New Jersey Institute of 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 | 153 | 67 | 457 | 87 | 87.5 | 680 | 144 | 84.1 | 890 | |||
2021 | 150 | 66.9 | 447 | 119 | 83.1 | 691 | 271 | 54.1 | 583 | 139 | 84.9 | 907 |
2020 | 198 | 56.6 | 450 | 130 | 81.6 | 697 | 136 | 85.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 201 | 55.6 | 447 | 105 | 85.2 | 696 | 273 | 54.2 | 589 | 133 | 85.7 | 913 |
2018 | 182 | 58 | 428 | 97 | 86.4 | 698 | 130 | 86 | 910 | |||
2017 | 192 | 55.4 | 425 | 93 | 86.7 | 684 | 297 | 49 | 575 | 136 | 85.1 | 897 |
2016 | 201 | 53.8 | 430 | 82 | 88.5 | 697 | 133 | 85.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 194 | 55 | 426 | 80 | 88.7 | 693 | 292 | 49.4 | 570 | 140 | 84.6 | 897 |
2014 | 196 | 54.1 | 422 | 94 | 86.6 | 688 | 143 | 84.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 181 | 57.2 | 417 | 104 | 81.6 | 555 | 299 | 49.7 | 588 | 143 | 84.1 | 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 | 99 | 95 | 54 | 56 | 72 | 59 | 55 | 64 | 57 | 67 |
Science and engineering | 93 | 93 | 53 | 56 | 71 | 59 | 53 | 64 | 56 | 67 |
Science | 45 | 49 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 31 |
Life science | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 |
Biological sciences | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Chemistry | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 33 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 10 |
Computer sciences | 23 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
Mathematics | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 48 | 44 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 32 | 22 | 36 | 32 | 36 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Chemical engineering | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
Industrial engineering | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Other engineering | 11 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Other | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 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 | 1,826 | 1,303 | 1,130 | 1,400 | 1,543 | 1,585 | 1,836 | 1,927 | 1,636 | 1,440 |
Male | 1,270 | 908 | 785 | 955 | 1,076 | 1,122 | 1,322 | 1,383 | 1,161 | 993 |
Female | 556 | 395 | 345 | 445 | 467 | 463 | 514 | 544 | 475 | 447 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 332 | 350 | 338 | 325 | 315 | 309 | 290 | 308 | 353 | 428 |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 47 | 41 | 35 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 52 | 51 | 59 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 288 | 296 | 289 | 275 | 247 | 235 | 222 | 231 | 284 | 307 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 112 | 105 | 109 | 112 | 105 | 84 | 70 | 72 | 94 | 98 |
Black or African American | 29 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 53 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 138 | 147 | 138 | 119 | 96 | 103 | 112 | 108 | 121 | 147 |
More than one race | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 62 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,494 | 953 | 792 | 1,075 | 1,228 | 1,276 | 1,546 | 1,619 | 1,283 | 1,012 |
Science and engineering | 1,798 | 1,282 | 1,121 | 1,389 | 1,533 | 1,579 | 1,836 | 1,927 | 1,636 | 1,440 |
Science | 1,287 | 833 | 676 | 830 | 853 | 827 | 974 | 928 | 675 | 552 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 853 | 530 | 529 | 642 | 664 | 653 | 818 | 750 | 496 | 315 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 48 | 56 | 55 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 86 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 274 | 143 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 14 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 58 | 55 | 49 | 53 | 56 | 48 | 66 | 82 | 78 | 133 |
Social sciences | 6 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 10 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 511 | 449 | 445 | 559 | 680 | 752 | 862 | 999 | 961 | 888 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 65 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 85 | 74 | 75 | 91 | 92 | 105 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 56 | 49 | 60 | 78 | 75 | 94 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 115 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 100 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 99 | 102 | 82 | 82 | 90 | 107 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 140 | 119 | 113 | 178 | 239 | 301 | 316 | 397 | 365 | 294 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 64 | 47 | 41 | 49 | 68 | 77 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 67 | 66 | 55 | 72 | 91 | 78 | 226 | 259 | 233 | 202 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 19 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 40 | 35 | 42 | 2 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 28 | 36 | 39 | 63 |
