U. California, Santa Cruz
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 | 96 | 79.4 | 457 | 102 | 85.3 | 680 | 140 | 84.5 | 890 | |||
2021 | 102 | 77.6 | 447 | 95 | 86.5 | 691 | 108 | 81.8 | 583 | 142 | 84.6 | 907 |
2020 | 112 | 75.5 | 450 | 95 | 86.6 | 697 | 142 | 84.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 103 | 77.4 | 447 | 99 | 86 | 696 | 111 | 81.5 | 589 | 144 | 84.5 | 913 |
2018 | 116 | 73.3 | 428 | 105 | 85.2 | 698 | 144 | 84.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 114 | 73.6 | 425 | 100 | 85.6 | 684 | 101 | 82.8 | 575 | 143 | 84.3 | 897 |
2016 | 106 | 75.8 | 430 | 112 | 84.2 | 697 | 128 | 85.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 118 | 72.8 | 426 | 129 | 81.7 | 693 | 96 | 83.5 | 570 | 122 | 86.6 | 897 |
2014 | 103 | 76 | 422 | 130 | 81.4 | 688 | 123 | 86.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 107 | 74.8 | 417 | 128 | 77.3 | 555 | 98 | 83.6 | 588 | 121 | 86.6 | 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 | 206 | 167 | 150 | 190 | 157 | 166 | 174 | 148 | 175 | 160 |
Science and engineering | 171 | 139 | 133 | 167 | 129 | 141 | 148 | 123 | 146 | 130 |
Science | 148 | 126 | 122 | 154 | 119 | 123 | 140 | 106 | 138 | 117 |
Life science | 46 | 41 | 35 | 38 | 25 | 33 | 41 | 37 | 41 | 26 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Biological sciences | 44 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 37 | 24 |
Health sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 35 | 35 | 36 | 43 | 22 | 36 | 40 | 31 | 35 | 41 |
Chemistry | 9 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 11 |
Physics and astronomy | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 17 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 29 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 24 |
Computer sciences | 16 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 13 |
Mathematics | 13 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Psychology and social sciences | 38 | 33 | 26 | 41 | 44 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 41 | 26 |
Psychology | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Anthropology | 3 | 5 | . | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
Economics | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
Political science and government | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Sociology | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 12 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Engineering | 23 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 35 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 30 |
Education | 5 | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Education research | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Teaching fields | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Other education | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | 29 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 26 |
Foreign languages & literature | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
History | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Letters | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
Other humanities and arts | 18 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
Other | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | . | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Communication | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 1,580 | 1,549 | 1,431 | 1,461 | 1,439 | 1,435 | 1,382 | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,106 |
Male | 890 | 873 | 818 | 841 | 830 | 852 | 843 | 714 | 675 | 635 |
Female | 690 | 676 | 613 | 620 | 609 | 583 | 539 | 505 | 488 | 471 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,023 | 1,053 | 1,025 | 1,034 | 1,017 | 968 | 938 | 872 | 892 | 895 |
Hispanic or Latino | 194 | 187 | 146 | 146 | 145 | 145 | 131 | 114 | 113 | 109 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 794 | 816 | 809 | 817 | 801 | 756 | 643 | 682 | 704 | 718 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Asian | 148 | 129 | 113 | 114 | 113 | 112 | 83 | 68 | 89 | 92 |
Black or African American | 21 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 18 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
White | 551 | 597 | 617 | 623 | 608 | 566 | 483 | 552 | 547 | 559 |
More than one race | 72 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 59 | 62 | 47 | 50 | 43 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 35 | 50 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 164 | 76 | 75 | 68 |
Temporary visa holders | 557 | 496 | 406 | 427 | 422 | 467 | 444 | 347 | 271 | 211 |
Science and engineering | 1,580 | 1,549 | 1,431 | 1,461 | 1,439 | 1,435 | 1,382 | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,106 |
Science | 1,475 | 1,450 | 1,226 | 1,240 | 1,215 | 1,176 | 1,148 | 1,040 | 1,000 | 974 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 39 | 45 | 47 | 42 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 283 | 280 | 265 | 262 | 254 | 230 | 222 | 188 | 184 | 195 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 398 | 372 | 160 | 166 | 158 | 176 | 192 | 146 | 148 | 121 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 81 | 92 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 82 | 85 | 97 | 95 | 100 |
