U. Maryland, Baltimore County

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 | 153 | 34.7 | 448 | 139 | 20.8 | 691 | 162 | 28.4 | 583 | 171 | 19.5 | 909 |
2020 | 167 | 37.6 | 450 | 150 | 22.2 | 697 | 172 | 19.5 | 915 | |||
2019 | 169 | 38.3 | 447 | 139 | 20.7 | 696 | 162 | 28.1 | 589 | 169 | 19.2 | 913 |
2018 | 154 | 36.5 | 428 | 143 | 21.2 | 698 | 173 | 19.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 161 | 38.4 | 425 | 153 | 23 | 684 | 202 | 35.7 | 575 | 169 | 19.6 | 897 |
2016 | 167 | 39.3 | 430 | 155 | 22.9 | 697 | 168 | 19.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 149 | 35.5 | 426 | 160 | 23.8 | 693 | 196 | 34.9 | 570 | 165 | 19.1 | 897 |
2014 | 147 | 35.3 | 422 | 159 | 23.8 | 688 | 165 | 19.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 152 | 36.9 | 417 | 150 | 27.6 | 555 | 194 | 33.6 | 588 | 165 | 19.4 | 884 |
2012 | 166 | 40.7 | 412 | 154 | 28.3 | 555 | 167 | 19.4 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 88 | 85 | 81 | 93 | 88 | 83 | 99 | 102 | 95 | 72 |
Science and engineering | 80 | 77 | 75 | 88 | 87 | 78 | 92 | 96 | 91 | 69 |
Science | 65 | 60 | 59 | 75 | 71 | 66 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 58 |
Life science | 8 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 8 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
Health sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
Chemistry | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 22 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 14 |
Computer sciences | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 12 |
Mathematics | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 21 |
Psychology | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
Sociology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 11 |
Engineering | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 11 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Other engineering | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Non-science and engineering | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Education | 2 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other education | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
History | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Letters | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
Other | 3 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1,069 | 873 | 963 | 926 | 874 | 928 | 927 | 926 | 952 | 893 |
Male | 602 | 494 | 529 | 492 | 484 | 548 | 524 | 501 | 530 | 462 |
Female | 467 | 379 | 434 | 434 | 390 | 380 | 403 | 425 | 422 | 431 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 474 | 438 | 430 | 454 | 434 | 465 | 502 | 524 | 567 | 547 |
Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 21 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 409 | 392 | 392 | 423 | 402 | 434 | 466 | 494 | 527 | 505 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 61 | 64 | 55 | 57 | 45 | 57 | 47 | 59 | 51 | 44 |
Black or African American | 75 | 67 | 60 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 75 | 63 | 80 | 78 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
White | 256 | 249 | 266 | 288 | 292 | 303 | 334 | 360 | 384 | 373 |
More than one race | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 |
Temporary visa holders | 595 | 435 | 533 | 472 | 440 | 463 | 425 | 402 | 385 | 346 |
Science and engineering | 1,069 | 873 | 963 | 926 | 874 | 928 | 927 | 926 | 952 | 893 |
Science | 907 | 718 | 791 | 761 | 717 | 767 | 767 | 777 | 799 | 742 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 82 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 61 | 63 | 73 | 103 | 102 | 85 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 457 | 321 | 394 | 354 | 320 | 383 | 365 | 307 | 288 | 251 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 38 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 58 | 57 | 52 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 11 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 104 | 97 | 94 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 85 | 96 | 96 |
Psychology | 83 | 81 | 79 | 84 | 93 | 76 | 88 | 88 | 97 | 97 |
Social sciences | 119 | 90 | 94 | 99 | 91 | 105 | 106 | 126 | 148 | 145 |
Engineering | 162 | 155 | 172 | 165 | 157 | 161 | 160 | 149 | 153 | 151 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 27 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 28 | 28 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 75 | 66 | 77 | 79 | 71 | 71 | 58 | 59 | 63 | 59 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 40 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 55 | 45 | 48 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 398 | 444 | 466 | 449 | 483 | 646 | 691 | 600 | 621 | 647 |
Male | 234 | 277 | 283 | 285 | 313 | 438 | 453 | 380 | 384 | 429 |