Health | 28 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 28 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 750 | 783 | 813 | 707 | 756 | 705 | 914 | 1,001 | 998 | 981 |
Male | 534 | 574 | 614 | 552 | 584 | 529 | 687 | 770 | 736 | 717 |
Female | 216 | 209 | 199 | 155 | 172 | 176 | 227 | 231 | 262 | 264 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 702 | 728 | 744 | 683 | 728 | 666 | 861 | 911 | 924 | 906 |
Hispanic or Latino | 125 | 115 | 121 | 118 | 130 | 97 | 146 | 181 | 163 | 146 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 569 | 607 | 609 | 543 | 570 | 529 | 637 | 641 | 648 | 606 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Asian | 215 | 221 | 188 | 193 | 206 | 172 | 178 | 179 | 161 | 163 |
Black or African American | 84 | 88 | 87 | 67 | 78 | 87 | 114 | 116 | 129 | 109 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 246 | 269 | 304 | 257 | 258 | 246 | 314 | 315 | 333 | 322 |
More than one race | 24 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 22 | 10 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 40 | 78 | 89 | 113 | 154 |
Temporary visa holders | 48 | 55 | 69 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 53 | 90 | 74 | 75 |
Science and engineering | 738 | 774 | 806 | 703 | 754 | 704 | 914 | 1,001 | 998 | 981 |
Science | 378 | 372 | 362 | 277 | 287 | 249 | 302 | 341 | 396 | 419 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 230 | 248 | 311 | 242 | 243 | 186 | 249 | 263 | 312 | 326 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 10 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 35 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 107 | 84 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 12 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 46 | 55 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 360 | 402 | 444 | 426 | 467 | 455 | 612 | 660 | 602 | 562 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 28 | 42 | 28 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 48 | 50 | 44 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 29 | 31 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 55 | 59 | 45 | 41 | 41 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 154 | 169 | 191 | 168 | 205 | 196 | 227 | 218 | 186 | 185 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 67 | 78 | 96 | 92 | 104 | 94 | 94 | 127 | 96 | 68 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 30 | 33 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 26 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 43 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 49 | 36 | 170 | 190 | 195 | 208 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
Other engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 14 | 19 | 23 | 16 |
Health | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 122 | 127 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 122 | 127 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 60 | 65 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 23 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 20 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 62 | 62 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 11 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 1,826 | 1,303 | 1,130 | 1,400 | 1,543 | 1,585 | 1,836 | 1,927 | 1,636 | 1,440 |
Fellowships | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 191 | 177 | 162 | 178 | 148 | 131 | 117 | 161 | 145 | 147 |
Federal | 117 | 118 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 53 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 43 | 161 | 145 | 147 |
Nonfederal | 21 | 59 | 65 | 178 | 148 | 90 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 188 | 198 | 222 | 252 | 245 | 175 | 194 | 80 | 162 | 108 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 188 | 198 | 218 | 252 | 245 | 173 | 186 | 80 | 162 | 108 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,444 | 922 | 739 | 965 | 1,141 | 1,266 | 1,492 | 1,686 | 1,329 | 1,185 |
Federal | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 16 | 12 | 6 | 149 | 192 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 1,414 | 890 | 709 | 811 | 947 | 1,256 | 1,490 | 1,686 | 1,328 | 1,163 |
