Oakland 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 | 211 | 47.5 | 448 | 218 | 32.1 | 691 | 281 | 48.6 | 583 | 277 | 31.1 | 909 |
2020 | 205 | 46 | 450 | 211 | 30.9 | 697 | 325 | 36.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 196 | 44.3 | 447 | 205 | 30.1 | 696 | 286 | 49 | 589 | 285 | 31.8 | 913 |
2018 | 208 | 49 | 428 | 205 | 30 | 698 | 308 | 34.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 233 | 55.2 | 425 | 203 | 30.3 | 684 | 304 | 53.3 | 575 | 301 | 34.2 | 897 |
2016 | 199 | 46.7 | 430 | 226 | 33 | 697 | 293 | 33.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 213 | 50.4 | 426 | 230 | 33.8 | 693 | 300 | 53 | 570 | 278 | 31.6 | 897 |
2014 | 195 | 46.6 | 422 | 227 | 33.6 | 688 | 286 | 32.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 227 | 54.8 | 417 | 221 | 40.3 | 555 | 328 | 56.2 | 588 | 282 | 32.5 | 884 |
2012 | 221 | 54 | 412 | 237 | 43.2 | 555 | 279 | 31.9 | 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 | 48 | 51 | 59 | 52 | 38 | 56 | 46 | 59 | 36 | 37 |
Science and engineering | 34 | 36 | 39 | 30 | 28 | 36 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 21 |
Science | 24 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
Life science | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Biological sciences | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Chemistry | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 11 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Computer sciences | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | . |
Mathematics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Psychology | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | . | 2 | . |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 10 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Other engineering | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 14 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 16 |
Education | 13 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 15 | 16 |
Education administration | 3 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 7 |
Education research | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Teacher education | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Teaching fields | . | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 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 | 515 | 524 | 570 | 549 | 564 | 521 | 480 | 472 | 484 | 433 |
Male | 297 | 311 | 320 | 314 | 303 | 273 | 255 | 254 | 289 | 253 |
Female | 218 | 213 | 250 | 235 | 261 | 248 | 225 | 218 | 195 | 180 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 274 | 289 | 290 | 286 | 308 | 283 | 292 | 294 | 332 | 309 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 257 | 275 | 272 | 269 | 287 | 260 | 267 | 265 | 298 | 284 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 24 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
Black or African American | 17 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 208 | 222 | 213 | 214 | 230 | 212 | 219 | 218 | 248 | 231 |
More than one race | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 18 |
Temporary visa holders | 241 | 235 | 280 | 263 | 256 | 238 | 188 | 178 | 152 | 124 |
Science and engineering | 452 | 478 | 530 | 498 | 447 | 466 | 423 | 437 | 451 | 403 |
Science | 247 | 253 | 264 | 242 | 217 | 271 | 233 | 275 | 283 | 255 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 73 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 43 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 49 | 41 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 24 |
Computer and information sciences | 82 | 95 | 106 | 98 | 81 | 102 | 53 | 79 | 69 | 54 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 26 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 32 | 37 | 42 | 46 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 15 |
Physical sciences | 28 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 25 |
Social sciences | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 63 | 70 |
Engineering | 205 | 225 | 266 | 256 | 230 | 195 | 190 | 162 | 168 | 148 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 101 | 90 | 111 | 99 | 90 | 86 | 79 | 62 | 66 | 61 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 29 | 33 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 18 |
Mechanical engineering | 75 | 102 | 116 | 124 | 115 | 101 | 97 | 79 | 84 | 69 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 63 | 46 | 40 | 51 | 117 | 55 | 57 | 35 | 33 | 30 |
Clinical medicine | 50 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 23 | . | . | . |
Other health | 13 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 88 | 22 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 30 |
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 | 426 | 445 | 433 | 410 | 422 | 494 | 494 | 468 | 451 | 419 |
Male | 301 | 316 | 311 | 301 | 303 | 344 | 351 | 333 | 303 | 282 |
