Montclair 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 | 257 | 57.7 | 448 | 155 | 23.1 | 691 | 366 | 63.1 | 583 | 293 | 32.8 | 909 |
2020 | 254 | 56.8 | 450 | 157 | 23.2 | 697 | 285 | 31.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 276 | 62 | 447 | 218 | 31.9 | 696 | 312 | 53.4 | 589 | 296 | 33 | 913 |
2018 | 286 | 67.1 | 428 | 256 | 37.2 | 698 | 358 | 39.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 303 | 71.5 | 425 | 244 | 36.2 | 684 | 343 | 60 | 575 | 386 | 43.5 | 897 |
2016 | 312 | 72.8 | 430 | 218 | 31.9 | 697 | 394 | 44.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 367 | 86.3 | 426 | 231 | 33.9 | 693 | 371 | 65.4 | 570 | 410 | 46.2 | 897 |
2014 | 308 | 73.2 | 422 | 224 | 33.1 | 688 | 410 | 46.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 363 | 87.2 | 417 | 234 | 42.6 | 555 | 389 | 66.4 | 588 | 399 | 45.6 | 884 |
2012 | 384 | 93.3 | 412 | 253 | 46 | 555 | 399 | 45.2 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
Science | 8 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
Life science | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology | 3 | 10 | 8 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Economics | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 20 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Education | 17 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Education research | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Teacher education | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Other education | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 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 | 901 | 796 | 487 | 367 | 409 | 573 | 479 | 487 | 456 | 403 |
Male | 288 | 253 | 126 | 105 | 114 | 175 | 149 | 141 | 138 | 112 |
Female | 613 | 543 | 361 | 262 | 295 | 398 | 330 | 346 | 318 | 291 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 766 | 703 | 428 | 311 | 346 | 486 | 407 | 404 | 378 | 356 |
Hispanic or Latino | 157 | 145 | 81 | 54 | 68 | 90 | 67 | 62 | 58 | 51 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 588 | 531 | 324 | 240 | 248 | 350 | 306 | 320 | 297 | 270 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 79 | 68 | 37 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 22 | 24 |
Black or African American | 82 | 78 | 39 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 23 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
White | 390 | 360 | 235 | 185 | 198 | 277 | 235 | 236 | 229 | 149 |
More than one race | 37 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 21 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 30 | 46 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 35 |
Temporary visa holders | 135 | 93 | 59 | 56 | 63 | 87 | 72 | 83 | 78 | 47 |
Science and engineering | 679 | 606 | 352 | 240 | 288 | 432 | 327 | 355 | 331 | 278 |
Science | 679 | 606 | 352 | 240 | 288 | 432 | 327 | 355 | 331 | 278 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 52 | 43 | 34 | 48 | 45 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 90 | 34 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 77 | 57 | 67 | 57 | 53 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 20 |
Computer and information sciences | 107 | 112 | 57 | 43 | 44 | 57 | 44 | 38 | 24 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 11 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25 | 28 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 47 | 45 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 24 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 21 | 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 49 | 40 | 40 | 31 | 25 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 274 | 251 | 134 | 49 | 127 | 139 | 111 | 121 | 102 | 69 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Social sciences | 54 | 71 | 58 | 40 | 23 | 40 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 20 |
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 | 222 | 190 | 135 | 127 | 121 | 141 | 152 | 132 | 125 | 125 |
Clinical medicine | 82 | 74 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 28 | 21 | 14 |
Other health | 140 | 116 | 100 | 97 | 88 | 113 | 117 | 104 | 104 | 111 |
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 | 247 | 204 | 313 | 253 | 385 | 475 | 484 | 461 | 416 | 466 |
Male | 101 | 77 | 109 | 90 | 119 | 178 | 185 | 168 | 157 | 196 |
Female | 146 | 127 | 204 | 163 | 266 | 297 | 299 | 293 | 259 | 270 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 231 | 192 | 300 | 229 | 351 | 456 | 456 | 438 | 404 | 453 |
Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 41 | 63 | 40 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 60 | 47 | 53 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 173 | 142 | 225 | 168 | 248 | 343 | 351 | 355 | 337 | 382 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 13 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 18 |
Black or African American | 32 | 22 | 34 | 36 | 40 | 45 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 44 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 117 | 104 | 164 | 108 | 175 | 263 | 273 | 288 | 269 | 315 |
More than one race | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 13 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 40 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 18 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 192 | 154 | 257 | 203 | 339 | 385 | 388 | 368 | 321 | 362 |
Science | 192 | 154 | 257 | 203 | 339 | 385 | 388 | 368 | 321 | 362 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 41 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 34 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 20 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 87 | 113 | 103 | 85 | 100 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 23 |
Computer and information sciences | 46 | 27 | 52 | 56 | 51 | 41 | 51 | 52 | 26 | 29 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 22 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 15 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 25 | 34 | 47 | 47 | 71 | 39 | 37 | 31 | 52 | 75 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 44 | 40 | 83 | 18 | 98 | 75 | 84 | 69 | 47 | 46 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
Social sciences | 21 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 46 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 17 |
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 | 55 | 50 | 56 | 50 | 46 | 90 | 96 | 93 | 95 | 104 |
Clinical medicine | 10 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 37 |
Other health | 45 | 41 | 34 | 29 | 30 | 72 | 82 | 71 | 68 | 67 |
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 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 901 | 796 | 487 | 367 | 409 | 573 | 479 | 487 | 456 | 403 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 129 | 69 | 48 | 0 | 75 | 128 | 132 | 126 | 113 | 107 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
Institutional | 129 | 69 | 48 | 0 | 70 | 121 | 123 | 121 | 103 | 95 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 76 | 117 | 101 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 76 | 117 | 101 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 696 | 610 | 338 | 246 | 286 | 437 | 338 | 352 | 335 | 292 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 689 | 606 | 338 | 246 | 286 | 437 | 338 | 352 | 335 | 292 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 17,390 | 17,636 | 15,588 | 7,980 | 5,796 | 5,207 | 4,274 | 4,266 | 4,568 | 5,123 | ||||||||||
