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Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 39 91.8 459
2022 41 91.3 457 3 99.7 680 15 98.4 890
2021 38 91.8 447 4 99.6 691 65 89.1 583 23 97.6 907
2020 38 91.8 450 4 99.6 697 25 97.4 915
2019 34 92.7 447 5 99.4 696 69 88.6 589 24 97.5 913
2018 34 92.4 428 6 99.3 698 24 97.5 910
2017 34 92.3 425 25 96.5 684 67 88.6 575 18 98.1 897
2016 27 94 430 25 96.6 697 23 97.6 895
2015 34 92.3 426 26 96.4 693 56 90.4 570 35 96.2 897
2014 26 94.1 422 26 96.4 688 38 95.9 887
2013 49 91.4 555 96 84 588 42 95.4 884
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 435 414 385 411 427 428 434 483 437 477
  Science and engineering 307 303 290 269 273 264 268 290 262 282
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 1 3 . . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . 1 1 3 . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 85 79 79 57 68 72 63 72 65 56
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 4 4 1 5 2 2 2 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 14 14 9 7 12 8 4 8 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 9 10 5 8 9 13 3 2 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 2 5 7 11 7 8 7 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 6 6 3 1 2 1 4 3 .
      Genetics and genomics 2 3 2 1 2 . 3 2 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 11 8 5 11 9 8 6 11 8 7
      Molecular biology 6 7 6 4 2 5 2 7 3 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 23 16 22 13 15 17 11 25 15 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 . 4 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 3 7 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 3 1 1 5 . 1 3 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 36 26 26 29 20 17 19 21 21 18
      Computer science 25 18 22 28 20 15 17 17 19 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 11 8 4 1 . 2 2 4 2 2
    Engineering 41 41 46 38 31 28 37 29 25 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 2 2 2 . 2 2 1 6 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 5 2 4 . 1 3 1 1 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 7 7 6 6 4 9 4 1 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 25 19 26 20 19 17 17 18 12 20
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 2 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 . 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3 4
      Engineering, other 2 . 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . . .
    Health sciences 10 20 10 19 15 17 15 13 5 15
      Nursing science 4 7 3 10 1 7 9 1 2 9
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 2 4 3 2 11 5 6 6 2 3
      Health sciences, other 4 9 4 7 3 5 . 6 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 19 12 16 14 15 22 22 24 19 32
      Applied mathematics 7 1 5 7 9 7 8 13 10 14
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 3 11 4 7 6 10
      Statistics 2 2 2 1 . 1 2 . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 8 8 5 3 3 8 4 3 7
    Physical sciences 37 34 32 30 28 25 25 28 31 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 4 2 1 6 2 2 1 2 2
      Chemistry 24 18 16 16 13 16 14 19 17 17
      Physics 9 12 14 13 9 7 9 8 12 14
    Psychology 19 24 27 18 29 18 24 27 25 26
      Clinical psychology . . 1 . 2 . . 3 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 4 1 4 3 5 6 4 7
      Research and experimental psychology 14 17 19 13 22 14 17 16 15 17
      Psychology, other 3 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 5 2
    Social sciences 57 67 54 62 65 64 57 76 71 65
      Anthropology 8 11 7 10 8 6 8 15 7 6
      Economics 14 18 24 24 19 13 16 19 24 17
      Political science and government 11 15 4 11 12 11 9 10 11 16
      Public policy analysis 2 . . 1 2 1 3 . 1 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 4 10 10 7 17 9 12 11 13
      Social sciences, other 14 19 9 6 17 16 12 20 17 10
  Non-science and engineering 128 111 95 142 154 164 166 193 175 195
    Business 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14 17
      Business 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14 17
    Education 8 8 9 17 25 27 22 27 20 36
      Education leadership and administration . 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 2
      Education research 6 4 3 7 12 11 13 10 9 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 2 3 7 7 12 6 9 8 12
      Education, other 2 1 . . 3 . . 4 2 3
    Humanities and arts 79 70 65 89 99 100 108 141 120 123
      Letters 24 11 9 16 12 13 11 23 11 14
      Foreign languages and literature 5 13 7 13 25 17 22 19 20 31
      History 11 17 12 22 19 25 22 30 24 22
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 6 14 7 12 10 17 10 13 12
      Music and performing arts 8 9 8 18 14 12 13 18 16 11
