U. Massachusetts, Boston
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 | 169 | 63.5 | 457 | 162 | 76.5 | 680 | 190 | 79 | 890 | |||
2021 | 158 | 65.2 | 447 | 191 | 72.7 | 691 | 270 | 54.2 | 583 | 187 | 79.7 | 907 |
2020 | 164 | 64.1 | 450 | 180 | 74.5 | 697 | 185 | 80.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 188 | 58.5 | 447 | 186 | 73.6 | 696 | 250 | 58.1 | 589 | 187 | 79.8 | 913 |
2018 | 178 | 59 | 428 | 201 | 71.6 | 698 | 182 | 80.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 205 | 52.4 | 425 | 197 | 71.6 | 684 | 247 | 57.6 | 575 | 172 | 81.1 | 897 |
2016 | 211 | 51.5 | 430 | 215 | 69.6 | 697 | 175 | 80.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 248 | 42.5 | 426 | 222 | 68.4 | 693 | 261 | 54.8 | 570 | 172 | 81.1 | 897 |
2014 | 219 | 48.7 | 422 | 232 | 66.7 | 688 | 177 | 80.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 270 | 36 | 417 | 240 | 57.3 | 555 | 259 | 56.5 | 588 | 183 | 79.6 | 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 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 68 | 74 | 53 | 50 | 31 | 45 | 21 |
Science and engineering | 66 | 60 | 68 | 56 | 65 | 45 | 38 | 26 | 42 | 21 |
Science | 66 | 60 | 66 | 56 | 65 | 45 | 38 | 26 | 42 | 21 |
Life science | 18 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 5 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | . |
Biological sciences | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Health sciences | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Chemistry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Computer sciences | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | 36 | 31 | 41 | 27 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 10 |
Psychology | 17 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
Political science and government | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sociology | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 16 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
Engineering | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 18 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | . |
Education | 11 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | . |
Education administration | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . | . | . |
Education research | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | . |
Teacher education | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 921 | 669 | 660 | 643 | 565 | 600 | 575 | 533 | 452 | 439 |
Male | 415 | 241 | 234 | 221 | 200 | 217 | 220 | 214 | 207 | 155 |
Female | 506 | 428 | 426 | 422 | 365 | 383 | 355 | 319 | 245 | 284 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 390 | 397 | 451 | 428 | 383 | 378 | 334 | 337 | 288 | 305 |
Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 41 | 40 | 47 | 48 | 36 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 22 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 327 | 338 | 395 | 367 | 309 | 321 | 294 | 285 | 240 | 269 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 36 | 44 | 47 | 43 | 33 | 24 | 16 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Black or African American | 32 | 36 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 20 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 238 | 234 | 285 | 276 | 237 | 249 | 244 | 216 | 185 | 212 |
More than one race | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 14 |
Temporary visa holders | 531 | 272 | 209 | 215 | 182 | 222 | 241 | 196 | 164 | 134 |
Science and engineering | 867 | 596 | 593 | 571 | 509 | 529 | 509 | 500 | 437 | 423 |
Science | 867 | 596 | 593 | 571 | 509 | 529 | 509 | 499 | 437 | 423 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 30 | 46 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 32 | 36 | 42 | 35 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 402 | 154 | 118 | 121 | 115 | 134 | 165 | 122 | 99 | 66 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 27 | 22 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 37 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 18 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 40 | 43 | 49 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 30 |
Psychology | 118 | 125 | 128 | 119 | 107 | 115 | 115 | 72 | 91 | 118 |
Social sciences | 205 | 175 | 181 | 187 | 148 | 137 | 113 | 159 | 146 | 152 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 1 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 1 | . | . |
Health | 54 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 56 | 71 | 66 | 33 | 15 | 16 |
Clinical medicine | 18 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 19 | 20 | . | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 36 | 45 | 37 | 43 | 37 | 51 | 66 | 33 | 15 | 16 |
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 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 |
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All part-time students | 627 | 667 | 617 | 689 | 739 | 747 | 697 | 654 | 598 | 673 |
