Saint Louis 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 | 139 | 31.6 | 448 | 138 | 20.7 | 691 | 129 | 22.8 | 583 | 175 | 20 | 909 |
2020 | 135 | 30.6 | 450 | 148 | 21.9 | 697 | 180 | 20.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 124 | 28.3 | 447 | 149 | 22.1 | 696 | 129 | 22.6 | 589 | 183 | 20.8 | 913 |
2018 | 126 | 30 | 428 | 147 | 21.7 | 698 | 185 | 21 | 910 | |||
2017 | 117 | 28.1 | 425 | 150 | 22.6 | 684 | 129 | 23.1 | 575 | 188 | 21.7 | 897 |
2016 | 141 | 33.3 | 430 | 145 | 21.5 | 697 | 207 | 23.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 132 | 31.5 | 426 | 175 | 25.9 | 693 | 126 | 22.8 | 570 | 203 | 23.3 | 897 |
2014 | 122 | 29.4 | 422 | 173 | 25.8 | 688 | 202 | 23.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 142 | 34.6 | 417 | 164 | 30.1 | 555 | 158 | 27.5 | 588 | 202 | 23.5 | 884 |
2012 | 133 | 32.8 | 412 | 173 | 31.7 | 555 | 200 | 23.1 | 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 | 106 | 118 | 135 | 130 | 157 | 111 | 119 | 132 | 101 | 112 |
Science and engineering | 61 | 75 | 64 | 68 | 77 | 55 | 61 | 76 | 54 | 56 |
Science | 53 | 71 | 59 | 61 | 70 | 53 | 61 | 73 | 53 | 56 |
Life science | 26 | 36 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 23 | 26 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 12 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 16 |
Health sciences | 14 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
Chemistry | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 21 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 22 |
Psychology | 20 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 16 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
Engineering | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 45 | 43 | 71 | 62 | 80 | 56 | 58 | 56 | 47 | 56 |
Education | 25 | 20 | 41 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 23 |
Education administration | 10 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Education research | 13 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Other education | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Humanities | 18 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 41 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 28 |
History | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Letters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
Other | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
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 | 1,072 | 895 | 896 | 890 | 883 | 995 | 819 | 810 | 775 | 718 |
Male | 444 | 348 | 353 | 353 | 349 | 393 | 296 | 290 | 285 | 259 |
Female | 628 | 547 | 543 | 537 | 534 | 602 | 523 | 520 | 490 | 459 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 781 | 710 | 697 | 705 | 703 | 838 | 673 | 669 | 640 | 607 |
Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 45 | 39 | 43 | 41 | 50 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 22 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 724 | 659 | 652 | 657 | 655 | 777 | 641 | 637 | 601 | 572 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 65 | 52 | 47 | 57 | 48 | 64 | 45 | 44 | 41 | 34 |
Black or African American | 66 | 65 | 60 | 48 | 47 | 76 | 61 | 61 | 49 | 38 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 555 | 516 | 523 | 528 | 533 | 604 | 509 | 506 | 486 | 476 |
More than one race | 38 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
Temporary visa holders | 291 | 185 | 199 | 185 | 180 | 157 | 146 | 141 | 135 | 111 |
Science and engineering | 781 | 608 | 617 | 541 | 524 | 614 | 505 | 499 | 485 | 452 |
Science | 697 | 515 | 517 | 451 | 448 | 541 | 450 | 451 | 445 | 425 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 265 | 211 | 214 | 132 | 118 | 129 | 187 | 186 | 180 | 181 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 62 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 |
Computer and information sciences | 126 | 48 | 47 | 40 | 37 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 27 |
Mathematics and statistics | 20 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 84 | 83 | 89 | 85 | 94 | 100 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 77 |
Physical sciences | 47 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
Social sciences | 125 | 85 | 74 | 93 | 97 | 101 | 60 | 61 | 54 | 47 |
Engineering | 84 | 93 | 100 | 90 | 76 | 73 | 55 | 48 | 40 | 27 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 77 | 89 | 96 | 88 | 76 | 73 | 55 | 48 | 40 | 27 |
Health | 291 | 287 | 279 | 349 | 359 | 381 | 314 | 311 | 290 | 266 |
Clinical medicine | 115 | 109 | 102 | 169 | 186 | 190 | 194 | 190 | 176 | 149 |
Other health | 176 | 178 | 177 | 180 | 173 | 191 | 120 | 121 | 114 | 117 |
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 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 113 | 237 | 237 | 205 | 275 |
Male | 31 | 30 | 39 | 40 | 32 | 45 | 97 | 96 | 73 | 95 |
Female | 35 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 45 | 68 | 140 | 141 | 132 | 180 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 60 | 65 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 109 | 220 | 220 | 193 | 261 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 57 | 63 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 104 | 206 | 206 | 184 | 249 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
Black or African American | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 36 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 42 | 47 | 46 | 52 | 57 | 81 | 160 | 160 | 140 | 200 |
More than one race | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 56 | 55 | 56 | 49 | 57 | 93 | 171 | 172 | 162 | 192 |
Science | 43 | 46 | 47 | 41 | 51 | 82 | 151 | 153 | 152 | 180 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 44 | 45 | 33 | 38 |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 33 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Social sciences | 27 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 28 | 29 | 35 | 55 |
Engineering | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 12 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 12 |
Health | 10 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 66 | 65 | 43 | 83 |
Clinical medicine | 8 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 49 | 28 | 67 |
Other health | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
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 | 57 | 51 | 33 | 57 | 52 | 9 | 56 | 55 | 66 | 57 |
Science and engineering | 56 | 47 | 30 | 54 | 47 | 9 | 54 | 53 | 59 | 49 |
Science | 49 | 41 | 25 | 48 | 41 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 55 | 45 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 27 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 13 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 7 |
Psychology | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Health | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Other health | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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).
