U. California, Berkeley

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 | 4 | 1.7 | 448 | 9 | 2.2 | 691 | 21 | 4.4 | 583 | 32 | 4.4 | 909 |
2020 | 4 | 1.7 | 450 | 11 | 2.4 | 697 | 30 | 4.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 1 | 1 | 447 | 9 | 2.1 | 696 | 19 | 4 | 589 | 31 | 4.3 | 913 |
2018 | 2 | 1.2 | 428 | 8 | 2 | 698 | 29 | 4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 2 | 1.2 | 425 | 6 | 1.7 | 684 | 15 | 3.4 | 575 | 26 | 3.8 | 897 |
2016 | 4 | 1.7 | 430 | 9 | 2.1 | 697 | 26 | 3.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 4 | 1.7 | 426 | 11 | 2.4 | 693 | 13 | 3.1 | 570 | 23 | 3.4 | 897 |
2014 | 1 | 1 | 422 | 9 | 2.2 | 688 | 23 | 3.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 1 | 1 | 417 | 9 | 2.4 | 555 | 15 | 3.4 | 588 | 24 | 3.6 | 884 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 412 | 10 | 2.6 | 555 | 20 | 3.1 | 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 | 787 | 796 | 864 | 852 | 798 | 793 | 812 | 917 | 913 | 865 |
Science and engineering | 661 | 637 | 696 | 692 | 653 | 630 | 637 | 740 | 729 | 659 |
Science | 491 | 458 | 529 | 501 | 477 | 455 | 457 | 535 | 543 | 470 |
Life science | 139 | 122 | 145 | 156 | 163 | 139 | 167 | 177 | 155 | 154 |
Agricultural sciences | 19 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 16 |
Biological sciences | 113 | 99 | 128 | 127 | 129 | 100 | 134 | 140 | 122 | 116 |
Health sciences | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 22 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 121 | 137 | 146 | 130 | 127 | 111 | 100 | 133 | 128 | 100 |
Chemistry | 52 | 63 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 56 | 50 | 62 | 56 | 46 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
Physics and astronomy | 51 | 55 | 59 | 46 | 41 | 44 | 37 | 52 | 55 | 43 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 98 | 88 | 101 | 78 | 61 | 69 | 62 | 84 | 88 | 62 |
Computer sciences | 55 | 49 | 52 | 44 | 36 | 35 | 25 | 45 | 39 | 33 |
Mathematics | 43 | 39 | 49 | 34 | 25 | 34 | 37 | 39 | 49 | 29 |
Psychology and social sciences | 133 | 111 | 137 | 137 | 126 | 136 | 128 | 141 | 172 | 154 |
Psychology | 21 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 |
Anthropology | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
Economics | 38 | 29 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 35 | 38 |
Political science and government | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 22 |
Sociology | 12 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 14 |
Other social sciences | 39 | 37 | 34 | 54 | 34 | 54 | 38 | 49 | 53 | 49 |
Engineering | 170 | 179 | 167 | 191 | 176 | 175 | 180 | 205 | 186 | 189 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 17 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 |
Chemical engineering | 14 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 13 |
Civil engineering | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Electrical engineering | 45 | 29 | 30 | 40 | 27 | 38 | 45 | 39 | 32 | 41 |
Industrial engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 17 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Mechanical engineering | 30 | 38 | 43 | 32 | 41 | 33 | 37 | 46 | 43 | 52 |
Other engineering | 40 | 57 | 38 | 58 | 52 | 42 | 43 | 55 | 42 | 39 |
Non-science and engineering | 126 | 159 | 168 | 160 | 145 | 163 | 175 | 177 | 184 | 206 |
Education | 19 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 38 | 28 | 36 |
Education administration | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Education research | 7 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 20 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Teaching fields | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
Other education | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Humanities | 73 | 98 | 93 | 108 | 87 | 102 | 119 | 116 | 117 | 123 |
Foreign languages & literature | 15 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 28 |
History | 13 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 25 |
