U. California, San Francisco
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 | 121 | 74 | 457 | 154 | 77.7 | 680 | 2 | 99.9 | 890 | |||
2021 | 124 | 72.7 | 447 | 142 | 79.8 | 691 | 30 | 95.1 | 583 | 2 | 99.9 | 907 |
2020 | 127 | 72.2 | 450 | 139 | 80.4 | 697 | 3 | 99.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 127 | 72 | 447 | 148 | 79.1 | 696 | 27 | 95.6 | 589 | 3 | 99.8 | 913 |
2018 | 125 | 71.2 | 428 | 140 | 80.3 | 698 | 3 | 99.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 121 | 72 | 425 | 148 | 78.7 | 684 | 28 | 95.3 | 575 | 3 | 99.8 | 897 |
2016 | 128 | 70.7 | 430 | 148 | 79.1 | 697 | 4 | 99.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 125 | 71.1 | 426 | 151 | 78.5 | 693 | 21 | 96.5 | 570 | 4 | 99.7 | 897 |
2014 | 119 | 72.2 | 422 | 152 | 78.2 | 688 | 5 | 99.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 119 | 71.9 | 417 | 149 | 73.6 | 555 | 23 | 96.3 | 588 | 6 | 99.4 | 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 | 137 | 125 | 133 | 130 | 131 | 143 | 123 | 130 | 136 | 136 |
Science and engineering | 137 | 125 | 133 | 130 | 130 | 139 | 121 | 129 | 133 | 135 |
Science | 125 | 109 | 120 | 115 | 121 | 113 | 109 | 117 | 125 | 123 |
Life science | 105 | 98 | 109 | 98 | 108 | 94 | 94 | 107 | 114 | 112 |
Biological sciences | 89 | 89 | 90 | 88 | 97 | 75 | 67 | 85 | 92 | 101 |
Health sciences | 16 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 11 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Chemistry | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Psychology | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Anthropology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Sociology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | . | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Education | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 992 | 1,047 | 994 | 925 | 962 | 886 | 977 | 978 | 984 | 954 |
Male | 415 | 414 | 410 | 382 | 402 | 372 | 427 | 418 | 415 | 409 |
Female | 577 | 633 | 584 | 543 | 560 | 514 | 550 | 560 | 569 | 545 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 901 | 943 | 904 | 831 | 857 | 886 | 864 | 868 | 887 | 869 |
Hispanic or Latino | 156 | 156 | 148 | 128 | 127 | 120 | 89 | 75 | 89 | 96 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 711 | 755 | 700 | 655 | 677 | 721 | 712 | 633 | 726 | 695 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Asian | 194 | 207 | 190 | 174 | 191 | 223 | 220 | 183 | 210 | 183 |
Black or African American | 47 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 33 | 43 | 41 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 395 | 424 | 400 | 382 | 394 | 407 | 404 | 377 | 426 | 434 |
More than one race | 70 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 49 | 44 | 42 | 38 | 44 | 33 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 34 | 32 | 56 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 63 | 160 | 72 | 78 |
Temporary visa holders | 91 | 104 | 90 | 94 | 105 | 0 | 113 | 110 | 97 | 85 |
Science and engineering | 860 | 841 | 801 | 769 | 783 | 719 | 730 | 711 | 689 | 697 |
Science | 745 | 735 | 703 | 674 | 683 | 622 | 621 | 599 | 599 | 609 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 640 | 618 | 588 | 566 | 581 | 521 | 342 | 333 | 344 | 359 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 34 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 50 | 32 | 24 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 89 | 87 | 93 | 89 |
Physical sciences | 64 | 73 | 74 | 68 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 47 | 48 | 50 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 41 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 52 | 53 |
Engineering | 115 | 106 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 97 | 109 | 112 | 90 | 88 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 115 | 106 | 98 | 95 | 100 | 97 | 109 | 112 | 90 | 88 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 132 | 206 | 193 | 156 | 179 | 167 | 247 | 267 | 295 | 257 |
