Howard 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 | 174 | 62.4 | 457 | 253 | 63.3 | 680 | 186 | 79.4 | 890 | |||
2021 | 148 | 67.4 | 447 | 232 | 66.9 | 691 | 140 | 76.4 | 583 | 197 | 78.6 | 907 |
2020 | 148 | 67.6 | 450 | 225 | 68.1 | 697 | 208 | 77.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 163 | 64 | 447 | 232 | 67.1 | 696 | 140 | 76.6 | 589 | 211 | 77.2 | 913 |
2018 | 165 | 62 | 428 | 236 | 66.6 | 698 | 203 | 78 | 910 | |||
2017 | 140 | 67.5 | 425 | 242 | 65.1 | 684 | 141 | 75.8 | 575 | 203 | 77.7 | 897 |
2016 | 157 | 64 | 430 | 230 | 67.4 | 697 | 209 | 77 | 895 | |||
2015 | 149 | 65.5 | 426 | 212 | 69.8 | 693 | 135 | 76.7 | 570 | 197 | 78.3 | 897 |
2014 | 141 | 67.1 | 422 | 214 | 69.3 | 688 | 208 | 76.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 151 | 64.3 | 417 | 212 | 62.3 | 555 | 138 | 76.9 | 588 | 207 | 76.9 | 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 | 81 | 96 | 106 | 86 | 82 | 105 | 93 | 99 | 105 | 96 |
Science and engineering | 60 | 80 | 86 | 63 | 59 | 76 | 71 | 67 | 81 | 63 |
Science | 57 | 77 | 82 | 59 | 55 | 72 | 68 | 62 | 78 | 61 |
Life science | 17 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 16 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 16 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 12 |
Health sciences | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
Chemistry | 2 | . | 1 | . | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Computer sciences | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
Mathematics | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 27 | 44 | 40 | 31 | 29 | 47 | 33 | 42 | 37 | 32 |
Psychology | 17 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 20 |
Anthropology | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Economics | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | . | 2 | . | 2 |
Political science and government | 1 | 7 | 5 | . | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Sociology | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 21 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 33 |
Education | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 |
Education administration | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Letters | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Other | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 25 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Communication | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 19 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 460 | 486 | 456 | 432 | 425 | 413 | 502 | 563 | 543 | 551 |
Male | 165 | 164 | 156 | 151 | 160 | 163 | 177 | 203 | 211 | 208 |
Female | 295 | 322 | 300 | 281 | 265 | 250 | 325 | 360 | 332 | 343 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 350 | 365 | 340 | 311 | 291 | 275 | 333 | 395 | 376 | 401 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 330 | 333 | 311 | 292 | 287 | 272 | 326 | 380 | 350 | 379 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Black or African American | 278 | 282 | 258 | 238 | 251 | 230 | 286 | 345 | 315 | 345 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 10 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 20 |
More than one race | 32 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 110 | 121 | 116 | 121 | 134 | 138 | 169 | 168 | 167 | 150 |
Science and engineering | 392 | 419 | 389 | 364 | 365 | 362 | 440 | 487 | 476 | 480 |
Science | 360 | 384 | 355 | 331 | 330 | 320 | 382 | 439 | 426 | 432 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 61 | 73 | 77 | 70 | 78 | 104 | 118 | 114 | 110 | 114 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 35 | 34 | 35 |
Computer and information sciences | 38 | 35 | 23 | 32 | 28 | 13 | . | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 22 |
Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 113 | 115 | 105 | 70 | 74 | 57 | 73 | 71 | 56 | 53 |
Physical sciences | 30 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 44 |
Social sciences | 91 | 109 | 98 | 111 | 102 | 95 | 109 | 138 | 129 | 129 |
Engineering | 32 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 58 | 48 | 50 | 48 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 24 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 68 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 60 | 51 | 62 | 76 | 67 | 71 |
Clinical medicine | 20 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 48 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 56 | 51 | 62 | 76 | 67 | 71 |
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 | 141 | 159 | 178 | 168 | 149 | 174 | 167 | 96 | 127 | 168 |
Male | 45 | 58 | 65 | 82 | 63 | 85 | 76 | 34 | 46 | 65 |
Female | 96 | 101 | 113 | 86 | 86 | 89 | 91 | 62 | 81 | 103 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 122 | 140 | 159 | 152 | 126 | 143 | 145 | 80 | 106 | 151 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 135 | 158 | 148 | 125 | 140 | 134 | 79 | 105 | 147 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Black or African American | 104 | 116 | 141 | 128 | 110 | 125 | 126 | 68 | 96 | 137 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 4 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
More than one race | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 17 |
Science and engineering | 130 | 145 | 164 | 159 | 143 | 167 | 165 | 91 | 125 | 162 |
