U. Akron, The, Akron
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
| 2023 | 176 | 62.2 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 169 | 63.5 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 121 | 73.4 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 130 | 71.6 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 132 | 70.9 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 122 | 72 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 122 | 71.8 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 129 | 70.5 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 131 | 69.7 | 426 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 133 | 69 | 422 | |||||||||
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 76 | 83 | 128 | 128 | 122 | 137 | 141 | 122 | 121 | 114 |
| Science and engineering | 67 | 78 | 118 | 114 | 117 | 127 | 127 | 107 | 104 | 102 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Microbiology and immunology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Molecular biology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Pharmacology and toxicology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 31 | 39 | 55 | 55 | 66 | 55 | 75 | 50 | 60 | 48 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | . | 2 |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 30 | 31 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Materials and mining engineering | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mechanical engineering | 1 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| Engineering, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . |
| Nursing science | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Health sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 16 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 25 | 35 | 20 | 27 |
| Chemistry | 16 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 19 |
| Physics | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Psychology | 9 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| Clinical psychology | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Psychology, other | . | 1 | . | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . |
| Social sciences | 4 | . | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Public policy analysis | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4 | . | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-science and engineering | 9 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 12 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Business | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Education | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Education leadership and administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Education research | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Education, other | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| History | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Public administration and social services | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | 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
