U. California, Los Angeles

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 | 12 | 3.4 | 448 | 10 | 2.3 | 691 | 11 | 2.7 | 583 | 6 | 1.6 | 909 |
2020 | 16 | 4.3 | 450 | 8 | 2 | 697 | 7 | 1.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 15 | 4.1 | 447 | 11 | 2.4 | 696 | 11 | 2.7 | 589 | 7 | 1.6 | 913 |
2018 | 14 | 4 | 428 | 11 | 2.4 | 698 | 6 | 1.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 10 | 3.1 | 425 | 10 | 2.3 | 684 | 9 | 2.4 | 575 | 12 | 2.2 | 897 |
2016 | 10 | 3.1 | 430 | 16 | 3.1 | 697 | 12 | 2.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 7 | 2.4 | 426 | 10 | 2.3 | 693 | 9 | 2.4 | 570 | 9 | 1.9 | 897 |
2014 | 7 | 2.4 | 422 | 11 | 2.4 | 688 | 10 | 2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 7 | 2.4 | 417 | 8 | 2.2 | 555 | 11 | 2.7 | 588 | 10 | 2 | 884 |
2012 | 11 | 3.4 | 412 | 9 | 2.4 | 555 | 8 | 1.8 | 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 | 639 | 632 | 701 | 688 | 726 | 689 | 743 | 757 | 742 | 687 |
Science and engineering | 500 | 492 | 557 | 535 | 559 | 528 | 556 | 598 | 520 | 520 |
Science | 375 | 352 | 431 | 411 | 430 | 403 | 433 | 461 | 394 | 396 |
Life science | 122 | 114 | 164 | 145 | 179 | 153 | 151 | 162 | 157 | 138 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 95 | 90 | 122 | 117 | 137 | 121 | 122 | 130 | 121 | 103 |
Health sciences | 27 | 23 | 42 | 28 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 35 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 82 | 73 | 88 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 82 | 92 | 58 | 66 |
Chemistry | 40 | 35 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 20 | 44 | 40 | 25 | 27 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
Physics and astronomy | 35 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 21 | 44 | 28 | 27 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 59 | 51 | 64 | 57 | 67 | 54 | 70 | 69 | 56 | 75 |
Computer sciences | 32 | 20 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 35 | 38 | 29 | 31 |
Mathematics | 27 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 26 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 44 |
Psychology and social sciences | 112 | 114 | 115 | 140 | 111 | 127 | 130 | 138 | 123 | 117 |
Psychology | 21 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 52 | 31 | 33 |
Anthropology | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
Economics | 18 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 22 |
Political science and government | 10 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
Sociology | 10 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 10 |
Other social sciences | 43 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 26 |
Engineering | 125 | 140 | 126 | 124 | 129 | 125 | 123 | 137 | 126 | 124 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 12 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 13 |
Chemical engineering | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 15 |
Civil engineering | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 9 |
Electrical engineering | 32 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 51 | 32 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 15 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Mechanical engineering | 23 | 26 | 18 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 27 |
Other engineering | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Non-science and engineering | 139 | 140 | 144 | 153 | 167 | 161 | 187 | 159 | 222 | 167 |
Education | 34 | 44 | 35 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 49 | 35 | 57 | 43 |
Education administration | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Education research | 20 | 28 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 43 | 24 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 3 |
Other education | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
Humanities | 84 | 80 | 91 | 97 | 103 | 97 | 120 | 106 | 133 | 102 |
Foreign languages & literature | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 19 |
