U. Delaware

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 | 89 | 20.5 | 448 | 72 | 11.2 | 691 | 144 | 25.3 | 583 | 109 | 12.8 | 909 |
2020 | 88 | 20.2 | 450 | 67 | 10.4 | 697 | 109 | 12.7 | 915 | |||
2019 | 81 | 18.8 | 447 | 70 | 10.8 | 696 | 128 | 22.4 | 589 | 113 | 13.2 | 913 |
2018 | 83 | 20 | 428 | 65 | 10.1 | 698 | 118 | 13.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 82 | 19.9 | 425 | 63 | 10 | 684 | 121 | 21.7 | 575 | 118 | 13.9 | 897 |
2016 | 74 | 17.8 | 430 | 75 | 11.5 | 697 | 115 | 13.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 85 | 20.6 | 426 | 70 | 10.9 | 693 | 152 | 27.3 | 570 | 108 | 12.8 | 897 |
2014 | 93 | 22.6 | 422 | 70 | 10.9 | 688 | 112 | 13.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 99 | 24.3 | 417 | 73 | 13.9 | 555 | 148 | 25.8 | 588 | 110 | 13.2 | 884 |
2012 | 84 | 21 | 412 | 78 | 14.8 | 555 | 111 | 13.2 | 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 | 206 | 211 | 235 | 231 | 232 | 269 | 219 | 194 | 179 | 212 |
Science and engineering | 182 | 189 | 208 | 220 | 209 | 247 | 196 | 173 | 153 | 187 |
Science | 125 | 132 | 133 | 137 | 140 | 163 | 137 | 109 | 109 | 121 |
Life science | 44 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 33 |
Agricultural sciences | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Biological sciences | 30 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 18 |
Health sciences | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 30 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 21 | 44 | 36 | 27 | 35 | 30 |
Chemistry | 17 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
Physics and astronomy | 9 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 10 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Computer sciences | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
Mathematics | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 33 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 45 | 49 | 41 | 34 | 33 | 42 |
Psychology | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
Economics | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Political science and government | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Sociology | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 21 |
Engineering | 57 | 57 | 75 | 83 | 69 | 84 | 59 | 64 | 44 | 66 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical engineering | 19 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 22 |
Civil engineering | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Electrical engineering | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Other engineering | 5 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
Non-science and engineering | 24 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 25 |
Education | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 6 | 5 | 8 | . | . | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Other education | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | . |
Humanities | 10 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
Letters | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Other humanities and arts | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Other | 4 | . | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Business management/administration | 4 | . | 4 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | 3 | 1 | 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 | 2,246 | 2,081 | 2,109 | 2,131 | 2,129 | 2,011 | 2,100 | 2,089 | 1,966 | 1,833 |
Male | 1,195 | 1,120 | 1,167 | 1,194 | 1,202 | 1,137 | 1,200 | 1,178 | 1,141 | 1,082 |
Female | 1,051 | 961 | 942 | 937 | 927 | 874 | 900 | 911 | 825 | 751 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,319 | 1,215 | 1,183 | 1,200 | 1,161 | 1,055 | 1,104 | 1,152 | 1,083 | 1,015 |
Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 84 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 50 | 64 | 52 | 43 | 31 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,197 | 1,104 | 1,090 | 1,114 | 1,072 | 977 | 1,001 | 1,056 | 1,029 | 974 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Asian | 103 | 98 | 88 | 83 | 80 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 99 | 54 |
Black or African American | 89 | 77 | 73 | 86 | 86 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 56 | 50 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
White | 951 | 886 | 886 | 905 | 872 | 805 | 838 | 883 | 845 | 843 |
More than one race | 52 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 17 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 27 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 39 | 44 | 11 | 10 |
Temporary visa holders | 927 | 866 | 926 | 931 | 968 | 956 | 996 | 937 | 883 | 818 |
Science and engineering | 2,127 | 1,968 | 2,012 | 2,052 | 1,997 | 1,916 | 2,012 | 2,001 | 1,910 | 1,779 |
