U. Akron, The

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 | 216 | 31.8 | 691 | 171 | 29.9 | 583 | 294 | 33 | 909 | |||
2020 | 191 | 28 | 697 | 263 | 29.4 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 178 | 26.2 | 696 | 165 | 28.6 | 589 | 240 | 26.9 | 913 | |||
2018 | 155 | 22.9 | 698 | 232 | 26.2 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 131 | 19.8 | 684 | 165 | 29.3 | 575 | 210 | 24.1 | 897 | |||
2016 | 122 | 18.2 | 697 | 186 | 21.5 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 117 | 17.6 | 693 | 164 | 29.4 | 570 | 177 | 20.4 | 897 | |||
2014 | 109 | 16.6 | 688 | 162 | 19 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 107 | 19.9 | 555 | 213 | 36.8 | 588 | 169 | 19.8 | 884 | |||
2012 | 104 | 19.4 | 555 | 175 | 20.3 | 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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 525 | 613 | 706 | 849 | 1,039 | 1,303 | 1,361 | 1,386 | 1,413 | 1,336 |
Male | 296 | 342 | 406 | 489 | 625 | 805 | 839 | 831 | 841 | 787 |
Female | 229 | 271 | 300 | 360 | 414 | 498 | 522 | 555 | 572 | 549 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 289 | 322 | 347 | 387 | 432 | 566 | 627 | 660 | 703 | 699 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 270 | 304 | 322 | 363 | 406 | 543 | 605 | 631 | 679 | 676 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 16 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 10 |
Black or African American | 16 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 43 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 68 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 229 | 258 | 272 | 304 | 339 | 472 | 508 | 531 | 575 | 588 |
More than one race | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
Temporary visa holders | 236 | 291 | 359 | 462 | 607 | 737 | 734 | 726 | 710 | 637 |
Science and engineering | 463 | 543 | 638 | 764 | 955 | 1,124 | 1,177 | 1,201 | 1,189 | 1,130 |
Science | 286 | 324 | 369 | 442 | 544 | 645 | 687 | 730 | 715 | 699 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 47 | 59 | 54 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 61 | 51 | 58 | 60 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 29 |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 41 | 40 | 44 | 61 | 61 | 46 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 44 | 34 | 31 | 33 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 32 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 47 | 48 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 66 | 66 | 61 | 59 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 71 |
Physical sciences | 115 | 137 | 167 | 217 | 262 | 289 | 279 | 272 | 250 | 241 |
Social sciences | 28 | 30 | 51 | 63 | 72 | 90 | 127 | 153 | 163 | 163 |
Engineering | 177 | 219 | 269 | 322 | 411 | 479 | 490 | 471 | 474 | 431 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 25 | 39 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 18 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 53 | 82 | 105 | 136 | 174 | 70 | 87 | 98 | 89 | 70 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 29 | 41 | 36 | 54 | 75 | 78 | 62 | 84 | 77 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 15 | 17 | 26 | 41 | 64 | 79 | 75 | 60 | 56 | 56 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 20 | 37 | 60 | 81 | 91 | 92 | 87 | 86 | 98 | 94 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 124 | 135 | 135 | 117 | 116 |
Other engineering | 68 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 62 | 70 | 68 | 85 | 84 | 179 | 184 | 185 | 224 | 206 |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Other health | 62 | 70 | 66 | 82 | 81 | 175 | 177 | 182 | 220 | 200 |
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 | 200 | 226 | 248 | 271 | 252 | 295 | 277 | 307 | 345 | 344 |
Male | 107 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 130 | 119 | 120 | 137 | 190 | 191 |
Female | 93 | 87 | 107 | 128 | 122 | 176 | 157 | 170 | 155 | 153 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 165 | 174 | 185 | 212 | 184 | 249 | 243 | 269 | 300 | 293 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 154 | 160 | 177 | 199 | 169 | 241 | 238 | 258 | 287 | 284 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Asian | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
Black or African American | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 48 | 46 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 128 | 129 | 145 | 171 | 142 | 214 | 197 | 223 | 215 | 225 |
More than one race | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 35 | 52 | 63 | 59 | 68 | 46 | 34 | 38 | 45 | 51 |
Science and engineering | 164 | 201 | 217 | 228 | 212 | 198 | 196 | 221 | 289 | 295 |
Science | 95 | 116 | 126 | 133 | 127 | 118 | 125 | 142 | 185 | 195 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 5 | 22 | 35 | 32 |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 19 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 26 | 18 | 31 | 41 | 42 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 22 |
Physical sciences | 17 | 40 | 43 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
Social sciences | 14 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 55 | 62 | 59 | 81 | 81 |
Engineering | 69 | 85 | 91 | 95 | 85 | 80 | 71 | 79 | 104 | 100 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 16 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 18 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 28 | 37 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 35 | 28 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 11 |
Other engineering | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 36 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 40 | 97 | 81 | 86 | 56 | 49 |
