Middle Tennessee State 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 | 234 | 52.6 | 448 | 407 | 70.1 | 583 | 270 | 30.3 | 909 | |||
2020 | 214 | 48 | 450 | 356 | 51.5 | 697 | 356 | 39.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 223 | 50.3 | 447 | 349 | 50.6 | 696 | 430 | 73.2 | 589 | 363 | 40.3 | 913 |
2018 | 215 | 50.6 | 428 | 342 | 49.4 | 698 | 369 | 41.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 190 | 45.1 | 425 | 338 | 49.8 | 684 | 414 | 72.2 | 575 | 409 | 46.1 | 897 |
2016 | 241 | 56.4 | 430 | 265 | 38.6 | 697 | 376 | 42.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 249 | 58.8 | 426 | 241 | 35.3 | 693 | 394 | 69.4 | 570 | 408 | 46 | 897 |
2014 | 243 | 57.9 | 422 | 255 | 37.6 | 688 | 404 | 46 | 887 | |||
2013 | 261 | 62.9 | 417 | 258 | 46.9 | 555 | 482 | 82.1 | 588 | 380 | 43.5 | 884 |
2012 | 272 | 66.3 | 412 | 249 | 45.3 | 555 | 366 | 41.6 | 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 | 37 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 60 | 37 | 30 | 32 | 23 | 20 |
Science and engineering | 15 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
Science | 15 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
Life science | 5 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Biological sciences | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Chemistry | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Economics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 14 |
Education | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
Education research | 2 | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Teaching fields | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
History | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | . | 5 | 3 |
Letters | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 199 | 207 | 214 | 216 | 385 | 434 | 406 | 389 | 409 |
Male | 0 | 95 | 104 | 106 | 108 | 200 | 211 | 196 | 206 | 209 |
Female | 0 | 104 | 103 | 108 | 108 | 185 | 223 | 210 | 183 | 200 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 0 | 143 | 146 | 151 | 153 | 253 | 271 | 269 | 275 | 294 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 106 | 109 | 137 | 139 | 244 | 262 | 261 | 269 | 285 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Asian | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
Black or African American | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 25 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 0 | 90 | 93 | 124 | 126 | 205 | 219 | 214 | 227 | 232 |
More than one race | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 56 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 132 | 163 | 137 | 114 | 115 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 186 | 194 | 205 | 207 | 375 | 393 | 361 | 347 | 368 |
Science | 0 | 186 | 194 | 205 | 207 | 375 | 393 | 361 | 347 | 368 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 53 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 64 | 72 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 16 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 40 | 45 | 43 | 46 | 83 | 85 | 69 | 60 | 63 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 7 | 7 | . | . | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 58 | 54 | 51 | 51 | 46 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 45 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 73 | 76 | 67 | 73 | 81 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 23 |
Social sciences | 0 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 48 | 40 | 45 | 40 | 47 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 41 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 7 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 41 |
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 | 599 | 227 | 240 | 213 | 216 | 162 | 199 | 216 | 236 | 211 |
Male | 300 | 111 | 129 | 133 | 134 | 93 | 95 | 108 | 109 | 114 |
Female | 299 | 116 | 111 | 80 | 82 | 69 | 104 | 108 | 127 | 97 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 478 | 173 | 180 | 160 | 161 | 145 | 185 | 198 | 228 | 202 |
Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 420 | 146 | 154 | 148 | 149 | 142 | 179 | 195 | 223 | 198 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 18 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
Black or African American | 65 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 40 | 23 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
White | 320 | 120 | 124 | 126 | 127 | 112 | 135 | 158 | 159 | 155 |
More than one race | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 32 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 121 | 54 | 60 | 53 | 55 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 549 | 222 | 235 | 213 | 216 | 160 | 177 | 192 | 210 | 183 |
Science | 549 | 222 | 235 | 213 | 216 | 160 | 177 | 192 | 210 | 183 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 158 | 81 | 75 | 90 | 90 | 25 | 47 | 60 | 69 | 58 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 23 |
Computer and information sciences | 153 | 48 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 54 | 50 | 43 | 46 | 40 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18 | 6 | 6 | . | . | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 51 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 68 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 24 |
Physical sciences | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
Social sciences | 85 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 |
Clinical medicine | 31 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 |
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 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 20 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 20 |
Science | 0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 20 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 0 | 199 | 207 | 214 | 216 | 385 | 434 | 406 | 389 | 409 |
Fellowships | 0 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 20 | 27 | 24 |
Federal | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
Institutional | 0 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 115 | 118 | 93 | 94 | 208 | 221 | 226 | 227 | 241 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Institutional | 0 | 115 | 116 | 93 | 94 | 208 | 221 | 215 | 227 | 236 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 0 | 59 | 62 | 83 | 83 | 147 | 186 | 160 | 135 | 144 |
Federal | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 0 | 50 | 52 | 75 | 75 | 147 | 182 | 160 | 135 | 144 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 22,531 | 8,697 | 7,673 | 7,132 | 4,714 | 6,164 | 4,350 | 4,334 | 5,718 | 7,108 | ||||||||||
Science | 13,648 | 4,598 | 4,415 | 3,195 | 3,809 | 3,145 | 1,677 | 1,382 | 3,164 | 4,498 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,000 | 245 | 323 | 87 | 159 | 103 | 64 | 0 | 260 | 97 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 126 | 48 | 500 | 134 | 183 | 174 | 290 | 198 | 155 | 112 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 126 | 9 | 0 | 134 | 183 | 3 | 290 | 0 | 155 | 112 | ||||||||||
