Louisiana Tech 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 | 244 | 54.8 | 448 | 329 | 48.1 | 691 | 217 | 37.7 | 583 | 246 | 27.7 | 909 |
2020 | 230 | 51.5 | 450 | 304 | 44.1 | 697 | 246 | 27.5 | 915 | |||
2019 | 242 | 54.5 | 447 | 282 | 41 | 696 | 211 | 36.4 | 589 | 252 | 28.2 | 913 |
2018 | 244 | 57.3 | 428 | 279 | 40.5 | 698 | 250 | 28.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 222 | 52.6 | 425 | 288 | 42.6 | 684 | 239 | 42 | 575 | 253 | 28.8 | 897 |
2016 | 236 | 55.2 | 430 | 336 | 48.6 | 697 | 257 | 29.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 234 | 55.3 | 426 | 319 | 46.5 | 693 | 233 | 41.4 | 570 | 252 | 28.7 | 897 |
2014 | 241 | 57.4 | 422 | 289 | 42.5 | 688 | 252 | 29 | 887 | |||
2013 | 209 | 50.5 | 417 | 276 | 50.1 | 555 | 234 | 40.3 | 588 | 244 | 28.2 | 884 |
2012 | 229 | 55.9 | 412 | 274 | 49.8 | 555 | 246 | 28.2 | 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

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 33 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 44 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 44 | 35 |
Science and engineering | 27 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 38 | 32 |
Science | 13 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 17 |
Life science | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . |
Chemistry | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Computer sciences | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Mathematics | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
Psychology | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
Engineering | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 15 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Chemical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
Electrical engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other engineering | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Other | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Business management/administration | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 253 | 281 | 313 | 323 | 312 | 238 | 278 | 328 | 352 | 343 |
Male | 135 | 151 | 177 | 180 | 173 | 139 | 174 | 207 | 230 | 232 |
Female | 118 | 130 | 136 | 143 | 139 | 99 | 104 | 121 | 122 | 111 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 165 | 176 | 168 | 188 | 169 | 105 | 124 | 124 | 130 | 133 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 153 | 161 | 151 | 176 | 155 | 98 | 85 | 115 | 128 | 128 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Black or African American | 21 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 123 | 134 | 126 | 147 | 131 | 84 | 78 | 100 | 115 | 107 |
More than one race | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 88 | 105 | 145 | 135 | 143 | 133 | 154 | 204 | 222 | 210 |
Science and engineering | 209 | 224 | 256 | 263 | 271 | 196 | 234 | 287 | 310 | 307 |
Science | 131 | 134 | 140 | 160 | 154 | 86 | 103 | 120 | 127 | 130 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 57 | 51 | 60 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 22 | 21 | 40 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 44 | 41 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 50 | 54 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 33 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 48 | 44 | 42 | 55 | 55 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 78 | 90 | 116 | 103 | 117 | 110 | 131 | 167 | 183 | 177 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 43 | 36 | 39 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 16 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 30 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 71 | 77 | 103 | 87 | 99 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 68 | 70 |
Health | 44 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 41 | 42 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 36 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 44 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 41 | 42 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 36 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 66 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 31 | 56 | 38 | 40 | 54 |
Male | 44 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 22 | 38 | 31 | 32 | 35 |
Female | 22 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 49 | 62 | 58 | 51 | 53 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 57 | 55 | 45 | 48 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 19 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 43 | 44 | 48 | 34 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
More than one race | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 17 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 34 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 73 | 31 | 56 | 38 | 40 | 54 |
Science | 41 | 51 | 56 | 43 | 50 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 30 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 14 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 20 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 29 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 24 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 24 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 21 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
