Sam Houston State 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 | 271 | 60.8 | 448 | 256 | 37.6 | 691 | 346 | 59.7 | 583 | 326 | 36.4 | 909 |
2020 | 271 | 60.5 | 450 | 262 | 38.1 | 697 | 328 | 36.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 290 | 65.2 | 447 | 268 | 39 | 696 | 359 | 61.3 | 589 | 344 | 38.2 | 913 |
2018 | 286 | 67.1 | 428 | 274 | 39.8 | 698 | 367 | 40.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 264 | 62.4 | 425 | 417 | 61.3 | 684 | 388 | 67.8 | 575 | 436 | 49.1 | 897 |
2016 | 287 | 67 | 430 | 307 | 44.5 | 697 | 444 | 50.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 262 | 61.8 | 426 | 294 | 42.9 | 693 | 382 | 67.3 | 570 | 448 | 50.4 | 897 |
2014 | 262 | 62.4 | 422 | 315 | 46.2 | 688 | 414 | 47.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 243 | 58.6 | 417 | 311 | 56.4 | 555 | 424 | 72.3 | 588 | 397 | 45.4 | 884 |
2012 | 259 | 63.2 | 412 | 356 | 64.4 | 555 | 413 | 46.8 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 24 |
Science and engineering | 13 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 19 |
Science | 13 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 19 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 13 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 19 |
Psychology | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 5 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 16 |
Non-science and engineering | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Education | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
Education administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 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
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 397 | 352 | 338 | 331 | 121 | 303 | 332 | 271 | 253 | 182 |
Male | 112 | 107 | 102 | 102 | 44 | 98 | 117 | 123 | 111 | 66 |
Female | 285 | 245 | 236 | 229 | 77 | 205 | 215 | 148 | 142 | 116 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 349 | 318 | 282 | 277 | 96 | 251 | 266 | 193 | 186 | 143 |
Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 261 | 250 | 214 | 211 | 80 | 223 | 231 | 172 | 170 | 127 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Black or African American | 42 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 190 | 189 | 168 | 165 | 62 | 174 | 192 | 145 | 151 | 113 |
More than one race | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 48 | 34 | 56 | 54 | 25 | 52 | 66 | 78 | 67 | 39 |
Science and engineering | 361 | 319 | 320 | 313 | 114 | 303 | 332 | 271 | 253 | 182 |
Science | 361 | 319 | 320 | 313 | 114 | 303 | 332 | 271 | 253 | 182 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 24 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 13 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 26 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 15 | 12 | 4 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 36 | 36 | 31 | 30 | . | 22 | 25 | 32 | 31 | 15 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 25 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 188 | 162 | 142 | 135 | 0 | 142 | 140 | 62 | 69 | 88 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 10 |
Social sciences | 57 | 46 | 68 | 68 | 47 | 42 | 54 | 71 | 83 | 22 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 36 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 19 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 17 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 464 | 409 | 361 | 351 | 218 | 374 | 354 | 239 | 264 | 162 |
Male | 162 | 125 | 135 | 133 | 75 | 148 | 138 | 115 | 101 | 55 |
Female | 302 | 284 | 226 | 218 | 143 | 226 | 216 | 124 | 163 | 107 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 448 | 391 | 352 | 342 | 208 | 354 | 326 | 213 | 250 | 144 |
Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 99 | 68 | 66 | 42 | 55 | 44 | 21 | 27 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 317 | 288 | 282 | 274 | 163 | 296 | 275 | 189 | 219 | 136 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Asian | 19 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Black or African American | 56 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 29 | 19 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 226 | 215 | 212 | 204 | 125 | 246 | 222 | 157 | 178 | 111 |
More than one race | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 18 |
Science and engineering | 423 | 380 | 335 | 326 | 204 | 374 | 354 | 239 | 264 | 162 |
Science | 423 | 380 | 335 | 326 | 204 | 374 | 354 | 239 | 264 | 162 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 25 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 25 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 49 | 40 | 41 | 41 | . | 41 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 11 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 106 | 90 | 70 | 66 | 0 | 94 | 110 | 27 | 28 | 37 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Social sciences | 194 | 188 | 153 | 149 | 127 | 160 | 129 | 132 | 158 | 63 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 41 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 7 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 34 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 397 | 352 | 338 | 331 | 121 | 303 | 332 | 271 | 253 | 182 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 75 | 74 | 91 | 88 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 26 | 136 | 83 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 75 | 74 | 91 | 88 | 20 | 36 | 32 | 22 | 136 | 83 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 315 | 273 | 236 | 232 | 70 | 267 | 298 | 235 | 100 | 69 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Institutional | 71 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 103 | 112 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Personal resources | 244 | 230 | 209 | 205 | 59 | 164 | 183 | 215 | 84 | 65 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 13,315 | 12,437 | 9,445 | 7,152 | 3,658 | 3,266 | 3,086 | 3,996 | 4,608 | 4,349 | ||||||||||
