North Carolina 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 | 21 | 5.4 | 448 | 29 | 5 | 691 | 12 | 2.9 | 583 | 53 | 6.7 | 909 |
2020 | 21 | 5.4 | 450 | 29 | 5 | 697 | 51 | 6.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 20 | 5.2 | 447 | 20 | 3.7 | 696 | 15 | 3.4 | 589 | 49 | 6.2 | 913 |
2018 | 24 | 6.3 | 428 | 17 | 3.3 | 698 | 51 | 6.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 24 | 6.4 | 425 | 16 | 3.2 | 684 | 13 | 3.1 | 575 | 47 | 6.1 | 897 |
2016 | 28 | 7.2 | 430 | 15 | 3 | 697 | 47 | 6.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 30 | 7.8 | 426 | 13 | 2.7 | 693 | 11 | 2.7 | 570 | 47 | 6.1 | 897 |
2014 | 31 | 8 | 422 | 19 | 3.6 | 688 | 46 | 6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 30 | 7.9 | 417 | 20 | 4.4 | 555 | 12 | 2.9 | 588 | 51 | 6.6 | 884 |
2012 | 34 | 9 | 412 | 21 | 4.6 | 555 | 52 | 6.7 | 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 | 505 | 533 | 533 | 495 | 499 | 480 | 468 | 457 | 456 | 408 |
Science and engineering | 430 | 445 | 452 | 428 | 429 | 409 | 422 | 402 | 394 | 362 |
Science | 245 | 253 | 288 | 257 | 267 | 246 | 255 | 245 | 235 | 229 |
Life science | 85 | 99 | 105 | 100 | 111 | 83 | 106 | 88 | 95 | 87 |
Agricultural sciences | 36 | 40 | 49 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 32 | 40 |
Biological sciences | 46 | 56 | 55 | 63 | 65 | 47 | 54 | 40 | 63 | 46 |
Health sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 44 | 36 | 67 | 52 | 62 | 52 | 44 | 64 | 49 | 44 |
Chemistry | 25 | 19 | 32 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 22 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 14 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 16 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 66 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 60 | 77 | 70 | 64 | 45 | 62 |
Computer sciences | 19 | 28 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 17 |
Mathematics | 47 | 47 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 47 | 45 | 23 | 45 |
Psychology and social sciences | 50 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 46 | 36 |
Psychology | 27 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 19 |
Economics | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 9 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Sociology | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
Other social sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 185 | 192 | 164 | 171 | 162 | 163 | 167 | 157 | 159 | 133 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Chemical engineering | 24 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 11 |
Civil engineering | 15 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
Electrical engineering | 43 | 41 | 26 | 41 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 30 |
Industrial engineering | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 24 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 15 |
Other engineering | 40 | 54 | 52 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 33 | 41 | 58 | 39 |
Non-science and engineering | 75 | 88 | 81 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 46 |
Education | 39 | 43 | 51 | 49 | 28 | 45 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 30 |
Education administration | 3 | . | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Education research | 23 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 20 |
Teacher education | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 9 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Other education | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
History | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Letters | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Other | 28 | 41 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 12 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Communication | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 20 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 |
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 | 4,804 | 4,501 | 5,071 | 5,107 | 4,941 | 5,064 | 5,175 | 4,704 | 4,543 | 4,495 |
Male | 2,879 | 2,671 | 3,142 | 3,184 | 3,110 | 3,209 | 3,264 | 2,938 | 2,824 | 2,834 |
Female | 1,925 | 1,830 | 1,929 | 1,923 | 1,831 | 1,855 | 1,911 | 1,766 | 1,719 | 1,661 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,508 | 2,439 | 2,406 | 2,377 | 2,146 | 2,452 | 2,555 | 2,391 | 2,421 | 2,403 |
Hispanic or Latino | 146 | 114 | 85 | 119 | 121 | 124 | 114 | 111 | 94 | 101 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,292 | 2,248 | 2,207 | 2,158 | 1,931 | 2,231 | 2,350 | 2,199 | 2,254 | 2,242 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
Asian | 227 | 199 | 206 | 183 | 120 | 159 | 165 | 151 | 150 | 149 |
