SUNY, U. Albany

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 | 123 | 28 | 448 | 140 | 20.9 | 691 | 230 | 40 | 583 | 160 | 18.3 | 909 |
2020 | 116 | 26.4 | 450 | 133 | 19.8 | 697 | 146 | 16.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 123 | 28.1 | 447 | 144 | 21.4 | 696 | 238 | 40.9 | 589 | 126 | 14.6 | 913 |
2018 | 109 | 26 | 428 | 137 | 20.3 | 698 | 127 | 14.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 115 | 27.6 | 425 | 138 | 20.9 | 684 | 195 | 34.5 | 575 | 129 | 15.1 | 897 |
2016 | 102 | 24.3 | 430 | 127 | 18.9 | 697 | 139 | 16.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 114 | 27.3 | 426 | 122 | 18.3 | 693 | 210 | 37.4 | 570 | 139 | 16.2 | 897 |
2014 | 102 | 24.8 | 422 | 119 | 18 | 688 | 134 | 15.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 103 | 25.3 | 417 | 111 | 20.7 | 555 | 146 | 25.4 | 588 | 127 | 15.1 | 884 |
2012 | 89 | 22.2 | 412 | 111 | 20.7 | 555 | 127 | 15 | 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 | 127 | 142 | 137 | 168 | 165 | 183 | 157 | 180 | 171 | 202 |
Science and engineering | 93 | 108 | 107 | 122 | 116 | 119 | 110 | 120 | 110 | 149 |
Science | 89 | 100 | 100 | 106 | 101 | 103 | 97 | 107 | 92 | 132 |
Life science | 17 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 30 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 15 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 |
Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 14 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
Chemistry | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Physics and astronomy | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 13 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 17 |
Computer sciences | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Mathematics | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 45 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 57 | 49 | 51 | 60 | 44 | 59 |
Psychology | 21 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 24 |
Anthropology | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Economics | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Sociology | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Other social sciences | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
Engineering | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
Other engineering | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Non-science and engineering | 34 | 34 | 30 | 46 | 49 | 64 | 47 | 60 | 61 | 53 |
Education | 11 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 24 |
Education administration | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Education research | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 15 |
Teacher education | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
Other education | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 17 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 11 |
Foreign languages & literature | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
History | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Letters | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Other humanities and arts | 4 | . | 1 | . | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Other | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 18 |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Communication | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 16 |
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 | 1,059 | 1,083 | 932 | 980 | 978 | 1,196 | 1,297 | 1,285 | 1,350 | 1,296 |
Male | 470 | 496 | 426 | 468 | 447 | 505 | 572 | 595 | 645 | 556 |
Female | 589 | 587 | 506 | 512 | 531 | 691 | 725 | 690 | 705 | 740 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 746 | 741 | 573 | 578 | 564 | 848 | 874 | 926 | 953 | 964 |
Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 100 | 61 | 55 | 51 | 83 | 89 | 71 | 68 | 55 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 615 | 605 | 491 | 496 | 480 | 729 | 735 | 791 | 809 | 831 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 73 | 64 | 47 | 52 | 39 | 49 | 43 | 59 | 58 | 54 |
Black or African American | 80 | 88 | 61 | 68 | 55 | 85 | 89 | 84 | 81 | 71 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 441 | 430 | 363 | 358 | 366 | 568 | 576 | 624 | 646 | 689 |
More than one race | 21 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 16 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 34 | 36 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 36 | 50 | 64 | 76 | 78 |
Temporary visa holders | 313 | 342 | 359 | 402 | 414 | 348 | 423 | 359 | 397 | 332 |
Science and engineering | 911 | 952 | 817 | 841 | 845 | 1,039 | 1,127 | 1,122 | 1,203 | 1,169 |
Science | 885 | 928 | 790 | 827 | 845 | 1,039 | 1,127 | 1,122 | 1,203 | 1,169 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 81 | 95 | 81 | 67 | 61 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 93 | 96 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 25 | 35 | 26 | 25 | 39 |