Clinical medicine | . | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Other health | 36 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 34 | 89 | 70 | 79 | 48 | 41 |
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 | 90 | 64 | 136 | 188 | 130 | 140 | 130 | 185 | 158 | 125 |
Science and engineering | 90 | 64 | 136 | 187 | 129 | 129 | 118 | 162 | 153 | 121 |
Science | 54 | 29 | 68 | 84 | 52 | 56 | 26 | 40 | 42 | 33 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 43 | 23 | 60 | 72 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 19 | 30 | 23 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | 36 | 35 | 68 | 103 | 77 | 73 | 92 | 122 | 111 | 88 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 8 | 11 | 27 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 45 | 41 | 29 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 27 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 19 |
Other engineering | 20 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 4 |
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 | 525 | 613 | 706 | 849 | 1,039 | 1,303 | 1,361 | 1,386 | 1,413 | 1,336 |
Fellowships | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 17 | 9 |
Federal | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Institutional | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
Research assistantships | 162 | 132 | 207 | 277 | 339 | 417 | 389 | 409 | 393 | 351 |
Federal | 84 | 46 | 113 | 165 | 121 | 123 | 112 | 151 | 150 | 109 |
Institutional | 23 | 59 | 50 | 78 | 144 | 216 | 214 | 201 | 162 | 154 |
Nonfederal | 55 | 27 | 44 | 34 | 74 | 78 | 63 | 57 | 81 | 88 |
Teaching assistantships | 199 | 229 | 271 | 266 | 349 | 456 | 470 | 479 | 482 | 479 |
Federal | 4 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
Institutional | 181 | 204 | 250 | 244 | 338 | 451 | 463 | 469 | 479 | 466 |
Nonfederal | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Other types of support | 158 | 251 | 226 | 305 | 347 | 398 | 464 | 484 | 521 | 497 |
Federal | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
Institutional | 12 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 78 | 79 | 96 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 9 |
Personal resources | 144 | 226 | 223 | 302 | 338 | 333 | 400 | 377 | 433 | 389 |
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 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 48 | 60 | 42 | 38 | 42 |
Science | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 22 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 20 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 16 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 16 |
Science | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 17,340 | 23,496 | 30,020 | 32,582 | 41,326 | 58,817 | 58,512 | 69,528 | 69,640 | 66,413 | ||||||||||
Science | 9,033 | 11,250 | 12,440 | 12,911 | 15,524 | 16,042 | 24,194 | 26,597 | 25,947 | 27,583 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 32 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 341 | 207 | 240 | 117 | 79 | 168 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 467 | 285 | 192 | 187 | 244 | 481 | 609 | 501 | 493 | 269 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 467 | 285 | 192 | 187 | 244 | 481 | 584 | 483 | 453 | 269 | ||||||||||
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 | 25 | 18 | 40 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,390 | 1,882 | 1,928 | 1,633 | 1,611 | 1,927 | 3,120 | 2,576 | 2,631 | 3,202 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,180 | 1,699 | 1,915 | 1,623 | 1,175 | 1,541 | 2,042 | 2,086 | 1,794 | 1,930 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 210 | 183 | 13 | 10 | 436 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,078 | 490 | 834 | 1,272 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 161 | 82 | 178 | 210 | 533 | 249 | 482 | 429 | 493 | 481 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 6,703 | 8,576 | 9,643 | 10,305 | 11,144 | 11,686 | 17,406 | 20,889 | 20,338 | 21,436 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 6,703 | 8,576 | 9,571 | 10,295 | 11,100 | 11,618 | 17,346 | 20,778 | 20,276 | 21,380 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 72 | 10 | 44 | 68 | 60 | 111 | 62 | 56 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 226 | 328 | 338 | 283 | 877 | 889 | 1,353 | 1,226 | 967 | 563 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 54 | 95 | 154 | 261 | 653 | 431 | 984 | 859 | 946 | 1,464 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 12 | 28 | 126 | 93 | 26 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 18 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 637 | 187 | 18 | 54 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 49 | 5 | 28 | 289 | 167 | 129 | 358 | 272 | 67 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 5 | 23 | 96 | 96 | 111 | 184 | 269 | 625 | 1,312 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 17 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 231 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 31 | 31 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 7,714 | 11,345 | 16,650 | 18,878 | 24,042 | 41,309 | 29,895 | 37,673 | 36,384 | 32,182 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 811 | 1,151 | 1,211 | 1,172 | 1,970 | 2,594 | 1,903 | 1,506 | 1,196 | 1,314 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,355 | 4,381 | 5,103 | 5,816 | 7,637 | 11,709 | 10,855 | 13,447 | 12,861 | 10,972 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,119 | 1,487 | 5,322 | 3,032 | 3,726 | 4,396 | 5,527 | 6,436 | 6,936 | 5,028 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 320 | 931 | 1,906 | 2,122 | 3,243 | 3,780 | 2,827 | 3,188 | 2,562 | 3,159 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,728 | 3,142 | 2,977 | 3,337 | 3,438 | 4,958 | 5,374 | 5,614 | 5,508 | 6,464 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 381 | 253 | 131 | 3,399 | 4,028 | 13,872 | 3,409 | 7,482 | 7,321 | 5,245 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 593 | 901 | 930 | 793 | 1,760 | 1,466 | 4,423 | 5,258 | 7,309 | 6,648 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 147 | 165 | 201 | 130 | 289 | 552 | 726 | 426 | 460 | 952 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 73 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 25 | 102 | 49 | 77 | ||||||||||
