U. Arizona

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 | 40 | 9.6 | 448 | 52 | 8.3 | 691 | 36 | 7 | 583 | 36 | 4.8 | 909 |
2020 | 29 | 7.2 | 450 | 46 | 7.4 | 697 | 35 | 4.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 38 | 9.2 | 447 | 44 | 7.1 | 696 | 36 | 6.9 | 589 | 34 | 4.6 | 913 |
2018 | 43 | 10.7 | 428 | 44 | 7.1 | 698 | 35 | 4.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 39 | 9.9 | 425 | 48 | 7.8 | 684 | 33 | 6.5 | 575 | 38 | 5.1 | 897 |
2016 | 35 | 8.8 | 430 | 41 | 6.7 | 697 | 38 | 5.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 28 | 7.3 | 426 | 40 | 6.6 | 693 | 29 | 5.9 | 570 | 33 | 4.5 | 897 |
2014 | 34 | 8.8 | 422 | 39 | 6.5 | 688 | 33 | 4.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 40 | 10.3 | 417 | 38 | 7.6 | 555 | 31 | 6.1 | 588 | 32 | 4.5 | 884 |
2012 | 31 | 8.2 | 412 | 30 | 6.2 | 555 | 29 | 4.1 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 380 | 473 | 406 | 389 | 401 | 436 | 470 | 433 | 408 | 416 |
Science and engineering | 301 | 368 | 326 | 291 | 311 | 333 | 348 | 323 | 307 | 324 |
Science | 252 | 304 | 276 | 244 | 265 | 266 | 281 | 266 | 252 | 267 |
Life science | 95 | 109 | 99 | 78 | 92 | 92 | 86 | 101 | 90 | 105 |
Agricultural sciences | 16 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 26 |
Biological sciences | 52 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 61 | 48 | 59 |
Health sciences | 27 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 68 | 77 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 80 | 89 | 69 | 78 | 70 |
Chemistry | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 13 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
Physics and astronomy | 45 | 45 | 30 | 34 | 41 | 48 | 44 | 33 | 37 | 34 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 19 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 20 |
Computer sciences | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Mathematics | 11 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 11 |
Psychology and social sciences | 70 | 95 | 86 | 69 | 79 | 75 | 84 | 74 | 67 | 72 |
Psychology | 20 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 15 |
Anthropology | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 |
Economics | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Political science and government | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Sociology | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Other social sciences | 28 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 20 |
Engineering | 49 | 64 | 50 | 47 | 46 | 67 | 67 | 57 | 55 | 57 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Chemical engineering | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Civil engineering | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Electrical engineering | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Other engineering | 15 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 15 |
Non-science and engineering | 79 | 105 | 80 | 98 | 90 | 103 | 122 | 110 | 101 | 92 |
Education | 38 | 45 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 54 | 48 | 43 | 31 | 34 |
Education administration | 4 | 5 | . | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | . | . | 1 |
Education research | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 14 |
Teacher education | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 |
Teaching fields | 10 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 12 |
Other education | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Humanities | 24 | 38 | 34 | 43 | 31 | 32 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 41 |
Foreign languages & literature | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
History | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
Letters | 5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 17 |
Other humanities and arts | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
Other | 17 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 17 |
Business management/administration | 10 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Communication | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 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, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 2,673 | 2,666 | 3,101 | 3,013 | 2,699 | 3,144 | 3,194 | 3,224 | 3,329 | 3,593 |
