Sewanee: The U. South

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 | 712 | 78.5 | 909 | |||||||||
2020 | 673 | 73.8 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 675 | 74.2 | 913 | |||||||||
2018 | 719 | 79.2 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 705 | 78.8 | 897 | |||||||||
2016 | 695 | 77.8 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 479 | 84.2 | 570 | 624 | 69.8 | 897 | ||||||
2014 | 603 | 68.3 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 595 | 67.6 | 884 | |||||||||
2012 | 667 | 75 | 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

Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 622 | 828 | 800 | 544 | 556 | 701 | 1,115 | 1,218 | 1,241 | 927 | ||||||||||
Science | 477 | 568 | 664 | 397 | 493 | 586 | 906 | 1,058 | 1,112 | 847 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 232 | 235 | 187 | 57 | 33 | 99 | 205 | 99 | 137 | 115 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 97 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 205 | 99 | . | 115 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 86 | 194 | 213 | 191 | 314 | 180 | 238 | 252 | 487 | 202 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | 33 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 178 | 235 | 249 | . | 169 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 80 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 31 | 67 | 110 | 129 | 129 | 442 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 67 | 99 | 107 | . | 442 | ||||||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 11 | 22 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 22 | 25 | 71 | 13 | 41 | 119 | 292 | 511 | 342 | 27 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 121 | 57 | 61 | . | 57 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 19 | . | 29 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 | 28 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 28 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 119 | 57 | 14 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 57 | 92 | 151 | 125 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 145 | 260 | 136 | 147 | 63 | 115 | 209 | 160 | 129 | 80 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 85 | 209 | 160 | . | 80 | ||||||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 30 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
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 | 622 | 20 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 477 | 17 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 232 | 17 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 86 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 80 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 22 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 57 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 145 | 3 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | . | . | . | . | . | 61 | 75 | 117 | . | 427 | ||||||||||
DOD | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 16 | . | 53 | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | . | . | 59 | 72 | 95 | . | 374 | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 6 | . | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 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
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | . | . | . | . | |||
2018 | . | . | . | . | |||
2017 | . | . | . | . | |||
2016 | 58 | 6 | 52 | . | |||
2015 | 65 | 15 | 50 | 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 |
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All research space | . | . | . | 24 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 7 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 6 | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 8 | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | . | . | . | 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 |
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All research space | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Other | . | . | . | . | 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.