National Louis 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 | 372 | 83.2 | 448 | 238 | 35 | 691 | ||||||
2020 | 374 | 83.2 | 450 | 249 | 36.3 | 697 | ||||||
2019 | 376 | 84.2 | 447 | 254 | 37 | 696 | ||||||
2018 | 295 | 69.2 | 428 | 290 | 42 | 698 | ||||||
2017 | 321 | 75.7 | 425 | 259 | 38.4 | 684 | ||||||
2016 | 384 | 89.4 | 430 | 440 | 63.4 | 697 | ||||||
2015 | 379 | 89 | 426 | 449 | 65.1 | 693 | ||||||
2014 | 401 | 95.1 | 422 | 418 | 61.1 | 688 | ||||||
2013 | 336 | 80.7 | 417 | |||||||||
2012 | 341 | 82.9 | 412 |
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 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
Science | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
Life science | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
Psychology | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
Other social sciences | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | 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 | 457 | 393 | 358 | 299 | 367 | 114 | 110 | 128 | . | . |
Male | 83 | 77 | 57 | 46 | 57 | 24 | 29 | 25 | . | . |
Female | 374 | 316 | 301 | 253 | 310 | 90 | 81 | 103 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 444 | 387 | 358 | 299 | 364 | 113 | 109 | 128 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 81 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 49 | 14 | 16 | 20 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 335 | 275 | 257 | 226 | 299 | 96 | 91 | 106 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | . | . |
Asian | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Black or African American | 122 | 110 | 106 | 97 | 127 | 71 | 70 | 72 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 186 | 144 | 136 | 123 | 160 | 24 | 20 | 28 | . | . |
More than one race | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 28 | 40 | 41 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 457 | 393 | 358 | 299 | 367 | 114 | 110 | 128 | . | . |
Science | 457 | 393 | 358 | 299 | 367 | 114 | 110 | 128 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 454 | 389 | 358 | 298 | 351 | 82 | 83 | 118 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 27 | 10 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 177 | 144 | 161 | 51 | 65 | 24 | 36 | 17 | . | . |
Male | 34 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | . | . |
Female | 143 | 128 | 127 | 42 | 53 | 18 | 28 | 14 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 176 | 142 | 161 | 51 | 65 | 24 | 36 | 17 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 105 | 116 | 38 | 55 | 19 | 30 | 16 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Black or African American | 40 | 47 | 43 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 13 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 76 | 53 | 67 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | . |
More than one race | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 14 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 177 | 144 | 161 | 51 | 65 | 24 | 36 | 17 | . | . |
Science | 177 | 144 | 161 | 51 | 65 | 24 | 36 | 17 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 156 | 127 | 160 | 49 | 63 | 21 | 35 | 14 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 457 | 393 | 358 | 299 | 367 | 114 | 110 | 128 | . | . |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 457 | 393 | 358 | 299 | 367 | 114 | 110 | 128 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Personal resources | 457 | 393 | 358 | 299 | 367 | 114 | 110 | 116 | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 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 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).