Northern Arizona 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 | |
2022 | 211 | 54.4 | 457 | 157 | 77.2 | 680 | 187 | 79.3 | 890 | |||
2021 | 218 | 51.8 | 447 | 181 | 74.2 | 691 | 205 | 65.3 | 583 | 178 | 80.7 | 907 |
2020 | 242 | 46.9 | 450 | 170 | 76 | 697 | 184 | 80.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 218 | 51.8 | 447 | 175 | 75.2 | 696 | 208 | 65.2 | 589 | 191 | 79.4 | 913 |
2018 | 266 | 38.6 | 428 | 184 | 74 | 698 | 196 | 78.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 279 | 35.1 | 425 | 196 | 71.7 | 684 | 237 | 59.3 | 575 | 201 | 77.9 | 897 |
2016 | 233 | 46.5 | 430 | 207 | 70.7 | 697 | 213 | 76.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 287 | 33.4 | 426 | 204 | 71 | 693 | 246 | 57.4 | 570 | 219 | 75.9 | 897 |
2014 | 262 | 38.6 | 422 | 204 | 70.8 | 688 | 222 | 75.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 264 | 37.4 | 417 | 206 | 63.4 | 555 | 244 | 59 | 588 | 229 | 74.4 | 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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 51 | 43 | 35 | 44 | 27 | 20 | 39 | 19 | 26 | 22 |
Science and engineering | 43 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 14 |
Science | 34 | 30 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 14 |
Life science | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 6 |
Agricultural sciences | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Biological sciences | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 4 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Psychology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Political science and government | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | 2 | 2 |
Other social sciences | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Engineering | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 8 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
Education | 8 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Education research | 6 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Teacher education | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Other education | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Letters | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 941 | 723 | 710 | 737 | 665 | 606 | 599 | 607 | 598 | 572 |
Male | 451 | 304 | 293 | 325 | 290 | 254 | 255 | 267 | 272 | 247 |
Female | 490 | 419 | 417 | 412 | 375 | 352 | 344 | 340 | 326 | 325 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 685 | 580 | 589 | 593 | 535 | 504 | 525 | 547 | 546 | 524 |
Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 78 | 85 | 85 | 64 | 49 | 54 | 51 | 47 | 40 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 605 | 500 | 500 | 502 | 461 | 448 | 465 | 492 | 491 | 475 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 120 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 22 |
Asian | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Black or African American | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 446 | 435 | 437 | 438 | 404 | 394 | 407 | 445 | 442 | 423 |
More than one race | 20 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 19 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
Temporary visa holders | 256 | 143 | 121 | 144 | 130 | 102 | 74 | 60 | 52 | 48 |
Science and engineering | 843 | 648 | 613 | 639 | 574 | 532 | 545 | 558 | 545 | 516 |
Science | 498 | 531 | 555 | 551 | 503 | 467 | 479 | 516 | 503 | 483 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 80 | 95 | 74 | 70 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 94 | 93 | 98 | 112 | 107 | 106 | 95 | 89 | 87 | 88 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 24 | 23 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 59 | 63 | 89 | 59 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 16 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 30 |
Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 29 | 26 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 24 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 59 | 76 | 77 | 83 | 77 | 80 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 79 | 79 | 76 | 79 | 64 | 68 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 72 |
Physical sciences | 60 | 55 | 55 | 43 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 29 |
Social sciences | 101 | 117 | 114 | 115 | 124 | 114 | 142 | 149 | 152 | 153 |
Engineering | 345 | 117 | 58 | 88 | 71 | 65 | 66 | 42 | 42 | 33 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 15 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 300 | 76 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 23 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 49 | 58 | 29 | 33 | 25 |
Health | 98 | 75 | 97 | 98 | 91 | 74 | 54 | 49 | 53 | 56 |
Clinical medicine | 27 | 14 | 39 | 37 | 18 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 71 | 61 | 58 | 61 | 73 | 74 | 54 | 49 | 53 | 56 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 246 | 239 | 186 | 211 | 195 | 208 | 237 | 249 | 231 | 274 |
Male | 76 | 66 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 62 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 87 |
Female | 170 | 173 | 147 | 161 | 133 | 146 | 156 | 167 | 152 | 187 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 236 | 233 | 183 | 204 | 192 | 204 | 231 | 247 | 226 | 269 |
Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 44 | 42 | 43 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 36 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 188 | 184 | 138 | 157 | 158 | 171 | 196 | 208 | 191 | 225 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
Asian | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Black or African American | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 154 | 150 | 116 | 133 | 129 | 146 | 171 | 183 | 168 | 209 |
More than one race | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Science and engineering | 129 | 139 | 98 | 119 | 113 | 118 | 151 | 156 | 142 | 165 |
Science | 102 | 125 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 101 | 140 | 149 | 133 | 157 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 25 | 16 | 10 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Computer and information sciences | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 17 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 23 | 33 | 31 | 48 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 36 | 26 | 36 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 38 | 39 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 57 | 50 | 47 | 66 |
