U. Alaska, Fairbanks

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 | 237 | 53.3 | 448 | 354 | 51.6 | 691 | 83 | 15 | 583 | 137 | 15.8 | 909 |
2020 | 208 | 46.6 | 450 | 344 | 49.8 | 697 | 141 | 16.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 242 | 54.5 | 447 | 319 | 46.3 | 696 | 81 | 14.5 | 589 | 142 | 16.3 | 913 |
2018 | 204 | 48.1 | 428 | 287 | 41.6 | 698 | 140 | 16.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 214 | 50.7 | 425 | 276 | 40.9 | 684 | 82 | 15 | 575 | 131 | 15.4 | 897 |
2016 | 216 | 50.6 | 430 | 261 | 38 | 697 | 132 | 15.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 227 | 53.6 | 426 | 252 | 36.9 | 693 | 84 | 15.4 | 570 | 128 | 15 | 897 |
2014 | 208 | 49.7 | 422 | 228 | 33.7 | 688 | 121 | 14.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 192 | 46.4 | 417 | 218 | 39.8 | 555 | 145 | 25.3 | 588 | 116 | 13.9 | 884 |
2012 | 204 | 49.9 | 412 | 210 | 38.4 | 555 | 117 | 13.9 | 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 | 36 | 49 | 36 | 54 | 49 | 47 | 40 | 49 | 52 | 50 |
Science and engineering | 32 | 43 | 31 | 48 | 47 | 45 | 39 | 44 | 45 | 48 |
Science | 30 | 42 | 30 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 40 | 41 | 45 |
Life science | 9 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 23 |
Agricultural sciences | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Biological sciences | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 13 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
Chemistry | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 2 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Psychology | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Anthropology | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Economics | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Civil engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Other engineering | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Non-science and engineering | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Education | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
Education research | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 4 | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Other education | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Humanities | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
History | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Letters | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 213 | 214 | 242 | 306 | 339 | 395 | 408 | 469 | 509 | 521 |
Male | 105 | 114 | 124 | 151 | 169 | 200 | 216 | 234 | 239 | 247 |
Female | 108 | 100 | 118 | 155 | 170 | 195 | 192 | 235 | 270 | 274 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 155 | 158 | 181 | 232 | 251 | 301 | 312 | 365 | 395 | 399 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 135 | 155 | 197 | 204 | 214 | 201 | 210 | 266 | 306 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 17 |
Asian | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
Black or African American | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
White | 105 | 114 | 124 | 159 | 176 | 184 | 177 | 180 | 221 | 263 |
More than one race | 14 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 13 | 15 | 25 | 42 | 79 | 99 | 140 | 114 | 77 |
Temporary visa holders | 58 | 56 | 61 | 74 | 88 | 94 | 96 | 104 | 114 | 122 |
Science and engineering | 213 | 214 | 242 | 306 | 339 | 395 | 408 | 469 | 509 | 521 |
Science | 183 | 181 | 204 | 267 | 287 | 332 | 348 | 390 | 441 | 457 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 71 | 85 | 89 | 81 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27 | 27 | 30 | 41 | 41 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 71 | 80 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 54 | 60 | 61 | 69 | 91 | 91 | 100 | 102 | 122 | 134 |
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 29 |
Natural resources and conservation | 26 | 23 | 20 | 50 | 53 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
Physical sciences | 27 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 27 | 28 | 31 |
Social sciences | 36 | 29 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 50 | 49 | 64 | 69 | 64 |
Engineering | 30 | 33 | 38 | 39 | 52 | 63 | 60 | 79 | 68 | 64 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 11 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
Other engineering | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 20 |
Health | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 300 | 276 | 269 | 240 | 252 | 329 | 359 | 356 | 348 | 331 |
Male | 134 | 120 | 128 | 113 | 106 | 142 | 159 | 135 | 148 | 138 |
