Tennessee Technological 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 | 268 | 42 | 457 | 483 | 29.7 | 680 | 316 | 64.9 | 890 | |||
2021 | 291 | 35.6 | 447 | 483 | 30.8 | 691 | 315 | 46.6 | 583 | 306 | 66.7 | 907 |
2020 | 247 | 45.8 | 450 | 472 | 33 | 697 | 308 | 66.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 270 | 40.3 | 447 | 473 | 32.8 | 696 | 333 | 44.1 | 589 | 305 | 67 | 913 |
2018 | 295 | 31.8 | 428 | 465 | 34.1 | 698 | 316 | 65.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 271 | 37 | 425 | 469 | 32.2 | 684 | 323 | 44.5 | 575 | 316 | 65.2 | 897 |
2016 | 326 | 25 | 430 | 437 | 38 | 697 | 316 | 65.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 287 | 33.4 | 426 | 403 | 42.5 | 693 | 314 | 45.5 | 570 | 312 | 65.6 | 897 |
2014 | 269 | 37 | 422 | 368 | 47.1 | 688 | 311 | 65.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 313 | 25.8 | 417 | 363 | 35.3 | 555 | 322 | 45.9 | 588 | 322 | 64 | 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 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 12 |
Science and engineering | 25 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 12 |
Science | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | . | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Life science | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Biological sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 19 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . |
Civil engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 |
Other engineering | 3 | . | 3 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | . |
Education | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | . |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Education research | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
Other education | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 90 | 80 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 87 | 116 | 157 | 194 | 167 |
Male | 76 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 102 | 133 | 109 |
Female | 14 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 58 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 58 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 60 | 46 | 61 | 99 | 109 | 99 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 57 | 55 | 52 | 59 | 45 | 61 | 96 | 105 | 96 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Black or African American | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 51 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 42 | 57 | 87 | 94 | 82 |
More than one race | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 32 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 55 | 58 | 85 | 68 |
Science and engineering | 90 | 80 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 87 | 116 | 157 | 194 | 167 |
Science | 41 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 41 | 34 | 45 | 69 | 90 | 83 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 3 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 27 | 42 | 47 |
Physical sciences | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 49 | 35 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 71 | 88 | 104 | 84 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 18 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 30 | 10 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 29 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 41 | 29 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 231 | 236 | 211 | 221 | 197 | 271 | 194 | 191 | 116 | 113 |
Male | 159 | 169 | 164 | 159 | 157 | 213 | 134 | 137 | 73 | 77 |
Female | 72 | 67 | 47 | 62 | 40 | 58 | 60 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 153 | 148 | 155 | 145 | 121 | 157 | 125 | 121 | 79 | 91 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 149 | 143 | 150 | 145 | 118 | 150 | 121 | 119 | 78 | 87 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 141 | 130 | 130 | 135 | 115 | 137 | 105 | 113 | 70 | 81 |
More than one race | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 78 | 88 | 56 | 76 | 76 | 114 | 69 | 70 | 37 | 22 |
Science and engineering | 231 | 236 | 211 | 221 | 197 | 271 | 194 | 191 | 116 | 113 |
Science | 86 | 76 | 77 | 86 | 56 | 54 | 76 | 78 | 59 | 64 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 11 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | 2 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 34 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 17 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 145 | 160 | 134 | 135 | 141 | 217 | 118 | 113 | 57 | 49 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 15 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 26 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 91 | 107 | 86 | 77 | 83 | 166 | 52 | 58 | 25 | 22 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 8 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Science | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 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).