Male | 1,347 | 1,342 | 1,610 | 1,655 | 1,496 | 1,741 | 1,749 | 1,788 | 1,843 | 1,854 |
Female | 1,326 | 1,324 | 1,491 | 1,358 | 1,203 | 1,403 | 1,445 | 1,436 | 1,486 | 1,739 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,840 | 1,900 | 2,144 | 2,025 | 1,816 | 2,102 | 2,191 | 2,218 | 2,260 | 2,547 |
Hispanic or Latino | 389 | 341 | 323 | 182 | 181 | 250 | 248 | 238 | 226 | 246 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,359 | 1,440 | 1,671 | 1,769 | 1,566 | 1,781 | 1,846 | 1,886 | 1,929 | 2,148 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 42 | 51 | 71 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 36 | 60 | 37 |
Asian | 122 | 118 | 137 | 110 | 99 | 125 | 131 | 124 | 120 | 117 |
Black or African American | 51 | 59 | 62 | 52 | 53 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 78 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
White | 1,057 | 1,119 | 1,320 | 1,303 | 1,158 | 1,371 | 1,428 | 1,483 | 1,527 | 1,732 |
More than one race | 86 | 93 | 81 | 290 | 239 | 172 | 168 | 174 | 153 | 165 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 92 | 119 | 150 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 97 | 94 | 105 | 153 |
Temporary visa holders | 833 | 766 | 957 | 988 | 883 | 1,042 | 1,003 | 1,006 | 1,069 | 1,046 |
Science and engineering | 2,321 | 2,271 | 2,605 | 2,627 | 2,341 | 2,729 | 2,769 | 2,860 | 2,954 | 2,937 |
Science | 1,899 | 1,864 | 2,106 | 2,142 | 1,848 | 2,189 | 2,260 | 2,298 | 2,399 | 2,437 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 31 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 47 | 61 | 51 | 57 | 65 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 422 | 402 | 408 | 384 | 352 | 292 | 314 | 336 | 343 | 321 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 17 |
Computer and information sciences | 181 | 156 | 185 | 151 | 133 | 253 | 218 | 208 | 266 | 268 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 33 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 54 | 51 | 70 | 121 | 62 | 213 | 208 | 202 | 228 | 239 |
Mathematics and statistics | 85 | 78 | 77 | 155 | 92 | 117 | 105 | 116 | 114 | 125 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 20 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 102 | 108 | 115 | 103 | 74 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 25 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
Physical sciences | 467 | 469 | 510 | 513 | 490 | 502 | 519 | 545 | 533 | 539 |
Psychology | 112 | 104 | 131 | 114 | 113 | 156 | 162 | 150 | 172 | 165 |
Social sciences | 425 | 448 | 555 | 559 | 504 | 548 | 607 | 615 | 615 | 644 |
Engineering | 422 | 407 | 499 | 485 | 493 | 540 | 509 | 562 | 555 | 500 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 33 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 30 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 81 | 82 | 84 | 55 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 38 | 37 | 34 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 35 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 71 | 68 | 78 | 83 | 78 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 44 | 44 | 54 | 46 | 45 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 37 | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 131 | 120 | 159 | 155 | 178 | 176 | 165 | 199 | 167 | 126 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 73 | 51 | 62 | 60 | 56 | 59 | 52 | 65 | 61 | 55 |
Mechanical engineering | 31 | 43 | 53 | 43 | 48 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 52 | 95 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 12 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 57 | 49 |
Other engineering | 15 | 20 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 54 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 33 |
Health | 352 | 395 | 496 | 386 | 358 | 415 | 425 | 364 | 375 | 656 |
Clinical medicine | 228 | 217 | 347 | 250 | 227 | 249 | 237 | 191 | 202 | 214 |
Other health | 124 | 178 | 149 | 136 | 131 | 166 | 188 | 173 | 173 | 442 |
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 | 1,663 | 1,466 | 1,067 | 1,428 | 1,184 | 951 | 754 | 770 | 661 | 659 |
Male | 902 | 814 | 649 | 812 | 661 | 538 | 460 | 474 | 413 | 368 |
Female | 761 | 652 | 418 | 616 | 523 | 413 | 294 | 296 | 248 | 291 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,504 | 1,311 | 964 | 1,256 | 1,063 | 876 | 691 | 633 | 591 | 604 |
