Illinois Institute of Technology
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 | 165 | 64.4 | 457 | 101 | 85.4 | 680 | 250 | 72.3 | 890 | |||
2021 | 153 | 66.3 | 447 | 121 | 82.8 | 691 | 268 | 54.6 | 583 | 239 | 74 | 907 |
2020 | 169 | 63 | 450 | 114 | 83.9 | 697 | 240 | 74.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 147 | 67.6 | 447 | 100 | 85.9 | 696 | 268 | 55 | 589 | 232 | 74.9 | 913 |
2018 | 160 | 63.1 | 428 | 93 | 86.9 | 698 | 228 | 75.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 170 | 60.5 | 425 | 76 | 89.1 | 684 | 266 | 54.3 | 575 | 227 | 75 | 897 |
2016 | 162 | 62.8 | 430 | 57 | 92 | 697 | 232 | 74.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 166 | 61.6 | 426 | 58 | 91.8 | 693 | 271 | 53 | 570 | 221 | 75.7 | 897 |
2014 | 171 | 60 | 422 | 64 | 90.9 | 688 | 223 | 75.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 145 | 65.7 | 417 | 69 | 87.8 | 555 | 277 | 53.4 | 588 | 216 | 75.9 | 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 | 86 | 88 | 82 | 103 | 90 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 76 | 99 |
Science and engineering | 71 | 70 | 65 | 82 | 84 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 63 | 79 |
Science | 39 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 27 | 33 |
Life science | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Chemistry | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 12 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
Computer sciences | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
Mathematics | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
Psychology | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Engineering | 32 | 33 | 30 | 45 | 46 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 46 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Chemical engineering | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
Civil engineering | 4 | . | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 13 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Other engineering | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Non-science and engineering | 15 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
Education | 5 | . | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Education research | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 4 | . | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Humanities | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 10 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
Business management/administration | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Communication | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
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 | 1,585 | 1,279 | 1,291 | 1,443 | 1,597 | 1,891 | 2,465 | 2,405 | 2,200 | 2,008 |
Male | 1,037 | 815 | 793 | 920 | 1,052 | 1,314 | 1,703 | 1,649 | 1,485 | 1,328 |
Female | 548 | 464 | 498 | 523 | 545 | 577 | 762 | 756 | 715 | 680 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 250 | 296 | 318 | 205 | 197 | 197 | 333 | 305 | 332 | 351 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 29 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 32 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 218 | 237 | 253 | 179 | 168 | 146 | 236 | 201 | 210 | 199 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 42 | 59 | 66 | 49 | 40 | 36 | 50 | 27 | 33 | 22 |
Black or African American | 18 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
White | 148 | 153 | 155 | 111 | 107 | 101 | 164 | 154 | 161 | 158 |
More than one race | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 18 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 65 | 79 | 102 | 132 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,335 | 983 | 973 | 1,238 | 1,400 | 1,694 | 2,132 | 2,100 | 1,868 | 1,657 |
Science and engineering | 1,584 | 1,274 | 1,286 | 1,438 | 1,594 | 1,886 | 2,464 | 2,404 | 2,199 | 2,007 |
Science | 1,196 | 881 | 883 | 941 | 1,002 | 1,073 | 1,492 | 1,451 | 1,119 | 1,022 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 65 | 43 | 47 | 66 | 68 | 1 | . | 99 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 30 | 24 | 31 | 47 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 61 | 108 | 127 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 725 | 470 | 423 | 495 | 574 | 793 | 1,031 | 872 | 646 | 499 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 35 | 38 | 38 | 46 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 90 | 90 | 110 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 180 | 141 | 157 | 185 | 150 | 50 | 50 | 19 | 9 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 81 | 91 | 106 | 27 | 32 | 22 | 124 | 125 | 135 | 138 |
Physical sciences | 80 | 74 | 81 | 75 | 77 | 92 | 96 | 99 | 89 | 104 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 63 | 86 | 42 | 44 |
Engineering | 388 | 393 | 403 | 497 | 592 | 813 | 972 | 953 | 1,080 | 985 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 37 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 38 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 25 | 27 | 36 | 41 | 55 | 73 | 82 | 96 | 127 | 144 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 64 | 63 | 76 | 109 | 122 | 148 | 114 | 109 | 124 | 139 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 130 | 117 | 129 | 159 | 217 | 268 | 343 | 430 | 429 | 328 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 9 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 83 | 90 | 78 | 88 | 99 | 141 | 166 | 142 | 144 | 147 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 23 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 31 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 43 |
Other engineering | 17 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 72 | 168 | 89 | 164 | 145 |
Health | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 741 | 721 | 588 | 367 | 418 | 459 | 585 | 636 | 614 | 616 |
Male | 542 | 528 | 415 | 255 | 278 | 302 | 386 | 428 | 405 | 401 |
