Purdue 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 | |
2022 | 21 | 97.1 | 680 | |||||||||
2021 | 24 | 96.7 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 25 | 96.6 | 697 | |||||||||
2019 | 27 | 96.3 | 696 | |||||||||
2018 | 21 | 97.2 | 698 | |||||||||
2017 | 19 | 97.4 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 14 | 98.2 | 697 | 335 | 63 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 15 | 98 | 693 | 313 | 65.5 | 897 | ||||||
2014 | 17 | 97.7 | 688 | 320 | 64.4 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 18 | 97 | 555 | 320 | 64.2 | 884 |
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
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 5,528 | 5,131 | 4,598 | 4,550 | 4,761 | 4,720 | 5,080 | 4,950 | 4,758 | 4,655 |
Male | 3,522 | 3,288 | 2,901 | 2,979 | 3,040 | 2,989 | 3,222 | 3,211 | 3,041 | 2,976 |
Female | 2,006 | 1,843 | 1,697 | 1,571 | 1,721 | 1,731 | 1,858 | 1,739 | 1,717 | 1,679 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,238 | 2,201 | 2,189 | 1,988 | 2,066 | 2,079 | 2,249 | 2,154 | 2,193 | 2,226 |
Hispanic or Latino | 237 | 210 | 218 | 175 | 167 | 157 | 150 | 141 | 128 | 121 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,932 | 1,934 | 1,918 | 1,762 | 1,847 | 1,873 | 2,049 | 1,950 | 2,004 | 2,042 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Asian | 280 | 254 | 206 | 203 | 184 | 181 | 194 | 184 | 161 | 163 |
Black or African American | 83 | 94 | 106 | 92 | 83 | 87 | 106 | 94 | 105 | 109 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
White | 1,483 | 1,492 | 1,506 | 1,394 | 1,492 | 1,527 | 1,656 | 1,593 | 1,667 | 1,705 |
More than one race | 86 | 78 | 87 | 62 | 75 | 66 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 52 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 69 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 63 | 61 | 63 |
Temporary visa holders | 3,290 | 2,930 | 2,409 | 2,562 | 2,695 | 2,641 | 2,831 | 2,796 | 2,565 | 2,429 |
Science and engineering | 5,216 | 4,808 | 4,319 | 4,305 | 4,407 | 4,386 | 4,718 | 4,630 | 4,436 | 4,352 |
Science | 2,489 | 2,254 | 2,099 | 1,762 | 2,120 | 2,105 | 2,367 | 2,432 | 2,297 | 2,267 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 237 | 219 | 205 | 130 | 180 | 196 | 207 | 200 | 192 | 193 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 446 | 413 | 380 | 291 | 421 | 403 | 475 | 491 | 480 | 480 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 69 | 79 | 76 | 79 |
Computer and information sciences | 647 | 494 | 347 | 377 | 346 | 335 | 390 | 446 | 388 | 267 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 59 | 60 | 63 | 65 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 72 | 67 | 69 | 38 | 67 | 59 | 64 | 61 | 64 | 73 |
Mathematics and statistics | 247 | 234 | 264 | 228 | 289 | 255 | 236 | 230 | 244 | 256 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 59 | 60 | 59 | 43 | 59 | 59 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 94 | 106 | 118 | 46 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 67 | 67 |
Physical sciences | 484 | 455 | 423 | 324 | 442 | 429 | 523 | 539 | 453 | 467 |
Social sciences | 200 | 202 | 231 | 281 | 254 | 302 | 280 | 265 | 270 | 320 |
Engineering | 2,727 | 2,554 | 2,220 | 2,543 | 2,287 | 2,281 | 2,351 | 2,198 | 2,139 | 2,085 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 328 | 311 | 304 | 329 | 255 | 282 | 325 | 290 | 267 | 282 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 155 | 137 | 134 | 89 | 104 | 95 | 92 | 85 | 75 | 74 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 189 | 196 | 178 | 143 | 201 | 161 | 151 | 143 | 127 | 126 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 319 | 274 | 234 | 273 | 256 | 253 | 239 | 291 | 291 | 266 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 494 | 400 | 301 | 477 | 357 | 333 | 330 | 337 | 365 | 365 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 199 | 179 | 134 | 183 | 182 | 185 | 219 | 149 | 117 | 95 |
Mechanical engineering | 559 | 600 | 529 | 438 | 519 | 541 | 485 | 430 | 409 | 413 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 153 | 145 | 156 | 117 | 172 | 147 | 136 | 94 | 85 | 81 |
Other engineering | 331 | 312 | 250 | 494 | 241 | 284 | 374 | 379 | 403 | 383 |
Health | 312 | 323 | 279 | 245 | 354 | 334 | 362 | 320 | 322 | 303 |
Clinical medicine | 72 | 64 | 34 | 53 | 49 | 47 | 21 | 27 | . | . |
Other health | 240 | 259 | 245 | 192 | 305 | 287 | 341 | 293 | 322 | 303 |