History | 11 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 40 | 26 |
Letters | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 18 |
Other humanities and arts | 39 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 41 | 58 | 47 | 45 | 39 |
Other | 21 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 32 | 22 |
Business management/administration | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 |
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 | 6,401 | 5,757 | 5,566 | 5,574 | 5,490 | 4,988 | 5,248 | 5,103 | 5,346 | 5,178 |
Male | 3,661 | 3,349 | 3,308 | 3,355 | 3,345 | 3,184 | 3,158 | 3,057 | 3,120 | 3,045 |
Female | 2,740 | 2,408 | 2,258 | 2,219 | 2,145 | 1,804 | 2,090 | 2,046 | 2,226 | 2,133 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 4,182 | 3,810 | 3,530 | 3,502 | 3,441 | 3,062 | 3,427 | 3,427 | 3,742 | 3,709 |
Hispanic or Latino | 840 | 708 | 616 | 554 | 490 | 372 | 418 | 405 | 425 | 395 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 3,200 | 2,962 | 2,778 | 2,815 | 2,833 | 2,587 | 2,891 | 2,871 | 3,116 | 3,087 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 21 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Asian | 1,106 | 983 | 904 | 927 | 911 | 804 | 905 | 899 | 966 | 959 |
Black or African American | 190 | 152 | 148 | 150 | 124 | 104 | 129 | 116 | 127 | 126 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
White | 1,614 | 1,573 | 1,500 | 1,529 | 1,572 | 1,503 | 1,678 | 1,706 | 1,858 | 1,852 |
More than one race | 266 | 232 | 202 | 186 | 198 | 152 | 164 | 131 | 149 | 131 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 142 | 140 | 136 | 133 | 118 | 103 | 118 | 151 | 201 | 227 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,219 | 1,947 | 2,036 | 2,072 | 2,049 | 1,926 | 1,821 | 1,676 | 1,604 | 1,469 |
Science and engineering | 5,784 | 5,210 | 5,010 | 5,030 | 4,939 | 4,811 | 4,746 | 4,612 | 4,824 | 4,646 |
Science | 3,695 | 3,384 | 3,237 | 3,189 | 3,041 | 2,900 | 2,986 | 3,018 | 3,249 | 3,144 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 935 | 859 | 821 | 804 | 821 | 710 | 671 | 683 | 713 | 736 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 457 | 401 | 453 | 441 | 386 | 347 | 330 | 359 | 304 | 293 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 135 | 126 | 110 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 100 | 104 | 107 |
Mathematics and statistics | 309 | 301 | 290 | 306 | 302 | 261 | 215 | 217 | 220 | 221 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 77 | 79 | 81 | 87 | 80 |
Physical sciences | 460 | 454 | 444 | 445 | 438 | 444 | 376 | 387 | 419 | 372 |
Psychology | 209 | 197 | 181 | 178 | 177 | 182 | 198 | 184 | 204 | 196 |
Social sciences | 1,190 | 1,046 | 938 | 917 | 819 | 780 | 1,013 | 1,007 | 1,198 | 1,139 |
Engineering | 2,089 | 1,826 | 1,773 | 1,841 | 1,898 | 1,911 | 1,760 | 1,594 | 1,575 | 1,502 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 115 | 96 | 84 | 89 | 65 | 65 | 57 | 51 | 58 | 49 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 174 | 156 | 144 | 147 | 135 | 158 | 167 | 181 | 181 | 173 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 105 | 104 | 111 | 100 | 100 | 107 | 97 | 100 | 86 | 75 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 231 | 200 | 197 | 204 | 208 | 201 | 181 | 139 | 169 | 148 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 586 | 496 | 501 | 533 | 578 | 555 | 536 | 487 | 497 | 499 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 9 | 14 | 9 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 365 | 355 | 346 | 360 | 280 | 266 | 240 | 246 | 229 | 216 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 184 | 163 | 185 | 215 | 181 | 180 | 150 | 161 | 132 | 117 |
Other engineering | 320 | 242 | 196 | 183 | 351 | 379 | 332 | 229 | 223 | 225 |
Health | 617 | 547 | 556 | 544 | 551 | 177 | 502 | 491 | 522 | 532 |
Clinical medicine | 505 | 433 | 433 | 431 | 427 | 42 | 391 | 383 | 405 | 438 |
Other health | 112 | 114 | 123 | 113 | 124 | 135 | 111 | 108 | 117 | 94 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 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.