Male | 198 | 217 | 200 | 216 | 228 | 224 | 208 | 221 | 202 | 225 |
Female | 429 | 450 | 417 | 473 | 511 | 523 | 489 | 433 | 396 | 448 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 541 | 592 | 544 | 614 | 659 | 665 | 581 | 589 | 542 | 629 |
Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 34 | 39 | 30 | 37 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 483 | 536 | 483 | 553 | 580 | 593 | 520 | 514 | 486 | 568 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 57 | 52 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 32 | 42 |
Black or African American | 71 | 56 | 46 | 46 | 54 | 48 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 60 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 339 | 414 | 390 | 460 | 474 | 490 | 425 | 423 | 390 | 443 |
More than one race | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 22 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 9 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 26 | 24 |
Temporary visa holders | 86 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 116 | 65 | 56 | 44 |
Science and engineering | 450 | 483 | 415 | 477 | 522 | 552 | 553 | 635 | 573 | 651 |
Science | 450 | 483 | 415 | 477 | 522 | 552 | 553 | 632 | 573 | 651 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 44 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 31 | 31 | 41 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 62 | 63 | 59 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 39 | 40 | 30 | 25 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 17 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 69 | 63 | 49 | 72 | 80 | 98 | 100 | 138 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 16 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 37 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 31 | 33 |
Psychology | 17 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 49 | 35 | 100 |
Social sciences | 195 | 238 | 204 | 223 | 276 | 295 | 327 | 328 | 435 | 435 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 3 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 3 | . | . |
Health | 177 | 184 | 202 | 212 | 217 | 195 | 144 | 19 | 25 | 22 |
Clinical medicine | 51 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 29 | . | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 126 | 152 | 166 | 172 | 174 | 166 | 144 | 19 | 25 | 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 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 surveyed fields | 47 | 55 | 51 | 43 | 48 | 52 | 30 | 47 | 35 | 37 |
Science and engineering | 43 | 46 | 43 | 38 | 44 | 45 | 30 | 46 | 35 | 37 |
Science | 43 | 46 | 43 | 38 | 44 | 45 | 30 | 45 | 35 | 37 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Psychology | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Social sciences | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 6 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 1 | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 1 | . | . |
Health | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | . | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 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 |
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All types and sources of support | 921 | 669 | 660 | 643 | 565 | 600 | 575 | 533 | 452 | 439 |
Fellowships | 10 | 14 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Institutional | 10 | 14 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 150 | 163 | 162 | 143 | 155 | 138 | 131 | 108 | 131 | 137 |
Federal | 45 | 54 | 51 | 43 | 48 | 48 | 28 | 45 | 27 | 27 |
Institutional | 90 | 87 | 98 | 90 | 98 | 82 | 99 | 42 | 86 | 109 |
Nonfederal | 15 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 |
Teaching assistantships | 242 | 231 | 240 | 256 | 237 | 224 | 193 | 187 | 147 | 148 |
Federal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Institutional | 240 | 230 | 240 | 256 | 235 | 217 | 190 | 186 | 142 | 144 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 519 | 261 | 226 | 219 | 155 | 206 | 231 | 237 | 171 | 148 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Personal resources | 519 | 261 | 226 | 217 | 150 | 198 | 225 | 227 | 165 | 135 |
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 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 |
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Science and engineering | 19 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Science | 19 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Psychology | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | 0 | . | . |
Health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 2 | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 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 surveyed fields | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Science | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 0 | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 2 | . | . |
