Missouri U. Science and Technology
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 | 137 | 70.5 | 457 | 163 | 76.4 | 680 | 207 | 77.1 | 890 | |||
2021 | 129 | 71.6 | 447 | 174 | 75.2 | 691 | 194 | 67.2 | 583 | 195 | 78.8 | 907 |
2020 | 137 | 70 | 450 | 176 | 75.1 | 697 | 205 | 77.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 151 | 66.7 | 447 | 165 | 76.6 | 696 | 199 | 66.7 | 589 | 205 | 77.9 | 913 |
2018 | 136 | 68.7 | 428 | 148 | 79.1 | 698 | 205 | 77.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 161 | 62.6 | 425 | 126 | 81.9 | 684 | 210 | 64 | 575 | 215 | 76.4 | 897 |
2016 | 146 | 66.5 | 430 | 152 | 78.5 | 697 | 220 | 75.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 158 | 63.4 | 426 | 155 | 78 | 693 | 215 | 62.8 | 570 | 218 | 76 | 897 |
2014 | 179 | 58.1 | 422 | 141 | 79.8 | 688 | 212 | 76.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 160 | 62.2 | 417 | 132 | 76.6 | 555 | 204 | 65.8 | 588 | 209 | 76.7 | 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 |
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All fields | 113 | 118 | 117 | 100 | 116 | 88 | 107 | 94 | 71 | 84 |
Science and engineering | 113 | 118 | 117 | 100 | 115 | 88 | 107 | 94 | 70 | 83 |
Science | 28 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 24 | 29 | 20 |
Life science | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 18 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 13 |
Chemistry | 6 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
Computer sciences | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Mathematics | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 85 | 93 | 84 | 79 | 85 | 54 | 71 | 70 | 41 | 63 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Civil engineering | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 10 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 12 |
Industrial engineering | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 13 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Other engineering | 29 | 29 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 19 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 30 |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 919 | 781 | 676 | 790 | 883 | 1,078 | 946 | 954 | 1,083 | 1,068 |
Male | 675 | 606 | 527 | 618 | 691 | 869 | 745 | 744 | 853 | 852 |
Female | 244 | 175 | 149 | 172 | 192 | 209 | 201 | 210 | 230 | 216 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 340 | 306 | 291 | 264 | 293 | 403 | 262 | 241 | 286 | 361 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 301 | 287 | 271 | 245 | 269 | 348 | 242 | 219 | 254 | 329 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
Black or African American | 17 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
White | 259 | 241 | 223 | 210 | 231 | 302 | 211 | 202 | 232 | 306 |
More than one race | 9 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 18 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
Temporary visa holders | 579 | 475 | 385 | 526 | 590 | 675 | 684 | 713 | 797 | 707 |
Science and engineering | 919 | 781 | 676 | 790 | 883 | 1,078 | 946 | 954 | 1,083 | 1,068 |
Science | 394 | 273 | 218 | 224 | 241 | 445 | 196 | 188 | 211 | 224 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 235 | 110 | 62 | 63 | 67 | 82 | 85 | 63 | 79 | 82 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 34 | 40 | 37 | 39 | 55 | 207 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 47 | 45 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 60 | 63 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 113 | 68 | 81 | 76 | 87 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 525 | 508 | 458 | 566 | 642 | 633 | 750 | 766 | 872 | 844 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 25 | 27 | 26 | 36 | 41 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 54 | 59 | 56 | 95 | 106 | 63 | 58 | 52 | 123 | 31 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 106 | 95 | 68 | 82 | 96 | 91 | 66 | 59 | 70 | 71 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 92 | 87 | 89 | 114 | 114 | 135 | 154 | 189 | 242 | 215 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 94 | 59 | 46 | 61 | 134 |
Mechanical engineering | 62 | 58 | 56 | 84 | 94 | 162 | 134 | 131 | 133 | 107 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 148 | 140 | 124 | 105 | 136 | 88 | 111 | 102 | 114 | 101 |
Other engineering | 24 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 34 | . | 168 | 187 | 129 | 185 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
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All part-time students | 315 | 342 | 428 | 297 | 300 | 345 | 304 | 388 | 427 | 376 |
Male | 236 | 238 | 321 | 230 | 227 | 284 | 245 | 300 | 350 | 307 |
Female | 79 | 104 | 107 | 67 | 73 | 61 | 59 | 88 | 77 | 69 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 270 | 298 | 332 | 243 | 229 | 264 | 232 | 240 | 310 | 277 |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 16 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 227 | 269 | 298 | 213 | 207 | 240 | 207 | 220 | 267 | 246 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Asian | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 17 |
Black or African American | 17 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White | 188 | 222 | 255 | 176 | 182 | 210 | 175 | 202 | 235 | 218 |
More than one race | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 11 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 15 |
Temporary visa holders | 45 | 44 | 96 | 54 | 71 | 81 | 72 | 148 | 117 | 99 |
Science and engineering | 315 | 342 | 428 | 297 | 300 | 345 | 304 | 388 | 427 | 376 |
