Georgetown 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 | 124 | 28.2 | 448 | 55 | 8.8 | 691 | 153 | 26.9 | 583 | 92 | 10.9 | 909 |
2020 | 133 | 30.1 | 450 | 56 | 8.8 | 697 | 99 | 11.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 139 | 31.6 | 447 | 52 | 8.3 | 696 | 134 | 23.4 | 589 | 101 | 11.9 | 913 |
2018 | 145 | 34.4 | 428 | 51 | 8.1 | 698 | 102 | 12 | 910 | |||
2017 | 142 | 33.9 | 425 | 52 | 8.4 | 684 | 117 | 21 | 575 | 101 | 12 | 897 |
2016 | 141 | 33.3 | 430 | 60 | 9.4 | 697 | 110 | 13.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 141 | 33.6 | 426 | 56 | 8.9 | 693 | 141 | 25.4 | 570 | 107 | 12.7 | 897 |
2014 | 124 | 29.9 | 422 | 61 | 9.6 | 688 | 113 | 13.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 128 | 31.2 | 417 | 61 | 11.7 | 555 | 139 | 24.3 | 588 | 111 | 13.3 | 884 |
2012 | 136 | 33.5 | 412 | 57 | 11 | 555 | 108 | 12.9 | 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 | 125 | 120 | 110 | 108 | 104 | 111 | 107 | 127 | 124 | 107 |
Science and engineering | 95 | 89 | 78 | 74 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 92 | 91 | 80 |
Science | 95 | 89 | 78 | 74 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 92 | 91 | 80 |
Life science | 34 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 30 | 31 | 42 | 35 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 34 | 35 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 35 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 15 |
Chemistry | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | . | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | . | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 43 | 39 | 40 | 30 | 34 | 44 | 38 | 47 | 40 | 30 |
Psychology | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Economics | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
Political science and government | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
Other social sciences | 22 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 12 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 27 |
Education | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 27 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
History | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 14 |
Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
Other | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | . |
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 | 2,615 | 2,446 | 2,553 | 2,644 | 2,518 | 2,321 | 2,446 | 2,292 | 2,157 | 2,236 |
Male | 1,213 | 1,109 | 1,172 | 1,197 | 1,123 | 1,038 | 1,118 | 1,073 | 1,000 | 1,017 |
Female | 1,402 | 1,337 | 1,381 | 1,447 | 1,395 | 1,283 | 1,328 | 1,219 | 1,157 | 1,219 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,872 | 1,637 | 1,621 | 1,690 | 1,624 | 1,536 | 1,606 | 1,562 | 1,508 | 1,617 |
Hispanic or Latino | 312 | 206 | 204 | 200 | 171 | 158 | 185 | 163 | 108 | 122 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,480 | 1,375 | 1,365 | 1,442 | 1,404 | 1,325 | 1,382 | 1,348 | 1,261 | 1,362 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Asian | 274 | 229 | 213 | 227 | 238 | 237 | 238 | 199 | 214 | 188 |
Black or African American | 116 | 79 | 77 | 97 | 88 | 74 | 103 | 76 | 53 | 53 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
White | 1,087 | 1,058 | 1,073 | 1,114 | 1,075 | 1,009 | 1,039 | 1,070 | 991 | 1,111 |
More than one race | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 80 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 53 | 39 | 51 | 139 | 133 |
Temporary visa holders | 743 | 809 | 932 | 954 | 894 | 785 | 840 | 730 | 649 | 619 |
Science and engineering | 2,560 | 2,409 | 2,500 | 2,595 | 2,480 | 2,269 | 2,393 | 2,260 | 2,135 | 2,192 |
Science | 2,560 | 2,409 | 2,500 | 2,595 | 2,480 | 2,269 | 2,393 | 2,260 | 2,135 | 2,192 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 560 | 658 | 655 | 674 | 666 | 572 | 615 | 543 | 523 | 464 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 99 | 89 | 113 |
Computer and information sciences | 42 | 62 | 77 | 52 | 55 | 35 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 40 | 52 | 62 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 47 | 42 | 29 | 35 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 250 | 182 | 191 | 255 | 210 | 128 | 116 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 27 | 15 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 50 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 48 |
Physical sciences | 87 | 106 | 101 | 115 | 114 | 93 | 100 | 87 | 92 | 95 |
Psychology | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
