U. Alabama, The, Huntsville
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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 | 231 | 50.1 | 457 | 254 | 63.1 | 680 | 143 | 84.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 226 | 50.1 | 447 | 248 | 64.6 | 691 | 189 | 68 | 583 | 145 | 84.3 | 907 |
2020 | 226 | 50.4 | 450 | 257 | 63.6 | 697 | 150 | 83.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 234 | 48.3 | 447 | 244 | 65.4 | 696 | 188 | 68.5 | 589 | 155 | 83.3 | 913 |
2018 | 270 | 37.6 | 428 | 229 | 67.6 | 698 | 158 | 82.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 227 | 47.2 | 425 | 224 | 67.7 | 684 | 185 | 68.3 | 575 | 161 | 82.3 | 897 |
2016 | 252 | 42.1 | 430 | 238 | 66.3 | 697 | 151 | 83.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 239 | 44.6 | 426 | 238 | 66.1 | 693 | 181 | 68.7 | 570 | 153 | 83.2 | 897 |
2014 | 251 | 41.2 | 422 | 243 | 65.1 | 688 | 153 | 83 | 887 | |||
2013 | 243 | 42.4 | 417 | 255 | 54.6 | 555 | 188 | 68.5 | 588 | 145 | 83.9 | 884 |
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
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Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 41 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 27 |
Science and engineering | 41 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 27 |
Science | 22 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 13 |
Life science | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Chemistry | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Computer sciences | 6 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Mathematics | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Economics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 19 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 14 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Other engineering | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 454 | 428 | 373 | 392 | 444 | 466 | 475 | 450 | 425 | 401 |
Male | 277 | 263 | 232 | 252 | 297 | 317 | 334 | 319 | 290 | 272 |
Female | 177 | 165 | 141 | 140 | 147 | 149 | 141 | 131 | 135 | 129 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 275 | 301 | 245 | 221 | 244 | 226 | 222 | 223 | 225 | 216 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 252 | 271 | 208 | 203 | 233 | 221 | 207 | 211 | 214 | 205 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Asian | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 15 |
Black or African American | 19 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 214 | 229 | 179 | 173 | 200 | 187 | 168 | 168 | 182 | 165 |
More than one race | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Temporary visa holders | 179 | 127 | 128 | 171 | 200 | 240 | 253 | 227 | 200 | 185 |
Science and engineering | 451 | 421 | 365 | 384 | 444 | 466 | 475 | 450 | 425 | 401 |
Science | 300 | 255 | 219 | 220 | 256 | 263 | 278 | 256 | 245 | 225 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 39 | 41 | 37 | 43 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 50 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 97 | 59 | 49 | 58 | 88 | 106 | 120 | 97 | 69 | 55 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 15 | 39 | 41 | 35 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 34 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 104 | 97 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 46 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
Engineering | 151 | 166 | 146 | 164 | 188 | 203 | 197 | 194 | 180 | 176 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 60 | 71 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 37 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 25 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 21 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 20 | 31 | 36 | 39 | 32 | 72 | 61 | 60 | 62 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 9 |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Other engineering | 46 | 54 | 39 | 51 | 69 | 97 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
Health | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 617 | 610 | 516 | 485 | 461 | 453 | 509 | 505 | 521 | 541 |
Male | 460 | 458 | 393 | 383 | 369 | 363 | 393 | 390 | 404 | 417 |
Female | 157 | 152 | 123 | 102 | 92 | 90 | 116 | 115 | 117 | 124 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 606 | 595 | 501 | 471 | 432 | 416 | 473 | 487 | 499 | 526 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 534 | 498 | 430 | 422 | 398 | 392 | 437 | 455 | 473 | 499 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Asian | 20 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 24 |
Black or African American | 38 | 42 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 37 | 33 | 28 | 32 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 461 | 419 | 371 | 358 | 342 | 340 | 377 | 396 | 412 | 435 |
More than one race | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 50 | 76 | 54 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
Temporary visa holders | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 37 | 36 | 18 | 22 | 15 |
Science and engineering | 603 | 604 | 513 | 485 | 461 | 453 | 509 | 505 | 521 | 541 |
Science | 157 | 162 | 166 | 165 | 170 | 158 | 187 | 180 | 170 | 173 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 22 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 92 | 100 | 98 | 106 | 111 | 100 | 123 | 92 | 87 | 95 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Physical sciences | 28 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 22 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
