U. Louisville

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 | 118 | 26.9 | 448 | 143 | 21.4 | 691 | 120 | 21.2 | 583 | 124 | 14.4 | 909 |
2020 | 119 | 27 | 450 | 138 | 20.5 | 697 | 123 | 14.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 114 | 26.1 | 447 | 138 | 20.5 | 696 | 119 | 20.9 | 589 | 128 | 14.8 | 913 |
2018 | 120 | 28.6 | 428 | 145 | 21.4 | 698 | 125 | 14.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 120 | 28.8 | 425 | 135 | 20.4 | 684 | 112 | 20.1 | 575 | 121 | 14.3 | 897 |
2016 | 122 | 28.9 | 430 | 134 | 19.9 | 697 | 116 | 13.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 113 | 27.1 | 426 | 134 | 20 | 693 | 109 | 19.8 | 570 | 118 | 13.9 | 897 |
2014 | 112 | 27.1 | 422 | 128 | 19.3 | 688 | 107 | 12.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 121 | 29.6 | 417 | 126 | 23.3 | 555 | 106 | 18.7 | 588 | 106 | 12.8 | 884 |
2012 | 108 | 26.8 | 412 | 126 | 23.3 | 555 | 101 | 12.1 | 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 | 130 | 138 | 154 | 149 | 145 | 137 | 161 | 154 | 133 | 162 |
Science and engineering | 100 | 106 | 111 | 121 | 106 | 103 | 116 | 110 | 90 | 118 |
Science | 76 | 89 | 92 | 99 | 85 | 87 | 84 | 65 | 70 | 96 |
Life science | 41 | 47 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 49 | 36 | 40 | 37 | 49 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 36 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 41 |
Health sciences | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
Chemistry | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | . | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Computer sciences | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Mathematics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Psychology and social sciences | 22 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
Psychology | 9 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 19 |
Sociology | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Other social sciences | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Engineering | 24 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 32 | 45 | 20 | 22 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | 5 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | . |
Other engineering | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 30 | 32 | 43 | 28 | 39 | 34 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 44 |
Education | 13 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 24 |
Education administration | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Education research | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Other education | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Humanities | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 11 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
History | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Letters | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
Other | 10 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
Business management/administration | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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 | 1,044 | 1,010 | 989 | 921 | 1,003 | 1,096 | 1,128 | 1,185 | 1,123 | 1,114 |
Male | 525 | 522 | 517 | 476 | 558 | 574 | 587 | 664 | 622 | 617 |
Female | 519 | 488 | 472 | 445 | 445 | 522 | 541 | 521 | 501 | 497 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 751 | 752 | 713 | 682 | 743 | 819 | 848 | 896 | 824 | 816 |
Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 29 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 709 | 722 | 682 | 657 | 715 | 788 | 814 | 858 | 794 | 782 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 51 | 48 | 36 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 36 |
Black or African American | 82 | 71 | 65 | 57 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 59 | 58 | 59 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 543 | 571 | 548 | 522 | 565 | 645 | 692 | 732 | 669 | 665 |
More than one race | 33 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 27 | 21 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 293 | 258 | 276 | 239 | 260 | 277 | 280 | 289 | 299 | 298 |
Science and engineering | 823 | 762 | 757 | 673 | 746 | 829 | 840 | 893 | 839 | 865 |
Science | 542 | 462 | 477 | 420 | 434 | 535 | 559 | 561 | 510 | 516 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 298 | 237 | 230 | 203 | 214 | 257 | 235 | 217 | 212 | 219 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 31 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 57 | 53 | 49 | 45 | 52 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 59 | 59 |
Physical sciences | 84 | 68 | 81 | 73 | 61 | 67 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 74 |
Social sciences | 80 | 77 | 92 | 71 | 80 | 98 | 125 | 140 | 116 | 117 |
Engineering | 281 | 300 | 280 | 253 | 312 | 294 | 281 | 332 | 329 | 349 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 24 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 24 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 33 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 40 | 47 | 27 | 24 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 41 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 113 | 127 | 114 | 106 | 118 | 118 | 94 | 138 | 124 | 120 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 27 | 30 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 49 | 46 |
