North Carolina Agricultural and Technical 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 | 202 | 45.5 | 448 | 270 | 39.6 | 691 | 184 | 32.1 | 583 | 225 | 25.4 | 909 |
2020 | 193 | 43.3 | 450 | 268 | 39 | 697 | 231 | 25.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 209 | 47.2 | 447 | 252 | 36.8 | 696 | 184 | 31.8 | 589 | 228 | 25.6 | 913 |
2018 | 204 | 48.1 | 428 | 249 | 36.2 | 698 | 220 | 24.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 186 | 44.2 | 425 | 259 | 38.4 | 684 | 179 | 31.7 | 575 | 217 | 24.9 | 897 |
2016 | 216 | 50.6 | 430 | 275 | 40 | 697 | 222 | 25.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 220 | 52 | 426 | 282 | 41.2 | 693 | 254 | 45 | 570 | 220 | 25.2 | 897 |
2014 | 211 | 50.4 | 422 | 293 | 43.1 | 688 | 218 | 25.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 240 | 57.9 | 417 | 280 | 50.9 | 555 | 253 | 43.5 | 588 | 224 | 26 | 884 |
2012 | 241 | 58.8 | 412 | 279 | 50.7 | 555 | 220 | 25.3 | 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 | 55 | 60 | 52 | 54 | 62 | 47 | 42 | 47 | 28 | 30 |
Science and engineering | 41 | 39 | 29 | 42 | 45 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 24 |
Science | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
Life science | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Biological sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | . | . |
Health sciences | 4 | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Computer sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Mathematics | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 |
Psychology | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Engineering | 26 | 25 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Industrial engineering | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 3 | . | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Other engineering | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 14 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 |
Education | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
Education administration | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
Education research | 1 | . | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other education | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other | 13 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 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 | 364 | 335 | 367 | 384 | 367 | 371 | 359 | 319 | 340 | 336 |
Male | 215 | 191 | 223 | 239 | 219 | 220 | 197 | 188 | 205 | 209 |
Female | 149 | 144 | 144 | 145 | 148 | 151 | 162 | 131 | 135 | 127 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 219 | 208 | 205 | 223 | 231 | 239 | 263 | 251 | 224 | 237 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 206 | 198 | 192 | 209 | 213 | 222 | 229 | 235 | 213 | 221 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 13 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 10 |
Black or African American | 163 | 152 | 156 | 176 | 169 | 174 | 173 | 173 | 175 | 178 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 20 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 29 |
More than one race | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 145 | 127 | 162 | 161 | 136 | 132 | 96 | 68 | 116 | 99 |
Science and engineering | 364 | 335 | 367 | 384 | 367 | 371 | 359 | 319 | 340 | 336 |
Science | 156 | 136 | 151 | 162 | 157 | 213 | 219 | 182 | 179 | 157 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 31 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 10 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 36 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 43 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 35 | 28 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 28 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 32 | 11 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 15 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 35 | 65 | 48 | 44 | 50 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 30 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 65 | 60 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 19 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Engineering | 208 | 199 | 216 | 222 | 210 | 158 | 140 | 137 | 161 | 179 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 12 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 32 | . | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | . | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 18 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 39 | 31 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 34 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 40 | 38 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 32 | 48 |
Mechanical engineering | 26 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 31 | 35 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 76 | 69 | 75 | 65 | 73 | 45 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 24 |
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 | 183 | 159 | 155 | 157 | 132 | 122 | 109 | 129 | 110 | 157 |
Male | 115 | 106 | 104 | 103 | 88 | 72 | 78 | 87 | 78 | 112 |
Female | 68 | 53 | 51 | 54 | 44 | 50 | 31 | 42 | 32 | 45 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 101 | 78 | 76 | 85 | 76 | 71 | 81 | 129 | 75 | 112 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 67 | 67 | 74 | 62 | 64 | 78 | 122 | 73 | 105 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 12 |
