U. California, San Diego

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 | 23 | 5.9 | 448 | 22 | 4 | 691 | 10 | 2.5 | 583 | 7 | 1.6 | 909 |
2020 | 24 | 6.1 | 450 | 23 | 4.1 | 697 | 6 | 1.5 | 915 | |||
2019 | 26 | 6.6 | 447 | 21 | 3.8 | 696 | 10 | 2.5 | 589 | 6 | 1.5 | 913 |
2018 | 27 | 7 | 428 | 20 | 3.7 | 698 | 7 | 1.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 20 | 5.4 | 425 | 23 | 4.2 | 684 | 12 | 2.9 | 575 | 7 | 1.7 | 897 |
2016 | 20 | 5.4 | 430 | 26 | 4.6 | 697 | 7 | 1.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 22 | 5.9 | 426 | 27 | 4.7 | 693 | 10 | 2.6 | 570 | 5 | 1.4 | 897 |
2014 | 25 | 6.6 | 422 | 35 | 5.9 | 688 | 6 | 1.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 24 | 6.5 | 417 | 35 | 7.1 | 555 | 13 | 3 | 588 | 5 | 1.4 | 884 |
2012 | 19 | 5.3 | 412 | 35 | 7.1 | 555 | 5 | 1.4 | 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 | 490 | 512 | 492 | 471 | 520 | 521 | 501 | 481 | 485 | 517 |
Science and engineering | 444 | 457 | 438 | 410 | 465 | 441 | 446 | 412 | 406 | 446 |
Science | 285 | 309 | 305 | 285 | 337 | 326 | 329 | 306 | 303 | 331 |
Life science | 103 | 104 | 108 | 91 | 122 | 102 | 105 | 110 | 113 | 111 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 95 | 100 | 101 | 90 | 109 | 87 | 93 | 98 | 98 | 101 |
Health sciences | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 99 | 91 | 90 | 99 | 86 | 99 | 92 | 93 | 64 | 93 |
Chemistry | 39 | 30 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 28 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 35 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 32 | 43 | 26 | 33 | 26 | 36 |
Physics and astronomy | 25 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 29 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 28 | 50 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 51 | 52 |
Computer sciences | 15 | 35 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 30 |
Mathematics | 13 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 22 |
Psychology and social sciences | 55 | 64 | 66 | 56 | 89 | 90 | 94 | 67 | 75 | 75 |
Psychology | 12 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 31 |
Anthropology | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Economics | 17 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
Political science and government | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Sociology | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Engineering | 159 | 148 | 133 | 125 | 128 | 115 | 117 | 106 | 103 | 115 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 30 |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Civil engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 43 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 32 | 29 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 29 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 13 |
Mechanical engineering | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
Other engineering | 44 | 52 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 28 |
Non-science and engineering | 46 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 55 | 80 | 55 | 69 | 79 | 71 |
Education | 13 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
Education administration | 7 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
Education research | . | . | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Other education | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | . | 2 | . |
Humanities | 27 | 29 | 41 | 37 | 31 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 51 | 46 |
Foreign languages & literature | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
History | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
Letters | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Other humanities and arts | 16 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 16 |
Other | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Business management/administration | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
Communication | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | . | . | . | 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 | 5,192 | 4,677 | 5,008 | 4,786 | 4,334 | 4,261 | 3,916 | 3,577 | 3,481 | 3,354 |
Male | 3,368 | 3,007 | 3,272 | 3,199 | 2,893 | 2,803 | 2,608 | 2,360 | 2,335 | 2,214 |
Female | 1,824 | 1,670 | 1,736 | 1,587 | 1,441 | 1,458 | 1,308 | 1,217 | 1,146 | 1,140 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,618 | 2,489 | 2,421 | 2,385 | 2,197 | 2,247 | 2,261 | 2,294 | 2,351 | 2,353 |
Hispanic or Latino | 394 | 323 | 325 | 305 | 255 | 247 | 238 | 216 | 212 | 199 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,108 | 1,857 | 2,000 | 1,986 | 1,837 | 1,861 | 1,895 | 1,942 | 2,031 | 2,045 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 14 |
Asian | 651 | 561 | 563 | 542 | 579 | 574 | 562 | 560 | 503 | 514 |
Black or African American | 66 | 45 | 55 | 47 | 71 | 77 | 70 | 65 | 44 | 46 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
White | 1,214 | 1,115 | 1,235 | 1,252 | 1,162 | 1,174 | 1,224 | 1,272 | 1,387 | 1,394 |
More than one race | 167 | 130 | 137 | 135 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 75 | 70 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 116 | 309 | 96 | 94 | 105 | 139 | 128 | 136 | 108 | 109 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,574 | 2,188 | 2,587 | 2,401 | 2,137 | 2,014 | 1,655 | 1,283 | 1,130 | 1,001 |
Science and engineering | 5,192 | 4,677 | 5,008 | 4,786 | 4,334 | 4,201 | 3,916 | 3,577 | 3,481 | 3,354 |
Science | 3,154 | 2,809 | 2,879 | 2,859 | 2,532 | 2,532 | 2,591 | 2,443 | 2,404 | 2,324 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 782 | 760 | 766 | 737 | 693 | 536 | 520 | 504 | 530 | 539 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 41 | 49 | 49 | 52 | 57 |