Mechanical engineering | 60 | 47 | 64 | 47 | 70 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 85 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 221 | 248 | 232 | 248 | 257 | 267 | 288 | 292 | 284 | 249 |
Clinical medicine | 79 | 106 | 84 | 93 | 109 | 92 | 91 | 106 | 99 | 81 |
Other health | 142 | 142 | 148 | 155 | 148 | 175 | 197 | 186 | 185 | 168 |
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 | 497 | 436 | 382 | 439 | 384 | 395 | 372 | 362 | 371 | 351 |
Male | 330 | 273 | 240 | 276 | 232 | 232 | 238 | 228 | 228 | 200 |
Female | 167 | 163 | 142 | 163 | 152 | 163 | 134 | 134 | 143 | 151 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 448 | 390 | 344 | 358 | 315 | 333 | 315 | 331 | 333 | 319 |
Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 412 | 367 | 329 | 338 | 293 | 309 | 300 | 319 | 315 | 303 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 41 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
Black or African American | 51 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 20 | 26 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
White | 299 | 273 | 248 | 265 | 239 | 261 | 255 | 262 | 267 | 240 |
More than one race | 19 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 49 | 46 | 38 | 81 | 69 | 62 | 57 | 31 | 38 | 32 |
Science and engineering | 443 | 380 | 330 | 382 | 322 | 336 | 314 | 315 | 320 | 300 |
Science | 153 | 120 | 121 | 158 | 141 | 175 | 128 | 137 | 153 | 165 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 94 | 73 | 75 | 84 | 69 | 66 | 49 | 57 | 51 | 73 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 16 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
Social sciences | 32 | 26 | 25 | 41 | 39 | 67 | 55 | 52 | 64 | 66 |
Engineering | 290 | 260 | 209 | 224 | 181 | 161 | 186 | 178 | 167 | 135 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 27 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 21 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 175 | 161 | 116 | 111 | 97 | 87 | 90 | 84 | 73 | 58 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 55 | 59 | 52 | 55 | 40 | 43 | 61 | 55 | 54 | 34 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 54 | 56 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 59 | 58 | 47 | 51 | 51 |
Clinical medicine | 28 | 39 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 23 | 27 | 31 |
Other health | 26 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
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 | 146 | 101 | 92 | 92 | 83 | 106 | 89 | 68 | 82 | 120 |
Science and engineering | 113 | 95 | 86 | 86 | 78 | 100 | 86 | 63 | 77 | 117 |
Science | 74 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 56 | 73 | 54 | 51 | 46 | 82 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 59 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 36 | 49 | 48 | 37 | 27 | 51 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 39 | 39 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 31 | 35 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 14 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 33 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Clinical medicine | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 27 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 1,044 | 1,010 | 989 | 921 | 1,003 | 1,096 | 1,128 | 1,185 | 1,123 | 1,114 |
Fellowships | 100 | 152 | 141 | 131 | 117 | 106 | 73 | 120 | 121 | 122 |
Federal | 11 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
Institutional | 89 | 132 | 132 | 112 | 108 | 93 | 66 | 118 | 109 | 117 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 241 | 209 | 200 | 174 | 174 | 211 | 167 | 183 | 218 | 249 |
Federal | 99 | 74 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 86 | 63 | 50 | 61 | 101 |
Institutional | 137 | 122 | 112 | 83 | 92 | 106 | 93 | 121 | 136 | 144 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 4 |
Teaching assistantships | 222 | 224 | 225 | 196 | 194 | 176 | 267 | 205 | 214 | 179 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 222 | 224 | 225 | 193 | 194 | 176 | 267 | 202 | 212 | 179 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other types of support | 481 | 425 | 423 | 420 | 518 | 603 | 621 | 677 | 570 | 564 |
Federal | 36 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
Institutional | 39 | 32 | 26 | 27 | 43 | 80 | 88 | 131 | 62 | 63 |
Nonfederal | 47 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 22 |
Personal resources | 359 | 378 | 361 | 371 | 432 | 494 | 491 | 516 | 489 | 464 |
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 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
Science | 24 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 30 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 24 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 35 | 25 | 27 | 40 | 43 | 68 | 80 | 74 | 70 | 69 |
Clinical medicine | 35 | 25 | 27 | 40 | 43 | 68 | 80 | 74 | 70 | 60 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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 | 45 | 38 | 33 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 48 | 76 |
Science and engineering | 21 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 27 |
Science | 21 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 24 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 49 |