      Humanities and arts, other 20 14 15 13 17 23 23 41 36 33
    Other non-science and engineering 20 15 10 22 17 26 22 10 21 19
      Communication 5 6 4 5 7 8 3 5 9 5
      Public administration and social services 12 7 3 9 9 16 13 2 11 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 2 3 8 1 2 6 3 1 9

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 9,007 8,608 6,593 6,857 5,954 4,252 4,530 4,119 4,207 2,636
    Male 4,502 4,377 3,276 3,478 3,121 2,569 2,784 2,495 2,531 1,333
    Female 4,505 4,231 3,317 3,379 2,833 1,683 1,746 1,624 1,676 1,303
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,233 3,388 2,879 2,676 2,219 1,250 1,300 1,268 1,477 1,219
    Hispanic or Latino 542 542 405 367 280 148 154 133 152 119
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,458 2,576 2,224 2,072 1,723 961 1,061 1,045 1,208 994
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 10 10 6 3 32 8 4 4 5
      Asian 655 663 516 432 353 195 223 208 239 183
      Black or African American 300 275 232 207 123 60 65 60 96 89
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 5 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
      White 1,343 1,471 1,341 1,309 1,136 604 729 734 831 688
      More than one race 147 152 122 114 106 70 36 39 37 28
    Unknown ethnicity and race 233 270 250 237 216 141 85 90 117 106
  Temporary visa holders 5,774 5,220 3,714 4,181 3,735 3,002 3,230 2,851 2,730 1,417
  Science and engineering 8,481 8,076 6,146 6,422 5,346 4,241 4,530 4,119 4,207 2,636
    Science 6,461 6,343 4,931 5,166 4,384 3,223 3,312 3,089 3,318 2,636
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,705 1,650 1,349 1,211 730 577 480 477 490 489
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,472 1,732 1,035 1,224 1,226 918 828 811 851 270
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 997 893 849 893 816 486 428 201 248 261
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 72 59 28 37 47 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 18 15 15 18 16 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 109 107 45
      Physical sciences 390 386 332 341 331 234 230 207 210 200
      Psychology 792 647 506 587 386 269 282 291 270 216
      Social sciences 1,015 959 816 854 831 739 958 993 1,142 1,155
    Engineering 2,020 1,733 1,215 1,256 962 1,018 1,218 1,030 889 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 70 53 31 20 43 32 31 38 36 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 58 47 38 34 26 20 19 14 13 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 259 228 164 163 158 183 145 123 102 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1,243 1,081 761 812 549 574 719 621 542 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 96 92 58 65 65 81 115 97 79 0
      Mechanical engineering 292 229 158 159 116 116 105 71 74 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 8 0
      Other engineering 2 3 5 3 5 12 73 56 35 0
    Health 526 532 447 435 608 11 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 56 50 42 65 389 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 470 482 405 370 219 11 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 2,664 2,603 2,189 1,676 1,620 830 1,253 1,370 1,377 964
    Male 1,408 1,308 1,039 797 718 486 635 727 752 435
    Female 1,256 1,295 1,150 879 902 344 618 643 625 529
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,034 2,214 1,881 1,505 1,451 646 1,051 1,167 1,145 882
    Hispanic or Latino 287 324 295 224 199 78 102 105 115 78
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,609 1,752 1,460 1,188 1,118 507 847 945 913 709
      American Indian or Alaska Native 6 9 7 6 1 16 2 2 3 2
      Asian 503 507 385 279 228 127 189 202 287 119
      Black or African American 177 223 161 124 103 37 86 92 91 51
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 4 3 2 3 0 3 2 0 2
      White 875 953 852 726 731 302 542 618 499 512
      More than one race 46 56 52 51 52 25 25 29 33 23
    Unknown ethnicity and race 138 138 126 93 134 61 102 117 117 95
  Temporary visa holders 630 389 308 171 169 184 202 203 232 82
  Science and engineering 2,457 2,342 1,940 1,473 1,169 805 1,253 1,370 1,377 964
    Science 2,191 2,118 1,730 1,298 981 584 1,015 1,111 1,135 964
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 366 312 314 258 207 80 71 56 56 39
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,203 1,122 745 479 340 178 203 213 265 119
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 115 114 114 99 106 42 76 92 81 102
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 11 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 12 8 10 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
      Physical sciences 52 34 50 56 65 3 13 10 14 9
      Psychology 217 301 281 222 33 41 107 144 162 213
