Rutgers, The State U. New Jersey, Newark
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 | 193 | 58.3 | 457 | 257 | 71.5 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 178 | 60.7 | 447 | 306 | 48.1 | 583 | 260 | 71.7 | 907 | |||
2020 | 193 | 57.7 | 450 | 242 | 73.9 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 187 | 58.7 | 447 | 308 | 48.3 | 589 | 248 | 73.2 | 913 | |||
2018 | 178 | 59 | 428 | 242 | 73.8 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 156 | 63.8 | 425 | 300 | 48.4 | 575 | 245 | 73 | 897 | |||
2016 | 175 | 59.8 | 430 | 260 | 71.3 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 154 | 64.4 | 426 | 303 | 47.5 | 570 | 248 | 72.7 | 897 | |||
2014 | 159 | 62.8 | 422 | 234 | 74 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 167 | 60.5 | 417 | 309 | 48 | 588 | 214 | 76.1 | 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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 68 | 69 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 93 | 73 | 97 | 93 | 77 |
Science and engineering | 38 | 40 | 34 | 38 | 31 | 52 | 42 | 62 | 59 | 59 |
Science | 38 | 40 | 34 | 38 | 31 | 52 | 42 | 61 | 59 | 59 |
Life science | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 18 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 12 |
Health sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Chemistry | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Mathematics | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 13 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
Psychology | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Economics | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sociology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 10 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 32 | 22 | 25 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 30 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 43 | 41 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 18 |
Education | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Education administration | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Education research | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
History | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 27 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 42 | 38 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 17 |
Business management/administration | 20 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 36 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
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
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 28,345 | 23,854 | 28,006 | 26,661 | 27,206 | 25,898 | 21,492 | 24,387 | 28,083 | 37,134 | ||||||||||
Science | 23,306 | 20,252 | 23,118 | 21,291 | 23,070 | 21,586 | 17,738 | 19,766 | 23,182 | 28,951 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,252 | 2,013 | 2,269 | 1,970 | 2,535 | 1,089 | 353 | 516 | 420 | 632 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,487 | 1,873 | 1,485 | 3,313 | 3,312 | 2,525 | 1,203 | 1,439 | 1,946 | 1,749 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,487 | 1,873 | 1,485 | 3,313 | 3,312 | 2,525 | 992 | 1,298 | 1,835 | 1,340 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 104 | 111 | 361 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 37 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 10,990 | 11,845 | 13,014 | 10,800 | 9,789 | 12,005 | 9,925 | 9,438 | 11,143 | 15,029 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,822 | 9,197 | 12,676 | 10,800 | 9,541 | 12,005 | 947 | 3,193 | 4,561 | 5,183 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 168 | 2,648 | 338 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 5,975 | 5,450 | 6,534 | 8,158 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 3,003 | 795 | 48 | 1,688 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 439 | 431 | 486 | 2,252 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 4,099 | 2,667 | 2,384 | 1,978 | 2,162 | 2,099 | 1,750 | 1,518 | 1,553 | 868 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,414 | 2,296 | 1,976 | 1,869 | 2,000 | 1,844 | 745 | 1,107 | 1,359 | 732 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,685 | 371 | 408 | 109 | 162 | 255 | 300 | 137 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 705 | 274 | 191 | 116 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,039 | 1,139 | 2,132 | 2,169 | 1,590 | 1,114 | 819 | 1,304 | 1,706 | 1,525 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,024 | 672 | 1,678 | 1,052 | 3,248 | 2,754 | 2,771 | 4,872 | 5,698 | 6,731 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 53 | 38 | 44 | 390 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 216 | 99 | 88 | 88 | 696 | 1,712 | 1,030 | 2,941 | 3,297 | 3,183 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 33 | 0 | 68 | 23 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 88 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,775 | 573 | 1,522 | 941 | 2,392 | 1,036 | 1,684 | 1,885 | 2,343 | 3,070 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 415 | 43 | 156 | 9 | 434 | 0 | 478 | 248 | 230 | 165 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 674 | 147 | 53 | 159 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 3 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 8 | 28 | 75 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 65 | 55 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 5,039 | 3,602 | 4,888 | 5,370 | 4,016 | 4,312 | 3,080 | 4,474 | 4,848 | 8,024 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,322 | 1,732 | 2,436 | 1,916 | 2,317 | 2,340 | 682 | 1,186 | 1,789 | 4,424 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 933 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 137 | 118 | 4 | 300 | 452 | 630 | 133 | 555 | 178 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 169 | 77 | 208 | 441 | 119 | 13 | 0 | 1,033 | 994 | 1,253 | ||||||||||