Science | 11,366 | 10,590 | 7,960 | 4,965 | 4,006 | 4,250 | 3,433 | 3,342 | 4,005 | 4,470 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 314 | 535 | 427 | 204 | 631 | 139 | 105 | 117 | 102 | 141 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,815 | 1,262 | 1,685 | 1,128 | 1,024 | 819 | 693 | 888 | 731 | 733 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,501 | 982 | 1,408 | 896 | 868 | 673 | 693 | 888 | 731 | 495 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 300 | 259 | 277 | 232 | 156 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 3,231 | 3,277 | 2,586 | 2,436 | 1,706 | 2,557 | 1,352 | 1,552 | 1,490 | 2,169 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 48 | 17 | 72 | 135 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,125 | 1,422 | 1,152 | 717 | 427 | 693 | 1,341 | 1,552 | 1,454 | 1,796 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,735 | 1,206 | 852 | 1,249 | 1,124 | 1,736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 323 | 632 | 510 | 335 | 113 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 373 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 785 | 726 | 952 | 593 | 232 | 348 | 300 | 333 | 618 | 816 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 737 | 589 | 260 | 256 | 187 | 123 | 593 | 14 | 431 | 103 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 29 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 689 | 507 | 245 | 256 | 187 | 123 | 593 | 14 | 431 | 103 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 19 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,099 | 2,060 | 927 | 283 | 188 | 171 | 303 | 415 | 368 | 120 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,378 | 2,138 | 1,123 | 65 | 38 | 93 | 87 | 23 | 265 | 388 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 97 | 144 | 110 | 6 | 22 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 155 | 205 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 195 | 284 | 169 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 121 | 173 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 140 | 1 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 810 | 1,332 | 600 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 11 | 125 | 374 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 104 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 5,920 | 7,032 | 7,628 | 3,015 | 1,790 | 957 | 841 | 924 | 563 | 653 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 942 | 935 | 608 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 51 | 123 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 363 | 311 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,696 | 3,965 | 1,664 | 905 | 562 | 409 | 802 | 767 | 440 | 465 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 709 | 1,005 | 816 | 27 | 28 | 61 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 76 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 380 | 198 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 464 | 487 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 290 | 106 | 4,060 | 2,062 | 1,198 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
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 | 17,390 | 4,146 | 543 | 10,479 | 41 | 2,163 | 18 | |||||||
Science | 11,366 | 2,811 | 334 | 6,931 | 41 | 1,249 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 314 | 107 | 0 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,815 | 508 | 102 | 482 | 0 | 723 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,501 | 365 | 0 | 452 | 0 | 684 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 300 | 129 | 102 | 30 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 3,231 | 1,115 | 207 | 1,471 | 41 | 397 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 48 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,125 | 861 | 32 | 218 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,735 | 216 | 116 | 1,228 | 41 | 134 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 323 | 38 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 785 | 317 | 0 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 737 | 466 | 0 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 689 | 437 | 0 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,099 | 236 | 0 | 2,741 | 0 | 122 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,378 | 62 | 25 | 1,291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 155 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 195 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 121 | 56 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 810 | 6 | 25 | 779 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 104 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 99 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 5,920 | 1,330 | 209 | 3,449 | 0 | 914 | 18 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 942 | 0 | 0 | 935 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 363 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 0 | 142 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2,696 | 763 | 209 | 1,018 | 0 | 688 | 18 | |||||||
Humanities | 709 | 21 | 0 | 688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 76 | 52 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 380 | 116 | 0 | 211 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 464 | 112 | 0 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 290 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 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 | 4,146 | 3,782 | 4,164 | 3,505 | 2,163 | 2,649 | 2,716 | 2,533 | 3,410 | 3,593 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 219 | 124 | 268 | 275 | 139 | 117 | 61 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 87 | 0 | 94 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,191 | 1,008 | 921 | 575 | 217 | 312 | 239 | 405 | 1,145 | 1,509 | ||||||||||
NASA | 156 | 227 | 115 | 50 | 51 | 136 | 124 | 190 | 322 | 301 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,511 | 2,222 | 2,788 | 2,307 | 1,455 | 1,679 | 1,280 | 1,002 | 1,227 | 1,279 | ||||||||||
USDA | 46 | 108 | 200 | 182 | 131 | 36 | 116 | 48 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 242 | 217 | 139 | 172 | 53 | 131 | 682 | 655 | 569 | 443 |
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 | 363 | 59 | 304 | . | |||
2018 | 340 | 54 | 286 | . | |||
2017 | 281 | 45 | 236 | . | |||
2016 | 224 | 67 | 157 | . | |||
2015 | 221 | 63 | 158 | 3 |
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 | 82 | 109 | 84 | 58 | 52 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 21 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Engineering | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 10 |
Health sciences | 4 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 |
Psychology | 8 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 3,850 | 0 | 0 | 2,580 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 550 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 3,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,580 |
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.