Black or African American | 173 | 161 | 156 | 128 | 113 | 144 | 154 | 148 | 131 | 128 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
White | 1,784 | 1,791 | 1,746 | 1,740 | 1,613 | 1,850 | 1,944 | 1,827 | 1,920 | 1,918 |
More than one race | 97 | 92 | 92 | 97 | 75 | 65 | 71 | 55 | 40 | 32 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 70 | 77 | 114 | 100 | 94 | 97 | 91 | 81 | 73 | 60 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,296 | 2,062 | 2,665 | 2,730 | 2,795 | 2,612 | 2,620 | 2,313 | 2,122 | 2,092 |
Science and engineering | 4,804 | 4,501 | 5,071 | 5,037 | 4,870 | 5,002 | 5,110 | 4,648 | 4,492 | 4,444 |
Science | 2,788 | 2,625 | 2,859 | 2,860 | 2,713 | 2,997 | 3,013 | 2,748 | 2,630 | 2,612 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 310 | 297 | 226 | 241 | 240 | 368 | 385 | 309 | 324 | 310 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 526 | 509 | 584 | 542 | 553 | 705 | 699 | 596 | 525 | 487 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 27 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 752 | 637 | 855 | 858 | 731 | 732 | 711 | 654 | 579 | 527 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 80 | 68 | 87 | 98 |
Mathematics and statistics | 314 | 322 | 350 | 375 | 369 | 359 | 358 | 342 | 329 | 360 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 53 | 60 | 45 | 38 | 24 | 122 | 113 | 101 | 104 | 108 |
Natural resources and conservation | 179 | 153 | 158 | 150 | 121 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 106 | 123 | 114 | 104 | 112 | 106 | 100 | 105 | 96 | 98 |
Physical sciences | 335 | 323 | 321 | 323 | 330 | 237 | 232 | 247 | 242 | 260 |
Social sciences | 213 | 201 | 206 | 229 | 233 | 267 | 296 | 291 | 305 | 326 |
Engineering | 2,016 | 1,876 | 2,212 | 2,177 | 2,157 | 2,005 | 2,097 | 1,900 | 1,862 | 1,832 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 74 | 53 | 54 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 54 | 63 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 63 | 60 | 60 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 41 | 52 | 48 | 34 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 156 | 152 | 170 | 159 | 137 | 161 | 162 | 143 | 153 | 151 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 227 | 206 | 254 | 242 | 240 | 201 | 221 | 213 | 215 | 309 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 592 | 559 | 700 | 662 | 686 | 636 | 625 | 544 | 502 | 492 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 264 | 214 | 288 | 296 | 307 | 180 | 190 | 170 | 166 | 155 |
Mechanical engineering | 186 | 190 | 218 | 237 | 197 | 179 | 190 | 156 | 170 | 158 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 278 | 279 | 298 | 325 | 319 | 300 | 283 | 267 | 265 | 247 |
Other engineering | 176 | 163 | 170 | 156 | 159 | 228 | 319 | 294 | 289 | 223 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 65 | 56 | 51 | 51 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 65 | 56 | 51 | 51 |
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 | 1,291 | 1,216 | 1,208 | 1,164 | 1,071 | 1,279 | 1,317 | 1,315 | 1,144 | 1,231 |
Male | 797 | 771 | 762 | 750 | 699 | 844 | 900 | 900 | 795 | 830 |
Female | 494 | 445 | 446 | 414 | 372 | 435 | 417 | 415 | 349 | 401 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,177 | 1,103 | 1,076 | 1,028 | 931 | 1,163 | 1,205 | 1,206 | 1,067 | 1,139 |
Hispanic or Latino | 64 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 34 | 57 | 69 | 57 | 56 | 52 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,083 | 1,021 | 982 | 930 | 837 | 1,059 | 1,096 | 1,114 | 983 | 1,059 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Asian | 144 | 110 | 85 | 83 | 56 | 92 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 85 |
Black or African American | 83 | 75 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 73 | 76 | 65 | 64 | 59 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
White | 816 | 793 | 797 | 760 | 696 | 873 | 918 | 944 | 821 | 906 |
More than one race | 36 | 40 | 28 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 30 | 38 | 48 | 47 | 60 | 47 | 40 | 35 | 28 | 28 |
Temporary visa holders | 114 | 113 | 132 | 136 | 140 | 116 | 112 | 109 | 77 | 92 |
Science and engineering | 1,291 | 1,216 | 1,208 | 1,161 | 1,069 | 1,275 | 1,312 | 1,306 | 1,139 | 1,229 |
Science | 638 | 623 | 632 | 576 | 522 | 609 | 598 | 598 | 536 | 603 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 79 | 86 | 72 | 56 | 45 | 119 | 126 | 132 | 115 | 143 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 110 | 101 | 112 | 102 | 90 | 100 | 108 | 79 | 60 | 78 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
Computer and information sciences | 92 | 75 | 66 | 61 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 92 | 86 | 88 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 19 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 121 | 149 | 144 | 113 | 100 | 79 | 56 | 30 | 28 | 29 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 85 | 82 | 94 | 95 | 75 | 104 | 102 | 122 | 103 | 95 |
