Inter American U. Puerto Rico, Metro

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2021 | 334 | 74.8 | 448 | 365 | 53.2 | 691 | ||||||
2020 | 363 | 80.8 | 450 | 370 | 53.5 | 697 | ||||||
2019 | 299 | 67.2 | 447 | 365 | 52.8 | 696 | ||||||
2018 | 305 | 71.5 | 428 | 416 | 60 | 698 | ||||||
2017 | 251 | 59.4 | 425 | 476 | 69.8 | 684 | ||||||
2016 | 259 | 60.5 | 430 | 301 | 43.7 | 697 | ||||||
2015 | 249 | 58.8 | 426 | 332 | 48.4 | 693 | ||||||
2014 | 262 | 62.4 | 422 | 415 | 60.7 | 688 | ||||||
2013 | 254 | 61.2 | 417 | |||||||||
2012 | 259 | 63.2 | 412 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 11 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 25 | 24 |
Science and engineering | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
Science | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
Life science | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
Psychology | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
Other social sciences | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 13 |
Education | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Education research | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
History | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Other humanities and arts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Other | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 203 | 178 | 189 | 122 | 82 | 311 | 259 | 132 | . | . |
Male | 70 | 76 | 91 | 82 | 53 | 105 | 81 | 52 | . | . |
Female | 133 | 102 | 98 | 40 | 29 | 206 | 178 | 80 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 203 | 178 | 184 | 122 | 82 | 311 | 259 | 132 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 203 | 177 | 173 | 122 | 82 | 297 | 259 | 131 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 203 | 178 | 189 | 122 | 82 | 311 | 259 | 132 | . | . |
Science | 203 | 178 | 189 | 122 | 82 | 311 | 259 | 132 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 46 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 14 | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 39 | 34 | 43 | 58 | 23 | 73 | 22 | 20 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 92 | 82 | 91 | 6 | . | 153 | 135 | 26 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 26 | 26 | 37 | 43 | 45 | 85 | 102 | 86 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 103 | 107 | 124 | 111 | 18 | 234 | 252 | 266 | . | . |
Male | 36 | 34 | 44 | 49 | 11 | 59 | 56 | 85 | . | . |
Female | 67 | 73 | 80 | 62 | 7 | 175 | 196 | 181 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 103 | 107 | 123 | 111 | 18 | 234 | 252 | 266 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 103 | 106 | 120 | 111 | 18 | 234 | 252 | 266 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Black or African American | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 103 | 107 | 124 | 111 | 18 | 234 | 252 | 266 | . | . |
Science | 103 | 107 | 124 | 111 | 18 | 234 | 252 | 266 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 14 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 22 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 63 | 62 | 67 | 61 | . | 177 | 220 | 192 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 19 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 51 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 203 | 178 | 189 | 122 | 82 | 311 | 259 | 132 | . | . |
Fellowships | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Research assistantships | 61 | 41 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 50 | 33 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 137 | 133 | 152 | 96 | 69 | 286 | 259 | 131 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 10 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 27 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | . | . |
Personal resources | 124 | 121 | 135 | 79 | 58 | 253 | 222 | 103 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).