Female | 125 | 129 | 122 | 109 | 119 | 150 | 143 | 135 | 148 | 137 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 309 | 313 | 331 | 315 | 342 | 397 | 431 | 402 | 394 | 374 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 285 | 288 | 302 | 280 | 295 | 340 | 378 | 366 | 351 | 337 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Asian | 38 | 46 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 29 |
Black or African American | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 25 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
White | 225 | 223 | 244 | 231 | 253 | 274 | 312 | 303 | 288 | 260 |
More than one race | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 13 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 45 | 46 | 31 | 36 | 30 |
Temporary visa holders | 117 | 132 | 102 | 95 | 80 | 97 | 63 | 66 | 57 | 45 |
Science and engineering | 399 | 433 | 420 | 385 | 361 | 459 | 451 | 447 | 425 | 392 |
Science | 129 | 139 | 137 | 128 | 105 | 193 | 195 | 197 | 190 | 183 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 18 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 57 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 47 | 87 | 76 | 70 | 64 | 61 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 19 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 11 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 20 |
Social sciences | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 49 | 54 |
Engineering | 270 | 294 | 283 | 257 | 256 | 266 | 256 | 250 | 235 | 209 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 109 | 106 | 105 | 109 | 122 | 113 | 96 | 115 | 103 | 100 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 29 | 41 | 37 | 27 | 26 | 37 | 42 | 35 | 43 | 36 |
Mechanical engineering | 132 | 147 | 141 | 121 | 108 | 116 | 118 | 100 | 89 | 73 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 27 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 61 | 35 | 43 | 21 | 26 | 27 |
Clinical medicine | 22 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | . | . | . |
Other health | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 23 | 40 | 21 | 26 | 27 |
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 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 15 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
Science | 9 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
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).
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 | 515 | 524 | 570 | 549 | 564 | 521 | 480 | 472 | 484 | 433 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 70 | 70 | 92 | 91 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 74 | 62 | 77 |
Federal | 15 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 8 |
Institutional | 54 | 61 | 65 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 29 | 47 | 51 | 65 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 |
Teaching assistantships | 178 | 153 | 137 | 122 | 112 | 110 | 91 | 119 | 111 | 92 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Institutional | 178 | 153 | 135 | 121 | 111 | 110 | 90 | 119 | 102 | 77 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
Other types of support | 267 | 301 | 341 | 336 | 378 | 348 | 338 | 279 | 308 | 264 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Institutional | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Personal resources | 265 | 299 | 338 | 332 | 375 | 342 | 324 | 278 | 300 | 259 |
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 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
Science | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Science | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 20,261 | 12,949 | 18,002 | 13,817 | 14,561 | 16,001 | 17,108 | 15,196 | 16,767 | 18,194 | ||||||||||
Science | 15,226 | 11,810 | 13,390 | 8,252 | 9,106 | 9,846 | 8,259 | 8,709 | 9,592 | 10,819 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,150 | 1,073 | 847 | 476 | 706 | 542 | 497 | 686 | 737 | 844 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 7,887 | 5,653 | 7,041 | 5,376 | 5,823 | 6,337 | 4,918 | 4,646 | 4,756 | 5,272 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,703 | 3,323 | 3,678 | 1,369 | 1,511 | 2,596 | 1,819 | 2,087 | 1,414 | 1,945 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,402 | 1,603 | 1,805 | 1,374 | 1,611 | 1,459 | 55 | 59 | 10 | 161 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,782 | 727 | 1,558 | 2,633 | 2,701 | 2,282 | 3,044 | 2,500 | 3,332 | 3,166 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 55 | 34 | 73 | 22 | 69 | 51 | 82 | 87 | 186 | 80 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,596 | 4,821 | 4,650 | 2,026 | 2,192 | 2,487 | 2,487 | 2,398 | 2,894 | 3,755 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,777 | 2,521 | 2,281 | 1,136 | 1,189 | 1,286 | 1,240 | 950 | 1,353 | 1,507 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,819 | 2,300 | 2,343 | 890 | 1,003 | 1,201 | 1,247 | 1,448 | 1,541 | 2,248 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 377 | 184 | 467 | 286 | 254 | 321 | 187 | 801 | 986 | 723 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 161 | 45 | 312 | 66 | 62 | 108 | 88 | 91 | 33 | 86 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 28 | 25 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 133 | 0 | 206 | 45 | 39 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 20 | 85 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 4,437 | 1,041 | 3,836 | 3,709 | 3,651 | 4,237 | 6,756 | 3,806 | 4,441 | 4,620 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,624 | 0 | 1,363 | 1,720 | 1,286 | 895 | 995 | 681 | 751 | 487 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 487 | 308 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,326 | 733 | 2,213 | 1,014 | 1,319 | 2,014 | 2,203 | 2,495 | 2,941 | 3,081 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 975 | 1,046 | 1,302 | 3,517 | 598 | 749 | 1,052 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 598 | 98 | 776 | 1,856 | 1,804 | 1,918 | 2,093 | 2,681 | 2,734 | 2,755 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 77 | 27 | 197 | 301 | 304 | 422 | 329 | 197 | 307 | 203 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 77 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 25 | ||||||||||
Education | 275 | 48 | 305 | 552 | 554 | 494 | 1,167 | 1,231 | 1,329 | 1,532 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 89 | 10 | 107 | 100 | 100 | 64 | 84 | 130 | 135 | 41 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 80 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 8 | 16 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 11 | 0 | 900 | 842 | 878 | 449 | 1,054 | 936 | 938 |
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 | 20,261 | 7,426 | 1,694 | 8,499 | 1,023 | 1,423 | 196 | |||||||
Science | 15,226 | 6,473 | 1,063 | 6,624 | 161 | 716 | 189 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,150 | 613 | 14 | 362 | 34 | 78 | 49 | |||||||
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 | 7,887 | 3,422 | 271 | 3,856 | 4 | 291 | 43 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,703 | 1,710 | 197 | 1,597 | 4 | 152 | 43 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,402 | 232 | 74 | 957 | 0 | 139 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,782 | 1,480 | 0 | 1,302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,596 | 2,062 | 714 | 2,258 | 123 | 342 | 97 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,777 | 854 | 431 | 1,101 | 0 | 342 | 49 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,819 | 1,208 | 283 | 1,157 | 123 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 377 | 321 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 161 | 0 | 55 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 28 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 133 | 0 | 51 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 4,437 | 953 | 585 | 1,386 | 806 | 707 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,624 | 430 | 101 | 597 | 286 | 210 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 487 | 0 | 97 | 235 | 155 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,326 | 523 | 387 | 554 | 365 | 497 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 598 | 0 | 46 | 489 | 56 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 77 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 77 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 275 | 0 | 34 | 181 | 56 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Humanities | 89 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 80 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 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 | 7,426 | 5,068 | 6,690 | 5,777 | 6,418 | 6,198 | 6,161 | 6,885 | 7,605 | 9,185 | ||||||||||
DOD | 681 | 401 | 474 | 287 | 736 | 1,132 | 1,323 | 1,461 | 2,349 | 2,479 | ||||||||||
DOE | 107 | 98 | 52 | 0 | 129 | 138 | 121 | 180 | 137 | 383 | ||||||||||
HHS | 4,017 | 2,175 | 3,984 | 3,262 | 3,652 | 3,402 | 2,513 | 2,325 | 2,238 | 2,995 | ||||||||||
NASA | 53 | 184 | 151 | 197 | 175 | 50 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 13 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,522 | 2,145 | 2,029 | 1,912 | 1,584 | 1,285 | 1,303 | 1,383 | 1,363 | 1,579 | ||||||||||
USDA | 36 | 17 | 0 | 50 | 70 | 14 | 84 | 620 | 737 | 630 | ||||||||||
Other | 10 | 48 | 0 | 69 | 72 | 177 | 787 | 888 | 756 | 1,106 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 546 | 91 | 455 | . | |||
2018 | 418 | 66 | 352 | . | |||
2017 | 450 | 71 | 379 | . | |||
2016 | 429 | 51 | 378 | . | |||
2015 | 367 | 67 | 300 | 9 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 131 | 131 | 110 | 110 | 87 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Engineering | 19 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 11 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 45 | 45 | 21 | 21 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 18 |
Psychology | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
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.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1,000 | 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.