NOTE:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 3,410 | 3,140 | 2,599 | 2,500 | 1,996 | 1,939 | 2,592 | 2,447 | 2,219 | 1,979 |
Male | 2,430 | 2,190 | 1,825 | 1,650 | 1,456 | 1,414 | 1,703 | 1,668 | 1,595 | 1,441 |
Female | 980 | 950 | 774 | 850 | 540 | 525 | 889 | 779 | 624 | 538 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,194 | 2,094 | 1,637 | 1,390 | 1,179 | 1,141 | 1,753 | 1,685 | 1,468 | 1,315 |
Hispanic or Latino | 207 | 186 | 135 | 96 | 76 | 67 | 122 | 97 | 79 | 79 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,926 | 1,844 | 1,448 | 1,257 | 1,071 | 1,035 | 1,582 | 1,535 | 1,336 | 1,187 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Asian | 254 | 233 | 177 | 140 | 132 | 106 | 120 | 121 | 124 | 102 |
Black or African American | 101 | 100 | 70 | 55 | 45 | 46 | 106 | 101 | 78 | 63 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
White | 1,483 | 1,421 | 1,145 | 1,014 | 864 | 848 | 1,301 | 1,263 | 1,113 | 993 |
More than one race | 86 | 84 | 51 | 46 | 28 | 32 | 48 | 39 | 18 | 24 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 61 | 64 | 54 | 37 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 49 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,216 | 1,046 | 962 | 1,110 | 817 | 798 | 839 | 762 | 751 | 664 |
Science and engineering | 3,203 | 2,959 | 2,464 | 2,369 | 1,943 | 1,891 | 2,546 | 2,397 | 2,154 | 1,897 |
Science | 825 | 755 | 655 | 1,010 | 504 | 542 | 1,200 | 1,060 | 817 | 553 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 30 | 29 | 23 | 70 | 32 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 29 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 64 | 58 | 52 | 182 | 53 | 57 | 77 | 63 | 62 | 67 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 445 | 358 | 144 | 58 |
Computer and information sciences | 310 | 257 | 231 | 212 | 209 | 206 | 249 | 236 | 270 | 125 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 63 | 61 | 59 | 119 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 39 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 9 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 72 | 61 | 58 | 166 | 41 | 49 | 174 | 152 | 85 | 72 |
Social sciences | 246 | 264 | 204 | 170 | 126 | 156 | 168 | 170 | 164 | 134 |
Engineering | 2,378 | 2,204 | 1,809 | 1,359 | 1,439 | 1,349 | 1,346 | 1,337 | 1,337 | 1,344 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 272 | 288 | 281 | 217 | 260 | 221 | 200 | 174 | 144 | 134 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 26 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 16 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 170 | 147 | 119 | 123 | 118 | 128 | 121 | 102 | 104 | 104 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 771 | 627 | 548 | 230 | 353 | 333 | 367 | 367 | 363 | 356 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 104 | 69 | 96 | 91 | 100 | 112 | 68 | 50 | 42 | 33 |
Mechanical engineering | 514 | 474 | 252 | 218 | 120 | 118 | 111 | 118 | 120 | 115 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
Other engineering | 497 | 563 | 481 | 313 | 470 | 411 | 463 | 516 | 528 | 571 |
Health | 207 | 181 | 135 | 131 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 65 | 82 |
Clinical medicine | 176 | 157 | 123 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 10 | . | . |
Other health | 31 | 24 | 12 | 98 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 65 | 82 |
NOTE:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 1,336 | 1,190 | 1,172 | 836 | 995 | 1,100 | 1,069 | 987 | 1,013 | 998 |
Science and engineering | 1,256 | 1,124 | 1,111 | 812 | 945 | 1,056 | 1,008 | 937 | 950 | 943 |
Science | 489 | 452 | 464 | 291 | 399 | 429 | 453 | 446 | 445 | 496 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 59 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 53 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 62 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 111 | 97 | 121 | 52 | 77 | 83 | 119 | 102 | 94 | 105 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 66 | 79 | 68 | 77 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 87 | 100 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 37 | 35 | 37 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 36 |