Computer and information sciences | 797 | 468 | 583 | 612 | 491 | 527 | 473 | 338 | 294 | 271 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 316 | 285 | 261 | 266 | 271 | 269 | 258 | 268 | 256 | 244 |
Mathematics and statistics | 181 | 161 | 156 | 174 | 144 | 126 | 130 | 127 | 119 | 124 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 113 | 116 | 126 | 108 | 121 | 114 | 199 | 162 | 139 | 119 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 94 | 94 | 89 | 79 | 76 |
Physical sciences | 505 | 488 | 478 | 461 | 427 | 411 | 432 | 436 | 444 | 431 |
Psychology | 70 | 131 | 122 | 116 | 41 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 54 |
Social sciences | 390 | 400 | 387 | 385 | 344 | 372 | 386 | 420 | 436 | 409 |
Engineering | 2,038 | 1,868 | 2,129 | 1,927 | 1,802 | 1,669 | 1,325 | 1,134 | 1,077 | 1,030 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 45 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 25 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 442 | 390 | 411 | 397 | 347 | 264 | 183 | 174 | 179 | 173 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 61 | 47 | 66 | 54 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 33 | 30 | 22 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 139 | 160 | 164 | 169 | 184 | 195 | 193 | 163 | 149 | 140 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 667 | 565 | 765 | 605 | 503 | 467 | 503 | 435 | 410 | 390 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 69 | 74 | 103 | 103 | 98 | 111 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 262 | 232 | 229 | 237 | 193 | 181 | 180 | 130 | 126 | 137 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 183 | 185 | 185 | 186 | 212 | 212 | 175 | 155 | 143 | 119 |
Other engineering | 170 | 178 | 178 | 158 | 171 | 158 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 241 | 326 | 303 | 248 | 247 | 208 | 148 | 142 | 110 | 132 |
Male | 185 | 240 | 232 | 187 | 185 | 161 | 121 | 99 | 78 | 105 |
Female | 56 | 86 | 71 | 61 | 62 | 47 | 27 | 43 | 32 | 27 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 181 | 173 | 168 | 152 | 133 | 113 | 118 | 117 | 95 | 112 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 148 | 137 | 148 | 125 | 111 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 88 | 97 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 73 | 59 | 58 | 49 | 35 | 41 | 44 | 30 | 24 | 32 |
Black or African American | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 63 | 65 | 77 | 65 | 74 | 54 | 52 | 63 | 57 | 60 |
More than one race | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 12 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 10 |
Temporary visa holders | 60 | 153 | 135 | 96 | 114 | 95 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 20 |
Science and engineering | 241 | 326 | 303 | 248 | 247 | 208 | 148 | 142 | 110 | 132 |
Science | 91 | 171 | 152 | 103 | 107 | 103 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 62 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 51 | 135 | 115 | 64 | 86 | 72 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 31 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 14 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
Engineering | 150 | 155 | 151 | 145 | 140 | 105 | 81 | 77 | 52 | 70 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 17 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 31 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 51 | 67 | 54 | 34 | 31 | 23 | 44 | 41 | 35 | 42 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 22 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Other engineering | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
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 | 478 | 730 | 1,167 | 1,127 | 1,125 | 1,120 | 1,103 | 1,067 | 1,030 | 1,084 |
Science and engineering | 478 | 730 | 1,167 | 1,127 | 1,125 | 1,081 | 1,103 | 1,067 | 1,030 | 1,084 |
Science | 388 | 555 | 763 | 744 | 790 | 750 | 804 | 847 | 760 | 801 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 248 | 269 | 316 | 336 | 382 | 290 | 289 | 307 | 282 | 298 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 27 | 68 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 77 | 90 | 69 | 93 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 39 | 78 | 111 | 119 | 130 | 129 | 132 | 143 | 163 | 159 |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 30 | 29 | 39 | 29 | 33 | 29 | 63 | 53 | 54 | 47 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 59 | 63 | 56 | 56 | 62 |
Psychology | 1 | 47 | 44 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 40 | 89 | 162 | 147 | 180 | 168 | 153 | 164 | 101 | 99 |
Social sciences | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 28 |
Engineering | 90 | 175 | 404 | 383 | 335 | 331 | 299 | 220 | 270 | 283 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 36 | 69 | 106 | 108 | 84 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 79 | 77 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 39 | 21 | 46 | 19 | 29 | 51 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 14 | 24 | 84 | 84 | 70 | 60 | 75 | 51 | 84 | 86 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 14 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 18 | 40 | 39 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 9 | 12 | 67 | 54 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Other engineering | 11 | 25 | 52 | 36 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 12 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 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).
