Idaho State 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 | 268 | 42 | 457 | 301 | 56.3 | 680 | 311 | 65.5 | 890 | |||
2021 | 248 | 45.2 | 447 | 286 | 59.1 | 691 | 227 | 61.6 | 583 | 321 | 65 | 907 |
2020 | 247 | 45.8 | 450 | 288 | 59.2 | 697 | 305 | 67.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 230 | 49.2 | 447 | 277 | 60.7 | 696 | 178 | 70.2 | 589 | 300 | 67.5 | 913 |
2018 | 231 | 46.7 | 428 | 273 | 61.4 | 698 | 276 | 70 | 910 | |||
2017 | 244 | 43.3 | 425 | 268 | 61.3 | 684 | 209 | 64.1 | 575 | 274 | 69.8 | 897 |
2016 | 236 | 45.8 | 430 | 285 | 59.6 | 697 | 268 | 70.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 239 | 44.6 | 426 | 299 | 57.4 | 693 | 125 | 78.4 | 570 | 273 | 70 | 897 |
2014 | 257 | 39.8 | 422 | 284 | 59.2 | 688 | 262 | 70.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 209 | 50.5 | 417 | 285 | 49.2 | 555 | 155 | 74 | 588 | 256 | 71.4 | 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 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 44 |
Science and engineering | 12 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
Science | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
Life science | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Health sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Psychology | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Engineering | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other engineering | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Non-science and engineering | 16 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 18 |
Education | 13 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 17 |
Education administration | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Education research | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Other education | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Letters | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 332 | 335 | 305 | 319 | 332 | 350 | 355 | 325 | 332 | 327 |
Male | 133 | 136 | 112 | 124 | 134 | 150 | 153 | 146 | 148 | 146 |
Female | 199 | 199 | 193 | 195 | 198 | 200 | 202 | 179 | 184 | 181 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 269 | 284 | 260 | 271 | 284 | 295 | 295 | 274 | 274 | 262 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 245 | 259 | 237 | 249 | 267 | 271 | 268 | 251 | 247 | 239 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Black or African American | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 223 | 240 | 221 | 233 | 255 | 253 | 251 | 234 | 232 | 221 |
More than one race | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 63 | 51 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 55 | 60 | 51 | 58 | 65 |
Science and engineering | 227 | 235 | 206 | 216 | 225 | 249 | 262 | 215 | 222 | 225 |
Science | 178 | 185 | 166 | 166 | 179 | 192 | 188 | 155 | 161 | 169 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 28 | 35 | 33 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 60 | 60 | 50 | 49 | 46 | 51 | 70 | 57 | 44 | 45 |
Physical sciences | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 30 |
Social sciences | 54 | 55 | 47 | 47 | 52 | 52 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 32 |
Engineering | 49 | 50 | 40 | 50 | 46 | 57 | 74 | 60 | 61 | 56 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 14 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 23 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 41 | 63 | 47 | 48 | 48 |
Health | 105 | 100 | 99 | 103 | 107 | 101 | 93 | 110 | 110 | 102 |
Clinical medicine | 13 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 18 |
Other health | 92 | 82 | 85 | 91 | 97 | 83 | 83 | 90 | 87 | 84 |
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 | 240 | 234 | 205 | 221 | 212 | 220 | 213 | 219 | 204 | 207 |
Male | 99 | 93 | 85 | 87 | 91 | 95 | 89 | 94 | 88 | 97 |
Female | 141 | 141 | 120 | 134 | 121 | 125 | 124 | 125 | 116 | 110 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 230 | 219 | 196 | 216 | 199 | 204 | 206 | 207 | 190 | 186 |
Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 192 | 174 | 197 | 180 | 187 | 186 | 186 | 171 | 164 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Black or African American | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 186 | 180 | 156 | 177 | 164 | 174 | 171 | 169 | 158 | 151 |
More than one race | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Temporary visa holders | 10 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 21 |
Science and engineering | 150 | 132 | 109 | 111 | 122 | 115 | 104 | 129 | 122 | 126 |
Science | 106 | 85 | 77 | 81 | 89 | 74 | 73 | 91 | 87 | 84 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 27 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 17 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 20 |
Social sciences | 49 | 39 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 20 |
Engineering | 44 | 47 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 31 | 38 | 35 | 42 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 39 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 33 |
Health | 90 | 102 | 96 | 110 | 90 | 105 | 109 | 90 | 82 | 81 |
Clinical medicine | 12 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 31 |
Other health | 78 | 84 | 74 | 82 | 65 | 67 | 74 | 58 | 49 | 50 |
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 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 13 |
Science | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 332 | 335 | 305 | 319 | 332 | 350 | 355 | 325 | 332 | 327 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 124 | 131 | 136 | 128 | 127 | 151 | 151 | 123 | 141 | 108 |
Federal | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 13 |
Institutional | 106 | 111 | 118 | 113 | 105 | 118 | 112 | 86 | 100 | 76 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 19 |
Teaching assistantships | 22 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 19 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 22 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 19 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 186 | 184 | 149 | 165 | 191 | 162 | 176 | 179 | 167 | 200 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 47 | 41 | 16 | 23 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 139 | 143 | 133 | 142 | 156 | 137 | 176 | 179 | 167 | 200 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Science | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Science | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 16,615 | 13,953 | 14,478 | 14,972 | 18,081 | 18,564 | 20,447 | 17,866 | 20,610 | 22,147 | ||||||||||
