Mercer 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 | |
2022 | 428 | 7.3 | 457 | 351 | 49 | 680 | 214 | 76.3 | 890 | |||
2021 | 354 | 21.6 | 447 | 343 | 50.9 | 691 | 238 | 59.7 | 583 | 198 | 78.5 | 907 |
2020 | 383 | 15.8 | 450 | 327 | 53.6 | 697 | 203 | 78.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 346 | 23.4 | 447 | 328 | 53.4 | 696 | 232 | 61.1 | 589 | 212 | 77.1 | 913 |
2018 | 318 | 26.5 | 428 | 315 | 55.4 | 698 | 225 | 75.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 358 | 16.6 | 425 | 316 | 54.3 | 684 | 262 | 55 | 575 | 234 | 74.3 | 897 |
2016 | 395 | 9.1 | 430 | 333 | 52.8 | 697 | 229 | 74.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 379 | 12 | 426 | 360 | 48.6 | 693 | 377 | 34.6 | 570 | 224 | 75.4 | 897 |
2014 | 312 | 26.9 | 422 | 333 | 52.2 | 688 | 226 | 74.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 369 | 12.4 | 417 | 317 | 43.5 | 555 | 281 | 52.8 | 588 | 235 | 73.8 | 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 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Science | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Life science | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Biological sciences | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Health sciences | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
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 | 238 | 231 | 231 | 235 | 256 | 252 | 240 | 216 | 234 | 240 |
Male | 71 | 68 | 51 | 64 | 93 | 88 | 75 | 67 | 89 | 97 |
Female | 167 | 163 | 180 | 171 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 149 | 145 | 143 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 198 | 202 | 202 | 202 | 224 | 224 | 208 | 184 | 207 | 203 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 184 | 187 | 188 | 186 | 192 | 202 | 186 | 171 | 201 | 195 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 19 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 16 |
Black or African American | 94 | 83 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 98 | 114 | 104 | 106 | 100 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 65 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 49 | 44 | 78 | 79 |
More than one race | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 40 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 37 |
Science and engineering | 76 | 90 | 76 | 86 | 100 | 89 | 95 | 81 | 107 | 115 |
Science | 42 | 55 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 85 | 75 | 97 | 90 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 39 | 55 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 85 | 75 | 69 | 65 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 28 | 25 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 34 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 46 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Health | 162 | 141 | 155 | 149 | 156 | 163 | 145 | 135 | 127 | 125 |
Clinical medicine | 110 | 105 | 117 | 110 | 112 | 113 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 64 |
Other health | 52 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 56 | 51 | 54 | 61 |
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 | 65 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 88 | 129 | 129 | 144 | 132 |
Male | 24 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 43 | 87 | 90 | 100 | 100 |
Female | 41 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 52 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 44 | 32 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 63 | 50 | 62 | 69 | 78 | 86 | 127 | 124 | 142 | 130 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 46 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 90 | 89 | 94 | 71 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Black or African American | 18 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 28 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 74 | 65 | 64 | 56 |
More than one race | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 43 | 55 |
Temporary visa holders | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 27 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 36 | 43 | 101 | 102 | 123 | 119 |
Science | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 25 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 41 | 101 | 102 | 123 | 119 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 10 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 41 | 43 | 56 | 49 |
Health | 38 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 43 | 45 | 28 | 27 | 21 | 13 |
Clinical medicine | 23 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Other health | 15 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 11 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 238 | 231 | 231 | 235 | 256 | 252 | 240 | 216 | 234 | 240 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 31 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 31 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 35 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 35 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 172 | 182 | 181 | 187 | 205 | 243 | 233 | 210 | 234 | 240 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 48 | 44 | 42 | 46 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 172 | 182 | 181 | 187 | 205 | 198 | 185 | 166 | 192 | 194 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Science | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Science | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 50,222 | 51,989 | 49,116 | 44,128 | 34,197 | 29,447 | 31,735 | 32,838 | 30,209 | 28,892 | ||||||||||