Health | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 12 | 29 | 30 | 54 | 57 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 70 | 74 |
Science and engineering | 12 | 29 | 30 | 54 | 47 | 42 | 35 | 38 | 70 | 74 |
Science | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 6 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 53 | 56 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 6 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 35 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 253 | 281 | 313 | 323 | 312 | 238 | 278 | 328 | 352 | 343 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 19 | 15 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 18 | 14 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 80 | 66 | 182 | 105 | 88 | 60 | 51 | 46 | 89 | 122 |
Federal | 12 | 28 | 30 | 54 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 38 | 69 | 67 |
Institutional | 68 | 27 | 146 | 46 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 47 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Teaching assistantships | 59 | 27 | 12 | 106 | 91 | 74 | 89 | 109 | 98 | 19 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 59 | 26 | 12 | 106 | 91 | 74 | 89 | 109 | 98 | 19 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 114 | 188 | 119 | 110 | 130 | 95 | 120 | 138 | 146 | 187 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Institutional | 21 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 51 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 93 | 110 | 119 | 110 | 114 | 81 | 110 | 128 | 141 | 130 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 10 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 27,417 | 26,585 | 26,143 | 24,655 | 22,741 | 23,104 | 23,827 | 22,942 | 24,949 | 26,546 | ||||||||||
Science | 9,523 | 8,912 | 8,247 | 7,756 | 7,527 | 8,255 | 9,106 | 9,462 | 9,076 | 10,179 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,952 | 2,475 | 1,856 | 1,684 | 1,729 | 2,329 | 2,770 | 2,902 | 2,751 | 3,342 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 236 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 65 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 236 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 65 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,242 | 2,510 | 2,565 | 2,303 | 2,171 | 2,320 | 2,159 | 2,283 | 2,095 | 1,946 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 824 | 841 | 917 | 781 | 671 | 755 | 732 | 727 | 754 | 659 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 749 | 753 | 750 | 732 | 682 | 770 | 457 | 454 | 327 | 353 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 370 | 449 | 462 | 357 | 432 | 414 | 477 | 665 | 529 | 463 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 299 | 467 | 436 | 433 | 386 | 381 | 493 | 437 | 485 | 471 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 999 | 771 | 726 | 636 | 684 | 526 | 823 | 1,061 | 926 | 815 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,342 | 1,775 | 1,843 | 2,058 | 2,023 | 1,995 | 2,560 | 2,513 | 2,692 | 3,409 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,051 | 711 | 732 | 853 | 637 | 737 | 1,405 | 1,479 | 1,513 | 2,007 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,055 | 980 | 1,034 | 1,038 | 1,302 | 1,171 | 1,067 | 956 | 1,113 | 1,337 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 236 | 84 | 77 | 167 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 65 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 616 | 571 | 474 | 420 | 359 | 413 | 336 | 364 | 316 | 401 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,136 | 726 | 706 | 579 | 477 | 585 | 370 | 261 | 230 | 201 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 505 | 508 | 375 | 285 | 386 | 181 | 84 | 79 | 59 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 932 | 221 | 198 | 204 | 192 | 199 | 189 | 177 | 151 | 142 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 11,257 | 11,459 | 11,513 | 10,333 | 9,552 | 8,384 | 8,638 | 7,626 | 9,907 | 10,086 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,826 | 2,832 | 2,837 | 2,899 | 2,268 | 2,063 | 2,403 | 2,532 | 3,530 | 3,616 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 980 | 1,045 | 1,126 | 915 | 929 | 767 | 727 | 533 | 585 | 467 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,259 | 1,290 | 1,604 | 1,262 | 1,249 | 1,187 | 1,122 | 1,142 | 1,195 | 1,238 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 894 | 1,004 | 1,070 | 1,213 | 1,245 | 905 | 849 | 927 | 1,192 | 1,248 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 120 | 30 | 56 | 74 | 81 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,761 | 1,839 | 1,880 | 1,855 | 1,931 | 1,482 | 1,244 | 491 | 673 | 855 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 811 | 781 | 949 | 914 | 1,094 | 886 | 848 | 851 | 1,005 | 1,055 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,606 | 2,638 | 1,991 | 1,201 | 755 | 1,011 | 1,445 | 1,150 | 1,727 | 1,607 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 6,637 | 6,214 | 6,383 | 6,566 | 5,662 | 6,465 | 6,083 | 5,854 | 5,966 | 6,281 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 4,425 | 4,781 | 4,980 | 5,136 | 4,447 | 5,164 | 4,890 | 4,634 | 4,978 | 4,684 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