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 | 5,192 | 4,677 | 5,008 | 4,786 | 4,334 | 4,261 | 3,916 | 3,577 | 3,481 | 3,354 |
Fellowships | 766 | 835 | 850 | 845 | 753 | 893 | 861 | 779 | 774 | 783 |
Federal | 269 | 313 | 358 | 325 | 337 | 326 | 314 | 325 | 346 | 411 |
Institutional | 482 | 505 | 402 | 448 | 335 | 484 | 454 | 372 | 347 | 299 |
Nonfederal | 15 | 17 | 90 | 72 | 81 | 83 | 93 | 82 | 81 | 73 |
Research assistantships | 2,806 | 1,334 | 1,334 | 1,250 | 1,200 | 1,180 | 1,163 | 1,077 | 1,027 | 988 |
Federal | 209 | 417 | 807 | 795 | 780 | 788 | 782 | 730 | 672 | 660 |
Institutional | 2,549 | 807 | 256 | 242 | 301 | 278 | 265 | 237 | 246 | 253 |
Nonfederal | 48 | 110 | 271 | 213 | 119 | 114 | 116 | 110 | 109 | 75 |
Teaching assistantships | 172 | 1,408 | 1,199 | 1,273 | 1,114 | 1,040 | 992 | 1,081 | 1,002 | 956 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 172 | 1,408 | 1,199 | 1,272 | 1,108 | 1,040 | 992 | 1,081 | 1,001 | 956 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other types of support | 1,448 | 1,100 | 1,625 | 1,418 | 1,267 | 1,148 | 900 | 640 | 678 | 627 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Institutional | 7 | 33 | 54 | 48 | 24 | 57 | 32 | 54 | 50 | 47 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
Personal resources | 1,435 | 1,067 | 1,556 | 1,336 | 1,226 | 1,046 | 839 | 562 | 613 | 563 |
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 | 661 | 708 | 698 | 716 | 795 | 838 | 828 | 890 | 851 | 807 |
Science | 502 | 544 | 550 | 552 | 641 | 687 | 709 | 754 | 743 | 709 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 206 | 240 | 247 | 157 | 255 | 272 | 276 | 321 | 336 | 334 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 22 | 17 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 22 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 99 | 113 | 97 | 102 | 113 | 111 | 115 | 107 | 103 | 94 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 14 | 19 | 18 | 104 | 100 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 28 | 30 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 74 | 70 | 49 | 58 | 49 |
Physical sciences | 111 | 118 | 134 | 126 | 114 | 135 | 130 | 148 | 138 | 139 |
Psychology | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 25 | 22 |
Social sciences | 29 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Engineering | 159 | 164 | 148 | 164 | 154 | 151 | 119 | 136 | 108 | 98 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 38 | 44 | 30 | 38 | 46 | 41 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 38 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 33 | 21 | 14 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 27 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 23 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Other engineering | 69 | 61 | 64 | 61 | 50 | 50 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 12 |
Health | 449 | 447 | 505 | 551 | 460 | 481 | 422 | 448 | 424 | 412 |
Clinical medicine | 416 | 416 | 469 | 465 | 418 | 437 | 376 | 392 | 373 | 371 |
Other health | 33 | 31 | 36 | 86 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 56 | 51 | 41 |
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 | 724 | 730 | 787 | 723 | 773 | 780 | 725 | 735 | 736 | 727 |
Science and engineering | 427 | 431 | 452 | 404 | 498 | 509 | 471 | 455 | 464 | 466 |
Science | 328 | 323 | 359 | 307 | 401 | 423 | 413 | 385 | 400 | 410 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 139 | 159 | 159 | 110 | 168 | 157 | 162 | 190 | 204 | 210 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 69 | 66 | 77 | 56 | 64 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 9 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 62 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 19 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 46 | 35 | 21 | 30 | 31 |
Psychology | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 12 |
