U. Alabama, The, Huntsville

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 | 225 | 50.6 | 448 | 248 | 36.4 | 691 | 189 | 33 | 583 | 145 | 16.7 | 909 |
2020 | 226 | 50.6 | 450 | 257 | 37.4 | 697 | 150 | 17.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 234 | 52.7 | 447 | 244 | 35.6 | 696 | 188 | 32.5 | 589 | 155 | 17.7 | 913 |
2018 | 270 | 63.4 | 428 | 229 | 33.4 | 698 | 158 | 18.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 227 | 53.8 | 425 | 224 | 33.3 | 684 | 185 | 32.7 | 575 | 161 | 18.7 | 897 |
2016 | 252 | 58.9 | 430 | 238 | 34.7 | 697 | 151 | 17.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 239 | 56.4 | 426 | 238 | 34.9 | 693 | 181 | 32.3 | 570 | 153 | 17.8 | 897 |
2014 | 251 | 59.8 | 422 | 243 | 35.9 | 688 | 153 | 18 | 887 | |||
2013 | 243 | 58.6 | 417 | 255 | 46.4 | 555 | 188 | 32.5 | 588 | 145 | 17.1 | 884 |
2012 | 221 | 54 | 412 | 255 | 46.4 | 555 | 155 | 18.1 | 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 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 37 |
Science and engineering | 39 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 37 |
Science | 16 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 22 |
Life science | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Chemistry | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Mathematics | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 3 |
Psychology and social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Economics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 23 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Other engineering | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 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 | 428 | 373 | 392 | 444 | 466 | 475 | 450 | 425 | 401 | 386 |
Male | 263 | 232 | 252 | 297 | 317 | 334 | 319 | 290 | 272 | 253 |
Female | 165 | 141 | 140 | 147 | 149 | 141 | 131 | 135 | 129 | 133 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 301 | 245 | 221 | 244 | 226 | 222 | 223 | 225 | 216 | 215 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 271 | 208 | 203 | 233 | 221 | 207 | 211 | 214 | 205 | 207 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Asian | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
Black or African American | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 229 | 179 | 173 | 200 | 187 | 168 | 168 | 182 | 165 | 168 |
More than one race | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 19 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 127 | 128 | 171 | 200 | 240 | 253 | 227 | 200 | 185 | 171 |
Science and engineering | 421 | 365 | 384 | 444 | 466 | 475 | 450 | 425 | 401 | 386 |
Science | 255 | 219 | 220 | 256 | 263 | 278 | 256 | 245 | 225 | 228 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 39 | 41 | 37 | 43 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 50 | 51 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 59 | 49 | 58 | 88 | 106 | 120 | 97 | 69 | 55 | 47 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 39 | 41 | 35 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 37 |
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 33 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Physical sciences | 97 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 46 | 52 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
Engineering | 166 | 146 | 164 | 188 | 203 | 197 | 194 | 180 | 176 | 158 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 71 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 37 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 20 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 31 | 36 | 39 | 32 | 72 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 56 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 10 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 53 | 47 | 42 | 38 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Other engineering | 54 | 39 | 51 | 69 | 97 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Health | 7 | 8 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 8 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 610 | 516 | 485 | 461 | 453 | 509 | 505 | 521 | 541 | 602 |
Male | 458 | 393 | 383 | 369 | 363 | 393 | 390 | 404 | 417 | 460 |
Female | 152 | 123 | 102 | 92 | 90 | 116 | 115 | 117 | 124 | 142 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 595 | 501 | 471 | 432 | 416 | 473 | 487 | 499 | 526 | 585 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 498 | 430 | 422 | 398 | 392 | 437 | 455 | 473 | 499 | 562 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Asian | 22 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 24 |
Black or African American | 42 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 44 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 419 | 371 | 358 | 342 | 340 | 377 | 396 | 412 | 435 | 485 |
More than one race | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 76 | 54 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
Temporary visa holders | 15 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 36 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 17 |
Science and engineering | 604 | 513 | 485 | 461 | 453 | 509 | 505 | 521 | 541 | 602 |
Science | 162 | 166 | 165 | 170 | 158 | 187 | 180 | 170 | 173 | 189 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 100 | 98 | 106 | 111 | 100 | 123 | 92 | 87 | 95 | 111 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 24 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 24 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
Engineering | 442 | 347 | 320 | 291 | 295 | 322 | 325 | 351 | 368 | 413 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 92 | 73 | 55 | 46 | 32 | 29 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 56 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 57 | 53 | 55 | 42 | 49 | 131 | 124 | 119 | 125 | 135 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 20 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 90 | 91 | 108 | 109 | 137 |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 47 | 50 | 60 | 63 | 69 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Other engineering | 257 | 187 | 176 | 161 | 169 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Health | 6 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 6 | 3 | 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 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 71 | 84 | 76 | 78 | 89 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 71 | 84 | 76 | 78 | 89 |
Science | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 63 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 25 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 18 |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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).