Black or African American | 61 | 47 | 37 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 53 | 74 | 53 | 73 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
More than one race | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 82 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 56 | 51 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 45 |
Science and engineering | 183 | 159 | 155 | 157 | 132 | 122 | 109 | 129 | 110 | 157 |
Science | 63 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 38 | 66 | 53 | 51 | 25 | 56 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 18 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 40 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Engineering | 120 | 116 | 102 | 96 | 94 | 56 | 56 | 78 | 85 | 101 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 25 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 24 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 9 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 |
Mechanical engineering | 24 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 25 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 51 | 45 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
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 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 125 | 84 | 47 | 42 | 81 | 94 |
Science and engineering | 44 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 125 | 84 | 47 | 42 | 81 | 94 |
Science | 20 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 77 | 53 | 37 | 16 | 45 | 47 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 24 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 8 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 14 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 24 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 48 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 47 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | . | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
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 | 364 | 335 | 367 | 384 | 367 | 371 | 359 | 319 | 340 | 336 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 42 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Research assistantships | 151 | 108 | 97 | 136 | 126 | 67 | 83 | 75 | 107 | 104 |
Federal | 12 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 74 | 39 | 32 | 19 | 50 | 57 |
Institutional | 131 | 98 | 94 | 98 | 52 | 24 | 51 | 56 | 56 | 46 |
Nonfederal | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Teaching assistantships | 3 | 6 | 65 | 46 | 28 | 19 | 53 | 68 | 78 | 77 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
Institutional | 3 | 6 | 64 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 70 | 63 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 210 | 221 | 205 | 198 | 132 | 261 | 209 | 165 | 131 | 113 |
Federal | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
Institutional | 135 | 169 | 101 | 128 | 60 | 192 | 94 | 60 | 29 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 43 | 51 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Personal resources | 0 | 0 | 101 | 62 | 60 | 16 | 108 | 87 | 93 | 99 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 |
Science | 20 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 14 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 18 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 40,751 | 36,151 | 37,339 | 38,140 | 37,379 | 33,759 | 35,172 | 35,047 | 33,994 | 35,103 | ||||||||||
Science | 23,573 | 20,989 | 21,531 | 21,591 | 22,637 | 20,928 | 21,883 | 21,813 | 20,903 | 21,833 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,227 | 1,742 | 1,861 | 1,686 | 2,236 | 1,757 | 2,416 | 2,065 | 919 | 880 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 31 | 129 | 135 | 230 | 324 | 392 | 528 | 638 | 280 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 121 | 218 | 518 | 638 | 280 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 198 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 31 | 129 | 17 | 23 | 203 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 20,086 | 16,663 | 16,756 | 17,349 | 18,980 | 17,970 | 17,509 | 17,964 | 17,694 | 17,517 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 14,708 | 12,495 | 13,060 | 13,334 | 14,762 | 14,004 | 16,952 | 17,191 | 16,233 | 15,740 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,491 | 1,612 | 1,085 | 1,131 | 969 | 557 | 521 | 756 | 1,446 | 1,729 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 48 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2,898 | 2,556 | 2,611 | 2,884 | 3,249 | 3,389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 797 | 818 | 872 | 493 | 64 | 30 | 290 | 445 | 450 | 903 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,158 | 1,638 | 1,889 | 1,808 | 1,083 | 709 | 503 | 654 | 881 | 2,221 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 248 | 522 | 626 | 917 | 154 | 45 | 60 | 71 | 37 | 108 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 910 | 1,116 | 1,263 | 891 | 929 | 664 | 443 | 583 | 844 | 2,113 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 236 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 28 | 44 | 30 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 69 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 278 | 129 | 277 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 189 | 129 | 211 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 69 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 