Engineering | 446 | 442 | 347 | 320 | 291 | 295 | 322 | 325 | 351 | 368 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 100 | 92 | 73 | 55 | 46 | 32 | 29 | 38 | 42 | 47 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 49 | 57 | 53 | 55 | 42 | 49 | 131 | 124 | 119 | 125 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 35 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 90 | 91 | 108 | 109 |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 47 | 50 | 60 | 63 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Other engineering | 250 | 257 | 187 | 176 | 161 | 169 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Health | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 14 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 71 | 84 | 76 | 78 |
Science and engineering | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 71 | 84 | 76 | 78 |
Science | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 53 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 28 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 9 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 25 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 454 | 428 | 373 | 392 | 444 | 466 | 475 | 450 | 425 | 401 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 195 | 163 | 162 | 160 | 153 | 167 | 152 | 150 | 126 | 134 |
Federal | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 71 | 84 | 76 | 77 |
Institutional | 191 | 158 | 151 | 132 | 113 | 99 | 62 | 43 | 37 | 33 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 24 |
Teaching assistantships | 124 | 136 | 122 | 137 | 130 | 141 | 129 | 123 | 132 | 124 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 124 | 136 | 122 | 137 | 130 | 141 | 129 | 123 | 125 | 124 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Other types of support | 135 | 129 | 89 | 95 | 161 | 158 | 194 | 177 | 167 | 139 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 133 | 128 | 87 | 94 | 156 | 156 | 191 | 173 | 160 | 135 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 21 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 14 |
Science | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 19 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 19 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 19 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
Science | 18 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 18 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 1 | . | . | 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 169,532 | 149,792 | 131,648 | 109,744 | 99,405 | 94,376 | 96,865 | 88,439 | 89,325 | 101,016 | ||||||||||
Science | 106,668 | 86,380 | 73,124 | 64,091 | 60,414 | 56,837 | 56,398 | 49,025 | 44,329 | 47,674 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 60,893 | 48,967 | 36,636 | 29,177 | 26,973 | 27,191 | 27,819 | 24,366 | 22,533 | 25,767 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23,111 | 17,960 | 17,304 | 16,001 | 12,552 | 13,866 | 13,440 | 11,781 | 11,382 | 9,458 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 21,336 | 17,546 | 16,483 | 15,586 | 12,388 | 13,704 | 13,164 | 11,608 | 11,198 | 9,055 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,540 | 399 | 664 | 327 | 144 | 162 | 276 | 173 | 179 | 403 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 207 | 15 | 157 | 88 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,695 | 2,620 | 3,170 | 2,815 | 2,528 | 1,864 | 2,004 | 1,307 | 1,438 | 2,096 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 291 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,508 | 1,411 | 2,046 | 1,928 | 1,712 | 1,107 | 1,285 | 1,037 | 1,200 | 1,538 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,159 | 1,179 | 1,122 | 887 | 108 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 708 | 659 | 710 | 269 | 238 | 267 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 655 | 709 | 726 | 627 | 500 | 512 | 596 | 540 | 408 | 431 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 17,852 | 15,071 | 13,353 | 12,963 | 14,459 | 10,415 | 9,888 | 9,075 | 7,808 | 8,232 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 13,777 | 11,601 | 10,224 | 9,766 | 10,761 | 6,566 | 5,487 | 5,223 | 4,490 | 4,954 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,023 | 1,165 | 1,300 | 1,466 | 1,648 | 881 | 830 | 999 | 413 | 534 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,957 | 2,284 | 1,767 | 1,724 | 1,656 | 2,743 | 3,435 | 2,769 | 2,493 | 1,942 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 95 | 21 | 62 | 7 | 394 | 225 | 136 | 84 | 412 | 802 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 349 | 233 | 218 | 183 | 175 | 124 | 289 | 267 | 227 | 259 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,113 | 820 | 1,717 | 2,325 | 3,227 | 2,865 | 2,362 | 1,689 | 533 | 1,431 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 773 | 611 | 1,501 | 1,304 | 2,553 | 2,370 | 1,239 | 747 | 336 | 636 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 213 | 60 | 59 | 879 | 534 | 375 | 1,011 | 814 | 107 | 715 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 127 | 149 | 157 | 142 | 140 | 120 | 112 | 128 | 90 | 80 | ||||||||||