Science | 118 | 134 | 159 | 150 | 130 | 155 | 154 | 87 | 123 | 158 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 5 | 12 | 11 |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | . | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 33 | 39 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 20 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Social sciences | 43 | 58 | 71 | 83 | 71 | 102 | 106 | 55 | 71 | 113 |
Engineering | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 11 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 45 | 249 | 282 | 183 | 30 | 18 | 52 | 79 | 74 | 96 |
Science and engineering | 45 | 212 | 235 | 141 | 27 | 17 | 49 | 72 | 68 | 83 |
Science | 36 | 202 | 223 | 137 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 51 | 61 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 80 | 90 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
Social sciences | 4 | 63 | 65 | 55 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Engineering | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 22 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 37 | 47 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 24 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 460 | 486 | 456 | 432 | 425 | 413 | 502 | 563 | 543 | 551 |
Fellowships | 128 | 82 | 82 | 214 | 5 | 93 | 61 | 91 | 89 | 78 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 23 |
Institutional | 121 | 81 | 79 | 49 | 2 | 77 | 30 | 19 | 37 | 42 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 13 |
Research assistantships | 39 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 83 | 73 | 89 | 94 |
Federal | 31 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 38 | 29 | 45 | 63 |
Institutional | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 29 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 108 | 117 | 124 | 130 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 90 | 104 | 121 | 120 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Other types of support | 293 | 364 | 336 | 212 | 407 | 230 | 250 | 282 | 241 | 249 |
Federal | 13 | 225 | 253 | 180 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 66 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
Nonfederal | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 65 | 62 | 53 |
Personal resources | 199 | 100 | 79 | 32 | 219 | 229 | 192 | 204 | 168 | 182 |
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 | 24 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 19 |
Science | 21 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 16 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 8 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 40 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 36 | 52 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 24 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 20 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
Science | 17 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 67,594 | 52,412 | 44,933 | 44,163 | 45,965 | 45,768 | 41,038 | 47,322 | 40,771 | 42,789 | ||||||||||
Science | 56,215 | 41,907 | 35,741 | 34,826 | 35,480 | 36,211 | 32,808 | 35,016 | 29,778 | 32,712 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,576 | 1,747 | 1,523 | 1,328 | 1,034 | 1,111 | 2,549 | 391 | 629 | 703 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 305 | 289 | 225 | 248 | 618 | 1,101 | 3,394 | 2,502 | 1,080 | 2,725 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 305 | 289 | 225 | 248 | 618 | 1,101 | 3,394 | 2,457 | 1,058 | 2,725 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 44,152 | 30,787 | 25,750 | 24,940 | 26,083 | 26,573 | 21,237 | 20,950 | 23,334 | 23,633 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9,045 | 6,350 | 5,312 | 5,089 | 4,231 | 3,701 | 1,439 | 3,656 | 2,070 | 1,720 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 28,888 | 21,927 | 18,156 | 17,872 | 19,482 | 20,483 | 19,253 | 14,821 | 20,170 | 20,375 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,219 | 2,510 | 2,282 | 1,979 | 2,370 | 2,389 | 483 | 2,473 | 1,094 | 1,538 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 215 | 198 | 230 | 222 | 225 | 295 | 487 | 518 | 177 | 208 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 6,125 | 5,720 | 5,308 | 5,277 | 4,058 | 3,808 | 2,220 | 9,113 | 1,513 | 2,432 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 5,348 | 5,000 | 4,546 | 4,558 | 3,457 | 2,969 | 1,999 | 8,607 | 435 | 540 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 777 | 720 | 762 | 719 | 601 | 839 | 221 | 506 | 1,078 | 1,892 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 2,546 | 2,214 | 1,878 | 1,968 | 2,434 | 2,467 | 1,731 | 1,117 | 921 | 1,428 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,296 | 952 | 827 | 843 | 1,028 | 856 | 1,190 | 425 | 2,124 | 1,583 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 676 | 457 | 444 | 502 | 593 | 471 | 522 | 416 | 1,127 | 1,514 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 158 | 109 | 95 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 965 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 462 | 386 | 288 | 285 | 429 | 381 | 668 | 9 | 32 | 69 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 10,431 | 9,535 | 8,336 | 8,401 | 9,112 | 8,402 | 7,604 | 10,748 | 8,588 | 8,639 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 325 | 337 | 360 | 516 | 443 | 203 