Pennsylvania State U., The, Altoona

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 | 709 | 78.2 | 909 | |||||||||
2020 | 697 | 76.4 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 713 | 78.3 | 913 | |||||||||
2018 | 707 | 77.9 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 670 | 74.9 | 897 | |||||||||
2016 | 679 | 76.1 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 668 | 74.7 | 897 | |||||||||
2014 | 667 | 75.4 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 652 | 74 | 884 | |||||||||
2012 | 676 | 76 | 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

Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 663 | 641 | 650 | 701 | 817 | 761 | 774 | 754 | 846 | 867 | ||||||||||
Science | 435 | 410 | 350 | 495 | 485 | 436 | 224 | 238 | 400 | 237 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 35 | 23 | 198 | 158 | 49 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 101 | 25 | 70 | 23 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 435 | 254 | 193 | 244 | 188 | 290 | 34 | 78 | 184 | 94 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 106 | 134 | 51 | 125 | 77 | 34 | 94 | 110 | 84 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 228 | 128 | 236 | 113 | 231 | 325 | 363 | 516 | 313 | 301 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 228 | 128 | 236 | 113 | 231 | 325 | 363 | 516 | 313 | 301 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 103 | 64 | 93 | 101 | 0 | 187 | 0 | 133 | 329 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 663 | 225 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 435 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 435 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 228 | 225 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 228 | 225 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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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DOD | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
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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