South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

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 | 301 | 67.4 | 448 | 338 | 49.4 | 691 | 365 | 62.9 | 583 | 305 | 34.2 | 909 |
2020 | 318 | 70.9 | 450 | 372 | 53.8 | 697 | 304 | 33.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 318 | 71.4 | 447 | 366 | 53 | 696 | 357 | 60.9 | 589 | 312 | 34.8 | 913 |
2018 | 302 | 70.8 | 428 | 358 | 51.7 | 698 | 298 | 33.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 303 | 71.5 | 425 | 361 | 53.2 | 684 | 350 | 61.2 | 575 | 297 | 33.7 | 897 |
2016 | 329 | 76.7 | 430 | 381 | 55 | 697 | 298 | 33.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 347 | 81.6 | 426 | 397 | 57.6 | 693 | 339 | 59.8 | 570 | 289 | 32.8 | 897 |
2014 | 293 | 69.7 | 422 | 370 | 54.2 | 688 | 309 | 35.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 344 | 82.6 | 417 | 361 | 65.3 | 555 | 290 | 49.7 | 588 | 306 | 35.2 | 884 |
2012 | 341 | 82.9 | 412 | 366 | 66.2 | 555 | 275 | 31.4 | 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 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 7 |
Science | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Life science | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Chemistry | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | . | 2 |
Civil engineering | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other engineering | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | . | 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 | 237 | 177 | 188 | 196 | 189 | 189 | 168 | 192 | 172 | 168 |
Male | 173 | 131 | 141 | 145 | 115 | 135 | 111 | 137 | 133 | 127 |
Female | 64 | 46 | 47 | 51 | 74 | 54 | 57 | 55 | 39 | 41 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 168 | 95 | 103 | 120 | 133 | 119 | 130 | 125 | 106 | 104 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 160 | 93 | 101 | 115 | 120 | 116 | 116 | 120 | 103 | 100 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Black or African American | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 148 | 83 | 91 | 104 | 107 | 102 | 100 | 114 | 99 | 97 |
More than one race | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 69 | 82 | 85 | 76 | 56 | 70 | 38 | 67 | 66 | 64 |
Science and engineering | 237 | 177 | 188 | 196 | 189 | 189 | 168 | 192 | 172 | 168 |
Science | 46 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 67 | 51 | 77 | 70 | 59 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 43 | 40 | 42 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 9 | 10 | 14 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 22 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 191 | 125 | 136 | 144 | 143 | 122 | 117 | 115 | 102 | 109 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 27 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 27 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 58 | 25 | 28 | 45 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 16 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 25 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 48 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 37 |
Other engineering | 13 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 21 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 84 | 112 | 108 | 105 | 100 | 100 | 130 | 75 | 65 | 62 |
Male | 72 | 89 | 85 | 84 | 63 | 75 | 99 | 58 | 47 | 49 |
Female | 12 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 13 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 66 | 95 | 92 | 94 | 86 | 80 | 107 | 62 | 53 | 56 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 90 | 87 | 89 | 67 | 73 | 105 | 61 | 50 | 55 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 58 | 78 | 75 | 69 | 54 | 68 | 97 | 57 | 46 | 53 |
More than one race | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 18 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 84 | 112 | 108 | 105 | 100 | 100 | 130 | 75 | 65 | 62 |
Science | 16 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 33 | 48 | 29 | 30 | 27 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 37 | 28 | 26 | 26 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 68 | 84 | 80 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 82 | 46 | 35 | 35 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 22 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 38 | 38 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 14 |
Other engineering | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 61 | 59 | 42 | 32 | 48 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 61 | 59 | 42 | 32 | 48 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 38 | 46 | 29 | 21 | 37 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 237 | 177 | 188 | 196 | 189 | 189 | 168 | 192 | 172 | 168 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 105 | 83 | 84 | 2 | 84 | 113 | 128 | 95 | 92 | 86 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 60 | 58 | 42 | 32 | 47 |
Institutional | 105 | 83 | 84 | 0 | 40 | 44 | 56 | 44 | 56 | 30 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
Teaching assistantships | 34 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 42 | 38 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 34 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 37 | 29 | 35 | 44 | 42 | 37 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 98 | 74 | 83 | 178 | 59 | 44 | 4 | 53 | 38 | 43 |