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 | 1,072 | 895 | 896 | 890 | 883 | 995 | 819 | 810 | 775 | 718 |
Fellowships | 20 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 39 | 43 | 43 | 21 | 37 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
Institutional | 20 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 39 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Research assistantships | 68 | 165 | 202 | 180 | 166 | 176 | 155 | 151 | 86 | 53 |
Federal | 51 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 10 |
Institutional | 5 | 137 | 159 | 131 | 120 | 157 | 112 | 109 | 26 | 41 |
Nonfederal | 12 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 2 |
Teaching assistantships | 289 | 34 | 82 | 108 | 91 | 225 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 92 |
Federal | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
Institutional | 285 | 33 | 79 | 104 | 88 | 225 | 69 | 70 | 46 | 82 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Other types of support | 695 | 692 | 594 | 577 | 602 | 555 | 550 | 544 | 608 | 536 |
Federal | 3 | 36 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
Institutional | 31 | 203 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 133 | 133 | 11 | 41 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
Personal resources | 658 | 445 | 584 | 560 | 574 | 541 | 402 | 396 | 580 | 446 |
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 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 27 | 24 |
Science | 34 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 26 | 23 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 22 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 17 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 16 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 28 | 27 |
Science and engineering | 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
Science | 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 12 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 12 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 79,005 | 69,528 | 66,103 | 60,380 | 56,402 | 42,151 | 44,457 | 44,481 | 48,231 | 49,086 | ||||||||||
Science | 73,471 | 64,237 | 59,563 | 54,567 | 52,616 | 38,932 | 38,357 | 40,406 | 44,588 | 46,323 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,345 | 1,164 | 655 | 303 | 384 | 115 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,264 | 1,174 | 1,281 | 1,161 | 1,453 | 1,442 | 1,137 | 862 | 674 | 935 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1,337 | 1,137 | 862 | 674 | 935 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,264 | 1,174 | 1,043 | 1,161 | 1,353 | 105 | 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 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 65,928 | 58,836 | 54,582 | 50,538 | 48,824 | 35,925 | 35,570 | 37,408 | 42,037 | 43,859 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28,234 | 27,623 | 25,209 | 23,071 | 23,356 | 10,423 | 11,765 | 12,876 | 13,012 | 11,812 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 37,487 | 31,213 | 29,373 | 27,466 | 25,087 | 25,408 | 23,319 | 24,169 | 28,456 | 31,483 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 486 | 363 | 569 | 564 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 190 | 280 | 56 | 74 | 104 | 135 | 257 | 210 | 94 | 84 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,131 | 1,942 | 2,384 | 1,685 | 1,092 | 760 | 754 | 1,217 | 1,129 | 747 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,120 | 1,786 | 2,179 | 1,580 | 952 | 685 | 723 | 1,089 | 957 | 651 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 11 | 156 | 205 | 105 | 140 | 12 | 13 | 119 | 171 | 96 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 233 | 393 | 333 | 480 | 521 | 475 | 590 | 457 | 101 | 321 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,380 | 448 | 272 | 326 | 238 | 80 | 36 | 252 | 553 | 377 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 23 | 19 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 314 | 154 | 232 | 219 | 222 | 61 | 1 | 41 | 33 | 21 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 92 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 196 | 457 | 356 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,999 | 2,621 | 2,344 | 1,346 | 1,027 | 1,494 | 2,474 | 1,910 | 2,586 | 1,980 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 852 | 610 | 511 | 274 | 933 | 1,927 | 1,623 | 1,689 | 1,447 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 462 | 1,085 | 1,065 | 408 | 446 | 110 | 142 | 99 | 779 | 477 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 624 | 488 | 666 | 407 | 307 | 419 | 336 | 172 | 98 | 51 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 913 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 3,535 | 2,670 | 4,196 | 4,467 | 2,759 | 1,725 | 3,626 | 2,165 | 1,057 | 783 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 133 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 136 | 111 | 139 | 127 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 4 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 72 | 82 | 80 | 153 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,118 | 1,129 | 1,849 | 833 | 88 | 173 | 158 | 360 | 112 | 5 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 845 | 869 | 1,725 | 3,110 | 2,017 | 697 | 2,866 | 1,242 | 627 | 612 | ||||||||||