Science | 11,609 | 9,335 | 9,218 | 10,521 | 12,934 | 12,738 | 14,034 | 14,870 | 14,635 | 18,071 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 735 | 686 | 820 | 792 | 708 | 605 | 571 | 380 | 1 | 537 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,092 | 1,627 | 1,792 | 1,447 | 2,913 | 2,963 | 2,829 | 2,354 | 1,272 | 1,596 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,502 | 994 | 941 | 1,447 | 2,913 | 2,963 | 2,829 | 2,354 | 1,252 | 1,596 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 590 | 633 | 851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 6,213 | 4,167 | 3,936 | 3,638 | 4,054 | 4,051 | 4,880 | 3,936 | 3,855 | 4,772 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,056 | 2,965 | 2,459 | 2,198 | 2,140 | 2,070 | 2,695 | 2,436 | 2,243 | 2,887 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,157 | 1,202 | 1,477 | 1,237 | 1,697 | 1,791 | 2,001 | 1,360 | 873 | 1,885 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 217 | 190 | 184 | 140 | 739 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 12 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,490 | 1,847 | 1,372 | 3,709 | 4,490 | 3,900 | 4,680 | 6,997 | 4,847 | 5,264 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 364 | 959 | 564 | 583 | 418 | 330 | 355 | 377 | 470 | 400 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 17 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,109 | 885 | 742 | 3,126 | 4,072 | 3,570 | 4,250 | 6,620 | 4,377 | 4,864 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 200 | 266 | 318 | 656 | 535 | 766 | 521 | 379 | 146 | 99 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 334 | 213 | 240 | 279 | 234 | 156 | 293 | 669 | 190 | 690 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 289 | 171 | 85 | 157 | 222 | 156 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 17 | 38 | 108 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 70 | 13 | 50 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 28 | 4 | 41 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 310 | 177 | 640 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 527 | 527 | 740 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 234 | 121 | 4,279 | 5,101 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 4,752 | 4,411 | 5,014 | 4,039 | 4,725 | 5,660 | 6,271 | 2,670 | 5,327 | 3,405 | ||||||||||
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 | 198 | 158 | 141 | 109 | 232 | 207 | 39 | 315 | 47 | 103 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 160 | 64 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 120 | 140 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 90 | 111 | 195 | 162 | 310 | 210 | 148 | 162 | 384 | 642 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,304 | 4,078 | 4,572 | 3,768 | 4,183 | 5,243 | 6,053 | 2,191 | 4,776 | 2,520 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 254 | 207 | 246 | 412 | 422 | 166 | 142 | 326 | 648 | 671 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 145 | 5 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 131 | 103 | 161 | 320 | 298 | 70 | 116 | 213 | 29 | 13 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 53 | 22 | 17 | 38 | 15 | 44 | 13 | 30 | 469 | 342 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 49 | 54 | 36 | 12 | 64 | 31 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 311 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 16,615 | 9,080 | 2,223 | 4,292 | 547 | 249 | 224 | |||||||
Science | 11,609 | 6,495 | 1,488 | 2,663 | 494 | 245 | 224 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 735 | 544 | 119 | 53 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,092 | 1,460 | 301 | 259 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,502 | 1,030 | 182 | 218 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 590 | 430 | 119 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 6,213 | 3,644 | 626 | 1,240 | 403 | 218 | 82 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,056 | 3,441 | 447 | 726 | 262 | 110 | 70 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,157 | 203 | 179 | 514 | 141 | 108 | 12 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,490 | 647 | 114 | 718 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 364 | 187 | 76 | 90 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,109 | 443 | 38 | 628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 200 | 140 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 334 | 55 | 22 | 102 | 0 | 13 | 142 | |||||||
Anthropology | 289 | 42 | 22 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 142 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 28 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 527 | 0 | 254 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,752 | 2,430 | 713 | 1,552 | 53 | 4 | 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 | 198 | 87 | 84 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 160 | 32 | 110 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 90 | 57 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,304 | 2,254 | 514 | 1,483 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 254 | 155 | 22 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 131 | 95 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 53 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 49 | 49 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 9,080 | 7,216 | 7,849 | 7,547 | 10,081 | 11,184 | 11,926 | 11,738 | 11,091 | 13,206 | ||||||||||
DOD | 48 | 27 | 45 | 268 | 287 | 393 | 1,499 | 735 | 581 | 818 | ||||||||||
DOE | 3,304 | 2,810 | 3,310 | 2,255 | 3,383 | 3,290 | 3,122 | 4,086 | 4,625 | 6,102 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,662 | 845 | 835 | 851 | 1,584 | 2,110 | 1,994 | 1,932 | 1,539 | 1,585 | ||||||||||
NASA | 249 | 88 | 240 | 294 | 510 | 448 | 488 | 306 | 79 | 84 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,438 | 3,047 | 2,935 | 2,896 | 3,555 | 4,268 | 3,963 | 3,704 | 3,373 | 3,876 | ||||||||||
USDA | 56 | 52 | 128 | 211 | 95 | 62 | 156 | 115 | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
Other | 323 | 347 | 356 | 772 | 667 | 613 | 704 | 860 | 878 | 737 |
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 | 632 | 80 | 552 | . | |||
2018 | 538 | 91 | 447 | . | |||
2017 | 726 | 69 | 657 | . | |||
2016 | 596 | 102 | 494 | . |
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 | 217 | 296 | 239 | 524 | 358 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 55 | 37 | 48 | 74 | 46 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 86 | 132 | 123 | 254 | 225 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 |
Health sciences | 23 | 20 | 13 | 50 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 19 | 28 | 24 | 46 | 33 |
Psychology | 3 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 3 |
Social sciences | 6 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 13 |
Other | 8 | 42 | 8 | 39 | 16 |
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 | . | . | 4,100 | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 4,100 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 0 | 1,736 | 0 | 4,643 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,386 | 0 | 3,915 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 728 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.