Computer and information sciences | 215 | 196 | 133 | 178 | 247 | 192 | 229 | 184 | 212 | 205 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 51 | 50 | 49 | 59 | 55 | 60 | 56 | 50 | 46 | 37 |
Mathematics and statistics | 67 | 93 | 97 | 68 | 39 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 41 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 88 | 124 | 139 | 113 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 109 | 117 | 118 | 121 | 125 | 175 | 174 | 172 | 160 | 176 |
Physical sciences | 68 | 71 | 81 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 62 |
Social sciences | 287 | 296 | 226 | 253 | 240 | 379 | 356 | 383 | 416 | 400 |
Engineering | 26 | 24 | 27 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 26 | 24 | 27 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 148 | 131 | 115 | 139 | 133 | 157 | 170 | 163 | 147 | 127 |
Clinical medicine | 148 | 131 | 115 | 139 | 133 | 157 | 170 | 163 | 147 | 127 |
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 | 821 | 775 | 746 | 705 | 727 | 816 | 828 | 827 | 843 | 847 |
Male | 319 | 323 | 316 | 302 | 328 | 324 | 349 | 351 | 346 | 368 |
Female | 502 | 452 | 430 | 403 | 399 | 492 | 479 | 476 | 497 | 479 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 633 | 602 | 573 | 519 | 526 | 618 | 623 | 609 | 650 | 653 |
Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 48 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 55 | 56 | 39 | 41 | 45 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 526 | 509 | 494 | 446 | 458 | 519 | 521 | 527 | 561 | 559 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Asian | 59 | 53 | 54 | 43 | 48 | 61 | 56 | 46 | 47 | 42 |
Black or African American | 53 | 42 | 38 | 27 | 35 | 40 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 38 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
White | 395 | 392 | 379 | 355 | 356 | 405 | 420 | 442 | 472 | 469 |
More than one race | 18 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 47 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 32 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 48 | 49 |
Temporary visa holders | 188 | 173 | 173 | 186 | 201 | 198 | 205 | 218 | 193 | 194 |
Science and engineering | 654 | 629 | 607 | 574 | 598 | 688 | 713 | 725 | 740 | 761 |
Science | 639 | 623 | 604 | 573 | 598 | 688 | 713 | 725 | 740 | 761 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 85 | 84 | 79 | 76 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 83 | 88 | 99 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 32 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 137 | 123 | 99 | 86 | 102 | 122 | 116 | 128 | 113 | 101 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 31 | 28 | 42 | 45 | 39 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 22 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 49 | 52 | 48 | 51 |
Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 86 | 101 | 94 | 95 | 87 | 94 | 86 | 90 | 93 | 100 |
Physical sciences | 62 | 67 | 71 | 61 | 68 | 58 | 57 | 46 | 41 | 43 |
Social sciences | 207 | 192 | 193 | 184 | 198 | 251 | 264 | 258 | 292 | 310 |
Engineering | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 167 | 146 | 139 | 131 | 129 | 128 | 115 | 102 | 103 | 86 |
Clinical medicine | 167 | 146 | 139 | 131 | 129 | 128 | 115 | 102 | 103 | 86 |
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 | 65 | 69 | 89 | 80 | 63 | 74 | 90 | 94 | 128 | 100 |
Science and engineering | 61 | 68 | 89 | 75 | 54 | 62 | 79 | 86 | 119 | 95 |
Science | 55 | 62 | 82 | 71 | 54 | 62 | 79 | 86 | 119 | 95 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 16 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 29 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 |
Engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
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 | 1,059 | 1,083 | 932 | 980 | 978 | 1,196 | 1,297 | 1,285 | 1,350 | 1,296 |
Fellowships | 8 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 31 |
Federal | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 2 |
Institutional | 8 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 113 | 109 | 128 | 268 | 250 | 408 | 430 | 448 | 506 | 426 |
Federal | 65 | 64 | 83 | 72 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 72 | 98 | 98 |
Institutional | 22 | 16 | 30 | 174 | 167 | 324 | 347 | 336 | 370 | 295 |
Nonfederal | 26 | 29 | 15 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 40 | 38 | 33 |
Teaching assistantships | 199 | 208 | 194 | 194 | 212 | 155 | 157 | 164 | 119 | 181 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 199 | 208 | 194 | 194 | 212 | 155 | 157 | 164 | 119 | 181 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 739 | 760 | 591 | 503 | 492 | 623 | 690 | 647 | 692 | 658 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 317 | 325 | 329 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 422 | 435 | 262 | 494 | 469 | 623 | 666 | 647 | 692 | 658 |
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 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 42 | 33 | 38 | 58 | 47 | 40 | 42 |