Law | 141 | 292 | 117 | 206 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 226 | 229 | 463 | 264 | 436 | 406 | 195 | 216 | 118 | 120 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 26 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,042 | 138 | 4 | 8 | 95 | 213 | 196 | 45 | 43 | 34 |
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 | 79,005 | 41,411 | 548 | 24,824 | 3,614 | 8,537 | 71 | |||||||
Science | 73,471 | 39,445 | 548 | 23,398 | 3,589 | 6,420 | 71 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,345 | 734 | 0 | 421 | 10 | 180 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,264 | 278 | 0 | 982 | 120 | 881 | 3 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,264 | 278 | 0 | 982 | 120 | 881 | 3 | |||||||
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 | 65,928 | 36,701 | 548 | 21,281 | 3,459 | 3,871 | 68 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28,234 | 13,620 | 0 | 12,140 | 870 | 1,576 | 28 | |||||||
Health sciences | 37,487 | 23,081 | 548 | 9,028 | 2,589 | 2,201 | 40 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 207 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 94 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 190 | 170 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 2,131 | 1,237 | 0 | 584 | 0 | 310 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,120 | 1,226 | 0 | 584 | 0 | 310 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 233 | 165 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,380 | 160 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 1,112 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1,043 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 935 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 314 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,999 | 1,183 | 0 | 429 | 25 | 362 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 462 | 267 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 86 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 624 | 442 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 111 | 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 | 913 | 474 | 0 | 249 | 25 | 165 | 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 | 3,535 | 783 | 0 | 997 | 0 | 1,755 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 133 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,118 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 982 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 845 | 13 | 0 | 478 | 0 | 354 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 141 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 72 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 226 | 113 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,042 | 657 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 339 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 41,411 | 34,419 | 34,275 | 28,121 | 27,436 | 26,813 | 27,580 | 30,071 | 31,645 | 35,873 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,577 | 1,763 | 1,817 | 739 | 585 | 335 | 565 | 1,416 | 2,027 | 2,431 | ||||||||||
DOE | 285 | 311 | 223 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 34,263 | 26,777 | 27,200 | 22,784 | 23,745 | 22,382 | 23,040 | 24,412 | 26,074 | 30,242 | ||||||||||
NASA | 208 | 62 | 179 | 197 | 155 | 240 | 270 | 412 | 197 | 169 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,799 | 4,139 | 3,140 | 2,516 | 1,549 | 1,016 | 1,187 | 1,375 | 1,024 | 730 | ||||||||||
USDA | 67 | 79 | 30 | 77 | 25 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,212 | 1,288 | 1,686 | 1,775 | 1,343 | 2,831 | 2,483 | 2,432 | 2,323 | 2,301 |
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 | 1,425 | 228 | 1,197 | . | |||
2018 | 1,493 | 231 | 1,262 | . | |||
2017 | 1,561 | 243 | 1,318 | . | |||
2016 | 1,541 | 238 | 1,303 | . | |||
2015 | 1,593 | 261 | 1,332 | 45 |
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 | 926 | 891 | 889 | 882 | 828 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 297 | 297 | 296 | 266 | 301 |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Engineering | 43 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 34 | 31 | 30 | 55 | 50 |
Health sciences | 445 | 436 | 437 | 435 | 339 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 13 | 13 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 45 | 47 | 47 | 39 | 52 |
Psychology | 33 | 32 | 32 | 37 | 30 |
Social sciences | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
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.
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 | 349,000 | . | 10,000 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 238,000 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 1,500 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 3,000 | . | . |
Health sciences | 111,000 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 5,500 | . | . |
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 | 46,463 | 32,202 | 50,529 | 15,511 | 81,081 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,596 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 36,699 | 12,144 | 39,383 | 3,807 | 40,285 |
Computer and information sciences | 2,500 | 0 | 310 | 0 | 261 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1,080 | 784 | 17,271 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,000 | 0 | 4,683 | 6,254 | 14,578 |
Health sciences | 4,264 | 12,124 | 5,073 | 3,983 | 2,293 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 7,934 | 0 | 685 | 1,433 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,102 |
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.