Education | 423 | 380 | 327 | 605 | 342 | 345 | 275 | 292 | 132 | 802 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 592 | 461 | 428 | 275 | 384 | 430 | 362 | 282 | 257 | 275 | ||||||||||
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 | 572 | 471 | 529 | 437 | 369 | 388 | 424 | 501 | 380 | 392 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 318 | 121 | 119 | 113 | 120 | 138 | 132 | 145 | 218 | 111 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 27,417 | 6,428 | 2,767 | 15,465 | 937 | 0 | 1,820 | |||||||
Science | 9,523 | 2,117 | 1,314 | 5,787 | 166 | 0 | 139 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,952 | 396 | 746 | 797 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 236 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 236 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,242 | 562 | 91 | 1,482 | 2 | 0 | 105 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 824 | 362 | 25 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 749 | 194 | 66 | 457 | 2 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Health sciences | 370 | 6 | 0 | 333 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 299 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 999 | 314 | 0 | 679 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 2,342 | 378 | 477 | 1,328 | 132 | 0 | 27 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,051 | 146 | 360 | 512 | 17 | 0 | 16 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,055 | 232 | 117 | 580 | 115 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 236 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 616 | 298 | 0 | 299 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,136 | 169 | 0 | 966 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 204 | 169 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 932 | 0 | 0 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 11,257 | 4,117 | 623 | 4,896 | 770 | 0 | 851 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,826 | 720 | 134 | 876 | 26 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 980 | 362 | 42 | 520 | 50 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,259 | 208 | 114 | 679 | 255 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 894 | 205 | 69 | 455 | 155 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 120 | 0 | 53 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,761 | 629 | 31 | 991 | 110 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 811 | 270 | 43 | 324 | 174 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,606 | 1,723 | 137 | 984 | 0 | 0 | 762 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 6,637 | 194 | 830 | 4,782 | 1 | 0 | 830 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 4,425 | 124 | 714 | 3,215 | 0 | 0 | 372 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 307 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 133 | |||||||
Education | 423 | 70 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |||||||
Humanities | 592 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 287 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 572 | 0 | 116 | 451 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 318 | 0 | 0 | 318 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 6,428 | 7,167 | 6,564 | 5,801 | 5,608 | 5,455 | 5,776 | 7,742 | 8,881 | 9,835 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,323 | 2,093 | 1,367 | 444 | 513 | 567 | 1,278 | 2,210 | 1,679 | 1,923 | ||||||||||
DOE | 6 | 72 | 14 | 88 | 170 | 273 | 206 | 242 | 376 | 546 | ||||||||||
HHS | 203 | 345 | 315 | 331 | 677 | 617 | 393 | 847 | 1,037 | 1,265 | ||||||||||
NASA | 92 | 151 | 100 | 320 | 508 | 445 | 368 | 261 | 229 | 300 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,968 | 3,431 | 3,494 | 3,662 | 2,650 | 1,583 | 1,731 | 1,837 | 1,780 | 2,215 | ||||||||||
USDA | 395 | 365 | 361 | 320 | 289 | 278 | 182 | 234 | 292 | 307 | ||||||||||
Other | 441 | 710 | 913 | 636 | 801 | 1,692 | 1,618 | 2,111 | 3,488 | 3,279 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 455 | 102 | 353 | . | |||
2018 | 502 | 112 | 390 | . | |||
2017 | 417 | 91 | 326 | . | |||
2016 | 456 | 94 | 362 | . | |||
2015 | 501 | 101 | 400 | 20 |
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 | 231 | 234 | 192 | 195 | 184 |
Agricultural sciences | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
Engineering | 133 | 127 | 110 | 111 | 109 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Health sciences | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences | 38 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Psychology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Social sciences | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Other | 2 | 2 | 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 | . | 7,583 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | 5,589 | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 1,994 | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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.