South Dakota State U.
Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2022 | 216 | 53.3 | 457 | 255 | 63 | 680 | 198 | 78.1 | 890 | |||
2021 | 198 | 56.3 | 447 | 251 | 64.1 | 691 | 110 | 81.5 | 583 | 201 | 78.2 | 907 |
2020 | 184 | 59.6 | 450 | 253 | 64.2 | 697 | 189 | 79.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 223 | 50.7 | 447 | 238 | 66.2 | 696 | 148 | 75.2 | 589 | 182 | 80.4 | 913 |
2018 | 208 | 52 | 428 | 221 | 68.8 | 698 | 179 | 80.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 202 | 53.1 | 425 | 220 | 68.3 | 684 | 156 | 73.3 | 575 | 178 | 80.4 | 897 |
2016 | 221 | 49.2 | 430 | 184 | 74 | 697 | 181 | 80.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 194 | 55 | 426 | 185 | 73.7 | 693 | 166 | 71.3 | 570 | 178 | 80.4 | 897 |
2014 | 211 | 50.6 | 422 | 185 | 73.5 | 688 | 183 | 79.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 207 | 51 | 417 | 184 | 67.3 | 555 | 165 | 72.3 | 588 | 177 | 80.3 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 48 | 58 | 66 | 40 | 52 | 54 | 46 | 64 | 47 | 45 |
Science and engineering | 46 | 54 | 66 | 40 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 63 | 47 | 44 |
Science | 40 | 44 | 56 | 34 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
Life science | 31 | 30 | 44 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 26 | 46 | 33 | 31 |
Agricultural sciences | 9 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 7 |
Biological sciences | 17 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Health sciences | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Chemistry | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | . | . | 2 | 4 | . |
Mathematics | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | . | . | 2 | 4 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Anthropology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . |
Engineering | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Civil engineering | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Education | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | 1 |
Other | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 441 | 417 | 380 | 422 | 489 | 479 | 709 | 708 | 717 | 669 |
Male | 226 | 235 | 212 | 248 | 305 | 301 | 449 | 466 | 480 | 429 |
Female | 215 | 182 | 168 | 174 | 184 | 178 | 260 | 242 | 237 | 240 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 200 | 203 | 183 | 193 | 212 | 203 | 279 | 310 | 359 | 376 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 195 | 197 | 177 | 182 | 197 | 192 | 274 | 304 | 345 | 367 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Asian | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
Black or African American | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
White | 172 | 172 | 156 | 161 | 171 | 164 | 259 | 286 | 313 | 325 |
More than one race | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 241 | 214 | 197 | 229 | 277 | 276 | 430 | 398 | 358 | 293 |
Science and engineering | 430 | 410 | 373 | 413 | 474 | 479 | 672 | 676 | 687 | 640 |
Science | 338 | 326 | 301 | 333 | 392 | 376 | 501 | 542 | 531 | 474 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 98 | 105 | 84 | 87 | 106 | 84 | 179 | 201 | 193 | 172 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 54 | 58 | 66 | 81 | 89 | 92 | 112 | 102 | 74 | 102 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 5 | 34 | 23 |
Computer and information sciences | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 39 | 25 | 55 | 36 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 45 | 46 | 47 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 70 | 49 | 60 | 48 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 22 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 27 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 27 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 53 | 45 | 27 | 39 | 43 | 38 | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 16 | 16 | 18 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 51 | 49 | 68 | 51 |
Social sciences | 32 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 32 | 48 | 47 | 56 | 52 |
Engineering | 92 | 84 | 72 | 80 | 82 | 103 | 171 | 134 | 156 | 166 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 29 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 30 | 46 | 39 | 46 | 44 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 67 | 51 | 41 | 65 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 23 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 38 | 44 | 40 | 22 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 20 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 24 |
Health | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 37 | 32 | 30 | 29 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | . | . |
Other health | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 29 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 228 | 244 | 253 | 246 | 287 | 356 | 217 | 189 | 203 | 208 |
Male | 119 | 119 | 125 | 132 | 149 | 196 | 94 | 78 | 93 | 99 |
Female | 109 | 125 | 128 | 114 | 138 | 160 | 123 | 111 | 110 | 109 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 165 | 167 | 168 | 160 | 186 | 216 | 179 | 165 | 165 | 184 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 156 | 155 | 150 | 152 | 183 | 205 | 178 | 164 | 162 | 177 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Asian | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
Black or African American | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 138 | 136 | 126 | 126 | 152 | 176 | 148 | 145 | 143 | 156 |
More than one race | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 63 | 77 | 85 | 86 | 101 | 140 | 38 | 24 | 38 | 24 |
Science and engineering | 209 | 209 | 218 | 224 | 271 | 327 | 170 | 163 | 169 | 176 |