Science | 1,506 | 1,350 | 1,397 | 1,431 | 1,414 | 1,274 | 1,361 | 1,408 | 1,336 | 1,213 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 70 | 64 | 80 | 69 | 73 | 114 | 110 | 119 | 120 | 54 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 284 | 194 | 187 | 188 | 180 | 182 | 212 | 218 | 198 | 179 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 188 | 158 | 163 | 177 | 189 | 124 | 131 | 139 | 138 | 87 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 28 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 30 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 103 | 95 | 100 | 110 | 101 | 92 | 106 | 108 | 99 | 116 |
Mathematics and statistics | 98 | 95 | 107 | 117 | 111 | 104 | 115 | 125 | 63 | 69 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 25 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 36 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 344 | 320 | 339 | 342 | 331 | 266 | 213 | 204 | 251 | 257 |
Psychology | 113 | 101 | 80 | 81 | 73 | 79 | 72 | 78 | 56 | 58 |
Social sciences | 263 | 283 | 307 | 312 | 320 | 266 | 352 | 368 | 367 | 363 |
Engineering | 621 | 618 | 615 | 621 | 583 | 642 | 651 | 593 | 574 | 566 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 63 | 60 | 52 | 43 | 44 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 190 | 161 | 155 | 147 | 140 | 134 | 154 | 154 | 147 | 146 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 126 | 158 | 148 | 160 | 108 | 109 | 121 | 111 | 105 | 104 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 130 | 134 | 148 | 169 | 187 | 197 | 199 | 156 | 144 | 149 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 108 | 100 | 106 | 95 | 95 | 79 | 75 | 74 | 90 | 87 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 74 |
Other engineering | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | . | . |
Health | 119 | 113 | 97 | 79 | 132 | 95 | 88 | 88 | 56 | 54 |
Clinical medicine | 56 | 53 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 24 | . | . |
Other health | 63 | 60 | 64 | 57 | 111 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 54 |
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 | 255 | 162 | 206 | 193 | 137 | 125 | 158 | 155 | 145 | 186 |
Male | 161 | 108 | 131 | 124 | 91 | 77 | 88 | 84 | 89 | 107 |
Female | 94 | 54 | 75 | 69 | 46 | 48 | 70 | 71 | 56 | 79 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 212 | 128 | 184 | 163 | 113 | 103 | 138 | 144 | 134 | 148 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 192 | 118 | 167 | 148 | 107 | 92 | 126 | 134 | 129 | 140 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 29 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
Black or African American | 12 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 145 | 85 | 122 | 118 | 86 | 75 | 110 | 118 | 111 | 120 |
More than one race | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 43 | 34 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
Science and engineering | 243 | 159 | 199 | 188 | 130 | 115 | 150 | 147 | 142 | 184 |
Science | 197 | 114 | 154 | 140 | 83 | 53 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 140 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 22 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 58 | 49 | 43 | 49 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 54 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 42 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Psychology | 9 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 37 | 12 | 50 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
Engineering | 46 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 47 | 62 | 65 | 60 | 54 | 44 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 24 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 15 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Other engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Health | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | . | . |
Other health | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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 | 512 | 323 | 207 | 249 | 242 | 244 | 219 | 224 | 524 | 585 |
Science and engineering | 508 | 322 | 207 | 248 | 238 | 240 | 215 | 216 | 519 | 560 |
Science | 309 | 174 | 110 | 129 | 116 | 111 | 95 | 104 | 277 | 292 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 19 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 36 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 73 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 18 | 50 | 43 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 24 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 33 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 52 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Psychology | 21 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
Physical sciences | 123 | 95 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 53 | 34 | 50 | 85 | 97 |
Social sciences | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 |