Social sciences | 1,541 | 1,322 | 1,386 | 1,423 | 1,365 | 1,333 | 1,429 | 1,403 | 1,318 | 1,404 |
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 | 55 | 37 | 53 | 49 | 38 | 52 | 53 | 32 | 22 | 44 |
Clinical medicine | 50 | 33 | 44 | 49 | 38 | 52 | 53 | 32 | 22 | 44 |
Other health | 5 | 4 | 9 | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 683 | 508 | 522 | 446 | 436 | 486 | 505 | 493 | 587 | 536 |
Male | 266 | 212 | 210 | 196 | 186 | 213 | 234 | 220 | 266 | 278 |
Female | 417 | 296 | 312 | 250 | 250 | 273 | 271 | 273 | 321 | 258 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 635 | 487 | 504 | 429 | 406 | 454 | 465 | 449 | 560 | 501 |
Hispanic or Latino | 102 | 66 | 71 | 44 | 40 | 51 | 40 | 44 | 42 | 41 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 509 | 402 | 412 | 369 | 352 | 387 | 412 | 387 | 485 | 427 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 82 | 50 | 47 | 49 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 37 |
Black or African American | 38 | 43 | 52 | 35 | 45 | 40 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
White | 387 | 303 | 311 | 284 | 264 | 302 | 331 | 306 | 403 | 361 |
More than one race | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 24 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 33 |
Temporary visa holders | 48 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 44 | 27 | 35 |
Science and engineering | 618 | 464 | 486 | 432 | 415 | 461 | 488 | 485 | 581 | 529 |
Science | 618 | 464 | 486 | 432 | 415 | 461 | 488 | 485 | 581 | 529 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 100 | 68 | 60 | 53 | 61 | 91 | 90 | 106 | 99 | 69 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 27 | 37 | 34 |
Computer and information sciences | 15 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 37 | 29 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 44 | 45 | 52 | 39 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 49 | 39 | 29 | 31 | 21 | 20 | 22 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 410 | 310 | 363 | 297 | 289 | 288 | 327 | 302 | 387 | 379 |
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 | 65 | 44 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Clinical medicine | 60 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Other health | 5 | 5 | 3 | 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 | 224 | 178 | 165 | 162 | 165 | 150 | 131 | 108 | 132 | 150 |
Science and engineering | 222 | 176 | 163 | 160 | 159 | 147 | 128 | 107 | 131 | 140 |
Science | 222 | 176 | 163 | 160 | 159 | 147 | 128 | 107 | 131 | 140 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 55 | 44 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 22 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 27 |
Psychology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 30 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 23 |
Social sciences | 127 | 102 | 93 | 88 | 84 | 79 | 72 | 64 | 64 | 65 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Other health | 0 | 1 | 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).
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 | 2,615 | 2,446 | 2,553 | 2,644 | 2,518 | 2,321 | 2,446 | 2,292 | 2,157 | 2,236 |
Fellowships | 112 | 145 | 123 | 95 | 95 | 75 | 67 | 53 | 94 | 128 |
Federal | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 45 |
Institutional | 89 | 136 | 113 | 95 | 84 | 67 | 57 | 31 | 65 | 80 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Research assistantships | 145 | 162 | 173 | 181 | 162 | 183 | 127 | 85 | 101 | 155 |
Federal | 61 | 49 | 57 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 37 | 26 | 39 | 44 |
Institutional | 74 | 97 | 103 | 113 | 93 | 118 | 82 | 54 | 56 | 109 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Teaching assistantships | 140 | 179 | 171 | 181 | 192 | 154 | 187 | 171 | 171 | 134 |
Federal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 138 | 179 | 171 | 167 | 191 | 154 | 186 | 169 | 168 | 133 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Other types of support | 2,218 | 1,960 | 2,086 | 2,187 | 2,069 | 1,909 | 2,065 | 1,983 | 1,791 | 1,819 |
Federal | 139 | 120 | 100 | 108 | 98 | 91 | 87 | 67 | 68 | 60 |
Institutional | 322 | 276 | 270 | 291 | 267 | 268 | 283 | 315 | 272 | 398 |
Nonfederal | 67 | 87 | 96 | 105 | 121 | 95 | 120 | 117 | 11 | 9 |
Personal resources | 1,690 | 1,477 | 1,620 | 1,683 | 1,583 | 1,455 | 1,575 | 1,484 | 1,440 | 1,352 |
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 | 82 | 148 | 106 | 104 | 91 | 101 | 102 | 120 | 102 | 75 |