      Social sciences 220 218 204 172 217 240 544 596 557 481
    Engineering 266 224 210 175 188 221 238 259 242 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 6 2 4 4 9 8 6 11 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 5 2 1 2 0 3 2 2 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 59 76 78 88 82 103 63 64 55 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 146 92 86 44 60 56 74 91 91 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 24 21 22 21 24 30 37 38 30 0
      Mechanical engineering 22 21 20 16 16 22 20 19 15 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 3 0 1 0 1 33 39 38 0
    Health 207 261 249 203 451 25 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 10 10 7 6 166 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 197 251 242 197 285 25 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 680 385 386 327 565 284 449 406 404 383 0
  Science and engineering 651 367 386 326 512 284 449 406 404 383 0
    Science 549 309 314 266 461 274 348 329 357 383 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 264 175 171 153 185 155 116 93 116 208 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 81 45 37 44 47 21 64 71 50 22 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 31 20 26 15 39 8 30 27 48 49 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 50 56 22 0
      Psychology 87 21 12 15 71 22 20 23 28 25 0
      Physical sciences 42 23 66 38 82 60 44 47 49 40 0
      Social sciences 36 21 2 1 36 8 22 18 10 17 0
    Engineering 102 58 72 60 51 10 101 77 47 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 1 0 0 4 1 1 6 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 8 7 5 3 1 5 2 3 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 19 8 11 12 9 4 14 3 5 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 40 25 43 34 26 2 60 43 20 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 18 15 10 9 8 1 14 19 15 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
    Health 29 18 0 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 5 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 24 16 0 1 40 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 9,007 8,608 6,593 6,857 5,954 4,252 4,530 4,119 4,207 2,636
  Fellowships 1,616 1,279 1,168 1,191 577 862 811 779 703 774
    Federal 285 54 58 65 68 115 117 136 103 109
    Institutional 1,287 1,160 1,076 1,100 498 727 631 629 580 636
    Nonfederal 44 65 34 26 11 20 63 14 20 29
  Research assistantships 451 451 445 390 232 187 369 338 387 416
    Federal 261 233 296 243 86 147 240 197 232 269
    Institutional 104 132 54 64 125 31 109 122 120 113
    Nonfederal 86 86 95 83 21 9 20 19 35 34
  Teaching assistantships 364 227 271 219 212 14 20 9 16 1
    Federal 6 2 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 341 214 271 219 22 14 17 9 16 1
    Nonfederal 17 11 0 0 30 0 3 0 0 0
  Other types of support 6,576 6,651 4,709 5,057 4,933 3,189 3,330 2,993 3,101 1,445
    Federal 128 96 32 19 251 22 92 73 69 5
    Institutional 722 691 461 528 158 1,490 432 332 382 65
    Nonfederal 53 46 27 44 434 26 21 48 42 18
    Personal resources 5,673 5,818 4,189 4,466 4,090 1,651 2,785 2,540 2,608 1,357

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 576 704 708 710 576 478 567 589 609 593
    Science 556 683 687 687 553 452 548 576 598 593
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 4 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 392 496 494 502 358 363 262 315 372 439
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 9 18 16 19 21 19 17 16 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 34 45 43 38 31 22 24 20 20 23
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 2 0 0 0 0 0 38 18 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 117 105 51
      Physical sciences 53 50 57 62 59 35 36 46 48 46
      Psychology 48 63 57 44 47 10 44 42 34 27
      Social sciences 14 14 14 25 38 1 4 1 3 3
    Engineering 20 21 21 23 23 26 19 13 11 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 5 4 8 7 6 4 3 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 6 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 7 8 0 14 10 2 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 207 288 288 215 177 188 80 91 0 0
      Clinical medicine 186 278 277 196 152 180 80 91 0 0
      Other health 21 10 11 19 25 8 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 481 397 613 553 550 549 536 579 513 507
  Science and engineering 343 276 403 395 389 361 456 488 513 507
    Science 333 269 393 386 379 351 446 478 513 507
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 263 216 311 318 291 300 240 296 352 401
