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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 | 16 | 4.3 | 448 | 34 | 5.7 | 691 | 17 | 3.7 | 583 | 10 | 2 | 909 |
2020 | 17 | 4.5 | 450 | 33 | 5.6 | 697 | 9 | 1.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 9 | 2.8 | 447 | 31 | 5.3 | 696 | 18 | 3.9 | 589 | 9 | 1.9 | 913 |
2018 | 12 | 3.6 | 428 | 29 | 5 | 698 | 9 | 1.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 13 | 3.8 | 425 | 29 | 5.1 | 684 | 16 | 3.6 | 575 | 9 | 1.9 | 897 |
2016 | 13 | 3.8 | 430 | 21 | 3.8 | 697 | 8 | 1.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 12 | 3.6 | 426 | 21 | 3.9 | 693 | 15 | 3.4 | 570 | 10 | 2 | 897 |
2014 | 11 | 3.4 | 422 | 20 | 3.7 | 688 | 11 | 2.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 13 | 3.9 | 417 | 14 | 3.3 | 555 | 14 | 3.2 | 588 | 7 | 1.7 | 884 |
2012 | 8 | 2.7 | 412 | 17 | 3.9 | 555 | 17 | 2.8 | 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 |
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All fields | 621 | 628 | 738 | 717 | 683 | 677 | 706 | 715 | 674 | 694 |
Science and engineering | 479 | 485 | 581 | 556 | 490 | 502 | 524 | 515 | 470 | 524 |
Science | 454 | 464 | 554 | 538 | 467 | 477 | 499 | 485 | 452 | 501 |
Life science | 199 | 226 | 269 | 269 | 212 | 218 | 247 | 225 | 224 | 236 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 159 | 187 | 224 | 211 | 172 | 194 | 220 | 200 | 159 | 186 |
Health sciences | 40 | 37 | 42 | 58 | 38 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 64 | 49 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 98 | 93 | 126 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 89 | 103 | 81 | 112 |
Chemistry | 27 | 25 | 46 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 28 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
Physics and astronomy | 64 | 57 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 65 | 60 | 63 | 55 | 69 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 41 | 30 | 39 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 36 | 34 | 26 | 27 |
Computer sciences | 14 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Mathematics | 27 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 20 |
Psychology and social sciences | 116 | 115 | 120 | 126 | 121 | 133 | 127 | 123 | 121 | 126 |
Psychology | 13 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 |
Anthropology | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
Economics | 32 | 25 | 29 | 46 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 32 |
Political science and government | 23 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 31 | 20 |
Sociology | 5 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Other social sciences | 38 | 42 | 34 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 33 |
Engineering | 25 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 23 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 4 |
Other engineering | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
Non-science and engineering | 142 | 143 | 157 | 161 | 193 | 175 | 182 | 200 | 204 | 170 |
Education | 16 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 27 |
Education administration | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 |
Education research | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 12 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Other education | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Humanities | 87 | 92 | 103 | 106 | 141 | 111 | 116 | 135 | 113 | 104 |
Foreign languages & literature | 9 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
History | 23 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
Letters | 18 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 |
Other humanities and arts | 37 | 39 | 34 | 50 | 56 | 40 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 40 |
Other | 39 | 30 | 37 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 41 | 39 |
