Lehigh 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 | 149 | 67.9 | 457 | 171 | 75.2 | 680 | 211 | 76.6 | 890 | |||
2021 | 158 | 65.2 | 447 | 165 | 76.5 | 691 | 222 | 62.4 | 583 | 224 | 75.6 | 907 |
2020 | 159 | 65.2 | 450 | 155 | 78.1 | 697 | 226 | 75.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 144 | 68.3 | 447 | 154 | 78.2 | 696 | 222 | 62.8 | 589 | 224 | 75.8 | 913 |
2018 | 144 | 66.8 | 428 | 150 | 78.8 | 698 | 218 | 76.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 160 | 62.9 | 425 | 143 | 79.4 | 684 | 221 | 62.1 | 575 | 218 | 76 | 897 |
2016 | 130 | 70.2 | 430 | 150 | 78.8 | 697 | 224 | 75.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 146 | 66.2 | 426 | 165 | 76.5 | 693 | 221 | 61.7 | 570 | 215 | 76.4 | 897 |
2014 | 163 | 61.9 | 422 | 157 | 77.5 | 688 | 216 | 76 | 887 | |||
2013 | 158 | 62.6 | 417 | 153 | 72.8 | 555 | 212 | 64.4 | 588 | 222 | 75.2 | 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 | 105 | 87 | 95 | 106 | 110 | 89 | 121 | 101 | 86 | 85 |
Science and engineering | 89 | 73 | 83 | 88 | 93 | 72 | 107 | 91 | 70 | 74 |
Science | 36 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 35 | 34 | 52 | 38 | 43 | 43 |
Life science | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
Health sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 |
Chemistry | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 6 | 2 | 7 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Mathematics | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
Psychology | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
Economics | 1 | . | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Other social sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 53 | 39 | 48 | 47 | 58 | 38 | 55 | 53 | 27 | 31 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . |
Chemical engineering | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
Industrial engineering | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 8 |
Other engineering | 9 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Non-science and engineering | 16 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 11 |
Education | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Education research | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Teaching fields | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Letters | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 870 | 824 | 811 | 862 | 872 | 911 | 951 | 898 | 931 | 903 |
Male | 522 | 499 | 518 | 561 | 565 | 593 | 596 | 578 | 592 | 570 |
Female | 348 | 325 | 293 | 301 | 307 | 318 | 355 | 320 | 339 | 333 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 409 | 406 | 385 | 360 | 364 | 390 | 410 | 389 | 456 | 439 |
Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 16 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 359 | 359 | 335 | 312 | 310 | 326 | 349 | 329 | 388 | 325 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 33 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 19 |
Black or African American | 17 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 304 | 306 | 289 | 271 | 271 | 276 | 304 | 281 | 337 | 282 |
More than one race | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 14 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 48 | 98 |
Temporary visa holders | 461 | 418 | 426 | 502 | 508 | 521 | 541 | 509 | 475 | 464 |
Science and engineering | 865 | 824 | 811 | 862 | 872 | 911 | 951 | 898 | 931 | 903 |
Science | 479 | 461 | 403 | 396 | 327 | 313 | 396 | 367 | 420 | 402 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 59 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 38 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 78 | 65 | 45 | 49 | . | . | 44 | 48 | 59 | 57 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 16 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
Mathematics and statistics | 59 | 64 | 80 | 72 | 38 | 48 | 43 | 40 | 48 | 37 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 117 | 120 | 85 | 74 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 93 | 119 | 97 |
Physical sciences | 84 | 83 | 72 | 78 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 77 | 77 | 76 |
Social sciences | 56 | 58 | 53 | 52 | 48 | 19 | 51 | 46 | 47 | 67 |
Engineering | 386 | 363 | 408 | 466 | 545 | 598 | 555 | 531 | 511 | 501 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 42 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 44 | 45 | 40 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 67 | 62 | 63 | 65 | 76 | 81 | 77 | 89 | 84 | 97 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 61 | 50 | 62 | 86 | 148 | 160 | 85 | 67 | 50 | 46 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 52 | 49 | 71 | 90 | 106 | 128 | 110 | 103 | 100 | 98 |
Mechanical engineering | 85 | 87 | 99 | 113 | 121 | 130 | 145 | 144 | 145 | 137 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 27 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 35 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 32 | 34 | 40 | 39 |
Health | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 194 | 199 | 209 | 161 | 187 | 191 | 211 | 218 | 240 | 309 |
Male | 105 | 107 | 104 | 87 | 93 | 101 | 116 | 118 | 124 | 162 |
Female | 89 | 92 | 105 | 74 | 94 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 116 | 147 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 178 | 178 | 186 | 153 | 164 | 174 | 197 | 206 | 224 | 271 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 156 | 153 | 154 | 132 | 139 | 145 | 163 | 175 | 185 | 220 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 11 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 22 |
Black or African American | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 130 | 136 | 123 | 105 | 113 | 121 | 140 | 157 | 160 | 189 |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 38 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 38 |
Science and engineering | 194 | 199 | 209 | 161 | 187 | 191 | 211 | 218 | 240 | 309 |
Science | 68 | 67 | 81 | 48 | 74 | 68 | 85 | 88 | 117 | 152 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 22 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 15 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 37 | 44 | 51 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 48 |
