U. New Orleans
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 | 282 | 39 | 457 | 381 | 44.6 | 680 | 278 | 69.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 234 | 48.3 | 447 | 362 | 48.2 | 691 | 300 | 49.1 | 583 | 295 | 67.9 | 907 |
2020 | 234 | 48.6 | 450 | 326 | 53.8 | 697 | 290 | 68.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 223 | 50.7 | 447 | 332 | 52.8 | 696 | 309 | 48.1 | 589 | 297 | 67.9 | 913 |
2018 | 215 | 50.4 | 428 | 332 | 53 | 698 | 301 | 67.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 227 | 47.2 | 425 | 328 | 52.6 | 684 | 308 | 47 | 575 | 293 | 67.7 | 897 |
2016 | 224 | 48.5 | 430 | 315 | 55.3 | 697 | 296 | 67.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 217 | 49.7 | 426 | 284 | 59.5 | 693 | 304 | 47.3 | 570 | 268 | 70.5 | 897 |
2014 | 203 | 52.5 | 422 | 233 | 66.6 | 688 | 261 | 71 | 887 | |||
2013 | 200 | 52.6 | 417 | 245 | 56.4 | 555 | 300 | 49.6 | 588 | 247 | 72.4 | 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 | 25 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 52 | 49 |
Science and engineering | 17 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 30 |
Science | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 26 |
Life science | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
Chemistry | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Computer sciences | . | . | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 10 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Psychology | . | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Economics | 5 | . | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Political science and government | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other social sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Engineering | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 8 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
Education | 5 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Education administration | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Education research | 4 | 5 | . | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Business management/administration | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
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 | 193 | 205 | 232 | 230 | 228 | 231 | 294 | 353 | 450 | 415 |
Male | 97 | 110 | 107 | 122 | 136 | 137 | 179 | 232 | 290 | 243 |
Female | 96 | 95 | 125 | 108 | 92 | 94 | 115 | 121 | 160 | 172 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 140 | 144 | 167 | 165 | 150 | 154 | 159 | 189 | 260 | 268 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 25 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 131 | 147 | 151 | 141 | 138 | 156 | 163 | 227 | 227 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 14 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 18 |
Black or African American | 24 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 23 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 81 | 95 | 99 | 103 | 100 | 117 | 135 | 132 | 187 | 180 |
More than one race | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 16 |
Temporary visa holders | 53 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 78 | 77 | 135 | 164 | 190 | 147 |
Science and engineering | 193 | 205 | 232 | 230 | 228 | 231 | 294 | 353 | 450 | 415 |
Science | 136 | 139 | 167 | 170 | 159 | 148 | 231 | 293 | 380 | 349 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 29 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 26 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 20 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 54 | 86 | 97 | 48 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 27 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 31 | 31 |
Physical sciences | 28 | 31 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 26 | 36 | 37 | 58 | 66 |
Social sciences | 21 | 23 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 32 | 75 | 94 | 120 | 126 |
Engineering | 57 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 69 | 83 | 63 | 60 | 70 | 66 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 9 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 20 | 23 | 15 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 57 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 69 | 83 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 26 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 172 | 161 | 142 | 147 | 141 | 132 | 135 | 166 | 164 | 185 |
Male | 102 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 105 | 111 | 113 |
Female | 70 | 84 | 57 | 58 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 61 | 53 | 72 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 162 | 151 | 133 | 135 | 131 | 114 | 104 | 147 | 141 | 157 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 144 | 137 | 123 | 124 | 120 | 102 | 99 | 135 | 127 | 139 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Black or African American | 22 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 106 | 98 | 97 | 102 | 103 | 82 | 93 | 114 | 102 | 104 |
More than one race | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Temporary visa holders | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 19 | 23 | 28 |
Science and engineering | 172 | 161 | 142 | 147 | 141 | 132 | 135 | 166 | 164 | 185 |
Science | 118 | 108 | 85 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 103 | 127 | 122 | 142 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 34 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 27 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 13 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 12 |
Social sciences | 60 | 53 | 42 | 38 | 42 | 37 | 41 | 63 | 61 | 64 |
Engineering | 54 | 53 | 57 | 68 | 62 | 55 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 43 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 54 | 53 | 57 | 68 | 62 | 55 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 40 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 40 |
Science | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 31 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 193 | 205 | 232 | 230 | 228 | 231 | 294 | 353 | 450 | 415 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 27 | 29 | 70 | 87 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 67 | 82 | 97 |
Federal | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 33 |
Institutional | 21 | 17 | 45 | 58 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 51 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 13 |
Teaching assistantships | 43 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 85 | 80 | 105 | 110 | 126 | 108 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 43 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 83 | 80 | 102 | 104 | 126 | 104 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Other types of support | 123 | 129 | 115 | 97 | 92 | 99 | 139 | 159 | 222 | 188 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 26 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Personal resources | 123 | 129 | 115 | 97 | 71 | 93 | 139 | 147 | 189 | 144 |
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 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Science | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 21,911 | 16,979 | 16,594 | 15,328 | 14,437 | 15,939 | 15,719 | 18,960 | 20,614 | 24,607 | ||||||||||
