Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi

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 | 320 | 71.6 | 448 | 308 | 45 | 691 | 279 | 48.3 | 583 | 238 | 26.8 | 909 |
2020 | 272 | 60.8 | 450 | 316 | 45.8 | 697 | 235 | 26.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 312 | 70 | 447 | 310 | 45 | 696 | 284 | 48.6 | 589 | 235 | 26.4 | 913 |
2018 | 291 | 68.2 | 428 | 356 | 51.4 | 698 | 238 | 26.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 284 | 67.1 | 425 | 243 | 36.1 | 684 | 302 | 52.9 | 575 | 239 | 27.3 | 897 |
2016 | 287 | 67 | 430 | 326 | 47.2 | 697 | 249 | 28.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 281 | 66.2 | 426 | 343 | 49.9 | 693 | 398 | 70.1 | 570 | 247 | 28.2 | 897 |
2014 | 283 | 67.3 | 422 | 304 | 44.7 | 688 | 256 | 29.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 270 | 65 | 417 | 303 | 55 | 555 | 444 | 75.7 | 588 | 279 | 32.2 | 884 |
2012 | 281 | 68.4 | 412 | 306 | 55.5 | 555 | 289 | 33 | 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 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 18 |
Science and engineering | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Science | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Life science | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 7 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Education | 7 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Education research | 7 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other education | . | . | . | 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 | 286 | 254 | 261 | 198 | 411 | 264 | 243 | 293 | 275 | 252 |
Male | 122 | 119 | 136 | 97 | 171 | 115 | 114 | 140 | 136 | 117 |
Female | 164 | 135 | 125 | 101 | 240 | 149 | 129 | 153 | 139 | 135 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 154 | 152 | 144 | 123 | 325 | 181 | 144 | 161 | 192 | 198 |
Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 42 | 44 | 34 | 92 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 50 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 113 | 109 | 100 | 88 | 230 | 140 | 101 | 119 | 143 | 147 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Black or African American | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 91 | 86 | 80 | 75 | 208 | 120 | 89 | 112 | 127 | 133 |
More than one race | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 132 | 102 | 117 | 75 | 86 | 83 | 99 | 132 | 83 | 54 |
Science and engineering | 276 | 235 | 243 | 190 | 318 | 253 | 229 | 267 | 255 | 230 |
Science | 266 | 227 | 235 | 180 | 307 | 247 | 222 | 257 | 237 | 212 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 22 | 24 | 22 | 37 | 35 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 21 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 18 |
Computer and information sciences | 97 | 79 | 92 | 47 | 56 | 56 | 67 | 95 | 62 | 40 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 82 | 72 | 37 | 36 | 32 | 80 | 60 | 54 | 52 | 50 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 16 | 16 | 45 | 41 | 63 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 35 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 132 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 35 | 36 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 31 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 7 |
Engineering | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 18 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 18 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 10 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 93 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 22 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 10 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 93 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 20 | 22 |
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 | 94 | 99 | 97 | 111 | 192 | 154 | 154 | 149 | 135 | 174 |
Male | 41 | 49 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 56 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 86 |
Female | 53 | 50 | 57 | 70 | 111 | 98 | 92 | 88 | 76 | 88 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 82 | 91 | 93 | 108 | 183 | 142 | 145 | 142 | 128 | 160 |
Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 61 | 50 | 53 | 44 | 46 | 53 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 66 | 62 | 81 | 122 | 92 | 91 | 95 | 77 | 107 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Black or African American | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 39 | 55 | 54 | 69 | 103 | 80 | 79 | 83 | 70 | 96 |
More than one race | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 61 | 61 | 62 | 67 | 82 | 136 | 133 | 134 | 120 | 156 |
Science | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 76 | 130 | 123 | 114 | 100 | 141 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 17 |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 26 | 19 | 33 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 17 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 54 | 41 | 34 | 24 | 32 |
Engineering | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 33 | 38 | 35 | 44 | 110 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 33 | 38 | 35 | 44 | 110 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
