Southern Methodist 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 | 164 | 37.1 | 448 | 208 | 30.7 | 691 | 248 | 43 | 583 | 221 | 25 | 909 |
2020 | 171 | 38.5 | 450 | 177 | 26 | 697 | 215 | 24.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 196 | 44.3 | 447 | 193 | 28.4 | 696 | 258 | 44.3 | 589 | 215 | 24.2 | 913 |
2018 | 182 | 43 | 428 | 171 | 25.2 | 698 | 235 | 26.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 175 | 41.6 | 425 | 174 | 26.1 | 684 | 257 | 45.2 | 575 | 232 | 26.5 | 897 |
2016 | 182 | 42.8 | 430 | 193 | 28.3 | 697 | 228 | 26.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 182 | 43.2 | 426 | 190 | 28 | 693 | 264 | 46.8 | 570 | 229 | 26.2 | 897 |
2014 | 188 | 45 | 422 | 199 | 29.5 | 688 | 221 | 25.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 195 | 47.2 | 417 | 214 | 39.1 | 555 | 262 | 45 | 588 | 254 | 29.4 | 884 |
2012 | 189 | 46.3 | 412 | 220 | 40.1 | 555 | 253 | 29 | 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 | 84 | 80 | 59 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 61 | 51 | 57 |
Science and engineering | 61 | 67 | 44 | 57 | 57 | 50 | 60 | 47 | 41 | 42 |
Science | 41 | 41 | 29 | 36 | 44 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 29 |
Life science | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | . | 3 | 1 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Chemistry | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 13 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Mathematics | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 10 |
Psychology | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Anthropology | 2 | 2 | 7 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Economics | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Engineering | 20 | 26 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 23 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
Education | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Education research | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Other education | 5 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
History | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 |
Letters | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Other | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 572 | 671 | 631 | 725 | 701 | 673 | 685 | 639 | 533 | 497 |
Male | 353 | 429 | 420 | 473 | 447 | 437 | 433 | 410 | 338 | 305 |
Female | 219 | 242 | 211 | 252 | 254 | 236 | 252 | 229 | 195 | 192 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 315 | 345 | 249 | 257 | 222 | 215 | 223 | 205 | 208 | 201 |
Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 52 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 17 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 269 | 290 | 218 | 226 | 196 | 196 | 202 | 189 | 196 | 183 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 37 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 7 |
Black or African American | 13 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 206 | 230 | 176 | 172 | 153 | 157 | 165 | 155 | 165 | 161 |
More than one race | 12 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 257 | 326 | 382 | 468 | 479 | 458 | 462 | 434 | 325 | 296 |
Science and engineering | 572 | 671 | 631 | 725 | 701 | 673 | 685 | 639 | 533 | 497 |
Science | 411 | 497 | 426 | 469 | 414 | 374 | 401 | 373 | 335 | 327 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 35 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 51 | 102 | 94 | 118 | 113 | 67 | 63 | 59 | 53 | 41 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 26 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 21 | 21 |
Mathematics and statistics | 130 | 161 | 131 | 137 | 85 | 90 | 102 | 85 | 75 | 76 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 11 | 14 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 31 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 28 |
Physical sciences | 53 | 63 | 47 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 36 | 32 |
Social sciences | 74 | 78 | 71 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 104 | 105 | 111 | 116 |
Engineering | 161 | 174 | 205 | 256 | 287 | 299 | 284 | 266 | 198 | 170 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 30 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 42 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 20 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 66 | 72 | 80 | 109 | 136 | 157 | 161 | 153 | 104 | 88 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 22 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 26 |
Mechanical engineering | 27 | 29 | 36 | 50 | 68 | 61 | 43 | 45 | 40 | 35 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 16 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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 | 710 | 755 | 778 | 609 | 284 | 527 | 392 | 355 | 408 | 463 |
Male | 515 | 538 | 557 | 465 | 218 | 414 | 306 | 277 | 320 | 361 |
Female | 195 | 217 | 221 | 144 | 66 | 113 | 86 | 78 | 88 | 102 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 652 | 695 | 698 | 523 | 244 | 448 | 337 | 315 | 374 | 433 |
Hispanic or Latino | 103 | 116 | 120 | 89 | 39 | 55 | 41 | 37 | 54 | 46 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 529 | 554 | 569 | 429 | 203 | 381 | 291 | 276 | 311 | 384 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 90 | 112 | 110 | 100 | 33 | 62 | 43 | 38 | 38 | 49 |
Black or African American | 70 | 60 | 74 | 46 | 25 | 36 | 22 | 27 | 37 | 49 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
White | 344 | 356 | 364 | 271 | 137 | 265 | 207 | 196 | 224 | 276 |
More than one race | 22 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 20 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 58 | 60 | 80 | 86 | 40 | 79 | 55 | 40 | 34 | 30 |