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 705 | 605 | 466 | 571 | 453 | 354 | 167 | 259 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,560 | 1,434 | 1,419 | 1,400 | 1,427 | 1,518 | 1,265 | 2,546 | 3,064 | 3,223 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 4,408 | 4,068 | 3,298 | 3,227 | 4,012 | 3,934 | 4,352 | 5,663 | 3,057 | 2,797 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,442 | 1,335 | 1,179 | 1,224 | 1,793 | 1,517 | 1,183 | 1,539 | 1,204 | 1,494 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,991 | 1,756 | 1,614 | 1,253 | 984 | 876 | 478 | 741 | 1,248 | 1,125 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 948 | 970 | 856 | 936 | 1,373 | 1,155 | 626 | 1,558 | 2,405 | 1,438 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 248 | 163 | 143 | 163 | 106 | 120 | 0 | 516 | 888 | 125 | ||||||||||
Education | 35 | 213 | 181 | 107 | 736 | 727 | 588 | 1,042 | 1,454 | 1,179 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 665 | 594 | 532 | 436 | 531 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 134 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- 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 | 67,594 | 37,331 | 1,197 | 23,130 | 2,908 | 1,816 | 1,212 | |||||||
Science | 56,215 | 28,540 | 902 | 21,710 | 2,035 | 1,816 | 1,212 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,576 | 570 | 0 | 934 | 27 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 305 | 305 | 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 | 305 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 44,152 | 20,671 | 591 | 19,019 | 1,279 | 1,380 | 1,212 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9,045 | 2,446 | 0 | 5,963 | 625 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 28,888 | 17,127 | 548 | 9,532 | 641 | 451 | 589 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,219 | 1,098 | 43 | 3,524 | 13 | 918 | 623 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 215 | 0 | 131 | 47 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 6,125 | 4,953 | 112 | 964 | 0 | 96 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 5,348 | 4,288 | 0 | 964 | 0 | 96 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 777 | 665 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 2,546 | 1,662 | 0 | 491 | 354 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,296 | 379 | 68 | 255 | 375 | 219 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 676 | 35 | 68 | 0 | 375 | 198 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 158 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 462 | 344 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 10,431 | 8,156 | 295 | 1,322 | 658 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 705 | 417 | 0 | 165 | 123 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,560 | 1,184 | 295 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 4,408 | 4,165 | 0 | 189 | 54 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,442 | 1,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,991 | 948 | 0 | 968 | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 948 | 635 | 0 | 98 | 215 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 248 | 150 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 665 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 37,331 | 35,443 | 29,256 | 29,978 | 33,602 | 34,762 | 33,441 | 38,820 | 32,663 | 33,966 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,972 | 2,624 | 2,569 | 2,649 | 2,967 | 2,957 | 2,129 | 3,293 | 3,876 | 2,782 | ||||||||||
DOE | 256 | 253 | 225 | 225 | 301 | 308 | 491 | 715 | 537 | 230 | ||||||||||
HHS | 26,170 | 24,932 | 20,121 | 21,044 | 21,772 | 22,070 | 18,435 | 21,100 | 17,365 | 17,474 | ||||||||||
NASA | 251 | 225 | 188 | 150 | 226 | 135 | 54 | 178 | 495 | 1,103 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,299 | 6,166 | 4,974 | 4,682 | 6,699 | 6,742 | 7,076 | 9,400 | 6,734 | 7,250 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 161 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,383 | 1,243 | 1,179 | 1,228 | 1,637 | 2,550 | 5,256 | 4,134 | 3,616 | 4,966 |
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 | 629 | 115 | 514 | . | |||
2018 | 682 | 139 | 543 | . | |||
2017 | 660 | 165 | 495 | . | |||
2016 | 710 | 160 | 550 | . |
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 | 492 | 456 | 458 | 458 | 430 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 142 | 138 | 138 | 138 | 124 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Engineering | 55 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 40 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Health sciences | 174 | 163 | 164 | 164 | 161 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Psychology | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Social sciences | 46 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 |
Other | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 4,540 | 7,277 | 10,351 | 6,000 | 2,000 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,391 | 1,139 | 750 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1,174 | 1,105 | 828 | 1,500 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1,370 | 1,840 | 8,073 | 3,500 | 2,000 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 373 | 0 | 250 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1,996 | 2,567 | 311 | 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.