Mathematics and statistics | 109 | 122 | 116 | 120 | 122 | 116 | 108 | 89 | 81 | 84 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 33 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 56 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 41 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 69 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 62 | 67 | 64 | 57 | 57 | 60 |
Physical sciences | 224 | 226 | 224 | 226 | 221 | 211 | 197 | 171 | 168 | 178 |
Social sciences | 222 | 228 | 242 | 247 | 244 | 253 | 241 | 247 | 220 | 194 |
Engineering | 105 | 99 | 205 | 221 | 224 | 259 | 234 | 179 | 163 | 132 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 105 | 99 | 200 | 216 | 219 | 250 | 225 | 172 | 153 | 116 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 34 | 48 | 62 | 59 | 58 | 55 | 66 | 53 | 44 | 59 |
Male | 18 | 32 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 39 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 43 |
Female | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 16 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 28 | 43 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 54 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 16 | 35 | 33 | 42 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
Black or African American | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 14 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 26 |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
Science and engineering | 34 | 48 | 62 | 59 | 58 | 55 | 66 | 53 | 44 | 59 |
Science | 28 | 40 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 29 | 22 | 27 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 16 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Engineering | 6 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 32 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 6 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 29 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 355 | 377 | 269 | 268 | 264 | 248 | 243 | 295 | 229 | 344 |
Science and engineering | 355 | 377 | 269 | 268 | 264 | 248 | 243 | 295 | 229 | 344 |
Science | 325 | 349 | 243 | 242 | 238 | 222 | 219 | 256 | 201 | 302 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 14 | 9 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 109 | 121 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 69 | 84 | 62 | 81 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 66 | 64 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 40 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 38 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 34 | 41 | 46 | 30 | 50 |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 81 | 84 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 43 | 87 |
Psychology | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Social sciences | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Engineering | 30 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 39 | 28 | 42 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 30 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 36 | 24 | 41 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 1,580 | 1,549 | 1,431 | 1,461 | 1,439 | 1,435 | 1,382 | 1,219 | 1,163 | 1,106 |
Fellowships | 391 | 188 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 185 | 396 | 249 | 295 |
Federal | 48 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 93 | 61 | 77 |
Institutional | 333 | 173 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 180 | 288 | 186 | 218 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 446 | 614 | 465 | 463 | 450 | 423 | 272 | 260 | 333 | 305 |
Federal | 266 | 330 | 218 | 217 | 213 | 199 | 233 | 162 | 163 | 221 |
Institutional | 133 | 233 | 181 | 181 | 175 | 167 | 0 | 49 | 110 | 56 |
Nonfederal | 47 | 51 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 57 | 39 | 49 | 60 | 28 |
Teaching assistantships | 596 | 640 | 290 | 295 | 292 | 297 | 359 | 391 | 472 | 396 |
Federal | 19 | 32 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 42 |
Institutional | 571 | 608 | 260 | 265 | 262 | 267 | 345 | 333 | 468 | 342 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 12 |
Other types of support | 147 | 107 | 659 | 686 | 680 | 699 | 566 | 172 | 109 | 110 |
Federal | 22 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 109 | 112 | 111 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Personal resources | 122 | 107 | 514 | 538 | 533 | 557 | 566 | 161 | 101 | 103 |
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 |
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Science and engineering | 193 | 98 | 107 | 107 | 135 | 136 | 136 | 125 | 120 | 122 |
Science | 176 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 126 | 126 | 126 | 120 | 117 | 118 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 67 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 47 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 43 | 42 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 37 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 37 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 44 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 40 | 40 |
