Pennsylvania State U.

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 15 | 97 | 459 | 25 | 96.5 | 679 | ||||||
2022 | 15 | 97 | 457 | 25 | 96.5 | 680 | ||||||
2021 | 14 | 97.1 | 447 | 28 | 96.1 | 691 | ||||||
2020 | 11 | 97.8 | 450 | 27 | 96.3 | 698 | ||||||
2019 | 17 | 96.4 | 447 | 28 | 96.2 | 697 | ||||||
2018 | 13 | 97.2 | 428 | 25 | 96.6 | 700 | ||||||
2017 | 12 | 97.4 | 425 | 28 | 96.1 | 684 | ||||||
2016 | 12 | 97.5 | 430 | 27 | 96.3 | 697 | ||||||
2015 | 13 | 97.2 | 426 | 25 | 96.6 | 693 | ||||||
2014 | 14 | 96.9 | 422 | 25 | 96.5 | 688 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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All fields | 691 | 710 | 629 | 688 | 659 | 699 | 694 | 679 | 693 | 654 |
Science and engineering | 535 | 573 | 496 | 554 | 513 | 533 | 527 | 533 | 531 | 492 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 21 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 23 | 21 |
Agricultural sciences | 18 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 16 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 87 | 92 | 80 | 104 | 92 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 80 | 80 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 20 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | 6 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
Genetics and genomics | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Microbiology and immunology | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
Molecular biology | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | . | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Neurobiology and neurosciences | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
Pharmacology and toxicology | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 13 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
Computer and information sciences | 21 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 36 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 36 |
Computer science | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 19 |
Computer and information sciences, other | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 17 |
Engineering | 177 | 210 | 164 | 170 | 145 | 177 | 153 | 166 | 202 | 149 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Chemical and petroleum engineering | 16 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 22 |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 18 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
Electrical and computer engineering | 34 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 39 | 31 |
Industrial engineering and operations research | 12 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 9 |
Materials and mining engineering | 26 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 14 |
Mechanical engineering | 25 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 21 |
Engineering, other | 26 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 32 | 32 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 16 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 19 |
Geological sciences | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Health sciences | 14 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
Nursing science | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Public health | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Health sciences, other | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 35 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 25 | 22 |
Applied mathematics | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Mathematics | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Statistics | 14 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 14 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 64 | 65 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 74 | 56 | 48 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Chemistry | 28 | 35 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 24 |
Physics | 24 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 23 | 17 |
Psychology | 49 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 34 | 43 | 25 | 34 |
Clinical psychology | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 |
Counseling and applied psychology | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
Research and experimental psychology | 16 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Psychology, other | 21 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
Social sciences | 56 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 69 | 61 | 64 | 52 | 53 | 63 |
Anthropology | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
Economics | 17 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
Political science and government | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
Public policy analysis | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
Social sciences, other | 19 | 35 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 15 |
Non-science and engineering | 156 | 137 | 133 | 134 | 146 | 166 | 167 | 146 | 162 | 162 |
Business | 25 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 |
Business | 25 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 |
Education | 72 | 77 | 70 | 70 | 82 | 77 | 96 | 74 | 76 | 74 |
Education leadership and administration | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
