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 | |
2022 | 151 | 67.4 | 457 | 132 | 80.9 | 680 | 169 | 81.3 | 890 | |||
2021 | 153 | 66.3 | 447 | 139 | 80.2 | 691 | 162 | 72.6 | 583 | 171 | 81.4 | 907 |
2020 | 167 | 63.4 | 450 | 150 | 78.8 | 697 | 172 | 81.5 | 915 | |||
2019 | 169 | 62.7 | 447 | 139 | 80.3 | 696 | 162 | 72.9 | 589 | 169 | 81.8 | 913 |
2018 | 154 | 64.5 | 428 | 143 | 79.8 | 698 | 173 | 81.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 161 | 62.6 | 425 | 153 | 78 | 684 | 202 | 65.3 | 575 | 169 | 81.4 | 897 |
2016 | 167 | 61.7 | 430 | 155 | 78.1 | 697 | 168 | 81.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 149 | 65.5 | 426 | 160 | 77.2 | 693 | 196 | 66.1 | 570 | 165 | 81.9 | 897 |
2014 | 147 | 65.7 | 422 | 159 | 77.2 | 688 | 165 | 81.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 152 | 64.1 | 417 | 150 | 73.4 | 555 | 194 | 67.4 | 588 | 165 | 81.6 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 103 | 88 | 85 | 81 | 93 | 88 | 83 | 99 | 102 | 95 |
Science and engineering | 97 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 88 | 87 | 78 | 92 | 96 | 91 |
Science | 78 | 65 | 60 | 59 | 75 | 71 | 66 | 78 | 78 | 75 |
Life science | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . |
Biological sciences | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
Chemistry | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 39 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 |
Computer sciences | 25 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 |
Mathematics | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 21 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 33 | 29 |
Psychology | 14 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Sociology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | 6 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 11 |
Engineering | 19 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Chemical engineering | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Civil engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Other engineering | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Education | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Education research | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other education | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
History | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Letters | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Other | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 1,249 | 1,069 | 873 | 963 | 926 | 874 | 928 | 927 | 926 | 952 |
Male | 685 | 602 | 494 | 529 | 492 | 484 | 548 | 524 | 501 | 530 |
Female | 564 | 467 | 379 | 434 | 434 | 390 | 380 | 403 | 425 | 422 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 442 | 474 | 438 | 430 | 454 | 434 | 465 | 502 | 524 | 567 |
Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 39 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 23 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 396 | 409 | 392 | 392 | 423 | 402 | 434 | 466 | 494 | 527 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 66 | 61 | 64 | 55 | 57 | 45 | 57 | 47 | 59 | 51 |
Black or African American | 57 | 75 | 67 | 60 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 75 | 63 | 80 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
White | 248 | 256 | 249 | 266 | 288 | 292 | 303 | 334 | 360 | 384 |
More than one race | 24 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 807 | 595 | 435 | 533 | 472 | 440 | 463 | 425 | 402 | 385 |
Science and engineering | 1,249 | 1,069 | 873 | 963 | 926 | 874 | 928 | 927 | 926 | 952 |
Science | 1,106 | 907 | 718 | 791 | 761 | 717 | 767 | 767 | 777 | 799 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 77 | 82 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 61 | 63 | 73 | 103 | 102 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 671 | 457 | 321 | 394 | 354 | 320 | 383 | 365 | 307 | 288 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 37 | 38 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 46 | 44 | 58 | 57 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 14 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 94 | 104 | 97 | 94 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 85 | 96 |
Psychology | 81 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 84 | 93 | 76 | 88 | 88 | 97 |
Social sciences | 120 | 119 | 90 | 94 | 99 | 91 | 105 | 106 | 126 | 148 |
Engineering | 143 | 162 | 155 | 172 | 165 | 157 | 161 | 160 | 149 | 153 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 22 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 28 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 14 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 66 | 75 | 66 | 77 | 79 | 71 | 71 | 58 | 59 | 63 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 37 | 40 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 55 | 45 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 393 | 398 | 444 | 466 | 449 | 483 | 646 | 691 | 600 | 621 |
