Seattle 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 | 387 | 56.4 | 691 | 582 | 64.4 | 909 | ||||||
2020 | 381 | 55 | 697 | 535 | 58.8 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 344 | 49.9 | 696 | 570 | 96.8 | 589 | 517 | 57 | 913 | |||
2018 | 363 | 52.4 | 698 | 501 | 55.5 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 371 | 54.6 | 684 | 572 | 99.5 | 575 | 562 | 63 | 897 | |||
2016 | 409 | 59 | 697 | 514 | 57.8 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 427 | 62 | 693 | 524 | 92 | 570 | 462 | 51.9 | 897 | |||
2014 | 417 | 61 | 688 | 471 | 53.5 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 386 | 69.8 | 555 | 415 | 47.4 | 884 | ||||||
2012 | 418 | 75.5 | 555 | 730 | 82 | 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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 168 | 167 | 210 | 192 | 173 | 146 | 129 | 131 | 136 | 107 |
Male | 63 | 66 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 52 | 43 | 28 | 34 | 31 |
Female | 105 | 101 | 133 | 114 | 96 | 94 | 86 | 103 | 102 | 76 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 115 | 126 | 124 | 128 | 120 | 113 | 96 | 112 | 113 | 93 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 100 | 103 | 83 | 75 | 96 | 84 | 66 | 83 | 91 | 71 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 17 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
Black or African American | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 69 | 74 | 54 | 48 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 63 | 63 | 57 |
More than one race | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 14 |
Temporary visa holders | 53 | 41 | 86 | 64 | 53 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 23 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 168 | 167 | 210 | 192 | 173 | 146 | 129 | 131 | 136 | 107 |
Science | 166 | 154 | 198 | 186 | 159 | 130 | 111 | 121 | 128 | 101 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 37 | 34 | 62 | 56 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 13 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 43 | 29 | 44 | 46 | 33 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 69 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 78 | 77 | 69 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 17 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 42 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 19 |
Engineering | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 164 | 152 | 139 | 148 | 132 | 233 | 235 | 244 | 237 | 249 |
Male | 63 | 50 | 60 | 66 | 55 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 86 | 100 |
Female | 101 | 102 | 79 | 82 | 77 | 162 | 166 | 169 | 151 | 149 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 140 | 120 | 129 | 135 | 126 | 230 | 231 | 238 | 231 | 241 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 114 | 91 | 82 | 88 | 87 | 175 | 185 | 190 | 185 | 187 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Asian | 18 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 30 |
Black or African American | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
White | 74 | 63 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 114 | 128 | 130 | 130 | 129 |
More than one race | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 12 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 18 | 36 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 34 |
Temporary visa holders | 24 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Science and engineering | 164 | 152 | 139 | 148 | 132 | 233 | 235 | 244 | 237 | 249 |
Science | 146 | 140 | 121 | 136 | 120 | 219 | 218 | 230 | 221 | 230 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 21 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 34 | 36 | 18 | 32 | 32 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 46 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 37 | 49 | 37 | 37 | 28 | 30 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 45 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 158 | 172 | 182 | 180 | 187 |
Engineering | 18 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 19 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Science | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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 |
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All types and sources of support | 168 | 167 | 210 | 192 | 173 | 146 | 129 | 131 | 136 | 107 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 168 | 167 | 210 | 192 | 173 | 143 | 129 | 131 | 136 | 107 |
Federal | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 35 | 29 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Personal resources | 130 | 136 | 172 | 169 | 155 | 133 | 119 | 125 | 130 | 92 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 1,562 | 2,060 | 2,223 | 2,535 | 1,623 | 2,050 | 2,847 | 2,692 | 3,909 | 642 | ||||||||||
Science | 447 | 768 | 845 | 1,032 | 785 | 832 | 1,213 | 886 | 2,672 | 593 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 21 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 54 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 209 | 41 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | . | 41 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 54 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 33 | 156 | 248 | 349 | 397 | 438 | 791 | 105 | 374 | 277 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 123 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 156 | 248 | 288 | 347 | 342 | 336 | 24 | . | 18 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 50 | 75 | 170 | 81 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 | . | 259 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 93 | 184 | 206 | 218 | 231 | 174 | 153 | 103 | 81 | 48 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 86 | 165 | 157 | 208 | 152 | 209 | 244 | 229 | 237 | 196 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 32 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2 | 86 | 84 | 63 | 32 | 19 | 32 | 0 | . | 10 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 84 | 79 | 73 | 139 | 117 | 190 | 212 | 229 | . | 154 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 384 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 176 | 200 | 162 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 59 | . | 1 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | . | 1 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 176 | 200 | 141 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 1,387 | 28 | ||||||||||
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 334 | . | ||||||||||
Engineering | 62 | 140 | 283 | 336 | 392 | 778 | 762 | 614 | 334 | 49 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 50 | 69 | 71 | 42 | 39 | 24 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 33 | 0 | . | 40 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 47 | 66 | 129 | 205 | 167 | 209 | 251 | 448 | . | 9 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 53 | 162 | 186 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 14 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 92 | 331 | 253 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,053 | 1,152 | 1,095 | 1,167 | 446 | 440 | 872 | 1,192 | 903 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 215 | 119 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 894 | 831 | 739 | 835 | 20 | 29 | 183 | 382 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 10 | 20 | 83 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 69 | 247 | 197 | 216 | 139 | 240 | 257 | 181 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 60 | 43 | 59 | 78 | 69 | 15 | 92 | 629 | . | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 1,562 | 1,102 | 54 | 129 | 0 | 270 | 7 | |||||||
Science | 447 | 252 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 147 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 54 | 54 | 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 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 33 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 93 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 86 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 84 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 176 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 139 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 176 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 139 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 62 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 47 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 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 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,053 | 840 | 53 | 63 | 0 | 90 | 7 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 894 | 840 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 7 | |||||||
Humanities | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 69 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 60 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 1,102 | 1,303 | 1,307 | 1,644 | 862 | 820 | 927 | 1,348 | . | 530 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 200 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 9 | ||||||||||
HHS | 65 | 81 | 96 | 118 | 141 | 95 | 70 | 54 | . | 77 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 11 | . | 11 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,023 | 1,212 | 1,193 | 1,515 | 707 | 700 | 810 | 657 | . | 204 | ||||||||||
USDA | 14 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | . | 1 | ||||||||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 593 | . | 28 |
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 | 135 | 60 | 75 | . | |||
2018 | 144 | 64 | 80 | . | |||
2017 | 128 | 57 | 71 | . | |||
2016 | 317 | 81 | 236 | . | |||
2015 | 171 | 64 | 107 | 0 |
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 | 162 | 169 | 164 | 174 | 104 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 44 | 47 | 44 | 50 | 29 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 58 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 39 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Health sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 22 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 19 |
Psychology | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
Social sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 83,000 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 83,000 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 63,000 | 0 | 14,061 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 9,099 | 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 | 63,000 | 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 | 4,962 | 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.