Engineering | 199 | 148 | 97 | 119 | 122 | 129 | 120 | 112 | 242 | 268 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 28 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 69 | 61 | 44 | 52 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 88 | 85 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 33 | 27 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 27 | 23 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 30 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 45 | 60 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 38 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 55 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 41 |
Other engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Health | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
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 | 2,246 | 2,081 | 2,109 | 2,131 | 2,129 | 2,011 | 2,100 | 2,089 | 1,966 | 1,833 |
Fellowships | 199 | 180 | 187 | 191 | 167 | 143 | 140 | 133 | 111 | 144 |
Federal | 44 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 58 |
Institutional | 151 | 153 | 160 | 168 | 138 | 132 | 127 | 125 | 74 | 73 |
Nonfederal | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Research assistantships | 932 | 876 | 831 | 828 | 783 | 759 | 822 | 947 | 870 | 890 |
Federal | 445 | 287 | 171 | 205 | 207 | 196 | 196 | 205 | 445 | 521 |
Institutional | 356 | 492 | 598 | 523 | 491 | 563 | 626 | 734 | 407 | 294 |
Nonfederal | 131 | 97 | 62 | 100 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 75 |
Teaching assistantships | 511 | 484 | 497 | 500 | 479 | 490 | 391 | 382 | 385 | 418 |
Federal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
Institutional | 506 | 483 | 496 | 500 | 479 | 490 | 391 | 380 | 362 | 404 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Other types of support | 604 | 541 | 594 | 612 | 700 | 619 | 747 | 627 | 600 | 381 |
Federal | 20 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 |
Institutional | 167 | 236 | 240 | 222 | 242 | 172 | 271 | 156 | 289 | 59 |
Nonfederal | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Personal resources | 405 | 292 | 336 | 356 | 431 | 410 | 466 | 462 | 292 | 281 |
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 | 186 | 174 | 175 | 154 | 136 | 131 | 129 | 151 | 125 | 127 |
Science | 118 | 103 | 106 | 93 | 95 | 78 | 76 | 95 | 75 | 73 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 19 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 13 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 12 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 5 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 37 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 23 |
Psychology | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Social sciences | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
Engineering | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 41 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 50 | 54 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 47 | 53 | 53 | 35 | 25 | 32 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 37 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Health | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
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 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 137 | 90 | 118 | 90 | 101 |
Science and engineering | 75 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 131 | 89 | 109 | 86 | 97 |
Science | 54 | 47 | 52 | 44 | 48 | 78 | 57 | 74 | 48 | 52 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 10 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 4 | 0 | . | . |
Psychology | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 17 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 19 |
Social sciences | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 21 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 53 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 45 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 12 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 31 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Health | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 231,532 | 220,445 | 206,270 | 186,192 | 183,428 | 176,295 | 175,724 | 175,563 | 179,967 | 170,174 | ||||||||||
Science | 134,328 | 140,259 | 134,488 | 126,628 | 136,278 | 130,017 | 120,007 | 112,555 | 111,878 | 106,953 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 4,182 | 6,648 | 5,274 | 5,267 | 5,171 | 4,709 | 4,930 | 5,542 | 5,619 | 5,991 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18,173 | 17,697 | 18,346 | 20,689 | 21,126 | 18,814 | 18,610 | 18,760 | 19,971 | 20,424 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 3,575 | 4,140 | 3,953 | 2,968 | 2,002 | 2,547 | 2,639 | 2,245 | 2,398 | 2,033 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 8,990 | 9,841 | 9,855 | 11,239 | 12,250 | 11,339 | 10,697 | 12,655 | 13,364 | 14,085 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,608 | 3,716 | 4,538 | 6,482 | 6,874 | 4,928 | 5,274 | 3,860 | 4,209 | 4,306 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 60,823 | 66,097 | 60,535 | 55,454 | 62,222 | 59,725 | 58,329 | 50,266 | 50,693 | 46,311 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 30,290 | 32,048 | 29,062 | 27,344 | 31,177 | 31,939 | 32,695 | 30,297 | 32,403 | 29,673 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,050 | 5,344 | 4,551 | 3,928 | 3,952 | 4,156 | 4,399 | 4,269 | 5,312 | 6,061 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 25,483 | 28,705 | 26,922 | 24,182 | 27,093 | 23,630 | 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 | 21,235 | 15,700 | 12,978 | 10,577 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,384 | 1,887 | 2,227 | 1,908 | 2,030 | 1,833 | 1,820 | 2,000 | 2,142 | 2,349 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 26,015 | 25,192 | 27,410 | 23,634 | 23,387 | 23,187 | 15,947 | 16,161 | 17,004 | 18,497 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1,110 | 1,080 | 1,070 | 1,073 | 949 | 1,474 | 1,798 | 2,730 | 2,674 | 2,984 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 9,404 | 8,146 | 9,124 | 8,752 | 8,919 | 9,044 | 8,529 | 7,103 | 7,482 | 7,605 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 10,978 | 10,537 | 11,717 | 8,204 | 8,565 | 8,048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 4,523 | 5,429 | 5,499 | 5,605 | 4,954 | 4,621 | 5,620 | 6,328 | 6,848 | 7,908 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 7,990 | 7,485 | 5,486 | 4,409 | 4,553 | 5,346 | 4,008 | 3,737 | 3,336 | 3,872 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 13,326 | 12,936 | 12,868 | 13,731 | 16,667 | 15,357 | 15,872 | 14,465 | 11,860 | 8,410 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 3,332 | 3,488 | 3,176 | 3,162 | 3,025 | 2,957 | 2,789 | 2,386 | 2,286 | 2,248 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 131 | 141 | 13 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 303 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,664 | 2,525 | 2,219 | 2,785 | 2,566 | 1,751 | 1,864 | 2,256 | 2,150 | 1,565 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7,199 | 6,782 | 7,460 | 7,752 | 11,052 | 10,639 | 11,192 | 9,823 | 7,424 | 4,294 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,435 | 2,317 | 2,342 | 1,536 | 1,122 | 1,046 | 491 | 1,624 | 1,253 | 1,099 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 90,327 | 74,258 | 66,447 | 52,932 | 40,177 | 39,367 | 47,897 | 57,086 | 58,592 | 54,374 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6,236 | 5,239 | 4,621 | 11,265 | 4,713 | 2,307 | 1,942 | 2,414 | 2,423 | 3,385 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 54,225 | 41,292 | 36,874 | 19,795 | 15,651 | 15,692 | 14,951 | 17,814 | 18,332 | 17,567 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 9,288 | 8,565 | 8,746 | 7,588 | 7,862 | 7,481 | 7,136 | 10,432 | 10,112 | 9,153 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 11,892 | 11,012 | 7,874 | 7,175 | 5,299 | 6,594 | 9,426 | 10,183 | 10,368 | 8,464 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 7,640 | 6,898 | 7,241 | 6,430 | 6,302 | 5,239 | 5,571 | 3,971 | 5,087 | 5,719 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,522 | 11,672 | 11,345 | 8,782 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,046 | 1,252 | 1,091 | 679 | 350 | 2,054 | 1,349 | 600 | 925 | 1,304 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 6,877 | 5,928 | 5,335 | 6,632 | 6,973 | 6,911 | 7,820 | 5,922 | 9,497 | 8,847 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 914 | 478 | 38 | 161 | 557 | 663 | 961 | 230 | 1,168 | 2,064 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1,001 | 444 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,797 | 4,703 | 5,115 | 6,185 | 6,294 | 6,031 | 6,443 | 5,632 | 6,656 | 5,969 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 143 | 303 | 158 | 286 | 122 | 217 | 274 | 60 | 1,605 | 611 | ||||||||||
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 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 68 | 203 |
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 | 231,532 | 157,725 | 10,335 | 47,254 | 6,026 | 4,176 | 6,016 | |||||||
Science | 134,328 | 84,161 | 8,008 | 34,055 | 3,228 | 2,342 | 2,534 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 4,182 | 3,404 | 13 | 558 | 132 | 75 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18,173 | 11,596 | 1,499 | 3,105 | 1,277 | 575 | 121 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 3,575 | 2,557 | 248 | 565 | 123 | 42 | 40 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 8,990 | 4,817 | 703 | 1,745 | 1,154 | 490 | 81 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,608 | 4,222 | 548 | 795 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 60,823 | 32,572 | 4,986 | 20,884 | 694 | 878 | 809 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 30,290 | 9,280 | 3,344 | 16,336 | 466 | 274 | 590 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,050 | 3,996 | 36 | 689 | 174 | 121 | 34 | |||||||
Health sciences | 25,483 | 19,296 | 1,606 | 3,859 | 54 | 483 | 185 | |||||||
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 | 1,384 | 1,204 | 10 | 155 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 26,015 | 21,099 | 220 | 3,332 | 858 | 124 | 382 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1,110 | 877 | 0 | 154 | 6 | 4 | 69 | |||||||