- 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 | 986 | 1,159 | 884 | 848 | 725 | 795 | 920 | 927 | 776 | 652 |
Science and engineering | 935 | 1,018 | 824 | 786 | 678 | 769 | 861 | 870 | 757 | 627 |
Science | 645 | 667 | 596 | 565 | 471 | 535 | 624 | 616 | 524 | 473 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 293 | 270 | 247 | 258 | 218 | 211 | 230 | 229 | 145 | 164 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 59 | 78 | 74 | 58 | 47 | 55 | 51 | 55 | 61 | 31 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 48 | 55 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 29 |
Mathematics and statistics | 29 | 57 | 35 | 43 | 40 | 32 | 45 | 41 | 70 | 47 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 33 | 41 | 37 | 19 | 26 |
Physical sciences | 147 | 132 | 134 | 109 | 81 | 105 | 107 | 107 | 112 | 98 |
Psychology | 39 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 47 | 44 |
Social sciences | 30 | 43 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 72 | 64 | 35 | 34 |
Engineering | 290 | 351 | 228 | 221 | 207 | 234 | 237 | 254 | 233 | 154 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 19 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 57 | 54 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 43 | 41 | 60 | 38 | 34 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 20 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 33 | 44 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 81 | 107 | 73 | 84 | 88 | 84 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 47 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 49 | 62 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 31 | 37 | 22 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 33 | 41 | 34 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 42 | 38 | 16 |
Other engineering | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 51 | 141 | 60 | 62 | 47 | 26 | 59 | 57 | 19 | 25 |
Clinical medicine | 40 | 128 | 51 | 52 | 36 | 7 | 47 | 46 | 16 | 18 |
Other health | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
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 | 6,401 | 5,757 | 5,566 | 5,574 | 5,490 | 4,988 | 5,248 | 5,103 | 5,346 | 5,178 |
Fellowships | 1,668 | 1,679 | 1,464 | 1,642 | 890 | 1,086 | 1,465 | 1,450 | 1,971 | 1,583 |
Federal | 296 | 491 | 313 | 331 | 198 | 261 | 362 | 342 | 193 | 261 |
Institutional | 1,061 | 903 | 870 | 995 | 364 | 430 | 897 | 907 | 1,311 | 1,017 |
Nonfederal | 311 | 285 | 281 | 316 | 328 | 395 | 206 | 201 | 467 | 305 |
Research assistantships | 1,208 | 1,135 | 1,048 | 966 | 942 | 855 | 921 | 977 | 959 | 1,004 |
Federal | 662 | 646 | 551 | 504 | 517 | 525 | 534 | 569 | 561 | 372 |
Institutional | 199 | 201 | 205 | 212 | 157 | 149 | 162 | 191 | 193 | 485 |
Nonfederal | 347 | 288 | 292 | 250 | 268 | 181 | 225 | 217 | 205 | 147 |
Teaching assistantships | 1,404 | 1,456 | 1,443 | 1,314 | 1,240 | 1,134 | 1,196 | 1,178 | 842 | 1,090 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1,399 | 1,454 | 1,438 | 1,308 | 1,239 | 1,134 | 1,194 | 1,175 | 840 | 1,090 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Other types of support | 2,121 | 1,487 | 1,611 | 1,652 | 2,418 | 1,913 | 1,666 | 1,498 | 1,574 | 1,501 |
Federal | 28 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 19 |
Institutional | 99 | 78 | 84 | 70 | 263 | 182 | 239 | 237 | 85 | 81 |
Nonfederal | 13 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 114 | 22 | 19 | 14 |
Personal resources | 1,981 | 1,372 | 1,498 | 1,559 | 2,120 | 1,712 | 1,289 | 1,223 | 1,448 | 1,387 |
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 | 702 | 617 | 639 | 711 | 845 | 842 | 755 | 810 | 791 | 727 |
Science | 571 | 510 | 512 | 577 | 688 | 733 | 636 | 689 | 672 | 610 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 305 | 280 | 293 | 328 | 405 | 322 | 269 | 334 | 412 | 380 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 11 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 42 | 33 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 38 | 21 | 32 | 23 | 31 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 13 | 10 | . | . | 7 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 123 | 106 | 82 | 2 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 126 | 114 | 121 | 131 | 148 | 139 | 127 | 121 | 125 | 117 |
Psychology | 28 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 36 | 42 | 27 | 27 |
Social sciences | 40 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
