Texas A&M U.-Kingsville

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 | 348 | 77.8 | 448 | 233 | 34.3 | 691 | 370 | 63.8 | 583 | 265 | 29.8 | 909 |
2020 | 306 | 68.2 | 450 | 241 | 35.1 | 697 | 266 | 29.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 396 | 88.7 | 447 | 211 | 30.9 | 696 | 385 | 65.6 | 589 | 267 | 29.9 | 913 |
2018 | 385 | 90 | 428 | 185 | 27.1 | 698 | 262 | 29.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 372 | 87.6 | 425 | 154 | 23.2 | 684 | 327 | 57.2 | 575 | 254 | 29 | 897 |
2016 | 376 | 87.5 | 430 | 118 | 17.6 | 697 | 263 | 30 | 895 | |||
2015 | 389 | 91.4 | 426 | 105 | 15.9 | 693 | 317 | 56 | 570 | 260 | 29.6 | 897 |
2014 | 348 | 82.6 | 422 | 105 | 16 | 688 | 255 | 29.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 325 | 78.1 | 417 | 161 | 29.6 | 555 | 317 | 54.3 | 588 | 273 | 31.5 | 884 |
2012 | 325 | 79 | 412 | 224 | 40.8 | 555 | 283 | 32.3 | 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 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
Science | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Life science | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Biological sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Engineering | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Chemical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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 | 472 | 413 | 521 | 660 | 860 | 1,343 | 1,498 | 1,469 | 807 | 474 |
Male | 261 | 218 | 302 | 431 | 606 | 980 | 1,129 | 1,092 | 548 | 292 |
Female | 211 | 195 | 219 | 229 | 254 | 363 | 369 | 377 | 259 | 182 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 201 | 233 | 217 | 231 | 242 | 239 | 230 | 245 | 230 | 218 |
Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 143 | 133 | 128 | 132 | 123 | 109 | 105 | 113 | 99 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 93 | 90 | 84 | 103 | 109 | 113 | 117 | 137 | 116 | 114 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Asian | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
Black or African American | 7 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
White | 78 | 70 | 59 | 74 | 72 | 84 | 88 | 99 | 69 | 85 |
More than one race | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 271 | 180 | 304 | 429 | 618 | 1,104 | 1,268 | 1,224 | 577 | 256 |
Science and engineering | 414 | 363 | 467 | 594 | 813 | 1,301 | 1,448 | 1,419 | 752 | 427 |
Science | 285 | 247 | 336 | 356 | 407 | 599 | 642 | 681 | 366 | 230 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 40 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 34 | 78 | 76 | 77 | 67 | 54 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 128 | 89 | 172 | 190 | 233 | 404 | 463 | 492 | 215 | 88 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 47 | 41 | 37 | 39 | 43 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 18 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 21 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 12 |
Social sciences | 21 | 21 | 31 | 31 | 38 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 18 |
Engineering | 129 | 116 | 131 | 238 | 406 | 702 | 806 | 738 | 386 | 197 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 10 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 34 | 75 | 53 | 49 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 40 | 33 | 36 | 61 | 90 | 109 | 94 | 108 | 77 | 47 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 22 | 21 | 34 | 66 | 146 | 342 | 441 | 357 | 185 | 71 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 20 | 25 | 28 | 39 | 59 | 67 | 80 | 61 | 22 | 13 |
Mechanical engineering | 25 | 22 | 21 | 45 | 76 | 138 | 153 | 137 | 49 | 17 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 4 | . | . | . |
Health | 58 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 47 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 47 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 58 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 47 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 47 |
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 | 239 | 248 | 243 | 335 | 446 | 463 | 513 | 399 | 255 | 277 |
Male | 147 | 150 | 166 | 226 | 308 | 314 | 354 | 261 | 155 | 167 |
Female | 92 | 98 | 77 | 109 | 138 | 149 | 159 | 138 | 100 | 110 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 165 | 130 | 104 | 117 | 158 | 171 | 172 | 148 | 135 | 179 |
Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 90 | 62 | 62 | 76 | 86 | 80 | 75 | 69 | 100 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 40 | 40 | 53 | 82 | 81 | 91 | 71 | 65 | 76 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
Black or African American | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 36 | 26 | 25 | 39 | 62 | 69 | 70 | 54 | 53 | 53 |
More than one race | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 74 | 118 | 139 | 218 | 288 | 292 | 341 | 251 | 120 | 98 |
Science and engineering | 208 | 218 | 222 | 321 | 424 | 437 | 495 | 373 | 238 | 263 |
Science | 99 | 103 | 89 | 113 | 178 | 205 | 263 | 193 | 124 | 150 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 24 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 51 | 68 | 64 | 37 | 36 | 45 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 73 | 86 | 128 | 98 | 29 | 26 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 17 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
Social sciences | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 24 |
Engineering | 109 | 115 | 133 | 208 | 246 | 232 | 232 | 180 | 114 | 113 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 40 | 33 | 33 | 51 | 59 | 57 | 43 | 40 | 45 | 50 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 11 | 17 | 16 | 61 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 31 | 28 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 20 | 25 | 24 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 20 | 32 | 41 | 54 | 52 | 58 | 28 | 15 | 16 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 8 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | 31 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 14 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 31 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 14 |
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 | 15 | 53 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 11 |
Science and engineering | 13 | 50 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 33 | 27 | 35 | 11 |
Science | 8 | 44 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 10 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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).