Clinical medicine | 24 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 40 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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 | 200,362 | 198,818 | 177,862 | 176,655 | 177,588 | 172,907 | 163,262 | 183,376 | 186,772 | 196,842 | ||||||||||
Science | 166,807 | 166,764 | 149,820 | 151,112 | 151,370 | 145,447 | 137,410 | 138,632 | 136,788 | 141,452 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 71 | 97 | 309 | 262 | 225 | 238 | 345 | 520 | 537 | 658 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 185 | 180 | 197 | 192 | 152 | 263 | 235 | 265 | 356 | 498 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 114 | 37 | 39 | 190 | 133 | 127 | 68 | 62 | 144 | 135 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 63 | 143 | 158 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 114 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 27 | 40 | 98 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 133 | 139 | 168 | 166 | 151 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 157,735 | 158,677 | 141,409 | 144,645 | 144,917 | 138,699 | 130,689 | 132,260 | 129,680 | 134,091 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 72 | 67 | 29 | 60 | 167 | 6 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 66,095 | 60,608 | 55,219 | 56,117 | 52,018 | 52,938 | 48,316 | 41,033 | 39,404 | 37,100 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 87,611 | 91,134 | 82,529 | 87,100 | 92,566 | 84,404 | 82,183 | 79,096 | 77,608 | 79,587 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 79 | 109 | 0 | 128 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,942 | 6,826 | 3,657 | 1,291 | 127 | 1,290 | 161 | 12,071 | 12,501 | 17,398 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 697 | 494 | 67 | 104 | 141 | 136 | 125 | 93 | 30 | 10 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,254 | 2,954 | 3,058 | 1,805 | 1,654 | 1,678 | 2,075 | 2,506 | 2,651 | 2,399 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 115 | 147 | 138 | 106 | 125 | 76 | 29 | 67 | 218 | 249 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,813 | 1,820 | 1,824 | 1,260 | 1,063 | 1,301 | 1,746 | 977 | 1,040 | 1,679 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 172 | 192 | 512 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 702 | 426 | 291 | 379 | 408 | 301 | 297 | 413 | 400 | 471 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 452 | 369 | 293 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,049 | 993 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,757 | 2,050 | 1,662 | 1,445 | 1,571 | 1,598 | 1,660 | 1,882 | 1,780 | 1,832 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,330 | 1,593 | 2,342 | 1,269 | 1,061 | 1,121 | 758 | 1,060 | 1,754 | 1,964 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 50 | 114 | 253 | 49 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 127 | 12 | 5 | 134 | 324 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 172 | 93 | 286 | 301 | 405 | 669 | 320 | 320 | 297 | 254 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 199 | 266 | 108 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 256 | 109 | 78 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 909 | 1,072 | 1,695 | 911 | 552 | 312 | 385 | 479 | 1,214 | 1,308 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,778 | 719 | 776 | 1,390 | 1,649 | 1,714 | 1,523 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 20,965 | 18,105 | 16,302 | 17,321 | 17,536 | 18,924 | 17,188 | 24,567 | 23,550 | 23,867 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 6 | 21 | 73 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5,795 | 4,476 | 4,844 | 4,516 | 5,409 | 7,097 | 5,820 | 6,584 | 5,763 | 6,192 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,595 | 781 | 1,295 | 1,092 | 1,116 | 1,288 | 1,304 | 1,762 | 948 | 2,315 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,513 | 1,956 | 1,510 | 1,357 | 1,675 | 1,886 | 1,958 | 2,371 | 2,726 | 3,002 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,518 | 4,368 | 3,563 | 3,690 | 3,221 | 2,675 | 1,883 | 2,768 | 3,631 | 4,339 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 978 | 1,605 | 845 | 524 | 531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,899 | 1,140 | 1,461 | 1,743 | 1,360 | 1,350 | 565 | 999 | 898 | 922 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 71 | 65 | 24 | 185 | 626 | 665 | 367 | 157 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,666 | 3,777 | 2,713 | 4,334 | 4,200 | 4,443 | 4,962 | 9,412 | 9,196 | 6,867 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 12,590 | 13,949 | 11,740 | 8,222 | 8,682 | 8,536 | 8,664 | 20,177 | 26,434 | 31,523 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,464 | 2,986 | 2,871 | 1,912 | 2,482 | 1,480 | 1,198 | 495 | 855 | 742 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 455 | 263 | 19 | 1 | 192 | 182 | 183 | 177 | 179 | 208 | ||||||||||
Education | 3,620 | 2,805 | 2,303 | 1,913 | 3,000 | 3,694 | 4,865 | 5,453 | 9,189 | 11,001 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 726 | 872 | 141 | 218 | 229 | 355 | 405 | 497 | 464 | 368 | ||||||||||
Law | 742 | 856 | 861 | 363 | 568 | 610 | 461 | 520 | 566 | 396 | ||||||||||
Social work | 3,588 | 4,308 | 3,336 | 3,142 | 2,056 | 2,028 | 1,275 | 1,587 | 2,554 | 4,019 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 750 | 766 | 65 | 31 | 69 | 61 | 108 | 119 | 130 | 110 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 245 | 1,093 | 2,144 | 642 | 86 | 126 | 169 | 11,329 | 12,497 | 14,679 |
