U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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 | 67 | 15.6 | 448 | 50 | 8 | 691 | 105 | 18.7 | 583 | 115 | 13.4 | 909 |
2020 | 60 | 14 | 450 | 50 | 8 | 697 | 111 | 12.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 52 | 12.3 | 447 | 54 | 8.6 | 696 | 98 | 17.3 | 589 | 109 | 12.7 | 913 |
2018 | 65 | 15.8 | 428 | 56 | 8.8 | 698 | 110 | 12.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 63 | 15.5 | 425 | 54 | 8.7 | 684 | 94 | 17 | 575 | 103 | 12.3 | 897 |
2016 | 63 | 15.3 | 430 | 69 | 10.7 | 697 | 100 | 12 | 895 | |||
2015 | 70 | 17.1 | 426 | 71 | 11 | 693 | 92 | 16.8 | 570 | 100 | 11.9 | 897 |
2014 | 67 | 16.5 | 422 | 78 | 12.1 | 688 | 103 | 12.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 60 | 15 | 417 | 76 | 14.4 | 555 | 85 | 15.2 | 588 | 105 | 12.7 | 884 |
2012 | 62 | 15.7 | 412 | 67 | 12.8 | 555 | 104 | 12.4 | 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 | 258 | 313 | 349 | 295 | 307 | 298 | 268 | 277 | 295 | 270 |
Science and engineering | 189 | 247 | 256 | 207 | 220 | 230 | 206 | 202 | 218 | 204 |
Science | 150 | 194 | 201 | 166 | 168 | 181 | 160 | 164 | 171 | 150 |
Life science | 54 | 77 | 80 | 65 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 49 | 57 | 44 |
Agricultural sciences | 17 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 |
Biological sciences | 27 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 36 | 20 | 31 | 37 | 22 |
Health sciences | 10 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 25 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 45 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 36 |
Chemistry | 12 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 15 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 10 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 15 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 18 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 20 |
Computer sciences | 16 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 20 | 14 |
Mathematics | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 53 | 38 | 49 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 50 |
Psychology | 13 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 |
Anthropology | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Economics | 12 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
Political science and government | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Sociology | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Other social sciences | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
Engineering | 39 | 53 | 55 | 41 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 38 | 47 | 54 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
Civil engineering | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Electrical engineering | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Industrial engineering | 2 | . | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Other engineering | 11 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 26 |
Non-science and engineering | 69 | 66 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 68 | 62 | 75 | 77 | 66 |
Education | 29 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 35 | 33 |
Education administration | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Education research | 15 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 |
Teacher education | . | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
Other education | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | . | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Humanities | 26 | 18 | 31 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 17 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | . | 3 | 7 | 2 |
History | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Letters | 16 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
Other humanities and arts | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Other | 14 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 |
Business management/administration | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
Communication | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
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 | 2,735 | 2,530 | 2,470 | 2,394 | 2,349 | 2,131 | 2,079 | 1,933 | 1,878 | 2,010 |
Male | 1,475 | 1,392 | 1,393 | 1,370 | 1,292 | 1,113 | 1,105 | 1,070 | 1,042 | 1,101 |
Female | 1,260 | 1,138 | 1,077 | 1,024 | 1,057 | 1,018 | 974 | 863 | 836 | 909 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,365 | 1,394 | 1,208 | 1,187 | 1,171 | 1,153 | 1,164 | 1,102 | 1,059 | 1,159 |
Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 137 | 110 | 106 | 98 | 92 | 90 | 76 | 61 | 75 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,159 | 1,189 | 1,032 | 1,009 | 998 | 970 | 986 | 929 | 892 | 958 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Asian | 131 | 125 | 91 | 94 | 82 | 72 | 94 | 79 | 64 | 61 |
Black or African American | 94 | 89 | 73 | 64 | 58 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 42 | 44 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 872 | 912 | 820 | 806 | 804 | 802 | 802 | 770 | 748 | 804 |
More than one race | 60 | 62 | 47 | 43 | 52 | 42 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 41 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 66 | 68 | 66 | 72 | 75 | 91 | 88 | 97 | 106 | 126 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,370 | 1,136 | 1,262 | 1,207 | 1,178 | 978 | 915 | 831 | 819 | 851 |
Science and engineering | 2,574 | 2,358 | 2,351 | 2,266 | 2,217 | 1,945 | 1,903 | 1,762 | 1,717 | 1,841 |
Science | 2,002 | 1,894 | 1,853 | 1,742 | 1,689 | 1,408 | 1,373 | 1,250 | 1,237 | 1,322 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 98 | 93 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 165 | 161 | 126 | 119 | 156 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 364 | 361 | 336 | 318 | 317 | 260 | 255 | 218 | 201 | 199 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 45 | 47 | 41 | 38 | 41 |
Computer and information sciences | 589 | 497 | 551 | 499 | 465 | 211 | 190 | 179 | 180 | 184 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 32 | 41 | 38 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 54 |
Mathematics and statistics | 127 | 128 | 108 | 79 | 88 | 78 | 68 | 60 | 69 | 72 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 65 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 73 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 31 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 25 |
Physical sciences | 238 | 233 | 235 | 216 | 211 | 213 | 198 | 216 | 211 | 233 |
Psychology | 82 | 86 | 87 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 74 | 77 | 74 |
Social sciences | 382 | 391 | 352 | 355 | 322 | 278 | 294 | 265 | 272 | 284 |
Engineering | 572 | 464 | 498 | 524 | 528 | 537 | 530 | 512 | 480 | 519 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 155 | 145 | 150 | 136 | 142 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 60 | 54 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 72 | 80 | 75 | 91 | 94 | 100 | 104 | 105 | 86 | 82 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 212 | 132 | 161 | 185 | 189 | 208 | 196 | 182 | 171 | 203 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 16 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 18 |
Mechanical engineering | 101 | 81 | 77 | 80 | 76 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 61 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 87 | 93 | 92 | 89 | 101 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 161 | 172 | 119 | 128 | 132 | 186 | 176 | 171 | 161 | 169 |
Clinical medicine | 88 | 93 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 110 | 97 | 92 | 88 | 91 |
Other health | 73 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 78 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- . = 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 | 732 | 784 | 687 | 743 | 672 | 779 | 695 | 713 | 843 | 691 |
Male | 308 | 359 | 318 | 326 | 280 | 339 | 260 | 274 | 352 | 309 |
Female | 424 | 425 | 369 | 417 | 392 | 440 | 435 | 439 | 491 | 382 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 543 | 481 | 495 | 509 | 487 | 525 | 512 | 506 | 587 | 499 |
Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 45 | 27 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 462 | 411 | 409 | 432 | 422 | 454 | 439 | 432 | 481 | 412 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Asian | 53 | 43 | 40 | 45 | 32 | 34 | 25 | 36 | 32 | 24 |
Black or African American | 40 | 30 | 34 | 48 | 52 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 41 | 42 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
White | 348 | 323 | 319 | 321 | 329 | 357 | 354 | 338 | 390 | 332 |
More than one race | 18 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 36 | 34 | 47 | 48 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 61 | 60 |
Temporary visa holders | 189 | 303 | 192 | 234 | 185 | 254 | 183 | 207 | 256 | 192 |
Science and engineering | 463 | 521 | 449 | 484 | 386 | 456 | 358 | 423 | 549 | 420 |