Hispanic or Latino | 308 | 294 | 166 | 169 | 138 | 122 | 93 | 82 | 56 | 70 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,018 | 906 | 716 | 1,004 | 845 | 715 | 559 | 511 | 484 | 505 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 32 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
Asian | 94 | 83 | 56 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 44 | 38 | 30 | 41 |
Black or African American | 57 | 52 | 54 | 67 | 57 | 41 | 33 | 26 | 16 | 30 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
White | 771 | 704 | 554 | 687 | 588 | 531 | 416 | 384 | 393 | 380 |
More than one race | 63 | 46 | 33 | 158 | 117 | 64 | 52 | 48 | 36 | 39 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 178 | 111 | 82 | 83 | 80 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 51 | 29 |
Temporary visa holders | 159 | 155 | 103 | 172 | 121 | 75 | 63 | 137 | 70 | 55 |
Science and engineering | 1,389 | 1,204 | 891 | 1,105 | 866 | 718 | 625 | 677 | 572 | 525 |
Science | 1,009 | 827 | 594 | 715 | 596 | 487 | 430 | 499 | 417 | 376 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 142 | 79 | 37 | 68 | 62 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 29 | 33 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 136 | 129 | 118 | 161 | 133 | 66 | 76 | 131 | 49 | 25 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 47 | 23 | 47 | 44 | 42 |
Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 38 | 38 | 29 | 16 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 40 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 21 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 235 | 188 | 148 | 145 | 113 | 79 | 75 | 78 | 94 | 64 |
Psychology | 31 | 39 | 19 | 30 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 15 | 24 | 37 |
Social sciences | 349 | 297 | 212 | 222 | 213 | 171 | 158 | 168 | 146 | 152 |
Engineering | 380 | 377 | 297 | 390 | 270 | 231 | 195 | 178 | 155 | 149 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 22 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 212 | 220 | 196 | 197 | 151 | 116 | 96 | 68 | 45 | 35 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 68 | 69 | 46 | 59 | 52 | 56 | 45 | 31 | 20 | 20 |
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 35 |
Other engineering | 46 | 38 | 34 | 83 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 19 |
Health | 274 | 262 | 176 | 323 | 318 | 233 | 129 | 93 | 89 | 134 |
Clinical medicine | 257 | 247 | 168 | 294 | 283 | 206 | 104 | 66 | 60 | 71 |
Other health | 17 | 15 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 63 |
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 | 637 | 661 | 606 | 471 | 474 | 644 | 674 | 778 | 554 | 857 |
Science and engineering | 593 | 607 | 566 | 449 | 452 | 604 | 625 | 716 | 513 | 776 |
Science | 483 | 486 | 430 | 351 | 351 | 463 | 495 | 544 | 408 | 623 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 34 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 137 | 129 | 106 | 78 | 95 | 95 | 110 | 114 | 135 | 149 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 37 | 44 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 37 | 50 | 52 | 34 | 41 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 24 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 40 | 88 |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 33 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 29 | 42 | 22 | 20 | 21 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Psychology | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 |
Physical sciences | 163 | 168 | 166 | 134 | 128 | 146 | 164 | 176 | 109 | 178 |
Social sciences | 39 | 48 | 52 | 42 | 49 | 63 | 59 | 70 | 31 | 69 |
Engineering | 110 | 121 | 136 | 98 | 101 | 141 | 130 | 172 | 105 | 153 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 29 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 24 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 17 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 13 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 32 | 44 | 47 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 34 | 46 | 30 | 47 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 18 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 33 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