Science | 177 | 171 | 175 | 177 | 214 | 264 | 149 | 156 | 153 | 151 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 48 | 33 | 42 | 45 | 34 | 46 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 24 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 42 | 49 | 11 | 18 |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 5 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 22 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 23 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 44 | 38 | 36 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 0 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 19 | 27 | 32 | 38 | 36 | 48 | 40 | 50 | 69 | 71 |
Engineering | 32 | 38 | 43 | 47 | 57 | 63 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 25 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 8 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 17 |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | 19 | 35 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 26 | 34 | 32 |
Clinical medicine | 18 | 22 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 32 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 106 | 96 | 102 | 105 | 104 | 82 | 142 | 114 | 168 | 203 |
Science and engineering | 105 | 94 | 100 | 103 | 103 | 82 | 135 | 109 | 168 | 199 |
Science | 79 | 69 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 67 | 107 | 88 | 134 | 131 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 27 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 67 | 36 | 85 | 71 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 32 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 14 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 19 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 16 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 |
Psychology | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 26 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 21 | 34 | 68 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 7 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 33 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 16 |
Health | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 441 | 417 | 380 | 422 | 489 | 479 | 709 | 708 | 717 | 669 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 29 | 31 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 13 |
Research assistantships | 225 | 203 | 185 | 193 | 215 | 211 | 319 | 316 | 335 | 344 |
Federal | 106 | 93 | 100 | 105 | 104 | 82 | 136 | 104 | 153 | 195 |
Institutional | 93 | 77 | 58 | 62 | 80 | 98 | 139 | 163 | 125 | 107 |
Nonfederal | 26 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 42 |
Teaching assistantships | 117 | 118 | 116 | 136 | 142 | 144 | 175 | 179 | 154 | 157 |
Federal | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 117 | 115 | 112 | 136 | 141 | 144 | 175 | 177 | 154 | 156 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Other types of support | 99 | 96 | 79 | 93 | 132 | 124 | 174 | 173 | 199 | 137 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Institutional | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
Personal resources | 90 | 91 | 75 | 91 | 126 | 119 | 146 | 161 | 182 | 129 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 19 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 25 |
Science | 16 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 20 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Health | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 13 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 18 |
Science and engineering | 13 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
Science | 10 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Health | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 59,590 | 51,542 | 60,939 | 66,794 | 63,465 | 63,412 | 60,677 | 58,373 | 58,334 | 63,843 | ||||||||||
Science | 50,087 | 43,992 | 55,110 | 60,946 | 57,896 | 57,521 | 54,095 | 53,436 | 51,072 | 55,173 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 44 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 494 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 953 | 801 | 904 | 1,933 | 3,991 | 5,600 | 5,879 | 6,130 | 4,585 | 4,788 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 721 | 604 | 904 | 1,933 | 3,991 | 5,600 | 5,879 | 6,130 | 4,585 | 4,788 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 44,606 | 38,411 | 49,659 | 53,751 | 49,014 | 46,219 | 42,500 | 39,926 | 40,341 | 42,533 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 35,767 | 30,114 | 38,028 | 35,585 | 32,940 | 26,018 | 21,629 | 29,108 | 28,546 | 28,619 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,167 | 2,785 | 3,689 | 3,648 | 3,683 | 3,063 | 3,274 | 2,864 | 2,950 | 3,288 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 2,977 | 2,361 | 2,684 | 4,896 | 4,642 | 5,295 | 5,556 | 2,681 | 1,682 | 4,018 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2,643 | 2,353 | 3,414 | 4,070 | 3,109 | 4,643 | 5,604 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 52 | 798 | 1,844 | 5,552 | 4,640 | 7,200 | 6,437 | 5,273 | 7,163 | 6,608 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 657 | 433 | 401 | 488 | 391 | 421 | 435 | 254 | 146 | 362 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,610 | 1,943 | 1,974 | 2,951 | 2,964 | 3,922 | 3,602 | 2,898 | 2,824 | 3,542 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,562 | 1,857 | 1,941 | 2,898 | 2,960 | 3,911 | 3,593 | 2,820 | 2,824 | 3,542 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 48 | 86 | 33 | 53 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 426 | 600 | 192 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 459 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,791 | 1,772 | 1,967 | 1,600 | 1,536 | 1,359 | 1,678 | 3,734 | 3,176 | 3,489 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 947 | 829 | 1,053 | 906 | 822 | 655 | 1,031 | 1,148 | 1,062 | 976 