Female | 166 | 156 | 141 | 127 | 146 | 187 | 200 | 221 | 200 | 193 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 279 | 266 | 251 | 227 | 242 | 315 | 343 | 346 | 334 | 317 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 238 | 228 | 213 | 183 | 192 | 252 | 270 | 289 | 283 | 262 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 20 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 29 |
Asian | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Black or African American | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
White | 187 | 181 | 171 | 157 | 153 | 193 | 200 | 223 | 228 | 214 |
More than one race | 20 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 8 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 29 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 62 | 43 | 38 | 41 |
Temporary visa holders | 21 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 300 | 276 | 269 | 240 | 252 | 329 | 359 | 356 | 348 | 331 |
Science | 265 | 247 | 239 | 198 | 216 | 288 | 308 | 322 | 310 | 298 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 84 | 77 | 72 | 78 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 32 | 35 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 27 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 68 | 58 | 52 | 36 | 30 | 39 | 29 | 33 | 36 | 31 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 47 |
Natural resources and conservation | 70 | 61 | 69 | 55 | 69 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 26 | 28 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 69 | 70 | 64 | 67 | 74 | 101 | 98 | 98 | 94 | 75 |
Engineering | 35 | 29 | 30 | 42 | 36 | 41 | 51 | 34 | 38 | 33 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Other engineering | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Health | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 75 | 71 | 61 | 74 | 90 | 120 | 118 | 120 | 147 | 160 |
Science and engineering | 75 | 71 | 61 | 74 | 90 | 120 | 118 | 120 | 147 | 160 |
Science | 67 | 62 | 50 | 68 | 82 | 103 | 109 | 108 | 133 | 142 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 20 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 36 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 49 | 66 | 77 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 11 |
Social sciences | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Engineering | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 18 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Other engineering | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Health | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 213 | 214 | 242 | 306 | 339 | 395 | 408 | 469 | 509 | 521 |
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 | 94 | 87 | 98 | 112 | 129 | 149 | 154 | 166 | 201 | 211 |
Federal | 75 | 70 | 61 | 73 | 85 | 119 | 118 | 119 | 147 | 160 |
Institutional | 10 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 33 |
Nonfederal | 9 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
Teaching assistantships | 66 | 66 | 97 | 119 | 134 | 148 | 149 | 148 | 154 | 160 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 66 | 65 | 92 | 116 | 129 | 147 | 146 | 147 | 154 | 160 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 53 | 61 | 47 | 75 | 76 | 98 | 105 | 155 | 154 | 150 |
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 |
Personal resources | 53 | 61 | 47 | 75 | 76 | 98 | 105 | 155 | 154 | 150 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 43 | 40 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 50 | 58 |
Science | 41 | 36 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 57 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 31 | 31 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 42 |
Science and engineering | 27 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 42 |
Science | 27 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 39 | 41 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 23 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 172,957 | 152,299 | 144,457 | 140,917 | 152,694 | 144,259 | 142,742 | 155,769 | 162,658 | 160,407 | ||||||||||
Science | 153,609 | 132,521 | 127,385 | 124,962 | 132,437 | 121,483 | 117,637 | 125,578 | 103,059 | 106,834 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,116 | 1,148 | 1,058 | 1,202 | 2,489 | 1,850 | 1,876 | 2,456 | 2,703 | 4,488 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 95,711 | 72,609 | 69,346 | 65,850 | 67,711 | 64,729 | 63,289 | 75,267 | 58,322 | 59,597 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 8,494 | 7,277 | 10,208 | 7,842 | 7,540 | 3,153 | 6,394 | 7,128 | 8,862 | 6,350 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 52,713 | 34,852 | 26,816 | 31,604 | 24,963 | 24,749 | 27,301 | 25,880 | 21,646 | 25,422 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 33,542 | 24,396 | 29,040 | 25,290 | 32,970 | 