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 | 78 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 33 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 24 | 39 |
Science | 36 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 21 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 28 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 42 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 18 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 16 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 40 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Science and engineering | 40 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Science | 21 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 18 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 19 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 167,135 | 166,587 | 163,447 | 161,232 | 162,349 | 142,164 | 130,812 | 110,512 | 106,081 | 107,310 | ||||||||||
Science | 71,703 | 60,950 | 61,190 | 58,346 | 54,830 | 41,608 | 33,256 | 37,008 | 45,374 | 46,436 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 10,764 | 11,575 | 10,325 | 10,619 | 9,887 | 8,208 | 7,004 | 5,641 | 5,132 | 5,100 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,531 | 165 | 709 | 63 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 709 | 63 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 31,619 | 22,393 | 20,121 | 27,910 | 27,571 | 16,473 | 7,213 | 3,026 | 1,053 | 1,040 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,240 | 4,038 | 2,459 | 3,051 | 2,500 | 2,671 | 1,797 | 2,616 | 1,053 | 1,040 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 21,379 | 18,355 | 17,662 | 24,859 | 25,059 | 13,350 | 5,005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 452 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 410 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 4,727 | 4,949 | 5,591 | 4,400 | 4,200 | 3,771 | 3,947 | 4,650 | 4,245 | 4,790 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 17,202 | 15,415 | 16,781 | 15,338 | 13,042 | 12,988 | 9,006 | 7,571 | 12,081 | 14,239 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 8,500 | 7,655 | 8,014 | 7,687 | 6,445 | 6,147 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 3,690 | 2,846 | 3,891 | 3,128 | 2,538 | 2,262 | 2,748 | 2,239 | 1,629 | 1,562 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 846 | 761 | 510 | 433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 4,166 | 4,153 | 4,366 | 4,090 | 4,059 | 4,579 | 5,565 | 5,332 | 10,452 | 12,677 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 7,277 | 6,602 | 8,315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 529 | 61 | 304 | 427 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 7,277 | 6,602 | 8,232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 529 | 61 | 304 | 427 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 114 | 16 | 57 | 79 | 130 | 168 | 3,026 | 15,894 | 21,850 | 20,777 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 83,738 | 82,240 | 85,445 | 78,455 | 69,735 | 59,726 | 61,979 | 59,378 | 48,997 | 50,652 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10,569 | 11,274 | 12,601 | 9,396 | 8,662 | 7,129 | 4,923 | 6,760 | 5,115 | 4,804 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 8,106 | 8,434 | 7,707 | 5,917 | 7,089 | 5,808 | 3,085 | 3,935 | 3,085 | 3,993 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 24,292 | 22,210 | 21,189 | 21,812 | 8,027 | 10,290 | 31,579 | 10,188 | 9,993 | 9,479 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,235 | 4,264 | 4,572 | 4,563 | 4,150 | 3,470 | 3,781 | 4,892 | 4,002 | 3,708 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 529 | 0 | 144 | 121 | 1,986 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,899 | 2,695 | 2,895 | 2,575 | 2,277 | 333 | 2,094 | 2,418 | 2,051 | 2,709 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 197 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 32,440 | 32,760 | 36,481 | 34,048 | 39,409 | 30,710 | 14,933 | 31,185 | 24,751 | 25,959 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 11,694 | 23,397 | 16,812 | 24,431 | 37,784 | 40,830 | 35,577 | 14,126 | 11,710 | 10,222 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,928 | 1,966 | 2,578 | 5,516 | 986 | 1,517 | 11,524 | 928 | 890 | 656 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 7,065 | 12,540 | 7,306 | 7,424 | 7,150 | 7,461 | 6,958 | 8,191 | 5,324 | 4,776 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 945 | 828 | 744 | 369 | 121 | 447 | 1,512 | 946 | 97 | 68 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 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 | 1,756 | 8,063 | 6,184 | 11,122 | 29,527 | 31,405 | 15,583 | 4,061 | 5,270 | 4,722 |