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 | 39 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 4,048 | 2,029 | 1,679 | 1,597 | 2,065 | 1,377 | 842 | 561 | 651 | 894 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 953 | 378 | 640 | 408 | 351 | 250 | 87 | 0 | 117 | 51 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,096 | 1,359 | 1,005 | 1,033 | 1,579 | 1,088 | 539 | 545 | 390 | 454 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 667 | 112 | 34 | 131 | 101 | 39 | 216 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 141 | 180 | 0 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 389 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,187 | 39 | 169 | 353 | 100 | 578 | 68 | 95 | 36 | 258 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,967 | 596 | 417 | 388 | 958 | 653 | 312 | 119 | 1,049 | 2,485 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 43 | 251 | 18 | 82 | 106 | 377 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,632 | 345 | 386 | 299 | 679 | 265 | 271 | 41 | 825 | 2,332 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 292 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 174 | 77 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 76 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 652 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 40 | 69 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 3,668 | 1,583 | 1,325 | 597 | 219 | 241 | 61 | 195 | 1,013 | 619 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 549 | 352 | 7 | 168 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,555 | 364 | 522 | 0 | 66 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 834 | 369 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 1,084 | 790 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 43 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 207 | 60 | 211 | 429 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 167 | 201 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 273 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 592 | 182 | 59 | 540 | 283 | 826 | 288 | 140 | 220 | 993 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 114 | 1 | 7 | 340 | 75 | 112 | 136 | 0 | 171 | 922 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 460 | 86 | 3 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 100 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 49 | 71 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 8,291 | 3,917 | 3,199 | 3,397 | 622 | 2,193 | 2,385 | 2,812 | 2,334 | 1,617 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 706 | 114 | 43 | 616 | 62 | 4 | 224 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 730 | 73 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 471 | 313 | ||||||||||
Education | 670 | 1,208 | 1,184 | 153 | 324 | 1,134 | 1,258 | 1,764 | 964 | 437 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 4,198 | 2,465 | 1,732 | 910 | 111 | 377 | 199 | 100 | 873 | 848 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 34 | 37 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 687 | 20 | 175 | 1,637 | 125 | 594 | 704 | 948 | 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
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 22,531 | 4,150 | 480 | 16,884 | 259 | 758 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 13,648 | 3,998 | 74 | 8,565 | 259 | 752 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,000 | 283 | 0 | 717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 126 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 126 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 7 | 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 | 4,048 | 1,394 | 72 | 2,421 | 141 | 20 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 953 | 475 | 61 | 415 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,096 | 766 | 11 | 1,160 | 139 | 20 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 667 | 12 | 0 | 655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 141 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 191 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,187 | 316 | 0 | 857 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 2,967 | 1,769 | 0 | 1,154 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,632 | 1,670 | 0 | 918 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 292 | 56 | 0 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 652 | 72 | 0 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 3,668 | 164 | 2 | 2,717 | 53 | 732 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 549 | 76 | 0 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1,555 | 0 | 2 | 1,515 | 28 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 1,084 | 0 | 0 | 337 | 25 | 722 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 207 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 273 | 88 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 592 | 100 | 0 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 114 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 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 | 460 | 82 | 0 | 378 | 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 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 8,291 | 52 | 406 | 7,827 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 706 | 39 | 0 | 667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 730 | 0 | 0 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 670 | 0 | 13 | 657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 4,198 | 13 | 393 | 3,786 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 687 | 0 | 0 | 687 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 4,150 | 3,062 | 2,473 | 2,391 | 2,513 | 3,535 | 2,302 | 1,564 | 2,585 | 4,553 | ||||||||||
DOD | 173 | 98 | 31 | 69 | 118 | 301 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 59 | ||||||||||
DOE | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 290 | 506 | ||||||||||
HHS | 311 | 179 | 195 | 699 | 477 | 497 | 427 | 173 | 157 | 485 | ||||||||||
NASA | 55 | 23 | 68 | 73 | 374 | 25 | 28 | 41 | 52 | 687 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,833 | 1,292 | 932 | 595 | 618 | 1,394 | 789 | 909 | 1,033 | 2,394 | ||||||||||
USDA | 757 | 547 | 610 | 356 | 530 | 367 | 291 | 91 | 62 | 32 | ||||||||||
Other | 995 | 923 | 627 | 599 | 396 | 951 | 752 | 238 | 963 | 390 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 170 | 45 | 125 | . | |||
2018 | 180 | 57 | 123 | . | |||
2017 | 160 | 98 | 62 | . | |||
2016 | 192 | 127 | 65 | . | |||
2015 | 299 | 98 | 201 | 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, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 58 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 23 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
Psychology | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Other | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 | . | 399 | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 399 | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,902 |
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 | 634 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 634 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 634 |
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.