Loyola U., Chicago
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 | 196 | 57.7 | 457 | 249 | 63.8 | 680 | 221 | 75.5 | 890 | |||
2021 | 184 | 59.4 | 447 | 221 | 68.4 | 691 | 164 | 72.3 | 583 | 218 | 76.3 | 907 |
2020 | 181 | 60.3 | 450 | 211 | 70.1 | 697 | 223 | 76 | 915 | |||
2019 | 180 | 60.3 | 447 | 222 | 68.5 | 696 | 159 | 73.4 | 589 | 222 | 76 | 913 |
2018 | 180 | 58.5 | 428 | 202 | 71.4 | 698 | 215 | 76.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 148 | 65.7 | 425 | 212 | 69.4 | 684 | 139 | 76.2 | 575 | 213 | 76.6 | 897 |
2016 | 173 | 60.3 | 430 | 226 | 68 | 697 | 205 | 77.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 153 | 64.6 | 426 | 211 | 70 | 693 | 134 | 76.9 | 570 | 193 | 78.8 | 897 |
2014 | 164 | 61.7 | 422 | 212 | 69.6 | 688 | 193 | 78.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 125 | 70.5 | 417 | 213 | 62.1 | 555 | 193 | 67.6 | 588 | 196 | 78.1 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 67 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 99 | 74 | 98 | 84 | 126 |
Science and engineering | 36 | 45 | 39 | 52 | 34 | 51 | 51 | 56 | 49 | 61 |
Science | 36 | 45 | 39 | 52 | 34 | 51 | 51 | 56 | 49 | 61 |
Life science | 13 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
Biological sciences | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 22 |
Health sciences | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Chemistry | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 21 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 36 |
Psychology | 18 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 25 |
Political science and government | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Sociology | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 7 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 31 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 39 | 48 | 23 | 42 | 35 | 65 |
Education | 8 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 20 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Other education | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 19 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 35 |
History | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Letters | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Other humanities and arts | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 20 |
Other | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 476 | 511 | 524 | 453 | 559 | 525 | 521 | 571 | 563 | 549 |
Male | 173 | 185 | 170 | 152 | 209 | 204 | 199 | 249 | 241 | 222 |
Female | 303 | 326 | 354 | 301 | 350 | 321 | 322 | 322 | 322 | 327 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 409 | 456 | 472 | 401 | 472 | 447 | 422 | 443 | 455 | 453 |
Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 64 | 62 | 45 | 52 | 43 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 38 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 347 | 376 | 381 | 350 | 409 | 388 | 375 | 385 | 384 | 389 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 48 | 58 | 45 | 45 | 58 | 52 | 41 | 40 | 29 | 31 |
Black or African American | 25 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 44 | 42 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 261 | 271 | 285 | 254 | 293 | 290 | 283 | 297 | 303 | 304 |
More than one race | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 40 | 26 |
Temporary visa holders | 67 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 87 | 78 | 99 | 128 | 108 | 96 |
Science and engineering | 476 | 477 | 478 | 423 | 500 | 448 | 464 | 513 | 518 | 502 |
Science | 460 | 464 | 459 | 423 | 500 | 448 | 464 | 513 | 518 | 502 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 151 | 150 | 127 | 117 | 164 | 153 | 128 | 125 | 124 | 131 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 39 | 29 | 32 | 24 |
Computer and information sciences | 31 | 38 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 42 | 64 | 106 | 86 | 59 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 41 | 43 | 33 | 36 | 46 | 40 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Physical sciences | 47 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 36 |
Psychology | 99 | 104 | 124 | 112 | 108 | 69 | 63 | 58 | 66 | 73 |
Social sciences | 103 | 102 | 108 | 89 | 105 | 106 | 96 | 109 | 114 | 123 |
Engineering | 16 | 13 | 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 16 | 13 | 19 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 34 | 46 | 30 | 59 | 77 | 57 | 58 | 45 | 47 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 34 | 46 | 30 | 59 | 46 | 32 | 31 | 18 | 23 |
Other health | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 24 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 79 | 132 | 122 | 103 | 109 | 105 | 145 | 138 | 137 | 124 |
Male | 34 | 59 | 58 | 49 | 54 | 45 | 71 | 63 | 63 | 56 |
Female | 45 | 73 | 64 | 54 | 55 | 60 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 68 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 75 | 127 | 115 | 96 | 102 | 101 | 127 | 123 | 122 | 116 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 105 | 99 | 77 | 87 | 88 | 113 | 113 | 103 | 95 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 10 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 18 |