30,661 | 23,613 | 35,132 | 21,940 | 21,298 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 962 | 6,084 | 3,282 | 1,114 | 2,238 | 6,166 | 5,981 | 7,127 | 5,874 | 6,527 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 37,477 | 29,409 | 26,416 | 30,257 | 28,705 | 26,194 | 21,419 | 20,893 | 20,444 | 25,897 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 9,228 | 10,148 | 14,651 | 16,160 | 8,459 | 10,292 | 5,744 | 6,715 | 6,966 | 7,041 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24,022 | 12,603 | 7,064 | 6,607 | 11,550 | 7,522 | 11,188 | 10,983 | 11,882 | 16,827 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 362 | 431 | 2,751 | 6,324 | 5,005 | 5,751 | 1,850 | 722 | 796 | 841 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 3,859 | 6,015 | 1,860 | 867 | 2,338 | 1,892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6 | 212 | 90 | 299 | 1,353 | 737 | 2,637 | 2,473 | 800 | 1,188 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 191 | 346 | 507 | 454 | 514 | 260 | 36 | 74 | 60 | 77 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 16,441 | 15,551 | 13,534 | 13,107 | 14,459 | 12,644 | 12,980 | 11,526 | 11,209 | 9,626 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 16,237 | 15,424 | 13,390 | 13,085 | 12,945 | 12,246 | 12,817 | 11,354 | 11,161 | 9,611 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 87 | 57 | 75 | 11 | 1,085 | 398 | 163 | 172 | 48 | 15 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 117 | 70 | 69 | 11 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 367 | 0 | 664 | 889 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 125 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,248 | 1,810 | 1,162 | 1,071 | 1,502 | 2,216 | 2,113 | 1,761 | 1,509 | 1,828 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 132 | 119 | 235 | 637 | 337 | 625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 75 | 45 | 270 | 177 | 18 | 0 | 69 | 23 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 20 | 64 | 53 | 0 | 39 | 393 | 627 | 549 | 312 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,103 | 1,671 | 778 | 336 | 895 | 1,375 | 1,693 | 1,134 | 884 | 1,493 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,425 | 11,281 | 15,362 | 12,357 | 16,168 | 13,590 | 15,924 | 13,566 | 8,812 | 5,196 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 17,314 | 17,843 | 14,922 | 14,027 | 17,627 | 20,493 | 21,968 | 26,774 | 15,848 | 14,806 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 399 | 616 | 1,493 | 3,063 | 4,493 | 4,958 | 6,805 | 6,724 | 1,665 | 426 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 49 | 277 | 156 | 298 | 0 | 1,143 | 1,107 | 610 | 618 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 4,248 | 6,410 | 5,274 | 5,138 | 7,477 | 7,752 | 4,630 | 5,363 | 6,325 | 6,201 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 9,918 | 8,186 | 5,572 | 4,416 | 3,875 | 4,719 | 7,152 | 12,333 | 6,351 | 6,855 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 369 | 96 | 132 | 595 | 603 | 407 | 335 | 235 | 86 | 349 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 135 | 417 | 45 | 483 | 474 | 476 | 1,294 | 388 | 307 | 68 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,245 | 2,069 | 1,998 | 176 | 407 | 2,181 | 609 | 624 | 504 | 289 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,034 | 1,935 | 2,150 | 1,928 | 2,630 | 2,283 | 3,137 | 3,417 | 43,751 | 38,767 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 157 | 73 | 486 | 1,281 | 1,198 | 1,093 | 1,692 | 604 | 193 | 500 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 104 | 40 | 13 | 24 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,294 | 1,788 | 1,092 | 505 | 1,400 | 702 | 1,119 | 1,838 | 1,244 | 1,587 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 366 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 819 | 2 | 198 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 217 | 74 | 551 | 142 | 32 | 471 | 98 | 116 | 42,299 | 36,453 |
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 | 172,957 | 128,229 | 1,956 | 36,765 | 2,534 | 1,758 | 1,715 | |||||||
Science | 153,609 | 114,892 | 1,626 | 32,085 | 1,864 | 1,435 | 1,707 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,116 | 947 | 28 | 119 | 20 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 95,711 | 76,984 | 1,290 | 13,876 | 1,679 | 717 | 1,165 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 8,494 | 5,466 | 127 | 1,627 | 465 | 1 | 808 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 52,713 | 48,100 | 107 | 3,806 | 494 | 31 | 175 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 33,542 | 23,361 | 1,054 | 7,789 | 471 | 685 | 182 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 962 | 57 | 2 | 654 | 249 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 37,477 | 23,554 | 223 | 13,178 | 142 | 85 | 295 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 9,228 | 1,691 | 26 | 7,511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24,022 | 19,159 | 149 | 4,239 | 142 | 85 | 248 | |||||||
