U. Alaska, Anchorage

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 | 372 | 83.2 | 448 | 499 | 72.4 | 691 | 350 | 60.4 | 583 | 274 | 30.8 | 909 |
2020 | 394 | 87.6 | 450 | 512 | 73.7 | 697 | 267 | 29.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 426 | 95.3 | 447 | 502 | 72.4 | 696 | 344 | 58.8 | 589 | 268 | 30 | 913 |
2018 | 416 | 97.2 | 428 | 497 | 71.4 | 698 | 263 | 29.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 394 | 92.8 | 425 | 485 | 71.2 | 684 | 336 | 58.8 | 575 | 264 | 30.1 | 897 |
2016 | 420 | 97.7 | 430 | 475 | 68.4 | 697 | 271 | 30.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 420 | 98.6 | 426 | 449 | 65.1 | 693 | 399 | 70.2 | 570 | 276 | 31.4 | 897 |
2014 | 466 | 68 | 688 | 280 | 32.2 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 455 | 82.1 | 555 | 356 | 60.9 | 588 | 263 | 30.4 | 884 | |||
2012 | 437 | 78.9 | 555 | 270 | 30.9 | 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 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Science and engineering | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Science | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Psychology | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 74 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 96 | 110 | 90 | 68 | 89 |
Male | 26 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 35 | 20 | 24 | 30 |
Female | 48 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 37 | 52 | 75 | 70 | 44 | 59 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 72 | 63 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 90 | 106 | 84 | 61 | 79 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 56 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 82 | 96 | 74 | 54 | 74 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Asian | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Black or African American | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 45 | 38 | 42 | 52 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 64 |
More than one race | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 69 | 58 | 60 | 64 | 67 | 84 | 91 | 69 | 55 | 81 |
Science | 59 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 63 | 76 | 59 | 41 | 57 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 11 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 42 | 37 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 24 |
Physical sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 21 |
Engineering | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
Health | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 8 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
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 | 111 | 131 | 148 | 158 | 153 | 213 | 223 | 212 | 268 | 230 |
Male | 46 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 48 | 61 | 72 | 69 | 84 | 76 |
Female | 65 | 88 | 95 | 95 | 105 | 152 | 151 | 143 | 184 | 154 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 109 | 127 | 145 | 153 | 148 | 208 | 221 | 209 | 263 | 226 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 111 | 130 | 136 | 132 | 183 | 197 | 187 | 244 | 208 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 7 |
Asian | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 |
Black or African American | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
White | 78 | 86 | 104 | 101 | 97 | 136 | 151 | 148 | 194 | 167 |
More than one race | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 14 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
Temporary visa holders | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 72 | 71 | 94 | 98 | 86 | 124 | 124 | 104 | 134 | 124 |
Science | 55 | 49 | 70 | 61 | 47 | 82 | 78 | 56 | 72 | 73 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 18 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 14 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 16 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 53 |
Engineering | 17 | 22 | 24 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 62 | 51 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 12 | 14 | 20 | 30 | 36 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 18 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 17 | 26 | 26 | 37 | 33 |
Health | 39 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 89 | 99 | 108 | 134 | 106 |
Clinical medicine | 39 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 62 | 69 | 67 | 83 | 67 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 27 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 39 |
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 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
Science and engineering | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Science | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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).
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 | 74 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 96 | 110 | 90 | 68 | 89 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
Federal | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
Institutional | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Teaching assistantships | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 19 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 19 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 57 | 53 | 46 | 40 | 47 | 53 | 68 | 54 | 44 | 55 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 57 | 53 | 46 | 40 | 47 | 52 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 55 |
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 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Science | 8 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 3 | 5 | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Science | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 21,332 | 22,713 | 21,724 | 21,096 | 20,861 | 19,883 | 17,436 | 17,150 | 20,255 | 20,194 | ||||||||||
Science | 18,916 | 21,022 | 19,262 | 17,058 | 16,580 | 16,400 | 14,522 | 13,855 | 11,264 | 11,286 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 166 | 165 | 685 | 471 | 226 | 453 | 63 | 630 | 237 | 92 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,735 | 7,339 | 5,186 | 5,101 | 3,302 | 2,757 | 4,541 | 3,762 | 3,128 | 2,731 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 310 | 215 | 203 | 120 | 271 | 100 | 1,578 | 853 | 433 | 201 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 4,732 | 5,068 | 3,735 | 3,095 | 2,071 | 2,296 | 1,309 | 321 | 474 | 194 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 650 | 1,103 | 674 | 341 | 451 | 89 | 226 | 102 | 25 | 123 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 43 | 953 | 574 | 1,545 | 509 | 272 | 1,428 | 2,486 | 2,196 | 2,213 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 8,381 | 6,857 | 8,863 | 7,822 | 7,514 | 6,412 | 5,814 | 5,553 | 4,392 | 5,018 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 294 | 482 | 938 | 187 | 374 | 874 | 1,228 | 591 | 277 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6,250 | 4,665 | 4,874 | 3,713 | 4,960 | 3,114 | 3,033 | 3,114 | 3,027 | 3,658 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 830 | 129 | 1,268 | 1,757 | 1,472 | 1,472 | 664 | 478 | 29 | 433 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 878 | 952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 423 | 817 | 2,239 | 1,414 | 895 | 1,452 | 1,243 | 733 | 745 | 650 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,160 | 184 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 106 | 0 | 116 | 162 | 71 