Female | 164 | 167 | 183 | 164 | 170 | 208 | 238 | 220 | 237 | 218 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 352 | 395 | 410 | 399 | 437 | 588 | 614 | 536 | 562 | 588 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 14 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 319 | 350 | 377 | 356 | 396 | 528 | 547 | 479 | 506 | 520 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Asian | 60 | 63 | 65 | 56 | 67 | 85 | 75 | 61 | 58 | 54 |
Black or African American | 69 | 70 | 70 | 58 | 73 | 91 | 98 | 89 | 81 | 89 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White | 178 | 203 | 224 | 221 | 244 | 334 | 363 | 320 | 352 | 362 |
More than one race | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 15 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 44 | 37 | 38 | 54 |
Temporary visa holders | 46 | 49 | 56 | 50 | 46 | 58 | 77 | 64 | 59 | 59 |
Science and engineering | 398 | 444 | 466 | 449 | 483 | 646 | 691 | 600 | 621 | 647 |
Science | 328 | 372 | 397 | 371 | 401 | 564 | 602 | 505 | 521 | 560 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 189 | 233 | 248 | 248 | 261 | 392 | 428 | 314 | 323 | 356 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 22 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 31 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Psychology | 6 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Social sciences | 95 | 76 | 90 | 84 | 102 | 114 | 109 | 139 | 157 | 165 |
Engineering | 70 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 89 | 95 | 100 | 87 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 24 | 29 | 35 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 45 | 47 | 35 |
Mechanical engineering | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 24 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 164 | 154 | 156 | 150 | 136 | 141 | 121 | 179 | 182 | 163 |
Science and engineering | 164 | 154 | 156 | 150 | 136 | 141 | 121 | 179 | 182 | 163 |
Science | 128 | 114 | 111 | 113 | 97 | 106 | 84 | 140 | 137 | 139 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 45 | 33 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 35 | 30 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 39 | 26 | 24 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 43 | 47 | 41 | 40 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 21 | 29 | 31 |
Psychology | 13 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
Social sciences | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
Engineering | 36 | 40 | 45 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 24 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 19 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 1,069 | 873 | 963 | 926 | 874 | 928 | 927 | 926 | 952 | 893 |
Fellowships | 20 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 65 | 58 | 46 |
Federal | 1 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 54 | 38 | 37 |
Institutional | 15 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 1 |
Nonfederal | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Research assistantships | 323 | 278 | 287 | 283 | 244 | 256 | 240 | 231 | 287 | 223 |
Federal | 163 | 137 | 139 | 127 | 108 | 125 | 111 | 120 | 138 | 121 |
Institutional | 131 | 106 | 111 | 119 | 117 | 92 | 86 | 74 | 115 | 70 |
Nonfederal | 29 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 39 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 32 |
Teaching assistantships | 276 | 267 | 267 | 237 | 223 | 215 | 252 | 223 | 243 | 257 |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Institutional | 276 | 263 | 263 | 229 | 216 | 212 | 250 | 218 | 234 | 247 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Other types of support | 450 | 304 | 388 | 380 | 376 | 425 | 411 | 407 | 364 | 367 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 15 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 20 | 10 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
Personal resources | 429 | 290 | 367 | 370 | 348 | 413 | 394 | 350 | 333 | 349 |
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 | 33 | 29 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 67 | 63 | 58 | 45 |
Science | 29 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 63 | 59 | 55 | 41 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 23 |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 31 |
Science and engineering | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 31 |
Science | 22 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 31 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 84,418 | 83,867 | 80,632 | 71,481 | 70,406 | 70,166 | 68,688 | 67,833 | 71,819 | 74,993 | ||||||||||