Male | 236 | 234 | 277 | 283 | 285 | 313 | 438 | 453 | 380 | 384 |
Female | 157 | 164 | 167 | 183 | 164 | 170 | 208 | 238 | 220 | 237 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 332 | 352 | 395 | 410 | 399 | 437 | 588 | 614 | 536 | 562 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 18 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 295 | 319 | 350 | 377 | 356 | 396 | 528 | 547 | 479 | 506 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Asian | 56 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 56 | 67 | 85 | 75 | 61 | 58 |
Black or African American | 58 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 58 | 73 | 91 | 98 | 89 | 81 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 169 | 178 | 203 | 224 | 221 | 244 | 334 | 363 | 320 | 352 |
More than one race | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 14 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 30 | 44 | 37 | 38 |
Temporary visa holders | 61 | 46 | 49 | 56 | 50 | 46 | 58 | 77 | 64 | 59 |
Science and engineering | 393 | 398 | 444 | 466 | 449 | 483 | 646 | 691 | 600 | 621 |
Science | 330 | 328 | 372 | 397 | 371 | 401 | 564 | 602 | 505 | 521 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 183 | 189 | 233 | 248 | 248 | 261 | 392 | 428 | 314 | 323 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 22 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 22 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Psychology | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Social sciences | 98 | 95 | 76 | 90 | 84 | 102 | 114 | 109 | 139 | 157 |
Engineering | 63 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 89 | 95 | 100 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 22 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 23 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 45 | 47 |
Mechanical engineering | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 25 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 154 | 164 | 154 | 156 | 150 | 136 | 141 | 121 | 179 | 182 |
Science and engineering | 154 | 164 | 154 | 156 | 150 | 136 | 141 | 121 | 179 | 182 |
Science | 123 | 128 | 114 | 111 | 113 | 97 | 106 | 84 | 140 | 137 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 45 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 29 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 39 | 26 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 47 | 43 | 47 | 41 | 40 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 21 | 29 |
Psychology | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
Social sciences | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
Engineering | 31 | 36 | 40 | 45 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 45 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 13 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 1,249 | 1,069 | 873 | 963 | 926 | 874 | 928 | 927 | 926 | 952 |
Fellowships | 14 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 65 | 58 |
Federal | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 54 | 38 |
Institutional | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Research assistantships | 303 | 323 | 278 | 287 | 283 | 244 | 256 | 240 | 231 | 287 |
Federal | 149 | 163 | 137 | 139 | 127 | 108 | 125 | 111 | 120 | 138 |
Institutional | 108 | 131 | 106 | 111 | 119 | 117 | 92 | 86 | 74 | 115 |
Nonfederal | 46 | 29 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 39 | 43 | 37 | 34 |
Teaching assistantships | 301 | 276 | 267 | 267 | 237 | 223 | 215 | 252 | 223 | 243 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Institutional | 300 | 276 | 263 | 263 | 229 | 216 | 212 | 250 | 218 | 234 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Other types of support | 631 | 450 | 304 | 388 | 380 | 376 | 425 | 411 | 407 | 364 |
Federal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Institutional | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 20 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
Personal resources | 613 | 429 | 290 | 367 | 370 | 348 | 413 | 394 | 350 | 333 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 42 | 33 | 29 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 67 | 63 | 58 |
Science | 39 | 29 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 63 | 59 | 55 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 27 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 18 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 38 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 56 | 56 | 50 |
Science and engineering | 38 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 56 | 56 | 50 |