Female | 199 | 193 | 173 | 112 | 140 | 157 | 199 | 208 | 209 | 215 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 225 | 252 | 278 | 230 | 233 | 240 | 291 | 304 | 344 | 331 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 186 | 214 | 239 | 198 | 204 | 206 | 223 | 201 | 190 | 169 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 33 | 37 | 45 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 35 | 24 |
Black or African American | 15 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 11 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
White | 130 | 148 | 167 | 154 | 164 | 148 | 172 | 145 | 133 | 125 |
More than one race | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 82 | 136 | 145 |
Temporary visa holders | 516 | 469 | 310 | 137 | 185 | 219 | 294 | 332 | 270 | 285 |
Science and engineering | 696 | 681 | 550 | 346 | 386 | 438 | 560 | 613 | 581 | 594 |
Science | 455 | 507 | 393 | 246 | 251 | 268 | 336 | 408 | 307 | 312 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 11 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 0 | . | 67 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 35 | 42 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 346 | 390 | 271 | 132 | 136 | 161 | 209 | 193 | 182 | 189 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 20 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 11 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
Physical sciences | 48 | 44 | 54 | 51 | 55 | 65 | 58 | 58 | 48 | 36 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 25 | 24 | 25 |
Engineering | 241 | 174 | 157 | 100 | 135 | 170 | 224 | 205 | 274 | 282 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 14 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 18 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 40 | 43 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 53 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 188 | 103 | 79 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 85 | 89 | 83 | 91 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 16 |
Other engineering | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 55 | 17 | 89 | 80 |
Health | 45 | 40 | 38 | 21 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 33 | 22 |
Clinical medicine | 42 | 36 | 35 | 21 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 33 | 22 |
Other health | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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 | 155 | 183 | 113 | 119 | 108 | 119 | 110 | 31 | 51 | 110 |
Science and engineering | 155 | 183 | 113 | 119 | 108 | 119 | 110 | 31 | 51 | 110 |
Science | 81 | 92 | 43 | 38 | 26 | 28 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 74 | 91 | 70 | 81 | 82 | 91 | 72 | 12 | 38 | 70 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 14 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 23 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 21 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 18 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Other engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 1,585 | 1,279 | 1,291 | 1,443 | 1,597 | 1,891 | 2,465 | 2,405 | 2,200 | 2,008 |
Fellowships | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 142 | 174 | 167 | 128 | 12 | 121 | 114 | 99 | 77 | 239 |
Federal | 123 | 147 | 113 | 119 | 12 | 116 | 103 | 30 | 31 | 110 |
Institutional | 16 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 105 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 41 | 24 |
Teaching assistantships | 114 | 133 | 140 | 101 | 128 | 135 | 153 | 152 | 151 | 148 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 114 | 133 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 148 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 128 | 135 | 153 | 152 | 143 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,319 | 962 | 962 | 1,204 | 1,450 | 1,630 | 2,193 | 2,149 | 1,967 | 1,621 |
Federal | 32 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
Institutional | 376 | 649 | 349 | 306 | 257 | 187 | 334 | 398 | 379 | 28 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 16 | 9 | 154 | 191 | 124 | 142 | 106 | 70 | 0 |
Personal resources | 901 | 261 | 604 | 744 | 906 | 1,316 | 1,710 | 1,644 | 1,498 | 1,593 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 29 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 29 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 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 | 29,791 | 29,698 | 29,122 | 34,334 | 33,280 | 32,659 | 29,826 | 34,336 | 31,356 | 36,722 | ||||||||||
Science | 17,208 | 15,805 | 17,069 | 18,979 | 19,590 | 20,245 | 18,131 | 17,934 | 17,039 | 18,346 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,307 | 2,647 | 2,988 | 3,005 | 3,108 | 2,752 | 3,455 | 2,169 | 2,434 | 3,333 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 146 | 224 | 398 | 246 | 416 | 269 | 168 | 256 | 185 | 103 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 10 | 109 | 275 | 105 | 221 | 121 | 128 | 201 | 107 | 9 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 136 | 115 | 123 | 141 | 195 | 148 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 78 | 94 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 9,464 | 9,053 | 9,993 | 11,618 | 11,310 | 10,723 | 8,654 | 7,152 | 6,695 | 7,715 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 933 | 604 | 863 | 1,207 | 1,791 | 2,106 | 1,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,268 | 6,978 | 8,046 | 8,645 | 7,583 | 7,736 | 7,013 | 7,152 | 6,695 | 7,715 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,198 | 1,465 | 1,023 | 1,696 | 1,896 | 866 | 631 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 65 | 6 | 61 | 70 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 429 | 381 | 405 | 211 | 296 | 785 | 385 | 619 | 500 | 526 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,705 | 3,483 | 3,143 | 3,609 | 3,843 | 4,075 | 4,035 | 6,011 | 5,320 | 4,691 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 469 | 257 | 84 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 353 | 334 | 319 | 293 | 433 | 646 | 763 | 304 | 199 | 210 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 