Science | 74,990 | 72,998 | 68,489 | 61,643 | 55,851 | 54,148 | 55,426 | 54,330 | 52,294 | 56,273 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 12,102 | 11,590 | 8,065 | 6,352 | 2,577 | 1,607 | 7,620 | 6,328 | 6,483 | 6,728 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15,087 | 15,158 | 13,585 | 20,275 | 22,836 | 21,300 | 15,794 | 14,716 | 14,919 | 15,181 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 1,599 | 1,988 | 1,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 10,678 | 10,880 | 9,718 | 15,023 | 16,924 | 14,861 | 15,794 | 14,716 | 14,919 | 15,181 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,208 | 1,957 | 1,995 | 5,252 | 5,912 | 6,439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 602 | 333 | 506 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 10,033 | 11,478 | 11,834 | 4,888 | 3,498 | 3,748 | 11,710 | 11,252 | 8,888 | 9,382 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 803 | 846 | 738 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8,953 | 9,422 | 8,282 | 4,888 | 3,498 | 3,748 | 11,710 | 11,252 | 8,888 | 9,382 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 22 | 934 | 2,446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 64 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 191 | 226 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 428 | 729 | 592 | 1,467 | 1,017 | 1,013 | 1,096 | 1,221 | 1,593 | 2,177 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 19,202 | 18,278 | 17,039 | 13,821 | 14,000 | 13,934 | 6,614 | 7,997 | 7,454 | 7,871 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 13,537 | 13,778 | 12,299 | 7,807 | 7,572 | 7,718 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,106 | 1,558 | 1,714 | 3,977 | 4,930 | 3,925 | 3,572 | 3,180 | 3,524 | 3,836 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 690 | 189 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,869 | 2,753 | 2,742 | 2,037 | 1,498 | 2,291 | 3,042 | 3,045 | 2,087 | 2,033 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,772 | 1,843 | 2,002 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,491 | 1,973 | 2,046 | 2,019 | 1,168 | 1,257 | 2,008 | 2,297 | 1,952 | 2,284 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 14,413 | 11,597 | 13,139 | 10,521 | 9,104 | 9,907 | 10,266 | 10,349 | 10,021 | 10,555 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 265 | 124 | 202 | 342 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 46 | 135 | 462 | 7,674 | 8,530 | 8,765 | 10,191 | 10,187 | 9,612 | 10,001 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 281 | 686 | 725 | 1,054 | 86 | 28 | 75 | 120 | 389 | 554 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 13,821 | 10,652 | 11,750 | 1,451 | 471 | 1,112 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,234 | 2,195 | 2,189 | 2,300 | 1,651 | 1,382 | 318 | 170 | 984 | 2,095 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 6,668 | 6,671 | 8,429 | 8,715 | 14,075 | 15,256 | 12,518 | 9,999 | 10,593 | 9,355 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 818 | 305 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,938 | 2,509 | 3,303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 658 | 865 | 1,089 | 5,369 | 6,048 | 6,543 | 5,018 | 4,731 | 2,353 | 2,114 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 585 | 232 | 426 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 843 | 1,056 | 1,541 | 1,175 | 6,299 | 6,761 | 5,824 | 4,436 | 6,584 | 5,985 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 124 | 22 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 715 | 869 | 1,297 | 1,281 | 1,728 | 1,914 | 1,676 | 832 | 1,656 | 1,256 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 138 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 849 | 728 | 681 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,760 | 4,198 | 3,714 | 1,123 | 480 | 762 | 744 | 3,504 | 8,932 | 9,365 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 11 | 1,198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 523 | 694 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,955 | 449 | 2,161 | 728 | 109 | 422 | 112 | 460 | 520 | 517 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 100 | 89 | 525 | 260 | 226 | 208 | 113 | 380 | 1,450 | 2,029 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 27 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 168 | 231 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 220 | 143 | 188 | 126 | 106 | 115 | 250 | 41 | 799 | 1,146 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 447 | 2,319 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 2,616 | 5,472 | 4,748 |
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 | 84,418 | 59,882 | 7,220 | 12,334 | 1,860 | 1,979 | 1,143 | |||||||
Science | 74,990 | 53,660 | 6,571 | 10,666 | 1,655 | 1,470 | 968 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 12,102 | 7,385 | 1,290 | 2,279 | 872 | 172 | 104 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15,087 | 12,883 | 12 | 1,874 | 98 | 90 | 130 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 1,599 | 1,520 | 0 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 10,678 | 9,905 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 77 | 96 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,208 | 872 | 12 | 1,255 | 26 | 13 | 30 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 602 | 586 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