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 | 167,135 | 71,326 | 14,576 | 62,576 | 1,872 | 7,207 | 9,578 | |||||||
Science | 71,703 | 18,326 | 12,175 | 29,538 | 1,416 | 5,570 | 4,678 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 10,764 | 3,214 | 0 | 6,797 | 324 | 161 | 268 | |||||||
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 | 31,619 | 5,041 | 12,091 | 6,527 | 1,068 | 3,537 | 3,355 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,240 | 1,055 | 0 | 3,817 | 1 | 3,534 | 1,833 | |||||||
Health sciences | 21,379 | 3,986 | 12,091 | 2,710 | 1,067 | 3 | 1,522 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 4,727 | 1,368 | 0 | 3,240 | 0 | 89 | 30 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 17,202 | 8,524 | 84 | 8,209 | 24 | 225 | 136 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 8,500 | 6,192 | 0 | 2,178 | 0 | 0 | 130 | |||||||
Chemistry | 3,690 | 757 | 84 | 2,669 | 24 | 156 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 846 | 0 | 0 | 817 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 4,166 | 1,575 | 0 | 2,545 | 0 | 40 | 6 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 7,277 | 65 | 0 | 4,765 | 0 | 1,558 | 889 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 7,277 | 65 | 0 | 4,765 | 0 | 1,558 | 889 | |||||||
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 | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 83,738 | 48,863 | 1,417 | 27,388 | 456 | 1,389 | 4,225 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 10,569 | 4,575 | 82 | 2,742 | 48 | 299 | 2,823 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 8,106 | 4,477 | 63 | 2,850 | 268 | 425 | 23 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 24,292 | 14,162 | 768 | 8,102 | 21 | 22 | 1,217 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,235 | 2,195 | 36 | 2,872 | 80 | 19 | 33 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,899 | 504 | 2 | 2,351 | 35 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 197 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 32,440 | 22,950 | 466 | 8,274 | 4 | 617 | 129 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 11,694 | 4,137 | 984 | 5,650 | 0 | 248 | 675 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,928 | 212 | 0 | 1,716 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 7,065 | 2,775 | 849 | 2,769 | 0 | 185 | 487 | |||||||
Humanities | 945 | 84 | 0 | 752 | 0 | 0 | 109 | |||||||
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 | 1,756 | 1,066 | 135 | 413 | 0 | 63 | 79 |
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 | 71,326 | 77,057 | 85,746 | 89,846 | 91,999 | 79,397 | 67,490 | 55,094 | 54,655 | 57,466 | ||||||||||
DOD | 10,556 | 16,638 | 20,760 | 18,121 | 21,609 | 15,587 | 14,921 | 7,662 | 2,959 | 3,368 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,392 | 1,106 | 645 | 441 | 384 | 422 | 890 | 810 | 1,067 | 1,350 | ||||||||||
HHS | 10,077 | 11,135 | 17,730 | 23,247 | 26,492 | 17,747 | 8,293 | 6,253 | 9,632 | 10,620 | ||||||||||
NASA | 3,917 | 2,513 | 3,302 | 2,903 | 2,804 | 3,043 | 3,226 | 3,027 | 2,263 | 2,227 | ||||||||||
NSF | 11,482 | 10,324 | 9,925 | 11,136 | 8,399 | 7,584 | 6,155 | 6,824 | 8,821 | 10,371 | ||||||||||
USDA | 311 | 243 | 436 | 52 | 31 | 39 | 194 | 370 | 322 | 72 | ||||||||||
Other | 33,591 | 35,098 | 32,948 | 33,946 | 32,280 | 34,975 | 33,811 | 30,148 | 29,591 | 29,458 |
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 | 1,146 | 161 | 985 | . | |||
2018 | 1,155 | 159 | 996 | . | |||
2017 | 1,273 | 158 | 1,115 | . | |||
2016 | 1,232 | 150 | 1,082 | . |
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 | 139 | 135 | 116 | 115 | 106 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Engineering | 96 | 90 | 75 | 69 | 59 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 25 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 25 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
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 | . | . | 6,000 | 3,635 | . |
Engineering | . | . | 6,000 | 3,635 | . |
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 | 4,000 | 10,933 | 6,883 | 4,259 | 7,676 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 689 | 558 | 7,676 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1,248 | 1,236 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2,200 | 8,670 | 2,977 | 3,416 | 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 | 1,800 | 1,015 | 1,981 | 285 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.