Social sciences | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Engineering | 126 | 132 | 128 | 113 | 113 | 123 | 126 | 130 | 123 | 157 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 74 | 82 | 71 | 61 | 54 | 45 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 39 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 9 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 31 | 41 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 31 |
Mechanical engineering | 20 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 23 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 20 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 22 | 16 | 25 |
Health | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 187 | 173 | 173 | 171 | 147 | 145 | 179 | 155 | 155 | 156 |
Science and engineering | 187 | 173 | 173 | 171 | 147 | 145 | 179 | 155 | 155 | 156 |
Science | 80 | 55 | 56 | 52 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 52 | 69 | 74 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | . | . | 8 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 18 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 17 |
Psychology | 18 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 23 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 107 | 118 | 117 | 119 | 115 | 114 | 116 | 103 | 86 | 82 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 15 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 17 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 15 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 8 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 41 | 43 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 7 |
Mechanical engineering | 30 | 33 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 17 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 17 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Health | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 870 | 824 | 811 | 862 | 872 | 911 | 951 | 898 | 931 | 903 |
Fellowships | 107 | 102 | 95 | 110 | 86 | 60 | 58 | 65 | 78 | 54 |
Federal | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
Institutional | 86 | 93 | 83 | 91 | 70 | 48 | 47 | 56 | 60 | 43 |
Nonfederal | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Research assistantships | 287 | 269 | 246 | 254 | 242 | 266 | 268 | 259 | 245 | 242 |
Federal | 172 | 168 | 165 | 158 | 134 | 133 | 161 | 144 | 136 | 148 |
Institutional | 91 | 83 | 69 | 81 | 89 | 111 | 92 | 81 | 80 | 58 |
Nonfederal | 24 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 34 | 29 | 36 |
Teaching assistantships | 187 | 189 | 198 | 209 | 204 | 190 | 201 | 185 | 218 | 203 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 187 | 189 | 198 | 208 | 202 | 189 | 199 | 185 | 207 | 203 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Other types of support | 289 | 264 | 272 | 289 | 340 | 395 | 424 | 389 | 390 | 404 |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Institutional | 79 | 62 | 76 | 29 | 37 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 57 | 67 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 37 | 18 | 32 |
Personal resources | 198 | 188 | 180 | 230 | 267 | 306 | 323 | 307 | 311 | 304 |
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 | 60 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 53 | 40 | 49 | 26 | 34 | 34 |
Science | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 18 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 39 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 35 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 32 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
Science and engineering | 32 | 33 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
Science | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 51,769 | 41,279 | 38,064 | 38,185 | 38,674 | 36,969 | 32,941 | 36,788 | 37,066 | 35,220 | ||||||||||
Science | 19,414 | 13,283 | 12,373 | 11,967 | 11,285 | 10,190 | 9,196 | 11,641 | 12,904 | 12,474 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,373 | 2,514 | 2,333 | 2,164 | 1,615 | 1,099 | 1,181 | 1,324 | 1,538 | 1,836 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,124 | 1,087 | 1,510 | 1,191 | 1,166 | 1,144 | 914 | 1,163 | 1,870 | 1,643 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,082 | 1,048 | 1,421 | 1,115 | 957 | 971 | 900 | 1,156 | 1,823 | 1,580 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 39 | 89 | 76 | 209 | 173 | 14 | 7 | 47 | 63 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 9,078 | 5,271 | 4,121 | 4,448 | 2,814 | 2,335 | 1,258 | 2,091 | 2,095 | 2,101 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,035 | 4,088 | 4,073 | 4,448 | 2,814 | 2,335 | 1,258 | 2,091 | 2,095 | 2,101 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,029 | 1,183 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 289 | 140 | 228 | 187 | 167 | 179 | 200 | 153 | 106 | 126 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,157 | 3,642 | 3,495 | 3,396 | 5,081 | 4,731 | 4,607 | 5,290 | 5,618 | 5,285 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,679 | 2,065 | 2,147 | 2,201 | 3,184 | 2,655 | 2,898 | 3,353 | 3,334 | 3,181 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,478 | 1,577 | 1,348 | 1,195 | 1,897 | 2,076 | 1,709 | 1,937 | 2,284 | 2,104 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 911 | 398 | 561 | 448 | 239 | 406 | 388 | 509 | 375 | 494 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 439 | 212 | 95 | 86 | 162 | 97 | 441 | 1,111 | 1,302 | 757 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 294 | 160 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 11 | 24 | 109 | 407 | 149 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 143 | 50 | 64 | 56 | 63 | 22 | 51 | 124 | 163 | 100 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 63 | 356 | 874 | 731 | 490 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 43 | 19 | 30 | 47 | 41 | 199 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 232 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 