Other engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Health | 44 | 54 | 40 | 22 | 22 | 40 | 49 | 62 | 41 | 81 |
Clinical medicine | 23 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 25 |
Other health | 21 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 36 | 49 | 33 | 56 |
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 | 2,673 | 2,666 | 3,101 | 3,013 | 2,699 | 3,144 | 3,194 | 3,224 | 3,329 | 3,593 |
Fellowships | 112 | 105 | 97 | 109 | 115 | 114 | 164 | 216 | 199 | 197 |
Federal | 108 | 101 | 85 | 101 | 106 | 80 | 100 | 132 | 133 | 148 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 50 | 55 | 34 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 28 |
Research assistantships | 824 | 850 | 816 | 553 | 507 | 837 | 896 | 922 | 683 | 929 |
Federal | 463 | 513 | 461 | 309 | 307 | 504 | 508 | 580 | 361 | 617 |
Institutional | 271 | 253 | 254 | 203 | 148 | 241 | 268 | 242 | 239 | 216 |
Nonfederal | 90 | 84 | 101 | 41 | 52 | 92 | 120 | 100 | 83 | 96 |
Teaching assistantships | 641 | 630 | 703 | 540 | 521 | 894 | 924 | 870 | 864 | 829 |
Federal | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
Institutional | 628 | 622 | 694 | 514 | 492 | 869 | 901 | 851 | 848 | 811 |
Nonfederal | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Other types of support | 1,096 | 1,081 | 1,485 | 1,811 | 1,556 | 1,299 | 1,210 | 1,216 | 1,583 | 1,638 |
Federal | 61 | 46 | 56 | 42 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 54 | 51 | 78 |
Institutional | 359 | 439 | 610 | 457 | 453 | 510 | 498 | 494 | 711 | 585 |
Nonfederal | 38 | 52 | 52 | 44 | 31 | 47 | 47 | 36 | 67 | 76 |
Personal resources | 638 | 544 | 767 | 1,268 | 1,035 | 698 | 612 | 632 | 754 | 899 |
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 | 285 | 484 | 475 | 465 | 427 | 390 | 413 | 377 | 239 | 250 |
Science | 258 | 407 | 419 | 412 | 402 | 356 | 336 | 346 | 213 | 230 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 23 | 1 | 38 | 54 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 113 | 209 | 211 | 196 | 146 | 129 | 117 | 109 | 79 | 85 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 17 | 46 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 16 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 13 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 45 | 73 | 62 | 55 | 119 | 116 | 123 | 129 | 83 | 90 |
Psychology | 7 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Social sciences | 17 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 5 |
Engineering | 27 | 77 | 56 | 53 | 25 | 34 | 77 | 31 | 26 | 20 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 10 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Health | 9 | 67 | 50 | 32 | 58 | 61 | 58 | 74 | 64 | 58 |
Clinical medicine | 7 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 39 | 59 | 51 | 42 |
Other health | 2 | 47 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
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 | 157 | 252 | 252 | 289 | 250 | 243 | 235 | 236 | 170 | 187 |
Science and engineering | 153 | 225 | 229 | 271 | 227 | 221 | 204 | 207 | 161 | 169 |
Science | 135 | 188 | 202 | 232 | 212 | 201 | 189 | 193 | 148 | 161 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 11 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 54 | 101 | 95 | 118 | 77 | 76 | 64 | 61 | 56 | 55 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Psychology | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 34 | 46 | 40 | 37 | 78 | 82 | 77 | 84 | 64 | 68 |
Social sciences | 11 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Engineering | 18 | 37 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 9 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 4 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 18 |
Clinical medicine | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
Other health | 1 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
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 | 770,031 | 760,975 | 734,270 | 687,066 | 622,200 | 604,464 | 606,219 | 588,088 | 629,466 | 625,365 | ||||||||||