Science | 82 | 148 | 106 | 104 | 91 | 101 | 102 | 120 | 102 | 75 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 62 | 34 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 64 | 78 | 60 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 15 |
Physical sciences | 22 | 27 | 18 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 28 |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Social sciences | 43 | 55 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 56 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 55 |
Other health | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 88 | 80 | 83 | 67 | 57 | 51 | 56 | 79 | 63 | 78 |
Science and engineering | 86 | 80 | 79 | 63 | 55 | 49 | 52 | 76 | 55 | 49 |
Science | 86 | 80 | 79 | 63 | 55 | 49 | 52 | 76 | 55 | 49 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 36 | 37 | 42 | 35 | 34 | 25 | 31 | 48 | 29 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
Psychology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 45 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 23 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
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 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 29 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 279,932 | 258,659 | 240,960 | 221,449 | 212,319 | 183,788 | 176,131 | 172,726 | 178,995 | 180,308 | ||||||||||
Science | 249,329 | 225,504 | 210,896 | 192,160 | 187,948 | 162,734 | 157,308 | 162,983 | 170,503 | 171,829 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 19,590 | 18,620 | 3,836 | 3,812 | 2,941 | 3,063 | 2,246 | 1,680 | 2,021 | 937 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,296 | 599 | 107 | 77 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 599 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 1,296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 183,629 | 155,197 | 155,013 | 142,875 | 141,872 | 126,786 | 128,584 | 134,183 | 144,938 | 147,539 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,828 | 14,827 | 14,202 | 12,679 | 13,729 | 11,495 | 10,807 | 10,014 | 9,951 | 12,256 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 167,962 | 138,679 | 136,787 | 127,918 | 125,558 | 112,206 | 115,633 | 119,679 | 131,110 | 133,238 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,839 | 1,691 | 4,024 | 2,278 | 2,585 | 3,085 | 2,144 | 4,490 | 3,877 | 2,045 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,606 | 1,765 | 24 | 263 | 245 | 253 | 287 | 145 | 290 | 187 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 10,525 | 9,151 | 7,281 | 6,488 | 6,827 | 5,659 | 5,746 | 5,126 | 4,873 | 5,643 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,694 | 3,318 | 2,958 | 3,369 | 3,863 | 2,565 | 3,835 | 3,149 | 2,605 | 2,815 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 7,444 | 5,833 | 3,921 | 3,119 | 2,964 | 3,094 | 1,911 | 1,977 | 2,268 | 2,828 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 949 | 2,615 | 2,741 | 2,404 | 2,413 | 1,822 | 1,306 | 1,633 | 1,789 | 1,745 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 32,030 | 35,933 | 37,195 | 33,270 | 31,825 | 25,074 | 19,086 | 19,454 | 16,470 | 15,778 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 172 | 365 | 766 | 427 | 544 | 79 | 15 | 17 | 294 | 123 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 28,427 | 31,775 | 32,567 | 31,852 | 30,526 | 21,598 | 17,989 | 15,677 | 14,674 | 14,920 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 72 | 403 | 49 | 191 | 98 | 498 | 167 | 1,042 | 345 | 92 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,359 | 3,390 | 3,813 | 800 | 657 | 2,899 | 915 | 2,718 | 1,157 | 643 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 2,223 | 3,510 | 2,449 | 1,718 | 0 | 0 | 760 | 117 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 30,603 | 33,155 | 30,064 | 29,289 | 24,371 | 21,054 | 18,823 | 9,743 | 8,492 | 8,479 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 10,351 | 13,641 | 9,982 | 9,559 | 9,153 | 9,243 | 5,695 | 1,460 | 942 | 631 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 274 | 371 | 405 | 340 | 664 | 203 | 433 | 136 | 162 | 64 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,041 | 1,235 | 869 | 1,039 | 869 | 551 | 368 | 811 | 798 | 104 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 2,221 | 4,704 | 7,336 | 7,890 | 5,753 | 5,786 | 5,784 | 1,124 | 1,109 | 2,420 | ||||||||||
Law | 14,906 | 12,122 | 10,605 | 9,857 | 7,763 | 5,271 | 6,543 | 5,950 | 5,400 | 4,372 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 58 | 45 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,810 | 1,082 | 867 | 604 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 12 | 840 |