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 4 3 4 5 8 7 6 5 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5 12 19 12 12 13 14 14 14 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 3 0 0 0 0 0 38 18 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 100 92 34
      Psychology 26 15 26 18 27 10 25 22 23 22
      Physical sciences 29 21 31 28 32 20 20 21 26 33
      Social sciences 2 1 1 6 12 0 3 1 1 0
    Engineering 10 7 10 9 10 10 10 10 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 3 5 0 5 9 1 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 138 121 210 158 161 188 80 91 0 0
      Clinical medicine 123 112 201 146 152 180 80 91 0 0
      Other health 15 9 9 12 9 8 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 1,276,038 1,063,704 947,293 934,720 887,558 917,744 809,739 602,041 523,623 471,909
    Science 1,041,763 887,587 757,983 745,538 716,194 742,528 691,611 494,823 479,536 431,763
      Computer and information sciences 14,731 15,246 14,584 14,607 17,178 20,892 17,434 13,123 12,446 6,147
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 800 436 401 434 361 468 145 904 5,158 3,570
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 732
        Geological and earth sciences 548 242 279 290 323 468 145 904 5,158 1,178
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 252 194 122 144 38 0 0 0 0 1,603
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
      Life sciences 909,144 771,663 643,638 630,246 609,745 633,746 598,566 407,733 404,592 365,271
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 321,462 297,690 250,446 250,281 241,316 166,380 152,076 141,763 140,418 120,829
        Health sciences 584,887 469,714 389,211 377,195 361,753 288,035 271,941 240,311 225,065 214,897
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,795 4,259 3,981 2,770 6,676 179,331 174,549 25,659 39,109 29,545
      Mathematics and statistics 20,916 16,998 13,465 12,002 10,475 9,950 10,101 11,545 10,062 11,056
      Physical sciences 26,391 26,417 26,698 26,098 23,915 20,631 17,360 15,295 12,935 13,606
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,103 14,156 13,753 14,483 12,254 11,525 9,760 9,182 7,559 7,281
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 13,288 12,261 12,945 11,615 11,661 9,106 7,600 6,113 5,376 6,325
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,932 27,209 28,468 30,002 25,145 25,636 23,719 26,030 21,391 21,235
      Social sciences 38,528 29,601 30,676 31,003 29,375 31,205 24,286 20,193 12,952 10,878
        Anthropology 14 11 43 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,898 1,448 1,748 1,390 1,585 1,001 1,023 904 2,849 2,692
        Political science and government 10,309 8,579 7,151 7,944 4,534 4,448 5,243 4,772 4,251 4,774
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 10,074 6,550 7,563 6,804 9,676 8,327 5,204 1,121 1,420 858
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 16,233 13,013 14,171 14,832 13,580 17,429 12,816 13,396 4,432 2,554
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 321 17 53 1,146 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 119,160 99,307 100,207 99,711 85,767 79,801 59,782 10,248 11,078 3,332
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 71 87 107 123 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 3,470 3,231 1,874 2,148 1,460 1,386 1,209 624 1,248 0
      Civil engineering 1,604 1,327 1,394 1,364 3,055 2,168 2,340 1,695 1,037 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,842 14,570 15,280 14,385 9,690 10,047 7,444 3,837 4,561 1,018
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,682 3,129 2,888 2,651 2,933 3,384 1,643 1,302 1,590 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 95,491 76,963 78,664 79,040 68,629 62,816 47,146 2,790 2,642 2,314
    Non-S&E 115,115 76,810 89,103 89,471 85,597 95,415 58,346 96,970 33,009 36,814
      Business management and business administration 7,270 5,973 7,050 7,113 7,208 6,720 5,318 1,710 1,935 1,952
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 26,248 21,308 27,628 34,363 28,899 28,995 24,956 25,791 17,837 21,263
      Humanities 25,247 12,109 14,449 19,281 15,876 23,876 10,861 13,804 2,941 2,817
      Law 38,726 23,641 21,952 9,428 13,717 13,238 4,785 2,696 1,715 2,321
      Social work 5,913 5,391 9,578 12,030 10,558 11,442 5,014 6,070 5,399 3,830
      Visual and performing arts 1,800 778 1,069 1,928 1,462 1,400 1,931 583 610 278
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 9,911 7,610 7,377 5,327 7,877 9,744 5,481 46,316 2,572 4,353

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2022
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 1,276,038 668,381 17,982 296,131 58,776 101,175 133,593
    Science 1,041,763 632,107 14,782 238,950 54,469 70,980 30,475
      Computer and information sciences 14,731 9,646 0 2,010 1,135 1,038 902
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 800 148 0 132 0 202 318