Black or African American | 9 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 41 | 59 | 66 | 46 | 41 | 36 | 87 | 89 | 76 | 65 |
More than one race | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Temporary visa holders | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 8 |
Science and engineering | 75 | 102 | 87 | 74 | 82 | 65 | 113 | 98 | 99 | 94 |
Science | 64 | 82 | 77 | 74 | 82 | 65 | 113 | 98 | 99 | 94 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 40 | 19 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 42 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Psychology | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 26 | 38 | 30 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Engineering | 11 | 20 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 11 | 20 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 4 | 30 | 35 | 29 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 38 | 30 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 30 | 35 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 31 | 23 |
Other health | . | . | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
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 | 56 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 40 | 57 | 68 | 61 | 59 |
Science and engineering | 56 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 34 | 57 | 63 | 61 | 59 |
Science | 56 | 54 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 34 | 57 | 63 | 61 | 59 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 36 | 31 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 46 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 476 | 511 | 524 | 453 | 559 | 525 | 521 | 571 | 563 | 549 |
Fellowships | 48 | 46 | 56 | 53 | 71 | 58 | 44 | 61 | 74 | 51 |
Federal | 21 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 26 | 22 |
Institutional | 22 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 8 |
Research assistantships | 147 | 140 | 136 | 116 | 113 | 96 | 90 | 76 | 88 | 114 |
Federal | 32 | 26 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 27 |
Institutional | 112 | 111 | 113 | 86 | 98 | 83 | 68 | 59 | 59 | 81 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
Teaching assistantships | 66 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 34 | 31 | 40 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 66 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 32 | 31 | 40 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 215 | 251 | 261 | 216 | 326 | 324 | 338 | 400 | 370 | 344 |
Federal | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
Institutional | 18 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 32 | 33 | 44 | 48 | 58 | 32 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 189 | 215 | 219 | 189 | 285 | 276 | 268 | 323 | 297 | 302 |
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 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 43 |
Science | 29 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 43 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 43 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 21 | 18 |
Clinical medicine | 19 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 18 |
Other health | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 23 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 40 |
Science and engineering | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 25 |
Science | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 25 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 25 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 15 |
Clinical medicine | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 15 |
Other health | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 46,169 | 44,036 | 39,365 | 39,223 | 39,332 | 39,738 | 42,672 | 48,664 | 50,774 | 51,676 | ||||||||||
Science | 44,087 | 42,342 | 38,210 | 37,210 | 37,049 | 38,070 | 41,152 | 47,000 | 48,996 | 50,150 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 456 | 216 | 160 | 100 | 66 | 51 | 102 | 118 | 123 | 68 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 121 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 912 | 838 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 121 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 912 | 838 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 39,546 | 38,592 | 35,073 | 33,699 | 34,087 | 35,112 | 38,258 | 43,370 | 45,323 | 46,870 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16,600 | 16,741 | 15,804 | 14,788 | 12,873 | 14,148 | 14,687 | 13,142 | 14,310 | 13,782 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 21,885 | 21,272 | 18,529 | 17,674 | 20,136 | 19,881 | 22,794 | 28,688 | 28,775 | 29,624 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,061 | 579 | 483 | 616 | 724 | 750 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 257 | 621 | 354 | 333 | 296 | 1,540 | 2,238 | 3,151 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 90 | 81 | 188 | 405 | 131 | 297 | 495 | 442 | 701 | 764 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,691 | 1,026 | 763 | 1,286 | 1,128 | 907 | 1,132 | 1,057 | 822 | 899 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,316 | 860 | 711 | 1,250 | 1,111 | 844 | 1,115 | 805 | 821 | 884 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 375 | 166 | 52 | 36 | 17 | 63 | 17 | 252 