Lake Superior 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 | |
2021 | 614 | 67.8 | 909 | |||||||||
2020 | 658 | 72.2 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 684 | 75.1 | 913 | |||||||||
2018 | 731 | 80.5 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 633 | 70.8 | 897 | |||||||||
2016 | 634 | 71.1 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 420 | 73.9 | 570 | 612 | 68.5 | 897 | ||||||
2014 | 606 | 68.6 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 662 | 75.1 | 884 | |||||||||
2012 | 693 | 77.9 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,217 | 922 | 808 | 633 | 1,067 | 1,039 | 1,170 | 1,150 | 826 | 791 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,174 | 840 | 731 | 568 | 1,011 | 847 | 987 | 951 | 577 | 508 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 32 | 44 | 35 | 88 | 155 | 172 | 73 | 76 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | 44 | 0 | 88 | 145 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,162 | 820 | 699 | 501 | 473 | 734 | 814 | 756 | 504 | 432 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 33 | 26 | 70 | 412 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 76 | 30 | 36 | 402 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 383 | 417 | 628 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 12 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 494 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | 0 | 94 | 19 | 15 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | 3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 43 | 82 | 77 | . | . | . | . | 199 | 227 | 278 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 43 | 82 | 77 | 62 | 55 | 144 | 135 | 199 | 227 | 278 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 9 | 42 | 41 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 102 | 93 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | 62 | 45 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Education | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Law | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social work | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4 | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,217 | 605 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 1,174 | 605 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,162 | 605 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 12 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 43 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 43 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | . | . | . | 237 | 726 | 272 | 327 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOD | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | 69 | 91 | 8 | 2 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | 0 | 400 | 22 | 117 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | 2 | 20 | 49 | 31 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | 166 | 215 | 193 | 177 | . | . | . |
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | . | . | . | . | |||
2018 | 120 | 21 | 99 | . | |||
2017 | 96 | 11 | 85 | . | |||
2016 | 107 | 17 | 90 | . | |||
2015 | 94 | 12 | 82 | 0 |
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 |
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All research space | . | . | . | 40 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 9 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 10 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 5 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 14 | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Other | . | . | . | 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 |
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All research space | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Other | . | . | . | . | 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.