39 | 324 | 351 | 177 | 99 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 3,352 | 3,110 | 2,476 | 2,772 | 3,188 | 3,330 | 3,221 | 5,101 | 4,577 | 4,397 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 24 | 193 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 287 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 719 | 1,288 | 1,801 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 91 | 13 | 100 | 254 | 563 | 1,446 | 1,129 | 968 | 617 | 177 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 303 | 1,113 | 821 | 772 | 328 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 91 | 13 | 100 | 131 | 260 | 333 | 308 | 196 | 281 | 177 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 66 | 4 | 42 | 36 | 54 | 195 | 246 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 12,502 | 13,737 | 11,934 | 15,241 | 12,976 | 12,117 | 11,299 | 15,876 | 13,899 | 18,080 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,086 | 1,261 | 1,239 | 1,562 | 1,511 | 1,414 | 1,039 | 1,145 | 1,663 | 1,575 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5,618 | 5,874 | 4,788 | 6,918 | 6,024 | 4,701 | 3,626 | 2,866 | 3,032 | 3,179 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 391 | 289 | 302 | 199 | 221 | 949 | 378 | 848 | 1,187 | 2,040 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 885 | 637 | 655 | 805 | 599 | 813 | 785 | 525 | 691 | 721 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,996 | 3,704 | 2,841 | 4,007 | 3,500 | 3,165 | 3,284 | 7,350 | 4,836 | 8,076 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 80 | 368 | 400 | 325 | 110 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 873 | 1,156 | 960 | 433 | 320 | 314 | 241 | 179 | 201 | 43 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 110 | 78 | 236 | 427 | 396 | 618 | 803 | 698 | 629 | 698 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 463 | 370 | 513 | 565 | 295 | 141 | 1,032 | 2,265 | 1,660 | 1,748 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 81 | 156 | 119 | 114 | 714 | 297 | 396 | 526 | 418 | 296 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 20 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 132 | ||||||||||
Education | 9 | 130 | 106 | 71 | 523 | 139 | 279 | 445 | 253 | 38 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 64 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 26 | 13 | 40 | 164 | 158 | 80 | 50 | 0 | 31 |
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 | 29,791 | 25,963 | 2 | 1,759 | 948 | 371 | 748 | |||||||
Science | 17,208 | 15,143 | 2 | 909 | 300 | 272 | 582 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,307 | 2,983 | 0 | 321 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 146 | 142 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 136 | 132 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 9,464 | 8,418 | 2 | 303 | 199 | 241 | 301 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 933 | 778 | 0 | 61 | 94 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,268 | 6,956 | 2 | 123 | 71 | 70 | 46 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,198 | 619 | 0 | 119 | 34 | 171 | 255 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 429 | 379 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,705 | 3,072 | 0 | 232 | 101 | 19 | 281 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 353 | 188 | 0 | 45 | 101 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 3,352 | 2,884 | 0 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 281 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 91 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 91 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 66 | 58 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 12,502 | 10,795 | 0 | 836 | 613 | 92 | 166 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,086 | 1,016 | 0 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5,618 | 5,210 | 0 | 319 | 53 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 391 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 885 | 579 | 0 | 143 | 73 | 5 | 85 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,996 | 2,510 | 0 | 215 | 147 | 43 | 81 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 80 | 73 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 873 | 822 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 110 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 463 | 426 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 81 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 51 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 25,963 | 24,762 | 24,244 | 28,827 | 28,265 | 26,330 | 23,821 | 25,826 | 25,679 | 28,319 | ||||||||||
DOD | 816 | 669 | 970 | 1,201 | 1,164 | 1,785 | 1,989 | 2,323 | 3,640 | 4,692 | ||||||||||
DOE | 5,496 | 4,859 | 3,673 | 4,648 | 4,668 | 4,485 | 5,584 | 7,140 | 6,938 | 6,575 | ||||||||||
HHS | 12,566 | 11,865 | 11,470 | 15,297 | 14,311 | 12,648 | 9,278 | 9,930 | 9,274 | 10,487 | ||||||||||
NASA | 386 | 479 | 611 | 379 | 617 | 716 | 474 | 156 | 140 | 169 | ||||||||||
NSF | 5,027 | 5,506 | 6,490 | 6,230 | 5,687 | 4,559 | 4,482 | 4,371 | 4,098 | 4,748 | ||||||||||
USDA | 778 | 532 | 466 | 351 | 379 | 725 | 462 | 364 | 258 | 448 | ||||||||||
Other | 894 | 852 | 564 | 721 | 1,439 | 1,412 | 1,552 | 1,542 | 1,331 | 1,200 |
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 | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 601 | 123 | 478 | . | |||
2018 | 615 | 118 | 497 | . | |||
2017 | 662 | 118 | 544 | . | |||
2016 | 661 | 121 | 540 | . |
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 | 141 | 141 | 141 | 137 | 125 |
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Engineering | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 84 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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.
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 | 0 | 1,224 | 525 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 724 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 525 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.