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 | 200,362 | 97,179 | 7,351 | 65,375 | 9,846 | 7,685 | 12,926 | |||||||
Science | 166,807 | 80,084 | 6,021 | 53,175 | 8,851 | 7,150 | 11,526 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 71 | 14 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 185 | 171 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 63 | 49 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 157,735 | 77,090 | 5,916 | 48,073 | 8,297 | 6,863 | 11,496 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 66,095 | 44,936 | 3,663 | 13,969 | 1,502 | 1,411 | 614 | |||||||
Health sciences | 87,611 | 29,156 | 2,252 | 33,660 | 6,792 | 5,220 | 10,531 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 79 | 18 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,942 | 2,980 | 1 | 380 | 3 | 228 | 350 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 697 | 311 | 0 | 383 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,254 | 1,406 | 30 | 1,061 | 549 | 206 | 2 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 115 | 63 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,813 | 1,049 | 30 | 614 | 57 | 63 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 172 | 169 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 702 | 81 | 0 | 320 | 246 | 53 | 2 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 452 | 44 | 0 | 109 | 246 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,757 | 707 | 0 | 1,050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,330 | 379 | 43 | 818 | 0 | 76 | 14 | |||||||
Anthropology | 50 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 172 | 87 | 31 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 199 | 47 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 909 | 237 | 12 | 580 | 0 | 72 | 8 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,778 | 6 | 0 | 1,753 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Engineering | 20,965 | 11,844 | 1,082 | 6,280 | 945 | 306 | 508 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 5,795 | 2,994 | 157 | 2,439 | 17 | 78 | 110 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,595 | 1,108 | 14 | 314 | 0 | 154 | 5 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,513 | 447 | 267 | 222 | 436 | 73 | 68 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 5,518 | 3,753 | 175 | 1,027 | 436 | 0 | 127 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 978 | 454 | 86 | 332 | 47 | 0 | 59 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,899 | 1,231 | 115 | 510 | 9 | 1 | 33 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,666 | 1,856 | 268 | 1,436 | 0 | 0 | 106 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 12,590 | 5,251 | 248 | 5,920 | 50 | 229 | 892 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,464 | 0 | 119 | 1,729 | 0 | 0 | 616 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 455 | 401 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
Education | 3,620 | 1,554 | 0 | 1,813 | 50 | 203 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 726 | 0 | 30 | 566 | 0 | 0 | 130 | |||||||
Law | 742 | 401 | 97 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |||||||
Social work | 3,588 | 2,729 | 2 | 828 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 750 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 245 | 166 | 0 | 79 | 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 | 97,179 | 88,251 | 87,563 | 80,511 | 72,119 | 72,644 | 68,345 | 65,849 | 78,144 | 89,976 | ||||||||||
DOD | 4,112 | 3,236 | 3,200 | 2,980 | 3,475 | 3,904 | 3,362 | 4,834 | 4,729 | 5,914 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,752 | 951 | 112 | 68 | 29 | 38 | 21 | 655 | 868 | 4,109 | ||||||||||
HHS | 78,321 | 73,563 | 72,903 | 67,587 | 59,772 | 60,806 | 56,981 | 51,828 | 59,779 | 60,765 | ||||||||||
NASA | 777 | 463 | 1,024 | 738 | 565 | 549 | 554 | 324 | 364 | 1,459 | ||||||||||
NSF | 7,312 | 7,586 | 7,089 | 6,256 | 5,473 | 4,482 | 3,687 | 4,388 | 4,541 | 4,425 | ||||||||||
USDA | 7 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 258 | 313 | 157 | 31 | 98 | 370 | ||||||||||
Other | 4,898 | 2,446 | 3,235 | 2,801 | 2,547 | 2,552 | 3,583 | 3,789 | 7,765 | 12,934 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 2,860 | 472 | 2,388 | . | |||
2018 | 2,449 | 486 | 1,963 | . | |||
2017 | 2,657 | 474 | 2,183 | . | |||
2016 | 2,656 | 452 | 2,204 | . | |||
2015 | 2,573 | 467 | 2,106 | 190 |
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 | 592 | 571 | 585 | 610 | 612 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 95 | 74 | 77 | 254 | 262 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 103 | 94 | 103 | 86 | 85 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Health sciences | 327 | 332 | 334 | 200 | 198 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 46 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 51 |
Psychology | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 12 |
Social sciences | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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.
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 | 6,054 | 5,487 | 961 | 3,696 | 3,591 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,818 | 1,162 | 397 | 945 | 620 |
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 | 1,236 | 3,892 | 564 | 1,030 | 2,971 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,721 | 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.