Letters | 17 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 32 |
Other humanities and arts | 28 | 32 | 28 | 39 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 38 |
Other | 34 | 27 | 41 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 23 | 39 | 47 |
Business management/administration | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 24 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 24 |
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 | 6,442 | 5,580 | 5,936 | 5,790 | 5,789 | 5,371 | 5,236 | 5,172 | 5,222 | 5,177 |
Male | 3,527 | 3,007 | 3,271 | 3,352 | 3,375 | 3,172 | 3,044 | 3,017 | 3,056 | 3,040 |
Female | 2,915 | 2,573 | 2,665 | 2,438 | 2,414 | 2,199 | 2,192 | 2,155 | 2,166 | 2,137 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 4,194 | 3,870 | 3,924 | 3,922 | 3,978 | 3,824 | 3,863 | 3,850 | 3,968 | 3,975 |
Hispanic or Latino | 319 | 484 | 474 | 392 | 426 | 373 | 295 | 299 | 296 | 323 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 3,620 | 3,124 | 3,104 | 3,026 | 3,097 | 3,002 | 3,028 | 3,022 | 3,055 | 3,004 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 36 | 37 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 36 | 51 | 42 | 61 | 64 |
Asian | 1,377 | 992 | 911 | 841 | 822 | 749 | 721 | 703 | 714 | 719 |
Black or African American | 268 | 221 | 217 | 182 | 186 | 181 | 176 | 177 | 175 | 163 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
White | 1,932 | 1,869 | 1,939 | 1,970 | 2,055 | 2,033 | 2,072 | 2,091 | 2,097 | 2,049 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 255 | 262 | 346 | 504 | 455 | 449 | 540 | 529 | 617 | 648 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,248 | 1,710 | 2,012 | 1,868 | 1,811 | 1,547 | 1,373 | 1,322 | 1,254 | 1,202 |
Science and engineering | 5,996 | 5,182 | 5,532 | 5,369 | 5,395 | 5,018 | 4,833 | 4,750 | 4,770 | 4,709 |
Science | 3,674 | 3,546 | 3,622 | 3,590 | 3,568 | 3,262 | 3,338 | 3,267 | 3,214 | 3,212 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 198 | 261 | 216 | 205 | 198 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 815 | 785 | 775 | 760 | 776 | 672 | 672 | 611 | 613 | 624 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 448 | 377 | 389 | 380 | 373 | 245 | 239 | 219 | 233 | 235 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 51 | 50 | 51 | 63 | 60 | 0 | 67 | 52 | 63 | 58 |
Mathematics and statistics | 282 | 279 | 287 | 296 | 295 | 266 | 266 | 256 | 256 | 246 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 15 | 81 | 85 | 78 | 70 | 55 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 74 |
Natural resources and conservation | 299 | 218 | 245 | 248 | 238 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 63 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 57 |
Physical sciences | 883 | 844 | 839 | 789 | 797 | 729 | 672 | 667 | 678 | 653 |
Psychology | 93 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 101 | 101 | 99 | 97 | 100 | 102 |
Social sciences | 784 | 813 | 844 | 867 | 855 | 933 | 1,002 | 1,010 | 927 | 965 |
Engineering | 2,322 | 1,636 | 1,910 | 1,779 | 1,827 | 1,756 | 1,495 | 1,483 | 1,556 | 1,497 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 173 | 118 | 153 | 141 | 210 | 145 | 0 | 113 | 110 | 116 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 152 | 113 | 146 | 160 | 132 | 141 | 143 | 136 | 132 | 130 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 484 | 363 | 430 | 410 | 440 | 358 | 349 | 333 | 377 | 331 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 540 | 450 | 482 | 429 | 407 | 331 | 298 | 284 | 291 | 301 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 252 | 149 | 208 | 158 | 140 | 125 | 60 | 54 | 71 | 58 |
Mechanical engineering | 488 | 320 | 358 | 354 | 361 | 382 | 300 | 313 | 317 | 314 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 115 | 89 | 91 | 93 | 92 |
Other engineering | 233 | 123 | 133 | 127 | 137 | 159 | 256 | 159 | 165 | 155 |
Health | 446 | 398 | 404 | 421 | 394 | 353 | 403 | 422 | 452 | 468 |
Clinical medicine | 446 | 398 | 404 | 421 | 394 | 337 | 384 | 400 | 391 | 404 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 19 | 22 | 61 | 64 |
