Rhode Island School of Design

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 | 648 | 71.5 | 909 | |||||||||
2020 | 651 | 71.4 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 651 | 71.6 | 913 | |||||||||
2018 | 643 | 70.9 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 628 | 70.3 | 897 | |||||||||
2016 | 628 | 70.4 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 639 | 71.5 | 897 | |||||||||
2014 | 629 | 71.2 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 711 | 80.6 | 884 | |||||||||
2012 | 655 | 73.7 | 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 | 971 | 975 | 1,027 | 1,042 | 1,086 | 1,071 | 1,013 | 1,052 | 556 | 939 | ||||||||||
Science | 247 | i | 657 | i | 691 | i | 695 | i | 348 | i | 351 | i | 325 | 314 | 200 | 349 | ||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | i | 44 | i | 46 | i | 31 | i | 18 | i | 18 | i | 16 | 0 | 27 | 162 | ||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 318 | i | 322 | i | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 282 | i | 287 | i | 264 | . | . | . | ||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 36 | i | 35 | i | 34 | . | . | . | ||||
Life sciences | 0 | i | 476 | i | 500 | i | 515 | i | 9 | i | 9 | i | 9 | 274 | 173 | 176 | ||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 9 | i | 9 | i | 9 | . | . | . | ||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Health sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | i | 476 | i | 500 | i | 76 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 439 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Physical sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Chemistry | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Materials science | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Physics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Psychology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 1 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Social sciences | 247 | i | 137 | i | 145 | i | 118 | i | 2 | i | 2 | i | 2 | . | . | . | ||||
Anthropology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Economics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Political science and government | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 247 | i | 137 | i | 145 | i | 118 | i | 2 | i | 2 | i | 2 | . | . | . | ||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 31 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 40 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 171 | 117 | 64 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 3 | i | 3 | i | 3 | 171 | 117 | 64 | ||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Civil engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 3 | i | 3 | i | 3 | . | . | . | ||||
Non-S&E | 724 | i | 318 | i | 336 | i | 347 | i | 735 | i | 717 | i | 685 | 567 | 239 | 526 | ||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 10 | i | 3 | i | 3 | i | 3 | . | . | . | ||||
Education | 0 | i | 77 | i | 81 | i | 96 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Humanities | 239 | i | 109 | i | 115 | i | 117 | i | 41 | i | 40 | i | 38 | . | . | . | ||||
Law | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Social work | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Visual and performing arts | 191 | i | 41 | i | 44 | i | 37 | i | 275 | i | 268 | i | 256 | . | . | . | ||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 294 | i | 91 | i | 96 | i | 87 | i | 416 | i | 406 | i | 388 | . | . | . |
i=imputed
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 | 971 | 250 | 41 | 416 | 215 | 49 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 247 | i | 58 | i | 11 | i | 109 | i | 56 | i | 13 | i | 0 | i |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Life sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Health sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Physical sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Chemistry | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Materials science | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Physics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Psychology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Social sciences | 247 | i | 58 | i | 11 | i | 109 | i | 56 | i | 13 | i | 0 | i |
Anthropology | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Economics | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Political science and government | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 247 | i | 58 | i | 11 | i | 109 | i | 56 | i | 13 | i | 0 | i |
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Chemical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Civil engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Non-S&E | 724 | i | 192 | i | 30 | i | 307 | i | 159 | i | 36 | i | 0 | i |
Business management and business administration | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Education | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Humanities | 239 | i | 20 | i | 12 | i | 127 | i | 66 | i | 14 | i | 0 | i |
Law | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Social work | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i |
Visual and performing arts | 191 | i | 107 | i | 5 | i | 48 | i | 25 | i | 6 | i | 0 | i |
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 294 | i | 65 | i | 13 | i | 132 | i | 68 | i | 16 | i | 0 | i |
i=imputed
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 | 250 | 236 | 246 | 259 | 269 | 274 | 252 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | i | 3 | i | 3 | i | 47 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
DOE | 2 | i | 2 | i | 2 | i | 7 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
HHS | 30 | i | 8 | i | 8 | i | 100 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
NASA | 2 | i | 2 | i | 2 | i | 15 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
NSF | 49 | i | 79 | i | 83 | i | 50 | i | 269 | i | 274 | i | 252 | . | . | . | ||||
USDA | 4 | i | 45 | i | 47 | i | 6 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . | ||||
Other | 163 | i | 97 | i | 101 | i | 34 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | . | . | . |
i=imputed
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 135 | 43 | i | 92 | i | . | |
2018 | 119 | 27 | i | 92 | i | . | |
2017 | 121 | 29 | i | 92 | i | . | |
2016 | 225 | 180 | i | 45 | i | . | |
2015 | 225 | 180 | 45 | 0 |
i=imputed
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