Health sciences | 362 | 212 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 3,859 | 2,492 | 46 | 1,321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 191 | 165 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 16,441 | 11,116 | 0 | 4,518 | 0 | 589 | 218 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 16,237 | 11,024 | 0 | 4,441 | 0 | 589 | 183 | |||||||
Chemistry | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 117 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,248 | 1,163 | 25 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 132 | 116 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,103 | 1,034 | 20 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,425 | 963 | 60 | 309 | 22 | 42 | 29 | |||||||
Engineering | 17,314 | 11,355 | 324 | 4,648 | 670 | 309 | 8 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 399 | 130 | 0 | 225 | 13 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 4,248 | 1,819 | 187 | 1,785 | 443 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 9,918 | 7,667 | 5 | 1,846 | 128 | 264 | 8 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 369 | 35 | 1 | 259 | 74 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 135 | 97 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,245 | 1,607 | 131 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 2,034 | 1,982 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 157 | 119 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,294 | 1,288 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 366 | 358 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 217 | 217 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 128,229 | 101,414 | 92,964 | 94,998 | 97,314 | 89,940 | 81,586 | 85,904 | 94,953 | 99,674 | ||||||||||
DOD | 29,220 | 10,747 | 8,011 | 6,149 | 5,192 | 6,907 | 5,531 | 6,129 | 9,333 | 10,829 | ||||||||||
DOE | 8,845 | 5,453 | 5,118 | 2,297 | 1,474 | 1,383 | 2,680 | 4,974 | 5,536 | 5,147 | ||||||||||
HHS | 7,990 | 8,139 | 5,605 | 8,782 | 8,832 | 7,985 | 5,820 | 4,796 | 6,189 | 10,578 | ||||||||||
NASA | 21,739 | 20,627 | 18,059 | 20,642 | 20,429 | 17,801 | 15,549 | 16,862 | 16,313 | 16,712 | ||||||||||
NSF | 36,484 | 32,660 | 32,807 | 29,894 | 34,875 | 27,879 | 26,775 | 25,853 | 25,982 | 24,563 | ||||||||||
USDA | 2,554 | 1,979 | 1,906 | 1,976 | 2,400 | 3,037 | 3,104 | 2,990 | 3,378 | 4,459 | ||||||||||
Other | 21,397 | 21,809 | 21,458 | 25,258 | 24,112 | 24,948 | 22,127 | 24,300 | 28,222 | 27,386 |
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 | 1,156 | 220 | 936 | . | |||
2018 | 1,159 | 220 | 939 | . | |||
2017 | 1,183 | 233 | 950 | . | |||
2016 | 1,258 | 230 | 1,028 | . | |||
2015 | 1,275 | 242 | 1,033 | 49 |
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 | 810 | 801 | 760 | 713 | 394 |
Agricultural sciences | 124 | 124 | 124 | 128 | 122 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 151 | 146 | 146 | 159 | 72 |
Computer and information sciences | 46 | 46 | 46 | 22 | 4 |
Engineering | 140 | 140 | 99 | 82 | 73 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 159 | 155 | 155 | 138 | 72 |
Health sciences | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 76 | 76 | 76 | 18 | . |
Physical sciences | 21 | 21 | 21 | 34 | 1 |
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
Social sciences | 37 | 37 | 37 | 68 | 41 |
Other | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 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.
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 | . | . | . | 41,000 | 9,632 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 9,632 |
Engineering | . | . | . | 41,000 | . |
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 | 4,414 | 6,853 | 6,487 | 6,498 | 18,288 |
Agricultural sciences | 286 | 499 | 0 | 425 | 250 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 3,569 | 1,503 | 1,242 | 5,439 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 552 |
Engineering | 374 | 336 | 564 | 0 | 1,337 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,754 | 1,739 | 1,660 | 530 | 4,074 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 338 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 551 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,255 | 307 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 307 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,186 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 950 | 679 | 3,081 |
Other | 0 | 710 | 1,810 | 2,367 | 866 |
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.