Rowan 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 | |
2021 | 417 | 93.1 | 448 | 246 | 36.2 | 691 | 255 | 44.2 | 583 | 248 | 27.9 | 909 |
2020 | 404 | 89.9 | 450 | 285 | 41.4 | 697 | 251 | 28.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 412 | 92.2 | 447 | 331 | 48 | 696 | 242 | 41.6 | 589 | 264 | 29.6 | 913 |
2018 | 395 | 92.4 | 428 | 384 | 55.4 | 698 | 294 | 32.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 372 | 87.6 | 425 | 394 | 58 | 684 | 289 | 50.7 | 575 | 312 | 35.4 | 897 |
2016 | 395 | 91.9 | 430 | 450 | 64.9 | 697 | 325 | 36.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 379 | 89 | 426 | 471 | 68.2 | 693 | 259 | 45.9 | 570 | 342 | 38.7 | 897 |
2014 | 372 | 88.2 | 422 | 470 | 68.6 | 688 | 338 | 38.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 505 | 91.1 | 555 | 257 | 44.2 | 588 | 439 | 50.1 | 884 | |||
2012 | 427 | 48.3 | 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 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Science | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Life science | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | 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 | 430 | 308 | 231 | 162 | 142 | 109 | 93 | 88 | 27 | . |
Male | 272 | 182 | 157 | 108 | 97 | 70 | 63 | 56 | 11 | . |
Female | 158 | 126 | 74 | 54 | 45 | 39 | 30 | 32 | 16 | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 230 | 207 | 140 | 107 | 113 | 105 | 81 | 66 | 20 | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 185 | 130 | 103 | 104 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 20 | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Asian | 24 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 6 | . |
Black or African American | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . |
White | 174 | 133 | 82 | 72 | 88 | 48 | 43 | 55 | 14 | . |
More than one race | 0 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | . |
Temporary visa holders | 200 | 101 | 91 | 55 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 7 | . |
Science and engineering | 383 | 277 | 192 | 137 | 125 | 95 | 83 | 85 | 27 | . |
Science | 244 | 142 | 81 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 49 | 43 | 27 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 71 | 43 | 46 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 23 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 102 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 5 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 48 | 40 | . | . | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 11 | 6 | . | . | . | 5 | 7 | 7 | . | . |
Engineering | 139 | 135 | 111 | 77 | 60 | 32 | 34 | 42 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | 4 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 7 | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 9 | 9 | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 11 | . | . | 10 | 15 | 16 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 23 | . | . | 12 | 8 | 10 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 123 | 120 | 67 | 73 | 60 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 47 | 31 | 39 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | 47 | 31 | 39 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | . | . |
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 | 262 | 260 | 224 | 202 | 145 | 126 | 139 | 148 | 0 | . |
Male | 164 | 153 | 159 | 147 | 106 | 82 | 81 | 91 | 0 | . |
Female | 98 | 107 | 65 | 55 | 39 | 44 | 58 | 57 | 0 | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 244 | 224 | 199 | 188 | 134 | 124 | 136 | 142 | 0 | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 223 | 203 | 181 | 170 | 106 | 93 | 92 | 118 | 0 | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Asian | 29 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 0 | . |
Black or African American | 21 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
White | 173 | 151 | 143 | 131 | 88 | 65 | 71 | 98 | 0 | . |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 18 | 0 | . |
Temporary visa holders | 18 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | . |
Science and engineering | 251 | 242 | 211 | 188 | 139 | 104 | 117 | 137 | 0 | . |
Science | 187 | 169 | 129 | 120 | 91 | 66 | 83 | 105 | 0 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 79 | 79 | 90 | 80 | 60 | 30 | 24 | 30 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 14 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 33 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 25 | 32 | . | . | 1 | 10 | 34 | 37 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 26 | 18 | . | . | . | 14 | 8 | 21 | . | . |
Engineering | 64 | 73 | 82 | 68 | 48 | 38 | 34 | 32 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 14 | 13 | 19 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | 4 | . | . | 7 | 7 | 10 | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 11 | 5 | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 22 | . | . | 12 | 7 | 11 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 8 | . | . | 11 | 9 | 6 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 50 | 60 | 29 | 54 | 48 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 11 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | 11 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | . | . |
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 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . |
Science and engineering | 11 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . |
Science | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 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 | 430 | 308 | 231 | 162 | 142 | 109 | 93 | 88 | 27 | . |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Research assistantships | 28 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | . |
Federal | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . |
Institutional | 17 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other types of support | 402 | 298 | 221 | 145 | 132 | 99 | 83 | 78 | 10 | . |
Federal | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | . |
Institutional | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | . |
Nonfederal | 143 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . |
Personal resources | 254 | 200 | 212 | 130 | 112 | 84 | 68 | 62 | 0 | . |
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 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . |
Science | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . |
Other health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 surveyed fields | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . |
Science and engineering | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . |
Science | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 26,458 | 26,018 | 22,892 | 16,247 | 12,856 | 10,212 | 8,044 | 8,202 | 3,407 | 3,783 | ||||||||||