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 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 | 65,215 | 63,723 | 64,219 | 62,018 | 61,473 | 70,019 | 64,223 | 62,374 | 61,186 | 60,380 | ||||||||||
Science | 36,535 | 35,855 | 35,621 | 37,743 | 32,645 | 36,380 | 34,422 | 29,872 | 29,788 | 29,524 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,996 | 2,709 | 1,242 | 1,949 | 1,926 | 2,308 | 2,536 | 2,733 | 3,048 | 2,428 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,666 | 2,960 | 3,848 | 5,249 | 6,451 | 6,587 | 6,696 | 4,463 | 4,164 | 3,340 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 13 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,818 | 1,166 | 1,370 | 1,431 | 2,104 | 2,064 | 2,601 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1,833 | 1,781 | 2,364 | 3,808 | 4,319 | 4,523 | 4,095 | 4,201 | 3,978 | 2,888 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 15 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 186 | 452 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 8,974 | 8,612 | 8,950 | 9,692 | 8,722 | 11,478 | 10,872 | 9,362 | 9,922 | 7,599 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 84 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,026 | 4,438 | 4,610 | 5,118 | 3,996 | 3,242 | 3,226 | 3,305 | 2,913 | 2,592 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 3,063 | 3,061 | 3,320 | 3,766 | 4,395 | 8,060 | 7,447 | 1,358 | 2,294 | 812 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 801 | 1,107 | 980 | 808 | 262 | 3 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 173 | 87 | 4,575 | 4,715 | 4,195 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 541 | 486 | 449 | 298 | 83 | 188 | 112 | 27 | 101 | 55 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,076 | 4,174 | 3,584 | 3,363 | 2,273 | 1,763 | 1,726 | 2,147 | 2,169 | 1,434 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,923 | 2,695 | 2,370 | 1,983 | 1,252 | 858 | 924 | 1,267 | 1,073 | 705 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,153 | 1,479 | 1,214 | 1,380 | 1,021 | 905 | 802 | 880 | 1,096 | 729 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 5,519 | 4,292 | 4,361 | 4,622 | 2,932 | 3,356 | 3,929 | 3,255 | 3,301 | 3,866 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 12,312 | 12,178 | 12,734 | 12,035 | 9,475 | 10,262 | 8,089 | 7,323 | 6,658 | 10,802 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 702 | 648 | 822 | 713 | 812 | 1,316 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 110 | 106 | 223 | 291 | 179 | 210 | 130 | 232 | 165 | 117 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 3,039 | 3,199 | 3,128 | 4,335 | 3,736 | 4,222 | 2,541 | 3,387 | 3,727 | 7,509 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5,119 | 4,846 | 5,557 | 4,380 | 3,265 | 3,015 | 3,649 | 2,784 | 1,789 | 941 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,342 | 3,379 | 3,004 | 2,316 | 1,483 | 1,499 | 1,009 | 920 | 977 | 2,235 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 451 | 444 | 453 | 535 | 783 | 438 | 462 | 562 | 425 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,218 | 1,266 | 1,206 | 1,255 | 1,220 | 1,549 | 798 | 433 | 233 | 351 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 24 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 146 | 38 | 37 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 865 | 907 | 937 | 1,027 | 1,220 | 1,496 | 652 | 395 | 196 | 351 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 319 | 296 | 269 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 27,462 | 26,602 | 27,392 | 23,020 | 27,608 | 32,090 | 29,003 | 32,069 | 31,165 | 30,505 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 541 | 670 | 990 | 1,390 | 2,489 | 2,706 | 1,651 | 1,637 | 1,079 | 224 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 42 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 8 | ||||||||||
Education | 25,315 | 24,425 | 24,700 | 20,078 | 24,423 | 26,550 | 24,176 | 27,602 | 25,500 | 24,514 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 842 | 1,005 | 1,179 | 831 | 187 | 342 | 306 | 387 | 556 | 341 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 233 | 168 | 176 | 461 | 192 | 145 | 369 | 570 | 1,016 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 462 | 256 | 227 | 60 | 27 | 36 | 17 | 51 | 85 | 15 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 27 | 68 | 114 | 192 | 285 | 2,300 | 2,478 | 1,822 | 2,875 | 5,403 |
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 | 65,215 | 23,131 | 8,852 | 25,606 | 2,043 | 4,958 | 625 | |||||||
Science | 36,535 | 14,188 | 1,475 | 16,102 | 572 | 3,811 | 387 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,996 | 724 | 0 | 1,163 | 109 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3,666 | 924 | 27 | 1,691 | 0 | 1,024 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,818 | 453 | 1 | 354 | 0 | 1,010 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1,833 | 471 | 26 | 1,322 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 8,974 | 5,321 | 136 | 2,644 | 77 | 763 | 33 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 84 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,026 | 2,889 | 72 | 2,034 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||||||