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 | 279,932 | 130,419 | 1,405 | 51,440 | 16,888 | 57,585 | 22,195 | |||||||
Science | 249,329 | 128,798 | 742 | 41,746 | 16,428 | 46,544 | 15,071 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 19,590 | 3,703 | 0 | 1,226 | 0 | 14,532 | 129 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 183,629 | 109,131 | 365 | 35,017 | 16,111 | 15,793 | 7,212 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,828 | 8,536 | 0 | 2,590 | 394 | 1,290 | 18 | |||||||
Health sciences | 167,962 | 99,766 | 365 | 31,899 | 15,636 | 13,339 | 6,957 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,839 | 829 | 0 | 528 | 81 | 1,164 | 237 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,606 | 180 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2,245 | 175 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 10,525 | 8,304 | 0 | 1,463 | 190 | 142 | 426 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,694 | 2,185 | 0 | 473 | 0 | 18 | 18 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 7,444 | 6,119 | 0 | 976 | 190 | 124 | 35 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 387 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 373 | |||||||
Psychology | 949 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 32,030 | 6,531 | 377 | 4,034 | 127 | 13,832 | 7,129 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 172 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 28,427 | 5,298 | 377 | 2,422 | 109 | 13,540 | 6,681 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 72 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,359 | 1,232 | 0 | 1,465 | 18 | 196 | 448 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 30,603 | 1,621 | 663 | 9,694 | 460 | 11,041 | 7,124 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 10,351 | 146 | 0 | 3,834 | 247 | 157 | 5,967 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 274 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,041 | 0 | 0 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 466 | |||||||
Humanities | 2,221 | 128 | 0 | 1,273 | 0 | 594 | 226 | |||||||
Law | 14,906 | 237 | 663 | 3,498 | 213 | 9,830 | 465 | |||||||
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 | 1,810 | 836 | 0 | 514 | 0 | 460 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 130,419 | 98,682 | 94,050 | 89,977 | 94,435 | 83,827 | 88,015 | 100,475 | 114,760 | 115,197 | ||||||||||
DOD | 9,589 | 9,875 | 9,956 | 9,585 | 11,906 | 10,340 | 15,776 | 15,231 | 18,700 | 18,628 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 1,197 | 1,266 | 719 | 437 | 354 | 374 | 487 | 606 | 819 | ||||||||||
HHS | 98,623 | 68,060 | 62,767 | 58,633 | 58,614 | 54,539 | 55,435 | 65,498 | 77,904 | 78,955 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,743 | 3,689 | 1,917 | 1,697 | 1,722 | 1,776 | 1,281 | 1,518 | 1,000 | 800 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,029 | 6,952 | 6,547 | 5,822 | 5,161 | 4,640 | 4,783 | 5,695 | 6,209 | 5,987 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 324 | ||||||||||
Other | 13,435 | 8,909 | 11,597 | 13,521 | 16,529 | 12,149 | 10,339 | 12,046 | 10,322 | 9,684 |
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 | 2,710 | 373 | 2,337 | . | |||
2018 | 2,584 | 365 | 2,219 | . | |||
2017 | 2,413 | 344 | 2,069 | . | |||
2016 | 2,281 | 345 | 1,936 | . | |||
2015 | 2,168 | 307 | 1,861 | 128 |
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 | 419 | 483 | 560 | 412 | 412 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 69 | 109 | 207 | 257 | 257 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 175 | 159 | 246 | 88 | 88 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 44 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 48 |
Psychology | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 124 | 148 | 35 | 6 | 6 |
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 | . | 4,876 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | 1,331 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 3,545 | . | . | . |
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 | 18,180 | 10,795 | 3,300 | 0 | 12,315 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6,118 | 5,784 | 1,100 | 0 | 12,315 |
Computer and information sciences | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 8,275 | 2,955 | 700 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 970 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1,297 | 1,086 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1,648 | 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.