U. Maryland, Eastern Shore

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 | 316 | 70.8 | 448 | 597 | 86.5 | 691 | 305 | 52.7 | 583 | 357 | 39.8 | 909 |
2020 | 328 | 73.1 | 450 | 573 | 82.4 | 697 | 364 | 40.3 | 915 | |||
2019 | 299 | 67.2 | 447 | 555 | 79.9 | 696 | 307 | 52.5 | 589 | 371 | 41.2 | 913 |
2018 | 323 | 75.7 | 428 | 556 | 79.8 | 698 | 408 | 45.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 311 | 73.4 | 425 | 600 | 87.8 | 684 | 203 | 35.8 | 575 | 358 | 40.4 | 897 |
2016 | 306 | 71.4 | 430 | 600 | 86.2 | 697 | 344 | 39 | 895 | |||
2015 | 301 | 70.9 | 426 | 584 | 84.4 | 693 | 197 | 35.1 | 570 | 322 | 36.5 | 897 |
2014 | 289 | 68.7 | 422 | 553 | 80.6 | 688 | 328 | 37.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 308 | 74.1 | 417 | 474 | 85.5 | 555 | 197 | 34.1 | 588 | 338 | 38.8 | 884 |
2012 | 253 | 61.7 | 412 | 394 | 71.2 | 555 | 362 | 41.1 | 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 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 25 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Science | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Life science | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Biological sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . |
Chemistry | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
Education | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Education administration | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
History | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
Business management/administration | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
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 | 32 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 124 |
Male | 16 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 56 |
Female | 16 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 68 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 26 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 105 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 31 | 99 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Black or African American | 13 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 74 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
More than one race | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 19 |
Science and engineering | 31 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 124 |
Science | 31 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 124 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 40 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 30 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
Social sciences | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 25 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 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 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 78 | 76 | 86 | 81 | 76 | 72 | 27 |
Male | 28 | 34 | 40 | 36 | 46 | 34 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 15 |
Female | 46 | 46 | 42 | 42 | 30 | 52 | 49 | 48 | 45 | 12 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 58 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 54 | 64 | 60 | 61 | 54 | 18 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 48 | 51 | 53 | 54 | 59 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 17 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Black or African American | 16 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 30 | 11 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 11 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 5 |
More than one race | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 16 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 71 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 27 |
Science | 71 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 27 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 24 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 13 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . |
Social sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Science | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 32 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 124 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Federal | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Institutional | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 20 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 46 | 51 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
Personal resources | 17 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 44 | 35 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . |
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 | 8,636 | 8,092 | 7,133 | 4,941 | 7,403 | 8,250 | 9,700 | 8,982 | 8,826 | 7,309 | ||||||||||
Science | 8,492 | 7,964 | 7,088 | 4,898 | 7,373 | 8,175 | 9,318 | 8,723 | 8,671 | 7,174 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,182 | 3,454 | 4,369 | 2,775 | 5,287 | 3,210 | 4,724 | 3,942 | 3,859 | 2,013 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,182 | 3,454 | 4,073 | 2,358 | 5,287 | 3,210 | 3,013 | 2,437 | 2,265 | 672 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 1,711 | 1,505 | 1,590 | 1,341 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 4,310 | 2,572 | 721 | 201 | 2,017 | 4,965 | 4,594 | 4,766 | 4,812 | 5,158 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 3,516 | 1,885 | 386 | 194 | 1,893 | 4,433 | 3,512 | 4,658 | 4,528 | 4,370 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 120 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 469 | 455 | 0 | 200 | 754 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 635 | 259 | 106 | 7 | 18 | 63 | 627 | 108 | 77 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 39 | 159 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 1,243 | 1,278 | 1,305 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 1,236 | 1,278 | 1,305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 695 | 720 | 502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 695 | 193 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 527 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 144 | 128 | 40 | 43 | 30 | 0 | 313 | 259 | 115 | 91 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 144 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 33 | 2 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 0 | 61 | 33 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 56 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 0 | 40 | 44 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 0 | 40 | 10 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 8,636 | 8,346 | 153 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 108 | |||||||
Science | 8,492 | 8,221 | 153 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,182 | 4,182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,182 | 4,182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 4,310 | 4,039 | 153 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 3,516 | 3,263 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 635 | 635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 39 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 144 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 144 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 8,346 | 8,084 | 6,983 | 4,890 | 7,265 | 7,853 | 9,284 | 8,902 | 8,511 | 6,965 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
DOE | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 577 | 289 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 63 | 607 | 43 | 277 | 754 | ||||||||||
NASA | 16 | 16 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,380 | 1,312 | 867 | 0 | 881 | 0 | 1,718 | 1,505 | 1,162 | 783 | ||||||||||
USDA | 3,516 | 2,361 | 1,570 | 1,323 | 1,908 | 3,837 | 3,261 | 4,326 | 3,892 | 3,619 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,836 | 4,106 | 4,484 | 3,560 | 4,476 | 3,953 | 3,698 | 2,805 | 3,178 | 1,751 |
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 | 101 | 22 | 79 | . | |||
2018 | 88 | 13 | 75 | . | |||
2017 | 190 | 15 | 175 | . | |||
2016 | 127 | 18 | 109 | . | |||
2015 | 286 | 22 | 264 | 3 |
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 | 114 | 114 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
Agricultural sciences | 62 | 62 | 106 | 106 | 118 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 12 | 64 | 64 | 60 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Engineering | 25 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
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.
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 | 16,200 | . | 25,000 | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | 16,200 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 25,000 | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 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.