Science | 37 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 55 | 53 | 49 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 110,319 | 84,418 | 83,867 | 80,632 | 71,481 | 70,406 | 70,166 | 68,688 | 67,833 | 71,819 | ||||||||||
Science | 92,617 | 74,990 | 72,998 | 68,489 | 61,643 | 55,851 | 54,148 | 55,426 | 54,330 | 52,294 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 13,685 | 12,102 | 11,590 | 8,065 | 6,352 | 2,577 | 1,607 | 7,620 | 6,328 | 6,483 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20,378 | 15,087 | 15,158 | 13,585 | 20,275 | 22,836 | 21,300 | 15,794 | 14,716 | 14,919 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 9,157 | 1,599 | 1,988 | 1,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8,487 | 10,678 | 10,880 | 9,718 | 15,023 | 16,924 | 14,861 | 15,794 | 14,716 | 14,919 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,445 | 2,208 | 1,957 | 1,995 | 5,252 | 5,912 | 6,439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 289 | 602 | 333 | 506 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 13,643 | 10,033 | 11,478 | 11,834 | 4,888 | 3,498 | 3,748 | 11,710 | 11,252 | 8,888 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 693 | 803 | 846 | 738 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,314 | 8,953 | 9,422 | 8,282 | 4,888 | 3,498 | 3,748 | 11,710 | 11,252 | 8,888 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 259 | 22 | 934 | 2,446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 190 | 64 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 187 | 191 | 226 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,893 | 428 | 729 | 592 | 1,467 | 1,017 | 1,013 | 1,096 | 1,221 | 1,593 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 20,806 | 19,202 | 18,278 | 17,039 | 13,821 | 14,000 | 13,934 | 6,614 | 7,997 | 7,454 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 12,573 | 13,537 | 13,778 | 12,299 | 7,807 | 7,572 | 7,718 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,934 | 2,106 | 1,558 | 1,714 | 3,977 | 4,930 | 3,925 | 3,572 | 3,180 | 3,524 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 613 | 690 | 189 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 4,686 | 2,869 | 2,753 | 2,742 | 2,037 | 1,498 | 2,291 | 3,042 | 3,045 | 2,087 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,772 | 1,843 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,891 | 1,491 | 1,973 | 2,046 | 2,019 | 1,168 | 1,257 | 2,008 | 2,297 | 1,952 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 17,891 | 14,413 | 11,597 | 13,139 | 10,521 | 9,104 | 9,907 | 10,266 | 10,349 | 10,021 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 924 | 265 | 124 | 202 | 342 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 744 | 46 | 135 | 462 | 7,674 | 8,530 | 8,765 | 10,191 | 10,187 | 9,612 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 955 | 281 | 686 | 725 | 1,054 | 86 | 28 | 75 | 120 | 389 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 15,151 | 13,821 | 10,652 | 11,750 | 1,451 | 471 | 1,112 | 0 | 39 | 16 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,430 | 2,234 | 2,195 | 2,189 | 2,300 | 1,651 | 1,382 | 318 | 170 | 984 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 8,140 | 6,668 | 6,671 | 8,429 | 8,715 | 14,075 | 15,256 | 12,518 | 9,999 | 10,593 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 589 | 818 | 305 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,246 | 1,938 | 2,509 | 3,303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 372 | 658 | 865 | 1,089 | 5,369 | 6,048 | 6,543 | 5,018 | 4,731 | 2,353 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 725 | 585 | 232 | 426 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,447 | 843 | 1,056 | 1,541 | 1,175 | 6,299 | 6,761 | 5,824 | 4,436 | 6,584 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 303 | 124 | 22 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,336 | 715 | 869 | 1,297 | 1,281 | 1,728 | 1,914 | 1,676 | 832 | 1,656 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 194 | 138 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 928 | 849 | 728 | 681 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 9,562 | 2,760 | 4,198 | 3,714 | 1,123 | 480 | 762 | 744 | 3,504 | 8,932 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 28 | 11 | 1,198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 523 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 3,669 | 1,955 | 449 | 2,161 | 728 | 109 | 422 | 112 | 460 | 520 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,358 | 100 | 89 | 525 | 260 | 226 | 208 | 113 | 380 | 1,450 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 186 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 168 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,022 | 220 | 143 | 188 | 126 | 106 | 115 | 250 | 41 | 799 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,270 | 447 | 2,319 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 2,616 | 5,472 |
