San Diego 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 | |
2022 | 105 | 84.8 | 680 | 161 | 82.2 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 111 | 84.2 | 691 | 142 | 76 | 583 | 164 | 82.2 | 907 | |||
2020 | 121 | 82.9 | 697 | 165 | 82.2 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 122 | 82.8 | 696 | 207 | 65.3 | 589 | 165 | 82.2 | 913 | |||
2018 | 113 | 84.1 | 698 | 164 | 82.2 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 112 | 83.9 | 684 | 174 | 70.2 | 575 | 162 | 82.2 | 897 | |||
2016 | 120 | 83.1 | 697 | 154 | 83.1 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 118 | 83.3 | 693 | 184 | 68.2 | 570 | 149 | 83.6 | 897 | |||
2014 | 76 | 89.2 | 688 | 149 | 83.5 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 78 | 86.2 | 555 | 201 | 66.3 | 588 | 156 | 82.6 | 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
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 1,545 | 1,386 | 1,209 | 1,186 | 1,285 | 1,249 | 1,338 | 1,350 | 1,994 | 1,868 |
Male | 602 | 572 | 484 | 490 | 554 | 566 | 606 | 601 | 938 | 843 |
Female | 943 | 814 | 725 | 696 | 731 | 683 | 732 | 749 | 1,056 | 1,025 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,164 | 1,129 | 1,030 | 970 | 1,059 | 1,041 | 971 | 955 | 1,457 | 1,478 |
Hispanic or Latino | 349 | 326 | 275 | 221 | 229 | 197 | 193 | 170 | 245 | 226 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 725 | 698 | 671 | 663 | 749 | 692 | 672 | 686 | 1,070 | 1,117 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Asian | 155 | 135 | 132 | 133 | 159 | 142 | 130 | 132 | 208 | 194 |
Black or African American | 48 | 48 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 29 | 37 | 23 | 37 | 45 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
White | 447 | 443 | 457 | 445 | 489 | 457 | 447 | 472 | 752 | 803 |
More than one race | 71 | 69 | 51 | 59 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 56 | 67 | 64 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 90 | 105 | 84 | 86 | 81 | 152 | 106 | 99 | 142 | 135 |
Temporary visa holders | 381 | 257 | 179 | 216 | 226 | 208 | 367 | 395 | 537 | 390 |
Science and engineering | 1,113 | 990 | 835 | 857 | 931 | 906 | 994 | 996 | 1,583 | 1,436 |
Science | 915 | 814 | 681 | 700 | 783 | 752 | 789 | 739 | 1,194 | 1,157 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 141 | 126 | 132 | 121 | 137 | 127 | 139 | 99 | 194 | 178 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 23 | 81 | 73 |
Computer and information sciences | 109 | 79 | 32 | 44 | 91 | 122 | 123 | 104 | 217 | 192 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 36 | 36 | 39 | 37 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 24 |
Mathematics and statistics | 87 | 81 | 64 | 72 | 90 | 84 | 123 | 132 | 178 | 156 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 130 | 89 | 62 | 55 | 33 | 43 | . | . | 1 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 179 | 172 | 153 | 104 | 122 | 105 | 98 | 112 | 124 | 127 |
Physical sciences | 82 | 76 | 73 | 79 | 64 | 70 | 70 | 56 | 101 | 106 |
Social sciences | 169 | 176 | 147 | 201 | 225 | 184 | 159 | 150 | 233 | 261 |
Engineering | 198 | 176 | 154 | 157 | 148 | 154 | 205 | 257 | 389 | 279 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 18 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 24 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 14 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 19 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 29 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 42 | 75 | 74 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 58 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 56 | 84 | 128 | 189 | 103 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 18 | 30 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 51 | 43 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 64 | 66 | 54 | 46 | 31 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 16 |
Health | 432 | 396 | 374 | 329 | 354 | 343 | 344 | 354 | 411 | 432 |
Clinical medicine | 332 | 286 | 266 | 230 | 255 | 244 | 246 | 262 | 298 | 296 |
Other health | 100 | 110 | 108 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 92 | 113 | 136 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 563 | 481 | 578 | 622 | 445 | 520 | 666 | 959 | 342 | 304 |
Male | 330 | 266 | 321 | 362 | 249 | 285 | 357 | 519 | 170 | 158 |
Female | 233 | 215 | 257 | 260 | 196 | 235 | 309 | 440 | 172 | 146 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 518 | 430 | 455 | 481 | 374 | 419 | 503 | 638 | 237 | 201 |
Hispanic or Latino | 156 | 121 | 124 | 117 | 85 | 83 | 100 | 110 | 47 | 27 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 324 | 283 | 286 | 311 | 238 | 276 | 342 | 441 | 165 | 150 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Asian | 71 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 42 | 56 | 65 | 104 | 40 | 29 |