Engineering | 27 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Health | 117 | 100 | 88 | 92 | 82 | 90 | 86 | 93 | 89 | 109 |
Clinical medicine | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 99 | 89 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 90 | 86 | 93 | 89 | 109 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 108 | 118 | 133 | 109 | 82 | 27 | 44 | 50 | 52 | 49 |
Science and engineering | 104 | 116 | 128 | 102 | 79 | 26 | 43 | 49 | 52 | 49 |
Science | 97 | 109 | 111 | 91 | 72 | 22 | 32 | 40 | 39 | 44 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 20 | 14 | 20 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 25 | 29 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 29 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Engineering | 7 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Health | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 941 | 723 | 710 | 737 | 665 | 606 | 599 | 607 | 598 | 572 |
Fellowships | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 28 |
Federal | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
Institutional | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Research assistantships | 202 | 164 | 174 | 160 | 129 | 101 | 98 | 79 | 82 | 58 |
Federal | 96 | 104 | 120 | 92 | 73 | 22 | 44 | 48 | 39 | 34 |
Institutional | 85 | 54 | 52 | 64 | 47 | 71 | 18 | 28 | 32 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
Teaching assistantships | 204 | 180 | 162 | 298 | 290 | 290 | 313 | 307 | 295 | 267 |
Federal | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 200 | 175 | 156 | 296 | 289 | 289 | 312 | 303 | 295 | 267 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 531 | 374 | 369 | 275 | 245 | 214 | 186 | 218 | 200 | 219 |
Federal | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Institutional | 132 | 152 | 174 | 98 | 82 | 73 | 119 | 125 | 110 | 100 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
Personal resources | 393 | 215 | 191 | 166 | 154 | 134 | 63 | 85 | 85 | 114 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 42 | 48 | 51 | 49 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 22 |
Science | 39 | 44 | 49 | 45 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 19 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 22 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 22 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
Science | 20 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 66,729 | 69,129 | 64,456 | 58,914 | 52,899 | 46,253 | 39,580 | 35,206 | 31,590 | 30,516 | ||||||||||
Science | 60,138 | 61,061 | 57,552 | 55,150 | 47,651 | 42,057 | 35,441 | 33,683 | 30,034 | 29,244 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,492 | 4,037 | 2,671 | 3,383 | 908 | 724 | 152 | 1,195 | 85 | 6 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,396 | 6,790 | 7,408 | 7,984 | 9,714 | 4,380 | 9,133 | 10,753 | 7,773 | 7,286 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 183 | 96 | 133 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 175 | 132 | 367 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 3,766 | 5,122 | 4,778 | 4,893 | 4,810 | 2,301 | 4,318 | 5,083 | 5,858 | 5,799 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 9 | 41 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 5 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,438 | 1,531 | 2,449 | 3,074 | 4,894 | 2,042 | 4,758 | 5,465 | 1,751 | 1,115 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 43,147 | 41,082 | 38,862 | 36,245 | 31,974 | 32,258 | 23,649 | 19,325 | 19,611 | 18,643 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,129 | 2,169 | 2,273 | 2,275 | 2,395 | 4,942 | 4,841 | 5,573 | 6,905 | 7,432 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 30,320 | 25,623 | 23,741 | 26,194 | 22,687 | 18,223 | 13,086 | 10,880 | 9,166 | 9,962 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,639 | 5,522 | 5,180 | 2,807 | 2,036 | 5,578 | 1,885 | 41 | 45 | 58 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 5,807 | 6,457 | 6,508 | 4,301 | 4,129 | 3,254 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,252 | 1,311 | 1,160 | 668 | 727 | 261 | 2,181 | 2,831 | 3,495 | 1,191 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 137 | 241 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 7,427 | 8,120 | 7,064 | 5,643 | 3,763 | 2,755 | 1,303 | 1,074 | 607 | 1,620 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 3,946 | 4,786 | 4,687 | 3,532 | 1,945 | 1,810 | 786 | 655 | 380 | 243 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 287 | 780 | 799 | 1,387 | 1,355 | 922 | 417 | 303 | 134 | 1,206 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 573 | 1,051 | 478 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 633 | 858 | 941 | 538 | 324 | 23 | 83 | 116 | 93 | 171 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,988 | 645 | 159 | 133 | 123 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 178 | 396 | 725 | 750 | 276 | 191 | 180 | 312 | 368 | 267 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 345 | 167 | 419 | 724 | 371 | 678 | 393 | 356 | 391 | 519 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 31 | 12 | 114 | 36 | 52 | 39 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 240 | 72 | 141 | 125 | 128 | 9 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 51 | 1 | 14 | 146 | 43 | 0 | 17 | 105 | 191 | 38 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 40 | 260 | 229 | 72 | 186 | 437 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 20 | 27 | 95 | 417 | 108 | 370 | 68 | 108 | 14 | 44 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,148 | 469 | 403 | 421 | 624 | 1,052 | 631 | 654 | 1,062 | 662 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 4,194 | 6,497 | 4,996 | 2,613 | 4,454 | 3,515 | 3,359 | 1,048 | 869 | 890 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,139 | 1,213 | 1,566 | 1,040 | 1,240 | 1,294 | 1,709 | 334 | 99 | 122 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 158 | 207 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 369 | 322 | 231 | 131 | 532 | 182 | 350 | 166 | 78 | 21 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,579 | 3,506 | 2,172 | 513 | 1,530 | 1,217 | 716 | 24 | 17 | 95 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 278 | 527 | 376 | 394 | 244 | 352 | 360 | 294 | 602 | 557 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 3 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 23 | 137 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 18 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 668 | 710 | 583 | 535 | 885 | 329 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,397 | 1,571 | 1,908 | 1,151 | 794 | 681 | 780 | 475 | 687 | 382 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 50 | 89 | 363 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 246 | 165 | 210 | 143 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 142 | 203 | 87 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,000 | 1,120 | 1,171 | 983 | 534 | 407 | 249 | 24 | 62 | 12 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 174 | 18 | 68 | 1 | 16 | 77 | 197 | 252 | 398 | 186 | ||||||||||
Law | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 66 | 165 | 98 | 53 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 5 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 176 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 |
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 | 66,729 | 43,453 | 7,055 | 14,501 | 813 | 768 | 139 | |||||||
Science | 60,138 | 39,216 | 6,447 | 13,508 | 352 | 559 | 56 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,492 | 1,247 | 272 | 973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,396 | 4,468 | 233 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 183 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 3,766 | 2,888 | 233 | 631 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,438 | 1,390 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 43,147 | 28,895 | 4,099 | 9,254 | 352 | 505 | 42 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,129 | 561 | 29 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 30,320 | 19,381 | 3,811 | 6,576 | 200 | 351 | 1 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,639 | 3,573 | 37 | 905 | 88 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 5,807 | 4,307 | 205 | 1,072 | 64 | 118 | 41 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,252 | 1,073 | 17 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 7,427 | 3,894 | 1,551 | 1,975 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 3,946 | 2,769 | 835 | 340 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 287 | 99 | 6 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 573 | 193 | 145 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 633 | 369 | 2 | 257 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,988 | 464 | 563 | 961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 178 | 60 | 25 | 57 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 345 | 286 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 31 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 240 | 205 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 51 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,148 | 366 | 267 | 504 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,194 | 2,709 | 537 | 571 | 348 | 29 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,139 | 531 | 293 | 220 | 69 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 158 | 0 | 99 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 369 | 154 | 87 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,579 | 1,567 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 278 | 188 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 668 | 269 | 49 | 71 | 279 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 2,397 | 1,528 | 71 | 422 | 113 | 180 | 83 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 50 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 142 | 93 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 2,000 | 1,435 | 7 | 341 | 41 | 157 | 19 | |||||||
Humanities | 174 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 72 | 4 | 59 | |||||||
Law | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 43,453 | 41,744 | 39,387 | 35,980 | 29,648 | 26,035 | 23,442 | 20,285 | 18,209 | 15,638 | ||||||||||
DOD | 7,687 | 8,665 | 6,850 | 5,352 | 3,395 | 3,159 | 3,266 | 3,120 | 2,549 | 1,844 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,146 | 1,889 | 1,870 | 1,968 | 2,343 | 1,736 | 1,102 | 512 | 407 | 429 | ||||||||||
HHS | 12,399 | 10,356 | 9,638 | 9,199 | 6,310 | 4,222 | 4,806 | 4,001 | 4,369 | 2,791 | ||||||||||
NASA | 4,351 | 3,977 | 3,669 | 2,712 | 1,969 | 1,303 | 872 | 768 | 976 | 653 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,016 | 9,634 | 9,101 | 8,488 | 7,454 | 8,197 | 6,048 | 4,050 | 3,241 | 3,569 | ||||||||||
USDA | 4,501 | 4,199 | 4,379 | 3,731 | 3,089 | 3,274 | 3,099 | 2,784 | 2,502 | 2,593 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,353 | 3,024 | 3,880 | 4,530 | 5,088 | 4,144 | 4,249 | 5,050 | 4,165 | 3,759 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,250 | 228 | 1,022 | . | |||
2018 | 1,096 | 200 | 896 | . | |||
2017 | 907 | 169 | 738 | . | |||
2016 | 922 | 184 | 738 | i | . |
i=imputed
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 | 289 | 274 | 315 | 308 | 312 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 28 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 123 | 109 | 124 | 102 | 106 |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 8 |
Engineering | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 22 | 20 | 17 | 33 | 41 |
Health sciences | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Natural resources and conservation | 25 | 24 | 21 | 12 | . |
Physical sciences | 35 | 42 | 77 | 81 | 81 |
Psychology | 12 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
Social sciences | 19 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 10,000 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 10,000 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2,455 | 0 | 498 | 4,474 | 3,641 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,185 | 0 | 0 | 2,243 | 2,940 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,731 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 701 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 498 | 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.