Rochester Institute of Technology

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 | 203 | 45.7 | 448 | 116 | 17.5 | 691 | 206 | 35.9 | 583 | 193 | 21.9 | 909 |
2020 | 210 | 47.1 | 450 | 108 | 16.2 | 697 | 193 | 21.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 247 | 55.6 | 447 | 101 | 15.2 | 696 | 217 | 37.4 | 589 | 193 | 21.8 | 913 |
2018 | 250 | 58.7 | 428 | 103 | 15.5 | 698 | 200 | 22.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 267 | 63.1 | 425 | 98 | 15.1 | 684 | 229 | 40.3 | 575 | 193 | 22.2 | 897 |
2016 | 248 | 58 | 430 | 105 | 15.8 | 697 | 202 | 23.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 239 | 56.4 | 426 | 110 | 16.6 | 693 | 230 | 40.8 | 570 | 210 | 24.1 | 897 |
2014 | 255 | 60.7 | 422 | 123 | 18.6 | 688 | 217 | 25.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 293 | 70.5 | 417 | 138 | 25.5 | 555 | 231 | 39.8 | 588 | 218 | 25.3 | 884 |
2012 | 298 | 72.5 | 412 | 147 | 27.1 | 555 | 217 | 25 | 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

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 51 | 48 | 33 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 33 | 29 | 17 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 44 | 48 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 17 | 14 |
Science | 28 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
Life science | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | 14 | 9 | . | 9 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Computer sciences | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Engineering | 16 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 4 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
Non-science and engineering | 7 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other | 7 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | . | 1 | 6 | . | 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
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 1,348 | 1,339 | 1,440 | 1,455 | 1,444 | 1,477 | 1,440 | 1,213 | 1,043 | 948 |
Male | 961 | 933 | 1,022 | 1,026 | 999 | 1,047 | 1,058 | 888 | 779 | 705 |
Female | 387 | 406 | 418 | 429 | 445 | 430 | 382 | 325 | 264 | 243 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 513 | 490 | 430 | 406 | 361 | 351 | 342 | 263 | 276 | 337 |
Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 41 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 453 | 443 | 393 | 374 | 336 | 314 | 287 | 230 | 235 | 279 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 52 | 49 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
Black or African American | 21 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 360 | 369 | 334 | 319 | 290 | 270 | 247 | 196 | 205 | 244 |
More than one race | 19 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 17 | 27 | 40 |
Temporary visa holders | 835 | 849 | 1,010 | 1,049 | 1,083 | 1,126 | 1,098 | 950 | 767 | 611 |
Science and engineering | 1,347 | 1,336 | 1,440 | 1,454 | 1,444 | 1,477 | 1,440 | 1,213 | 1,043 | 948 |
Science | 1,022 | 978 | 989 | 980 | 965 | 905 | 917 | 770 | 680 | 596 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 32 |
Computer and information sciences | 715 | 673 | 684 | 692 | 685 | 656 | 670 | 517 | 427 | 350 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 71 | 67 | 59 | 61 | 71 | 51 | 51 | 41 | 41 | 32 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 36 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 41 |
Physical sciences | 172 | 166 | 174 | 166 | 144 | 125 | 111 | 124 | 116 | 105 |
Social sciences | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Engineering | 325 | 358 | 451 | 474 | 479 | 572 | 523 | 443 | 363 | 352 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 126 | 136 | 200 | 218 | 229 | 293 | 278 | 235 | 186 | 178 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 35 | 40 | 57 | 36 | 45 | 61 | 60 | 53 | 57 | 46 |
Mechanical engineering | 69 | 64 | 84 | 112 | 108 | 119 | 111 | 87 | 53 | 66 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
Other engineering | 90 | 118 | 110 | 108 | 97 | 86 | 66 | 55 | 53 | 50 |
Health | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 420 | 378 | 395 | 371 | 348 | 351 | 370 | 382 | 344 | 384 |
Male | 294 | 266 | 268 | 262 | 241 | 272 | 288 | 291 | 257 | 309 |
Female | 126 | 112 | 127 | 109 | 107 | 79 | 82 | 91 | 87 | 75 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 307 | 275 | 273 | 229 | 220 | 251 | 258 | 264 | 246 | 271 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 272 | 250 | 245 | 212 | 201 | 206 | 206 | 204 | 198 | 220 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 36 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 9 |
Black or African American | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
White | 217 | 200 | 203 | 179 | 168 | 171 | 170 | 172 | 166 | 197 |
More than one race | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 51 | 41 | 42 |
Temporary visa holders | 113 | 103 | 122 | 142 | 128 | 100 | 112 | 118 | 98 | 113 |
Science and engineering | 413 | 375 | 391 | 368 | 347 | 351 | 370 | 382 | 344 | 384 |
Science | 283 | 232 | 255 | 254 | 213 | 188 | 218 | 231 | 207 | 221 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 12 |
Computer and information sciences | 174 | 130 | 160 | 148 | 108 | 90 | 98 | 127 | 118 | 122 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 58 | 55 | 53 | 56 | 48 | 43 | 53 | 42 | 33 | 29 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 35 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 39 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 32 |