Black or African American | 11 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 210 | 197 | 193 | 210 | 164 | 184 | 243 | 287 | 107 | 111 |
More than one race | 31 | 19 | 31 | 36 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 38 | 26 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 60 | 61 | 87 | 25 | 24 |
Temporary visa holders | 45 | 51 | 123 | 141 | 71 | 101 | 163 | 321 | 105 | 103 |
Science and engineering | 514 | 459 | 520 | 589 | 429 | 497 | 635 | 910 | 321 | 278 |
Science | 341 | 331 | 392 | 424 | 286 | 328 | 445 | 663 | 262 | 220 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 59 | 60 | 63 | 73 | 61 | 67 | 70 | 107 | 27 | 31 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 52 | 66 | 4 | 6 |
Computer and information sciences | 29 | 32 | 100 | 103 | 35 | 56 | 64 | 183 | 94 | 76 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 30 | 45 | 52 | 43 | 35 | 52 | 58 | 29 | 23 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 30 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 7 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 29 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 9 |
Physical sciences | 67 | 79 | 75 | 67 | 57 | 52 | 59 | 71 | 16 | 15 |
Social sciences | 101 | 84 | 67 | 93 | 68 | 94 | 103 | 138 | 57 | 50 |
Engineering | 173 | 128 | 128 | 165 | 143 | 169 | 190 | 247 | 59 | 58 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 21 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 4 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 23 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 43 | 44 | 8 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 76 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 42 | 58 | 74 | 108 | 18 | 28 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 38 | 47 | 35 | 54 | 38 | 41 | 46 | 49 | 17 | 12 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Health | 49 | 22 | 58 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 49 | 21 | 26 |
Clinical medicine | 49 | 22 | 57 | 33 | 15 | 22 | 31 | 47 | 20 | 26 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 95 | 53 | 73 | 41 | 38 | 56 | 47 | 51 | 96 | 91 |
Science and engineering | 76 | 44 | 55 | 33 | 27 | 44 | 38 | 36 | 73 | 70 |
Science | 55 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 22 | 39 | 30 | 31 | 63 | 62 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 21 |
Physical sciences | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
Engineering | 21 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 16 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Health | 19 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 21 |
Clinical medicine | 11 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 |
Other health | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 1,545 | 1,386 | 1,209 | 1,186 | 1,285 | 1,249 | 1,338 | 1,350 | 1,994 | 1,868 |
Fellowships | 16 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 4 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 144 | 109 | 106 | 90 | 76 | 86 | 98 | 92 | 147 | 173 |
Federal | 83 | 51 | 59 | 41 | 38 | 56 | 45 | 51 | 96 | 91 |
Institutional | 43 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 10 |
Nonfederal | 18 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 51 | 72 |
Teaching assistantships | 317 | 270 | 285 | 334 | 285 | 280 | 275 | 234 | 560 | 497 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 317 | 270 | 285 | 334 | 285 | 280 | 275 | 234 | 560 | 497 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,068 | 993 | 802 | 754 | 909 | 873 | 944 | 1,017 | 1,287 | 1,198 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 358 | 358 | 333 | 257 | 349 | 281 | 254 | 268 | 382 | 384 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Personal resources | 710 | 635 | 463 | 497 | 560 | 592 | 690 | 749 | 898 | 810 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 30 | 54 | 53 | 44 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
Science | 27 | 45 | 45 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 7 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 16 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
Science and engineering | 15 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
Science | 15 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 123,856 | 107,681 | 97,710 | 92,964 | 88,177 | 89,187 | 90,722 | 93,572 | 95,674 | 86,733 | ||||||||||
