U. Akron, Akron
Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2022 | 170 | 63.3 | 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 | |||||||||
2013 | 148 | 65 | 417 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 83 | 128 | 128 | 122 | 137 | 141 | 122 | 121 | 114 | 97 |
Science and engineering | 78 | 118 | 114 | 117 | 127 | 127 | 107 | 104 | 102 | 88 |
Science | 39 | 63 | 59 | 51 | 72 | 52 | 57 | 44 | 54 | 57 |
Life science | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Health sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 16 | 29 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 25 | 37 | 20 | 27 | 27 |
Chemistry | 14 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 11 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 25 |
Psychology | 11 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 22 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | . | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Engineering | 39 | 55 | 55 | 66 | 55 | 75 | 50 | 60 | 48 | 31 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | . | 2 | . |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 9 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
Other engineering | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 16 |
Non-science and engineering | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
Education | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Other education | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
History | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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