Business management/administration | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 24 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 21 |
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 | 4,209 | 4,088 | 4,075 | 4,034 | 4,040 | 4,766 | 4,711 | 4,659 | 4,923 | 4,663 |
Male | 2,042 | 2,040 | 2,096 | 2,057 | 2,145 | 2,543 | 2,574 | 2,550 | 2,655 | 2,496 |
Female | 2,167 | 2,048 | 1,979 | 1,977 | 1,895 | 2,223 | 2,137 | 2,109 | 2,268 | 2,167 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,646 | 2,607 | 2,615 | 2,604 | 2,632 | 3,057 | 3,018 | 2,918 | 3,084 | 2,919 |
Hispanic or Latino | 314 | 273 | 242 | 237 | 221 | 261 | 235 | 216 | 213 | 188 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,274 | 2,265 | 2,303 | 2,305 | 2,354 | 2,685 | 2,614 | 2,539 | 2,671 | 2,523 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Asian | 514 | 497 | 499 | 480 | 495 | 542 | 544 | 526 | 549 | 510 |
Black or African American | 183 | 162 | 142 | 136 | 128 | 153 | 147 | 133 | 154 | 144 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
White | 1,406 | 1,431 | 1,483 | 1,529 | 1,588 | 1,848 | 1,778 | 1,763 | 1,869 | 1,792 |
More than one race | 163 | 167 | 166 | 150 | 136 | 128 | 131 | 101 | 82 | 58 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 58 | 69 | 70 | 62 | 57 | 111 | 169 | 163 | 200 | 208 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,563 | 1,481 | 1,460 | 1,430 | 1,408 | 1,709 | 1,693 | 1,741 | 1,839 | 1,744 |
Science and engineering | 3,647 | 3,606 | 3,565 | 3,464 | 3,348 | 4,422 | 4,278 | 4,248 | 4,472 | 4,299 |
Science | 3,161 | 3,154 | 3,090 | 3,106 | 3,016 | 4,227 | 4,098 | 4,065 | 4,268 | 4,104 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,517 | 1,482 | 1,450 | 1,465 | 1,380 | 1,247 | 1,352 | 1,241 | 1,366 | 1,268 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 164 | 151 | 146 | 140 | 113 | 124 | 122 | 113 | 104 | 63 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 57 | 54 | 56 | 67 | 63 |
Mathematics and statistics | 120 | 128 | 118 | 125 | 149 | 145 | 155 | 148 | 153 | 150 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 105 | 111 | 116 | 123 | 111 |
Physical sciences | 509 | 519 | 494 | 488 | 492 | 558 | 576 | 582 | 579 | 565 |
Psychology | 112 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 79 |
Social sciences | 737 | 748 | 754 | 752 | 772 | 1,908 | 1,652 | 1,734 | 1,799 | 1,805 |
Engineering | 486 | 452 | 475 | 358 | 332 | 195 | 180 | 183 | 204 | 195 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 43 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 53 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 443 | 413 | 440 | 324 | 279 | 195 | 180 | 183 | 204 | 195 |
Health | 562 | 482 | 510 | 570 | 692 | 344 | 433 | 411 | 451 | 364 |
Clinical medicine | 501 | 428 | 465 | 545 | 692 | 344 | 433 | 411 | 439 | 358 |
Other health | 61 | 54 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
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 | 295 | 317 | 277 | 291 | 247 | 386 | 300 | 259 | 258 | 199 |
Male | 125 | 137 | 132 | 138 | 104 | 201 | 158 | 123 | 136 | 103 |
Female | 170 | 180 | 145 | 153 | 143 | 185 | 142 | 136 | 122 | 96 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 168 | 187 | 165 | 177 | 173 | 254 | 236 | 226 | 223 | 171 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 11 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 150 | 167 | 153 | 161 | 157 | 227 | 214 | 203 | 202 | 147 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
Asian | 43 | 46 | 41 | 45 | 38 | 63 | 74 | 67 | 33 | 30 |
Black or African American | 15 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 87 | 110 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 143 | 129 | 120 | 130 | 98 |
More than one race | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
Temporary visa holders | 127 | 130 | 112 | 114 | 74 | 132 | 64 | 33 | 35 | 28 |
Science and engineering | 133 | 146 | 154 | 53 | 44 | 228 | 160 | 130 | 122 | 75 |