Physical sciences | 83 | 66 | 91 | 89 | 82 | 94 | 82 | 98 | 95 | 107 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Engineering | 99 | 108 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 86 | 58 | 70 | 64 | 56 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 26 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 21 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 17 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Other engineering | 40 | 42 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
Health | 297 | 299 | 335 | 319 | 275 | 271 | 254 | 280 | 272 | 261 |
Clinical medicine | 276 | 279 | 317 | 277 | 256 | 252 | 233 | 252 | 239 | 233 |
Other health | 21 | 20 | 18 | 42 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 28 |
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 | 1,425,499 | 1,403,735 | 1,353,763 | 1,265,196 | 1,133,454 | 1,087,117 | 1,101,466 | 1,067,388 | 1,075,554 | 1,073,864 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,207,533 | 1,212,853 | 1,171,266 | 1,105,575 | 1,001,236 | 964,783 | 976,614 | 940,517 | 941,046 | 939,199 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 46,962 | 30,370 | 28,302 | 35,158 | 28,217 | 27,630 | 39,791 | 34,501 | 37,929 | 48,703 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 185,870 | 201,331 | 180,626 | 159,294 | 186,827 | 166,470 | 169,678 | 181,434 | 165,376 | 149,669 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 7,727 | 33,205 | 27,028 | 25,462 | 22,577 | 21,690 | 22,947 | 21,360 | 19,180 | 18,454 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 38,898 | 36,871 | 31,144 | 31,658 | 35,783 | 33,001 | 35,276 | 40,847 | 40,375 | 31,064 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 139,245 | 131,255 | 122,454 | 102,174 | 128,467 | 111,779 | 111,455 | 119,227 | 105,821 | 100,151 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 827,370 | 828,401 | 819,167 | 782,882 | 667,478 | 650,484 | 642,371 | 601,452 | 609,643 | 624,881 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 63,846 | 62,532 | 64,858 | 57,996 | 43,526 | 37,667 | 34,578 | 36,257 | 38,366 | 41,864 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 762,778 | 765,869 | 754,309 | 724,886 | 623,952 | 612,817 | 607,793 | 565,191 | 571,257 | 581,953 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1,064 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5,639 | 4,857 | 5,466 | 4,478 | 5,328 | 5,008 | 5,211 | 5,200 | 5,100 | 4,450 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 86,893 | 94,124 | 85,322 | 67,509 | 67,380 | 68,169 | 71,434 | 70,812 | 66,614 | 64,399 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 27,339 | 27,429 | 32,067 | 22,362 | 28,237 | 30,337 | 34,573 | 35,526 | 31,353 | 27,399 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 56,983 | 66,169 | 52,798 | 44,584 | 38,677 | 37,207 | 36,065 | 34,221 | 33,540 | 34,842 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,019 | 526 | 457 | 563 | 466 | 625 | 796 | 1,065 | 1,721 | 2,158 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 18,645 | 20,113 | 18,932 | 20,042 | 17,837 | 18,909 | 18,632 | 19,349 | 21,353 | 25,447 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 22,940 | 19,942 | 20,178 | 19,932 | 16,269 | 16,273 | 17,581 | 17,809 | 17,421 | 14,807 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 3,624 | 2,777 | 3,106 | 2,923 | 1,883 | 2,308 | 2,088 | 1,854 | 2,699 | 2,112 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 9,643 | 12,843 | 11,997 | 12,797 | 11,173 | 9,999 | 11,012 | 10,552 | 9,260 | 7,912 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,336 | 2,329 | 2,928 | 2,383 | 2,039 | 2,630 | 3,103 | 3,746 | 3,658 | 2,294 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,678 | 1,993 | 2,147 | 1,829 | 1,174 | 1,336 | 1,378 | 1,657 | 1,804 | 2,489 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 13,214 | 13,715 | 13,273 | 16,280 | 11,900 | 11,840 | 11,916 | 9,960 | 17,610 | 6,843 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 177,564 | 182,495 | 172,919 | 150,596 | 125,033 | 114,646 | 117,170 | 119,690 | 125,933 | 126,107 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 59,417 | 53,586 | 53,954 | 44,987 | 38,630 | 35,265 | 33,087 | 31,792 | 23,887 | 23,455 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 81,213 | 83,383 | 80,480 | 73,634 | 62,090 | 57,532 | 59,730 | 62,219 | 74,664 | 75,918 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 16,253 | 14,973 | 15,857 | 12,588 | 11,232 | 12,064 | 14,397 | 14,661 | 16,187 | 15,632 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 18,595 | 30,553 | 22,628 | 19,387 | 13,081 | 9,785 | 9,956 | 11,018 | 11,195 | 11,102 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 40,402 | 8,387 | 9,578 | 9,025 | 7,185 | 7,688 | 7,682 | 7,181 | 8,575 | 8,558 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 576 | 664 | 1,231 | 1,076 | 828 | 579 | 719 | 1,608 | 782 | 362 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 406 | 1,164 | 1,230 | 1,072 | 385 | 488 | 338 | 230 | 261 | 166 | ||||||||||
Education | 6,065 | 2,515 | 2,742 | 2,353 | 2,236 | 2,486 | 2,811 | 2,603 | 3,328 | 4,146 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1,920 | 2,131 | 2,437 | 2,181 | 2,052 | 1,729 | 1,714 | 1,355 | 1,437 | 1,018 | ||||||||||
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 | 1,668 | 1,428 | 1,360 | 1,322 | 1,235 | 1,756 | 1,688 | 975 | 2,002 | 1,051 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 29,767 | 485 | 578 | 1,021 | 449 | 650 | 412 | 410 | 765 | 1,815 |
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 | 1,425,499 | 801,117 | 51,346 | 250,863 | 85,003 | 87,380 | 149,790 | |||||||
Science | 1,207,533 | 673,272 | 43,700 | 217,497 | 76,420 | 72,213 | 124,431 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 46,962 | 18,932 | 245 | 15,985 | 403 | 582 | 10,815 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 185,870 | 107,137 | 14,115 | 36,408 | 10,201 | 3,582 | 14,427 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 7,727 | 2,362 | 66 | 4,888 | 205 | 206 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 38,898 | 14,859 | 324 | 6,578 | 8,781 | 623 | 7,733 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 139,245 | 89,916 | 13,725 | 24,942 | 1,215 | 2,753 | 6,694 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 827,370 | 465,019 | 27,567 | 135,481 | 62,858 | 51,792 | 84,653 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 63,846 | 45,133 | 299 | 8,148 | 1,694 | 3,426 | 5,146 | |||||||
Health sciences | 762,778 | 419,886 | 27,268 | 126,740 | 61,164 | 48,216 | 79,504 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 593 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 3 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5,639 | 2,995 | 880 | 1,340 | 29 | 217 | 178 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 86,893 | 54,485 | 611 | 10,741 | 1,297 | 10,401 | 9,358 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1,552 | 5 | 0 | 634 | 0 | 0 | 913 | |||||||
Chemistry | 27,339 | 21,719 | 264 | 1,162 | 696 | 1,223 | 2,275 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 56,983 | 32,711 | 347 | 7,999 | 601 | 9,178 | 6,147 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,019 | 50 | 0 | 946 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||||||
Psychology | 18,645 | 13,008 | 84 | 2,437 | 666 | 835 | 1,615 | |||||||
Social sciences | 22,940 | 5,282 | 181 | 9,056 | 748 | 4,725 | 2,948 | |||||||
Anthropology | 659 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 463 | |||||||
Economics | 3,624 | 572 | 29 | 1,059 | 256 | 1,404 | 304 | |||||||
Political science and government | 9,643 | 1,315 | 119 | 4,395 | 385 | 2,940 | 489 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,336 | 3,388 | 13 | 542 | 39 | 227 | 127 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,678 | 7 | 20 | 2,864 | 68 | 154 | 1,565 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 13,214 | 6,414 | 17 | 6,049 | 218 | 79 | 437 | |||||||