Law | 1,814 | 781 | 672 | 452 | 187 | 341 | 1,332 | 1,327 | 1,782 | 2,258 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 69 | 69 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 81 | 33 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 338 | 36 | 20 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 515 | 858 | 1,358 | 2,259 | 941 | 988 | 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
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 | 28,345 | 16,099 | 421 | 8,531 | 167 | 3,041 | 86 | |||||||
Science | 23,306 | 14,641 | 352 | 6,249 | 104 | 1,903 | 57 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,252 | 1,899 | 0 | 348 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,487 | 1,450 | 8 | 971 | 0 | 8 | 50 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,487 | 1,450 | 8 | 971 | 0 | 8 | 50 | |||||||
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 | 10,990 | 7,627 | 312 | 2,344 | 0 | 702 | 5 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,822 | 7,627 | 312 | 2,176 | 0 | 702 | 5 | |||||||
Health sciences | 168 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 4,099 | 2,906 | 0 | 1,076 | 93 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,414 | 1,979 | 0 | 318 | 93 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,685 | 927 | 0 | 758 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,039 | 432 | 0 | 303 | 0 | 304 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,024 | 327 | 32 | 792 | 11 | 860 | 2 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 216 | 143 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 33 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,775 | 182 | 32 | 724 | 0 | 835 | 2 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 415 | 0 | 0 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 5,039 | 1,458 | 69 | 2,282 | 63 | 1,138 | 29 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,322 | 1,415 | 21 | 766 | 63 | 28 | 29 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 137 | 0 | 48 | 82 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 169 | 37 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 1,814 | 0 | 0 | 807 | 0 | 1,007 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 81 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 515 | 6 | 0 | 457 | 0 | 52 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 16,099 | 16,281 | 16,196 | 15,397 | 17,516 | 16,617 | 13,737 | 12,611 | 12,520 | 16,295 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,208 | 2,290 | 1,634 | 1,036 | 1,200 | 667 | 771 | 621 | 646 | 715 | ||||||||||
DOE | 455 | 393 | 515 | 247 | 120 | 105 | 98 | 320 | 428 | 405 | ||||||||||
HHS | 8,180 | 8,362 | 8,018 | 7,186 | 7,555 | 8,572 | 7,192 | 5,970 | 5,530 | 6,828 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 185 | 405 | 200 | 16 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
NSF | 5,008 | 5,041 | 5,446 | 5,245 | 6,419 | 4,799 | 4,785 | 4,103 | 4,471 | 3,922 | ||||||||||
USDA | 49 | 56 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 2 | 34 | 33 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||||
Other | 199 | 139 | 554 | 1,521 | 1,993 | 2,067 | 657 | 1,548 | 1,423 | 4,400 |
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 | 580 | 103 | 477 | i | . | ||
2018 | 612 | 107 | 505 | i | . | ||
2017 | 598 | 97 | 501 | i | . | ||
2016 | 592 | 97 | i | 495 | i | . |
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
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 114 | 114 | 114 | 106 | 99 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 34 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 24 |
Psychology | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Social sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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 |
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All research space | . | . | . | . | 19,345 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 12,153 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 7,192 |
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 |
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All research space | 1,600 | 1,100 | 300 | 250 | 1,202 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 661 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 250 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 250 |
Psychology | 250 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 291 |
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.