Science | 130 | 135 | 146 | 29 | 25 | 226 | 160 | 127 | 120 | 72 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 125 | 127 | 141 | 17 | 20 | 124 | 76 | 26 | 29 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 69 | 85 | 85 | 31 |
Engineering | 3 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Health | 162 | 171 | 123 | 238 | 203 | 158 | 140 | 129 | 136 | 124 |
Clinical medicine | 162 | 171 | 123 | 238 | 203 | 158 | 140 | 129 | 136 | 124 |
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 | 1,292 | 1,280 | 1,219 | 1,271 | 1,253 | 1,276 | 1,149 | 1,226 | 1,335 | 1,298 |
Science and engineering | 1,238 | 1,228 | 1,164 | 1,239 | 1,224 | 1,254 | 1,137 | 1,205 | 1,298 | 1,268 |
Science | 1,086 | 1,089 | 1,035 | 1,121 | 1,110 | 1,198 | 1,098 | 1,135 | 1,226 | 1,217 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 773 | 759 | 720 | 757 | 730 | 649 | 613 | 622 | 678 | 639 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 48 | 50 | 49 | 37 | 41 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 17 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 29 | 25 | 31 | 39 | 37 |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 37 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 29 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 82 | 89 | 93 | 90 | 94 |
Physical sciences | 195 | 199 | 173 | 220 | 228 | 253 | 216 | 219 | 243 | 264 |
Psychology | 11 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
Social sciences | 36 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 108 | 93 | 117 | 121 | 121 |
Engineering | 152 | 139 | 129 | 118 | 114 | 56 | 39 | 70 | 72 | 51 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 152 | 139 | 129 | 118 | 114 | 56 | 39 | 70 | 72 | 51 |
Health | 54 | 52 | 55 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 30 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 24 |
Other health | 53 | 47 | 38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
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 | 4,209 | 4,088 | 4,075 | 4,034 | 4,040 | 4,766 | 4,711 | 4,659 | 4,923 | 4,663 |
Fellowships | 1,681 | 1,684 | 1,761 | 1,595 | 1,705 | 2,075 | 1,850 | 1,924 | 1,921 | 1,917 |
Federal | 569 | 598 | 590 | 592 | 631 | 563 | 537 | 586 | 640 | 672 |
Institutional | 1,041 | 1,013 | 1,083 | 914 | 949 | 1,353 | 1,142 | 1,127 | 1,084 | 1,044 |
Nonfederal | 71 | 73 | 88 | 89 | 125 | 159 | 171 | 211 | 197 | 201 |
Research assistantships | 1,157 | 1,165 | 1,113 | 1,225 | 1,034 | 973 | 892 | 871 | 959 | 850 |
Federal | 718 | 680 | 620 | 669 | 607 | 646 | 573 | 579 | 632 | 557 |
Institutional | 364 | 375 | 376 | 459 | 332 | 212 | 185 | 173 | 187 | 194 |
Nonfederal | 75 | 110 | 117 | 97 | 95 | 115 | 134 | 119 | 140 | 99 |
Teaching assistantships | 357 | 377 | 315 | 266 | 303 | 290 | 306 | 282 | 243 | 243 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 357 | 377 | 313 | 263 | 285 | 282 | 298 | 281 | 242 | 242 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other types of support | 1,014 | 862 | 886 | 948 | 998 | 1,428 | 1,663 | 1,582 | 1,800 | 1,653 |
Federal | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 36 | 61 | 63 | 69 |
Institutional | 79 | 91 | 66 | 110 | 90 | 212 | 238 | 239 | 307 | 250 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 8 | 63 | 82 | 26 | 68 | 65 | 69 | 63 | 69 |
Personal resources | 927 | 761 | 748 | 746 | 881 | 1,081 | 1,324 | 1,213 | 1,367 | 1,265 |
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 | 2,732 | 2,650 | 2,771 | 2,590 | 2,519 | 2,514 | 2,292 | 2,274 | 2,421 | 2,506 |
Science | 2,496 | 2,421 | 2,519 | 2,360 | 2,293 | 2,413 | 2,211 | 2,195 | 2,318 | 2,391 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,076 | 2,020 | 2,078 | 1,944 | 1,969 | 1,783 | 1,597 | 1,597 | 1,746 | 1,808 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 43 | 27 | 39 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 17 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 20 |
Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 32 | 45 | 33 | 26 | 43 | 71 | 69 | 41 | 50 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 104 | 74 | 69 | 94 | 95 |
Physical sciences | 225 | 231 | 247 | 242 | 225 | 320 | 329 | 327 | 319 | 306 |
Psychology | 59 | 47 | 42 | 63 | 0 | 60 | 46 | 37 | 42 | 54 |
Social sciences | 67 | 61 | 68 | 46 | 44 | 57 | 47 | 46 | 33 | 30 |
Engineering | 236 | 229 | 252 | 230 | 226 | 101 | 81 | 79 | 103 | 115 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 37 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 94 | 110 | 115 | 61 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 24 | 26 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 52 | 53 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 105 | 37 | 47 | 169 | 169 | 99 | 79 | 77 | 101 | 112 |
Health | 4,035 | 3,568 | 3,681 | 3,434 | 3,504 | 3,359 | 3,382 | 3,487 | 3,388 | 3,513 |
Clinical medicine | 3,995 | 3,518 | 3,606 | 3,355 | 3,383 | 3,253 | 3,295 | 3,389 | 3,300 | 3,421 |
Other health | 40 | 50 | 75 | 79 | 121 | 106 | 87 | 98 | 88 | 92 |
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 | 2,406 | 2,505 | 2,541 | 2,449 | 2,261 | 2,385 | 2,307 | 2,641 | 3,253 | 3,594 |
Science and engineering | 1,007 | 1,084 | 1,113 | 1,045 | 947 | 984 | 956 | 1,026 | 1,370 | 1,424 |
Science | 896 | 995 | 1,023 | 972 | 870 | 924 | 923 | 990 | 1,309 | 1,355 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 720 | 828 | 871 | 819 | 740 | 684 | 696 | 760 | 1,033 | 1,076 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 17 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 17 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 43 | 42 | 40 | 47 | 50 |
Psychology | 32 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 23 |
Physical sciences | 102 | 100 | 95 | 97 | 93 | 149 | 142 | 141 | 162 | 154 |
Social sciences | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
Engineering | 111 | 89 | 90 | 73 | 77 | 60 | 33 | 36 | 61 | 69 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 42 | 45 | 43 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 9 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 23 | 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 53 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 53 | 60 | 33 | 36 | 60 | 66 |
Health | 1,399 | 1,421 | 1,428 | 1,404 | 1,314 | 1,401 | 1,351 | 1,615 | 1,883 | 2,170 |
Clinical medicine | 1,367 | 1,386 | 1,382 | 1,352 | 1,264 | 1,364 | 1,309 | 1,558 | 1,823 | 2,118 |
Other health | 32 | 35 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 37 | 42 | 57 | 60 | 52 |
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 | 1,254,008 | 1,239,983 | 1,239,736 | 1,173,371 | 1,123,160 | 1,077,253 | 1,013,753 | 933,975 | 1,012,766 | 799,432 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,052,143 | 1,018,460 | i | 1,033,507 | i | 969,826 | i | 927,359 | i | 941,819 | 881,460 | 819,088 | 852,607 | 706,020 | ||||||
Computer and information sciences | 20,858 | 15,250 | 15,229 | 15,431 | 13,534 | 11,229 | 5,603 | 1,787 | 1,224 | 895 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 38,756 | 43,505 | 43,664 | 42,697 | 37,409 | 37,326 | 31,544 | 34,293 | 31,801 | 25,357 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 6,193 | 5,791 | 4,506 | 2,368 | 772 | 302 | 263 | 434 | 110 | 256 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8,834 | 10,816 | 10,105 | 11,815 | 10,390 | 9,438 | 9,805 | 10,139 | 9,381 | 6,466 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 820 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 22,909 | 26,873 | 29,032 | 28,496 | 26,234 | 27,553 | 21,440 | 23,705 | 22,310 | 18,635 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 714,069 | 684,127 | i | 704,460 | i | 656,790 | i | 633,462 | i | 599,596 | 533,231 | 527,625 | 537,855 | 480,482 | ||||||