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 | 428 | 373 | 392 | 444 | 466 | 475 | 450 | 425 | 401 | 386 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 163 | 162 | 160 | 153 | 167 | 152 | 150 | 126 | 134 | 122 |
Federal | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 71 | 84 | 76 | 77 | 84 |
Institutional | 158 | 151 | 132 | 113 | 99 | 62 | 43 | 37 | 33 | 24 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 14 |
Teaching assistantships | 136 | 122 | 137 | 130 | 141 | 129 | 123 | 132 | 124 | 128 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 136 | 122 | 137 | 130 | 141 | 129 | 123 | 125 | 124 | 128 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 129 | 89 | 95 | 161 | 158 | 194 | 177 | 167 | 139 | 127 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Personal resources | 128 | 87 | 94 | 156 | 156 | 191 | 173 | 160 | 135 | 111 |
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 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 8 |
Science | 18 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Science and engineering | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Science | 17 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 17 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 149,792 | 131,648 | 109,744 | 99,405 | 94,376 | 96,865 | 88,439 | 89,325 | 101,016 | 87,388 | ||||||||||
Science | 86,380 | 73,124 | 64,091 | 60,414 | 56,837 | 56,398 | 49,025 | 44,329 | 47,674 | 42,736 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 48,967 | 36,636 | 29,177 | 26,973 | 27,191 | 27,819 | 24,366 | 22,533 | 25,767 | 21,689 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 17,960 | 17,304 | 16,001 | 12,552 | 13,866 | 13,440 | 11,781 | 11,382 | 9,458 | 8,138 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 17,546 | 16,483 | 15,586 | 12,388 | 13,704 | 13,164 | 11,608 | 11,198 | 9,055 | 7,592 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 399 | 664 | 327 | 144 | 162 | 276 | 173 | 179 | 403 | 546 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 15 | 157 | 88 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,620 | 3,170 | 2,815 | 2,528 | 1,864 | 2,004 | 1,307 | 1,438 | 2,096 | 2,058 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 291 | 527 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,411 | 2,046 | 1,928 | 1,712 | 1,107 | 1,285 | 1,037 | 1,200 | 1,538 | 1,344 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,179 | 1,122 | 887 | 108 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 0 | 0 | 708 | 659 | 710 | 269 | 238 | 267 | 187 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 709 | 726 | 627 | 500 | 512 | 596 | 540 | 408 | 431 | 445 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 15,071 | 13,353 | 12,963 | 14,459 | 10,415 | 9,888 | 9,075 | 7,808 | 8,232 | 7,368 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 11,601 | 10,224 | 9,766 | 10,761 | 6,566 | 5,487 | 5,223 | 4,490 | 4,954 | 4,210 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,165 | 1,300 | 1,466 | 1,648 | 881 | 830 | 999 | 413 | 534 | 360 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,284 | 1,767 | 1,724 | 1,656 | 2,743 | 3,435 | 2,769 | 2,493 | 1,942 | 2,616 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 62 | 7 | 394 | 225 | 136 | 84 | 412 | 802 | 182 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 233 | 218 | 183 | 175 | 124 | 289 | 267 | 227 | 259 | 175 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 820 | 1,717 | 2,325 | 3,227 | 2,865 | 2,362 | 1,689 | 533 | 1,431 | 2,863 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 611 | 1,501 | 1,304 | 2,553 | 2,370 | 1,239 | 747 | 336 | 636 | 821 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 60 | 59 | 879 | 534 | 375 | 1,011 | 814 | 107 | 715 | 1,990 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 149 | 157 | 142 | 140 | 120 | 112 | 128 | 90 | 80 | 52 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 55,510 | 51,198 | 40,733 | 34,105 | 32,555 | 35,151 | 35,720 | 41,665 | 49,258 | 40,340 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 35,286 | 30,622 | 22,743 | 22,335 | 20,978 | 23,205 | 25,122 | 33,867 | 39,545 | 31,355 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 151 | 254 | 218 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,020 | 1,031 | 941 | 568 | 1,033 | 672 | 623 | 733 | 435 | 152 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 2,965 | 3,390 | 2,182 | 1,132 | 1,034 | 1,027 | 2,129 | 456 | 301 | 611 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,092 | 5,450 | 6,394 | 5,107 | 4,223 | 3,742 | 2,565 | 2,333 | 3,058 | 2,101 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 4,568 | 3,602 | 3,627 | 813 | 769 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5,285 | 5,612 | 3,967 | 3,685 | 3,505 | 5,012 | 4,303 | 2,848 | 3,953 | 3,222 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 635 | 465 | 374 | 209 | 399 | 436 | 215 | 280 | 521 | 1,098 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 508 | 772 | 287 | 226 | 603 | 386 | 753 | 1,131 | 1,442 | 1,766 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 7,902 | 7,326 | 4,920 | 4,886 | 4,984 | 5,316 | 3,694 | 3,331 | 4,084 | 4,312 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,530 | 2,675 | 2,606 | 2,931 | 2,852 | 3,674 | 2,241 | 1,881 | 2,806 | 3,321 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 126 | 136 | 197 | 173 | 138 | 147 | 122 | 76 | 65 | 56 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,231 | 3,385 | 1,103 | 768 | 982 | 549 | 152 | 473 | 231 | 198 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 559 | 739 | 684 | 671 | 691 | 653 | 867 | 589 | 610 | 424 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 405 | 391 | 321 | 343 | 319 | 293 | 312 | 220 | 217 | 147 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 51 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 155 | 166 |