Engineering | 177,564 | 100,212 | 6,236 | 25,787 | 8,333 | 13,752 | 23,244 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 898 | 0 | 0 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 486 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 59,417 | 37,321 | 1,063 | 7,093 | 2,193 | 5,092 | 6,655 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 815 | 442 | 94 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 81,213 | 41,776 | 4,170 | 13,146 | 3,687 | 7,568 | 10,866 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 16,253 | 12,248 | 81 | 1,168 | 545 | 452 | 1,759 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 303 | 123 | 46 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 18,595 | 8,232 | 782 | 3,774 | 1,908 | 640 | 3,259 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 40,402 | 27,633 | 1,410 | 7,579 | 250 | 1,415 | 2,115 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 576 | 11 | 6 | 232 | 92 | 21 | 214 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 406 | 2 | 23 | 282 | 1 | 1 | 97 | |||||||
Education | 6,065 | 1,290 | 186 | 3,167 | 80 | 831 | 511 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,920 | 730 | 82 | 701 | 25 | 349 | 33 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,668 | 0 | 9 | 1,216 | 29 | 42 | 372 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 29,767 | 25,600 | 1,104 | 1,981 | 23 | 171 | 888 |
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 | 801,117 | 727,289 | 698,925 | 635,888 | 641,469 | 604,298 | 603,343 | 599,095 | 632,593 | 656,891 | ||||||||||
DOD | 79,587 | 119,510 | 98,923 | 70,315 | 92,171 | 77,522 | 75,438 | 81,182 | 77,488 | 69,462 | ||||||||||
DOE | 24,307 | 30,822 | 28,043 | 23,835 | 22,283 | 19,793 | 20,159 | 20,934 | 22,076 | 21,374 | ||||||||||
HHS | 446,030 | 442,934 | 435,980 | 416,124 | 399,294 | 380,903 | 365,739 | 374,466 | 408,946 | 424,894 | ||||||||||
NASA | 10,171 | 10,676 | 13,221 | 10,075 | 9,310 | 8,555 | 6,977 | 7,360 | 7,122 | 6,502 | ||||||||||
NSF | 90,861 | 88,909 | 88,746 | 82,032 | 87,057 | 84,550 | 100,820 | 84,906 | 88,912 | 106,376 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,472 | 1,115 | 1,176 | 1,069 | 771 | 326 | 306 | 573 | 617 | 415 | ||||||||||
Other | 148,689 | 33,323 | 32,836 | 32,438 | 30,583 | 32,649 | 33,904 | 29,674 | 27,432 | 27,868 |
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 | 11,195 | 1,130 | 10,065 | . | |||
2018 | 10,935 | 1,096 | 9,839 | . | |||
2017 | 10,843 | 1,067 | 9,776 | . | |||
2016 | 10,745 | 1,555 | 9,190 | . | |||
2015 | 10,552 | 1,431 | 9,121 | 1,641 |
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 | 2,895 | 2,951 | 2,742 | 2,694 | 2,555 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 335 | 301 | 319 | 318 | 303 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 659 | 674 | 548 | 547 | 533 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 339 | 332 | 341 | 339 | 316 |
Health sciences | 814 | 858 | 907 | 874 | 812 |
Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 292 | 285 | 262 | 271 | 262 |
Psychology | 61 | 59 | 54 | 59 | 56 |
Social sciences | 135 | 133 | 117 | 106 | 104 |
Other | 242 | 292 | 177 | 165 | 152 |
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 | 80,000 | . | 5,180 | 76,900 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 2,590 | 42,680 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 3,700 | . |
Health sciences | 80,000 | . | 2,590 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 30,520 | . |
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 | 173,682 | 148,277 | 158,364 | 21,739 | 44,218 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 36,500 | 19,188 | 27,415 | 445 | 20,394 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 34,500 | 21,239 | 1,652 | 400 | 4,563 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11,380 | 17,955 | 52,397 | 16,884 | 9,375 |
Health sciences | 54,140 | 32,262 | 61,561 | 1,664 | 6,567 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1,000 | 482 | 1,010 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 9,835 | 13,510 | 485 | 2,777 |
Psychology | 17,581 | 1,100 | 0 | 1,012 | 267 |
Social sciences | 18,581 | 46,216 | 0 | 849 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 820 | 0 | 275 |
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.