Social sciences | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 77 | 83 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 85 | 85 | 74 | 73 | 76 |
Science and engineering | 77 | 83 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 85 | 85 | 74 | 73 | 76 |
Science | 73 | 79 | 86 | 86 | 82 | 76 | 76 | 71 | 72 | 73 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 25 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 24 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 16 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 31 |
Social sciences | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 176,760 | 160,615 | 150,400 | 142,958 | 127,538 | 124,344 | 151,192 | 151,713 | 151,734 | 150,777 | ||||||||||
Science | 116,229 | 107,263 | 105,019 | 99,344 | 93,497 | 86,321 | 84,306 | 86,680 | 87,699 | 88,963 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 5,441 | 5,128 | 5,009 | 4,401 | 4,235 | 3,225 | 3,155 | 3,424 | 3,527 | 6,086 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 35,788 | 31,217 | 29,389 | 26,570 | 24,348 | 22,218 | 20,731 | 22,232 | 23,449 | 22,849 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 7,990 | 7,476 | 7,332 | 6,667 | 6,651 | 5,997 | 4,890 | 4,739 | 5,667 | 6,066 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 19,192 | 17,662 | 15,676 | 14,043 | 11,715 | 10,030 | 10,190 | 11,337 | 11,582 | 11,597 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,606 | 6,079 | 6,381 | 5,860 | 5,982 | 6,191 | 5,651 | 6,156 | 6,200 | 5,186 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 30,133 | 28,302 | 27,565 | 26,486 | 25,002 | 25,493 | 23,177 | 22,706 | 21,776 | 19,553 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 3,304 | 3,252 | 3,247 | 2,724 | 3,052 | 2,787 | 2,386 | 2,147 | 1,839 | 1,966 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 26,829 | 25,050 | 24,318 | 23,762 | 21,950 | 22,706 | 20,791 | 20,559 | 19,937 | 17,587 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 348 | 156 | 236 | 303 | 387 | 481 | 458 | 556 | 699 | 822 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 37,808 | 35,606 | 36,262 | 32,576 | 29,547 | 27,698 | 30,051 | 30,254 | 30,510 | 34,701 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 19,752 | 17,827 | 18,690 | 14,779 | 14,889 | 13,797 | 12,788 | 13,364 | 14,191 | 18,855 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 11,059 | 10,689 | 10,478 | 10,719 | 6,840 | 6,322 | 9,547 | 7,785 | 6,690 | 6,157 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 6,876 | 6,919 | 6,991 | 7,057 | 7,803 | 7,496 | 7,542 | 8,929 | 9,443 | 9,481 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 121 | 171 | 103 | 21 | 15 | 83 | 174 | 176 | 186 | 208 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 682 | 868 | 487 | 721 | 854 | 813 | 759 | 614 | 377 | 390 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 5,793 | 5,411 | 5,724 | 6,908 | 6,886 | 4,947 | 4,425 | 3,622 | 3,721 | 3,256 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 607 | 413 | 323 | 810 | 497 | 186 | 573 | 449 | 261 | 248 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 340 | 251 | 179 | 186 | 357 | 104 | 270 | 76 | 153 | 193 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,050 | 1,503 | 1,564 | 1,501 | 2,083 | 1,416 | 1,062 | 777 | 887 | 934 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,796 | 3,244 | 3,658 | 4,411 | 3,949 | 3,241 | 2,520 | 2,320 | 2,420 | 1,881 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 236 | 575 | 347 | 1,379 | 2,238 | 1,446 | 1,550 | 3,272 | 3,640 | 1,306 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 55,542 | 49,576 | 41,752 | 39,111 | 29,724 | 33,669 | 61,931 | 60,838 | 59,837 | 56,129 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23,983 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,439 | 1,354 | 1,549 | 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 | 6,933 | 5,136 | 3,918 | 2,805 | 2,136 | 3,023 | 3,093 | 2,924 | 3,479 | 3,454 | ||||||||||
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 | 47,170 | 43,086 | 36,285 | 36,306 | 27,588 | 30,646 | 58,838 | 33,931 | 56,358 | 52,675 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 4,989 | 3,776 | 3,629 | 4,503 | 4,317 | 4,354 | 4,955 | 4,195 | 4,198 | 5,685 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 133 | 179 | 162 | 73 | 147 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 393 | 254 | 387 | 608 | 857 | 1,168 | 1,583 | 1,661 | 1,653 | 2,504 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,088 | 2,378 | 2,283 | 2,850 | 2,299 | 1,880 | 2,278 | 1,856 | 1,734 | 2,206 | ||||||||||
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 | 1,375 | 965 | 797 | 972 | 1,014 | 1,231 | 1,094 | 678 | 811 | 975 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 176,760 | 107,082 | 7,101 | 34,599 | 7,330 | 13,485 | 7,163 | |||||||