Science | 18 | 23 | 25 | 41 | 33 | 38 | 58 | 47 | 40 | 42 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Social sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Engineering | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 26 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 40 | 50 |
Clinical medicine | 26 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 40 | 50 |
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 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 57 | 42 | 30 | 43 | 35 | 56 | 62 |
Science and engineering | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 22 |
Science | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 22 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Social sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 23 | 34 | 40 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 34 | 40 |
Clinical medicine | 23 | 34 | 40 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 34 | 40 |
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 | 114,501 | 138,088 | 181,531 | 173,031 | 156,386 | 120,232 | 111,705 | 130,955 | 137,759 | 137,758 | ||||||||||
Science | 97,220 | 117,165 | 158,526 | 149,362 | 139,178 | 105,200 | 110,284 | 129,434 | 135,879 | 135,673 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 5,230 | 6,591 | 6,541 | 5,277 | 5,034 | 1,818 | 7,617 | 6,624 | 5,949 | 5,182 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15,605 | 15,523 | 15,833 | 17,696 | 29,115 | 17,147 | 9,391 | 6,872 | 5,848 | 6,994 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 13,754 | 13,701 | 13,860 | 16,213 | 27,867 | 17,147 | 5,401 | 3,894 | 3,529 | 4,698 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,851 | 1,822 | 1,973 | 1,483 | 1,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,111 | ||||||||||
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 | 3,990 | 2,978 | 2,319 | 185 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 52,135 | 60,025 | 101,768 | 93,050 | 74,020 | 73,513 | 75,668 | 98,069 | 107,265 | 103,368 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29,137 | 27,543 | 32,595 | 32,153 | 27,561 | 68,290 | 72,869 | 94,774 | 102,567 | 98,900 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 22,998 | 32,478 | 68,363 | 60,653 | 46,039 | 5,223 | 2,799 | 3,291 | 4,682 | 4,457 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 4 | 810 | 244 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,400 | 1,774 | 1,443 | 1,053 | 1,376 | 133 | 127 | 83 | 144 | 217 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 6,791 | 7,719 | 7,811 | 7,858 | 6,946 | 2,970 | 4,531 | 4,149 | 3,016 | 3,122 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 4,814 | 5,292 | 5,655 | 5,947 | 4,460 | 2,759 | 3,650 | 3,495 | 2,487 | 2,833 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,977 | 2,427 | 2,156 | 1,911 | 2,486 | 211 | 881 | 654 | 529 | 289 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,748 | 4,982 | 4,389 | 3,154 | 4,239 | 233 | 2,593 | 2,166 | 1,908 | 2,504 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 12,288 | 20,551 | 20,704 | 21,269 | 18,448 | 9,386 | 10,357 | 11,471 | 11,749 | 14,286 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 1,074 | 1,122 | 1,253 | 1,393 | 1,859 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,268 | 1,888 | 2,003 | 2,109 | 2,305 | 97 | 79 | 267 | 306 | 377 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 8,245 | 12,359 | 11,992 | 11,606 | 8,202 | 4,423 | 3,727 | 3,759 | 4,154 | 4,636 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,514 | 5,182 | 5,456 | 6,161 | 6,082 | 447 | 3,369 | 5,014 | 5,294 | 6,843 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,266 | 3,182 | 2,431 | 1,995 | 2,430 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 23 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 3,133 | 3,319 | 3,087 | 1,941 | 1,214 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,715 | 2,280 | 1,876 | 1,075 | 1,191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,418 | 1,039 | 1,211 | 866 | 0 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 14,148 | 17,604 | 19,918 | 21,728 | 15,994 | 14,627 | 1,421 | 1,521 | 1,880 | 2,085 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,129 | 4,205 | 4,200 | 4,157 | 2,244 | 714 | 34 | 3 | 17 | 123 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 459 | 816 | 1,010 | 843 | 617 | 1,239 | 65 | 137 | 233 | 357 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,248 | 5,311 | 5,280 | 5,881 | 5,865 | 4,624 | 1,234 | 796 | 788 | 709 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 2,915 | 3,486 | 4,642 | 4,218 | 3,787 | 273 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 25 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1,772 | 1,991 | 2,399 | 3,994 | 2,587 | 1,034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 592 | 702 | 794 | 824 | 894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,033 | 1,093 | 1,593 | 1,811 | 0 | 6,743 | 51 | 538 | 826 | 871 |
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 | 114,501 | 56,425 | 1,749 | 49,949 | 573 | 2,735 | 3,070 | |||||||