Science | 353 | 342 | 326 | 347 | 284 | 335 | 254 | 293 | 385 | 307 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 26 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 89 | 58 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 32 | 21 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 28 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 37 |
Computer and information sciences | 88 | 94 | 74 | 85 | 39 | 106 | 35 | 45 | 58 | 46 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 23 |
Mathematics and statistics | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 35 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 30 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 18 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 16 |
Psychology | 17 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
Social sciences | 91 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 70 | 69 | 82 | 92 | 89 |
Engineering | 110 | 179 | 123 | 137 | 102 | 121 | 104 | 130 | 164 | 113 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 25 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 14 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 49 | 129 | 71 | 68 | 57 | 54 | 47 | 56 | 77 | 51 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 21 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 16 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 25 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 11 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 269 | 263 | 238 | 259 | 286 | 323 | 337 | 290 | 294 | 271 |
Clinical medicine | 253 | 249 | 224 | 240 | 265 | 296 | 308 | 262 | 264 | 249 |
Other health | 16 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 22 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- . = 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 | 465 | 484 | 460 | 421 | 452 | 455 | 471 | 458 | 374 | 530 |
Science and engineering | 458 | 477 | 451 | 409 | 433 | 438 | 457 | 438 | 361 | 497 |
Science | 326 | 349 | 326 | 283 | 295 | 295 | 307 | 298 | 227 | 314 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 31 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 59 | 54 | 47 | 24 | 36 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 91 | 112 | 79 | 76 | 73 | 55 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 56 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 70 | 79 | 79 | 71 | 69 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 58 | 84 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 21 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Psychology | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 77 | 74 | 80 | 55 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 73 | 74 | 89 |
Social sciences | 17 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 14 |
Engineering | 132 | 128 | 125 | 126 | 138 | 143 | 150 | 140 | 134 | 183 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 58 | 55 | 52 | 44 | 51 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 28 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 11 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 17 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 34 | 32 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 51 | 42 | 37 | 29 | 41 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 25 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 35 | 42 | 51 | 54 | 69 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 33 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
Other health | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- . = 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 | 2,735 | 2,530 | 2,470 | 2,394 | 2,349 | 2,131 | 2,079 | 1,933 | 1,878 | 2,010 |
Fellowships | 119 | 129 | 138 | 120 | 170 | 133 | 127 | 110 | 24 | 122 |
Federal | 45 | 64 | 57 | 59 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 68 | 16 | 78 |
Institutional | 64 | 54 | 70 | 49 | 82 | 50 | 53 | 30 | 5 | 39 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
Research assistantships | 909 | 856 | 823 | 839 | 773 | 803 | 809 | 781 | 699 | 795 |
Federal | 419 | 420 | 403 | 361 | 373 | 385 | 409 | 388 | 356 | 447 |
Institutional | 346 | 310 | 269 | 314 | 238 | 250 | 233 | 253 | 208 | 193 |
Nonfederal | 144 | 126 | 151 | 164 | 162 | 168 | 167 | 140 | 135 | 155 |
Teaching assistantships | 878 | 847 | 838 | 828 | 778 | 782 | 761 | 744 | 753 | 738 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Institutional | 878 | 847 | 837 | 828 | 778 | 782 | 759 | 744 | 753 | 735 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 829 | 698 | 671 | 607 | 628 | 413 | 382 | 298 | 402 | 355 |