Science and engineering | 710 | 755 | 778 | 609 | 284 | 527 | 392 | 355 | 408 | 463 |
Science | 364 | 365 | 401 | 384 | 38 | 290 | 125 | 53 | 58 | 59 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 291 | 282 | 323 | 347 | 18 | 260 | 101 | 27 | 30 | 29 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 34 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 20 | 12 | 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 10 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 20 |
Engineering | 346 | 390 | 377 | 225 | 246 | 237 | 267 | 302 | 350 | 404 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 11 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 83 | 89 | 90 | 80 | 99 | 82 | 94 | 101 | 117 | 139 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 216 | 250 | 224 | 111 | 110 | 112 | 122 | 159 | 198 | 226 |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 20 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 26 | 30 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
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 | 93 | 88 | 88 | 73 | 53 | 55 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 56 |
Science and engineering | 93 | 88 | 88 | 73 | 53 | 55 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 56 |
Science | 58 | 60 | 52 | 42 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 34 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Engineering | 35 | 28 | 36 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 27 | 22 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 22 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 572 | 671 | 631 | 725 | 701 | 673 | 685 | 639 | 533 | 497 |
Fellowships | 31 | 28 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Federal | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Institutional | 23 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Research assistantships | 150 | 136 | 139 | 117 | 118 | 113 | 89 | 99 | 104 | 97 |
Federal | 79 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 46 | 50 | 41 | 50 | 61 | 54 |
Institutional | 52 | 40 | 50 | 34 | 49 | 42 | 37 | 38 | 24 | 28 |
Nonfederal | 19 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 15 |
Teaching assistantships | 144 | 142 | 146 | 162 | 185 | 179 | 163 | 186 | 177 | 160 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 140 | 114 | 125 | 128 | 154 | 167 | 160 | 185 | 173 | 160 |
Nonfederal | 4 | 28 | 21 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Other types of support | 247 | 365 | 306 | 424 | 384 | 363 | 421 | 349 | 250 | 231 |
Federal | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 25 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
Personal resources | 216 | 313 | 287 | 421 | 357 | 351 | 415 | 341 | 237 | 206 |
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 | 46 | 35 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 18 |
Science | 39 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 21 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 7 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 31 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 12 |
Science and engineering | 31 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 12 |
Science | 29 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 41,960 | 43,081 | 42,562 | 31,140 | 29,879 | 31,819 | 29,282 | 32,401 | 22,544 | 24,397 | ||||||||||
Science | 16,026 | 17,084 | 18,296 | 14,670 | 14,954 | 17,310 | 16,128 | 19,816 | 12,947 | 14,733 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 205 | 683 | 1,412 | 597 | 760 | 1,578 | 1,100 | 959 | 1,244 | 1,396 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,367 | 6,100 | 6,954 | 5,941 | 6,620 | 7,393 | 6,915 | 11,432 | 4,522 | 5,327 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 5,367 | 6,100 | 6,954 | 5,941 | 6,620 | 7,393 | 6,915 | 11,432 | 4,522 | 5,327 | ||||||||||
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 | 2,221 | 2,144 | 1,533 | 1,305 | 1,094 | 1,883 | 1,716 | 1,273 | 1,213 | 1,144 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,978 | 2,144 | 1,533 | 1,305 | 1,094 | 1,883 | 1,716 | 1,273 | 1,213 | 1,144 | ||||||||||
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 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,736 | 1,291 | 1,486 | 982 | 946 | 918 | 883 | 931 | 909 | 1,222 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 4,598 | 3,847 | 3,591 | 3,339 | 3,570 | 3,613 | 2,640 | 2,656 | 2,781 | 2,912 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,094 | 1,469 | 1,691 | 1,102 | 1,261 | 1,121 | 723 | 695 | 695 | 846 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,504 | 2,378 | 1,900 | 2,237 | 2,309 | 2,492 | 1,917 | 1,961 | 2,086 | 2,066 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,273 | 1,457 | 1,093 | 789 | 582 | 652 | 1,020 | 1,389 | 1,176 | 1,529 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 529 | 326 | 1,595 | 1,038 | 656 | 876 | 382 | 169 | 411 | 284 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 257 | 300 | 930 | 421 | 304 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 165 | 0 | 191 | 374 | 123 | 132 | 337 | 138 | 352 | 244 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 95 | 11 | 422 | 231 | 225 | 78 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 12 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 12 | 15 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 36 | 28 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 97 | 1,236 | 632 | 679 | 726 | 397 | 1,472 | 1,007 | 691 | 919 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 9,972 | 9,798 | 9,207 | 6,835 | 6,174 | 5,419 | 4,410 | 4,627 | 5,025 | 6,184 | ||||||||||