Agricultural sciences | 26 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 539,289 | 534,656 | 536,371 | 486,362 | 479,595 | 421,924 | 374,276 | 361,784 | 337,123 | 311,791 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 133,571 | 122,619 | 137,745 | 136,254 | 121,625 | 145,780 | 139,473 | 151,194 | 187,869 | 162,165 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 8,023 | 2,981 | i | 3,435 | i | 4,370 | i | 3,066 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 33,160 | 23,824 | i | 26,909 | i | 29,804 | i | 29,176 | i | 31,892 | 19,464 | 14,647 | 12,863 | 6,523 | ||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 19,503 | 20,038 | 22,127 | 22,908 | 20,679 | 11,866 | 10,558 | 10,784 | 10,988 | 9,573 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 109,606 | 100,654 | 94,515 | 84,054 | 84,679 | 82,643 | 72,929 | 67,753 | 77,203 | 66,036 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 11,658 | 16,435 | 14,467 | 15,000 | 14,273 | 12,401 | 11,337 | 9,786 | 10,476 | 10,930 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 37,078 | 33,675 | 34,683 | 29,444 | 31,204 | 30,835 | 32,068 | 31,025 | 35,641 | 28,990 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 59,910 | 49,146 | 43,696 | 36,953 | 36,614 | 36,276 | 28,073 | 25,304 | 29,481 | 25,181 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 960 | 1,398 | 1,669 | 2,657 | 2,588 | 3,131 | 1,451 | 1,638 | 1,605 | 935 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 4,200 | 5,099 | 6,829 | 8,362 | 8,711 | 7,588 | 6,772 | 7,084 | 6,842 | 4,247 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 136,543 | 142,484 | 141,321 | 134,493 | 124,966 | 100,223 | 97,165 | 64,713 | 83,825 | 47,182 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 1,692 | 2,117 | 1,524 | 2,033 | 1,742 | 1,695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 30,422 | 33,563 | 29,355 | 23,248 | 16,177 | 13,063 | 8,400 | 8,675 | 7,688 | 2,586 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 37,058 | 41,849 | 46,607 | 44,867 | 44,683 | 41,064 | 51,126 | 19,279 | 31,574 | 16,917 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5,495 | 2,059 | 2,297 | 2,490 | 3,520 | 3,093 | 1,366 | 1,908 | 3,010 | 1,630 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 61,876 | 62,896 | 61,538 | 61,855 | 58,844 | 41,308 | 36,273 | 34,851 | 41,553 | 26,049 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,608 | 7,303 | 5,362 | 5,091 | 3,919 | 91,348 | 123,658 | 105,049 | 102,869 | 72,248 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 92,782 | 97,884 | 95,651 | 96,786 | 105,231 | 70,131 | 73,786 | i | 56,876 | 57,962 | i | 47,953 | ||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,192 | i | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | ||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 60,912 | 60,486 | 65,491 | 57,016 | 60,437 | 30,546 | 28,896 | 8,747 | 6,975 | i | 4,200 | |||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,398 | 382 | 335 | 472 | 488 | 620 | 2,381 | 3,941 | 4,331 | i | 4,654 | |||||||||
Civil engineering | 3,339 | 3,646 | 4,660 | 6,195 | 10,159 | 6,527 | 7,201 | 8,146 | 6,691 | i | 3,615 | |||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,783 | 11,132 | 11,751 | 10,619 | 11,892 | 9,830 | 7,620 | 6,922 | 6,536 | i | 7,000 | |||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 614 | 815 | 567 | 2,914 | 2,584 | 3,214 | 3,300 | 4,715 | 6,260 | i | 4,047 | |||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 19,474 | 19,888 | 11,652 | 14,225 | 13,521 | 12,102 | 14,683 | 19,893 | 19,012 | i | 8,539 | |||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,262 | 1,535 | 1,195 | 5,345 | 6,150 | 7,292 | 7,513 | i | 4,512 | 8,157 | i | 15,898 | ||||||||
Non-S&E | 109,083 | 123,639 | 110,578 | 106,759 | 90,570 | 65,303 | 58,507 | 58,011 | 102,197 | 45,459 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 32,862 | 36,568 | 17,433 | 16,350 | 14,202 | 13,467 | 8,385 | 6,319 | 11,524 | 42 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 2,769 | 3,004 | 1,491 | 2,707 | 242 | 211 | 789 | 3,978 | 5,585 | 4,166 | ||||||||||
