Lipscomb U.

Rankings

Data year	Earned doctorates			Full-time graduate students						Total R&D expenditures
Data year	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked
2023				485	29.3	679				584	36.8	914
2022				457	33.5	680				629	30.8	900
2021				440	37	691				833	9.2	908
2020				321	54.6	698				840	9.2	916
2019				341	51.6	697
2018				326	54	700
2017
2016
2015
2014

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.

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Data

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Male	35	33	30	62	66	81	.	.	.	.
Female	50	69	82	183	151	154	.	.	.	.
U.S. citizens and permanent residents	80	97	106	240	209	228	.	.	.	.
Hispanic or Latino	5	1	0	6	8	12	.	.	.	.
Not Hispanic or Latino	75	95	106	232	199	213	.	.	.	.
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	2	3	4	2	3	.	.	.	.
Asian	3	7	6	15	14	6	.	.	.	.
Black or African American	12	13	17	42	38	40	.	.	.	.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0	1	1	.	.	.	.
White	50	67	74	162	136	157	.	.	.	.
More than one race	10	6	6	9	8	6	.	.	.	.
Unknown ethnicity and race	0	1	0	2	2	3	.	.	.	.
Temporary visa holders	5	5	6	5	8	7	.	.	.	.
Science and engineering	83	95	103	231	206	223	.	.	.	.
Science	83	95	102	226	199	217	.	.	.	.
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	28	35	35	38	32	32	.	.	.	.
Communication	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	1	7	15	29	42	.	.	.	.
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences	11	12	8	16	19	11	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	19	19	19	29	16	13	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Psychology	16	22	28	128	103	119	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	9	6	5	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Engineering	0	0	1	5	7	6	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering	0	0	1	5	7	6	.	.	.	.
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Health	2	7	9	14	11	12	.	.	.	.
Clinical medicine	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other health	2	7	9	14	11	12	.	.	.	.

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Male	12	16	16	11	16	25	.	.	.	.
Female	21	19	24	14	12	24	.	.	.	.
U.S. citizens and permanent residents	32	34	38	24	28	48	.	.	.	.
Hispanic or Latino	0	0	0	0	1	4	.	.	.	.
Not Hispanic or Latino	30	34	37	23	27	43	.	.	.	.
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	1	1	0	1	0	.	.	.	.
Asian	1	1	1	1	4	1	.	.	.	.
Black or African American	2	4	3	3	4	7	.	.	.	.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
White	26	28	31	19	18	34	.	.	.	.
More than one race	1	0	1	0	0	1	.	.	.	.
Unknown ethnicity and race	2	0	1	1	0	1	.	.	.	.
Temporary visa holders	1	1	2	1	0	1	.	.	.	.
Science and engineering	33	35	38	22	26	46	.	.	.	.
Science	32	35	38	21	24	42	.	.	.	.
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	1	2	2	0	1	1	.	.	.	.
Communication	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	1	1	3	7	12	.	.	.	.
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences	13	9	8	6	4	12	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	4	3	4	3	6	9	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Psychology	4	7	7	9	6	8	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	10	13	16	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Engineering	1	0	0	1	2	4	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering	1	0	0	1	2	4	.	.	.	.
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Health	0	0	2	3	2	3	.	.	.	.
Clinical medicine	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other health	0	0	2	3	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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field	2023	2022	2021	2017	2016	2015	2014
All surveyed fields	41	55	43	.	.	.	.
Science and engineering	40	48	38	.	.	.	.
Science	40	48	37	.	.	.	.
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	16	22	7	.	.	.	.
Communication	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	0	6	.	.	.	.
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences	4	1	3	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	6	6	9	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Psychology	10	14	10	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	4	5	2	.	.	.	.
Engineering	0	0	1	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering	0	0	1	.	.	.	.
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Health	1	7	5	.	.	.	.
Clinical medicine	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other health	1	7	5	.	.	.	.