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 548 148 0 132 0 202 66
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 252 0 0 0 0 0 252
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 909,144 559,581 14,765 219,885 50,177 54,232 10,504
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 321,462 202,644 8,917 74,339 6,661 21,751 7,150
        Health sciences 584,887 355,486 5,848 144,825 43,516 31,877 3,335
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 2,795 1,451 0 721 0 604 19
      Mathematics and statistics 20,916 12,236 0 2,524 2,181 3,421 554
      Physical sciences 26,391 17,913 0 1,909 83 1,376 5,110
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,103 10,225 0 1,281 78 940 579
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 13,288 7,688 0 628 5 436 4,531
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 30,932 23,286 0 2,443 838 3,719 646
      Social sciences 38,528 9,297 17 9,726 55 6,992 12,441
        Anthropology 14 0 0 14 0 0 0
        Economics 1,898 453 0 621 0 529 295
        Political science and government 10,309 890 17 2,246 0 3,039 4,117
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 10,074 4,306 0 3,012 0 2,457 299
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 16,233 3,648 0 3,833 55 967 7,730
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 321 0 0 321 0 0 0
    Engineering 119,160 20,507 1,026 8,367 2,807 2,981 83,472
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 71 0 0 47 0 0 24
      Chemical engineering 3,470 2,209 0 113 640 289 219
      Civil engineering 1,604 828 0 257 33 0 486
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,842 8,352 974 1,886 735 1,573 2,322
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,682 1,987 0 309 0 92 294
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 95,491 7,131 52 5,755 1,399 1,027 80,127
    Non-S&E 115,115 15,767 2,174 48,814 1,500 27,214 19,646
      Business management and business administration 7,270 214 0 1,202 300 1,111 4,443
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 26,248 10,045 574 8,401 31 6,563 634
      Humanities 25,247 410 0 19,869 0 315 4,653
      Law 38,726 192 300 12,772 1,110 15,758 8,594
      Social work 5,913 2,682 21 1,541 0 1,594 75
      Visual and performing arts 1,800 96 0 633 0 603 468
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 9,911 2,128 1,279 4,396 59 1,270 779

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 668,381 547,027 448,850 436,850 416,143 391,144 350,355 344,570 330,484 300,730
  DOD 19,381 20,716 21,608 23,849 23,003 16,223 11,576 15,203 12,531 13,029
  DOE 5,322 4,065 4,453 4,094 3,817 4,649 4,522 4,187 5,387 3,801
  HHS 583,692 466,971 368,652 353,281 330,985 317,435 290,768 284,089 274,988 247,037
  NASA 1,572 1,050 1,033 1,353 1,313 1,010 715 529 757 1,511
  NSF 43,497 42,854 40,824 39,534 38,657 36,947 31,908 32,510 29,989 27,334
  USDA 840 905 854 845 760 543 885 979 981 782
  Other 14,077 10,466 11,426 13,894 17,608 14,337 9,981 7,073 5,851 7,236

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 6,628 1,560 5,068 .
2018 6,363 1,476 4,887 .
2017 6,308 1,532 4,776 .
2016 6,727 1,265 5,462 .

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

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 1,023 912 948 1,014 652
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 826 729 661 642 526
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 19 19
    Engineering 72 74 109 119 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 21 21 56 49 27
    Mathematics and statistics 2 2 4 19 19
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 .
    Physical sciences 71 57 89 135 36
    Psychology 17 16 21 22 20
    Social sciences 13 14 9 9 5
    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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
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 . . . . 262,938 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 245,500 0
    Engineering . . . . 13,240 0
    Health sciences . . . . 4,198 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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
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 123,350 276,780 151,783 159,226 188,503
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 115,850 270,680 116,637 123,940 7,411
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 7,500 6,100 33,102 32,500 30,751
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 8,301
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 1,679 2,786 112,789
    Psychology 0 0 366 0 29,251
    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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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