Santa Clara 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 | 372 | 83.2 | 448 | 195 | 28.8 | 691 | 278 | 48.1 | 583 | 478 | 53 | 909 |
2020 | 404 | 89.9 | 450 | 201 | 29.4 | 697 | 491 | 54.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 368 | 82.5 | 447 | 167 | 24.6 | 696 | 274 | 47 | 589 | 512 | 56.5 | 913 |
2018 | 370 | 86.6 | 428 | 166 | 24.4 | 698 | 516 | 57.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 358 | 84.4 | 425 | 172 | 25.8 | 684 | 272 | 47.7 | 575 | 508 | 57 | 897 |
2016 | 186 | 27.3 | 697 | 513 | 57.7 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 411 | 96.5 | 426 | 232 | 34 | 693 | 274 | 48.5 | 570 | 549 | 61.6 | 897 |
2014 | 361 | 85.7 | 422 | 230 | 34 | 688 | 459 | 52.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 391 | 93.8 | 417 | 230 | 41.9 | 555 | 384 | 65.6 | 588 | 500 | 57 | 884 |
2012 | 354 | 86 | 412 | 271 | 49.2 | 555 | 446 | 50.4 | 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 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | . | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | . | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Science | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | . | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 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 | 658 | 569 | 782 | 799 | 707 | 706 | 468 | 463 | 469 | 348 |
Male | 302 | 245 | 361 | 377 | 329 | 317 | 261 | 258 | 206 | 178 |
Female | 356 | 324 | 421 | 422 | 378 | 389 | 207 | 205 | 263 | 170 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 312 | 308 | 296 | 293 | 242 | 267 | 108 | 110 | 218 | 205 |
Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 83 | 50 | 48 | 55 | 67 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 23 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 224 | 222 | 229 | 228 | 171 | 189 | 85 | 85 | 160 | 146 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 90 | 86 | 82 | 83 | 58 | 66 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 57 |
Black or African American | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 105 | 96 | 100 | 99 | 89 | 105 | 38 | 39 | 109 | 81 |
More than one race | 17 | 30 | 38 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 36 |
Temporary visa holders | 346 | 261 | 486 | 506 | 465 | 439 | 360 | 353 | 251 | 143 |
Science and engineering | 658 | 569 | 782 | 799 | 707 | 706 | 468 | 463 | 469 | 348 |
Science | 276 | 252 | 289 | 280 | 250 | 296 | 5 | 4 | 152 | 99 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 33 | 30 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 127 | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 243 | 222 | 189 | 181 | 151 | 168 | . | . | 149 | 96 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 382 | 317 | 493 | 519 | 457 | 410 | 463 | 459 | 317 | 249 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 13 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 17 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 354 | 275 | 438 | 462 | 396 | 341 | 407 | 399 | 275 | 188 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 22 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 38 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 40 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 392 | 366 | 398 | 393 | 453 | 444 | 319 | 329 | 423 | 409 |
Male | 168 | 167 | 174 | 177 | 209 | 200 | 243 | 254 | 228 | 209 |
Female | 224 | 199 | 224 | 216 | 244 | 244 | 76 | 75 | 195 | 200 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 281 | 275 | 314 | 306 | 361 | 338 | 267 | 276 | 380 | 346 |
Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 40 | 54 | 52 | 59 | 48 | 22 | 24 | 42 | 28 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 205 | 215 | 243 | 238 | 282 | 266 | 220 | 225 | 278 | 263 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 75 | 66 | 80 | 79 | 105 | 100 | 130 | 130 | 113 | 90 |
Black or African American | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 103 | 119 | 133 | 130 | 154 | 141 | 81 | 85 | 152 | 164 |
More than one race | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 13 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 60 | 55 |
Temporary visa holders | 111 | 91 | 84 | 87 | 92 | 106 | 52 | 53 | 43 | 63 |
Science and engineering | 392 | 366 | 398 | 393 | 453 | 444 | 319 | 329 | 423 | 409 |
Science | 214 | 196 | 197 | 188 | 216 | 204 | 7 | 5 | 174 | 183 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 46 | 43 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 36 | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 168 | 150 | 155 | 146 | 177 | 163 | . | . | 170 | 168 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 178 | 170 | 201 | 205 | 237 | 240 | 312 | 324 | 249 | 226 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 126 | 118 | 146 | 151 | 173 | 176 | 213 | 213 | 167 | 169 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 45 | 42 | 38 | 38 | 49 | 48 | 70 | 77 | 69 | 53 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 12 | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 22 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 22 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 658 | 569 | 782 | 799 | 707 | 706 | 468 | 463 | 469 | 348 |
Fellowships | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Research assistantships | 39 | 35 | 52 | 55 | 48 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
Federal | 22 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
Institutional | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 18 |
Teaching assistantships | 39 | 39 | 56 | 59 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 39 | 38 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other types of support | 579 | 494 | 668 | 679 | 598 | 637 | 406 | 399 | 419 | 310 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 572 | 484 | 655 | 666 | 586 | 621 | 401 | 395 | 386 | 289 |