Natural resources and conservation | 58 | 55 | 60 | 70 | 73 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 47 | 40 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
Physical sciences | 19 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
Social sciences | 27 | 25 | 54 | 48 | 46 | 78 | 77 | 85 | 82 | 103 |
Engineering | 653 | 593 | 576 | 585 | 547 | 666 | 714 | 708 | 603 | 626 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 29 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 35 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 58 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 53 | 62 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 71 | 52 | 45 | 43 | 45 | 57 | 60 | 53 | 48 | 35 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 74 | 83 | 88 | 101 | 96 | 106 | 112 | 115 | 92 | 114 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 117 | 92 | 92 | 78 | 62 | 80 | 81 | 84 | 63 | 81 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 35 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 116 | 115 | 102 | 97 | 100 | 119 | 138 | 153 | 137 | 124 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 69 | 58 | 57 | 52 | 51 | 59 | 69 | 70 | 56 | 55 |
Other engineering | 84 | 83 | 92 | 101 | 99 | 148 | 145 | 129 | 102 | 112 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
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 | 762 | 657 | 720 | 726 | 689 | 741 | 810 | 755 | 740 | 795 |
Science and engineering | 762 | 657 | 720 | 708 | 678 | 733 | 791 | 745 | 732 | 782 |
Science | 388 | 355 | 375 | 363 | 346 | 427 | 494 | 404 | 415 | 495 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 56 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 60 | 85 | 40 | 48 | 52 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 78 | 59 | 86 | 80 | 75 | 133 | 145 | 100 | 116 | 136 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 84 | 82 | 71 | 66 | 80 | 63 | 78 | 82 | 75 | 79 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 43 |
Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 66 | 42 | 52 | 44 | 49 | 54 | 60 | 64 | 72 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 22 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 18 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 7 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 15 |
Physical sciences | 97 | 103 | 104 | 114 | 76 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 85 |
Social sciences | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
Engineering | 374 | 302 | 345 | 345 | 332 | 306 | 297 | 341 | 317 | 287 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 13 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 33 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 54 | 45 | 50 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 47 | 52 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 27 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 30 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 89 | 83 | 91 | 91 | 102 | 84 | 79 | 113 | 108 | 80 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 16 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 |
Mechanical engineering | 57 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 45 | 40 | 32 | 29 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 32 | 42 | 64 | 65 | 57 | 48 | 49 | 63 | 53 | 51 |
Other engineering | 53 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 27 | 39 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 14 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
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 | 4,804 | 4,501 | 5,071 | 5,107 | 4,941 | 5,064 | 5,175 | 4,704 | 4,543 | 4,495 |
Fellowships | 210 | 275 | 431 | 308 | 309 | 263 | 302 | 265 | 245 | 225 |
Federal | 94 | 111 | 136 | 134 | 102 | 130 | 139 | 133 | 129 | 129 |
Institutional | 90 | 81 | 236 | 144 | 184 | 95 | 105 | 90 | 53 | 37 |
Nonfederal | 26 | 83 | 59 | 30 | 23 | 38 | 58 | 42 | 63 | 59 |
Research assistantships | 2,684 | 1,333 | 1,661 | 1,711 | 1,799 | 1,779 | 1,853 | 1,672 | 1,628 | 1,670 |
Federal | 668 | 478 | 583 | 591 | 584 | 611 | 670 | 622 | 611 | 666 |
Institutional | 1,556 | 343 | 552 | 624 | 752 | 540 | 562 | 532 | 527 | 506 |
Nonfederal | 460 | 512 | 526 | 496 | 463 | 628 | 621 | 518 | 490 | 498 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 678 | 829 | 752 | 880 | 935 | 866 | 828 | 796 | 822 |
Federal | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 535 | 829 | 752 | 875 | 914 | 827 | 802 | 760 | 822 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 39 | 26 | 36 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,910 | 2,215 | 2,150 | 2,336 | 1,953 | 2,087 | 2,154 | 1,939 | 1,874 | 1,778 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 13 | 88 | 181 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 1,910 | 2,196 | 2,061 | 2,152 | 1,934 | 2,087 | 2,153 | 1,939 | 1,874 | 1,778 |