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 144 | 125 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 47 | 30 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 984 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 64 | 115 | 41 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 277 | 181 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 89 | 77 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 3,020 | 3,306 | 2,233 | 1,916 | 2,281 | 1,750 | 2,368 | 2,658 | 2,585 | 1,926 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 161 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 476 | 175 | 444 | 141 | 118 | 289 | 383 | 311 | 434 | 187 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 75 | 42 | 110 | 55 | 81 | 176 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,323 | 3,112 | 1,789 | 1,660 | 2,042 | 1,417 | 1,875 | 2,292 | 2,070 | 1,563 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 177 | 2,990 | 2,102 | 1,731 | 3,235 | 4,911 | 1,647 | 888 | 731 | 1,448 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,674 | 1,101 | 1,393 | 2,196 | 2,066 | 1,982 | 874 | 1,257 | 1,758 | 1,718 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 222 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 58 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 617 | 241 | 476 | 496 | 514 | 933 | 427 | 543 | 695 | 757 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 267 | 71 | 186 | 322 | 203 | 541 | 89 | 444 | 607 | 447 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 529 | 128 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 81 | 146 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 235 | 603 | 723 | 1,129 | 1,302 | 363 | 212 | 252 | 342 | 290 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 742 | 590 | 1,069 | 1,842 | 2,215 | 1,501 | 2,040 | 2,038 | 7,233 | 7,190 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 247 | 332 | 141 | 730 | 419 | 586 | 743 | 360 | 134 | 433 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 386 | 225 | 338 | 447 | 1,121 | 391 | 316 | 591 | 349 | 371 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 336 | 172 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 590 | 647 | 627 | 520 | 978 | 724 | 626 | 878 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 86 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5,752 | 5,336 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 21,332 | 15,079 | 1,631 | 3,747 | 348 | 356 | 171 | |||||||
Science | 18,916 | 13,983 | 1,292 | 2,995 | 184 | 332 | 130 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 166 | 63 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,735 | 4,761 | 19 | 804 | 95 | 56 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 310 | 256 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 4,732 | 3,940 | 19 | 678 | 95 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 650 | 522 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 8,381 | 6,170 | 668 | 1,211 | 87 | 210 | 35 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6,250 | 5,164 | 261 | 641 | 87 | 76 | 21 | |||||||
Health sciences | 830 | 157 | 221 | 314 | 0 | 124 | 14 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 878 | 799 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 423 | 50 | 183 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,160 | 1,010 | 35 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 144 | 80 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 984 | 898 | 35 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 277 | 261 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 3,020 | 1,625 | 546 | 760 | 2 | 66 | 21 | |||||||
Anthropology | 161 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 476 | 84 | 182 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Political science and government | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,323 | 1,380 | 304 | 565 | 2 | 66 | 6 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 177 | 93 | 16 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,674 | 869 | 193 | 493 | 109 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 617 | 371 | 65 | 162 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 267 | 193 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 529 | 178 | 128 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 235 | 127 | 0 | 68 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 742 | 227 | 146 | 259 | 55 | 24 | 31 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 247 | 5 | 120 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 386 | 199 | 7 | 94 | 55 | 0 | 31 | |||||||
Humanities | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 86 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 24 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 15,079 | 15,290 | 14,219 | 13,597 | 12,681 | 11,867 | 8,575 | 7,824 | 9,686 | 10,760 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,910 | 2,078 | 1,784 | 116 | 468 | 38 | 13 | 28 | 62 | 121 | ||||||||||
DOE | 52 | 8 | 0 | 915 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 231 | 455 | 265 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,111 | 2,987 | 3,255 | 2,600 | 2,531 | 2,311 | 2,079 | 2,529 | 3,752 | 4,621 | ||||||||||
NASA | 159 | 186 | 31 | 34 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 246 | 354 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,959 | 2,726 | 2,696 | 2,135 | 2,966 | 2,467 | 2,649 | 2,288 | 2,410 | 1,970 | ||||||||||
USDA | 31 | 163 | 198 | 150 | 106 | 157 | 60 | 61 | 52 | 291 | ||||||||||
Other | 6,857 | 7,142 | 6,255 | 7,647 | 6,563 | 6,892 | 3,673 | 2,592 | 2,709 | 3,138 |
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 | 270 | 59 | 211 | . | |||
2018 | 255 | 60 | 195 | . | |||
2017 | 283 | 58 | 225 | . | |||
2016 | 274 | 49 | 225 | . | |||
2015 | 237 | 48 | 189 | 5 |
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 | 3,533 | 3,068 | 3,357 | 3,595 | 3,334 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 714 | 665 | 801 | 754 | 831 |
Computer and information sciences | 163 | 207 | 159 | 346 | 317 |
Engineering | 1,223 | 900 | 1,093 | 1,137 | 1,091 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 45 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 17 |
Health sciences | 647 | 638 | 880 | 902 | 875 |
Mathematics and statistics | 31 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | . |
Physical sciences | 348 | 383 | 175 | 303 | 104 |
Psychology | 77 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 28 |
Social sciences | 69 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 39 |
Other | 212 | 133 | 113 | 14 | 11 |
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 | . | 1,705 | 143,010 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 4,000 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 1,780 | . | . |
Engineering | . | 1,705 | 98,397 | . | . |
Other | . | . | 38,833 | . | . |
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 | 50,826 | 38,999 | 10,438 | 22,604 | 69,161 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27,196 | 14,020 | 10,438 | 6,391 | 22,887 |
Computer and information sciences | 9,559 | 9,703 | 0 | 8,114 | 0 |
Engineering | 11,321 | 12,689 | 0 | 6,153 | 12,565 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,337 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 5,788 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 353 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,931 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 757 | 0 |
Other | 2,750 | 2,587 | 0 | 839 | 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.