U. California, Merced
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 | |
2022 | 149 | 67.9 | 457 | 210 | 69.5 | 680 | 215 | 76.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 200 | 55.8 | 447 | 197 | 71.9 | 691 | 135 | 77.2 | 583 | 213 | 76.8 | 907 |
2020 | 190 | 58.3 | 450 | 192 | 72.8 | 697 | 206 | 77.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 193 | 57.4 | 447 | 203 | 71.2 | 696 | 195 | 67.3 | 589 | 209 | 77.4 | 913 |
2018 | 206 | 52.5 | 428 | 196 | 72.3 | 698 | 219 | 76.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 224 | 47.9 | 425 | 210 | 69.7 | 684 | 218 | 62.6 | 575 | 223 | 75.5 | 897 |
2016 | 241 | 44.6 | 430 | 239 | 66.2 | 697 | 234 | 74.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 249 | 42.2 | 426 | 255 | 63.7 | 693 | 216 | 62.6 | 570 | 228 | 74.9 | 897 |
2014 | 226 | 47.1 | 422 | 280 | 59.8 | 688 | 243 | 73 | 887 | |||
2013 | 254 | 39.8 | 417 | 226 | 62 | 588 | 253 | 71.8 | 884 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 105 | 56 | 63 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 41 | 25 |
Science and engineering | 101 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 | 29 | 37 | 24 |
Science | 79 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 32 | 14 |
Life science | 25 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 19 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Health sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 17 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Chemistry | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 11 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | . | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
Computer sciences | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 28 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Psychology | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Political science and government | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 22 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 |
Other engineering | 8 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 4 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 |
History | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Letters | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
Other | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 617 | 647 | 610 | 574 | 587 | 535 | 470 | 406 | 352 | . |
Male | 353 | 383 | 351 | 337 | 322 | 307 | 276 | 242 | 207 | . |
Female | 264 | 264 | 259 | 237 | 265 | 228 | 194 | 164 | 145 | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 375 | 381 | 369 | 330 | 353 | 347 | 309 | 279 | 241 | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 121 | 116 | 96 | 92 | 87 | 67 | 55 | 34 | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 234 | 236 | 231 | 207 | 246 | 247 | 231 | 213 | 197 | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
Asian | 53 | 55 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 36 | . |
Black or African American | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . |
White | 154 | 147 | 150 | 135 | 165 | 162 | 155 | 140 | 137 | . |
More than one race | 16 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 22 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | . |
Temporary visa holders | 242 | 266 | 241 | 244 | 234 | 188 | 161 | 127 | 111 | . |
Science and engineering | 588 | 616 | 581 | 544 | 561 | 508 | 470 | 406 | 352 | . |
Science | 426 | 444 | 419 | 384 | 399 | 372 | 347 | 308 | 266 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 47 | 45 | 42 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 124 | 120 | 124 | 115 | 106 | 97 | 73 | 65 | 54 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 35 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 32 | 34 | 32 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 48 | 36 | 42 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 61 | 67 | 61 | 62 | 57 | 48 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | 0 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 36 | . |
Physical sciences | 123 | 125 | 116 | 109 | 100 | 90 | 79 | 70 | 60 | . |
Social sciences | 51 | 60 | 51 | 47 | 43 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 9 | . |
Engineering | 162 | 172 | 162 | 160 | 162 | 136 | 123 | 98 | 86 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 25 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 59 | 72 | 59 | 63 | 75 | 64 | 57 | 41 | 36 | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 64 | 61 | 64 | 61 | 58 | 47 | 43 | 35 | 27 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 25 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 23 | 22 | 23 | . |
Health | 29 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | 29 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . |
Male | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | . |
Female | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Asian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | . |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
White | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Science and engineering | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . |
Science | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 85 | 137 | 85 | 94 | 67 | 59 | 55 | 45 | 27 | . |
Science and engineering | 84 | 135 | 84 | 93 | 66 | 59 | 55 | 45 | 27 | . |
Science | 63 | 95 | 63 | 65 | 45 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 18 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 5 | 8 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 21 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | . |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Engineering | 21 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 9 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | . |
Health | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 617 | 647 | 610 | 574 | 587 | 535 | 470 | 406 | 352 | . |
Fellowships | 68 | 74 | 66 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 55 | 40 | 24 | . |