Engineering | 131 | 107 | 127 | 134 | 157 | 109 | 119 | 121 | 119 | 117 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 16 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 13 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 17 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 34 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 40 | 33 | 31 | 39 | 43 | 38 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 27 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 20 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 16 |
Other engineering | 13 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Health | 226 | 210 | 224 | 221 | 262 | 278 | 261 | 278 | 293 | 282 |
Clinical medicine | 206 | 192 | 202 | 204 | 233 | 248 | 233 | 241 | 259 | 247 |
Other health | 20 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 37 | 34 | 35 |
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 | 503 | 490 | 491 | 485 | 532 | 511 | 539 | 540 | 704 | 664 |
Science and engineering | 372 | 366 | 371 | 369 | 419 | 398 | 415 | 421 | 530 | 495 |
Science | 312 | 306 | 319 | 314 | 352 | 352 | 351 | 356 | 441 | 409 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 191 | 174 | 186 | 192 | 208 | 152 | 151 | 170 | 282 | 270 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 10 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 27 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 19 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 15 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 52 | 57 | 43 | 2 | 0 |
Psychology | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 14 |
Physical sciences | 59 | 71 | 69 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 55 | 78 | 74 |
Social sciences | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
Engineering | 60 | 60 | 52 | 55 | 67 | 46 | 64 | 65 | 89 | 86 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 19 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 19 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 21 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 12 |
Other engineering | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Health | 131 | 124 | 120 | 116 | 113 | 113 | 124 | 119 | 174 | 169 |
Clinical medicine | 116 | 114 | 108 | 106 | 103 | 99 | 101 | 98 | 145 | 139 |
Other health | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 30 |
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 | 1,454,880 | 1,392,941 | 1,306,376 | 1,318,110 | 1,076,917 | 1,037,528 | 1,021,227 | 948,197 | 966,659 | 1,003,375 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,302,545 | 1,245,187 | 1,153,738 | 1,150,820 | 957,627 | 923,051 | 909,469 | 846,929 | 858,125 | 898,926 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 16,186 | 17,480 | 15,867 | 14,698 | 13,663 | 14,014 | 16,731 | 15,970 | 17,795 | 16,333 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 41,818 | 41,594 | 38,106 | 38,361 | 35,266 | 32,350 | 29,136 | 24,320 | 21,532 | 19,890 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 8,669 | 8,368 | 8,088 | 8,274 | 7,172 | 6,117 | 5,418 | 5,380 | 5,734 | 5,618 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 27,493 | 25,136 | 21,975 | 22,477 | 20,668 | 19,201 | 17,710 | 13,446 | 11,252 | 10,841 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,656 | 8,090 | 8,043 | 7,610 | 7,426 | 7,032 | 6,008 | 5,494 | 4,546 | 3,431 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,053,540 | 989,602 | 925,447 | 917,899 | 761,824 | 724,967 | 718,661 | 674,218 | 667,920 | 712,838 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33,765 | 34,022 | 38,154 | 38,362 | 33,896 | 30,768 | 27,332 | 26,926 | 27,346 | 26,216 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,019,775 | 955,580 | 887,293 | 879,537 | 727,928 | 694,199 | 691,329 | 647,292 | 640,574 | 686,622 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 12,110 | 13,161 | 13,118 | 13,200 | 10,573 | 11,456 | 10,774 | 10,360 | 11,506 | 8,640 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 56,624 | 54,697 | 60,067 | 55,568 | 57,004 | 61,909 | 58,445 | 54,623 | 66,097 | 75,534 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 24,038 | 19,842 | 23,711 | 18,893 | 17,222 | 17,147 | 16,327 | 14,629 | 18,486 | 19,286 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 30,227 | 33,263 | 34,460 | 35,056 | 38,111 | 43,196 | 40,301 | 38,446 | 45,413 | 55,033 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,359 | 1,554 | 1,896 | 1,619 | 1,671 | 1,566 | 1,817 | 1,548 | 2,198 | 1,215 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 17,464 | 19,087 | 17,044 | 17,611 | 17,453 | 18,335 | 17,502 | 13,043 | 11,099 | 13,961 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 62,413 | 60,591 | 58,050 | 69,184 | 41,188 | 40,072 | 36,206 | 35,182 | 40,452 | 33,654 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 