Education research | 37 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 51 | 48 | 49 | 32 | 50 | 43 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | 18 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 14 |
Education, other | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
Humanities and arts | 35 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 44 | 35 | 36 | 47 | 39 |
Letters | 12 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 11 |
Foreign languages and literature | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
History | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
Philosophy and religious studies | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
Music and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Humanities and arts, other | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Other non-science and engineering | 24 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 25 |
Communication | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
Public administration and social services | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 |
Non-science and engineering, other | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 3,002 | 2,991 | 2,828 | 2,684 | 2,659 | 2,559 | 2,449 | 2,558 | 2,524 | 2,553 | ||||||||||
Female | 2,310 | 2,248 | 2,090 | 1,911 | 1,844 | 1,739 | 1,595 | 1,627 | 1,685 | 1,680 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,513 | 2,612 | 2,590 | 2,542 | 2,301 | 2,258 | 2,083 | 2,102 | 2,135 | 2,231 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 294 | 301 | 272 | 227 | 207 | 201 | 190 | 145 | 144 | 134 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,162 | 2,269 | 2,267 | 2,246 | 2,020 | 2,005 | 1,841 | 1,872 | 1,940 | 2,028 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Asian | 224 | 213 | 202 | 209 | 170 | 169 | 147 | 127 | 133 | 121 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 128 | 133 | 137 | 109 | 105 | 88 | 84 | 83 | 90 | 87 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
White | 1,713 | 1,818 | 1,811 | 1,809 | 1,640 | 1,666 | 1,539 | 1,638 | 1,679 | 1,765 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 93 | 103 | 113 | 116 | 100 | 79 | 69 | 17 | 34 | 50 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 57 | 42 | 51 | 69 | 74 | 52 | 52 | 85 | 51 | 69 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 2,799 | 2,627 | 2,328 | 2,053 | 2,202 | 2,040 | 1,961 | 2,083 | 2,074 | 2,002 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 5,118 | 5,045 | 4,735 | 4,433 | 4,362 | 4,148 | 3,909 | 4,078 | 4,098 | 4,119 | ||||||||||
Science | 3,312 | 3,240 | 3,115 | 2,951 | 2,923 | 2,752 | 2,581 | 2,641 | 2,673 | 2,699 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 166 | 157 | 135 | 141 | 143 | 155 | 156 | 172 | 193 | 179 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 711 | 709 | 689 | 641 | 634 | 602 | 548 | 566 | 594 | 569 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 33 | 32 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 90 | 99 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 644 | 562 | 487 | 428 | 448 | 369 | 333 | 282 | 287 | 283 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 70 | 61 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 137 | 152 | 147 | 137 | 129 | 125 | 123 | 152 | 153 | 155 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 246 | 224 | 221 | 214 | 203 | 193 | 195 | 185 | 172 | 163 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 192 | 205 | 177 | 146 | 169 | 103 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 23 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 488 | 505 | 475 | 459 | 412 | 417 | 402 | 379 | 389 | 444 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 294 | 286 | 299 | 297 | 258 | 275 | 271 | 233 | 231 | 260 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 411 | 417 | 464 | 461 | 499 | 492 | 453 | 465 | 461 | 454 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,806 | 1,805 | 1,620 | 1,482 | 1,439 | 1,396 | 1,328 | 1,437 | 1,425 | 1,420 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 110 | 114 | 102 | 104 | 94 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 94 | 97 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 109 | 111 | 93 | 77 | 67 | 64 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 43 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 155 | 235 | 210 | 198 | 194 | 191 | 180 | 215 | 224 | 246 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 288 | 283 | 193 | 163 | 149 | 119 | 138 | 173 | 166 | 157 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 212 | 230 | 229 | 205 | 231 | 216 | 214 | 228 | 211 | 225 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 167 | 164 | 153 | 154 | 163 | 153 | 157 | 185 | 170 | 164 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 246 | 238 | 217 | 214 | 191 | 200 | 178 | 193 | 202 | 181 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 182 | 187 | 194 | 177 | 177 | 187 | 160 | 160 | 150 | 148 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 337 | 243 | 229 | 190 | 173 | 175 | 140 | 123 | 157 | 159 | ||||||||||
Health | 194 | 194 | 183 | 162 | 141 | 150 | 135 | 107 | 111 | 114 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 68 | 70 | 68 | 54 | 36 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other health | 126 | 124 | 115 | 108 | 105 | 108 | 98 | 107 | 111 | 114 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 1,406 | 1,416 | 1,518 | 1,636 | 1,580 | 1,343 | 1,314 | 406 | 272 | 277 | ||||||||||
