Oregon Health and Science 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 | 217 | 48.8 | 448 | 289 | 42.3 | 691 | 90 | 16.1 | 583 | 60 | 7.4 | 909 |
2020 | 240 | 53.7 | 450 | 281 | 40.8 | 697 | 59 | 7.3 | 915 | |||
2019 | 234 | 52.7 | 447 | 274 | 39.9 | 696 | 85 | 15.1 | 589 | 61 | 7.5 | 913 |
2018 | 206 | 48.5 | 428 | 284 | 41.2 | 698 | 66 | 8.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 214 | 50.7 | 425 | 311 | 45.9 | 684 | 90 | 16.4 | 575 | 69 | 8.5 | 897 |
2016 | 223 | 52.2 | 430 | 322 | 46.7 | 697 | 72 | 8.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 220 | 52 | 426 | 335 | 48.8 | 693 | 85 | 15.6 | 570 | 71 | 8.7 | 897 |
2014 | 215 | 51.3 | 422 | 295 | 43.4 | 688 | 73 | 9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 217 | 52.4 | 417 | 301 | 54.6 | 555 | 82 | 14.7 | 588 | 73 | 9.1 | 884 |
2012 | 189 | 46.3 | 412 | 295 | 53.5 | 555 | 72 | 8.9 | 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 | 45 | 36 | 38 | 53 | 49 | 44 | 42 | 46 | 41 | 57 |
Science and engineering | 44 | 36 | 38 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 41 | 57 |
Science | 36 | 33 | 34 | 48 | 45 | 38 | 35 | 41 | 39 | 54 |
Life science | 33 | 28 | 31 | 44 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 36 | 53 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 31 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 50 |
Health sciences | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Chemistry | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Computer sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Psychology | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | 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 | 329 | 320 | 327 | 313 | 261 | 267 | 256 | 314 | 282 | 292 |
Male | 144 | 149 | 151 | 144 | 118 | 129 | 114 | 132 | 116 | 120 |
Female | 185 | 171 | 176 | 169 | 143 | 138 | 142 | 182 | 166 | 172 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 279 | 272 | 272 | 276 | 220 | 235 | 223 | 276 | 244 | 251 |
Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 243 | 240 | 241 | 249 | 202 | 210 | 195 | 255 | 219 | 226 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Asian | 30 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 17 |
Black or African American | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 188 | 195 | 197 | 203 | 161 | 179 | 162 | 208 | 184 | 193 |
More than one race | 17 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 50 | 48 | 55 | 37 | 41 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 41 |
Science and engineering | 300 | 284 | 299 | 285 | 237 | 239 | 235 | 260 | 238 | 234 |
Science | 227 | 217 | 242 | 236 | 195 | 211 | 205 | 233 | 216 | 217 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 215 | 213 | 223 | 233 | 182 | 134 | 132 | 147 | 127 | 121 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 12 | . | 9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 68 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 78 |
Physical sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Psychology | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 73 | 67 | 57 | 49 | 42 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 17 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 68 | 53 | 55 | 47 | 39 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 17 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Health | 29 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 21 | 54 | 44 | 58 |
Clinical medicine | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 39 |
Other health | 18 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
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 | 53 | 66 | 69 | 74 | 98 | 36 | 37 | 18 | 85 | 81 |
Male | 20 | 36 | 40 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 27 |
Female | 33 | 30 | 29 | 37 | 39 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 56 | 54 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 49 | 56 | 57 | 65 | 88 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 76 | 77 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 50 | 52 | 61 | 80 | 29 | 32 | 14 | 71 | 73 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 33 | 43 | 45 | 52 | 67 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 56 | 56 |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 19 | 38 | 64 | 38 | 91 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 20 |
Science | 15 | 25 | 63 | 38 | 91 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 37 | 18 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 25 | 48 | 38 | 77 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 18 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 15 | . | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Health | 34 | 28 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 61 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 41 |
Other health | 34 | 28 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 20 |
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 | 146 | 150 | 115 | 90 | 119 | 130 | 141 | 138 | 149 | 162 |
Science and engineering | 142 | 149 | 115 | 90 | 118 | 129 | 138 | 138 | 146 | 156 |
Science | 122 | 127 | 91 | 71 | 99 | 116 | 124 | 130 | 135 | 146 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 116 | 125 | 85 | 69 | 93 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 73 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 4 | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 47 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 59 |
Psychology | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 20 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 18 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Health | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Other health | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 329 | 320 | 327 | 313 | 261 | 267 | 256 | 314 | 282 | 292 |
Fellowships | 73 | 71 | 182 | 38 | 33 | 95 | 171 | 190 | 101 | 105 |
Federal | 70 | 70 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 72 | 93 | 92 | 73 | 74 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 59 | 83 | 16 | 20 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
Research assistantships | 123 | 150 | 70 | 196 | 173 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 127 | 133 |
Federal | 76 | 80 | 60 | 54 | 100 | 7 | 48 | 40 | 72 | 86 |
Institutional | 0 | 59 | 0 | 124 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 36 |
Nonfederal | 47 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 133 | 99 | 75 | 79 | 55 | 163 | 35 | 84 | 54 | 54 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Institutional | 48 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Personal resources | 84 | 89 | 63 | 73 | 49 | 43 | 24 | 75 | 45 | 50 |
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 | 231 | 407 | 342 | 159 | 168 | 191 | 189 | 170 | 154 | 194 |