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 | 394 | 506 | 365 | 483 | 504 | 461 | 459 | 454 | 461 | 283 |
Science | 223 | 309 | 271 | 312 | 344 | 304 | 304 | 298 | 304 | 207 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 60 | 13 | 41 | 81 | 79 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 57 | 38 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 79 | 202 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 131 | 132 | 132 | 130 | 96 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 12 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 18 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 20 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 30 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 44 | 63 | 58 | 40 | 57 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 56 | 36 |
Social sciences | 4 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
Engineering | 171 | 197 | 94 | 171 | 160 | 157 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 76 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 52 | 71 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 21 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 29 | 43 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 25 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 23 | 52 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 22 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 10 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 6 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 33 | 34 | 13 |
Other engineering | 33 | 17 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 14 |
Health | 104 | 75 | 94 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 29 | 88 |
Clinical medicine | 11 | 75 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 93 | 0 | 94 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 29 | 88 |
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 | 103 | 99 | 152 | 200 | 201 | 193 | 200 | 229 | 226 | 150 |
Science and engineering | 102 | 99 | 152 | 196 | 198 | 188 | 190 | 225 | 221 | 147 |
Science | 49 | 59 | 113 | 139 | 147 | 140 | 144 | 174 | 170 | 122 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 6 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 15 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 47 | 62 | 60 | 77 | 84 | 64 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 21 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 23 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Engineering | 53 | 40 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 25 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
Other engineering | 12 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 547,118 | 546,290 | 541,100 | 509,841 | 500,445 | 489,918 | 468,293 | 446,112 | 417,468 | 404,225 | ||||||||||
Science | 356,407 | 353,349 | 348,534 | 331,171 | 330,585 | 331,335 | 319,059 | 290,173 | 283,707 | 277,311 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 17,016 | 16,119 | 14,614 | 11,537 | 11,083 | 12,009 | 14,218 | 12,695 | 12,031 | 11,073 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25,579 | 27,010 | 21,691 | 19,819 | 19,596 | 24,589 | 24,908 | 25,951 | 21,244 | 18,603 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 6,504 | 6,860 | 6,626 | 6,476 | 7,229 | 7,013 | 7,118 | 9,785 | 8,216 | 6,631 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 6,271 | 6,576 | 2,994 | 3,446 | 3,248 | 5,426 | 5,330 | 4,001 | 2,547 | 3,110 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12,804 | 13,574 | 12,071 | 9,897 | 9,119 | 12,150 | 12,460 | 12,165 | 10,481 | 8,862 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 237,289 | 240,399 | 244,235 | 231,243 | 234,319 | 227,500 | 208,852 | 189,274 | 191,061 | 193,145 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 108,416 | 108,002 | 111,537 | 112,533 | 113,295 | 122,545 | 99,041 | 81,675 | 91,364 | 92,335 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 119,614 | 120,671 | 120,567 | 108,990 | 110,122 | 99,660 | 97,777 | 80,310 | 84,580 | 88,030 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9,259 | 11,726 | 12,131 | 9,720 | 10,902 | 5,295 | 12,027 | 27,280 | 15,108 | 12,772 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 20,392 | 20,164 | 20,296 | 21,722 | 21,909 | 23,522 | 21,317 | 20,883 | 22,207 | 20,846 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 28,455 | 23,464 | 22,753 | 21,204 | 19,270 | 18,127 | 20,955 | 22,001 | 17,045 | 17,978 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 16,108 | 11,821 | 10,796 | 7,648 | 8,261 | 6,522 | 8,012 | 7,718 | 7,658 | 10,159 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 12,217 | 11,615 | 11,957 | 10,671 | 10,517 | 8,794 | 10,160 | 8,847 | 7,747 | 7,803 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 130 | 28 | 0 | 2,885 | 492 | 2,811 | 2,783 | 5,436 | 1,640 | 16 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 2,523 | 2,479 | 3,071 | 3,443 | 3,550 | 3,457 | 3,398 | 2,826 | 2,556 | 2,494 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 10,768 | 9,826 | 8,403 | 8,361 | 7,007 | 7,270 | 12,745 | 13,138 | 15,199 | 11,020 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 7,437 | 7,085 | 6,438 | 6,362 | 4,856 | 5,104 | 5,310 | 4,529 | 4,964 | 5,394 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 355 | 415 | 411 | 529 | 651 | 566 | 894 | 715 | 471 | 176 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,976 | 2,326 | 1,554 | 1,470 | 1,500 | 1,600 | 2,380 | 1,291 | 632 | 474 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,161 | 6,603 | 9,132 | 4,976 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14,385 | 13,888 | 13,471 | 13,842 | 13,851 | 14,861 | 12,666 | 3,405 | 2,364 | 2,152 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 172,900 | 174,740 | 174,590 | 166,680 | 158,389 | 147,704 | 143,288 | 150,219 | 129,817 | 122,735 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 121 | 1,632 | 319 | 983 | 1,058 | 1,456 | 2,539 | 3,637 | 2,288 | 4,237 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 15,474 | 14,969 | 15,608 | 14,268 | 12,666 | 12,055 | 10,351 | 10,485 | 10,397 | 9,633 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 34,698 | 31,878 | 33,103 | 30,765 | 26,200 | 23,150 | 24,744 | 29,521 | 26,078 | 25,359 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 18,560 | 19,313 | 18,152 | 13,541 | 11,867 | 12,066 | 11,425 | 14,773 | 10,771 | 11,605 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 38,755 | 41,712 | 39,140 | 37,416 | 44,272 | 39,239 | 34,733 | 30,933 | 26,246 | 19,693 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 9,188 | 9,520 | 6,662 | 6,547 | 7,728 | 6,764 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 13,845 | 10,736 | 10,819 | 8,174 | 8,693 | 7,991 | 7,073 | 8,710 | 7,306 | 6,889 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 22,957 | 22,414 | 27,471 | 30,529 | 24,413 | 26,272 | 27,439 | 27,215 | 18,102 | 18,943 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 19,302 | 22,566 | 23,316 | 24,457 | 21,492 | 18,711 | 24,984 | 24,945 | 28,629 | 26,376 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 17,811 | 18,201 | 17,976 | 11,990 | 11,471 | 10,879 | 5,946 | 5,720 | 3,944 | 4,179 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 198 | 395 | 404 | 390 | 438 | 554 | 537 | 364 | 249 | 183 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 11,833 | 13,618 | 13,411 | 6,591 | 5,737 | 5,775 | 5,368 | 4,332 | 3,570 | 3,803 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 5,780 | 4,188 | 4,161 | 5,009 | 5,296 | 4,550 | 40 | 1,024 | 125 | 193 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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
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 | 547,118 | 239,115 | 127,290 | 126,142 | 49,478 | 4,806 | 287 | |||||||
Science | 356,407 | 142,751 | 91,027 | 92,186 | 26,435 | 3,846 | 162 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 17,016 | 12,833 | 477 | 2,988 | 595 | 123 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25,579 | 12,866 | 6,721 | 4,733 | 1,164 | 95 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 6,504 | 5,722 | 266 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 6,271 | 1,345 | 3,422 | 1,441 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 12,804 | 5,799 | 3,033 | 2,776 | 1,101 | 95 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 237,289 | 75,648 | 70,527 | 66,784 | 21,331 | 2,951 | 48 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 108,416 | 23,589 | 38,318 | 32,742 | 11,706 | 2,017 | 44 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 119,614 | 47,017 | 31,069 | 31,986 | 8,643 | 895 | 4 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9,259 | 5,042 | 1,140 | 2,056 | 982 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 20,392 | 11,908 | 3,338 | 4,279 | 501 | 309 | 57 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 28,455 | 15,032 | 6,364 | 6,159 | 644 | 256 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 16,108 | 7,120 | 4,499 | 3,817 | 504 | 168 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 12,217 | 7,912 | 1,865 | 2,248 | 104 | 88 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 130 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 2,523 | 1,060 | 346 | 581 | 505 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 10,768 | 4,445 | 2,260 | 3,104 | 911 | 44 | 4 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 7,437 | 2,622 | 1,975 | 2,054 | 738 | 44 | 4 | |||||||