Female | 659 | 747 | 808 | 834 | 799 | 661 | 593 | 314 | 152 | 185 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,916 | 1,959 | 2,160 | 2,252 | 2,186 | 1,823 | 1,675 | 613 | 357 | 376 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 169 | 164 | 157 | 162 | 176 | 152 | 126 | 45 | 18 | 15 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,719 | 1,759 | 1,967 | 2,060 | 1,977 | 1,635 | 1,507 | 512 | 327 | 332 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Asian | 197 | 185 | 206 | 203 | 197 | 147 | 137 | 24 | 20 | 18 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 103 | 84 | 85 | 102 | 110 | 95 | 88 | 38 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
White | 1,354 | 1,409 | 1,587 | 1,650 | 1,563 | 1,328 | 1,239 | 431 | 288 | 295 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 60 | 78 | 85 | 101 | 103 | 58 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 28 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 56 | 12 | 29 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 149 | 204 | 166 | 218 | 193 | 181 | 232 | 107 | 67 | 86 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 2,045 | 2,126 | 2,294 | 2,410 | 2,334 | 1,975 | 1,870 | 703 | 407 | 451 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,227 | 1,384 | 1,439 | 1,559 | 1,499 | 1,176 | 1,138 | 482 | 244 | 262 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 9 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 65 | 74 | 65 | 80 | 62 | 59 | 51 | 24 | 34 | 36 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 316 | 304 | 268 | 342 | 441 | 465 | 455 | 41 | 29 | 35 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 174 | 214 | 251 | 248 | 139 | 142 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 235 | 307 | 349 | 383 | 346 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 43 | 48 | 52 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 40 | 12 | 24 | 10 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 126 | 142 | 139 | 159 | 189 | 207 | 179 | 22 | 34 | 37 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 247 | 273 | 287 | 278 | 250 | 210 | 202 | 355 | 108 | 120 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 818 | 742 | 855 | 851 | 835 | 799 | 732 | 221 | 163 | 189 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 16 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 10 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 17 | 24 | 81 | 75 | 67 | 64 | 89 | 16 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 206 | 190 | 227 | 245 | 267 | 260 | 237 | 9 | 6 | 24 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 213 | 258 | 289 | 302 | 279 | 235 | 193 | 32 | 27 | 30 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 109 | 90 | 82 | 92 | 91 | 97 | 70 | 59 | 36 | 27 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 249 | 159 | 148 | 118 | 100 | 104 | 97 | 63 | 41 | 71 | ||||||||||
Health | 20 | 37 | 32 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 14 | 27 | 23 | 51 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other health | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||
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All surveyed fields | 1,181 | 1,169 | 1,329 | 1,018 | 978 | 1,024 | 980 | 931 | 1,063 | 1,046 | 0 | |||||||||||
Science and engineering | 1,170 | 1,163 | 1,309 | 994 | 953 | 1,004 | 970 | 921 | 1,048 | 1,027 | 0 | |||||||||||
Science | 631 | 651 | 657 | 622 | 604 | 596 | 583 | 605 | 681 | 662 | 0 | |||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 44 | 29 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 57 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 186 | 184 | 197 | 197 | 188 | 201 | 180 | 129 | 160 | 169 | 0 | |||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 135 | 120 | 118 | 77 | 109 | 64 | 82 | 104 | 99 | 84 | 0 | |||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 66 | 86 | 82 | 46 | 49 | 42 | 32 | 94 | 86 | 84 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Physical sciences | 146 | 153 | 130 | 158 | 131 | 125 | 126 | 162 | 195 | 195 | 0 | |||||||||||
Psychology | 21 | 34 | 41 | 70 | 24 | 42 | 28 | 22 | 36 | 34 | 0 | |||||||||||
Social sciences | 17 | 15 | 35 | 23 | 58 | 69 | 60 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 0 | |||||||||||
Engineering | 539 | 512 | 652 | 372 | 349 | 408 | 387 | 316 | 367 | 365 | 0 | |||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 26 | 39 | 44 | 29 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 53 | 45 | 40 | 28 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 49 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 43 | 40 | 45 | 36 | 50 | 46 | 0 | |||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 59 | 53 | 62 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 64 | 65 | 101 | 52 | 57 | 52 | 47 | 39 | 42 | 47 | 0 | |||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 24 | 20 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 78 | 67 | 86 | 95 | 56 | 89 | 75 | 64 | 79 | 66 | 0 | |||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 91 | 93 | 167 | 0 | 67 | 96 | 89 | 70 | 63 | 70 | 0 | |||||||||||
Other engineering | 95 | 57 | 67 | 49 | 32 | 40 | 42 | 35 | 50 | 43 | 0 | |||||||||||
Health | 11 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Other health | 10 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 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).