Clinical medicine | 53 | 126 | 116 | 101 | 110 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 79 | 80 | 77 | 55 | 69 | 122 | 247 | 267 | 295 | 257 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Male | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 430 | 422 | 329 | 331 | 193 | 527 | 545 | 351 | 510 | 554 |
Science and engineering | 404 | 396 | 313 | 323 | 172 | 470 | 478 | 310 | 444 | 482 |
Science | 355 | 354 | 296 | 306 | 163 | 410 | 406 | 293 | 388 | 423 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 321 | 315 | 261 | 266 | 146 | 366 | 254 | 217 | 236 | 268 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 12 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 61 | 17 | 72 | 68 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 31 | 36 | 34 | 40 | 16 | 42 | 44 | 8 | 36 | 37 |
Social sciences | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Engineering | 49 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 60 | 72 | 17 | 56 | 59 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 49 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 60 | 72 | 17 | 56 | 59 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 26 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 67 | 41 | 66 | 72 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 24 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 67 | 41 | 66 | 72 |
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 | 992 | 1,047 | 994 | 925 | 962 | 886 | 977 | 978 | 984 | 954 |
Fellowships | 828 | 808 | 817 | 578 | 302 | 527 | 503 | 632 | 532 | 364 |
Federal | 357 | 350 | 316 | 256 | 191 | 259 | 270 | 222 | 263 | 281 |
Institutional | 255 | 250 | 248 | 217 | 63 | 212 | 189 | 248 | 201 | 18 |
Nonfederal | 216 | 208 | 253 | 105 | 48 | 56 | 44 | 162 | 68 | 65 |
Research assistantships | 73 | 72 | 13 | 198 | 266 | 268 | 275 | 129 | 247 | 275 |
Federal | 73 | 72 | 13 | 74 | 2 | 268 | 275 | 129 | 247 | 273 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 90 | 166 | 163 | 147 | 394 | 90 | 199 | 217 | 205 | 315 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 173 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 258 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 89 | 165 | 163 | 136 | 136 | 90 | 170 | 212 | 204 | 142 |
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 | 284 | 300 | 330 | 355 | 330 | 336 | 342 | 322 | 352 | 361 |
Science | 229 | 243 | 266 | 292 | 277 | 281 | 285 | 268 | 297 | 311 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 216 | 234 | 257 | 272 | 252 | 258 | 275 | 263 | 290 | 306 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Engineering | 55 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 54 | 55 | 50 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 55 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 54 | 55 | 50 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 879 | 823 | 900 | 925 | 781 | 741 | 695 | 719 | 699 | 686 |
Clinical medicine | 754 | 684 | 755 | 789 | 665 | 621 | 391 | 409 | 387 | 400 |
Other health | 125 | 139 | 145 | 136 | 116 | 120 | 304 | 310 | 312 | 286 |
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 | 664 | 640 | 670 | 471 | 532 | 459 | 595 | 558 | 619 | 583 |
Science and engineering | 161 | 168 | 178 | 132 | 149 | 151 | 207 | 185 | 218 | 217 |
Science | 128 | 134 | 146 | 119 | 134 | 139 | 175 | 160 | 197 | 194 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 117 | 127 | 138 | 114 | 124 | 130 | 171 | 159 | 194 | 191 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 33 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 23 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 33 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 23 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 503 | 472 | 492 | 339 | 383 | 308 | 388 | 373 | 401 | 366 |
Clinical medicine | 426 | 384 | 411 | 278 | 321 | 257 | 227 | 214 | 222 | 207 |
Other health | 77 | 88 | 81 | 61 | 62 | 51 | 161 | 159 | 179 | 159 |