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 | 1,464 | 976 | 885 | 834 | 705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Male | 801 | 543 | 454 | 505 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 663 | 433 | 431 | 329 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,162 | 770 | 684 | 641 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 81 | 56 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 938 | 625 | 545 | 510 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 458 | 272 | 240 | 217 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 77 | 49 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 395 | 295 | 272 | 263 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 129 | 64 | 83 | 100 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 302 | 206 | 201 | 193 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 1,202 | 779 | 703 | 671 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 1,145 | 736 | 683 | 651 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1,070 | 700 | 630 | 614 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 74 | 34 | 51 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 57 | 43 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 33 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 3 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 262 | 197 | 182 | 163 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 262 | 197 | 182 | 163 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 918 | 1,580 | 1,513 | 1,423 | 1,148 | 1,327 | 1,369 | 1,357 | 1,433 | 1,587 |
Science and engineering | 908 | 1,560 | 1,495 | 1,398 | 1,117 | 1,293 | 1,329 | 1,306 | 1,369 | 1,518 |
Science | 669 | 1,150 | 1,090 | 1,008 | 821 | 908 | 935 | 899 | 955 | 1,062 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 53 | 44 | 42 | 45 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 197 | 375 | 354 | 344 | 270 | 289 | 281 | 232 | 245 | 289 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 66 | 122 | 110 | 106 | 77 | 89 | 96 | 98 | 106 | 111 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 21 |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 52 | 51 | 81 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 18 |
Natural resources and conservation | 18 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 26 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 34 | 36 | 26 | 32 | 29 |
Physical sciences | 329 | 434 | 392 | 333 | 292 | 322 | 308 | 312 | 314 | 322 |
Psychology | 12 | 21 | 30 | 34 | 25 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 44 |
Social sciences | 14 | 66 | 71 | 51 | 48 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 79 | 102 |
Engineering | 239 | 410 | 405 | 390 | 296 | 385 | 394 | 407 | 414 | 456 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 19 | 42 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 35 | 0 | 40 | 38 | 46 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 32 | 56 | 53 | 50 | 24 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 45 | 46 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 29 | 55 | 53 | 48 | 39 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 56 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 74 | 127 | 116 | 113 | 91 | 115 | 111 | 116 | 98 | 119 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 42 | 67 | 61 | 72 | 50 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 75 | 83 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 33 | 34 | 39 | 43 | 46 |
Other engineering | 37 | 60 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 48 | 90 | 52 | 53 | 52 |
Health | 10 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 40 | 51 | 64 | 69 |
Clinical medicine | 10 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 43 | 35 | 40 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 |
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 | 6,442 | 5,580 | 5,936 | 5,790 | 5,789 | 5,371 | 5,236 | 5,172 | 5,222 | 5,177 |