Education | 43,542 | 50,226 | 60,198 | 60,295 | 52,090 | 36,278 | 34,773 | 35,432 | 39,399 | 34,993 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 9,961 | 10,009 | 8,916 | 8,025 | 7,071 | 5,103 | 4,872 | 5,591 | 7,019 | 3,136 | ||||||||||
Law | 18,388 | 21,871 | 20,707 | 17,291 | 15,109 | 8,950 | 8,414 | 5,916 | 36,407 | 2,877 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,561 | 1,961 | 1,833 | 1,773 | 1,651 | 1,294 | 1,274 | 775 | 2,263 | 245 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
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 | 1,254,008 | 616,589 | 5,137 | 384,197 | 55,357 | 172,327 | 20,401 | |||||||
Science | 1,052,143 | 558,392 | 4,963 | 277,056 | 50,789 | 143,205 | 17,738 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 20,858 | 11,767 | 325 | 5,562 | 2,037 | 1,029 | 138 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 38,756 | 24,827 | 38 | 6,852 | 2,171 | 4,117 | 751 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 6,193 | 3,362 | 0 | 754 | 162 | 1,349 | 566 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8,834 | 3,770 | 15 | 3,047 | 1,803 | 199 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 820 | 739 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 22,909 | 16,956 | 23 | 2,970 | 206 | 2,569 | 185 | |||||||
Life sciences | 714,069 | 411,239 | 2,898 | 168,035 | 39,861 | 84,867 | 7,169 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 539,289 | 308,919 | 1,539 | 130,312 | 33,302 | 58,877 | 6,340 | |||||||
Health sciences | 133,571 | 74,024 | 127 | 33,619 | 4,400 | 20,846 | 555 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 8,023 | 5,613 | 0 | 653 | 65 | 1,692 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 33,160 | 22,683 | 1,232 | 3,444 | 2,094 | 3,433 | 274 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 19,503 | 16,848 | 0 | 1,866 | 61 | 708 | 20 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 109,606 | 59,262 | 0 | 30,929 | 5,704 | 13,487 | 224 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 11,658 | 5,025 | 0 | 2,350 | 0 | 4,283 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 37,078 | 22,149 | 0 | 9,286 | 1,189 | 4,428 | 26 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 59,910 | 31,258 | 0 | 19,236 | 4,515 | 4,703 | 198 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 960 | 830 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 73 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 4,200 | 1,867 | 0 | 1,875 | 0 | 458 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 136,543 | 32,441 | 1,702 | 53,728 | 803 | 38,433 | 9,436 | |||||||
Anthropology | 1,692 | 36 | 0 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 30,422 | 3,322 | 0 | 10,412 | 88 | 9,938 | 6,662 | |||||||
Political science and government | 37,058 | 250 | 1,702 | 23,407 | 354 | 9,780 | 1,565 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5,495 | 863 | 0 | 2,920 | 0 | 1,627 | 85 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 61,876 | 27,970 | 0 | 15,333 | 361 | 17,088 | 1,124 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,608 | 141 | 0 | 8,209 | 152 | 106 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 92,782 | 50,918 | 75 | 34,083 | 3,449 | 3,191 | 1,066 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 60,912 | 29,970 | 70 | 26,659 | 1,253 | 2,376 | 584 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,398 | 1,206 | 0 | 58 | 44 | 90 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 3,339 | 598 | 5 | 2,402 | 0 | 161 | 173 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,783 | 4,093 | 0 | 1,339 | 71 | 189 | 91 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 614 | 614 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 19,474 | 14,437 | 0 | 2,609 | 1,835 | 375 | 218 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,262 | 0 | 0 | 1,016 | 246 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 109,083 | 7,279 | 99 | 73,058 | 1,119 | 25,931 | 1,597 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 32,862 | 0 | 0 | 32,862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 2,769 | 80 | 0 | 727 | 0 | 1,962 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 43,542 | 6,019 | 57 | 16,480 | 570 | 19,107 | 1,309 | |||||||