Federal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Institutional | 57 | 39 | 39 | 55 | 47 | 43 | 43 | 22 | 20 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Personal resources | 770 | 657 | 631 | 550 | 578 | 369 | 338 | 272 | 378 | 330 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- . = 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 | 150 | 151 | 156 | 150 | 149 | 132 | 141 | 150 | 161 | 164 |
Science | 111 | 110 | 114 | 109 | 104 | 94 | 104 | 107 | 112 | 117 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 11 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 29 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 37 | 32 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 40 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 17 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 23 |
Psychology | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Social sciences | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Engineering | 39 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 45 | 38 | 37 | 43 | 49 | 47 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 20 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 34 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- . = 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 | 71 | 81 | 85 | 75 | 67 | 70 | 80 | 98 | 107 | 107 |
Science and engineering | 70 | 80 | 84 | 73 | 67 | 70 | 79 | 95 | 106 | 106 |
Science | 57 | 61 | 65 | 59 | 50 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 69 | 73 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 18 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 25 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Psychology | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
Social sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 13 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 37 | 33 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 27 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
- . = 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 | 213,824 | 219,389 | 223,177 | 211,140 | 210,416 | 214,576 | 213,902 | 200,199 | 190,739 | 194,775 | ||||||||||
Science | 141,122 | 146,194 | 154,140 | 139,276 | 140,312 | 146,606 | 155,793 | 138,343 | 127,187 | 133,508 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 27,336 | 31,199 | 27,702 | 25,106 | 21,126 | 20,596 | 19,313 | 18,447 | 18,661 | 18,798 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,582 | 4,265 | 6,569 | 5,215 | 3,966 | 3,849 | 4,754 | 4,029 | 4,321 | 4,713 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 1,437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 3,582 | 2,828 | 6,564 | 5,215 | 3,966 | 3,849 | 4,746 | 4,029 | 4,228 | 4,047 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 93 | 666 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 69,519 | 64,246 | 67,652 | 66,052 | 74,257 | 83,957 | 81,165 | 69,749 | 60,743 | 61,999 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 17,175 | 16,454 | 10,311 | 11,406 | 12,018 | 12,497 | 24,915 | 24,079 | 22,631 | 29,881 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 25,498 | 25,906 | 24,678 | 22,897 | 20,051 | 22,306 | 20,002 | 22,885 | 26,981 | 25,081 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 9,953 | 10,047 | 19,940 | 19,867 | 20,827 | 18,693 | 12,031 | 13,881 | 9,661 | 6,276 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 7,248 | 7,497 | 8,213 | 8,017 | 8,428 | 11,088 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9,645 | 4,342 | 4,510 | 3,865 | 12,933 | 19,373 | 24,217 | 8,904 | 1,470 | 761 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,218 | 3,361 | 3,636 | 2,429 | 2,392 | 2,495 | 2,587 | 2,007 | 1,960 | 3,254 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 22,250 | 28,757 | 31,623 | 24,443 | 22,383 | 23,246 | 31,831 | 31,601 | 31,488 | 32,239 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 4,116 | 4,838 | 4,768 | 4,698 | 3,520 | 3,583 | 3,197 | 3,125 | 4,245 | 4,930 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 10,139 | 14,992 | 19,452 | 12,489 | 11,433 | 12,359 | 15,408 | 20,128 | 19,234 | 19,993 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 7,995 | 8,927 | 7,403 | 7,256 | 7,430 | 7,304 | 13,226 | 8,348 | 8,009 | 7,316 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 8,004 | 7,836 | 9,195 | 7,357 | 6,263 | 6,902 | 6,682 | 5,209 | 4,455 | 4,865 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 5,623 | 4,819 | 6,118 | 5,185 | 5,234 | 4,807 | 5,479 | 4,581 | 4,501 | 6,163 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 549 | 610 | 1,063 | 919 | 917 | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,455 | 1,129 | 1,820 | 2,201 | 911 | 989 | 629 | 840 | 1,240 | 2,576 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 518 | 495 | 837 | 317 | 1,194 | 753 | 1,222 | 640 | 741 | 1,130 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,297 | 1,505 | 1,263 | 700 | 610 | 1,268 | 2,991 | 2,008 | 1,784 | 1,610 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,804 | 1,080 | 1,135 | 1,048 | 1,602 | 697 | 637 | 1,093 | 736 | 847 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,590 | 1,711 | 1,645 | 3,489 | 4,691 | 754 | 3,982 | 2,720 | 1,058 | 1,477 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 60,065 | 58,804 | 49,745 | 54,219 | 53,718 | 47,257 | 41,390 | 44,867 | 45,030 | 44,699 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,848 | 1,111 | 998 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 21,100 | 21,952 | 14,492 | 18,147 | 17,437 | 17,241 | 10,357 | 14,910 | 14,503 | 15,679 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 13,904 | 14,209 | 13,705 | 15,058 | 15,413 | 10,679 | 12,075 | 9,021 | 8,472 | 8,283 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 9,787 | 10,658 | 11,198 | 11,881 | 11,807 | 11,787 | 11,505 | 13,640 | 14,677 | 13,683 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 8,152 | 8,915 | 8,456 | 7,521 | 7,664 | 7,193 | 6,996 | 6,773 | 6,330 | 6,808 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,274 | 1,959 | 896 | 1,547 | 1,397 | 357 | 430 | 523 | 1,048 | 125 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 12,637 | 14,391 | 19,292 | 17,645 | 16,386 | 20,713 | 16,719 | 16,989 | 18,522 | 16,568 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,463 | 1,550 | 1,384 | 2,029 | 1,112 | 1,847 | 1,565 | 1,047 | 2,679 | 1,420 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 223 | 124 | 657 | 582 | 458 | 682 | 369 | 600 | 1,024 | 990 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,014 | 4,079 | 9,103 | 11,399 | 12,168 | 9,318 | 9,266 | 10,496 | 12,288 | 12,402 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1,624 | 2,507 | 2,019 | 2,062 | 1,611 | 2,395 | 3,428 | 2,035 | 1,816 | 1,328 | ||||||||||
Law | 39 | 95 | 91 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 4 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 542 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 348 | 117 | 1,483 | 481 | 953 | 779 | 138 | 736 | 658 | 424 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,926 | 5,377 | 4,555 | 986 | 84 | 5,692 | 1,747 | 2,025 | 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
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 | 213,824 | 116,349 | 8,595 | 71,954 | 7,710 | 5,479 | 3,737 | |||||||
Science | 141,122 | 80,083 | 4,539 | 46,076 | 4,526 | 2,913 | 2,985 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 27,336 | 15,410 | 130 | 7,164 | 2,670 | 528 | 1,434 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,582 | 2,117 | 5 | 1,223 | 232 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 3,582 | 2,117 | 5 | 1,223 | 232 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 69,519 | 37,266 | 4,395 | 24,679 | 1,536 | 1,390 | 253 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 17,175 | 10,740 | 438 | 4,982 | 637 | 340 | 38 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 25,498 | 16,284 | 1,084 | 7,426 | 223 | 460 | 21 | |||||||
Health sciences | 9,953 | 6,288 | 146 | 2,816 | 373 | 243 | 87 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 7,248 | 3,663 | 567 | 2,480 | 84 | 347 | 107 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 9,645 | 291 | 2,160 | 6,975 | 219 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,218 | 2,290 | 0 | 722 | 0 | 167 | 39 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 22,250 | 15,054 | 9 | 6,646 | 49 | 379 | 113 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 4,116 | 3,152 | 0 | 955 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 10,139 | 6,635 | 9 | 3,188 | 49 | 221 | 37 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 7,995 | 5,267 | 0 | 2,503 | 0 | 149 | 76 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 8,004 | 5,747 | 0 | 2,139 | 31 | 78 | 9 | |||||||
Social sciences | 5,623 | 1,889 | 0 | 2,489 | 8 | 308 | 929 | |||||||
Anthropology | 549 | 138 | 0 | 318 | 8 | 85 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1,455 | 396 | 0 | 933 | 0 | 48 | 78 | |||||||
Political science and government | 518 | 169 | 0 | 289 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,297 | 879 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 83 | 6 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,804 | 307 | 0 | 620 | 0 | 32 | 845 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,590 | 310 | 0 | 1,014 | 0 | 58 | 208 | |||||||