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
All types and sources of support	85	102	112	245	217	235	.	.	.	.
Fellowships	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Federal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Institutional	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Nonfederal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Research assistantships	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Federal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Institutional	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Nonfederal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Teaching assistantships	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Federal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Institutional	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Nonfederal	0	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Other types of support	85	102	112	245	217	235	.	.	.	.
Federal	41	55	43	0	0	0	.	.	.	.
Institutional	21	20	32	14	17	12	.	.	.	.
Nonfederal	3	1	1	9	2	3	.	.	.	.
Personal resources	20	26	36	222	198	220	.	.	.	.

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races	2017	2016	2015	2014
Science and engineering	.	.	.	.
Science	.	.	.	.
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	.	.	.	.
Communication	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	.	.	.	.
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	.	.	.	.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	.	.	.	.
Psychology	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	.	.	.	.
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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field	2017	2016	2015	2014
All surveyed fields	.	.	.	.
Science and engineering	.	.	.	.
Science	.	.	.	.
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	.	.	.	.
Communication	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	.	.	.	.
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	.	.	.	.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	.	.	.	.
Psychology	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	.	.	.	.
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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field	2023	2022	2021	2020		2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
All R&D fields	1,946	1,251	321	307		.	.	.	.	.	.
Science	366	208	99	101	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geological and earth sciences	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ocean sciences and marine sciences	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Life sciences	360	208	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	17	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Health sciences	343	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Life sciences nec	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	6	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemistry	6	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Materials science	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physics	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences nec	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Psychology	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Economics	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Political science and government	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sociology, demography, and population studies	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences nec	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sciences nec	0	0	99	101	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	0	180	0	0		.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering	153	180	203	188	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	12	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemical engineering	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Civil engineering	65	0	58	54	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	0	0	3	3	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical and materials engineering	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Engineering nec	76	0	142	131	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-S&E	1,427	863	19	18	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business management and business administration	392	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Communication and communications technologies	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Education	819	0	19	18	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Humanities	169	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Law	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social work	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Visual and performing arts	0	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-S&E nec	47	0	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.

i=imputed

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field	All R&D expenditures	Federal government	Institution funds	Business	Nonprofit organizations
All R&D fields	1,946	309	1,571	8	58
Science	366	65	235	8	58
Computer and information sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	0	0	0
Geological and earth sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Ocean sciences and marine sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0
Life sciences	360	65	229	8	58
Agricultural sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	17	0	17	0	0
Health sciences	343	65	212	8	58
Natural resources and conservation	0	0	0	0	0
Life sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	0	0	0	0	0
Physical sciences	6	0	6	0	0
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	6	0	6	0	0
Materials science	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0	0
Physical sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
Social sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0	0
Political science and government	0	0	0	0	0
Sociology, demography, and population studies	0	0	0	0	0
Social sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0
Sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering	153	94	59	0	0
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	12	12	0	0	0
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Chemical engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Civil engineering	65	6	59	0	0
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Metallurgical and materials engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering nec	76	76	0	0	0
Non-S&E	1,427	150	1,277	0	0
Business management and business administration	392	0	392	0	0
Communication and communications technologies	0	0	0	0	0
Education	819	150	669	0	0
Humanities	169	0	169	0	0
Law	0	0	0	0	0
Social work	0	0	0	0	0
Visual and performing arts	0	0	0	0	0
Non-S&E nec	47	0	47	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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds	2023	2022	2021	2020		2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Federal Agencies	309	.	222	206		.	.	.	.	.	.
DOD	0	.	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOE	0	.	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
HHS	65	.	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
NASA	12	.	3	3	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
NSF	226	.	161	149	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
USDA	0	.	0	0	i	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other	6	.	58	54	i	.	.	.	.	.	.

i=imputed

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023	.	.	.	.
2022	.	.	.	.
2021	.	.	.	.
2020	.	.	.	.
2019	.	.	.	.
2018	.	.	.	.
2017	.	.	.	.

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

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