Mathematics and statistics | 22 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 42 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 23 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 16 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 143 | 139 | 129 | 82 | 114 | 109 | 119 | 123 | 107 | 115 |
Social sciences | 21 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 |
Engineering | 767 | 672 | 647 | 521 | 546 | 627 | 555 | 491 | 505 | 447 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 106 | 98 | 103 | 72 | 76 | 89 | 85 | 75 | 90 | 68 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 53 | 42 | 44 | 24 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 31 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 64 | 57 | 56 | 23 | 50 | 56 | 44 | 56 | 49 | 43 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 57 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 34 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 25 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 141 | 95 | 76 | 139 | 70 | 104 | 82 | 68 | 76 | 80 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 23 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 181 | 168 | 165 | 94 | 119 | 129 | 122 | 101 | 95 | 94 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 75 | 75 | 81 | 53 | 79 | 76 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 29 |
Other engineering | 67 | 68 | 54 | 52 | 60 | 72 | 77 | 93 | 96 | 72 |
Health | 80 | 66 | 61 | 24 | 50 | 44 | 61 | 50 | 63 | 55 |
Clinical medicine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 77 | 65 | 60 | 24 | 48 | 44 | 61 | 50 | 63 | 55 |
NOTE:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 5,528 | 5,131 | 4,598 | 4,550 | 4,761 | 4,720 | 5,080 | 4,950 | 4,758 | 4,655 |
Fellowships | 551 | 257 | 447 | 284 | 389 | 342 | 333 | 486 | 570 | 325 |
Federal | 164 | 145 | 284 | 74 | 148 | 152 | 129 | 115 | 148 | 125 |
Institutional | 367 | 93 | 139 | 189 | 189 | 164 | 153 | 307 | 397 | 164 |
Nonfederal | 20 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 52 | 26 | 51 | 64 | 25 | 36 |
Research assistantships | 2,320 | 2,391 | 2,147 | 1,837 | 2,294 | 2,260 | 2,254 | 2,004 | 1,884 | 2,061 |
Federal | 1,165 | 1,040 | 883 | 759 | 847 | 942 | 926 | 862 | 848 | 862 |
Institutional | 772 | 968 | 992 | 776 | 1,117 | 952 | 1,308 | 1,117 | 939 | 994 |
Nonfederal | 383 | 383 | 272 | 302 | 330 | 366 | 20 | 25 | 97 | 205 |
Teaching assistantships | 1,304 | 1,235 | 1,111 | 967 | 1,152 | 1,140 | 1,278 | 1,244 | 1,143 | 1,225 |
Federal | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Institutional | 1,296 | 1,226 | 1,094 | 964 | 1,145 | 1,137 | 1,275 | 1,239 | 1,135 | 1,221 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other types of support | 1,353 | 1,248 | 893 | 1,462 | 926 | 978 | 1,215 | 1,216 | 1,161 | 1,044 |
Federal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
Institutional | 26 | 36 | 44 | 73 | 119 | 98 | 133 | 160 | 156 | 84 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Personal resources | 1,324 | 1,203 | 848 | 1,388 | 801 | 875 | 1,066 | 1,050 | 993 | 948 |
NOTE:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 465 | 883 | 397 | 381 | 367 | 349 | 364 | 349 | 309 | 234 |
Science | 271 | 464 | 238 | 242 | 234 | 228 | 236 | 233 | 212 | 166 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 38 | 53 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 24 | 38 | 41 | 45 | 28 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 83 | 133 | 82 | 96 | 88 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 79 | 52 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 15 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 14 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 84 | 164 | 66 | 72 | 62 | 70 | 76 | 72 | 60 | 45 |
Social sciences | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
Engineering | 194 | 419 | 159 | 139 | 133 | 121 | 128 | 116 | 97 | 68 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 20 | 41 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 29 | 56 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 25 | 51 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 34 | 91 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 38 | 69 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 10 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 14 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Other engineering | 24 | 55 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 11 |
