Marquette 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 | 200 | 45.1 | 448 | 234 | 34.4 | 691 | 277 | 48 | 583 | 228 | 25.8 | 909 |
2020 | 196 | 44 | 450 | 226 | 33 | 697 | 229 | 25.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 185 | 41.8 | 447 | 240 | 35 | 696 | 269 | 46.1 | 589 | 226 | 25.4 | 913 |
2018 | 191 | 45 | 428 | 245 | 35.7 | 698 | 233 | 26.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 193 | 45.8 | 425 | 245 | 36.4 | 684 | 331 | 57.9 | 575 | 230 | 26.3 | 897 |
2016 | 171 | 40.2 | 430 | 232 | 33.9 | 697 | 235 | 26.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 194 | 46 | 426 | 226 | 33.2 | 693 | 315 | 55.6 | 570 | 245 | 28 | 897 |
2014 | 183 | 43.8 | 422 | 216 | 32 | 688 | 246 | 28.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 170 | 41.2 | 417 | 223 | 40.7 | 555 | 315 | 54 | 588 | 262 | 30.3 | 884 |
2012 | 157 | 38.6 | 412 | 223 | 40.7 | 555 | 278 | 31.8 | 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 | 56 | 57 | 70 | 64 | 58 | 76 | 64 | 66 | 72 | 81 |
Science and engineering | 45 | 34 | 53 | 42 | 32 | 44 | 47 | 40 | 44 | 47 |
Science | 35 | 22 | 42 | 33 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 37 |
Life science | 20 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
Health sciences | 9 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Physics and astronomy | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 |
Computer sciences | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . |
Mathematics | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
Psychology | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Engineering | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 10 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | . | 5 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Other engineering | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 11 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 32 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 34 |
Education | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Education administration | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Education research | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Other education | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Humanities | 8 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 28 |
History | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Letters | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | 7 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 18 |
Other | . | . | . | . | 9 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | 7 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 468 | 447 | 407 | 391 | 401 | 488 | 496 | 517 | 481 | 486 |
Male | 222 | 218 | 213 | 210 | 204 | 269 | 268 | 271 | 257 | 272 |
Female | 246 | 229 | 194 | 181 | 197 | 219 | 228 | 246 | 224 | 214 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 343 | 341 | 295 | 264 | 272 | 338 | 331 | 346 | 315 | 309 |
Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 24 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 289 | 288 | 244 | 213 | 216 | 268 | 267 | 265 | 213 | 258 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 20 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
Black or African American | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
White | 244 | 245 | 204 | 189 | 192 | 227 | 231 | 230 | 183 | 226 |
More than one race | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 13 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 60 | 88 | 27 |
Temporary visa holders | 125 | 106 | 112 | 127 | 129 | 150 | 165 | 171 | 166 | 177 |
Science and engineering | 341 | 330 | 314 | 291 | 312 | 392 | 396 | 417 | 392 | 408 |
Science | 236 | 220 | 208 | 200 | 190 | 261 | 257 | 283 | 273 | 276 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 42 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 34 | 52 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 38 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 30 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 24 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 16 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 34 | 28 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 27 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 69 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 56 |
Physical sciences | 35 | 42 | 37 | 40 | 38 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 47 |
Social sciences | 30 | 31 | 39 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 48 | 60 | 69 |
Engineering | 105 | 110 | 106 | 91 | 122 | 131 | 139 | 134 | 119 | 132 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 23 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 46 | 39 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 44 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 27 | 34 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 19 | 23 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 40 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 37 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 26 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Health | 127 | 117 | 93 | 100 | 89 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 78 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 127 | 117 | 93 | 100 | 89 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 78 |
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 | 263 | 274 | 275 | 243 | 254 | 203 | 189 | 188 | 188 | 176 |
Male | 148 | 151 | 149 | 122 | 154 | 105 | 106 | 110 | 107 | 108 |
Female | 115 | 123 | 126 | 121 | 100 | 98 | 83 | 78 | 81 | 68 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 209 | 202 | 195 | 192 | 202 | 188 | 176 | 176 | 177 | 170 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 181 | 172 | 169 | 168 | 166 | 148 | 135 | 135 | 140 | 148 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 16 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