Social sciences | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
Engineering | 130 | 143 | 136 | 114 | 134 | 163 | 152 | 151 | 137 | 163 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 50 | 45 | 43 | 35 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 62 | 53 | 51 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 54 | 73 | 58 | 49 | 57 | 79 | 62 | 65 | 62 | 79 |
Mechanical engineering | 17 | 14 | 25 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Other engineering | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Health | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 123 | 103 | 94 | 88 | 89 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 70 | 61 |
Science and engineering | 123 | 103 | 94 | 88 | 89 | 80 | 76 | 66 | 70 | 61 |
Science | 98 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 52 | 48 | 56 | 51 | 51 | 46 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 39 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 53 | 43 | 38 | 39 | 34 | 32 | 40 | 39 | 46 | 40 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 25 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 37 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other engineering | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 10 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 1,348 | 1,339 | 1,440 | 1,455 | 1,444 | 1,477 | 1,440 | 1,213 | 1,043 | 948 |
Fellowships | 244 | 227 | 160 | 174 | 174 | 154 | 190 | 151 | 102 | 139 |
Federal | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Institutional | 241 | 220 | 149 | 167 | 165 | 147 | 182 | 143 | 88 | 129 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 280 | 243 | 256 | 239 | 219 | 200 | 158 | 141 | 55 | 58 |
Federal | 114 | 89 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 68 | 58 | 55 | 52 |
Institutional | 139 | 140 | 148 | 137 | 129 | 114 | 75 | 68 | 0 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 27 | 14 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
Teaching assistantships | 24 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 24 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 800 | 848 | 1,006 | 1,029 | 1,045 | 1,112 | 1,086 | 908 | 877 | 729 |
Federal | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Institutional | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 79 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 9 | 26 | 43 | 50 | 73 | 88 | 46 | 56 | 57 | 0 |
Personal resources | 775 | 800 | 948 | 964 | 958 | 1,006 | 1,025 | 844 | 736 | 721 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 16 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Science | 13 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 11 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Science | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 56,043 | 57,777 | 58,175 | 49,413 | 51,263 | 45,518 | 40,442 | 35,945 | 36,613 | 36,935 | ||||||||||
Science | 27,639 | 28,662 | 29,685 | 25,068 | 24,046 | 22,058 | 20,210 | 19,533 | 17,651 | 18,628 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 8,809 | 8,910 | 6,328 | 5,079 | 4,228 | 3,431 | 3,374 | 3,608 | 1,665 | 2,127 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,810 | 2,212 | 1,983 | 2,155 | 1,987 | 2,099 | 2,084 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,810 | 2,212 | 1,983 | 2,155 | 1,987 | 2,099 | 2,084 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,551 | 1,238 | 903 | 871 | 561 | 631 | 348 | 344 | 492 | 802 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,551 | 1,238 | 903 | 871 | 561 | 631 | 348 | 344 | 492 | 752 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,178 | 2,040 | 1,750 | 2,115 | 1,461 | 1,059 | 1,201 | 1,262 | 1,541 | 1,161 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 12,388 | 13,830 | 18,059 | 12,578 | 12,393 | 11,992 | 11,153 | 10,808 | 10,413 | 10,842 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 138 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 492 | 522 | 651 | 929 | 950 | 619 | 421 | 555 | 450 | 217 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 3,585 | 3,504 | 3,369 | 3,316 | 2,983 | 2,586 | 3,239 | 1,500 | 1,276 | 1,524 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,311 | 9,804 | 14,039 | 8,333 | 8,460 | 8,787 | 7,493 | 8,676 | 8,549 | 9,101 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 110 | 60 | 22 | 174 | 218 | 108 | 9 | 82 | 28 | 3 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,603 | 2,584 | 2,623 | 2,441 | 2,973 | 2,854 | 1,970 | 1,442 | 1,410 | 1,609 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 250 | 222 | 144 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 162 | 313 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,352 | 2,362 | 2,479 | 2,394 | 2,902 | 2,800 | 1,960 | 1,423 | 1,248 | 1,286 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 20,874 | 20,910 | 20,264 | 18,611 | 21,517 | 17,894 | 15,820 | 11,938 | 14,548 | 13,265 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,341 | 1,064 | 1,313 | 794 | 562 | 463 | 299 | 115 | 39 | 6 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,129 | 574 | 696 | 956 | 999 | 2,071 | 1,119 | 1,105 | 1,367 | 1,340 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 2 | 14 | 22 | 56 | 31 | 43 | 38 | 82 | 572 | 108 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 4,667 | 5,196 | 6,303 | 5,273 | 6,452 | 5,196 | 3,605 | 2,792 | 2,919 | 3,464 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,786 | 2,322 | 2,361 | 1,734 | 3,165 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,950 | 1,604 | 1,242 | 2,231 | 2,047 | 1,731 | 2,028 | 1,600 | 1,130 | 1,394 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 9,999 | 10,136 | 8,327 | 7,567 | 8,261 | 7,880 | 8,731 | 6,244 | 8,521 | 6,953 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 7,530 | 8,205 | 8,226 | 5,734 | 5,700 | 5,566 | 4,412 | 4,474 | 4,414 | 5,042 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 26 | 31 | 93 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 31 | 57 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | ||||||||||