Health | 49 | 80 | 56 | 63 | 58 | 38 | 49 | 42 | 51 | 55 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 49 | 80 | 54 | 62 | 58 | 38 | 49 | 42 | 51 | 55 |
NOTE:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 280 | 346 | 259 | 200 | 210 | 197 | 223 | 205 | 184 | 73 |
Science and engineering | 253 | 317 | 230 | 173 | 189 | 179 | 198 | 190 | 168 | 70 |
Science | 147 | 170 | 137 | 111 | 126 | 109 | 120 | 122 | 104 | 49 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 26 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 48 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 43 | 37 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 45 | 64 | 47 | 39 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 21 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Engineering | 106 | 147 | 93 | 62 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 68 | 64 | 21 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 12 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 21 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 24 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Other engineering | 13 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
Health | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 3 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 27 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 3 |
NOTE:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9,178 | 10,772 | 9,339 | 9,785 | ||||||||||
Science | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,517 | 1,970 | 1,770 | 1,536 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 173 | 126 | 150 | 31 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 629 | 1,188 | 989 | 1,043 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 133 | 79 | 319 | 315 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 496 | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1,104 | 657 | 728 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 233 | 111 | 44 | 87 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 183 | 180 | 265 | 253 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | 183 | 180 | 265 | 237 | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 111 | 293 | 213 | 118 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 108 | 159 | 200 | 102 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 134 | 13 | 16 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 188 | 71 | 106 | 1 | ||||||||||
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3,003 | 3,463 | 2,229 | 1,809 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,217 | 1,445 | 840 | 431 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 208 | 299 | 558 | 222 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 423 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,576 | 1,714 | 825 | 726 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4,658 | 5,339 | 5,340 | 6,440 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 860 | 680 | 603 | 487 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,621 | 1,645 | 1,775 | 1,949 | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | 22 | 22 | 46 | 77 | ||||||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | 401 | 1,416 | 1,351 | 934 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1,750 | 1,576 | 1,558 | 2,992 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | 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, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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 not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 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, 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4,248 | 5,216 | 4,918 | 4,890 | ||||||||||
DOD | . | . | . | . | . | . | 33 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | . | . | . | 581 | 1,247 | 1,284 | 1,723 | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | . | . | . | 197 | 101 | 169 | 175 | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | . | . | . | 395 | 384 | 529 | 541 | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | . | . | . | 69 | 69 | 5 | 31 | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2,961 | 3,403 | 2,919 | 2,358 |
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 | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | . | . | . | . | |||
2018 | . | . | . | . | |||
2017 | . | . | . | . | |||
2016 | 336 | 65 | 271 | . |
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