Federal | 34 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | . |
Institutional | 26 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 41 | 36 | 38 | 29 | 18 | . |
Nonfederal | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | . |
Research assistantships | 127 | 177 | 128 | 135 | 113 | 86 | 74 | 83 | 67 | . |
Federal | 51 | 93 | 52 | 61 | 50 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 26 | . |
Institutional | 55 | 84 | 55 | 50 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 42 | 29 | . |
Nonfederal | 21 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 | . |
Teaching assistantships | 405 | 373 | 399 | 362 | 398 | 367 | 329 | 272 | 254 | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Institutional | 405 | 373 | 399 | 362 | 398 | 367 | 324 | 272 | 254 | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other types of support | 17 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | . |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Institutional | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Personal resources | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 7 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 53 | 52 | 48 | 50 | 58 | 48 | 36 | 39 | 36 | . |
Science | 34 | 36 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 28 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 8 | 6 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 13 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 12 | . |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Engineering | 19 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 8 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . |
Health | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 19 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 16 | . |
Science and engineering | 18 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 16 | . |
Science | 10 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 14 | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Engineering | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 48,147 | 45,964 | 45,966 | 44,890 | 38,226 | 35,093 | 29,370 | 29,688 | 23,916 | 22,909 | ||||||||||
Science | 31,448 | 26,013 | 28,230 | 28,759 | 22,841 | 20,625 | 17,371 | 18,500 | 14,950 | 13,737 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,387 | 1,134 | 194 | 157 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,454 | 3,849 | 2,943 | 2,916 | 3,165 | 2,459 | 2,576 | 2,286 | 2,920 | 1,938 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 374 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,675 | 1,621 | 2,943 | 2,916 | 3,165 | 2,459 | 2,576 | 2,286 | 2,920 | 1,938 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,393 | 2,102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 10,814 | 9,742 | 9,333 | 10,943 | 7,725 | 6,353 | 5,307 | 5,903 | 5,692 | 5,905 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 697 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,113 | 5,096 | 7,563 | 8,620 | 5,880 | 4,809 | 4,598 | 5,407 | 5,309 | 4,958 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,176 | 3,956 | 1,770 | 2,323 | 1,845 | 1,542 | 709 | 496 | 383 | 947 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 828 | 489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,863 | 2,139 | 3,047 | 2,299 | 1,323 | 1,021 | 1,121 | 868 | 726 | 436 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 6,863 | 5,753 | 7,593 | 7,307 | 6,260 | 6,530 | 4,718 | 5,714 | 2,800 | 2,523 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 3,759 | 2,919 | 2,630 | 3,653 | 2,280 | 3,087 | 2,654 | 3,821 | 1,570 | 1,311 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 1,862 | 1,464 | 1,331 | 1,184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,663 | 2,344 | 3,101 | 2,190 | 2,649 | 2,259 | 2,064 | 1,893 | 1,230 | 1,212 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 441 | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 493 | 424 | 1,712 | 1,284 | 724 | 802 | 1,460 | 1,548 | 864 | 1,030 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,936 | 1,816 | 2,988 | 3,065 | 2,770 | 3,454 | 2,189 | 2,181 | 1,948 | 1,905 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 166 | 72 | 217 | 183 | 243 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 220 | 285 | 358 | 325 | 220 | 267 | 188 | 255 | 188 | 294 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 637 | 289 | 248 | 449 | 372 | 209 | 233 | 301 | 277 | 254 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,510 | 1,030 | 443 | 307 | 300 | 301 | 142 | 139 | 167 | 96 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 403 | 140 | 1,722 | 1,801 | 1,635 | 2,211 | 1,626 | 1,486 | 1,316 | 1,261 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,638 | 1,156 | 420 | 788 | 833 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 11,997 | 13,854 | 15,191 | 13,852 | 12,912 | 11,823 | 9,814 | 9,778 | 7,662 | 7,993 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,079 | 2,352 | 1,316 | 1,939 | 1,729 | 2,764 | 1,182 | 1,452 | 584 | 725 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 142 | 223 | 6,763 | 6,382 | 5,846 | 4,666 | 3,526 | 3,992 | 3,194 | 2,839 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 888 | 1,137 | 1,482 | 1,632 | 1,602 | 1,726 | 1,614 | 1,674 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,588 | 4,870 | 5,126 | 3,777 | 3,526 | 2,432 | 1,956 | 1,899 | 1,633 | 1,821 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 1,254 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,422 | 665 | 637 | 934 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,852 | 5,438 | 1,098 | 617 | 329 | 329 | 126 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 4,702 | 6,097 | 2,545 | 2,279 | 2,473 | 2,645 | 2,185 | 1,410 | 1,304 | 1,179 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 355 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,032 | 3,691 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 925 | 588 | 436 | 521 | 913 | 1,130 | 1,003 | 524 | 362 | 49 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 672 | 442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,704 | 837 | 2,109 | 1,758 | 1,560 | 1,515 | 1,182 | 886 | 942 | 890 |