Science | 669,218 | 663,770 | 639,735 | 601,938 | 547,040 | 529,545 | 535,963 | 521,306 | 555,026 | 552,829 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 16,503 | 15,084 | 12,370 | 13,089 | 9,674 | 8,388 | 7,292 | 8,587 | 9,664 | 9,227 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 32,088 | 31,148 | 31,075 | 28,947 | 29,723 | 32,085 | 33,631 | 30,922 | 33,290 | 32,540 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 7,273 | 5,223 | 5,180 | 6,104 | 7,129 | 10,211 | 3,018 | 2,773 | 2,796 | 3,166 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 21,648 | 22,911 | 22,374 | 19,668 | 19,643 | 18,248 | 19,314 | 18,593 | 19,793 | 17,177 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,261 | 2,390 | 2,208 | 2,041 | 2,198 | 2,467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 906 | 624 | 1,313 | 1,134 | 753 | 1,159 | 11,299 | 9,556 | 10,701 | 12,197 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 447,584 | 437,147 | 426,393 | 399,790 | 348,497 | 323,076 | 289,954 | 277,225 | 283,327 | 295,481 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 50,582 | 50,725 | 51,474 | 46,176 | 44,377 | 40,457 | 56,581 | 56,211 | 53,747 | 60,789 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 221,774 | 212,741 | 200,691 | 174,310 | 147,594 | 146,159 | 85,807 | 86,357 | 93,305 | 98,833 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 162,748 | 160,542 | 161,471 | 167,652 | 146,236 | 126,669 | 137,582 | 124,734 | 125,014 | 124,942 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 12,480 | 13,136 | 12,754 | 11,628 | 10,278 | 9,779 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 9,984 | 9,923 | 11,261 | 10,917 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,347 | 3,098 | 2,449 | 2,233 | 2,749 | 2,656 | 3,169 | 4,124 | 6,003 | 4,006 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 140,655 | 149,138 | 139,315 | 127,847 | 126,361 | 125,247 | 167,875 | 164,784 | 186,349 | 179,182 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 113,367 | 121,908 | 113,523 | 104,785 | 103,085 | 103,430 | 131,350 | 124,647 | 138,952 | 132,622 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 15,246 | 14,511 | 13,060 | 13,525 | 13,025 | 12,206 | 12,932 | 15,195 | 17,255 | 20,321 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 2,918 | 3,434 | 3,707 | 3,332 | 3,127 | 3,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 9,072 | 9,230 | 8,970 | 6,151 | 7,069 | 6,482 | 23,593 | 24,942 | 30,142 | 26,239 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 52 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 4,255 | 2,900 | 2,670 | 2,628 | 2,561 | 2,424 | 4,394 | 4,602 | 4,524 | 3,461 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 18,628 | 17,689 | 19,450 | 19,835 | 20,086 | 22,458 | 22,698 | 22,303 | 21,984 | 23,138 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 3,482 | 3,443 | 3,926 | 3,715 | 1,748 | 2,203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 2,779 | 2,257 | 2,422 | 2,510 | 2,148 | 1,684 | 6,675 | 6,646 | 6,662 | 7,792 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 601 | 503 | 866 | 1,108 | 5 | 2 | 2,746 | 2,287 | 1,718 | 1,673 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,125 | 3,904 | 4,722 | 4,080 | 5,022 | 6,060 | 7,330 | 6,975 | 7,212 | 7,969 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7,641 | 7,582 | 7,514 | 8,422 | 11,163 | 12,509 | 5,947 | 6,395 | 6,392 | 5,704 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,158 | 7,566 | 6,013 | 7,569 | 7,389 | 13,211 | 6,950 | 8,759 | 9,885 | 5,794 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 72,158 | 79,463 | 75,555 | 70,100 | 62,925 | 62,867 | 56,911 | 54,558 | 61,461 | 62,605 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,623 | 1,601 | 1,880 | 1,562 | 1,489 | 1,568 | 1,743 | 1,500 | 1,855 | 1,840 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8,351 | 8,552 | 6,922 | 6,627 | 5,214 | 5,449 | 4,506 | 3,998 | 4,128 | 4,073 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 5,642 | 5,811 | 4,347 | 4,378 | 3,699 | 3,453 | 5,828 | 5,920 | 6,180 | 5,270 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,578 | 2,914 | 3,558 | 4,854 | 4,040 | 3,873 | 1,815 | 2,237 | 2,075 | 2,118 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 34,712 | 39,690 | 41,402 | 37,242 | 35,565 | 36,388 | 16,194 | 16,686 | 18,351 | 18,675 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 4,100 | 4,178 | 3,572 | 3,073 | 2,490 | 2,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,858 | 5,097 | 3,836 | 3,926 | 3,278 | 2,708 | 14,197 | 12,286 | 15,094 | 16,869 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 8,397 | 7,902 | 6,139 | 5,229 | 3,972 | 4,319 | 4,510 | 5,755 | 7,062 | 6,397 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,897 | 3,718 | 3,899 | 3,209 | 3,178 | 3,041 | 8,118 | 6,176 | 6,716 | 7,363 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 28,655 | 17,742 | 18,980 | 15,028 | 12,235 | 12,052 | 13,345 | 12,224 | 12,979 | 9,931 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 7,943 | 2,633 | 4,760 | 3,153 | 2,534 | 2,518 | 435 | 386 | 686 | 282 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 123 | 71 | 265 | 384 | 181 | 250 | 901 | 1,343 | 1,303 | 626 | ||||||||||