28,948 | 25,835 | 24,054 | 23,447 | 24,564 | 23,562 | 21,179 | 22,052 | 19,956 | 18,529 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,269 | 1,929 | 710 | 374 | 69 | 103 | 204 | 474 | 419 | 407 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 4,106 | 4,104 | 3,565 | 2,772 | 3,672 | 3,491 | 3,360 | 3,833 | 3,262 | 2,500 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 5,711 | 5,422 | 5,025 | 5,676 | 6,313 | 4,999 | 4,496 | 5,537 | 4,941 | 4,294 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,209 | 2,582 | 3,801 | 5,035 | 5,197 | 5,366 | 3,834 | 3,096 | 2,558 | 3,212 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,115 | 1,671 | 1,913 | 1,345 | 1,313 | 896 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 6,751 | 5,512 | 4,845 | 4,564 | 4,510 | 4,501 | 4,493 | 4,302 | 3,018 | 1,485 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 4,752 | 4,591 | 4,169 | 3,677 | 3,434 | 4,122 | 3,480 | 3,324 | 4,523 | 5,660 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 35 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 56 | 84 | 12 | 1,486 | 1,235 | 971 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 3,407 | 2,161 | 1,637 | 2,771 | 2,825 | 3,217 | 2,566 | 3,095 | 4,206 | 4,217 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 54 | 110 | 63 | 71 | 119 | 556 | 309 | 209 | 57 | 94 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 62 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,830 | 1,820 | 1,322 | 2,444 | 2,389 | 2,452 | 2,074 | 2,554 | 3,830 | 4,095 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 222 | 153 | 161 | 138 | 195 | 114 | 113 | 214 | 293 | 26 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 239 | 78 | 84 | 118 | 122 | 95 | 70 | 40 | 8 | 2 |
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 | 51,769 | 36,535 | 2,342 | 11,162 | 595 | 1,060 | 75 | |||||||
Science | 19,414 | 14,711 | 51 | 3,859 | 14 | 771 | 8 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,373 | 1,653 | 0 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,124 | 989 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,082 | 989 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 9,078 | 7,323 | 51 | 1,406 | 5 | 293 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,035 | 5,913 | 19 | 1,070 | 5 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,029 | 1,396 | 32 | 336 | 0 | 265 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 289 | 247 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,157 | 3,322 | 0 | 1,427 | 9 | 399 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,679 | 1,702 | 0 | 719 | 9 | 249 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,478 | 1,620 | 0 | 708 | 0 | 150 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 911 | 836 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 439 | 341 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 294 | 287 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 143 | 54 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 28,948 | 19,098 | 2,266 | 6,710 | 560 | 247 | 67 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,269 | 2,417 | 46 | 714 | 17 | 75 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 4,106 | 3,270 | 44 | 717 | 2 | 16 | 57 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 5,711 | 2,870 | 1,476 | 1,112 | 162 | 91 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,209 | 1,209 | 43 | 957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,115 | 1,545 | 95 | 381 | 94 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 6,751 | 5,452 | 323 | 899 | 46 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 4,752 | 2,335 | 206 | 1,928 | 239 | 34 | 10 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 35 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 3,407 | 2,726 | 25 | 593 | 21 | 42 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 54 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 62 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2,830 | 2,502 | 13 | 266 | 20 | 29 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 222 | 86 | 12 | 114 | 0 | 10 | 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 | 239 | 138 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 36,535 | 29,051 | 26,816 | 26,554 | 25,834 | 25,228 | 21,429 | 22,910 | 24,271 | 24,831 | ||||||||||
DOD | 3,504 | 3,372 | 3,470 | 3,725 | 2,689 | 4,100 | 4,247 | 4,765 | 4,039 | 4,870 | ||||||||||
DOE | 5,730 | 4,508 | 3,882 | 3,614 | 4,026 | 3,658 | 3,344 | 2,675 | 2,282 | 2,040 | ||||||||||
HHS | 10,051 | 6,853 | 4,605 | 5,253 | 4,258 | 4,462 | 4,390 | 4,795 | 4,872 | 3,465 | ||||||||||
NASA | 157 | 150 | 69 | 134 | 103 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 68 | 185 | ||||||||||
NSF | 13,029 | 11,749 | 12,443 | 11,304 | 11,480 | 10,890 | 7,798 | 8,616 | 10,006 | 10,231 | ||||||||||
USDA | 10 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,054 | 2,419 | 2,333 | 2,456 | 3,255 | 2,041 | 1,650 | 2,038 | 3,004 | 4,040 |
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 | 1,000 | 114 | 886 | . | |||
2018 | 1,024 | 108 | 916 | . | |||
2017 | 1,084 | 116 | 968 | . | |||
2016 | 977 | 99 | 878 | . |
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 | 223 | 220 | 220 | 220 | 219 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 136 | 134 | 134 | 134 | 131 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 38 |
Psychology | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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.
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 | . | . | 35,548 | 52,222 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 26,111 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 26,111 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 35,548 | . | . |
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 | 3,162 | 16,957 | 1,000 | 1,800 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 368 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 3,162 | 970 | 1,000 | 1,500 |
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 | 619 | 0 | 300 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 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.