Chemistry | 9,404 | 7,732 | 74 | 1,214 | 307 | 77 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 10,978 | 8,914 | 146 | 1,337 | 519 | 28 | 34 | |||||||
Physics | 4,523 | 3,576 | 0 | 627 | 26 | 15 | 279 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 7,990 | 6,801 | 0 | 968 | 0 | 212 | 9 | |||||||
Social sciences | 13,326 | 5,713 | 1,119 | 4,749 | 69 | 463 | 1,213 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 3,332 | 1,085 | 0 | 2,247 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 131 | 47 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 35 | 11 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,664 | 1,172 | 235 | 643 | 0 | 68 | 546 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 7,199 | 3,409 | 884 | 1,821 | 69 | 360 | 656 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,435 | 1,772 | 161 | 304 | 198 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 90,327 | 68,504 | 2,327 | 12,221 | 2,605 | 1,406 | 3,264 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6,236 | 4,723 | 119 | 885 | 186 | 3 | 320 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 54,225 | 40,891 | 1,842 | 7,325 | 929 | 515 | 2,723 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 9,288 | 7,274 | 192 | 1,255 | 440 | 20 | 107 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 11,892 | 9,582 | 73 | 1,551 | 569 | 41 | 76 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 7,640 | 6,030 | 101 | 990 | 481 | 0 | 38 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,046 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 0 | 827 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 6,877 | 5,060 | 0 | 978 | 193 | 428 | 218 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 914 | 588 | 0 | 218 | 73 | 0 | 35 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1,001 | 912 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,797 | 3,540 | 0 | 639 | 120 | 426 | 72 | |||||||
Humanities | 143 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 111 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 157,725 | 144,142 | 133,020 | 118,573 | 117,813 | 113,217 | 114,245 | 116,340 | 119,756 | 117,072 | ||||||||||
DOD | 21,335 | 18,040 | 18,681 | 16,972 | 18,991 | 17,661 | 17,568 | 21,306 | 23,511 | 19,105 | ||||||||||
DOE | 14,132 | 13,993 | 12,097 | 10,320 | 8,651 | 8,206 | 9,807 | 13,792 | 16,008 | 13,843 | ||||||||||
HHS | 46,023 | 41,787 | 37,168 | 34,463 | 33,920 | 30,979 | 31,130 | 25,151 | 24,487 | 25,719 | ||||||||||
NASA | 4,314 | 4,276 | 3,697 | 3,530 | 3,017 | 3,504 | 3,197 | 3,314 | 3,078 | 3,302 | ||||||||||
NSF | 32,207 | 31,843 | 29,868 | 28,426 | 28,000 | 26,118 | 27,616 | 29,177 | 29,634 | 33,154 | ||||||||||
USDA | 4,394 | 5,316 | 5,352 | 5,652 | 8,205 | 8,729 | 7,762 | 7,840 | 7,461 | 6,503 | ||||||||||
Other | 35,320 | 28,887 | 26,157 | 19,210 | 17,029 | 18,020 | 17,165 | 15,760 | 15,577 | 15,446 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 3,093 | 611 | 2,482 | . | |||
2018 | 3,007 | 537 | 2,470 | . | |||
2017 | 3,083 | 493 | 2,590 | . | |||
2016 | 3,071 | 506 | 2,565 | . | |||
2015 | 3,143 | 480 | 2,663 | 251 |
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 | 478 | 526 | 552 | 391 | 385 |
Agricultural sciences | 100 | 111 | 133 | 72 | 69 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
Engineering | 149 | 144 | 172 | 141 | 145 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 40 | 61 | 60 | 16 | 12 |
Health sciences | 38 | 43 | 45 | 21 | 10 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | . |
Physical sciences | 62 | 97 | 67 | 75 | 73 |
Psychology | 16 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 11 |
Social sciences | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10 |
Other | 22 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 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 | 15,347 | . | 55,553 | . | 4,032 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,540 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 45,099 | . | 1,008 |
Health sciences | 3,856 | . | 3,520 | . | 1,008 |
Mathematics and statistics | 126 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 7,701 | . | . | . | 2,016 |
Social sciences | 124 | . | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | 6,934 | . | . |
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 | 10,634 | 10,008 | 4,856 | 10,939 | 14,103 |
Agricultural sciences | 602 | 6,092 | 1,565 | 763 | 4,000 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 814 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,573 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2,945 | 862 | 1,392 | 3,029 | 3,638 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 395 | 392 | 2,997 | 972 |
Health sciences | 933 | 0 | 327 | 3,611 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 3,858 | 1,340 | 924 | 539 | 3,919 |
Psychology | 1,482 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 255 | 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.