U. Maryland, U. C.

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 | 563 | 81.6 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 542 | 78 | 697 | |||||||||
2019 | 620 | 89.2 | 696 | |||||||||
2018 | 588 | 84.4 | 698 | |||||||||
2017 | 565 | 82.8 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 194 | 28.4 | 697 | |||||||||
2015 | 530 | 76.7 | 693 | |||||||||
2014 | 535 | 78 | 688 | |||||||||
2013 | ||||||||||||
2012 |
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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 44 | 52 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 672 | 56 | 48 | . | . |
Male | 18 | 30 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 468 | 38 | 31 | . | . |
Female | 26 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 204 | 18 | 17 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 43 | 51 | 24 | 32 | 35 | 666 | 53 | 45 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 8 | 4 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 45 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 553 | 37 | 38 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Asian | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 2 | 6 | . | . |
Black or African American | 20 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 246 | 18 | 17 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
White | 8 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 215 | 14 | 13 | . | . |
More than one race | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 8 | 3 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 44 | 52 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 672 | 56 | 48 | . | . |
Science | 44 | 52 | 22 | 32 | 36 | 672 | 56 | 48 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 33 | 38 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 666 | 53 | 39 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 3,515 | 3,690 | 3,835 | 4,138 | 4,373 | 3,588 | 4,017 | 3,511 | . | . |
Male | 2,050 | 2,156 | 2,254 | 2,466 | 2,725 | 2,198 | 2,562 | 2,241 | . | . |
Female | 1,465 | 1,534 | 1,581 | 1,672 | 1,648 | 1,390 | 1,455 | 1,270 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 3,387 | 3,563 | 3,711 | 4,019 | 4,261 | 3,510 | 3,943 | 3,452 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 271 | 289 | 278 | 280 | 299 | 271 | 301 | 247 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,823 | 2,922 | 2,990 | 3,244 | 3,570 | 2,873 | 3,199 | 2,836 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | . | . |
Asian | 339 | 335 | 293 | 351 | 365 | 303 | 280 | 245 | . | . |
Black or African American | 1,360 | 1,359 | 1,476 | 1,537 | 1,614 | 1,237 | 1,349 | 1,169 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | . | . |
White | 995 | 1,090 | 1,087 | 1,201 | 1,420 | 1,189 | 1,413 | 1,301 | . | . |
More than one race | 113 | 110 | 108 | 136 | 146 | 122 | 134 | 96 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 293 | 352 | 443 | 495 | 392 | 366 | 443 | 369 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 128 | 127 | 124 | 119 | 112 | 78 | 74 | 59 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 3,515 | 3,690 | 3,835 | 4,138 | 4,373 | 3,588 | 4,017 | 3,511 | . | . |
Science | 3,515 | 3,690 | 3,693 | 4,132 | 4,368 | 3,582 | 4,007 | 3,511 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 587 | 583 | 540 | 487 | 435 | 390 | 384 | 332 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2,928 | 3,107 | 3,153 | 3,645 | 3,933 | 3,192 | 3,623 | 3,179 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 142 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 142 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 44 | 52 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 672 | 56 | 48 | . | . |
Fellowships | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 44 | 51 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 611 | 56 | 48 | . | . |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . |
Institutional | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Personal resources | 41 | 48 | 14 | 24 | 31 | 516 | 53 | 46 | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).