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 | 149,792 | 116,971 | 4,743 | 26,294 | 688 | 610 | 486 | |||||||
Science | 86,380 | 71,661 | 964 | 12,667 | 124 | 592 | 372 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 48,967 | 45,627 | 0 | 3,304 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 17,960 | 14,376 | 859 | 2,412 | 2 | 34 | 277 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 17,546 | 13,971 | 859 | 2,412 | 2 | 25 | 277 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 399 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,620 | 330 | 75 | 2,093 | 15 | 12 | 95 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,411 | 300 | 0 | 994 | 15 | 7 | 95 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,179 | 0 | 75 | 1,099 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 709 | 15 | 0 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 15,071 | 10,716 | 30 | 3,708 | 107 | 510 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 11,601 | 9,304 | 5 | 1,944 | 0 | 348 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,165 | 219 | 0 | 870 | 76 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,284 | 1,172 | 25 | 894 | 31 | 162 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 233 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 820 | 597 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 611 | 597 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 149 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 55,510 | 44,780 | 590 | 9,470 | 556 | 3 | 111 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 35,286 | 31,051 | 143 | 3,820 | 260 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 151 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,020 | 470 | 25 | 413 | 78 | 0 | 34 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 2,965 | 2,587 | 56 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,092 | 2,880 | 44 | 2,093 | 73 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 4,568 | 3,632 | 214 | 667 | 41 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 5,285 | 3,317 | 0 | 1,898 | 18 | 0 | 52 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 635 | 586 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 508 | 257 | 108 | 57 | 86 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 7,902 | 530 | 3,189 | 4,157 | 8 | 15 | 3 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,530 | 78 | 0 | 2,452 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 126 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,231 | 329 | 3,182 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 559 | 73 | 0 | 471 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 405 | 2 | 7 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 51 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 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 | 116,971 | 104,288 | 85,211 | 74,650 | 68,609 | 69,824 | 67,451 | 75,343 | 85,738 | 78,528 | ||||||||||
DOD | 73,021 | 61,157 | 47,429 | 40,095 | 38,982 | 42,163 | 40,251 | 49,941 | 58,431 | 53,143 | ||||||||||
DOE | 816 | 416 | 462 | 212 | 438 | 365 | 551 | 864 | 1,333 | 1,265 | ||||||||||
HHS | 324 | 578 | 696 | 470 | 334 | 123 | 289 | 303 | 335 | 465 | ||||||||||
NASA | 28,939 | 27,270 | 23,676 | 23,352 | 21,766 | 19,653 | 19,520 | 19,158 | 18,155 | 18,260 | ||||||||||
NSF | 7,400 | 8,210 | 8,654 | 7,095 | 4,098 | 4,043 | 3,517 | 3,201 | 5,384 | 3,085 | ||||||||||
USDA | 143 | 189 | 246 | 185 | 150 | 506 | 815 | 682 | 636 | 587 | ||||||||||
Other | 6,328 | 6,468 | 4,048 | 3,241 | 2,841 | 2,971 | 2,508 | 1,194 | 1,464 | 1,723 |
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 | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,207 | 203 | 1,004 | . | |||
2018 | 1,151 | 182 | 969 | . | |||
2017 | 1,258 | 161 | 1,097 | . | |||
2016 | 1,134 | 191 | 943 | . | |||
2015 | 1,051 | 193 | 858 | 13 |
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 | 1,021 | 994 | 968 | 931 | 819 |
Agricultural sciences | 141 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 335 | 237 | 232 | 242 | 274 |
Computer and information sciences | 33 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
Engineering | 235 | 236 | 231 | 203 | 190 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 17 |
Health sciences | 111 | 321 | 294 | 284 | 126 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences | 114 | 114 | 114 | 116 | 113 |
Psychology | 17 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 13 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 54 |
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 | . | 34,760 | . | 43,670 | 2,957 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 765 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 11,247 | . |
Engineering | . | 15,025 | . | 9,895 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 783 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 10,802 | 2,957 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | 6,833 | . | 409 | . |
Psychology | . | 7,239 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 4,898 | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | . | 10,534 | . |
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 | 65,600 | 26,566 | 28,784 | 49,126 | 56,043 |
Agricultural sciences | 5,200 | 4,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 31,100 | 6,346 | 5,432 | 13,130 | 6,664 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 21,900 | 2,580 | 2,580 | 1,170 | 11,958 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1,750 | 1,923 | 17,663 | 32,092 | 15,394 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 11,109 | 3,109 | 1,809 | 19,321 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 925 | 254 |
Social sciences | 0 | 317 | 0 | 0 | 2,453 |
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.