543 | 1,145 | 574 | 450 | 339 | 329 | 340 | 388 | 265 | 389 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 4,097 | 4,826 | 3,740 | 3,380 | 2,545 | 1,718 | 1,466 | 1,038 | 1,220 | 1,051 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 12,279 | 12,319 | 9,268 | 21,913 | 6,533 | 6,767 | 5,090 | 5,796 | 4,625 | 5,289 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 45,494 | 42,301 | 44,468 | 43,441 | 31,771 | 31,258 | 29,310 | 27,960 | 34,342 | 26,925 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 42,390 | 48,975 | 26,039 | 24,299 | 20,656 | 19,948 | 22,014 | 19,213 | 21,724 | 18,076 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 93,906 | 93,520 | 95,797 | 91,799 | 80,153 | 78,962 | 82,540 | 73,254 | 76,010 | 70,756 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8,633 | 10,244 | 9,045 | 7,689 | 6,936 | 7,099 | 6,852 | 6,034 | 4,970 | 4,622 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 7,426 | 8,111 | 13,308 | 8,996 | 8,905 | 9,612 | 10,404 | 10,963 | 10,006 | 6,710 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 9,578 | 7,469 | 6,201 | 6,278 | 3,639 | 3,982 | 3,928 | 4,337 | 4,852 | 4,600 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 34,305 | 33,642 | 34,672 | 32,351 | 25,707 | 23,977 | 24,032 | 18,418 | 21,261 | 21,501 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 17,435 | 16,512 | 15,668 | 17,790 | 16,413 | 16,044 | 14,557 | 10,841 | 13,823 | 14,693 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 6,754 | 6,140 | 7,467 | 6,998 | 6,195 | 6,778 | 7,866 | 8,253 | 10,832 | 7,755 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 9,775 | 11,402 | 9,436 | 11,697 | 12,358 | 11,470 | 14,901 | 14,408 | 10,266 | 10,875 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 58,429 | 54,234 | 56,841 | 75,491 | 39,137 | 35,515 | 29,218 | 28,014 | 32,524 | 33,693 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 14,856 | 13,019 | 13,121 | 13,651 | 12,378 | 11,940 | 7,572 | 6,793 | 6,023 | 6,403 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 4,208 | 4,400 | 3,639 | 3,249 | 806 | 921 | 668 | 791 | 486 | 215 | ||||||||||
Education | 29,044 | 24,926 | 27,472 | 41,378 | 15,554 | 13,448 | 11,209 | 12,594 | 17,161 | 18,430 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 5,471 | 6,443 | 6,525 | 7,374 | 5,760 | 5,344 | 4,647 | 5,116 | 6,503 | 6,090 | ||||||||||
Law | 2,743 | 3,303 | 2,838 | 3,341 | 2,360 | 1,655 | 2,603 | 1,625 | 1,143 | 1,366 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,994 | 1,965 | 3,006 | 5,882 | 1,403 | 1,468 | 1,759 | 1,095 | 1,208 | 1,189 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 113 | 178 | 240 | 616 | 876 | 739 | 760 | 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 | 1,454,880 | 721,043 | 71,014 | 302,528 | 87,959 | 194,232 | 78,104 | |||||||
Science | 1,302,545 | 652,432 | 65,240 | 269,057 | 78,583 | 172,324 | 64,909 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 16,186 | 10,475 | 0 | 1,639 | 1,374 | 705 | 1,993 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 41,818 | 31,060 | 1,608 | 2,767 | 651 | 1,941 | 3,791 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 8,669 | 6,441 | 563 | 512 | 64 | 103 | 986 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 27,493 | 23,382 | 243 | 705 | 232 | 541 | 2,390 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,656 | 1,237 | 802 | 1,550 | 355 | 1,297 | 415 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,053,540 | 523,747 | 55,779 | 205,197 | 73,270 | 146,376 | 49,171 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33,765 | 21,562 | 50 | 5,236 | 494 | 5,051 | 1,372 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,019,775 | 502,185 | 55,729 | 199,961 | 72,776 | 141,325 | 47,799 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 12,110 | 9,562 | 53 | 562 | 298 | 1,037 | 598 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 56,624 | 36,246 | 90 | 10,380 | 2,248 | 2,176 | 5,484 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 24,038 | 16,178 | 90 | 5,142 | 835 | 874 | 919 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 30,227 | 20,068 | 0 | 2,879 | 1,413 | 1,302 | 4,565 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,359 | 0 | 0 | 2,359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 17,464 | 10,897 | 484 | 2,422 | 143 | 2,971 | 547 | |||||||
Social sciences | 62,413 | 7,673 | 6,873 | 29,813 | 413 | 14,840 | 2,801 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 543 | 20 | 0 | 201 | 0 | 322 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 4,097 | 11 | 2,470 | 830 | 24 | 520 | 242 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 12,279 | 1,033 | 3,372 | 3,478 | 135 | 3,093 | 1,168 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 45,494 | 6,609 | 1,031 | 25,304 | 254 | 10,905 | 1,391 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 42,390 | 22,772 | 353 | 16,277 | 186 | 2,278 | 524 | |||||||