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 236 | 370 | 326 | 227 | 260 | 249 | 158 | 899 | 621 | 255 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 593 | 573 | 588 | 465 | 454 | 455 | 483 | 1,687 | 1,493 | 2,193 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 8,977 | 7,161 | 5,490 | 5,516 | 5,391 | 5,807 | 6,487 | 3,997 | 7,127 | 8,578 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 876 | 843 | 769 | 877 | 875 | 839 | 554 | 1,052 | 714 | 676 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 741 | 648 | 885 | 884 | 533 | 704 | 780 | 1,336 | 1,350 | 1,540 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 849 | 603 | 319 | 375 | 255 | 335 | 261 | 275 | 572 | 997 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 6,511 | 5,067 | 3,517 | 3,380 | 3,728 | 3,929 | 4,892 | 1,334 | 4,491 | 5,365 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 526 | 389 | 339 | 332 | 178 | 84 | 95 | 940 | 135 | 92 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 101 | 158 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 37 | 36 | 98 | 104 | 89 | ||||||||||
Education | 41 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 87 | 27 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 383 | 212 | 266 | 241 | 70 | 16 | 25 | 703 | 31 | 3 |
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 | 59,590 | 22,991 | 16,267 | 4,841 | 1,278 | 2,537 | 11,676 | |||||||
Science | 50,087 | 18,017 | 14,591 | 3,826 | 1,223 | 2,176 | 10,254 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 953 | 721 | 155 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 721 | 721 | 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 | 232 | 0 | 155 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Life sciences | 44,606 | 14,272 | 13,412 | 3,417 | 1,176 | 2,097 | 10,232 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 35,767 | 8,851 | 11,626 | 2,145 | 1,176 | 1,973 | 9,996 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,167 | 2,030 | 977 | 119 | 0 | 23 | 18 | |||||||
Health sciences | 2,977 | 1,842 | 190 | 734 | 0 | 56 | 155 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2,643 | 1,549 | 619 | 407 | 0 | 5 | 63 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 52 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 657 | 593 | 0 | 17 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,610 | 1,312 | 117 | 134 | 0 | 35 | 12 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,562 | 1,267 | 117 | 131 | 0 | 35 | 12 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 48 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 426 | 348 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,791 | 771 | 907 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 947 | 395 | 469 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 236 | 234 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 593 | 142 | 438 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 8,977 | 4,783 | 1,509 | 910 | 55 | 299 | 1,421 | |||||||
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 | 876 | 539 | 17 | 303 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 741 | 597 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 849 | 675 | 8 | 132 | 32 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 6,511 | 2,972 | 1,416 | 420 | 0 | 297 | 1,406 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 526 | 191 | 167 | 105 | 0 | 62 | 1 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 101 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 383 | 122 | 167 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 22,991 | 18,607 | 22,531 | 29,683 | 27,129 | 28,003 | 29,633 | 28,670 | 29,524 | 33,231 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,293 | 1,039 | 435 | 267 | 485 | 219 | 201 | 351 | 826 | 2,926 | ||||||||||
DOE | 460 | 628 | 234 | 137 | 22 | 950 | 2,341 | 2,523 | 3,625 | 4,938 | ||||||||||
HHS | 4,562 | 3,845 | 3,551 | 3,309 | 3,194 | 2,907 | 2,098 | 1,946 | 1,188 | 2,253 | ||||||||||
NASA | 735 | 626 | 1,029 | 1,427 | 2,762 | 3,653 | 3,713 | 3,686 | 3,325 | 3,073 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,367 | 2,142 | 2,635 | 5,973 | 5,618 | 6,422 | 7,576 | 6,540 | 7,404 | 6,678 | ||||||||||
USDA | 9,268 | 7,540 | 11,354 | 14,709 | 11,127 | 9,289 | 9,031 | 8,572 | 7,949 | 8,876 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,306 | 2,787 | 3,293 | 3,861 | 3,921 | 4,563 | 4,673 | 5,052 | 5,207 | 4,487 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,436 | 249 | 1,187 | . | |||
2018 | 1,535 | 269 | 1,266 | . | |||
2017 | 1,577 | 240 | 1,337 | . | |||
2016 | 1,633 | 227 | 1,406 | . |
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 | 655 | 411 | 362 | 325 | 324 |
Agricultural sciences | 489 | 224 | 175 | 158 | 160 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 46 | 66 | 66 | 52 | 52 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 45 | 32 | 32 | 43 | 41 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Health sciences | 12 | 48 | 48 | 38 | 36 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 27 | 7 | 6 | 6 | . |
Physical sciences | 24 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 |
Psychology | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 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 | 18,000 | 31,359 | . | 18,589 | 57,500 |
Agricultural sciences | 18,000 | 31,359 | . | 18,589 | 57,500 |
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 | 3,114 | 1,450 | 6,189 | 1,789 | 1,100 |
Agricultural sciences | 1,569 | 265 | 6,189 | 0 | 1,100 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 280 | 642 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 277 | 0 | 772 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 265 | 0 | 0 | 1,017 | 0 |
Psychology | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 500 | 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.