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,115 | 1,288 | 1,105 | 1,007 | 1,207 | 1,264 | 913 | 792 | 683 | 549 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,189 | 1,139 | 800 | 700 | 414 | 426 | 252 | 309 | 506 | 800 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 32 | 212 | 60 | 59 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 48 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 216 | 427 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 761 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 91 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 335 | 874 | 726 | 572 | 377 | 370 | 237 | 266 | 267 | 282 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,987 | 1,694 | 1,155 | 2,013 | 2,283 | 1,668 | 1,520 | 1,664 | 1,778 | 1,526 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 26 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 123 | 119 | 155 | 449 | 120 | 49 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 637 | 352 | 138 | 53 | 187 | 259 | 327 | 184 | 463 | 275 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 32 | 27 | 13 | 200 | 135 | 152 | 12 | 72 | 42 | 107 | ||||||||||
Law | 8 | 22 | 49 | 88 | 54 | 26 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 36 | ||||||||||
Social work | 772 | 881 | 738 | 711 | 837 | 387 | 347 | 913 | 1,074 | 989 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 512 | 409 | 210 | 950 | 941 | 720 | 648 | 17 | 53 | 70 |
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 | 46,169 | 26,972 | 204 | 9,904 | 3,527 | 3,955 | 1,607 | |||||||
Science | 44,087 | 26,005 | 204 | 9,199 | 3,527 | 3,696 | 1,456 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 456 | 356 | 0 | 83 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 39,546 | 23,194 | 204 | 8,190 | 3,519 | 3,010 | 1,429 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16,600 | 12,644 | 10 | 2,883 | 557 | 331 | 175 | |||||||
Health sciences | 21,885 | 9,931 | 0 | 5,104 | 2,962 | 2,634 | 1,254 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,061 | 619 | 194 | 203 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 90 | 34 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,691 | 1,253 | 0 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,316 | 903 | 0 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 375 | 350 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,115 | 809 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 108 | 12 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,189 | 359 | 0 | 246 | 0 | 569 | 15 | |||||||
Anthropology | 32 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Economics | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Political science and government | 48 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 761 | 21 | 0 | 179 | 0 | 561 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 335 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 95 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 95 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,987 | 967 | 0 | 647 | 0 | 259 | 114 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 637 | 432 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 132 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 32 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||||
Law | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 772 | 520 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 106 | 5 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 512 | 10 | 0 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
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 | 26,972 | 26,793 | 24,018 | 23,562 | 21,994 | 23,324 | 25,363 | 28,200 | 31,189 | 33,074 | ||||||||||
DOD | 771 | 704 | 1,041 | 775 | 555 | 786 | 1,053 | 1,359 | 2,401 | 2,652 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 100 | 132 | 108 | 370 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 21,888 | 22,428 | 20,003 | 19,039 | 18,092 | 18,671 | 21,177 | 23,510 | 24,933 | 27,152 | ||||||||||
NASA | 57 | 47 | 40 | 93 | 59 | 81 | 71 | 55 | 52 | 41 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,028 | 2,349 | 1,522 | 1,949 | 1,738 | 1,505 | 1,466 | 1,525 | 2,057 | 2,228 | ||||||||||
USDA | 66 | 168 | 199 | 152 | 65 | 163 | 130 | 168 | 143 | 75 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,162 | 1,097 | 1,213 | 1,552 | 1,441 | 2,018 | 1,334 | 1,475 | 1,233 | 926 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 835 | 173 | 662 | . | |||
2018 | 782 | 167 | 615 | . | |||
2017 | 854 | 168 | 686 | . | |||
2016 | 907 | 192 | 715 | . |
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 | 354 | 370 | 461 | 470 | 253 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 269 | 269 | 269 | 269 | 145 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 59 | 59 | 59 | 70 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 3 | 30 | 30 | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Social sciences | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
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 | 1,400 | 886 | 845 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 886 | 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 | 1,400 | 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 | 845 | 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.