Education | 5,944 | 2,823 | 3,691 | 5,074 | 5,510 | 5,213 | 6,083 | 5,111 | 5,644 | 6,519 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 4,603 | 4,499 | 1,014 | 4,763 | 1,561 | 1,780 | 3,299 | 2,449 | 3,041 | 2,317 | ||||||||||
Law | 3,529 | 890 | 1,129 | 61 | 783 | 481 | 1,260 | 1,828 | 1,814 | 73 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 5,041 | 5,690 | 6,738 | 788 | 992 | 1,082 | 1,367 | 1,107 | 491 | 114 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,472 | 1,136 | 1,383 | 805 | 674 | 728 | 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
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 | 770,031 | 353,117 | 28,604 | 234,514 | 24,601 | 31,045 | 98,150 | |||||||
Science | 669,218 | 316,127 | 24,360 | 191,109 | 20,113 | 28,735 | 88,774 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 16,503 | 8,999 | 1,689 | 5,592 | 38 | 33 | 152 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 32,088 | 13,788 | 2,219 | 10,023 | 1,052 | 814 | 4,192 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 7,273 | 2,522 | 886 | 2,808 | 333 | 174 | 550 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 21,648 | 10,068 | 1,170 | 6,316 | 636 | 511 | 2,947 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,261 | 924 | 65 | 537 | 46 | 110 | 579 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 906 | 274 | 98 | 362 | 37 | 19 | 116 | |||||||
Life sciences | 447,584 | 206,315 | 15,450 | 130,382 | 16,976 | 8,958 | 69,503 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 50,582 | 13,626 | 1,996 | 23,496 | 1,067 | 1,434 | 8,963 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 221,774 | 115,658 | 10,585 | 56,113 | 5,825 | 4,397 | 29,196 | |||||||
Health sciences | 162,748 | 71,073 | 2,399 | 45,298 | 10,046 | 2,971 | 30,961 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 12,480 | 5,958 | 470 | 5,475 | 38 | 156 | 383 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,347 | 2,783 | 0 | 533 | 0 | 18 | 13 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 140,655 | 73,148 | 3,249 | 33,042 | 1,888 | 17,546 | 11,782 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 113,367 | 58,968 | 2,694 | 25,378 | 1,302 | 16,003 | 9,022 | |||||||
Chemistry | 15,246 | 7,395 | 278 | 5,265 | 339 | 386 | 1,583 | |||||||
Materials science | 2,918 | 1,100 | 131 | 877 | 243 | 44 | 523 | |||||||
Physics | 9,072 | 5,685 | 146 | 1,470 | 4 | 1,113 | 654 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 4,255 | 2,381 | 295 | 919 | 106 | 158 | 396 | |||||||
Social sciences | 18,628 | 6,333 | 751 | 8,555 | 53 | 1,172 | 1,764 | |||||||
Anthropology | 3,482 | 1,694 | 76 | 1,132 | 26 | 159 | 395 | |||||||
Economics | 2,779 | 81 | 0 | 2,270 | 0 | 85 | 343 | |||||||
Political science and government | 601 | 267 | 25 | 162 | 0 | 78 | 69 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,125 | 1,221 | 341 | 1,914 | 0 | 271 | 378 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7,641 | 3,070 | 309 | 3,077 | 27 | 579 | 579 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,158 | 2,380 | 707 | 2,063 | 0 | 36 | 972 | |||||||
Engineering | 72,158 | 34,360 | 3,927 | 19,585 | 4,298 | 1,988 | 8,000 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1,623 | 1,270 | 69 | 212 | 24 | 15 | 33 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8,351 | 4,157 | 79 | 3,514 | 72 | 127 | 402 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 5,642 | 3,596 | 638 | 751 | 135 | 381 | 141 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,578 | 495 | 356 | 310 | 211 | 124 | 82 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 34,712 | 14,878 | 1,328 | 9,655 | 3,056 | 452 | 5,343 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 4,100 | 2,217 | 490 | 1,073 | 60 | 163 | 97 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,858 | 2,444 | 198 | 617 | 28 | 532 | 39 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 8,397 | 3,097 | 456 | 2,196 | 678 | 173 | 1,797 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,897 | 2,206 | 313 | 1,257 | 34 | 21 | 66 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 28,655 | 2,630 | 317 | 23,820 | 190 | 322 | 1,376 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 7,943 | 6 | 0 | 7,641 | 12 | 3 | 281 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 123 | 39 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Education | 5,944 | 1,825 | 130 | 3,758 | 0 | 136 | 95 | |||||||