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 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Science | 1 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 4 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 3,142 | 2,682 | 2,319 | 2,299 | 2,145 | 2,056 | 1,659 | 2,883 | 2,376 | 3,329 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,202 | 1,621 | 1,344 | 1,647 | 1,368 | 1,318 | 878 | 1,429 | 1,195 | 1,819 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 107 | 45 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 76 | 85 | 73 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 76 | 85 | 73 | ||||||||||
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 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 545 | 879 | 667 | 492 | 593 | 588 | 402 | 840 | 561 | 654 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 219 | 154 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 386 | 576 | 252 | 128 | 204 | 306 | 293 | 840 | 561 | 486 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4 | 3 | 6 | 142 | 159 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 155 | 300 | 190 | 68 | 127 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 39 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 516 | 487 | 423 | 792 | 438 | 397 | 209 | 491 | 536 | 1,062 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 368 | 342 | 337 | 289 | 242 | 116 | 81 | 241 | 246 | 875 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 148 | 145 | 86 | 503 | 196 | 281 | 128 | 250 | 290 | 187 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 78 | 79 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 102 | 116 | 135 | 176 | 205 | 143 | 139 | 12 | 13 | 28 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 7 | 25 | 39 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 35 | 76 | 129 | 71 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 75 | 56 | 20 | 39 | 106 | 142 | 113 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 31 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,588 | 948 | 876 | 535 | 658 | 720 | 776 | 1,343 | 1,006 | 1,263 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 245 | 185 | 260 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 462 | 139 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 33 | 62 | 33 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 26 | 105 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 284 | 5 | 169 | 137 | 93 | 192 | 78 | 150 | 306 | 269 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 757 | 771 | 618 | 365 | 494 | 479 | 311 | 602 | 211 | 199 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 313 | 278 | 363 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 352 | 113 | 99 | 117 | 119 | 18 | 5 | 111 | 175 | 247 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 107 | 35 | 91 | 72 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | ||||||||||
Education | 16 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 40 | ||||||||||
Law | 114 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 51 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 78 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 78 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 3,142 | 1,930 | 118 | 0 | 558 | 536 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 1,202 | 942 | 118 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 545 | 410 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 386 | 356 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 155 | 50 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 516 | 454 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 368 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 148 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 102 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 75 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 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 | 1,588 | 814 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 233 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 462 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 148 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 284 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 757 | 697 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 352 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 165 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 107 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 78 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 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 | 1,930 | 1,522 | 1,333 | 1,592 | 1,468 | 1,634 | 1,226 | 2,039 | 1,668 | 2,074 | ||||||||||
DOD | 234 | 52 | 80 | 113 | 86 | 146 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 90 | 61 | ||||||||||
HHS | 625 | 541 | 414 | 315 | 374 | 307 | 168 | 90 | 229 | 308 | ||||||||||
NASA | 216 | 77 | 2 | 74 | 67 | 113 | 233 | 372 | 125 | 149 | ||||||||||
NSF | 791 | 808 | 809 | 1,004 | 822 | 963 | 532 | 1,287 | 1,044 | 1,234 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 80 | 78 | 57 | 57 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 64 | 41 | 3 | 52 | 87 | 25 | 133 | 152 | 123 | 252 |
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 | 212 | 49 | 163 | i | . | ||
2018 | 214 | 51 | 163 | i | . | ||
2017 | 205 | 42 | 163 | i | . | ||
2016 | 121 | 42 | i | 79 | i | . | |
2015 | 103 | 42 | i | 61 | i | 2 | i |
i=imputed
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 134 | 135 | 134 | 134 | 53 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 11 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 65 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 19 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | . |
Physical sciences | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 10 |
Psychology | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Social sciences | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
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.
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 | 0 | 23,360 | 500 | 3,000 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 23,360 | 250 | 3,000 |
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.