Health sciences | 3,063 | 2,282 | 19 | 384 | 77 | 272 | 29 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 801 | 83 | 45 | 209 | 0 | 464 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 541 | 40 | 0 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,076 | 1,793 | 0 | 1,142 | 0 | 138 | 3 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,923 | 1,343 | 0 | 521 | 0 | 56 | 3 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,153 | 450 | 0 | 621 | 0 | 82 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 5,519 | 3,023 | 80 | 1,881 | 109 | 426 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 12,312 | 2,363 | 1,232 | 6,629 | 277 | 1,460 | 351 | |||||||
Anthropology | 702 | 170 | 0 | 452 | 0 | 80 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 110 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 44 | 3 | |||||||
Political science and government | 3,039 | 0 | 434 | 2,324 | 11 | 268 | 2 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 5,119 | 1,744 | 746 | 1,958 | 226 | 99 | 346 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,342 | 436 | 52 | 1,845 | 40 | 969 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 451 | 0 | 0 | 451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,218 | 635 | 0 | 423 | 122 | 0 | 38 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 24 | 24 | 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 | 865 | 611 | 0 | 101 | 115 | 0 | 38 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 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 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 27,462 | 8,308 | 7,377 | 9,081 | 1,349 | 1,147 | 200 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 541 | 0 | 0 | 526 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 25,315 | 7,934 | 7,377 | 7,455 | 1,349 | 1,132 | 68 | |||||||
Humanities | 842 | 72 | 0 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 123 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 233 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 462 | 302 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 23,131 | 23,673 | 27,575 | 25,083 | 30,412 | 29,934 | 30,608 | 28,653 | 27,715 | 24,924 | ||||||||||
DOD | 625 | 869 | 827 | 894 | 872 | 820 | 789 | 623 | 749 | 549 | ||||||||||
DOE | 25 | 16 | 50 | 106 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 349 | 303 | 329 | ||||||||||
HHS | 9,983 | 10,062 | 10,419 | 10,825 | 9,885 | 10,353 | 9,909 | 9,603 | 9,680 | 8,290 | ||||||||||
NASA | 600 | 543 | 754 | 1,047 | 1,434 | 1,450 | 1,567 | 1,103 | 763 | 573 | ||||||||||
NSF | 5,160 | 4,775 | 4,408 | 4,296 | 5,527 | 5,118 | 6,115 | 6,469 | 5,692 | 5,215 | ||||||||||
USDA | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 63 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 6,720 | 7,408 | 11,117 | 7,915 | 12,677 | 12,193 | 12,206 | 10,489 | 10,465 | 9,968 |
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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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,228 | 157 | 1,071 | . | |||
2018 | 1,229 | 157 | 1,072 | . | |||
2017 | 1,306 | 150 | 1,156 | . | |||
2016 | 1,403 | 134 | 1,269 | . |
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 | 602 | 625 | 741 | 720 | 697 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 104 | 104 | 118 | 113 | 139 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
Engineering | 134 | 131 | 108 | 103 | 103 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 70 | 46 | 66 | 70 | 63 |
Health sciences | 34 | 34 | 25 | 24 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 140 | 165 | 268 | 265 | 265 |
Psychology | 51 | 61 | 64 | 57 | 40 |
Social sciences | 41 | 55 | 63 | 59 | 60 |
Other | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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 | 125,000 | . | 8,185 | 24,614 | . |
Engineering | 62,500 | . | 8,185 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 22,786 | . |
Physical sciences | 62,500 | . | . | 1,828 | . |
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 | 7,730 | 8,476 | 46,356 | 5,468 | 3,962 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,005 | 4,342 | 25,188 | 2,869 | 673 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,224 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3,000 | 1,744 | 9,102 | 0 | 1,452 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 670 | 643 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 725 | 0 | 1,556 | 918 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1,720 | 8,644 | 1,681 | 1,335 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 503 |
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.