44 | 67 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 11,616 | 10,393 | 11,766 | 13,123 | 12,648 | 10,854 | 12,631 | 12,347 | 12,348 | 12,130 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 290 | 745 | 169 | 191 | 630 | 446 | 648 | 644 | 395 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,880 | 1,377 | 1,506 | 1,800 | 1,651 | 1,343 | 1,413 | 1,892 | 803 | 1,321 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,053 | 1,945 | 1,934 | 3,198 | 3,117 | 1,785 | 1,510 | 1,220 | 1,066 | 1,034 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,470 | 1,128 | 1,395 | 1,014 | 1,032 | 571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,499 | 2,768 | 2,654 | 3,050 | 3,138 | 3,994 | 5,008 | 5,687 | 7,038 | 6,481 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,424 | 2,409 | 4,108 | 3,870 | 3,080 | 2,715 | 4,052 | 2,897 | 3,046 | 3,277 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 5,562 | 4,769 | 4,042 | 3,426 | 2,094 | 1,977 | 658 | 887 | 743 | 1,140 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,589 | 1,524 | 1,213 | 1,558 | 893 | 84 | 38 | 46 | 28 | 321 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 860 | 996 | 1,060 | 203 | 549 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 16 | 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 | 3,113 | 2,249 | 1,753 | 1,665 | 652 | 1,620 | 620 | 841 | 715 | 768 |
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 | 40,751 | 25,755 | 542 | 14,005 | 149 | 257 | 43 | |||||||
Science | 23,573 | 12,764 | 132 | 10,524 | 84 | 26 | 43 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,227 | 1,148 | 0 | 30 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 20,086 | 9,455 | 132 | 10,428 | 28 | 0 | 43 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 14,708 | 4,736 | 16 | 9,885 | 28 | 0 | 43 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,491 | 1,186 | 105 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 989 | 989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2,898 | 2,544 | 11 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 797 | 763 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,158 | 1,125 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 248 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 910 | 877 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 236 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 69 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 69 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 11,616 | 9,071 | 316 | 2,164 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 290 | 280 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,880 | 1,388 | 0 | 433 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,053 | 2,631 | 153 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,470 | 1,299 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,499 | 1,417 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,424 | 2,056 | 163 | 1,204 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 5,562 | 3,920 | 94 | 1,317 | 0 | 231 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,589 | 1,155 | 42 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 860 | 569 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 142 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 3,113 | 2,196 | 52 | 776 | 0 | 89 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 25,755 | 22,338 | 23,863 | 24,874 | 24,496 | 21,112 | 22,413 | 23,373 | 21,663 | 22,477 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,554 | 3,140 | 4,913 | 5,227 | 5,547 | 3,409 | 4,513 | 3,852 | 3,190 | 3,149 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,270 | 1,653 | 2,244 | 1,836 | 1,513 | 1,476 | 670 | 653 | 664 | 706 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,283 | 1,721 | 1,271 | 1,907 | 1,232 | 973 | 812 | 1,164 | 1,465 | 1,881 | ||||||||||
NASA | 1,098 | 608 | 389 | 298 | 366 | 551 | 948 | 1,525 | 1,395 | 1,270 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,073 | 8,725 | 7,697 | 8,661 | 7,724 | 7,542 | 9,392 | 9,525 | 7,863 | 7,416 | ||||||||||
USDA | 5,837 | 4,600 | 5,371 | 5,501 | 6,751 | 6,538 | 5,383 | 6,135 | 5,944 | 5,505 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,640 | 1,891 | 1,978 | 1,444 | 1,363 | 623 | 695 | 519 | 1,142 | 2,550 |
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,207 | 196 | 1,011 | . | |||
2018 | 1,001 | 207 | 794 | . | |||
2017 | 1,004 | 226 | 778 | . | |||
2016 | 1,000 | 177 | 823 | . | |||
2015 | 1,359 | 160 | 1,199 | 20 |
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 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 154 | 149 |
Agricultural sciences | 55 | 55 | 55 | 27 | 54 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 83 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 70 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 54 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 46 | 46 | 46 | 27 | . |
Physical sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
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 | . | . | 33,896 | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 11,269 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 22,627 | . | . |
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 | 5,100 | 0 | 804 | 533 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 5,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 804 | 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 | 533 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.