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 | 990 | 1,465 | 2,058 | 2,064 | 1,506 | 1,257 | 1,365 | 826 | 403 | 826 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,773 | 5,889 | 3,089 | 2,323 | 2,784 | 1,658 | 1,026 | 1,156 | 1,650 | 2,565 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,439 | 1,722 | 3,257 | 2,210 | 1,734 | 2,141 | 1,199 | 1,063 | 729 | 1,478 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,743 | 722 | 803 | 238 | 150 | 363 | 820 | 1,582 | 2,243 | 1,315 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 15,962 | 16,199 | 15,059 | 9,635 | 8,751 | 9,090 | 8,744 | 7,958 | 4,572 | 3,480 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,684 | 3,110 | 5,888 | 1,820 | 691 | 957 | 670 | 518 | 424 | 801 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 7,241 | 7,161 | 6,253 | 5,274 | 5,783 | 6,155 | 6,133 | 5,990 | 3,476 | 2,193 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 847 | 2,907 | 1,083 | 1,410 | 773 | 399 | 395 | 286 | 282 | 175 | ||||||||||
Law | 2,579 | 1,745 | 805 | 228 | 129 | 79 | 42 | 36 | 37 | 74 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,199 | 38 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 515 | 495 | 392 | 211 | 159 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 412 | 1,238 | 592 | 903 | 1,375 | 985 | 1,009 | 736 | 142 | 78 |
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 | 41,960 | 17,886 | 1,039 | 18,643 | 2,072 | 2,144 | 176 | |||||||
Science | 16,026 | 11,213 | 248 | 3,691 | 410 | 346 | 118 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 205 | 127 | 18 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,367 | 3,893 | 193 | 978 | 303 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 5,367 | 3,893 | 193 | 978 | 303 | 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 | 2,221 | 1,365 | 0 | 651 | 88 | 57 | 60 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,978 | 1,365 | 0 | 408 | 88 | 57 | 60 | |||||||
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 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,736 | 1,199 | 23 | 350 | 0 | 106 | 58 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 4,598 | 3,420 | 0 | 1,000 | 4 | 174 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,094 | 1,154 | 0 | 762 | 4 | 174 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,504 | 2,266 | 0 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,273 | 1,132 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 529 | 77 | 14 | 432 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 257 | 38 | 14 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 165 | 39 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 95 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 9,972 | 3,590 | 57 | 4,692 | 1,496 | 97 | 40 | |||||||
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 | 990 | 399 | 57 | 426 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 3,773 | 2,258 | 0 | 280 | 1,138 | 97 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,439 | 898 | 0 | 251 | 250 | 0 | 40 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,743 | 35 | 0 | 3,708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 15,962 | 3,083 | 734 | 10,260 | 166 | 1,701 | 18 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,684 | 0 | 0 | 3,683 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 7,241 | 2,926 | 715 | 2,040 | 166 | 1,394 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 847 | 97 | 0 | 431 | 0 | 301 | 18 | |||||||
Law | 2,579 | 0 | 0 | 2,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,199 | 60 | 0 | 1,134 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 412 | 0 | 19 | 393 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 17,886 | 17,752 | 17,869 | 13,439 | 14,464 | 15,587 | 14,324 | 20,611 | 14,274 | 16,640 | ||||||||||
DOD | 4,366 | 4,503 | 4,744 | 3,568 | 4,079 | 4,329 | 5,345 | 11,901 | 5,649 | 6,593 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,355 | 2,899 | 2,065 | 1,573 | 2,105 | 2,526 | 1,879 | 2,352 | 2,907 | 3,389 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,648 | 3,207 | 2,579 | 1,932 | 1,861 | 1,717 | 2,007 | 2,108 | 2,159 | 2,813 | ||||||||||
NASA | 556 | 829 | 898 | 697 | 254 | 268 | 44 | 6 | 22 | 30 | ||||||||||
NSF | 5,167 | 4,626 | 5,507 | 3,923 | 3,581 | 3,692 | 2,543 | 2,333 | 2,757 | 2,629 | ||||||||||
USDA | 63 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 20 | 53 | 52 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,731 | 1,688 | 2,076 | 1,718 | 2,570 | 3,021 | 2,500 | 1,891 | 727 | 1,134 |
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 | 540 | 106 | i | 434 | i | . | |
2018 | 465 | 96 | i | 369 | i | . | |
2017 | 475 | 95 | i | 380 | i | . | |
2016 | 520 | 104 | i | 416 | i | . | |
2015 | 489 | 97 | i | 392 | i | 29 | i |
i=imputed
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 174 | 160 | 154 | 147 | 139 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
Engineering | 45 | 43 | 40 | 34 | 31 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Health sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 30 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Psychology | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
Social sciences | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
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 | . | . | 14,781 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 11,825 | . | . |
Other | . | . | 2,956 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 990 | 3,086 | 15,442 | 1,550 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 594 | 250 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 990 | 2,437 | 2,679 | 1,300 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,860 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,720 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 649 | 3,589 | 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.