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 | 472 | 413 | 521 | 660 | 860 | 1,343 | 1,498 | 1,469 | 807 | 474 |
Fellowships | 26 | 22 | 43 | 71 | 131 | 110 | 153 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 26 | 22 | 43 | 71 | 131 | 110 | 153 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 59 | 65 | 57 | 63 | 76 | 71 | 106 | 89 | 73 | 59 |
Federal | 11 | 48 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 26 | 27 | 10 |
Institutional | 18 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 36 | 29 | 38 | 31 |
Nonfederal | 30 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 34 | 8 | 18 |
Teaching assistantships | 18 | 40 | 42 | 50 | 34 | 68 | 67 | 32 | 30 | 5 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Institutional | 17 | 40 | 41 | 50 | 34 | 68 | 67 | 32 | 15 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Other types of support | 369 | 286 | 379 | 476 | 619 | 1,094 | 1,172 | 1,348 | 693 | 410 |
Federal | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 16 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Personal resources | 313 | 215 | 306 | 391 | 528 | 1,078 | 1,143 | 1,315 | 690 | 391 |
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 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 surveyed fields | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 23,578 | 22,745 | 22,268 | 21,150 | 22,633 | 21,309 | 20,894 | 21,819 | 18,653 | 17,419 | ||||||||||
Science | 16,658 | 17,915 | 17,710 | 16,537 | 17,023 | 17,092 | 16,089 | 15,418 | 12,893 | 12,695 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 849 | 942 | 1,368 | 1,417 | 1,483 | 1,615 | 2,000 | 873 | 923 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 87 | 33 | 331 | 202 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 59 | 122 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 831 | 942 | 1,368 | 1,410 | 1,393 | 1,469 | 1,826 | 531 | 721 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 16,283 | 16,722 | 16,431 | 14,907 | 15,082 | 15,155 | 14,062 | 13,172 | 11,717 | 11,352 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 14,886 | 15,291 | 15,316 | 13,610 | 13,938 | 13,979 | 12,934 | 12,484 | 10,919 | 10,424 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,328 | 1,386 | 1,115 | 1,297 | 1,144 | 1,175 | 1,127 | 671 | 768 | 892 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 36 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 69 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 213 | 164 | 196 | 83 | 170 | 133 | 166 | 103 | 198 | 188 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 180 | 163 | 148 | 48 | 84 | 62 | 109 | 81 | 133 | 152 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 33 | 1 | 48 | 33 | 64 | 66 | 57 | 5 | 65 | 36 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 51 | 98 | 113 | 101 | 163 | 177 | 173 | 33 | 27 | 109 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 99 | 82 | 28 | 78 | 170 | 136 | 73 | 109 | 73 | 123 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 4,622 | 2,653 | 1,827 | 1,906 | 2,337 | 1,757 | 2,081 | 2,953 | 2,415 | 2,129 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 128 | 131 | 52 | 98 | 171 | 189 | 352 | 380 | 376 | 337 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 104 | 24 | 79 | 146 | 158 | 56 | 159 | 578 | 794 | 829 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 693 | 630 | 287 | 269 | 403 | 137 | 213 | 631 | 384 | 274 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,305 | 900 | 918 | 605 | 756 | 667 | 793 | 891 | 514 | 195 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,342 | 963 | 490 | 788 | 841 | 708 | 564 | 473 | 335 | 494 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,298 | 2,177 | 2,731 | 2,707 | 3,273 | 2,460 | 2,724 | 3,448 | 3,345 | 2,595 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 4 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 79 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,963 | 1,920 | 2,096 | 2,499 | 2,946 | 2,096 | 2,222 | 2,996 | 2,809 | 2,183 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 13 | 66 | 42 | 46 | 39 | 21 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 331 | 236 | 619 | 135 | 301 | 286 | 443 | 403 | 493 | 312 |
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 | 23,578 | 9,265 | 4,652 | 3,614 | 353 | 5,468 | 226 | |||||||
Science | 16,658 | 4,899 | 3,788 | 2,417 | 247 | 5,307 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 16,283 | 4,752 | 3,657 | 2,390 | 247 | 5,237 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 14,886 | 3,595 | 3,591 | 2,230 | 247 | 5,223 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,328 | 1,157 | 48 | 109 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 69 | 0 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 213 | 87 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 180 | 87 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 51 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 99 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,622 | 2,923 | 523 | 733 | 106 | 111 | 226 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 128 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 98 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 104 | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 14 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 693 | 137 | 218 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 209 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,305 | 1,213 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,342 | 1,485 | 305 | 452 | 8 | 92 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 2,298 | 1,443 | 341 | 464 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,963 | 1,202 | 341 | 374 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 331 | 241 | 0 | 90 | 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 | 9,265 | 9,610 | 8,419 | 7,459 | 7,869 | 7,475 | 7,080 | 8,678 | 7,002 | 6,480 | ||||||||||
DOD | 677 | 380 | 463 | 37 | 57 | 58 | 92 | 30 | 7 | 34 | ||||||||||
DOE | 19 | 55 | 41 | 138 | 131 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,176 | 1,324 | 1,003 | 1,063 | 981 | 1,026 | 998 | 1,080 | 918 | 913 | ||||||||||
NASA | 62 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,633 | 992 | 648 | 559 | 786 | 358 | 554 | 1,141 | 811 | 1,063 | ||||||||||
USDA | 3,631 | 4,530 | 4,008 | 2,923 | 2,788 | 2,881 | 2,314 | 2,052 | 2,185 | 2,320 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,067 | 2,294 | 2,256 | 2,739 | 3,126 | 3,122 | 3,109 | 4,375 | 3,061 | 2,130 |
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 | 596 | 70 | 526 | . | |||
2018 | 597 | 67 | 530 | . | |||
2017 | 671 | 64 | 607 | . | |||
2016 | 691 | 59 | 632 | . | |||
2015 | 692 | 67 | 625 | 196 |
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 | 80 | 67 | 96 | 93 | 93 |
Agricultural sciences | 45 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 41 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | . |
Physical sciences | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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.
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 | 3,287 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 547 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,364 | 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 | 375 | 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.