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 | 90 | 80 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 87 | 116 | 157 | 194 | 167 |
Fellowships | 11 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Federal | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 36 | 33 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 40 | 56 | 51 |
Federal | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 29 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 |
Teaching assistantships | 33 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 33 | 42 | 56 | 48 | 43 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 33 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 33 | 42 | 56 | 48 | 43 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 61 | 90 | 72 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Personal resources | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 56 | 76 | 52 |
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 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 16,398 | 15,387 | 14,085 | 13,801 | 12,765 | 12,079 | 11,528 | 11,082 | 10,097 | 9,715 | ||||||||||
Science | 7,812 | 6,161 | 6,054 | 5,840 | 4,926 | 5,540 | 4,622 | 4,921 | 4,388 | 3,134 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,541 | 2,581 | 2,221 | 2,416 | 2,096 | 1,690 | 762 | 872 | 542 | 342 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14 | 24 | 60 | 74 | 56 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 14 | 24 | 60 | 74 | 56 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 3,456 | 2,510 | 2,306 | 2,025 | 1,202 | 2,154 | 1,992 | 1,894 | 2,434 | 1,702 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 427 | 228 | 427 | 434 | 325 | 1,766 | 1,635 | 1,530 | 2,182 | 1,339 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,709 | 1,325 | 1,167 | 972 | 257 | 326 | 350 | 296 | 244 | 340 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 304 | 143 | 96 | 0 | 17 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,007 | 791 | 615 | 607 | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 60 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 46 | 111 | 112 | 3 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 672 | 879 | 1,178 | 1,289 | 1,491 | 1,255 | 1,671 | 761 | 401 | 358 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 201 | 374 | 583 | 653 | 820 | 653 | 1,274 | 345 | 139 | 139 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 471 | 504 | 594 | 635 | 671 | 602 | 397 | 416 | 262 | 219 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 77 | 80 | 175 | 12 | 62 | 269 | 140 | 1,275 | 883 | 724 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 52 | 87 | 55 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 34 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 13 | 38 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 7,436 | 8,455 | 7,559 | 7,267 | 7,301 | 5,927 | 5,154 | 4,883 | 5,022 | 5,571 | ||||||||||
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 | 214 | 121 | 174 | 198 | 307 | 400 | 229 | 366 | 324 | 101 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,325 | 1,837 | 1,950 | 2,278 | 1,772 | 674 | 363 | 987 | 625 | 1,817 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,403 | 2,426 | 2,264 | 1,746 | 2,004 | 2,041 | 1,863 | 1,030 | 1,650 | 763 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 382 | 239 | 347 | 383 | 305 | 391 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,989 | 3,636 | 2,639 | 2,491 | 2,711 | 2,289 | 2,156 | 1,837 | 2,164 | 2,069 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 123 | 196 | 185 | 171 | 202 | 132 | 174 | 663 | 259 | 821 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,150 | 771 | 472 | 694 | 538 | 612 | 1,752 | 1,278 | 687 | 1,010 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 106 | 55 | 41 | 71 | 40 | 36 | 46 | 24 | 25 | 10 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 411 | 282 | 185 | 307 | 204 | 294 | 333 | 357 | 168 | 595 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 43 | 62 | 55 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 625 | 430 | 243 | 301 | 286 | 249 | 1,349 | 849 | 428 | 339 |
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 | 16,398 | 8,156 | 4,256 | 3,464 | 117 | 146 | 259 | |||||||
Science | 7,812 | 5,063 | 464 | 2,092 | 0 | 129 | 64 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,541 | 2,256 | 407 | 721 | 0 | 93 | 64 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 3,456 | 2,304 | 57 | 1,064 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 427 | 56 | 0 | 355 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,709 | 1,300 | 0 | 394 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 304 | 233 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,007 | 715 | 32 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 672 | 446 | 0 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 201 | 128 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 471 | 318 | 0 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 77 | 12 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 52 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 39 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 7,436 | 2,549 | 3,792 | 766 | 117 | 17 | 195 | |||||||
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 | 214 | 119 | 0 | 32 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,325 | 241 | 963 | 118 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,403 | 832 | 1,244 | 178 | 10 | 14 | 125 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 382 | 270 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,989 | 1,059 | 1,585 | 331 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 123 | 28 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,150 | 544 | 0 | 606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 106 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 411 | 274 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 625 | 270 | 0 | 355 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 8,156 | 7,625 | 6,471 | 6,153 | 5,390 | 4,969 | 4,076 | 3,578 | 3,725 | 3,999 | ||||||||||
DOD | 301 | 658 | 1,044 | 921 | 849 | 962 | 911 | 500 | 480 | 278 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,319 | 1,709 | 1,326 | 1,100 | 733 | 509 | 373 | 468 | 441 | 413 | ||||||||||
HHS | 301 | 129 | 28 | 150 | 157 | 74 | 43 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
NASA | 164 | 199 | 121 | 144 | 123 | 52 | 51 | 91 | 156 | 251 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,884 | 2,722 | 2,457 | 2,869 | 2,863 | 2,878 | 2,253 | 2,009 | 1,785 | 1,622 | ||||||||||
USDA | 773 | 571 | 512 | 495 | 128 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 5 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,414 | 1,637 | 983 | 474 | 537 | 431 | 445 | 482 | 828 | 1,416 |
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 | 346 | 83 | 263 | . | |||
2018 | 516 | 74 | 442 | . | |||
2017 | 619 | 65 | 554 | . | |||
2016 | 543 | 66 | 477 | . |
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 | 106 | 98 | 97 | 95 | 90 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 54 | 58 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | . |
Physical sciences | 22 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 100,000 | . | 27,591 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 5,012 | . | . |
Engineering | 100,000 | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 1,596 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 2,554 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 18,429 | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.