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 | 48,147 | 23,421 | 5,992 | 14,279 | 768 | 1,918 | 1,769 | |||||||
Science | 31,448 | 16,411 | 2,898 | 9,610 | 0 | 1,504 | 1,025 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,387 | 827 | 0 | 405 | 0 | 113 | 42 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,454 | 2,364 | 554 | 1,473 | 0 | 2 | 61 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 374 | 239 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,675 | 400 | 108 | 1,104 | 0 | 2 | 61 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,393 | 1,713 | 446 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 10,814 | 5,102 | 2,186 | 2,721 | 0 | 645 | 160 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 697 | 683 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,113 | 2,722 | 165 | 1,845 | 0 | 281 | 100 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,176 | 1,215 | 1,795 | 796 | 0 | 364 | 6 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 828 | 482 | 226 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,863 | 1,313 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 6,863 | 4,363 | 5 | 2,348 | 0 | 45 | 102 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 3,759 | 2,372 | 5 | 1,308 | 0 | 8 | 66 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,663 | 1,571 | 0 | 1,019 | 0 | 37 | 36 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 441 | 420 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 493 | 106 | 20 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,936 | 295 | 92 | 1,361 | 0 | 673 | 515 | |||||||
Anthropology | 166 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 220 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
Political science and government | 637 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 0 | 7 | 221 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,510 | 3 | 92 | 544 | 0 | 585 | 286 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 403 | 292 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 80 | 3 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,638 | 2,041 | 41 | 506 | 0 | 26 | 24 | |||||||
Engineering | 11,997 | 5,007 | 2,977 | 3,233 | 308 | 161 | 311 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,079 | 1,419 | 9 | 579 | 57 | 0 | 15 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 82 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 142 | 60 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,588 | 1,512 | 1,147 | 745 | 83 | 101 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 1,254 | 699 | 93 | 349 | 113 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 4,852 | 1,235 | 1,728 | 1,542 | 55 | 60 | 232 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 4,702 | 2,003 | 117 | 1,436 | 460 | 253 | 433 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 355 | 183 | 34 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,032 | 459 | 53 | 136 | 147 | 237 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 925 | 0 | 30 | 501 | 313 | 2 | 79 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 672 | 4 | 0 | 472 | 0 | 12 | 184 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,704 | 1,346 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 2 | 170 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 23,421 | 18,621 | 20,000 | 16,850 | 14,385 | 14,923 | 12,206 | 12,648 | 10,509 | 10,983 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,712 | 1,636 | 3,018 | 1,966 | 1,900 | 1,712 | 770 | 1,073 | 423 | 837 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,559 | 2,170 | 2,023 | 1,646 | 1,168 | 1,518 | 875 | 733 | 896 | 977 | ||||||||||
HHS | 5,622 | 4,839 | 5,330 | 4,211 | 2,764 | 2,732 | 3,379 | 3,527 | 2,568 | 2,399 | ||||||||||
NASA | 860 | 453 | 890 | 776 | 538 | 585 | 728 | 138 | 54 | 14 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,044 | 6,067 | 7,204 | 6,899 | 6,497 | 7,404 | 5,419 | 6,214 | 5,391 | 5,018 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,935 | 1,557 | 1,252 | 1,022 | 716 | 535 | 366 | 330 | 541 | 229 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,689 | 1,899 | 283 | 330 | 802 | 437 | 669 | 633 | 636 | 1,509 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 926 | 171 | 755 | . | |||
2018 | 926 | 179 | 747 | . | |||
2017 | 819 | 159 | 660 | . | |||
2016 | 723 | 221 | 502 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 499 | 267 | 222 | 226 | 196 |
Agricultural sciences | 27 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 70 | 42 | 66 | 63 | 73 |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
Engineering | 114 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 45 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 0 |
Health sciences | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 29 | 5 | 2 | 5 | . |
Physical sciences | 128 | 69 | 31 | 33 | 10 |
Psychology | 16 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
Social sciences | 25 | 41 | 14 | 14 | 22 |
Other | 42 | 5 | 1 | 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.
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 | 185,000 | . | 77,624 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 32,305 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 33,474 | . | . |
Health sciences | 111,000 | . | 616 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 11,229 | . | . |
Psychology | 74,000 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 8,200 | 5,132 | 8,974 | 524 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,200 | 264 | 2,870 | 267 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 808 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1,617 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 2,870 | 257 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 808 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 3,000 | 4,869 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.