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 | |
2021 | 200 | 45.1 | 448 | 197 | 29.1 | 691 | 135 | 23.8 | 583 | 213 | 24.1 | 909 |
2020 | 190 | 42.7 | 450 | 192 | 28.2 | 697 | 206 | 23.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 193 | 43.6 | 447 | 203 | 29.8 | 696 | 195 | 33.7 | 589 | 209 | 23.6 | 913 |
2018 | 206 | 48.5 | 428 | 196 | 28.7 | 698 | 219 | 24.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 224 | 53.1 | 425 | 210 | 31.3 | 684 | 218 | 38.4 | 575 | 223 | 25.5 | 897 |
2016 | 241 | 56.4 | 430 | 239 | 34.8 | 697 | 234 | 26.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 249 | 58.8 | 426 | 255 | 37.3 | 693 | 216 | 38.4 | 570 | 228 | 26.1 | 897 |
2014 | 226 | 53.9 | 422 | 280 | 41.2 | 688 | 243 | 28 | 887 | |||
2013 | 254 | 61.2 | 417 | 226 | 39 | 588 | 253 | 29.2 | 884 | |||
2012 | 274 | 66.8 | 412 | 257 | 29.4 | 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 | 56 | 63 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 41 | 25 | 19 |
Science and engineering | 56 | 59 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 19 |
Science | 41 | 48 | 54 | 39 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 16 |
Life science | 23 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Biological sciences | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
Health sciences | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Chemistry | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | . | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Mathematics | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Psychology | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Anthropology | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
Political science and government | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Engineering | 15 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Civil engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . |
Non-science and engineering | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
History | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Letters | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 647 | 610 | 574 | 587 | 535 | 470 | 406 | 352 | . | . |
Male | 383 | 351 | 337 | 322 | 307 | 276 | 242 | 207 | . | . |
Female | 264 | 259 | 237 | 265 | 228 | 194 | 164 | 145 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 381 | 369 | 330 | 353 | 347 | 309 | 279 | 241 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 116 | 96 | 92 | 87 | 67 | 55 | 34 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 236 | 231 | 207 | 246 | 247 | 231 | 213 | 197 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Asian | 55 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 36 | . | . |
Black or African American | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
White | 147 | 150 | 135 | 165 | 162 | 155 | 140 | 137 | . | . |
More than one race | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 24 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 266 | 241 | 244 | 234 | 188 | 161 | 127 | 111 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 616 | 581 | 544 | 561 | 508 | 470 | 406 | 352 | . | . |
Science | 444 | 419 | 384 | 399 | 372 | 347 | 308 | 266 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 47 | 45 | 42 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 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 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 34 | 32 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 48 | 36 | 42 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 67 | 61 | 62 | 57 | 48 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 36 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 125 | 116 | 109 | 100 | 90 | 79 | 70 | 60 | . | . |
Social sciences | 60 | 51 | 47 | 43 | 46 | 35 | 29 | 9 | . | . |
Engineering | 172 | 162 | 160 | 162 | 136 | 123 | 98 | 86 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 16 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 25 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 72 | 59 | 63 | 75 | 64 | 57 | 41 | 36 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 61 | 64 | 61 | 58 | 47 | 43 | 35 | 27 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 23 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 23 | 22 | 23 | . | . |
Health | 31 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . | . |
Male | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Female | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . | . |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 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 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 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 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 137 | 85 | 94 | 67 | 59 | 55 | 45 | 27 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 135 | 84 | 93 | 66 | 59 | 55 | 45 | 27 | . | . |