Political science and government | 355 | 114 | 67 | 102 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,976 | 1,709 | 218 | 948 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 14,385 | 8,959 | 994 | 3,558 | 784 | 37 | 53 | |||||||
Engineering | 172,900 | 91,430 | 30,463 | 30,445 | 19,487 | 950 | 125 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 121 | 89 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 15,474 | 7,064 | 3,469 | 3,505 | 1,181 | 255 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 34,698 | 11,044 | 8,518 | 6,972 | 7,823 | 260 | 81 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 18,560 | 6,729 | 6,674 | 3,335 | 1,819 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 38,755 | 29,217 | 2,562 | 4,447 | 2,222 | 305 | 2 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 9,188 | 2,715 | 3,142 | 3,035 | 290 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 13,845 | 8,422 | 1,857 | 2,020 | 1,540 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 22,957 | 12,090 | 2,572 | 4,425 | 3,713 | 115 | 42 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 19,302 | 14,060 | 1,669 | 2,674 | 899 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 17,811 | 4,934 | 5,800 | 3,511 | 3,556 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 198 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 88 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 11,833 | 3,105 | 4,279 | 1,835 | 2,608 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 5,780 | 1,829 | 1,521 | 1,566 | 860 | 4 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- 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 | 239,115 | 232,110 | 228,945 | 219,258 | 218,274 | 202,336 | 199,862 | 181,449 | 177,118 | 174,758 | ||||||||||
DOD | 33,180 | 35,434 | 34,051 | 32,831 | 28,753 | 28,180 | 26,505 | 18,968 | 14,279 | 15,042 | ||||||||||
DOE | 36,753 | 38,530 | 32,368 | 29,232 | 33,353 | 29,032 | 15,773 | 14,333 | 13,398 | 12,315 | ||||||||||
HHS | 42,874 | 35,769 | 33,362 | 28,238 | 27,037 | 25,476 | 17,897 | 18,029 | 20,762 | 20,337 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,234 | 2,939 | 2,633 | 3,488 | 3,121 | 3,232 | 2,130 | 1,711 | 2,036 | 2,238 | ||||||||||
NSF | 55,951 | 55,600 | 58,142 | 58,407 | 55,382 | 53,595 | 50,773 | 46,684 | 47,580 | 45,963 | ||||||||||
USDA | 42,046 | 40,652 | 42,846 | 40,292 | 41,754 | 34,727 | 20,325 | 19,526 | 19,501 | 15,805 | ||||||||||
Other | 26,077 | 23,186 | 25,543 | 26,770 | 28,874 | 28,094 | 66,459 | 62,198 | 59,562 | 63,058 |
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 | 4,575 | 1,178 | 3,397 | . | |||
2018 | 4,534 | 1,112 | 3,422 | . | |||
2017 | 4,460 | 1,055 | 3,405 | . | |||
2016 | 4,590 | 1,048 | 3,542 | . | |||
2015 | 4,824 | 913 | 3,911 | 630 |
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 | 2,745 | 2,575 | 2,678 | 2,633 | 2,695 |
Agricultural sciences | 1,307 | 995 | 1,037 | 1,092 | 1,263 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 345 | 361 | 443 | 424 | 409 |
Computer and information sciences | 35 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 32 |
Engineering | 665 | 637 | 638 | 618 | 557 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 62 | 60 | 60 | 52 | 37 |
Health sciences | 6 | 165 | 165 | 154 | 152 |
Mathematics and statistics | 62 | 64 | 61 | 60 | 64 |
Natural resources and conservation | 44 | 38 | 36 | 5 | . |
Physical sciences | 156 | 160 | 160 | 141 | 136 |
Psychology | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Social sciences | 33 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 32 |
Other | 19 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 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 | 42,681 | 87,580 | 233,061 | 2,736 | . |
Agricultural sciences | 4,327 | 87,580 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 18,026 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 76,984 | 2,736 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 156,077 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 20,328 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 25,725 | 3,674 | 14,899 | 10,812 | 19,137 |
Agricultural sciences | 9,139 | 1,828 | 4,030 | 735 | 5,744 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,021 | 1,412 | 2,106 | 1,327 | 2,955 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3,765 | 0 | 2,153 | 4,139 | 2,077 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 3,254 | 2,912 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,649 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 903 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 435 | 4,109 | 453 | 1,801 |
Psychology | 286 | 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.