Education | 5,413 | 5,753 | 5,580 | 5,255 | 5,176 | 5,101 | 3,955 | 4,032 | 3,914 | 3,954 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 113 | 241 | 212 | 190 | 187 | 153 | 98 | 120 | 26 | 27 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,358 | 1,374 | 1,897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 620 | 798 | 444 | 258 | 317 | 288 | 315 | 306 | 435 | 983 |
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 | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 56,043 | 31,187 | 5,213 | 15,139 | 2,563 | 558 | 1,383 | |||||||
Science | 27,639 | 17,044 | 1,858 | 6,530 | 1,144 | 294 | 769 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 8,809 | 5,662 | 229 | 2,475 | 67 | 267 | 109 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,551 | 763 | 92 | 339 | 13 | 0 | 344 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,551 | 763 | 92 | 339 | 13 | 0 | 344 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,178 | 1,605 | 0 | 561 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 12,388 | 8,426 | 45 | 2,544 | 1,051 | 27 | 295 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 492 | 246 | 0 | 185 | 46 | 10 | 5 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 3,585 | 2,165 | 0 | 856 | 459 | 17 | 88 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,311 | 6,015 | 45 | 1,503 | 546 | 0 | 202 | |||||||
Psychology | 110 | 99 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,603 | 489 | 1,492 | 600 | 5 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,352 | 239 | 1,492 | 599 | 5 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 20,874 | 10,659 | 3,241 | 4,992 | 1,398 | 183 | 401 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,341 | 1,076 | 0 | 129 | 32 | 0 | 104 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,129 | 1,072 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 4,667 | 2,329 | 350 | 1,195 | 685 | 22 | 86 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 1,786 | 219 | 666 | 607 | 294 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,950 | 1,037 | 2 | 420 | 241 | 146 | 104 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 9,999 | 4,926 | 2,223 | 2,582 | 146 | 15 | 107 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 7,530 | 3,484 | 114 | 3,617 | 21 | 81 | 213 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 5,413 | 2,809 | 0 | 2,353 | 18 | 67 | 166 | |||||||
Humanities | 113 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,358 | 415 | 0 | 919 | 3 | 13 | 8 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 620 | 147 | 114 | 327 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
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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Federal Agencies | 31,187 | 28,092 | 26,359 | 25,990 | 27,311 | 26,149 | 20,147 | 19,465 | 18,379 | 19,394 | ||||||||||
DOD | 9,802 | 6,494 | 5,782 | 5,612 | 7,750 | 6,555 | 3,625 | 2,967 | 4,692 | 6,405 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,970 | 1,767 | 1,531 | 1,720 | 987 | 575 | 599 | 1,030 | 1,334 | 1,801 | ||||||||||
HHS | 5,029 | 4,649 | 3,991 | 3,636 | 2,850 | 2,965 | 1,807 | 1,486 | 709 | 1,125 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,950 | 2,364 | 2,270 | 2,074 | 1,969 | 2,232 | 2,228 | 2,351 | 2,023 | 1,848 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,216 | 10,792 | 10,472 | 10,811 | 10,836 | 10,130 | 9,320 | 9,177 | 7,180 | 5,978 | ||||||||||
USDA | 76 | 26 | 155 | 301 | 237 | 227 | 80 | 77 | 152 | 128 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,144 | 2,000 | 2,158 | 1,836 | 2,682 | 3,465 | 2,488 | 2,377 | 2,289 | 2,109 |
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 | 1,596 | 205 | 1,391 | . | |||
2018 | 1,589 | 208 | 1,381 | . | |||
2017 | 1,572 | 208 | 1,364 | . | |||
2016 | 1,382 | 203 | 1,179 | . | |||
2015 | 986 | 186 | 800 | 18 |
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
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 246 | 229 | 213 | 200 | 186 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Computer and information sciences | 32 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
Engineering | 134 | 125 | 120 | 113 | 101 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 46 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 22 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 35 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | . | . | 11,000 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 11,000 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 10,000 | 1,690 | 1,510 | 2,316 | 709 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,690 | 1,510 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 709 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.