Black or African American | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
White | 149 | 146 | 142 | 143 | 143 | 131 | 114 | 112 | 125 | 136 |
More than one race | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 13 |
Temporary visa holders | 54 | 72 | 80 | 51 | 52 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 219 | 219 | 214 | 193 | 196 | 147 | 142 | 150 | 148 | 141 |
Science | 141 | 141 | 133 | 135 | 117 | 84 | 86 | 90 | 91 | 90 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 19 |
Computer and information sciences | 78 | 66 | 52 | 50 | 46 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 29 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 9 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 27 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 6 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 25 |
Engineering | 78 | 78 | 81 | 58 | 79 | 63 | 56 | 60 | 57 | 51 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 23 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 28 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 14 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 17 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Health | 44 | 55 | 61 | 50 | 58 | 56 | 47 | 38 | 40 | 35 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 44 | 55 | 61 | 50 | 58 | 56 | 47 | 38 | 40 | 35 |
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 | 45 | 62 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 38 | 40 | 9 | 48 | 63 |
Science and engineering | 45 | 53 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 8 | 42 | 44 |
Science | 18 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 15 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 7 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
Psychology | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 27 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 29 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
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 | 468 | 447 | 407 | 391 | 401 | 488 | 496 | 517 | 481 | 486 |
Fellowships | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 25 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Institutional | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Research assistantships | 125 | 162 | 137 | 116 | 135 | 204 | 160 | 151 | 148 | 154 |
Federal | 44 | 62 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 38 | 43 |
Institutional | 72 | 84 | 90 | 76 | 85 | 142 | 103 | 126 | 89 | 89 |
Nonfederal | 9 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 22 |
Teaching assistantships | 75 | 66 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 105 | 114 | 139 | 141 | 116 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 75 | 66 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 105 | 113 | 139 | 141 | 116 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 256 | 212 | 192 | 200 | 178 | 169 | 210 | 219 | 146 | 191 |
Federal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
Institutional | 19 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 10 | 44 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 |
Personal resources | 236 | 204 | 182 | 189 | 168 | 163 | 204 | 154 | 130 | 117 |
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 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Science | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 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 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Science | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 37,087 | 37,136 | 37,777 | 32,471 | 30,034 | 28,422 | 24,816 | 23,633 | 20,856 | 18,606 | ||||||||||
Science | 20,342 | 19,093 | 19,868 | 16,725 | 14,777 | 13,956 | 11,322 | 11,829 | 11,965 | 10,368 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,439 | 834 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 12,236 | 11,696 | 13,155 | 10,388 | 9,875 | 8,917 | 7,199 | 7,897 | 7,815 | 7,031 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 88 | 84 | 92 | 36 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,143 | 5,871 | 7,863 | 6,753 | 5,781 | 5,379 | 1,515 | 1,657 | 1,557 | 1,100 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 5,545 | 4,570 | 4,461 | 3,223 | 4,000 | 3,538 | 3,255 | 4,249 | 4,560 | 4,299 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,460 | 1,171 | 739 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 2,429 | 1,991 | 1,698 | 1,632 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,110 | 1,734 | 1,863 | 1,686 | 1,252 | 1,362 | 1,123 | 1,085 | 1,066 | 873 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,903 | 2,681 | 2,517 | 2,789 | 1,933 | 1,990 | 1,907 | 2,019 | 2,483 | 2,297 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 3,476 | 2,361 | 2,202 | 2,639 | 1,538 | 1,595 | 1,821 | 1,902 | 2,307 | 2,145 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 427 | 320 | 315 | 150 | 395 | 395 | 86 | 117 | 176 | 152 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,223 | 1,140 | 1,371 | 929 | 725 | 853 | 766 | 351 | 164 | 82 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 431 | 1,008 | 784 | 933 | 577 | 609 | 327 | 477 | 437 | 85 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 70 | 37 | 208 | 88 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 182 | 108 | 39 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 330 | 449 | 416 | 487 | 399 | 399 | 186 | 271 | 271 | 2 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 16 | 517 | 153 | 0 | 151 | 121 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 15 | 5 | 7 | 358 | 7 | 48 | 80 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 415 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 9,027 | 10,059 | 8,988 | 7,898 | 8,915 | 8,012 | 8,663 | 5,438 | 4,292 | 4,840 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,345 | 4,159 | 3,316 | 2,893 | 1,701 | 1,508 | 1,403 | 1,493 | 1,223 | 1,993 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,233 | 1,050 | 993 | 1,165 | 1,132 | 953 | 647 | 394 | 472 | 424 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,109 | 1,788 | 1,716 | 871 | 1,140 | 1,231 | 1,106 | 1,072 | 925 | 1,300 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 909 | 867 | 747 | 1,305 | 1,133 | 787 | 1,511 | 686 | 569 | 615 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,431 | 2,195 | 2,216 | 1,664 | 3,809 | 3,533 | 3,996 | 1,793 | 1,103 | 508 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 7,718 | 7,984 | 8,921 | 7,848 | 6,342 | 6,454 | 4,831 | 6,366 | 4,599 | 3,398 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 854 | 397 | 330 | 399 | 500 | 532 | 466 | 2,180 | 1,428 | 1,458 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 959 | 825 | 913 | 1,803 | 1,720 | 961 | 817 | 232 | 61 | 27 | ||||||||||