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||
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All types and sources of support | 5,312 | 5,239 | 4,918 | 4,595 | 4,503 | 4,298 | 4,044 | 4,185 | 4,209 | 4,233 | ||||||||||
Fellowships | 342 | 340 | 320 | 284 | 294 | 314 | 303 | 315 | 327 | 292 | ||||||||||
Federal | 37 | 0 | 167 | 168 | 142 | 132 | 126 | 100 | 129 | 118 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 304 | 340 | 138 | 86 | 139 | 170 | 150 | 188 | 183 | 159 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
Research assistantships | 2,516 | 2,431 | 2,312 | 2,065 | 1,939 | 1,940 | 1,774 | 1,981 | 1,971 | 2,035 | ||||||||||
Federal | 1,091 | 1,085 | 1,126 | 840 | 815 | 868 | 848 | 822 | 907 | 909 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 1,098 | 1,014 | 940 | 992 | 879 | 906 | 734 | 959 | 889 | 942 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 327 | 332 | 246 | 233 | 245 | 166 | 192 | 200 | 175 | 184 | ||||||||||
Teaching assistantships | 1,238 | 1,354 | 1,228 | 1,050 | 1,071 | 1,011 | 961 | 1,076 | 1,148 | 1,130 | ||||||||||
Federal | 41 | 73 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 1,181 | 1,255 | 1,168 | 1,033 | 1,042 | 946 | 938 | 1,066 | 1,138 | 1,114 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 16 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
Other types of support | 1,216 | 1,114 | 1,058 | 1,196 | 1,199 | 1,033 | 1,006 | 813 | 763 | 776 | ||||||||||
Federal | 12 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 13 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 68 | 69 | 72 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 33 | 30 | ||||||||||
Personal resources | 1,179 | 1,069 | 1,027 | 1,187 | 1,170 | 1,011 | 992 | 706 | 643 | 663 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Science and engineering | 504 | 509 | 346 | 512 | 379 | 374 | 363 | 431 | 403 | 422 | ||||||||||
Science | 391 | 416 | 276 | 443 | 298 | 291 | 282 | 349 | 307 | 310 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 21 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 19 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 123 | 139 | 111 | 268 | 142 | 106 | 113 | 175 | 148 | 153 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 18 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 11 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 25 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 102 | 118 | 85 | 97 | 54 | 64 | 64 | 72 | 69 | 81 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 30 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 21 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 113 | 93 | 70 | 69 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 96 | 112 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 16 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 20 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 22 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 37 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
Health | 8 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 30 | 33 | 34 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 22 | ||||||||||
Other health | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 227 | 215 | 206 | 309 | 300 | 238 | 210 | 271 | 290 | 305 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 224 | 213 | 206 | 291 | 285 | 224 | 200 | 263 | 273 | 291 | ||||||||||
Science | 170 | 163 | 151 | 243 | 229 | 179 | 147 | 221 | 211 | 221 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 60 | 56 | 57 | 149 | 93 | 65 | 64 | 108 | 90 | 105 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 51 | 52 | 58 | 60 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 53 | 55 | 54 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 54 | 50 | 55 | 48 | 56 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 62 | 70 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 16 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 20 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
Health | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 14 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||||
Other health | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
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).