Education | 128 | 244 | 218 | 217 | 549 | 200 | 442 | 638 | 633 | 611 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 180 | 89 | 198 | 180 | 233 | 202 | 189 | 476 | 155 | 123 | ||||||||||
Law | 2 | 132 | 138 | 73 | 168 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 127 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 175 | 11 | 73 | 30 | 25 | 132 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 63 | 256 | 86 | 154 | 211 | 139 | 167 | 176 | 274 | 154 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 27 | 37 | 59 | 359 | 2,795 | 3,401 | 5,694 | 4,472 |
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 | 17,340 | 9,024 | 442 | 4,217 | 2,093 | 653 | 911 | |||||||
Science | 9,033 | 4,968 | 355 | 2,004 | 790 | 341 | 575 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 467 | 194 | 270 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 467 | 194 | 270 | 3 | 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 | 1,390 | 550 | 0 | 463 | 228 | 77 | 72 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,180 | 397 | 0 | 458 | 228 | 57 | 40 | |||||||
Health sciences | 210 | 153 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 32 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 161 | 117 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 6,703 | 4,026 | 85 | 1,401 | 538 | 150 | 503 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 6,703 | 4,026 | 85 | 1,401 | 538 | 150 | 503 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 226 | 43 | 0 | 77 | 24 | 82 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 54 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 7,714 | 3,985 | 87 | 1,796 | 1,266 | 312 | 268 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 811 | 650 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,355 | 751 | 0 | 157 | 280 | 122 | 45 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,119 | 679 | 87 | 175 | 161 | 9 | 8 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 320 | 196 | 0 | 49 | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,728 | 1,691 | 0 | 1,087 | 740 | 135 | 75 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 381 | 18 | 0 | 213 | 10 | 0 | 140 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 593 | 71 | 0 | 417 | 37 | 0 | 68 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 147 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 73 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 128 | 58 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 180 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Law | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 63 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 9,024 | 10,574 | 11,796 | 12,470 | 16,395 | 25,433 | 14,676 | 20,263 | 19,658 | 16,768 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,265 | 2,779 | 2,376 | 3,153 | 4,342 | 13,174 | 4,195 | 7,931 | 7,429 | 5,835 | ||||||||||
DOE | 399 | 405 | 757 | 619 | 270 | 582 | 598 | 1,015 | 1,094 | 2,330 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,525 | 1,359 | 1,006 | 1,049 | 1,827 | 1,826 | 1,437 | 1,968 | 1,811 | 1,258 | ||||||||||
NASA | 793 | 687 | 721 | 566 | 663 | 879 | 834 | 1,337 | 1,861 | 1,429 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,107 | 4,671 | 5,203 | 5,614 | 6,737 | 6,687 | 5,752 | 5,502 | 4,623 | 3,979 | ||||||||||
USDA | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 227 | 190 | ||||||||||
Other | 919 | 670 | 1,733 | 1,469 | 2,556 | 2,285 | 1,751 | 2,510 | 2,613 | 1,747 |
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 | 865 | 129 | 736 | . | |||
2018 | 874 | 117 | 757 | . | |||
2017 | 1,099 | 170 | 929 | . | |||
2016 | 1,240 | 149 | 1,091 | . | |||
2015 | 826 | 190 | 636 | 58 |
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 | 1,160 | 1,158 | 1,080 | 1,033 | 859 |
Agricultural sciences | 57 | 57 | 51 | 44 | 42 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 589 | 589 | 562 | 546 | 544 |
Computer and information sciences | 62 | 62 | 48 | 43 | 28 |
Engineering | 284 | 284 | 275 | 256 | 163 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 8 |
Health sciences | 19 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 48 | 48 | 4 | 3 | . |
Physical sciences | 40 | 40 | 62 | 58 | 56 |
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Social sciences | 18 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 3 |
Other | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 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 | 164,700 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 64,700 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 90,000 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 10,000 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 30,000 | 3,758 | 3,850 | 6,369 | 5,096 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,837 | 1,674 | 0 | 696 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 385 | 0 |
Engineering | 16,000 | 626 | 865 | 5,334 | 4,400 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 14,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 1,295 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 364 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 448 | 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.