Education | 105 | 158 | 345 | 516 | 617 | 354 | 228 | 303 | 363 | 295 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1,145 | 1,464 | 981 | 1,551 | 1,134 | 668 | 948 | 856 | 622 | 614 | ||||||||||
Law | 921 | 1,109 | 1,358 | 826 | 558 | 589 | 627 | 603 | 311 | 25 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 3,734 | 3,969 | 4,989 | 2,748 | 1,813 | 3,350 | 1,745 | 2,192 | 1,814 | 979 |
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 | 37,087 | 13,918 | 365 | 14,809 | 947 | 2,042 | 5,006 | |||||||
Science | 20,342 | 9,604 | 15 | 7,466 | 292 | 1,220 | 1,745 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,439 | 675 | 0 | 583 | 80 | 82 | 19 | |||||||
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 | 12,236 | 5,446 | 15 | 4,148 | 195 | 1,018 | 1,414 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,143 | 2,967 | 8 | 1,502 | 0 | 315 | 351 | |||||||
Health sciences | 5,545 | 2,391 | 7 | 2,227 | 159 | 622 | 139 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,460 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 36 | 81 | 924 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,110 | 684 | 0 | 359 | 0 | 46 | 21 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,903 | 2,614 | 0 | 1,070 | 0 | 8 | 211 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 3,476 | 2,323 | 0 | 947 | 0 | 8 | 198 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 427 | 291 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,223 | 185 | 0 | 932 | 17 | 63 | 26 | |||||||
Social sciences | 431 | 0 | 0 | 374 | 0 | 3 | 54 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 330 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 0 | 3 | 44 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 9,027 | 3,866 | 350 | 2,528 | 629 | 690 | 964 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,345 | 1,957 | 0 | 742 | 99 | 232 | 315 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,233 | 137 | 350 | 420 | 167 | 134 | 25 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,109 | 1,130 | 0 | 535 | 345 | 99 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 909 | 642 | 0 | 245 | 18 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,431 | 0 | 0 | 586 | 0 | 221 | 624 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 7,718 | 448 | 0 | 4,815 | 26 | 132 | 2,297 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 854 | 0 | 0 | 524 | 0 | 0 | 330 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 959 | 0 | 0 | 543 | 11 | 0 | 405 | |||||||
Education | 105 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 28 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,145 | 0 | 0 | 932 | 0 | 129 | 84 | |||||||
Law | 921 | 0 | 0 | 647 | 15 | 1 | 258 | |||||||
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 | 3,734 | 448 | 0 | 2,094 | 0 | 0 | 1,192 |
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 | 13,918 | 13,187 | 12,792 | 10,672 | 10,111 | 10,298 | 9,320 | 8,191 | 8,756 | 9,968 | ||||||||||
DOD | 261 | 380 | 211 | 402 | 418 | 481 | 495 | 275 | 486 | 553 | ||||||||||
DOE | 811 | 600 | 375 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 51 | ||||||||||
HHS | 8,237 | 8,251 | 8,115 | 6,618 | 6,679 | 6,924 | 5,637 | 3,985 | 4,239 | 4,863 | ||||||||||
NASA | 94 | 124 | 178 | 174 | 75 | 29 | 57 | 88 | 20 | 32 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,056 | 3,318 | 3,355 | 2,878 | 2,649 | 2,648 | 2,261 | 2,063 | 1,989 | 2,192 | ||||||||||
USDA | 148 | 127 | 219 | 59 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
Other | 311 | 387 | 339 | 287 | 266 | 198 | 870 | 1,778 | 1,958 | 2,244 |
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,272 | 140 | 1,132 | . | |||
2018 | 1,274 | 141 | 1,133 | . | |||
2017 | 1,226 | 130 | 1,096 | . | |||
2016 | 996 | 120 | 876 | . | |||
2015 | 923 | 106 | 817 | 17 |
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 | 265 | 262 | 212 | 189 | 195 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 63 | 63 | 62 | 64 | 63 |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Engineering | 69 | 61 | 54 | 58 | 62 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Health sciences | 28 | 35 | 29 | 21 | 17 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 48 | 54 | 32 | 16 | 24 |
Psychology | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Social sciences | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Other | 15 | 11 | 10 | 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 | 8,415 | . | 3,924 | 1,550 | 500 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 1,962 | . | . |
Engineering | 8,415 | . | . | 1,550 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 1,962 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 500 |
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 | 9,615 | 2,599 | 679 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 7,310 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 679 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 832 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 959 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,345 | 672 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,095 | 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.