Prescott C.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 390 15.9 459
2023 435 6.2 459
2022 350 24.2 457
2021 396 12.3 447
2020 362 20.4 450
2019 386 14.5 447
2018 346 20 428
2017 328 23.6 425
2016 395 9.1 430 889 1.8 896
2015 301 30.1 426 510 27.2 693 892 1.7 898
2014 634 8.8 688 761 15.3 889
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 6 2 9 4 8 5 10 11 3 15
  Science and engineering 3 . 6 1 2 . 2 2 1 3
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 . 5 1 1 . . 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 3 . 5 1 1 . . 1 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . 1 . . 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . . . . . . 1 . . 2
    Social sciences . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1
      Economics . . . . . . . . . 1
      Social sciences, other . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . .
  Non-science and engineering 3 2 3 3 6 5 8 9 2 12
    Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Education 3 2 3 3 6 5 8 8 1 12
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . 1 . . 1
      Education research . . . . . . . . . 3
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 2 1 1 . . 3 . . .
      Education, other 3 . 2 2 6 5 4 8 1 8
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . . 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male . . . . . . . . 17 4
    Female . . . . . . . . 53 10
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . . . . 69 14
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . 4 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . 56 14
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . . . 2 0
      Asian . . . . . . . . 1 0
      Black or African American . . . . . . . . 3 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . 0 0
      White . . . . . . . . 49 14
      More than one race . . . . . . . . 1 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . . . . 9 0
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . . . . 1 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . 70 14
    Science . . . . . . . . 70 14
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 7
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . 2 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 3 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . . 49 7
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . 16 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . . 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male . . . . . . . . 8 8
    Female . . . . . . . . 38 32
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents . . . . . . . . 46 40
    Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . 2 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . 43 40
      American Indian or Alaska Native . . . . . . . . 2 1
      Asian . . . . . . . . 2 1
      Black or African American . . . . . . . . 0 1
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander . . . . . . . . 0 0
      White . . . . . . . . 38 37
      More than one race . . . . . . . . 1 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race . . . . . . . . 1 0
  Temporary visa holders . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . 46 40
    Science . . . . . . . . 46 40
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . . 43 23
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . 3 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . . 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Health . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . . 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support . . . . . . . . 70 14
  Fellowships . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Federal . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Research assistantships . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Federal . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Teaching assistantships . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Federal . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Other types of support . . . . . . . . 70 14
    Federal . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Institutional . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Nonfederal . . . . . . . . 0 2
    Personal resources . . . . . . . . 70 12

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . . 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Science and engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Communication . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields . . . . . . . . 0 0
      Other engineering . . . . . . . . 0 0
  Health . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Clinical medicine . . . . . . . . 0 0
    Other health . . . . . . . . 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields . . . . . . . 171 173 478
    Science . . . . . . . 171 173 478
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . 171 173 350
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 65
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . . . 0 0 63
      Physical sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Physics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Economics . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . . . 0 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Education . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Law . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Social work . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . . . 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . . . 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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 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 nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 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 nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 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 nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 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 nec . . . . . 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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies . . . . . . . . . .
  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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 . . . .
2018 . . . .
2017 . . . .

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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