Science | 95 | 63 | 65 | 45 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 18 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 5 | 8 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 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 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 31 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 40 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 9 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | . | . |
Health | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 647 | 610 | 574 | 587 | 535 | 470 | 406 | 352 | . | . |
Fellowships | 74 | 66 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 55 | 40 | 24 | . | . |
Federal | 42 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | . | . |
Institutional | 26 | 25 | 21 | 41 | 36 | 38 | 29 | 18 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 5 | . | . |
Research assistantships | 177 | 128 | 135 | 113 | 86 | 74 | 83 | 67 | . | . |
Federal | 93 | 52 | 61 | 50 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 26 | . | . |
Institutional | 84 | 55 | 50 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 42 | 29 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 373 | 399 | 362 | 398 | 367 | 329 | 272 | 254 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 373 | 399 | 362 | 398 | 367 | 324 | 272 | 254 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 23 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | . | . |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Personal resources | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 52 | 48 | 50 | 58 | 48 | 36 | 39 | 36 | . | . |
Science | 36 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 28 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 8 | 6 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 12 | . | . |
Social sciences | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 16 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 8 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | . |
Health | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 25 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 16 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 25 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 16 | . | . |
Science | 21 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 14 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 4 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 45,964 | 45,966 | 44,890 | 38,226 | 35,093 | 29,370 | 29,688 | 23,916 | 22,909 | 22,656 | ||||||||||
Science | 26,013 | 28,230 | 28,759 | 22,841 | 20,625 | 17,371 | 18,500 | 14,950 | 13,737 | 13,589 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,134 | 194 | 157 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,849 | 2,943 | 2,916 | 3,165 | 2,459 | 2,576 | 2,286 | 2,920 | 1,938 | 1,695 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,621 | 2,943 | 2,916 | 3,165 | 2,459 | 2,576 | 2,286 | 2,920 | 1,938 | 1,695 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 9,742 | 9,333 | 10,943 | 7,725 | 6,353 | 5,307 | 5,903 | 5,692 | 5,905 | 4,784 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,096 | 7,563 | 8,620 | 5,880 | 4,809 | 4,598 | 5,407 | 5,309 | 4,958 | 4,762 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 3,956 | 1,770 | 2,323 | 1,845 | 1,542 | 709 | 496 | 383 | 947 | 22 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,139 | 3,047 | 2,299 | 1,323 | 1,021 | 1,121 | 868 | 726 | 436 | 520 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,753 | 7,593 | 7,307 | 6,260 | 6,530 | 4,718 | 5,714 | 2,800 | 2,523 | 3,751 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,919 | 2,630 | 3,653 | 2,280 | 3,087 | 2,654 | 3,821 | 1,570 | 1,311 | 1,844 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 1,862 | 1,464 | 1,331 | 1,184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,344 | 3,101 | 2,190 | 2,649 | 2,259 | 2,064 | 1,893 | 1,230 | 1,212 | 1,907 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 424 | 1,712 | 1,284 | 724 | 802 | 1,460 | 1,548 | 864 | 1,030 | 1,477 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,816 | 2,988 | 3,065 | 2,770 | 3,454 | 2,189 | 2,181 | 1,948 | 1,905 | 1,253 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 72 | 217 | 183 | 243 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 285 | 358 | 325 | 220 | 267 | 188 | 255 | 188 | 294 | 82 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 289 | 248 | 449 | 372 | 209 | 233 | 301 | 277 | 254 | 94 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,030 | 443 | 307 | 300 | 301 | 142 | 139 | 167 | 96 | 136 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 140 | 1,722 | 1,801 | 1,635 | 2,211 | 1,626 | 1,486 | 1,316 | 1,261 | 941 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,156 | 420 | 788 | 833 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 13,854 | 15,191 | 13,852 | 12,912 | 11,823 | 9,814 | 9,778 | 7,662 | 7,993 | 8,237 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,352 | 1,316 | 1,939 | 1,729 | 2,764 | 1,182 | 1,452 | 584 | 725 | 1,043 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 223 | 6,763 | 6,382 | 5,846 | 4,666 | 3,526 | 3,992 | 3,194 | 2,839 | 3,743 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 888 | 1,137 | 1,482 | 1,632 | 1,602 | 1,726 | 1,614 | 1,674 | 1,497 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 4,870 | 5,126 | 3,777 | 3,526 | 2,432 | 1,956 | 1,899 | 1,633 | 1,821 | 1,442 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,422 | 665 | 637 | 934 | 504 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 5,438 | 1,098 | 617 | 329 | 329 | 126 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 6,097 | 2,545 | 2,279 | 2,473 | 2,645 | 2,185 | 1,410 | 1,304 | 1,179 | 830 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 3,691 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 311 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 588 | 436 | 521 | 913 | 1,130 | 1,003 | 524 | 362 | 49 | 61 | ||||||||||