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 | 89 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 17 |
Science and engineering | 88 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 17 |
Science | 87 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 17 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 17 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 286 | 254 | 261 | 198 | 411 | 264 | 243 | 293 | 275 | 252 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 118 | 102 | 94 | 79 | 90 | 91 | 70 | 83 | 50 | 70 |
Federal | 21 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 17 |
Institutional | 71 | 68 | 63 | 45 | 59 | 51 | 46 | 54 | 45 | 52 |
Nonfederal | 26 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Teaching assistantships | 77 | 83 | 85 | 70 | 81 | 91 | 94 | 88 | 93 | 93 |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Institutional | 76 | 81 | 84 | 68 | 81 | 91 | 94 | 88 | 87 | 93 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 91 | 69 | 82 | 49 | 232 | 82 | 79 | 122 | 132 | 89 |
Federal | 68 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Institutional | 7 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 56 | 75 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Personal resources | 8 | 35 | 73 | 22 | 225 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 42 | 64 |
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 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
Science | 16 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 9 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 2 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- 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 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Science | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- 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 | 30,500 | 32,284 | 32,944 | 30,253 | 27,993 | 24,786 | 24,507 | 21,321 | 17,418 | 15,776 | ||||||||||
Science | 20,480 | 21,182 | 22,103 | 20,988 | 20,824 | 19,338 | 20,863 | 17,966 | 14,919 | 13,583 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 313 | 222 | 1,008 | 715 | 623 | 337 | 1,110 | 1,196 | 244 | 238 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12,296 | 11,900 | 13,494 | 14,719 | 15,697 | 14,629 | 14,531 | 13,782 | 11,247 | 10,783 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 591 | 602 | 829 | 1,011 | 1,145 | 744 | 483 | 237 | 143 | 212 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 994 | 1,074 | 1,061 | 972 | 1,090 | 1,310 | 547 | 1,780 | 1,108 | 238 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 5,294 | 4,797 | 4,684 | 3,799 | 5,376 | 6,773 | 9,746 | 9,008 | 8,831 | 9,689 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,417 | 5,427 | 6,920 | 8,937 | 8,086 | 5,802 | 3,755 | 2,757 | 1,165 | 644 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 5,422 | 6,975 | 5,669 | 4,650 | 3,163 | 2,673 | 3,600 | 1,548 | 1,446 | 1,428 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 282 | 17 | 34 | 33 | 166 | 12 | 121 | 104 | 107 | 32 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,643 | 6,377 | 5,218 | 4,278 | 2,400 | 2,086 | 2,923 | 1,341 | 1,127 | 1,141 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 162 | 22 | 33 | 38 | 213 | 318 | 556 | 103 | 212 | 255 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 159 | 447 | 143 | 49 | 61 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 176 | 112 | 241 | 252 | 323 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 21 | 47 | 35 | 18 | 49 | 502 | 489 | 194 | 209 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,089 | 1,437 | 1,362 | 356 | 361 | 377 | 297 | 499 | 144 | 97 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 268 | 181 | 645 | 341 | 332 | 366 | 280 | 279 | 82 | 50 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 70 | 92 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 751 | 1,164 | 658 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 220 | 62 | 47 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 464 | 151 | 77 | 106 | 147 | 89 | 355 | 66 | 199 | 296 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 251 | 125 | 71 | 61 | 18 | 25 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 29 | 105 | 20 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 205 | 24 | 6 | 41 | 94 | 29 | 249 | 37 | 93 | 276 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 890 | 476 | 434 | 406 | 807 | 1,163 | 462 | 386 | 1,434 | 519 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 6,590 | 7,064 | 7,193 | 7,089 | 4,820 | 2,573 | 2,122 | 1,092 | 242 | 43 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4,346 | 5,018 | 5,602 | 4,946 | 3,396 | 1,916 | 1,468 | 769 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 67 | 58 | 7 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 719 | 238 | 185 | 190 | 104 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 94 | 136 | 99 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 40 | 66 | 28 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 203 | 326 | 381 | 1,027 | 495 | 316 | 236 | 99 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,186 | 1,235 | 898 | 811 | 819 | 296 | 262 | 157 | 184 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 3,430 | 4,038 | 3,648 | 2,176 | 2,349 | 2,875 | 1,522 | 2,263 | 2,257 | 2,150 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 90 | 14 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 432 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,045 | 1,033 | 1,409 | 1,177 | 1,550 | 1,949 | 229 | 117 | 353 | 367 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 58 | 15 | 27 | 140 | 35 | 25 | 104 | 140 | 42 | 165 | ||||||||||