Science | 83,263 | 75,567 | 70,931 | 66,536 | 61,324 | 61,927 | 67,519 | 69,738 | 72,153 | 64,132 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,321 | 1,439 | 1,519 | 1,563 | 1,634 | 1,714 | 1,940 | 2,836 | 1,854 | 1,583 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,684 | 2,158 | 2,234 | 2,582 | 2,978 | 3,091 | 3,362 | 1,983 | 2,117 | 4,826 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,392 | 968 | 1,322 | 1,668 | 1,527 | 1,581 | 1,516 | 1,398 | 1,499 | 3,744 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 664 | 773 | 517 | 429 | 718 | 630 | 1,285 | 585 | 618 | 429 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 628 | 417 | 395 | 485 | 733 | 880 | 561 | 0 | 0 | 604 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 36,057 | 31,479 | 27,880 | 28,629 | 28,003 | 29,409 | 32,682 | 34,173 | 35,957 | 32,543 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14,527 | 15,520 | 14,602 | 12,720 | 14,575 | 14,921 | 16,882 | 18,044 | 20,025 | 11,993 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 20,885 | 15,949 | 12,357 | 15,226 | 12,874 | 13,651 | 15,222 | 13,687 | 12,965 | 14,935 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 645 | 10 | 921 | 683 | 554 | 837 | 578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,442 | 2,967 | 5,615 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,896 | 3,883 | 3,899 | 4,061 | 3,790 | 3,450 | 3,385 | 3,433 | 2,940 | 2,313 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 7,435 | 6,681 | 6,402 | 6,333 | 5,873 | 5,488 | 7,315 | 8,216 | 9,819 | 7,169 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 835 | 701 | 766 | 708 | 948 | 911 | 878 | 765 | 901 | 851 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 5,180 | 4,386 | 4,075 | 4,203 | 3,581 | 2,782 | 2,206 | 1,689 | 2,196 | 2,224 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,420 | 1,594 | 1,561 | 1,422 | 1,344 | 1,795 | 4,231 | 5,762 | 6,722 | 4,094 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 18,073 | 18,729 | 20,222 | 14,071 | 12,943 | 12,865 | 12,499 | 12,298 | 12,913 | 12,592 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 5,482 | 4,876 | 5,106 | 5,054 | 4,811 | 4,920 | 5,046 | 5,068 | 4,701 | 3,106 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 615 | 720 | 548 | 520 | 614 | 510 | 396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 909 | 869 | 970 | 901 | 524 | 394 | 578 | 651 | 489 | 500 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 727 | 727 | 1,031 | 881 | 983 | 794 | 640 | 762 | 663 | 534 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 710 | 625 | 605 | 895 | 895 | 1,144 | 934 | 1,335 | 1,123 | 1,050 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,521 | 1,935 | 1,952 | 1,857 | 1,795 | 2,078 | 2,498 | 2,320 | 2,426 | 1,022 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7,315 | 6,322 | 3,669 | 4,243 | 1,292 | 990 | 1,290 | 1,731 | 1,852 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 14,048 | 10,715 | 7,934 | 8,197 | 8,534 | 8,935 | 6,985 | 6,393 | 5,321 | 5,206 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,055 | 847 | 630 | 640 | 772 | 725 | 592 | 812 | 589 | 634 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 98 | 113 | 277 | 331 | 711 | 887 | 511 | 484 | 349 | 15 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 3,674 | 2,814 | 2,471 | 2,428 | 1,824 | 2,700 | 1,846 | 903 | 1,071 | 895 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,395 | 3,031 | 1,842 | 2,169 | 2,544 | 2,077 | 1,405 | 1,736 | 1,226 | 1,257 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,918 | 2,777 | 2,249 | 2,157 | 2,269 | 2,230 | 2,301 | 2,099 | 1,821 | 2,210 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 908 | 1,133 | 465 | 472 | 414 | 316 | 330 | 359 | 265 | 195 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 26,545 | 21,399 | 18,845 | 18,231 | 18,319 | 18,325 | 16,218 | 17,441 | 18,200 | 17,395 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 6,600 | 5,823 | 3,968 | 3,914 | 4,158 | 4,313 | 3,734 | 4,192 | 6,176 | 5,262 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1,452 | 1,250 | 904 | 822 | 1,018 | 1,271 | 946 | 1,772 | 1,486 | 3,290 | ||||||||||
Education | 6,064 | 4,502 | 3,532 | 3,671 | 3,579 | 3,705 | 2,976 | 3,444 | 2,952 | 1,771 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 6,244 | 5,069 | 5,813 | 5,208 | 4,987 | 4,336 | 4,491 | 4,477 | 3,859 | 2,037 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 2,314 | 1,578 | 1,230 | 1,279 | 1,232 | 1,416 | 1,354 | 1,229 | 935 | 1,085 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,704 | 1,314 | 1,586 | 1,571 | 1,271 | 1,306 | 1,157 | 1,070 | 975 | 284 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,167 | 1,863 | 1,812 | 1,766 | 2,074 | 1,978 | 1,560 | 1,257 | 1,817 | 3,666 |
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 | 123,856 | 50,540 | 4,812 | 64,484 | 457 | 2,489 | 1,074 | |||||||
Science | 83,263 | 41,930 | 3,676 | 34,623 | 211 | 1,912 | 911 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,321 | 776 | 311 | 1,176 | 0 | 28 | 30 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,684 | 1,569 | 37 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 88 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,392 | 416 | 37 | 905 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 664 | 626 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 628 | 527 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