Fellowships | 2,691 | 2,202 | 2,330 | 1,920 | 1,951 | 1,644 | 1,587 | 1,569 | 1,612 | 1,603 |
Federal | 0 | 644 | 672 | 594 | 339 | 533 | 602 | 574 | 613 | 727 |
Institutional | 2,644 | 1,297 | 1,397 | 1,090 | 1,384 | 936 | 767 | 803 | 808 | 719 |
Nonfederal | 47 | 261 | 261 | 236 | 228 | 175 | 218 | 192 | 191 | 157 |
Research assistantships | 1,729 | 1,698 | 1,608 | 1,554 | 1,516 | 1,479 | 1,415 | 1,416 | 1,475 | 1,511 |
Federal | 912 | 932 | 838 | 819 | 796 | 786 | 756 | 777 | 810 | 854 |
Institutional | 524 | 388 | 365 | 336 | 441 | 415 | 388 | 354 | 324 | 246 |
Nonfederal | 293 | 378 | 405 | 399 | 279 | 278 | 271 | 285 | 341 | 411 |
Teaching assistantships | 1,100 | 1,051 | 1,167 | 1,412 | 1,413 | 1,320 | 1,429 | 1,424 | 1,343 | 1,295 |
Federal | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Institutional | 1,092 | 1,046 | 1,161 | 1,409 | 1,410 | 1,320 | 1,426 | 1,423 | 1,339 | 1,284 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Other types of support | 922 | 629 | 831 | 904 | 909 | 928 | 805 | 763 | 792 | 768 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Personal resources | 922 | 629 | 831 | 872 | 879 | 908 | 790 | 746 | 779 | 757 |
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 | 1,217 | 1,030 | 1,095 | 1,175 | 1,112 | 760 | 1,136 | 1,096 | 1,191 | 1,444 |
Science | 952 | 774 | 803 | 892 | 831 | 578 | 834 | 810 | 878 | 1,062 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 60 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 453 | 374 | 419 | 413 | 420 | 258 | 310 | 293 | 310 | 387 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 40 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 46 |
Mathematics and statistics | 48 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 46 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
Natural resources and conservation | 68 | 54 | 49 | 55 | 56 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 26 | 38 | 32 | 29 | 42 |
Physical sciences | 253 | 233 | 215 | 289 | 233 | 183 | 283 | 312 | 340 | 400 |
Psychology | 27 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 16 |
Social sciences | 38 | 43 | 39 | 44 | 39 | 25 | 49 | 41 | 35 | 49 |
Engineering | 265 | 256 | 292 | 283 | 281 | 182 | 302 | 286 | 313 | 382 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 52 | 78 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 25 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 47 | 42 | 58 | 56 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 37 | 45 | 49 | 34 | 36 | 17 | 30 | 22 | 29 | 42 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 100 | 108 | 106 | 118 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 51 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 24 |
Other engineering | 157 | 170 | 196 | 201 | 205 | 123 | 55 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
Health | 35 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 48 | 52 | 64 | 89 |
Clinical medicine | 35 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 48 | 52 | 64 | 89 |
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 surveyed fields | 634 | 515 | 584 | 461 | 440 | 313 | 568 | 31 | 23 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 616 | 502 | 568 | 446 | 419 | 286 | 536 | 31 | 23 | 14 |
Science | 518 | 396 | 433 | 343 | 330 | 218 | 385 | 30 | 21 | 14 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 267 | 209 | 234 | 184 | 194 | 130 | 151 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
Mathematics and statistics | 24 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 26 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 16 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 17 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 140 | 113 | 119 | 100 | 78 | 45 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
Engineering | 98 | 106 | 135 | 103 | 89 | 68 | 151 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 10 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 58 | 78 | 99 | 80 | 71 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 18 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 18 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 846,872 | 840,000 | 802,931 | 796,505 | 770,822 | 774,255 | 788,505 | 744,343 | 727,002 | 730,348 | ||||||||||