Science | 221 | 387 | 329 | 146 | 157 | 181 | 179 | 165 | 146 | 177 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 180 | 354 | 307 | 123 | 130 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 76 | 104 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | 6 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 21 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 68 | 76 | 61 | 67 | 67 |
Physical sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . |
Psychology | 41 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 6 | 11 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 10 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 10 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 |
Health | 119 | 83 | 41 | 127 | 116 | 113 | 103 | 100 | 126 | 109 |
Clinical medicine | 102 | 65 | 33 | 114 | 101 | 103 | 96 | 91 | 121 | 107 |
Other health | 17 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 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 | 137 | 159 | 172 | 155 | 175 | 186 | 263 | 203 | 209 | 261 |
Science and engineering | 86 | 131 | 159 | 97 | 107 | 114 | 173 | 130 | 118 | 161 |
Science | 82 | 124 | 153 | 93 | 103 | 108 | 170 | 128 | 113 | 151 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 65 | 111 | 143 | 76 | 88 | 49 | 77 | 58 | 54 | 92 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | . | 3 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 21 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 43 | 76 | 46 | 56 | 54 |
Psychology | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Health | 51 | 28 | 13 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 90 | 73 | 91 | 100 |
Clinical medicine | 40 | 24 | 10 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 89 | 65 | 88 | 100 |
Other health | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 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 | 452,812 | 446,890 | 415,629 | 372,180 | 348,449 | 331,524 | 326,915 | 314,802 | 308,767 | 305,530 | ||||||||||
Science | 439,272 | 433,970 | 403,495 | 360,207 | 330,477 | 317,042 | 314,205 | 304,069 | 297,978 | 294,114 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,786 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,205 | 6,299 | 7,629 | 8,194 | 10,699 | 9,260 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 736 | 2,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 3,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 514 | 7,629 | 8,194 | 10,699 | 9,260 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 439,212 | 433,917 | 403,495 | 359,721 | 317,049 | 301,894 | 296,468 | 286,399 | 274,375 | 270,062 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21,651 | 26,551 | 150,395 | 154,478 | 142,992 | 133,146 | 138,247 | 134,916 | 136,912 | 131,600 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 278,801 | 265,157 | 177,687 | 175,814 | 167,286 | 162,690 | 152,220 | 145,588 | 129,461 | 130,646 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 838 | 799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 137,922 | 141,410 | 75,413 | 29,429 | 6,771 | 6,058 | 6,001 | 5,895 | 8,002 | 7,816 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 60 | 53 | 0 | 482 | 5,387 | 3,653 | 2,901 | 2,043 | 2,055 | 2,006 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,836 | 5,196 | 7,207 | 7,433 | 10,849 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 13,526 | 12,856 | 12,134 | 11,941 | 16,233 | 12,372 | 11,063 | 9,043 | 9,156 | 11,246 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 13,526 | 12,856 | 12,134 | 11,941 | 16,233 | 12,372 | 11,063 | 9,043 | 9,156 | 11,246 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 14 | 64 | 0 | 32 | 1,739 | 2,110 | 1,647 | 1,690 | 1,633 | 170 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1,739 | 2,110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 14 | 64 | 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 | 1,647 | 1,690 | 1,633 | 170 |
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 | 452,812 | 329,016 | 1,007 | 44,030 | 40,991 | 37,168 | 600 | |||||||
Science | 439,272 | 318,175 | 1,007 | 42,572 | 40,583 | 36,381 | 554 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 439,212 | 318,175 | 1,007 | 42,572 | 40,583 | 36,321 | 554 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21,651 | 17,330 | 0 | 2,199 | 737 | 1,385 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 278,801 | 195,006 | 730 | 26,790 | 35,478 | 20,260 | 537 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 838 | 744 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 137,922 | 105,095 | 277 | 13,489 | 4,368 | 14,676 | 17 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 13,526 | 10,841 | 0 | 1,458 | 408 | 773 | 46 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 13,526 | 10,841 | 0 | 1,458 | 408 | 773 | 46 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 329,016 | 321,572 | 298,227 | 264,492 | 245,199 | 232,688 | 245,509 | 247,740 | 246,491 | 242,337 | ||||||||||
DOD | 10,623 | 13,163 | 15,415 | 13,348 | 11,322 | 8,128 | 6,622 | 5,837 | 7,204 | 4,708 | ||||||||||
DOE | 10 | 135 | 265 | 319 | 487 | 214 | 481 | 487 | 1,137 | 1,829 | ||||||||||
HHS | 316,461 | 304,884 | 279,218 | 246,970 | 228,928 | 216,151 | 228,876 | 231,461 | 226,354 | 225,335 | ||||||||||
NASA | 99 | 207 | 117 | 270 | 660 | 1,430 | 1,197 | 1,184 | 1,332 | 1,104 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,150 | 1,849 | 2,383 | 2,568 | 2,993 | 5,214 | 6,350 | 6,405 | 7,960 | 6,526 | ||||||||||
USDA | 26 | 82 | 17 | 98 | 272 | 341 | 381 | 499 | 184 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 647 | 1,252 | 812 | 919 | 537 | 1,210 | 1,602 | 1,867 | 2,320 | 2,835 |
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 | 3,759 | 987 | 2,772 | . | |||
2018 | 3,283 | 733 | 2,550 | . | |||
2017 | 3,688 | 707 | 2,981 | . | |||
2016 | 3,485 | 921 | 2,564 | . | |||
2015 | 3,579 | 701 | 2,878 | 494 |
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 | 838 | 805 | 766 | 766 | 780 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 272 | 250 | 242 | 241 | 214 |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 29 | 27 | 32 | 44 | 23 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Health sciences | 483 | 479 | 465 | 448 | 526 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 8 |
Psychology | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Social sciences | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | . | . | 11,579 | 188,699 | 9,302 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 11,579 | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 188,699 | 9,302 |
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 | 4,020 | 45,293 | 22,260 | 13,357 | 12,042 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 10,230 | 9,137 | 9,495 | 9,769 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 377 | 2,336 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 4,020 | 34,686 | 7,917 | 3,862 | 2,273 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 2,870 | 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.