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 | 110,319 | 65,368 | 7,264 | 31,743 | 1,958 | 2,611 | 1,375 | |||||||
Science | 92,617 | 59,257 | 6,387 | 22,638 | 1,783 | 1,701 | 851 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 13,685 | 7,816 | 511 | 4,129 | 799 | 330 | 100 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20,378 | 16,989 | 45 | 2,917 | 235 | 145 | 47 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 9,157 | 8,517 | 0 | 554 | 80 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 8,487 | 7,306 | 21 | 980 | 0 | 143 | 37 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 2,445 | 881 | 24 | 1,379 | 155 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 289 | 285 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 13,643 | 8,873 | 148 | 4,305 | 102 | 215 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 693 | 341 | 0 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,314 | 8,463 | 57 | 3,536 | 56 | 202 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 259 | 35 | 86 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 190 | 17 | 5 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 187 | 17 | 0 | 111 | 46 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,893 | 266 | 0 | 1,605 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 20,806 | 17,591 | 0 | 2,335 | 647 | 201 | 32 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 12,573 | 11,891 | 0 | 637 | 0 | 21 | 24 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,934 | 1,987 | 0 | 758 | 2 | 179 | 8 | |||||||
Materials science | 613 | 92 | 0 | 65 | 456 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 4,686 | 3,621 | 0 | 875 | 189 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,891 | 517 | 0 | 895 | 0 | 166 | 313 | |||||||
Social sciences | 17,891 | 6,096 | 5,683 | 5,637 | 0 | 380 | 95 | |||||||
Anthropology | 117 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 924 | 0 | 0 | 764 | 0 | 160 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 744 | 0 | 0 | 722 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 955 | 364 | 0 | 572 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 15,151 | 5,732 | 5,683 | 3,462 | 0 | 186 | 88 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,430 | 1,109 | 0 | 815 | 0 | 242 | 264 | |||||||
Engineering | 8,140 | 4,079 | 515 | 2,799 | 122 | 187 | 438 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 589 | 552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 2,246 | 1,100 | 190 | 916 | 0 | 4 | 36 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 372 | 92 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 70 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 725 | 453 | 136 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,447 | 573 | 28 | 519 | 68 | 175 | 84 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 303 | 107 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 155 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,336 | 328 | 142 | 830 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 194 | 118 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 928 | 756 | 0 | 90 | 46 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 9,562 | 2,032 | 362 | 6,306 | 53 | 723 | 86 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 3,669 | 1,811 | 214 | 1,177 | 42 | 425 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 3,358 | 0 | 75 | 2,951 | 0 | 285 | 47 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 186 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,022 | 0 | 21 | 962 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 1,270 | 221 | 52 | 984 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 65,368 | 59,882 | 59,391 | 56,993 | 53,522 | 52,014 | 50,984 | 47,954 | 47,538 | 44,662 | ||||||||||
DOD | 4,748 | 3,678 | 3,410 | 3,020 | 3,466 | 5,651 | 7,952 | 7,824 | 7,583 | 6,317 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,956 | 1,182 | 294 | 463 | 555 | 562 | 407 | 130 | 28 | 419 | ||||||||||
HHS | 15,597 | 15,208 | 15,355 | 17,315 | 13,908 | 12,928 | 12,811 | 12,128 | 13,478 | 13,327 | ||||||||||
NASA | 27,592 | 25,359 | 25,503 | 21,740 | 21,224 | 20,773 | 19,246 | 17,538 | 14,917 | 14,581 | ||||||||||
NSF | 11,427 | 11,141 | 11,350 | 10,967 | 10,815 | 8,938 | 8,524 | 7,621 | 8,380 | 6,973 | ||||||||||
USDA | 784 | 461 | 534 | 737 | 769 | 833 | 458 | 509 | 462 | 477 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,264 | 2,853 | 2,945 | 2,751 | 2,785 | 2,329 | 1,586 | 2,204 | 2,690 | 2,568 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,463 | 263 | 1,200 | . | |||
2018 | 1,389 | 220 | 1,169 | . | |||
2017 | 1,479 | 212 | 1,267 | . | |||
2016 | 1,265 | 201 | 1,064 | . |
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.