Life sciences | 36,057 | 19,519 | 2,376 | 12,185 | 109 | 1,160 | 708 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14,527 | 4,723 | 545 | 8,338 | 71 | 803 | 47 | |||||||
Health sciences | 20,885 | 14,386 | 1,650 | 3,802 | 38 | 357 | 652 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 645 | 410 | 181 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,896 | 1,612 | 0 | 2,180 | 0 | 104 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 7,435 | 4,461 | 0 | 2,698 | 102 | 165 | 9 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 835 | 327 | 0 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Chemistry | 5,180 | 3,490 | 0 | 1,524 | 1 | 165 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,420 | 644 | 0 | 675 | 101 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 18,073 | 12,573 | 952 | 4,304 | 0 | 204 | 40 | |||||||
Social sciences | 5,482 | 1,213 | 0 | 3,982 | 0 | 251 | 36 | |||||||
Anthropology | 615 | 182 | 0 | 412 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |||||||
Economics | 909 | 0 | 0 | 738 | 0 | 171 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 727 | 0 | 0 | 719 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 710 | 78 | 0 | 592 | 0 | 26 | 14 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,521 | 953 | 0 | 1,521 | 0 | 34 | 13 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7,315 | 207 | 0 | 7,108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 14,048 | 5,043 | 909 | 7,724 | 242 | 83 | 47 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,055 | 1,077 | 0 | 928 | 29 | 20 | 1 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 98 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 3,674 | 1,422 | 538 | 1,636 | 0 | 58 | 20 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,395 | 1,054 | 371 | 1,843 | 106 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,918 | 1,392 | 0 | 2,409 | 107 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 908 | 0 | 0 | 908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 26,545 | 3,567 | 227 | 22,137 | 4 | 494 | 116 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 6,600 | 339 | 0 | 6,261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1,452 | 145 | 0 | 1,219 | 0 | 85 | 3 | |||||||
Education | 6,064 | 2,349 | 11 | 3,281 | 3 | 377 | 43 | |||||||
Humanities | 6,244 | 48 | 168 | 6,008 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 2,314 | 682 | 0 | 1,623 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,704 | 0 | 0 | 1,704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,167 | 4 | 48 | 2,041 | 0 | 10 | 64 |
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 | 50,540 | 43,473 | 41,117 | 39,515 | 39,453 | 39,417 | 44,495 | 46,870 | 50,542 | 51,274 | ||||||||||
DOD | 4,743 | 4,150 | 3,318 | 3,925 | 4,858 | 4,234 | 3,792 | 3,493 | 5,814 | 6,611 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,180 | 1,148 | 1,500 | 1,033 | 1,210 | 1,210 | 1,060 | 887 | 1,032 | 1,049 | ||||||||||
HHS | 31,223 | 27,182 | 26,500 | 23,821 | 22,620 | 23,055 | 27,710 | 29,956 | 30,159 | 31,554 | ||||||||||
NASA | 1,126 | 804 | 760 | 822 | 1,194 | 1,623 | 1,523 | 1,614 | 1,469 | 1,215 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,123 | 7,803 | 7,132 | 8,035 | 7,837 | 7,383 | 8,392 | 8,069 | 9,325 | 8,534 | ||||||||||
USDA | 336 | 167 | 201 | 141 | 142 | 60 | 124 | 301 | 401 | 98 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,809 | 2,219 | 1,706 | 1,738 | 1,592 | 1,852 | 1,894 | 2,550 | 2,342 | 2,213 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,428 | 367 | 1,061 | . | |||
2018 | 1,385 | 350 | 1,035 | . | |||
2017 | 1,507 | 338 | 1,169 | . | |||
2016 | 1,464 | 334 | 1,130 | . |
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 | 484 | 240 | 302 | 276 | 243 |
Agricultural sciences | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 63 | 51 | 76 | 71 | 71 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Engineering | 47 | 45 | 32 | 12 | 12 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 32 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 9 |
Health sciences | 118 | 27 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | . |
Physical sciences | 38 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Psychology | 64 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Social sciences | 55 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Other | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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 | . | . | . | 25,248 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 5,112 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 20,136 | . |
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 | 5,813 | 1,050 | 6,060 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,834 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 2,940 | 1,050 | 6,060 | 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 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 789 | 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.