Science | 14,516 | 13,485 | 13,533 | 10,277 | 8,648 | 7,474 | 5,963 | 6,058 | 1,161 | i | 972 | |||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 588 | 482 | 391 | 528 | 435 | 339 | 101 | 194 | 123 | 176 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 397 | 409 | 451 | 481 | 172 | 10 | 117 | 244 | 112 | 116 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 397 | 409 | 451 | 342 | 103 | 10 | 117 | 244 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 116 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 10,849 | 11,115 | 11,107 | 7,700 | 6,569 | 5,905 | 4,996 | 4,151 | 0 | 83 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,796 | 3,264 | 4,311 | 3,017 | 1,960 | 2,136 | 1,672 | 1,487 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 6,962 | 7,836 | 6,652 | 4,559 | 4,609 | 3,587 | 3,324 | 2,470 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 91 | 15 | 144 | 124 | 0 | 181 | 0 | 194 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 225 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,524 | 664 | 1,190 | 1,056 | 894 | 736 | 508 | 881 | 744 | i | 541 | |||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 86 | 62 | i | 4 | |||||||||
Chemistry | 676 | 388 | 614 | 560 | 509 | 438 | 226 | 439 | 478 | 217 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 752 | 276 | 576 | 496 | 385 | 298 | 83 | 356 | 204 | i | 320 | |||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 739 | 504 | 291 | 370 | 450 | 425 | 221 | 548 | 179 | 45 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 65 | 311 | 66 | 119 | 72 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 51 | 103 | 72 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 236 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 58 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 11,570 | 11,784 | 8,447 | 5,541 | 4,062 | 2,639 | 1,958 | 2,060 | 1,568 | 2,685 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,704 | 2,160 | 1,799 | 1,212 | 711 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 3,191 | 2,647 | 1,597 | 994 | 703 | 356 | 403 | 316 | 202 | 216 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 3,634 | 4,058 | 2,724 | 2,885 | 1,928 | 1,377 | 856 | 934 | 666 | 1,217 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 809 | 938 | 417 | 330 | 504 | 462 | 415 | 660 | 576 | 987 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 339 | 193 | 243 | 120 | 206 | 320 | 187 | 150 | 119 | 265 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,893 | 1,788 | 1,667 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 372 | 749 | 912 | 429 | 146 | 99 | 123 | 84 | 678 | 126 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 227 | 419 | 758 | 374 | 75 | 20 | 97 | 23 | 373 | 74 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 20 | 114 | 69 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 59 | 20 | ||||||||||
Law | 120 | 122 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 78 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 100 | 32 |
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 | 26,458 | 17,400 | 4,442 | 2,700 | 677 | 1,239 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 14,516 | 9,176 | 3,575 | 898 | 182 | 685 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 588 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 80 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 397 | 158 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 397 | 158 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 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 | 10,849 | 6,086 | 3,406 | 898 | 53 | 406 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,796 | 3,249 | 219 | 0 | 41 | 287 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 6,962 | 2,798 | 3,187 | 898 | 9 | 70 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 91 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 225 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,524 | 1,404 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 69 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 676 | 613 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 752 | 695 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 23 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 96 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 739 | 686 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 65 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 129 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 11,570 | 8,035 | 867 | 1,802 | 495 | 371 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,704 | 1,564 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 101 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 3,191 | 2,853 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 151 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 3,634 | 2,497 | 867 | 80 | 190 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 809 | 596 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 105 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 339 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,893 | 209 | 0 | 1,684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 372 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 227 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 17,400 | 15,551 | 12,064 | 9,602 | 7,110 | 5,252 | 4,674 | 4,591 | 1,926 | 2,349 | ||||||||||
DOD | 4,843 | 4,659 | 2,436 | 945 | 332 | 88 | 96 | 175 | 150 | i | 112 | |||||||||
DOE | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 149 | 265 | ||||||||||
HHS | 8,228 | 7,469 | 6,444 | 5,583 | 4,502 | 3,638 | 2,893 | 2,871 | 316 | 159 | ||||||||||
NASA | 198 | 163 | 231 | 203 | 83 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 23 | i | 27 | |||||||||
NSF | 3,215 | 1,865 | 2,297 | 1,747 | 1,106 | 523 | 882 | 952 | 864 | i | 1,002 | |||||||||
USDA | 45 | 86 | 83 | 107 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 840 | 1,298 | 573 | 1,017 | 1,042 | 998 | 746 | 492 | 424 | i | 784 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 631 | 31 | 600 | . | |||
2018 | 453 | 18 | 435 | . | |||
2017 | 205 | 50 | 155 | . | |||
2016 | 369 | 76 | 293 | . | |||
2015 | 369 | 60 | 309 | 14 |
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 | 161 | 184 | 123 | 150 | 145 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 75 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Engineering | 58 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 10 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 4 | 129 | 77 | 121 | 118 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 3 | 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.
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 | 135,000 | 13,411 | . | 11,361 | . |
Agricultural sciences | 135,000 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 11,361 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 13,411 | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 1,379 | 8,929 | 8,000 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 1,079 | 2,646 | 8,000 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 310 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 5,973 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 300 | 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.