Science | 71 | 73 | 77 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 19 | 36 | 37 | 40 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 29 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 23 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 22 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 16 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 244 | 269 | 351 | 232 | 233 | 273 | 285 | 352 | 390 | 336 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 21 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 8 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 31 | 28 | 48 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 52 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 32 | 34 | 42 | 25 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 74 | 59 | 39 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 54 | 64 | 68 | 49 | 41 | 97 | 102 | 107 | 119 | 144 |
Mechanical engineering | 26 | 33 | 41 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 38 | 28 | 60 | 39 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 71 | 78 | 99 | 77 | 67 | 31 | 18 | 40 | 32 | 29 |
Other engineering | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | . | 33 | 57 | 66 | 33 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 143 | 167 | 146 | 133 | 131 | 141 | 150 | 127 | 124 | 170 |
Science and engineering | 143 | 167 | 146 | 133 | 131 | 141 | 150 | 127 | 124 | 170 |
Science | 26 | 41 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 79 | 37 | 26 | 29 | 23 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 10 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Psychology | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 117 | 126 | 115 | 104 | 112 | 62 | 113 | 101 | 95 | 147 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 24 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 11 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 26 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 68 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 13 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 32 | 53 | 47 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 24 |
Other engineering | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | . | 18 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
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All types and sources of support | 919 | 781 | 676 | 790 | 883 | 1,078 | 946 | 954 | 1,083 | 1,068 |
Fellowships | 64 | 45 | 44 | 84 | 94 | 62 | 47 | 70 | 39 | 16 |
Federal | 39 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Institutional | 2 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 1 |
Nonfederal | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 258 | 277 | 266 | 305 | 319 | 300 | 324 | 309 | 235 | 374 |
Federal | 87 | 94 | 88 | 86 | 81 | 113 | 130 | 104 | 112 | 154 |
Institutional | 67 | 63 | 64 | 90 | 109 | 100 | 111 | 97 | 63 | 95 |
Nonfederal | 104 | 120 | 114 | 129 | 129 | 87 | 83 | 108 | 60 | 125 |
Teaching assistantships | 147 | 152 | 149 | 163 | 168 | 158 | 147 | 168 | 132 | 181 |
Federal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 139 | 145 | 141 | 144 | 154 | 135 | 116 | 153 | 111 | 170 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 10 |
Other types of support | 450 | 307 | 217 | 238 | 302 | 558 | 428 | 407 | 677 | 497 |
Federal | 16 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 122 | 86 | 38 | 49 |
Nonfederal | 41 | 43 | 42 | 63 | 83 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 152 |
Personal resources | 382 | 219 | 143 | 162 | 196 | 394 | 288 | 300 | 607 | 295 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 37 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 24 |
Science | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 31 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 18 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Science and engineering | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Science | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 53,357 | 54,437 | 47,001 | 47,807 | 42,986 | 38,243 | 35,756 | 35,842 | 39,065 | 40,397 | ||||||||||
Science | 8,123 | 8,199 | 10,366 | 9,609 | 9,416 | 6,881 | 7,093 | 9,264 | 8,529 | 7,840 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,899 | 2,545 | 2,648 | 2,496 | 2,968 | 2,946 | 2,836 | 1,872 | 1,390 | 1,039 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,772 | 668 | 9 | 0 | 3,426 | 3,111 | 2,513 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,759 | 654 | 9 | 0 | 3,400 | 3,075 | 2,484 | ||||||||||
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 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 29 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 797 | 555 | 971 | 922 | 956 | 596 | 321 | 248 | 355 | 318 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 652 | 553 | 970 | 921 | 956 | 596 | 321 | 69 | 165 | 71 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 190 | 222 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 221 | 252 | 222 | 440 | 222 | 144 | 166 | 216 | 144 | 92 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,734 | 4,478 | 6,107 | 3,463 | 3,614 | 3,008 | 3,605 | 3,472 | 3,509 | 3,848 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,572 | 2,605 | 2,315 | 2,446 | 2,595 | 2,321 | 2,943 | 2,939 | 2,841 | 3,048 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,162 | 1,873 | 3,792 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 687 | 662 | 533 | 668 | 800 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 154 | 134 | 173 | 190 | 109 | 73 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 149 | 69 | 61 | 134 | 195 | 105 | 137 | 26 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 149 | 64 | 61 | 134 | 195 | 105 | 137 | 26 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 169 | 166 | 184 | 192 | 684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 43,119 | 43,470 | 36,447 | 37,912 | 33,241 | 31,077 | 28,438 | 25,880 | 29,980 | 27,560 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,488 | 1,131 | 1,777 | 1,391 | 2,353 | 2,497 | 2,598 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 