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 R&D fields | 1,805,950 | 1,710,036 | 1,651,073 | 1,595,098 | 1,595,732 | 1,409,398 | 1,294,261 | 1,126,620 | 1,084,031 | 1,042,841 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,805,950 | 1,710,036 | 1,651,073 | 1,595,098 | 1,595,732 | 1,409,398 | 1,294,261 | 1,126,620 | 1,084,031 | 1,042,841 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,734,339 | 1,639,862 | 1,581,411 | 1,529,156 | 1,532,722 | 1,346,383 | 1,237,736 | 1,075,635 | 1,052,759 | 1,030,983 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,517 | 2,520 | 2,358 | 2,267 | 1,247 | 16,654 | 18,481 | 15,170 | 42,509 | 25,960 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,731,822 | 1,637,342 | 1,579,053 | 1,526,889 | 1,531,475 | 1,329,729 | 1,219,255 | 1,060,465 | 1,010,250 | 1,005,023 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 71,611 | 69,817 | 69,662 | 65,942 | 63,010 | 63,015 | 56,525 | 50,985 | 31,272 | 11,858 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 70,707 | 68,492 | 68,745 | 65,572 | 62,661 | 62,673 | 56,160 | 50,957 | 31,267 | 11,858 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 904 | 1,325 | 917 | 370 | 349 | 342 | 365 | 28 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 1,805,950 | 780,318 | 40,658 | 438,949 | 128,983 | 251,612 | 165,430 | |||||||
Science | 1,805,950 | 780,318 | 40,658 | 438,949 | 128,983 | 251,612 | 165,430 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,734,339 | 737,748 | 40,381 | 427,360 | 123,953 | 243,397 | 161,500 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,517 | 912 | 0 | 978 | 141 | 275 | 211 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,731,822 | 736,836 | 40,381 | 426,382 | 123,812 | 243,122 | 161,289 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 71,611 | 42,570 | 277 | 11,589 | 5,030 | 8,215 | 3,930 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 70,707 | 42,570 | 277 | 10,695 | 5,030 | 8,215 | 3,920 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 904 | 0 | 0 | 894 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 780,318 | 683,179 | 676,331 | 671,047 | 669,470 | 606,768 | 602,705 | 535,457 | 544,697 | 566,117 | ||||||||||
DOD | 49,573 | 37,403 | 36,517 | 29,636 | 25,955 | 21,515 | 21,949 | 20,657 | 14,832 | 10,766 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,575 | 764 | 1,107 | 775 | 437 | 340 | 300 | 246 | 490 | 634 | ||||||||||
HHS | 713,951 | 630,137 | 624,363 | 623,113 | 621,991 | 547,779 | 523,341 | 504,874 | 525,308 | 544,236 | ||||||||||
NASA | 258 | 582 | 623 | 450 | 530 | 766 | 859 | 848 | 564 | 836 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,500 | 9,402 | 8,151 | 8,475 | 7,680 | 6,090 | 4,900 | 4,633 | 3,502 | 1,426 | ||||||||||
USDA | 63 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 49 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 5,398 | 4,891 | 5,570 | 8,589 | 12,828 | 30,191 | 51,356 | 4,198 | 0 | 8,219 |
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 | 9,463 | 601 | 8,862 | . | |||
2018 | 9,163 | 592 | 8,571 | . | |||
2017 | 8,939 | 588 | 8,351 | . | |||
2016 | 8,727 | 642 | 8,085 | . |
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 | 1,861 | 1,898 | 1,895 | 2,024 | 2,053 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 334 | 315 | 315 | 323 | 367 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1,330 | 1,374 | 1,371 | 1,477 | 1,460 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Other | 193 | 194 | 193 | 208 | 209 |
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 | 270,000 | . | . | 124,000 | . |
Health sciences | 270,000 | . | . | 116,560 | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 7,440 | . |
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 | 293,200 | 229,600 | 162,600 | 135,000 | 37,000 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 97,700 | 76,500 | 54,200 | 45,000 | 7,000 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 195,500 | 153,100 | 108,400 | 90,000 | 30,000 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 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.