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 | 53,958 | 55,510 | 51,198 | 40,733 | 34,105 | 32,555 | 35,151 | 35,720 | 41,665 | 49,258 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 32,628 | 35,286 | 30,622 | 22,743 | 22,335 | 20,978 | 23,205 | 25,122 | 33,867 | 39,545 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 120 | 151 | 254 | 218 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,117 | 1,020 | 1,031 | 941 | 568 | 1,033 | 672 | 623 | 733 | 435 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 3,469 | 2,965 | 3,390 | 2,182 | 1,132 | 1,034 | 1,027 | 2,129 | 456 | 301 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 6,422 | 5,092 | 5,450 | 6,394 | 5,107 | 4,223 | 3,742 | 2,565 | 2,333 | 3,058 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 4,347 | 4,568 | 3,602 | 3,627 | 813 | 769 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,689 | 5,285 | 5,612 | 3,967 | 3,685 | 3,505 | 5,012 | 4,303 | 2,848 | 3,953 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 754 | 635 | 465 | 374 | 209 | 399 | 436 | 215 | 280 | 521 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,412 | 508 | 772 | 287 | 226 | 603 | 386 | 753 | 1,131 | 1,442 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 8,906 | 7,902 | 7,326 | 4,920 | 4,886 | 4,984 | 5,316 | 3,694 | 3,331 | 4,084 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,817 | 2,530 | 2,675 | 2,606 | 2,931 | 2,852 | 3,674 | 2,241 | 1,881 | 2,806 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 105 | 126 | 136 | 197 | 173 | 138 | 147 | 122 | 76 | 65 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,886 | 4,231 | 3,385 | 1,103 | 768 | 982 | 549 | 152 | 473 | 231 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 700 | 559 | 739 | 684 | 671 | 691 | 653 | 867 | 589 | 610 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 363 | 405 | 391 | 321 | 343 | 319 | 293 | 312 | 220 | 217 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 31 | 51 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 155 |
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 | 169,532 | 132,060 | 5,091 | 30,776 | 626 | 496 | 483 | |||||||
Science | 106,668 | 88,053 | 1,060 | 16,715 | 275 | 414 | 151 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 60,893 | 54,406 | 1 | 6,395 | 0 | 91 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23,111 | 18,414 | 961 | 3,604 | 108 | 18 | 6 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 21,336 | 16,642 | 961 | 3,601 | 108 | 18 | 6 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,540 | 1,537 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 207 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,695 | 398 | 67 | 2,112 | 17 | 18 | 83 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,508 | 366 | 0 | 1,070 | 17 | 5 | 50 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,159 | 8 | 67 | 1,038 | 0 | 13 | 33 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 655 | 28 | 0 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 17,852 | 13,902 | 22 | 3,533 | 150 | 245 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 13,777 | 11,925 | 0 | 1,755 | 0 | 97 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,023 | 165 | 0 | 813 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,957 | 1,722 | 22 | 965 | 100 | 148 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 95 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 349 | 68 | 0 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,113 | 837 | 9 | 225 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 773 | 684 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 213 | 153 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 127 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 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 | 53,958 | 43,390 | 706 | 9,135 | 335 | 60 | 332 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 32,628 | 29,143 | 0 | 3,191 | 275 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 120 | 14 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,117 | 401 | 26 | 443 | 3 | 0 | 244 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 3,469 | 3,084 | 5 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 6,422 | 4,039 | 50 | 2,213 | 14 | 60 | 46 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 4,347 | 3,317 | 218 | 786 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,689 | 1,889 | 0 | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 754 | 519 | 131 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,412 | 984 | 276 | 112 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 8,906 | 617 | 3,325 | 4,926 | 16 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,817 | 332 | 148 | 2,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 105 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,886 | 196 | 3,096 | 1,594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 700 | 49 | 74 | 539 | 16 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 363 | 8 | 0 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 31 | 31 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 132,060 | 116,971 | 104,288 | 85,211 | 74,650 | 68,609 | 69,824 | 67,451 | 75,343 | 85,738 | ||||||||||
DOD | 80,980 | 73,021 | 61,157 | 47,429 | 40,095 | 38,982 | 42,163 | 40,251 | 49,941 | 58,431 | ||||||||||
DOE | 869 | 816 | 416 | 462 | 212 | 438 | 365 | 551 | 864 | 1,333 | ||||||||||
HHS | 283 | 324 | 578 | 696 | 470 | 334 | 123 | 289 | 303 | 335 | ||||||||||
NASA | 33,436 | 28,939 | 27,270 | 23,676 | 23,352 | 21,766 | 19,653 | 19,520 | 19,158 | 18,155 | ||||||||||
NSF | 7,672 | 7,400 | 8,210 | 8,654 | 7,095 | 4,098 | 4,043 | 3,517 | 3,201 | 5,384 | ||||||||||
USDA | 267 | 143 | 189 | 246 | 185 | 150 | 506 | 815 | 682 | 636 | ||||||||||
Other | 8,553 | 6,328 | 6,468 | 4,048 | 3,241 | 2,841 | 2,971 | 2,508 | 1,194 | 1,464 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,207 | 203 | 1,004 | . | |||
2018 | 1,151 | 182 | 969 | . | |||
2017 | 1,258 | 161 | 1,097 | . | |||
2016 | 1,134 | 191 | 943 | . |
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.