Science | 595,136 | 587,010 | 551,462 | 547,022 | 535,267 | 549,437 | 563,061 | 522,534 | 512,849 | 524,471 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 9,583 | 12,701 | 12,125 | 10,454 | 10,339 | 9,899 | 7,014 | 5,567 | 1,322 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7,857 | 9,845 | 9,429 | 11,473 | 9,783 | 10,487 | 10,019 | 9,951 | 11,535 | 11,996 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 2 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 28 | 60 | 3 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 7,855 | 9,811 | 9,416 | 11,473 | 9,764 | 10,466 | 9,999 | 9,923 | 11,475 | 11,993 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 264,394 | 258,228 | 239,459 | 234,055 | 224,599 | 212,963 | 211,287 | 206,587 | 208,236 | 208,778 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 5,134 | 5,506 | 5,966 | 5,435 | 5,953 | 62,909 | 62,493 | 60,630 | 68,073 | 63,690 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 129,502 | 130,392 | 104,849 | 96,014 | 85,771 | 82,402 | 72,212 | 73,332 | 69,642 | 75,313 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 58,481 | 55,230 | 61,002 | 65,785 | 71,943 | 67,652 | 76,582 | 72,625 | 70,521 | 69,775 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 71,277 | 67,100 | 67,642 | 66,821 | 60,932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 8,067 | 8,263 | 8,177 | 8,376 | 6,402 | 7,496 | 7,763 | 7,334 | 7,495 | 6,139 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 156,896 | 141,434 | 130,895 | 130,883 | 143,095 | 158,628 | 169,149 | 120,047 | 90,346 | 93,216 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 71,360 | 66,219 | 64,935 | 67,925 | 81,798 | 98,718 | 114,051 | 71,942 | 45,611 | 50,531 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 41,402 | 36,326 | 30,743 | 32,164 | 31,246 | 31,346 | 31,324 | 27,632 | 25,954 | 22,243 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 79 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 33,755 | 32,085 | 29,261 | 24,630 | 25,229 | 25,022 | 20,320 | 18,028 | 17,500 | 18,879 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 10,300 | 6,741 | 5,955 | 6,162 | 4,794 | 3,542 | 3,454 | 2,445 | 1,281 | 1,563 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 16,892 | 19,329 | 17,955 | 18,004 | 14,019 | 13,803 | 11,277 | 10,413 | 7,081 | 8,568 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 56,908 | 60,568 | 61,374 | 58,150 | 52,879 | 50,639 | 52,303 | 52,023 | 48,318 | 43,292 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 512 | 453 | 264 | 299 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 29,543 | 31,706 | 27,775 | 26,673 | 24,234 | 23,659 | 27,059 | 28,052 | 23,486 | 20,093 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 8,965 | 9,380 | 11,013 | 10,902 | 8,537 | 5,302 | 4,609 | 4,353 | 5,022 | 4,802 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,810 | 3,929 | 4,400 | 4,552 | 4,446 | 4,800 | 4,551 | 5,012 | 3,912 | 4,334 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 13,078 | 15,100 | 17,922 | 15,724 | 15,461 | 16,878 | 16,084 | 14,606 | 15,898 | 14,063 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 74,539 | 76,642 | 72,048 | 75,627 | 74,151 | 85,522 | 94,249 | 110,612 | 138,516 | 152,482 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 199,711 | 209,293 | 200,122 | 200,668 | 189,550 | 185,049 | 185,078 | 185,951 | 177,450 | 172,433 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 217 | 228 | 98 | 203 | 561 | 367 | 340 | 430 | 611 | 871 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 7,605 | 7,665 | 7,704 | 7,226 | 5,641 | 6,480 | 6,474 | 8,391 | 8,112 | 7,698 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 37,190 | 33,921 | 29,596 | 30,914 | 25,262 | 20,041 | 14,703 | 18,202 | 20,268 | 30,885 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 112,965 | 129,736 | 120,093 | 123,955 | 115,519 | 113,624 | 115,829 | 111,865 | 105,114 | 95,838 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 28 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 443 | 24 | 41 | 144 | 131 | 315 | 304 | 160 | 388 | 360 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 66 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 41,263 | 37,630 | 42,589 | 38,224 | 42,435 | 44,222 | 47,424 | 46,903 | 42,877 | 36,715 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 52,025 | 43,697 | 51,347 | 48,815 | 46,005 | 39,769 | 40,366 | 35,858 | 36,703 | 33,444 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 17,030 | 12,957 | 14,871 | 13,124 | 12,922 | 9,560 | 8,250 | 5,175 | 3,447 | 3,322 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 5,223 | 5,834 | 6,108 | 5,285 | 4,826 | 3,718 | 2,485 | 2,170 | 2,203 | 2,127 | ||||||||||
Education | 9,931 | 7,287 | 8,166 | 10,712 | 9,890 | 8,546 | 11,149 | 11,523 | 13,441 | 14,307 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,266 | 3,425 | 3,693 | 3,257 | 3,341 | 3,756 | 3,519 | 3,031 | 4,242 | 3,418 | ||||||||||
Law | 16,105 | 13,449 | 17,750 | 15,834 | 14,379 | 13,614 | 14,275 | 13,465 | 12,627 | 9,821 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 470 | 745 | 759 | 603 | 647 | 575 | 688 | 494 | 743 | 449 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
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 | 846,872 | 354,478 | 40,383 | 185,077 | 71,696 | 137,896 | 57,342 | |||||||
Science | 595,136 | 270,121 | 20,492 | 128,076 | 36,853 | 100,427 | 39,167 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 9,583 | 201 | 0 | 1,575 | 1,373 | 6,434 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7,857 | 5,198 | 2 | 1,418 | 204 | 625 | 410 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 7,855 | 5,198 | 2 | 1,416 | 204 | 625 | 410 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 264,394 | 119,251 | 8,956 | 63,426 | 15,014 | 46,602 | 11,145 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 5,134 | 199 | 13 | 4,184 | 263 | 471 | 4 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 129,502 | 65,808 | 152 | 20,849 | 6,426 | 30,225 | 6,042 | |||||||
Health sciences | 58,481 | 26,345 | 3,512 | 10,715 | 5,577 | 9,853 | 2,479 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 71,277 | 26,899 | 5,279 | 27,678 | 2,748 | 6,053 | 2,620 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 8,067 | 6,122 | 0 | 711 | 174 | 636 | 424 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 156,896 | 90,707 | 5,674 | 15,941 | 9,191 | 16,545 | 18,838 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 71,360 | 46,314 | 0 | 6,144 | 519 | 6,602 | 11,781 | |||||||
Chemistry | 41,402 | 21,494 | 422 | 4,573 | 8,302 | 2,932 | 3,679 | |||||||
Materials science | 79 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 33,755 | 18,480 | 557 | 4,070 | 369 | 7,004 | 3,275 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 10,300 | 4,419 | 4,695 | 1,078 | 1 | 4 | 103 | |||||||
Psychology | 16,892 | 9,164 | 0 | 3,263 | 537 | 3,705 | 223 | |||||||
Social sciences | 56,908 | 5,495 | 3,181 | 25,685 | 2,633 | 17,566 | 2,348 | |||||||
Anthropology | 512 | 51 | 0 | 187 | 0 | 274 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 29,543 | 2,653 | 1,092 | 11,749 | 2,071 | 10,458 | 1,520 | |||||||
Political science and government | 8,965 | 291 | 657 | 4,543 | 397 | 2,921 | 156 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,810 | 434 | 1,114 | 1,815 | 78 | 1,307 | 62 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 13,078 | 2,066 | 318 | 7,391 | 87 | 2,606 | 610 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 74,539 | 33,983 | 2,679 | 16,057 | 7,727 | 8,314 | 5,779 | |||||||