Law | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 22 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,213 | 2,937 | 2,176 | 845 | 687 | 824 | 977 | 1,574 | 1,862 | 1,618 |
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 | 30,500 | 10,967 | 9,110 | 4,589 | 603 | 2,642 | 2,589 | |||||||
Science | 20,480 | 7,442 | 4,710 | 2,909 | 201 | 2,640 | 2,578 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 313 | 258 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12,296 | 3,075 | 2,778 | 1,580 | 199 | 2,146 | 2,518 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 591 | 316 | 155 | 62 | 58 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 994 | 306 | 506 | 163 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 5,294 | 1,592 | 1,073 | 351 | 141 | 428 | 1,709 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,417 | 861 | 1,044 | 1,004 | 0 | 1,699 | 809 | |||||||
Life sciences | 5,422 | 2,899 | 1,484 | 804 | 2 | 189 | 44 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 282 | 114 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 130 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,643 | 2,629 | 1,337 | 585 | 2 | 46 | 44 | |||||||
Health sciences | 162 | 0 | 101 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 159 | 115 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 176 | 41 | 40 | 89 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,089 | 808 | 14 | 82 | 0 | 183 | 2 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 268 | 59 | 14 | 75 | 0 | 118 | 2 | |||||||
Materials science | 70 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 751 | 749 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 464 | 265 | 136 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 251 | 75 | 135 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 205 | 190 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 890 | 137 | 295 | 336 | 0 | 122 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 6,590 | 2,340 | 3,465 | 372 | 402 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4,346 | 979 | 2,986 | 25 | 356 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 719 | 213 | 410 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 94 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 40 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 203 | 131 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,186 | 923 | 67 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 3,430 | 1,185 | 935 | 1,308 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 90 | 68 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,045 | 872 | 1 | 170 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 58 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 22 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,213 | 220 | 917 | 1,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 10,967 | 13,349 | 14,451 | 12,815 | 10,259 | 8,669 | 9,491 | 7,176 | 6,129 | 5,446 | ||||||||||
DOD | 229 | 91 | 199 | 746 | 365 | 638 | 659 | 447 | 1,029 | 1,658 | ||||||||||
DOE | 61 | 73 | 63 | 87 | 70 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 69 | 55 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,064 | 771 | 732 | 157 | 122 | 76 | 78 | 289 | 73 | 63 | ||||||||||
NASA | 263 | 1,878 | 1,724 | 1,280 | 1,086 | 613 | 122 | 118 | 84 | 75 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,861 | 1,538 | 2,337 | 1,692 | 1,334 | 1,674 | 1,954 | 2,108 | 848 | 854 | ||||||||||
USDA | 15 | 17 | 132 | 160 | 163 | 53 | 113 | 95 | 183 | 97 | ||||||||||
Other | 7,474 | 8,981 | 9,264 | 8,693 | 7,119 | 5,603 | 6,556 | 4,119 | 3,843 | 2,644 |
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 | 573 | 139 | 434 | . | |||
2018 | 566 | 122 | 444 | . | |||
2017 | 527 | 104 | 423 | . | |||
2016 | 565 | 87 | 478 | . | |||
2015 | 496 | 69 | 427 | 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, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 132 | 131 | 114 | 48 | 33 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 53 | 59 | 28 | 11 | 4 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 17 | 21 | 41 | 2 | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 26 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 |
Health sciences | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 30 | 1 | 9 | . |
Physical sciences | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | . | . | . | 32,712 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 32,712 | . |
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 | 8,591 | 0 | 1,642 | 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 | 1,830 | 0 | 334 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 661 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1,308 | 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.