Science | 12,555 | 11,501 | 11,404 | 10,337 | 9,701 | 10,014 | 10,810 | 13,845 | 13,676 | 14,811 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,492 | 1,370 | 1,591 | 2,045 | 2,019 | 1,826 | 2,055 | 1,415 | 736 | 926 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,576 | 1,244 | 1,585 | 1,778 | 2,356 | 2,488 | 2,602 | 2,919 | 2,624 | 2,713 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,551 | 1,244 | 1,585 | 1,778 | 2,356 | 2,488 | 2,602 | 1,210 | 1,102 | 1,626 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1 | 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 | 1,709 | 1,522 | 1,087 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,016 | 1,114 | 974 | 817 | 626 | 758 | 946 | 1,184 | 1,627 | 1,428 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,014 | 1,074 | 974 | 817 | 626 | 758 | 946 | 1,184 | 1,627 | 1,428 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 603 | 482 | 389 | 204 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 54 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,181 | 2,652 | 2,398 | 2,144 | 1,939 | 2,090 | 2,606 | 3,314 | 4,358 | 5,210 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,468 | 1,903 | 1,595 | 1,387 | 1,328 | 1,597 | 2,021 | 2,684 | 3,035 | 4,364 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 713 | 749 | 803 | 757 | 611 | 493 | 585 | 630 | 1,323 | 846 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 622 | 523 | 497 | 335 | 207 | 173 | 480 | 2,721 | 1,383 | 977 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,787 | 3,079 | 3,341 | 2,646 | 2,342 | 2,306 | 1,824 | 2,120 | 2,648 | 3,402 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 553 | 453 | 438 | 182 | 139 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 301 | 324 | 437 | 479 | 490 | 678 | 510 | 470 | 414 | 775 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 98 | 119 | 109 | 138 | 150 | 162 | 36 | 15 | 179 | 77 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 359 | 308 | 435 | 960 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,756 | 2,183 | 2,357 | 1,847 | 1,563 | 1,448 | 919 | 1,327 | 1,620 | 1,590 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,278 | 1,037 | 629 | 368 | 172 | 373 | 297 | 172 | 260 | 101 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 2,134 | 1,897 | 2,282 | 2,376 | 2,447 | 3,422 | 3,741 | 3,135 | 3,506 | 4,979 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 213 | 219 | 247 | 226 | 330 | 507 | 806 | 739 | 846 | 883 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 810 | 649 | 848 | 766 | 875 | 1,413 | 1,117 | 909 | 853 | 696 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 497 | 563 | 689 | 742 | 744 | 864 | 565 | 340 | 342 | 453 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 614 | 466 | 498 | 642 | 498 | 638 | 1,253 | 1,147 | 1,465 | 2,947 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 7,222 | 3,581 | 2,908 | 2,615 | 2,289 | 2,503 | 1,168 | 1,980 | 3,432 | 4,817 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 188 | 179 | 203 | 234 | 181 | 190 | 147 | 449 | 359 | 320 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 132 | ||||||||||
Education | 11 | 382 | 407 | 423 | 306 | 425 | 248 | 410 | 640 | 1,029 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 629 | 1,082 | 1,234 | 1,006 | 816 | 853 | 387 | 19 | 274 | 328 | ||||||||||
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 | 480 | 491 | 467 | 399 | 587 | 82 | 24 | 30 | 270 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 6,394 | 1,458 | 573 | 485 | 587 | 448 | 304 | 1,078 | 2,104 | 2,738 |
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 | 21,911 | 8,270 | 788 | 10,393 | 483 | 1,067 | 910 | |||||||
Science | 12,555 | 5,423 | 379 | 5,117 | 109 | 1,058 | 469 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,492 | 449 | 94 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,576 | 1,005 | 0 | 334 | 0 | 229 | 8 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 24 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,551 | 1,004 | 0 | 318 | 0 | 229 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,016 | 193 | 49 | 760 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,014 | 191 | 49 | 760 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 603 | 195 | 49 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 2,181 | 771 | 102 | 1,057 | 84 | 58 | 109 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,468 | 393 | 102 | 722 | 84 | 58 | 109 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 713 | 378 | 0 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 622 | 0 | 2 | 470 | 0 | 1 | 149 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,787 | 674 | 83 | 1,046 | 25 | 768 | 191 | |||||||
Anthropology | 553 | 380 | 3 | 166 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 301 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 21 | 0 | 109 | |||||||
Political science and government | 98 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,756 | 294 | 80 | 538 | 0 | 762 | 82 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,278 | 2,136 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 2,134 | 341 | 11 | 1,426 | 264 | 0 | 92 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 213 | 13 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 810 | 95 | 3 | 504 | 203 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 497 | 57 | 5 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 614 | 176 | 3 | 302 | 61 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 7,222 | 2,506 | 398 | 3,850 | 110 | 9 | 349 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 188 | 58 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 57 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 629 | 200 | 0 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 131 | |||||||
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 | 6,394 | 2,248 | 365 | 3,511 | 101 | 8 | 161 |
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 | 8,270 | 3,674 | 3,868 | 4,353 | 5,258 | 5,568 | 6,826 | 7,492 | 9,490 | 11,051 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,152 | 1,006 | 1,095 | 1,145 | 1,320 | 750 | 1,297 | 1,268 | 2,380 | 3,641 | ||||||||||
DOE | 49 | 104 | 43 | 59 | 73 | 42 | 51 | 10 | 65 | 147 | ||||||||||
HHS | 87 | 128 | 123 | 85 | 129 | 178 | 206 | 449 | 968 | 796 | ||||||||||
NASA | 163 | 26 | 115 | 108 | 67 | 284 | 227 | 351 | 239 | 266 | ||||||||||
NSF | 947 | 972 | 425 | 861 | 1,106 | 1,515 | 1,833 | 1,902 | 2,001 | 2,020 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 5,872 | 1,438 | 2,067 | 2,093 | 2,534 | 2,777 | 3,195 | 3,490 | 3,837 | 4,181 |
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 | 533 | 67 | 466 | . | |||
2018 | 492 | 73 | 419 | . | |||
2017 | 501 | 68 | 433 | . | |||
2016 | 488 | 70 | 418 | . |
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 | 119 | 111 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Engineering | 18 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 44 | 47 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
Psychology | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Social sciences | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 700 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 700 | 300 | 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.