Science | 11,621 | 11,456 | 11,505 | 11,413 | 10,566 | 5,424 | 5,604 | 6,307 | 5,999 | 6,139 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 149 | 140 | 136 | 115 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 8,473 | 8,627 | 8,624 | 8,298 | 8,058 | 5,172 | 5,440 | 5,685 | 5,355 | 5,279 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 253 | 250 | 235 | 239 | 233 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 5,466 | 5,592 | 5,307 | 5,294 | 5,112 | 3,651 | 3,843 | 4,022 | 3,761 | 4,200 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,754 | 2,785 | 3,082 | 2,765 | 2,713 | 1,521 | 1,592 | 1,661 | 1,590 | 1,067 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 221 | 219 | 224 | 194 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,925 | 1,878 | 2,038 | 2,189 | 1,694 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 156 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,830 | 1,786 | 1,951 | 2,106 | 1,613 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 156 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 95 | 92 | 87 | 83 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 300 | 270 | 258 | 253 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 89 | 105 | 81 | 57 | 73 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 96 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 36 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 53 | 51 | 47 | 40 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 12 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 464 | 217 | 144 | 307 | 199 | 214 | 140 | 579 | 583 | 608 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 38,452 | 40,439 | 37,450 | 32,624 | 23,532 | 23,942 | 26,049 | 26,464 | 24,163 | 22,737 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 14,803 | 15,276 | 12,953 | 10,878 | 8,810 | 6,879 | 10,767 | 10,829 | 9,586 | 9,242 | ||||||||||
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 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,608 | 2,152 | 404 | 539 | 1,803 | 1,303 | 1,210 | 611 | 1,184 | 2,355 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 11,183 | 12,062 | 14,423 | 12,411 | 6,791 | 10,328 | 9,378 | 10,333 | 10,236 | 8,230 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 10,282 | 10,341 | 9,143 | 8,021 | 5,606 | 5,421 | 4,685 | 4,685 | 2,988 | 2,709 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 567 | 600 | 524 | 763 | 519 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 169 | 201 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 149 | 94 | 161 | 91 | 99 | 81 | 82 | 67 | 47 | 16 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 61 | 22 | 47 | 88 | 90 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 82 | 70 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 67 | 47 | 16 |
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 | 50,222 | 32,504 | 46 | 9,218 | 4,083 | 112 | 4,259 | |||||||
Science | 11,621 | 2,545 | 46 | 8,570 | 428 | 32 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 149 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 8,473 | 2,175 | 46 | 5,794 | 428 | 30 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 253 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 5,466 | 1,537 | 46 | 3,596 | 261 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,754 | 638 | 0 | 1,945 | 167 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 221 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,925 | 0 | 0 | 1,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 95 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 300 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 89 | 34 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 36 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 464 | 333 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 38,452 | 29,959 | 0 | 575 | 3,654 | 5 | 4,259 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 14,803 | 13,040 | 0 | 0 | 812 | 0 | 951 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,608 | 858 | 0 | 53 | 697 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 11,183 | 6,941 | 0 | 3 | 931 | 0 | 3,308 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 10,282 | 9,120 | 0 | 0 | 1,162 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 567 | 0 | 0 | 515 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 149 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 75 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 82 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 75 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- 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 | 32,504 | 34,413 | 31,572 | 27,035 | 18,999 | 19,772 | 21,120 | 21,563 | 19,666 | 19,411 | ||||||||||
DOD | 30,267 | 31,981 | 29,687 | 25,307 | 17,028 | 18,115 | 19,055 | 18,874 | 17,835 | 17,187 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 2,175 | 2,281 | 1,821 | 1,617 | 1,819 | 1,501 | 1,869 | 1,975 | 1,730 | 1,912 | ||||||||||
NASA | 25 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 56 | 38 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 21 | ||||||||||
NSF | 37 | 140 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 264 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 87 | 118 | 156 | 704 | 51 | 27 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 602 | 36 | 566 | . | |||
2018 | 555 | 47 | 508 | . | |||
2017 | 356 | 50 | 306 | . | |||
2016 | 361 | 52 | 309 | . |
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 | 203 | 203 | 147 | 56 | 123 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 113 | 99 | 85 | 32 | 93 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 65 | 84 | 59 | 20 | 28 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Other | 3 | 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.
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 | . | 83,552 | . | 40,000 | 7,650 |
Health sciences | . | 83,552 | . | . | 7,650 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 40,000 | . |
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 | 16,486 | 49,201 | 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 | 3,950 | 49,201 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 12,537 | 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.