Life sciences | 10,033 | 7,736 | 166 | 1,511 | 36 | 544 | 40 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 803 | 370 | 0 | 433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8,953 | 7,243 | 104 | 1,039 | 0 | 527 | 40 | |||||||
Health sciences | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 64 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 191 | 119 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 428 | 228 | 24 | 139 | 9 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 19,202 | 17,339 | 0 | 695 | 639 | 234 | 295 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 13,537 | 12,915 | 0 | 423 | 0 | 43 | 156 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,106 | 1,723 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 119 | 139 | |||||||
Materials science | 690 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 558 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,869 | 2,570 | 0 | 146 | 81 | 72 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,491 | 1,015 | 49 | 135 | 1 | 106 | 185 | |||||||
Social sciences | 14,413 | 5,898 | 5,030 | 3,099 | 0 | 293 | 93 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 265 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 152 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 281 | 233 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 13,821 | 5,665 | 5,030 | 2,940 | 0 | 93 | 93 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,234 | 1,176 | 0 | 934 | 0 | 3 | 121 | |||||||
Engineering | 6,668 | 4,657 | 571 | 940 | 205 | 189 | 106 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 818 | 776 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,938 | 1,355 | 241 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 658 | 472 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 585 | 202 | 154 | 31 | 114 | 84 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 843 | 601 | 41 | 1 | 91 | 34 | 75 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 715 | 265 | 13 | 352 | 0 | 59 | 26 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 138 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 849 | 724 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 2,760 | 1,565 | 78 | 728 | 0 | 320 | 69 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,955 | 1,442 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 320 | 46 | |||||||
Humanities | 100 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 27 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 220 | 15 | 78 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 447 | 83 | 0 | 364 | 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 | 59,882 | 59,391 | 56,993 | 53,522 | 52,014 | 50,984 | 47,954 | 47,538 | 44,662 | 45,014 | ||||||||||
DOD | 3,678 | 3,410 | 3,020 | 3,466 | 5,651 | 7,952 | 7,824 | 7,583 | 6,317 | 5,174 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,182 | 294 | 463 | 555 | 562 | 407 | 130 | 28 | 419 | 283 | ||||||||||
HHS | 15,208 | 15,355 | 17,315 | 13,908 | 12,928 | 12,811 | 12,128 | 13,478 | 13,327 | 13,855 | ||||||||||
NASA | 25,359 | 25,503 | 21,740 | 21,224 | 20,773 | 19,246 | 17,538 | 14,917 | 14,581 | 16,217 | ||||||||||
NSF | 11,141 | 11,350 | 10,967 | 10,815 | 8,938 | 8,524 | 7,621 | 8,380 | 6,973 | 5,070 | ||||||||||
USDA | 461 | 534 | 737 | 769 | 833 | 458 | 509 | 462 | 477 | 445 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,853 | 2,945 | 2,751 | 2,785 | 2,329 | 1,586 | 2,204 | 2,690 | 2,568 | 3,970 |
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 | 1,463 | 263 | 1,200 | . | |||
2018 | 1,389 | 220 | 1,169 | . | |||
2017 | 1,479 | 212 | 1,267 | . | |||
2016 | 1,265 | 201 | 1,064 | . | |||
2015 | 1,423 | 188 | 1,235 | 44 |
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 | 355 | 348 | 252 | 252 | 252 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49 | 49 | 47 | 44 | 44 |
Computer and information sciences | 37 | 36 | 19 | 26 | 26 |
Engineering | 65 | 68 | 59 | 58 | 61 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
Health sciences | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | . |
Physical sciences | 64 | 61 | 61 | 63 | 63 |
Psychology | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
Social sciences | 25 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Other | 50 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
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 | . | . | . | 46,214 | . |
Other | . | . | . | 46,214 | . |
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 | 2,487 | 2,286 | 966 | 2,158 | 510 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 895 | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 610 | 634 | 0 | 1,388 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 660 | 659 | 666 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 323 | 0 | 769 | 510 |
Psychology | 323 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.