Humanities | 9,961 | 813 | 0 | 6,743 | 447 | 1,839 | 119 | |||||||
Law | 18,388 | 367 | 42 | 14,903 | 0 | 2,907 | 169 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,561 | 0 | 0 | 1,343 | 102 | 116 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- 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 | 616,589 | 605,603 | 618,405 | 587,584 | 573,157 | 558,611 | 545,202 | 572,918 | 594,392 | 589,860 | ||||||||||
DOD | 72,042 | 63,252 | i | 57,390 | i | 64,559 | i | 76,389 | i | 53,126 | 48,037 | i | 55,764 | 53,524 | 43,346 | |||||
DOE | 16,476 | 16,016 | i | 14,594 | i | 13,518 | i | 15,985 | 17,971 | 19,398 | i | 18,069 | 15,105 | 13,241 | ||||||
HHS | 456,919 | 452,679 | i | 475,795 | i | 434,270 | i | 407,130 | i | 409,336 | 398,983 | i | 419,477 | 448,261 | 456,775 | |||||
NASA | 8,549 | 9,824 | i | 8,446 | i | 9,605 | i | 9,557 | 8,987 | 11,047 | i | 11,602 | 12,212 | 11,391 | ||||||
NSF | 47,086 | 48,684 | i | 46,321 | i | 50,806 | i | 51,608 | i | 54,074 | 51,204 | i | 48,853 | 47,448 | 49,650 | |||||
USDA | 175 | 196 | i | 170 | i | 197 | i | 232 | i | 246 | 225 | 223 | 96 | 64 | ||||||
Other | 15,342 | 14,952 | i | 15,689 | i | 14,629 | i | 12,256 | i | 14,871 | 16,308 | i | 18,930 | 17,746 | 15,393 |
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
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 7,579 | 1,090 | 6,489 | . | |||
2018 | 7,575 | 1,124 | 6,451 | . | |||
2017 | 7,496 | 1,136 | 6,360 | . | |||
2016 | 7,573 | 1,131 | 6,442 | . | |||
2015 | 7,464 | 1,160 | 6,304 | 1,488 |
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 | 2,520 | 2,416 | 2,410 | 2,420 | 2,482 |
Agricultural sciences | 32 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 23 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,165 | 1,173 | 1,182 | 1,170 | 1,341 |
Computer and information sciences | 37 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
Engineering | 203 | 127 | 122 | 145 | 159 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 136 | 98 | 102 | 86 | 89 |
Health sciences | 71 | 65 | 65 | 77 | 89 |
Mathematics and statistics | 69 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 51 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . |
Physical sciences | 393 | 399 | 395 | 449 | 381 |
Psychology | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
Social sciences | 297 | 296 | 286 | 280 | 264 |
Other | 60 | 76 | 76 | 26 | 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 | . | . | . | 206,391 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 18,930 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 187,461 | . |
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 | 277,896 | 79,420 | 230,398 | 134,075 | 163,585 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 958 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 88,404 | 49,924 | 174,243 | 113,963 | 86,130 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 0 |
Engineering | 16,416 | 5,873 | 3,723 | 2,184 | 728 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,626 | 0 | 4,830 | 2,680 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 4,090 | 4,619 | 2,568 | 3,422 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1,648 | 0 | 4,705 | 1,451 | 3,025 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,610 |
Physical sciences | 135,112 | 16,641 | 20,162 | 10,948 | 53,968 |
Psychology | 14,635 | 2,535 | 949 | 0 | 7,349 |
Social sciences | 15,055 | 357 | 16,209 | 0 | 351 |
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.