Science | 97,220 | 54,085 | 1,702 | 35,430 | 573 | 2,439 | 2,991 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 5,230 | 1,596 | 0 | 3,617 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15,605 | 6,809 | 1,488 | 6,887 | 315 | 67 | 39 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 13,754 | 5,847 | 1,488 | 6,028 | 315 | 67 | 9 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,851 | 962 | 0 | 859 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
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 | 52,135 | 38,544 | 166 | 8,513 | 240 | 1,806 | 2,866 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29,137 | 18,406 | 160 | 7,237 | 238 | 1,594 | 1,502 | |||||||
Health sciences | 22,998 | 20,138 | 6 | 1,276 | 2 | 212 | 1,364 | |||||||
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 | 1,400 | 344 | 0 | 1,038 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 6,791 | 3,663 | 48 | 2,973 | 1 | 51 | 55 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 4,814 | 3,054 | 0 | 1,704 | 1 | 51 | 4 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,977 | 609 | 48 | 1,269 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,748 | 1,227 | 0 | 2,482 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 12,288 | 1,902 | 0 | 9,897 | 0 | 458 | 31 | |||||||
Anthropology | 1,074 | 96 | 0 | 976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1,268 | 15 | 0 | 1,253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 8,245 | 1,554 | 0 | 6,261 | 0 | 399 | 31 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,514 | 50 | 0 | 1,407 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 187 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 3,133 | 1,393 | 3 | 1,737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,715 | 949 | 0 | 766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,418 | 444 | 3 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 14,148 | 947 | 44 | 12,782 | 0 | 296 | 79 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,129 | 199 | 0 | 2,756 | 0 | 149 | 25 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 459 | 14 | 0 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,248 | 612 | 0 | 3,575 | 0 | 13 | 48 | |||||||
Humanities | 2,915 | 15 | 0 | 2,887 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 1,772 | 103 | 44 | 1,517 | 0 | 108 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 592 | 0 | 0 | 590 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,033 | 4 | 0 | 1,012 | 0 | 17 | 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 | 56,425 | 67,039 | 92,709 | 87,451 | 85,469 | 77,734 | 79,681 | 105,333 | 114,158 | 112,989 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,767 | 2,724 | 3,128 | 1,567 | 1,324 | 1,482 | 3,523 | 1,296 | 4,304 | 1,215 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,015 | 555 | 502 | 668 | 541 | 417 | 720 | 439 | 427 | 787 | ||||||||||
HHS | 40,527 | 48,378 | 73,370 | 68,414 | 56,048 | 51,087 | 61,569 | 88,162 | 96,665 | 94,010 | ||||||||||
NASA | 511 | 539 | 654 | 835 | 742 | 456 | 1,127 | 823 | 642 | 650 | ||||||||||
NSF | 7,863 | 8,569 | 8,145 | 6,457 | 5,795 | 5,221 | 4,230 | 5,270 | 4,883 | 5,614 | ||||||||||
USDA | 280 | 287 | 441 | 280 | 171 | 180 | 132 | 171 | 215 | 137 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,462 | 5,987 | 6,469 | 9,230 | 20,848 | 18,891 | 8,380 | 9,172 | 7,022 | 10,576 |
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 | 1,378 | 362 | 1,016 | . | |||
2018 | 1,313 | 316 | 997 | . | |||
2017 | 1,191 | 212 | 979 | . | |||
2016 | 679 | 186 | 493 | . | |||
2015 | 746 | 213 | 533 | 30 |
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 | 212 | 195 | 258 | 233 | 388 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 51 | 32 | 67 | 69 | 57 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
Engineering | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 173 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25 | 32 | 39 | 33 | 33 |
Health sciences | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . |
Physical sciences | 33 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Psychology | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
Social sciences | 45 | 62 | 75 | 50 | 67 |
Other | 8 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 4 |
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 | . | . | 79,337 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 11,570 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 49,805 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 17,962 | . | . |
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 | 72,507 | 30,706 | 6,860 | 4,438 | 2,832 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,917 | 451 | 1,456 | 1,170 | 861 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 590 | 0 |
Engineering | 10,843 | 27,525 | 3,848 | 825 | 250 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 58,657 | 1,600 | 396 | 830 | 861 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 861 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1,129 | 1,160 | 530 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 493 | 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.