Science | 116,229 | 62,895 | 6,261 | 27,022 | 4,369 | 10,153 | 5,529 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 5,441 | 2,943 | 0 | 381 | 956 | 811 | 350 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 35,788 | 20,767 | 4,051 | 6,643 | 462 | 2,784 | 1,081 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 7,990 | 4,597 | 18 | 2,400 | 98 | 410 | 467 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 19,192 | 10,431 | 2,937 | 3,066 | 241 | 2,289 | 228 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,606 | 5,739 | 1,096 | 1,177 | 123 | 85 | 386 | |||||||
Life sciences | 30,133 | 18,720 | 1,565 | 5,172 | 1,101 | 3,002 | 573 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 3,304 | 163 | 0 | 2,049 | 202 | 711 | 179 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 26,829 | 18,557 | 1,565 | 3,123 | 899 | 2,291 | 394 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 348 | 294 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 37,808 | 19,002 | 384 | 12,136 | 866 | 2,379 | 3,041 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 19,752 | 5,462 | 0 | 9,498 | 177 | 2,273 | 2,342 | |||||||
Chemistry | 11,059 | 8,006 | 340 | 1,497 | 554 | 91 | 571 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 6,876 | 5,534 | 44 | 1,020 | 135 | 15 | 128 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 121 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 682 | 98 | 0 | 219 | 163 | 198 | 4 | |||||||
Social sciences | 5,793 | 1,071 | 261 | 2,251 | 776 | 963 | 471 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 607 | 257 | 0 | 180 | 19 | 137 | 14 | |||||||
Political science and government | 340 | 27 | 261 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,050 | 49 | 0 | 333 | 36 | 399 | 233 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,796 | 738 | 0 | 1,688 | 721 | 427 | 222 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 236 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 45 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Engineering | 55,542 | 43,539 | 840 | 4,739 | 2,888 | 2,439 | 1,097 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,439 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 713 | 0 | 307 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 6,933 | 6,141 | 0 | 208 | 229 | 0 | 355 | |||||||
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 | 47,170 | 37,398 | 840 | 4,112 | 1,946 | 2,439 | 435 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 4,989 | 648 | 0 | 2,838 | 73 | 893 | 537 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 393 | 302 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Humanities | 3,088 | 260 | 0 | 1,925 | 45 | 417 | 441 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,375 | 86 | 0 | 835 | 28 | 343 | 83 | |||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 107,082 | 86,263 | 76,468 | 74,669 | 63,197 | 66,563 | 95,294 | 92,870 | 90,858 | 91,002 | ||||||||||
DOD | 9,210 | 5,925 | 4,135 | 3,108 | 2,892 | 2,154 | 1,765 | 1,909 | 2,205 | 3,364 | ||||||||||
DOE | 5,545 | 4,963 | 4,289 | 4,515 | 3,819 | 4,383 | 2,859 | 2,949 | 3,784 | 3,674 | ||||||||||
HHS | 54,726 | 44,933 | 37,603 | 39,291 | 30,696 | 30,383 | 30,443 | 28,979 | 25,054 | 22,980 | ||||||||||
NASA | 6,264 | 3,638 | 3,449 | 3,076 | 3,126 | 6,016 | 35,274 | 30,169 | 30,388 | 29,707 | ||||||||||
NSF | 17,315 | 13,870 | 15,818 | 13,815 | 13,571 | 14,807 | 15,220 | 18,711 | 19,838 | 22,260 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,635 | 1,306 | 951 | 1,233 | 1,064 | 753 | 1,107 | 1,220 | 1,066 | 931 | ||||||||||
Other | 12,387 | 11,628 | 10,223 | 9,631 | 8,029 | 8,067 | 8,626 | 8,933 | 8,523 | 8,086 |
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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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 2,319 | 242 | 2,077 | . | |||
2018 | 2,297 | 240 | 2,057 | . | |||
2017 | 2,299 | 254 | 2,045 | . | |||
2016 | 2,429 | 584 | 1,845 | . |
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 | 664 | 642 | 644 | 658 | 650 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 111 | 111 | 122 | 123 | 113 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Engineering | 117 | 104 | 102 | 104 | 112 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 135 | 125 | 107 | 121 | 120 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 179 | 178 | 175 | 176 | 175 |
Psychology | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
Social sciences | 51 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 52 |
Other | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
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 | . | . | . | . | 32,289 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 32,066 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 223 |
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 | 13,452 | 14,861 | 2,698 | 40,191 | 15,821 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,418 | 1,327 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 12,776 | 361 | 12,901 | 702 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9,736 | 1,484 | 0 | 4,161 | 8,609 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 3,716 | 601 | 1,581 | 15,915 | 500 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,300 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 757 | 1,949 | 4,683 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 547 | 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.