Humanities | 4,603 | 3 | 62 | 3,986 | 168 | 106 | 278 | |||||||
Law | 3,529 | 232 | 63 | 3,217 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 5,041 | 6 | 0 | 4,364 | 0 | 5 | 666 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,472 | 519 | 62 | 778 | 10 | 72 | 31 |
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 | 353,117 | 328,807 | 327,025 | 291,767 | 273,567 | 262,989 | 269,959 | 290,370 | 338,790 | 331,578 | ||||||||||
DOD | 30,845 | 29,232 | 31,083 | 25,019 | 22,576 | 20,650 | 22,981 | 20,113 | 28,390 | 31,825 | ||||||||||
DOE | 10,312 | 9,821 | 8,641 | 11,677 | 13,996 | 10,170 | 12,628 | 11,421 | 12,057 | 9,829 | ||||||||||
HHS | 176,003 | 148,731 | 145,350 | 126,057 | 107,667 | 96,847 | 95,483 | 99,207 | 110,608 | 115,865 | ||||||||||
NASA | 57,082 | 60,541 | 55,641 | 48,207 | 43,312 | 49,315 | 52,406 | 71,792 | 92,168 | 78,092 | ||||||||||
NSF | 48,592 | 48,163 | 54,281 | 52,806 | 56,301 | 54,999 | 56,864 | 61,510 | 67,835 | 67,531 | ||||||||||
USDA | 14,356 | 15,712 | 16,066 | 11,363 | 11,496 | 11,009 | 9,666 | 8,967 | 9,804 | 9,985 | ||||||||||
Other | 15,927 | 16,607 | 15,963 | 16,638 | 18,219 | 19,999 | 19,931 | 17,360 | 17,928 | 18,451 |
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 | 8,681 | 1,539 | 7,142 | . | |||
2018 | 8,412 | 1,475 | 6,937 | . | |||
2017 | 7,968 | 1,458 | 6,510 | . | |||
2016 | 7,884 | 1,464 | 6,420 | . | |||
2015 | 8,036 | 1,699 | 6,337 | 610 |
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 |
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All research space | 2,041 | 1,932 | 2,013 | 2,045 | 1,935 |
Agricultural sciences | 328 | 308 | 334 | 341 | 376 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 384 | 335 | 332 | 333 | 386 |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
Engineering | 231 | 204 | 199 | 201 | 203 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 295 | 302 | 346 | 332 | 152 |
Health sciences | 169 | 151 | 168 | 175 | 189 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 50 | 40 | 46 | 69 | . |
Physical sciences | 439 | 446 | 443 | 447 | 495 |
Psychology | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Social sciences | 36 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 37 |
Other | 68 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 63 |
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 | 60,875 | 94,955 | 16,400 | 1,147 | 219,725 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 219,725 |
Computer and information sciences | 7,500 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 38,350 | 18,264 | . | 1,147 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 10,600 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | 29,734 | 16,400 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 15,025 | 36,357 | . | . | . |
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 |
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All research space | 17,603 | 27,809 | 31,783 | 27,597 | 11,627 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 3,619 | 316 | 620 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,268 | 1,200 | 3,483 | 3,583 | 800 |
Computer and information sciences | 500 | 250 | 700 | 250 | 0 |
Engineering | 4,090 | 1,466 | 2,050 | 1,342 | 580 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 800 | 1,586 | 2,350 | 2,149 | 1,746 |
Health sciences | 5,046 | 1,017 | 21,897 | 15,400 | 6,872 |
Mathematics and statistics | 500 | 0 | 260 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1,400 | 18,053 | 728 | 3,753 | 748 |
Psychology | 750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 750 | 617 | 0 | 0 | 275 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 606 |
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.