58 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 25 | 37 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,374 | 2,350 | 1,059 | 1,925 | 1,393 | 921 | 727 | 1,245 | 553 | 250 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 6,863 | 6,899 | 5,878 | 6,520 | 5,075 | 4,130 | 3,707 | 1,766 | 2,840 | 2,192 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 7,120 | 6,958 | 7,368 | 7,402 | 6,913 | 6,174 | 5,788 | 5,715 | 6,606 | 6,864 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,383 | 1,073 | 521 | 942 | 1,824 | 1,341 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 4,369 | 5,535 | 4,937 | 6,501 | 4,913 | 4,568 | 3,806 | 4,955 | 4,232 | 3,232 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 18,532 | 18,105 | 13,454 | 11,377 | 9,072 | 9,922 | 10,197 | 2,605 | 2,401 | 2,364 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 932 | 1,408 | 1,448 | 1,791 | 1,673 | 1,487 | 1,038 | 9,594 | 13,348 | 12,658 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,115 | 2,768 | 188 | 286 | 329 | 285 | 225 | 698 | 556 | 4,997 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 4 | 78 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 347 | 58 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 24 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||||
Education | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 25 | 0 | 91 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 8 | 34 | 36 | 253 | 259 | 136 | 61 | 20 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||
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 | 2,076 | 2,649 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 73 | 149 | 12 | 175 | 4,913 |
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 | 53,357 | 28,792 | 227 | 15,993 | 4,559 | 662 | 3,124 | |||||||
Science | 8,123 | 4,712 | 65 | 3,022 | 143 | 55 | 126 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,899 | 1,335 | 0 | 1,503 | 50 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
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 | 797 | 172 | 65 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 141 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 652 | 172 | 65 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 221 | 173 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 15 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,734 | 2,838 | 0 | 689 | 93 | 32 | 82 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,572 | 2,243 | 0 | 206 | 93 | 11 | 19 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,162 | 595 | 0 | 483 | 0 | 21 | 63 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 154 | 95 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Social sciences | 149 | 99 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 149 | 99 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 169 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 43,119 | 24,061 | 162 | 11,375 | 4,416 | 607 | 2,498 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,488 | 921 | 0 | 365 | 202 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 58 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,374 | 1,430 | 0 | 684 | 151 | 0 | 109 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 6,863 | 4,251 | 44 | 2,175 | 98 | 54 | 241 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 7,120 | 2,965 | 0 | 1,936 | 1,986 | 2 | 231 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,383 | 716 | 0 | 406 | 20 | 54 | 187 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 4,369 | 2,871 | 0 | 931 | 502 | 0 | 65 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 18,532 | 10,484 | 118 | 4,326 | 1,457 | 497 | 1,650 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 932 | 423 | 0 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 2,115 | 19 | 0 | 1,596 | 0 | 0 | 500 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 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 | 2,076 | 0 | 0 | 1,576 | 0 | 0 | 500 |
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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 28,792 | 26,164 | 22,860 | 22,426 | 21,835 | 19,567 | 18,833 | 17,632 | 21,811 | 25,571 | ||||||||||
DOD | 5,888 | 6,147 | 4,238 | 3,597 | 2,311 | 2,757 | 1,759 | 1,750 | 3,079 | 6,680 | ||||||||||
DOE | 7,472 | 6,096 | 4,746 | 5,647 | 4,990 | 4,237 | 4,279 | 4,384 | 4,050 | 4,151 | ||||||||||
HHS | 2,089 | 727 | 428 | 393 | 511 | 595 | 373 | 504 | 644 | 905 | ||||||||||
NASA | 1,253 | 867 | 927 | 1,147 | 1,615 | 1,538 | 1,651 | 1,256 | 864 | 346 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,193 | 6,504 | 7,046 | 5,844 | 6,554 | 6,209 | 6,503 | 5,731 | 4,669 | 4,200 | ||||||||||
USDA | 183 | 404 | 408 | 288 | 169 | 145 | 24 | 52 | 115 | 127 | ||||||||||
Other | 5,714 | 5,419 | 5,067 | 5,510 | 5,685 | 4,086 | 4,244 | 3,955 | 8,390 | 9,162 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,137 | 188 | 949 | . | |||
2018 | 1,120 | 168 | 952 | . | |||
2017 | 1,051 | 166 | 885 | . | |||
2016 | 1,012 | 153 | 859 | . |
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 | 274 | 258 | 237 | 227 | 233 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Engineering | 185 | 167 | 144 | 130 | 177 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 39 | 33 | 49 | 36 | 29 |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 1 | 30 | 50 | 15 |
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 | . | . | 27,484 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 27,484 | . | . |
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 | 292 | 2,744 | 8,971 | 18,076 | 461 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 824 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 531 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 292 | 714 | 6,872 | 18,076 | 461 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 1,275 | 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.