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 | 442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 837 | 2,109 | 1,758 | 1,560 | 1,515 | 1,182 | 886 | 942 | 890 | 458 |
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 | 45,964 | 18,621 | 7,048 | 14,224 | 373 | 1,290 | 4,408 | |||||||
Science | 26,013 | 12,353 | 2,954 | 7,686 | 62 | 852 | 2,106 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,134 | 862 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 81 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,849 | 1,948 | 337 | 1,147 | 0 | 51 | 366 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 126 | 61 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,621 | 276 | 84 | 923 | 0 | 25 | 313 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,102 | 1,611 | 253 | 159 | 0 | 26 | 53 | |||||||
Life sciences | 9,742 | 4,426 | 2,429 | 2,238 | 62 | 218 | 369 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 201 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,096 | 2,895 | 160 | 1,741 | 0 | 187 | 113 | |||||||
Health sciences | 3,956 | 1,109 | 2,230 | 496 | 62 | 31 | 28 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 489 | 421 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,139 | 1,466 | 0 | 596 | 0 | 0 | 77 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,753 | 2,865 | 33 | 2,018 | 0 | 9 | 828 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,919 | 1,588 | 16 | 1,109 | 0 | 0 | 206 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,344 | 871 | 17 | 909 | 0 | 9 | 538 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 490 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||||||
Psychology | 424 | 58 | 62 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,816 | 129 | 40 | 1,005 | 0 | 432 | 210 | |||||||
Anthropology | 72 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 285 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |||||||
Political science and government | 289 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,030 | 7 | 40 | 443 | 0 | 412 | 128 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 140 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,156 | 599 | 4 | 412 | 0 | 4 | 137 | |||||||
Engineering | 13,854 | 4,627 | 4,006 | 2,703 | 287 | 216 | 2,015 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,352 | 1,655 | 9 | 442 | 51 | 157 | 38 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 223 | 169 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
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 | 4,870 | 1,655 | 1,611 | 413 | 236 | 0 | 955 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 971 | 456 | 132 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 87 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 5,438 | 692 | 2,218 | 1,552 | 0 | 59 | 917 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 6,097 | 1,641 | 88 | 3,835 | 24 | 222 | 287 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 536 | 380 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 20 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 3,691 | 427 | 0 | 2,918 | 19 | 164 | 163 | |||||||
Humanities | 588 | 3 | 0 | 559 | 5 | 1 | 20 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 442 | 4 | 9 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 71 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 837 | 824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 18,621 | 20,000 | 16,850 | 14,385 | 14,923 | 12,206 | 12,648 | 10,509 | 10,983 | 11,052 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,636 | 3,018 | 1,966 | 1,900 | 1,712 | 770 | 1,073 | 423 | 837 | 665 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,170 | 2,023 | 1,646 | 1,168 | 1,518 | 875 | 733 | 896 | 977 | 1,052 | ||||||||||
HHS | 4,839 | 5,330 | 4,211 | 2,764 | 2,732 | 3,379 | 3,527 | 2,568 | 2,399 | 2,401 | ||||||||||
NASA | 453 | 890 | 776 | 538 | 585 | 728 | 138 | 54 | 14 | 44 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,067 | 7,204 | 6,899 | 6,497 | 7,404 | 5,419 | 6,214 | 5,391 | 5,018 | 5,510 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,557 | 1,252 | 1,022 | 716 | 535 | 366 | 330 | 541 | 229 | 376 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,899 | 283 | 330 | 802 | 437 | 669 | 633 | 636 | 1,509 | 1,004 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 926 | 171 | 755 | . | |||
2018 | 926 | 179 | 747 | . | |||
2017 | 819 | 159 | 660 | . | |||
2016 | 723 | 221 | 502 | . | |||
2015 | 714 | 194 | 520 | 56 |
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.