Engineering | 93,906 | 53,761 | 3,740 | 11,886 | 7,451 | 7,360 | 9,708 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 8,633 | 4,744 | 376 | 1,594 | 621 | 606 | 692 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 7,426 | 4,057 | 415 | 1,263 | 116 | 957 | 618 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 9,578 | 3,557 | 1,154 | 2,298 | 1,105 | 1,064 | 400 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 34,305 | 19,409 | 244 | 3,720 | 3,030 | 2,347 | 5,555 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 17,435 | 12,520 | 20 | 1,440 | 1,814 | 1,103 | 538 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 6,754 | 5,032 | 231 | 381 | 223 | 130 | 757 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 9,775 | 4,442 | 1,300 | 1,190 | 542 | 1,153 | 1,148 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 58,429 | 14,850 | 2,034 | 21,585 | 1,925 | 14,548 | 3,487 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 14,856 | 644 | 0 | 9,343 | 0 | 4,118 | 751 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 4,208 | 1,465 | 0 | 1,042 | 0 | 1,678 | 23 | |||||||
Education | 29,044 | 12,268 | 1,992 | 6,151 | 1,830 | 4,223 | 2,580 | |||||||
Humanities | 5,471 | 14 | 0 | 3,666 | 0 | 1,747 | 44 | |||||||
Law | 2,743 | 316 | 42 | 768 | 95 | 1,471 | 51 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,994 | 30 | 0 | 615 | 0 | 1,311 | 38 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 113 | 113 | 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 | 721,043 | 655,030 | 600,714 | 576,076 | 487,846 | 487,869 | 489,404 | 465,170 | 501,368 | 539,054 | ||||||||||
DOD | 50,437 | 49,615 | 50,405 | 50,200 | 36,958 | 38,600 | 41,408 | 35,587 | 41,254 | 39,877 | ||||||||||
DOE | 38,905 | 28,888 | 25,786 | 22,486 | 23,094 | 21,870 | 22,215 | 23,074 | 23,248 | 24,208 | ||||||||||
HHS | 529,539 | 466,272 | 423,638 | 394,908 | 335,892 | 336,790 | 335,761 | 326,539 | 350,402 | 375,683 | ||||||||||
NASA | 26,042 | 23,858 | 25,278 | 27,175 | 24,294 | 19,525 | 15,612 | 15,861 | 17,851 | 16,317 | ||||||||||
NSF | 59,959 | 59,478 | 63,912 | 67,879 | 60,907 | 63,344 | 66,953 | 56,204 | 58,874 | 62,154 | ||||||||||
USDA | 400 | 384 | 223 | 86 | 205 | 309 | 328 | 539 | 337 | 200 | ||||||||||
Other | 15,761 | 26,535 | 11,472 | 13,342 | 6,496 | 7,431 | 7,127 | 7,366 | 9,402 | 20,615 |
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 | 11,582 | 1,335 | 10,247 | . | |||
2018 | 11,949 | 1,431 | 10,518 | . | |||
2017 | 11,759 | 1,451 | 10,308 | . | |||
2016 | 11,748 | 2,216 | 9,532 | . | |||
2015 | 11,547 | 2,101 | 9,446 | 1,293 |
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 | 2,860 | 2,918 | 2,824 | 2,806 | 2,718 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 421 | 429 | 435 | 456 | 451 |
Computer and information sciences | 30 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 37 |
Engineering | 264 | 261 | 265 | 252 | 257 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 124 | 134 | 133 | 134 | 115 |
Health sciences | 1,184 | 1,221 | 1,118 | 1,116 | 1,042 |
Mathematics and statistics | 40 | 38 | 38 | 33 | 35 |
Natural resources and conservation | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 322 | 328 | 325 | 329 | 329 |
Psychology | 81 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 81 |
Social sciences | 149 | 159 | 157 | 142 | 138 |
Other | 226 | 226 | 232 | 223 | 231 |
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 | . | . | 116,770 | 1,831 | 112,200 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1,831 | . |
Engineering | . | . | 57,662 | . | 51,700 |
Health sciences | . | . | 59,108 | . | 60,500 |
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 | 34,153 | 14,578 | 14,998 | 116,150 | 202,438 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,111 | 515 | 1,631 | 4,928 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 7,374 | 1,985 | 1,621 | 1,539 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,036 | 539 | 545 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 10,295 | 10,464 | 9,480 | 104,639 | 199,088 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,390 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2,096 | 771 | 685 | 2,597 | 3,350 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,055 | 0 |
Social sciences | 777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 2,465 | 303 | 1,037 | 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.