Science | 6,386 | 5,738 | 6,159 | 5,593 | 3,408 | 3,170 | 2,804 | 3,235 | 3,225 | 3,643 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 26 | 18 | 49 | 141 | 62 | 110 | 111 | 94 | 93 | 202 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 124 | 72 | 86 | 31 | 13 | 38 | 64 | 7 | 22 | 56 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 124 | 72 | 86 | 31 | 13 | 38 | 64 | 7 | 22 | 56 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,688 | 1,730 | 2,297 | 1,572 | 744 | 689 | 522 | 715 | 871 | 929 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 526 | 330 | 289 | 105 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 40 | 512 | 695 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,145 | 1,382 | 1,994 | 1,198 | 651 | 624 | 449 | 675 | 359 | 234 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 17 | 18 | 14 | 269 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 444 | 338 | 368 | 274 | 95 | 418 | 522 | 637 | 378 | 327 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 503 | 481 | 550 | 390 | 390 | 338 | 426 | 357 | 248 | 400 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 333 | 407 | 472 | 353 | 361 | 310 | 406 | 281 | 241 | 361 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 170 | 74 | 78 | 37 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 631 | 602 | 308 | 120 | 91 | 44 | 75 | 75 | 358 | 365 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,970 | 2,444 | 2,465 | 3,065 | 2,013 | 1,533 | 1,084 | 1,336 | 1,232 | 1,364 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 23 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 11 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 115 | 151 | 172 | 76 | 80 | 88 | 43 | 96 | 83 | 56 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,844 | 2,279 | 2,246 | 2,960 | 1,894 | 1,433 | 965 | 1,190 | 1,144 | 1,303 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 53 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 36 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 36 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 6,893 | 6,679 | 3,265 | 1,530 | 250 | 96 | 282 | 761 | 1,383 | 706 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 44 | 146 | 206 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
Education | 5,854 | 5,435 | 2,127 | 170 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 514 | 1,212 | 390 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 126 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 134 | 18 | 0 | 58 | 57 | 22 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 27 | 16 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 841 | 1,062 | 842 | 1,085 | 91 | 43 | 229 | 181 | 80 | 284 |
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 | 13,315 | 5,632 | 232 | 6,985 | 29 | 416 | 21 | |||||||
Science | 6,386 | 2,472 | 142 | 3,522 | 29 | 211 | 10 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 124 | 85 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 124 | 85 | 0 | 39 | 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 | 2,688 | 1,212 | 119 | 1,332 | 14 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 526 | 343 | 42 | 126 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,145 | 869 | 77 | 1,189 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 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 | 444 | 417 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 503 | 298 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 105 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 333 | 151 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 170 | 147 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 631 | 144 | 0 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,970 | 316 | 23 | 1,515 | 15 | 91 | 10 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 115 | 53 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,844 | 263 | 23 | 1,467 | 15 | 66 | 10 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
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 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 6,893 | 3,160 | 90 | 3,430 | 0 | 205 | 8 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 44 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 5,854 | 3,157 | 90 | 2,394 | 0 | 205 | 8 | |||||||
Humanities | 126 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 841 | 0 | 0 | 841 | 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 | 5,632 | 4,764 | 3,723 | 2,200 | 1,872 | 1,830 | 1,491 | 2,209 | 2,360 | 2,717 | ||||||||||
DOD | 71 | 197 | 269 | 206 | 220 | 234 | 356 | 226 | 207 | 967 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 46 | 36 | 6 | ||||||||||
HHS | 304 | 283 | 60 | 111 | 51 | 26 | 78 | 64 | 318 | 526 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 900 | 570 | 568 | 422 | 199 | 454 | 500 | 671 | 601 | 143 | ||||||||||
USDA | 725 | 561 | 583 | 158 | 185 | 192 | 86 | 43 | 54 | 117 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,632 | 3,153 | 2,243 | 1,303 | 1,217 | 919 | 445 | 1,155 | 1,144 | 958 |
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 | 429 | 98 | 331 | . | |||
2018 | 359 | 84 | 275 | . | |||
2017 | 269 | 67 | 202 | . | |||
2016 | 202 | 59 | 143 | . | |||
2015 | 190 | 66 | 124 | 3 |
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 | 93 | 82 | 60 | 54 | 39 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 11 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Health sciences | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | . |
Physical sciences | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
Psychology | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Social sciences | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 | . | . | 3,980 | 22,858 | 700 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 700 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 22,858 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 3,980 | . | . |
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 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 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.