Engineering | 199,711 | 78,026 | 18,760 | 34,841 | 33,159 | 20,653 | 14,272 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 217 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 25 | 57 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 7,605 | 3,497 | 0 | 1,011 | 1,860 | 783 | 454 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 37,190 | 6,743 | 11,852 | 8,999 | 4,274 | 3,299 | 2,023 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 112,965 | 59,529 | 163 | 13,331 | 17,761 | 11,945 | 10,236 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 443 | 0 | 0 | 333 | 30 | 79 | 1 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 41,263 | 8,257 | 6,745 | 11,015 | 9,209 | 4,479 | 1,558 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 52,025 | 6,331 | 1,131 | 22,160 | 1,684 | 16,816 | 3,903 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 17,030 | 628 | 257 | 5,704 | 583 | 7,316 | 2,542 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 5,223 | 755 | 19 | 1,799 | 414 | 2,078 | 158 | |||||||
Education | 9,931 | 4,752 | 0 | 3,526 | 83 | 1,393 | 177 | |||||||
Humanities | 3,266 | 145 | 0 | 2,557 | 0 | 531 | 33 | |||||||
Law | 16,105 | 51 | 855 | 8,254 | 603 | 5,356 | 986 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 470 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 1 | 142 | 7 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 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 | 354,478 | 349,989 | 347,601 | 329,464 | 330,339 | 341,807 | 346,262 | 313,390 | 311,809 | 338,759 | ||||||||||
DOD | 42,813 | 39,226 | 38,213 | 37,812 | 38,489 | 35,827 | 33,946 | 34,888 | 39,157 | 35,216 | ||||||||||
DOE | 42,232 | 43,606 | 42,917 | 36,382 | 32,549 | 28,357 | 19,137 | 20,164 | 19,252 | 16,493 | ||||||||||
HHS | 137,347 | 138,471 | 124,119 | 118,680 | 116,731 | 117,874 | 107,469 | 111,897 | 117,896 | 126,496 | ||||||||||
NASA | 41,499 | 38,006 | 37,109 | 32,170 | 41,120 | 56,480 | 69,122 | 33,141 | 22,186 | 28,423 | ||||||||||
NSF | 63,624 | 68,052 | 71,030 | 78,253 | 75,045 | 75,232 | 80,546 | 81,752 | 84,265 | 103,310 | ||||||||||
USDA | 3,468 | 3,129 | 3,686 | 3,859 | 4,762 | 4,474 | 4,669 | 4,286 | 3,605 | 3,978 | ||||||||||
Other | 23,495 | 19,499 | 30,527 | 22,308 | 21,643 | 23,563 | 31,373 | 27,262 | 25,448 | 24,843 |
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 | 9,575 | 1,144 | 8,431 | . | |||
2018 | 9,574 | 1,146 | 8,428 | . | |||
2017 | 9,439 | 1,161 | 8,278 | . | |||
2016 | 9,755 | 1,842 | 7,913 | . | |||
2015 | 9,558 | 1,665 | 7,893 | 1,445 |
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 | 2,398 | 2,408 | 2,484 | 2,551 | 2,382 |
Agricultural sciences | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 649 | 724 | 666 | 680 | 741 |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
Engineering | 559 | 572 | 587 | 633 | 607 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 72 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 102 |
Health sciences | 90 | 92 | 112 | 130 | 126 |
Mathematics and statistics | 34 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 36 |
Natural resources and conservation | 190 | 209 | 191 | 175 | . |
Physical sciences | 377 | 378 | 382 | 401 | 360 |
Psychology | 44 | 44 | 50 | 58 | 57 |
Social sciences | 219 | 217 | 258 | 245 | 235 |
Other | 117 | 38 | 109 | 89 | 72 |
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 | 178,800 | 44,253 | . | 60,000 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 44,253 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 178,800 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 24,000 | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 36,000 | . |
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 | 128,500 | 43,300 | 44,000 | 35,450 | 34,860 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19,600 | 19,600 | 5,500 | 14,300 | 6,500 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
Engineering | 11,400 | 1,100 | 1,000 | 3,700 | 2,000 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 400 | 300 | 750 | 5,200 |
Health sciences | 34,000 | 3,300 | 3,000 | 2,400 | 3,500 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 |
Natural resources and conservation | 43,500 | 6,000 | 23,900 | 4,000 | 1,200 |
Physical sciences | 6,500 | 8,700 | 8,000 | 9,800 | 6,200 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 13,000 | 400 | 300 | 500 | 9,000 |
Other | 500 | 2,200 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.