Engineering | 60,065 | 32,063 | 3,287 | 19,067 | 3,063 | 1,970 | 615 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,848 | 3,017 | 0 | 1,680 | 151 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 21,100 | 12,630 | 236 | 6,092 | 1,296 | 637 | 209 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 13,904 | 6,766 | 2,744 | 3,593 | 314 | 256 | 231 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 9,787 | 4,768 | 0 | 3,456 | 645 | 918 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 8,152 | 4,451 | 266 | 2,994 | 368 | 47 | 26 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,274 | 431 | 41 | 1,252 | 289 | 112 | 149 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 12,637 | 4,203 | 769 | 6,811 | 121 | 596 | 137 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,463 | 314 | 0 | 1,139 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 223 | 29 | 0 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,014 | 2,061 | 207 | 1,350 | 3 | 297 | 96 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,624 | 16 | 0 | 1,533 | 0 | 66 | 9 | |||||||
Law | 39 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 348 | 0 | 0 | 345 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,926 | 1,756 | 562 | 2,247 | 108 | 221 | 32 |
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 | 116,349 | 116,170 | 117,359 | 110,654 | 108,871 | 106,269 | 103,417 | 110,189 | 111,448 | 115,280 | ||||||||||
DOD | 16,646 | 16,361 | 17,180 | 15,381 | 14,533 | 11,783 | 11,323 | 10,870 | 11,159 | 10,545 | ||||||||||
DOE | 6,227 | 5,775 | 6,097 | 5,228 | 4,336 | 5,232 | 7,950 | 12,298 | 13,166 | 13,474 | ||||||||||
HHS | 38,102 | 34,939 | 33,895 | 29,026 | 26,986 | 24,453 | 21,187 | 21,291 | 20,779 | 21,089 | ||||||||||
NASA | 3,206 | 3,347 | 2,694 | 2,864 | 3,123 | 3,239 | 3,200 | 2,570 | 2,576 | 2,954 | ||||||||||
NSF | 34,549 | 38,314 | 38,320 | 36,016 | 36,819 | 38,020 | 36,529 | 39,445 | 38,883 | 41,407 | ||||||||||
USDA | 7,605 | 8,480 | 7,999 | 7,642 | 7,887 | 8,948 | 9,003 | 9,200 | 9,786 | 9,677 | ||||||||||
Other | 10,014 | 8,954 | 11,174 | 14,497 | 15,187 | 14,594 | 14,225 | 14,515 | 15,099 | 16,134 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 3,389 | 606 | 2,783 | . | |||
2018 | 3,341 | 578 | 2,763 | . | |||
2017 | 3,253 | 570 | 2,683 | . | |||
2016 | 3,878 | 567 | 3,311 | . | |||
2015 | 3,231 | 541 | 2,690 | 229 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
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All research space | 701 | 707 | 698 | 682 | 713 |
Agricultural sciences | 112 | 91 | 90 | 87 | 160 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 130 | 123 | 121 | 128 | 106 |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 40 | 37 | 39 | 38 |
Engineering | 182 | 190 | 166 | 153 | 175 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Health sciences | 30 | 49 | 64 | 50 | 50 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | . |
Physical sciences | 106 | 104 | 111 | 120 | 103 |
Psychology | 56 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 49 |
Social sciences | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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 |
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All research space | 230,000 | . | . | . | 116,000 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 30,600 |
Computer and information sciences | 130,000 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 100,000 | . | . | . | 14,280 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 5,440 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 59,560 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | 6,120 |
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 | 56,280 | 17,800 | 41,338 | 9,112 | 24,974 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 849 | 4,460 | 1,050 | 11,471 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 2,871 | 13,502 | 1,279 | 5,492 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 879 | 2,429 | 0 | 546 |
Engineering | 2,000 | 9,205 | 4,756 | 4,641 | 504 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 431 | 427 | 1,431 |
Health sciences | 34,280 | 1,061 | 1,148 | 1,456 | 2,116 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7,000 | 394 | 323 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 863 | 0 | 0 | 1,135 |
Physical sciences | 2,000 | 903 | 2,831 | 259 | 2,279 |
Psychology | 11,000 | 775 | 11,141 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 316 | 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.