Federal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 96 | 64 | 73 | 151 | 43 | 44 | 4 | 53 | 38 | 43 |
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 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Science | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 15,746 | 14,490 | 12,973 | 15,092 | 15,541 | 15,396 | 14,970 | 10,524 | 12,156 | 19,140 | ||||||||||
Science | 2,088 | 1,813 | 1,747 | 1,981 | 1,969 | 2,479 | 2,576 | 1,406 | 1,351 | 1,399 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 48 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 463 | 535 | 679 | 443 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 463 | 535 | 679 | 443 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 216 | 339 | 141 | 133 | 93 | 108 | 69 | 0 | 24 | 23 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,824 | 1,425 | 1,602 | 1,848 | 1,876 | 2,371 | 2,044 | 871 | 648 | 927 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 681 | 732 | 504 | 685 | 935 | 1,450 | 1,080 | 778 | 456 | 766 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,143 | 693 | 1,098 | 1,163 | 941 | 921 | 964 | 93 | 192 | 161 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 13,658 | 12,677 | 11,226 | 13,111 | 13,572 | 12,917 | 12,394 | 9,066 | 10,805 | 17,592 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 6,154 | 4,817 | 3,377 | 4,001 | 2,706 | 2,803 | 1,539 | 501 | 1,493 | 1,845 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,193 | 1,211 | 1,401 | 1,500 | 1,755 | 1,023 | 971 | 408 | 414 | 545 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 674 | 663 | 569 | 912 | 976 | 494 | 391 | 238 | 577 | 421 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 10 | 24 | 82 | 57 | 1 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 396 | 522 | 349 | 585 | 2,258 | 1,784 | 294 | 260 | 407 | 647 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2,331 | 2,256 | 1,939 | 1,926 | 2,051 | 2,436 | 4,224 | 3,571 | 3,532 | 8,554 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,993 | 3,184 | 3,509 | 4,130 | 3,825 | 4,126 | 4,975 | 4,088 | 4,382 | 5,580 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 149 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 149 |
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 | 15,746 | 11,587 | 1,345 | 1,944 | 569 | 76 | 225 | |||||||
Science | 2,088 | 1,753 | 21 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 48 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 216 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,824 | 1,504 | 21 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 681 | 639 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,143 | 865 | 0 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 13,658 | 9,834 | 1,324 | 1,666 | 569 | 76 | 189 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 907 | 261 | 353 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 152 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 6,154 | 4,680 | 651 | 360 | 431 | 0 | 32 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,193 | 888 | 64 | 179 | 1 | 61 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 674 | 517 | 49 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 396 | 248 | 36 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2,331 | 2,156 | 35 | 66 | 70 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,993 | 1,079 | 136 | 700 | 67 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 11,587 | 10,659 | 9,283 | 10,240 | 10,639 | 10,370 | 9,286 | 7,078 | 7,853 | 14,480 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,202 | 2,319 | 1,912 | 2,868 | 4,413 | 4,157 | 3,505 | 1,684 | 1,968 | 3,895 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,764 | 1,802 | 1,533 | 1,324 | 1,032 | 1,014 | 537 | 377 | 827 | 3,836 | ||||||||||
HHS | 345 | 331 | 184 | 242 | 194 | 254 | 152 | 2 | 22 | 4 | ||||||||||
NASA | 959 | 964 | 1,514 | 1,934 | 1,775 | 1,713 | 1,688 | 1,915 | 1,739 | 1,926 | ||||||||||
NSF | 5,514 | 4,404 | 3,815 | 3,435 | 2,695 | 2,895 | 3,160 | 2,817 | 2,863 | 4,146 | ||||||||||
USDA | 204 | 229 | 166 | 95 | 58 | 8 | 42 | 130 | 210 | 250 | ||||||||||
Other | 599 | 610 | 159 | 342 | 472 | 329 | 202 | 153 | 224 | 423 |
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 | 362 | 85 | 277 | . | |||
2018 | 403 | 95 | 308 | . | |||
2017 | 420 | 85 | 335 | . | |||
2016 | 411 | 86 | 325 | . | |||
2015 | 203 | 81 | 122 | 17 |
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 | 83 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 117 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 85 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 18 |
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.
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 | 10,050 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 7,035 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,015 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 600 | 0 | 300 | 1,260 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 580 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 600 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 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.