53 | 66 | 28 | 11 | 45 | 6 | 47 | 46 | 95 |
Federal | 64 | 53 | 59 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 74 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 40 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 184 | 178 | 166 | 162 | 174 | 138 | 304 | 210 | 237 | 121 |
Federal | 28 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 34 |
Institutional | 20 | 43 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 45 | 62 | 44 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Personal resources | 133 | 117 | 86 | 145 | 170 | 134 | 240 | 165 | 167 | 40 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Science | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Science | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 50,636 | 47,124 | 41,319 | 42,470 | 39,682 | 37,578 | 45,390 | 46,522 | 46,367 | 51,149 | ||||||||||
Science | 36,034 | 30,723 | 29,398 | 32,128 | 31,593 | 30,539 | 30,266 | 28,817 | 27,486 | 31,476 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,208 | 16 | 102 | 1,268 | 1,353 | 594 | 133 | 600 | 830 | 1,444 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,499 | 5,633 | 5,844 | 5,282 | 3,701 | 2,942 | 3,080 | 3,288 | 3,394 | 3,899 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 426 | 0 | 62 | 248 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 6,158 | 5,137 | 5,140 | 4,378 | 3,571 | 2,516 | 3,007 | 3,206 | 3,075 | 3,567 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 341 | 496 | 704 | 904 | 130 | 0 | 73 | 20 | 71 | 332 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 26,175 | 23,507 | 21,450 | 21,837 | 18,634 | 21,747 | 21,178 | 20,497 | 18,736 | 21,846 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 11,714 | 9,700 | 10,092 | 10,801 | 9,811 | 12,736 | 10,755 | 10,152 | 9,777 | 13,280 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 113 | 29 | 67 | 153 | 172 | 123 | 115 | 67 | 65 | 161 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 10,961 | 10,567 | 8,427 | 7,880 | 8,599 | 8,888 | 9,665 | 9,443 | 8,193 | 7,575 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,259 | 205 | 317 | 443 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,128 | 3,006 | 2,547 | 2,560 | 52 | 0 | 643 | 835 | 701 | 830 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 68 | 39 | 101 | 103 | 108 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,905 | 1,346 | 1,410 | 3,488 | 6,083 | 3,501 | 2,638 | 834 | 1,019 | 2,651 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 14 | 23 | 39 | 25 | 1,628 | 5 | 483 | 0 | 143 | 1,039 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,891 | 1,323 | 1,371 | 3,463 | 4,455 | 3,496 | 2,150 | 834 | 876 | 1,612 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 108 | 212 | 242 | 248 | 392 | 491 | 399 | 175 | 81 | 107 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 62 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 171 | 38 | 9 | 266 | 783 | 578 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 266 | 555 | 558 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 161 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 228 | 20 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 62 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 1,216 | 1,158 | 2,790 | 3,056 | 2,540 | 843 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 5,752 | 5,222 | 4,796 | 4,477 | 2,844 | 2,485 | 2,590 | 2,859 | 2,409 | 2,062 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,080 | 1,552 | 1,523 | 583 | 393 | 521 | 220 | 495 | 416 | 42 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,317 | 1,494 | 1,641 | 1,565 | 831 | 696 | 567 | 431 | 156 | 141 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 636 | 209 | 199 | 192 | 285 | 198 | 301 | 329 | 254 | 670 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 892 | 440 | 366 | 608 | 525 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 889 | 633 | 399 | 306 | 291 | 274 | 462 | 465 | 527 | 308 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 938 | 894 | 668 | 1,223 | 519 | 567 | 1,040 | 1,139 | 1,056 | 901 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 8,850 | 11,179 | 7,125 | 5,865 | 5,245 | 4,554 | 12,534 | 14,846 | 16,472 | 17,611 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 766 | 716 | 811 | 617 | 663 | 764 | 796 | 1,094 | 511 | 986 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,212 | 1,813 | 2,788 | 2,563 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,206 | 1,289 | 1,394 | 897 | 2,639 | 1,292 | 1,802 | 1,588 | 1,782 | 1,291 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 129 | ||||||||||
Law | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 265 | 397 | 248 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 5,514 | 9,172 | 4,920 | 4,300 | 1,935 | 2,435 | 8,343 | 10,071 | 10,982 | 12,394 |
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 | 50,636 | 41,943 | 1,510 | 6,256 | 334 | 593 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 36,034 | 30,982 | 1,137 | 3,064 | 329 | 522 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,208 | 1,208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,499 | 6,246 | 119 | 112 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 6,158 | 5,936 | 119 | 96 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 341 | 310 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 26,175 | 21,483 | 1,017 | 2,901 | 314 | 460 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 11,714 | 8,610 | 665 | 2,332 | 2 | 105 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 113 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 10,961 | 9,517 | 352 | 479 | 284 | 329 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,259 | 1,259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,128 | 1,984 | 0 | 90 | 28 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,905 | 1,874 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,891 | 1,861 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 108 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 62 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 55 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 62 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 5,752 | 5,427 | 51 | 203 | 5 | 66 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 1,080 | 1,070 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,317 | 1,143 | 51 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 636 | 615 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 892 | 861 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 889 | 820 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 47 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 938 | 918 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 8,850 | 5,534 | 322 | 2,989 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 766 | 390 | 241 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2,206 | 1,892 | 81 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 364 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 5,514 | 2,888 | 0 | 2,621 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 41,943 | 36,761 | 33,136 | 35,362 | 32,422 | 30,383 | 37,363 | 36,975 | 36,570 | 39,675 | ||||||||||
DOD | 915 | 945 | 663 | 1,041 | 561 | 879 | 1,332 | 1,401 | 2,056 | 2,504 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,652 | 1,649 | 1,772 | 3,568 | 4,269 | 3,214 | 1,945 | 1,089 | 859 | 686 | ||||||||||
HHS | 6,195 | 5,692 | 5,428 | 4,979 | 5,038 | 5,752 | 7,351 | 7,202 | 5,921 | 6,012 | ||||||||||
NASA | 384 | 258 | 165 | 125 | 83 | 77 | 160 | 270 | 167 | 276 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,439 | 4,413 | 4,114 | 2,913 | 3,075 | 2,573 | 2,439 | 2,873 | 2,458 | 2,317 | ||||||||||
USDA | 9,476 | 8,232 | 8,820 | 8,753 | 7,592 | 7,817 | 7,860 | 7,543 | 7,243 | 8,684 | ||||||||||
Other | 17,882 | 15,572 | 12,174 | 13,983 | 11,804 | 10,071 | 16,276 | 16,597 | 17,866 | 19,196 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 908 | 108 | 800 | . | |||
2018 | 899 | 112 | 787 | . | |||
2017 | 1,437 | 96 | 1,341 | . | |||
2016 | 1,572 | 103 | 1,469 | . |
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 | 207 | 159 | 477 | 444 | 361 |
Agricultural sciences | 102 | 43 | 81 | 49 | 46 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 26 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Engineering | 29 | 41 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Health sciences | 30 | 21 | 191 | 191 | 134 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | . |
Physical sciences | 25 | 2 | 51 | 51 | 32 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
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 | 12,000 | . | 1,480 | 2,800 | 45,560 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1,480 | 2,800 | 2,000 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,000 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 36,000 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 1,560 |
Other | . | . | . | . | 6,000 |
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 | 2,580 | 514 | 545 | 3,032 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 721 | 514 | 545 | 632 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 2,400 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 1,525 | 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.