U. Massachusetts, Lowell

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 | 145 | 32.9 | 448 | 159 | 23.7 | 691 | 158 | 27.7 | 583 | 169 | 19.3 | 909 |
2020 | 123 | 27.9 | 450 | 154 | 22.8 | 697 | 169 | 19.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 136 | 31 | 447 | 166 | 24.5 | 696 | 170 | 29.4 | 589 | 167 | 19 | 913 |
2018 | 164 | 38.8 | 428 | 164 | 24.2 | 698 | 171 | 19.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 178 | 42.3 | 425 | 159 | 23.9 | 684 | 181 | 32 | 575 | 173 | 20 | 897 |
2016 | 156 | 36.8 | 430 | 164 | 24.2 | 697 | 172 | 19.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 163 | 38.7 | 426 | 164 | 24.3 | 693 | 188 | 33.5 | 570 | 162 | 18.8 | 897 |
2014 | 192 | 45.9 | 422 | 155 | 23.2 | 688 | 172 | 20.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 182 | 44.1 | 417 | 155 | 28.5 | 555 | 202 | 34.9 | 588 | 178 | 20.8 | 884 |
2012 | 185 | 45.3 | 412 | 165 | 30.3 | 555 | 184 | 21.3 | 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 | 98 | 135 | 114 | 84 | 73 | 96 | 87 | 60 | 66 | 58 |
Science and engineering | 69 | 94 | 86 | 68 | 65 | 82 | 73 | 57 | 57 | 45 |
Science | 41 | 50 | 50 | 29 | 34 | 43 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 29 |
Life science | 15 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 12 |
Biological sciences | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
Health sciences | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
Chemistry | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
Computer sciences | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | . | 3 | 9 | . | . | 1 |
Psychology | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | . | 3 | 9 | . | . | 1 |
Engineering | 28 | 44 | 36 | 39 | 31 | 39 | 25 | 21 | 33 | 16 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Chemical engineering | 4 | 5 | . | 4 | 3 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
Civil engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
Industrial engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Other engineering | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
Non-science and engineering | 29 | 41 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
Education | 26 | 39 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
Education administration | 21 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Education research | 1 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | . | 4 | 5 |
Other education | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Other | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | 1 | . | . | 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 | 864 | 820 | 787 | 805 | 842 | 881 | 900 | 946 | 886 | 783 |
Male | 534 | 509 | 479 | 493 | 510 | 544 | 569 | 640 | 574 | 493 |
Female | 330 | 311 | 308 | 312 | 332 | 337 | 331 | 306 | 312 | 290 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 474 | 459 | 405 | 392 | 363 | 344 | 390 | 437 | 429 | 387 |
Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 47 | 43 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 26 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 380 | 349 | 342 | 326 | 307 | 342 | 388 | 392 | 353 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Asian | 50 | 47 | 41 | 51 | 37 | 35 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 28 |
Black or African American | 25 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 284 | 282 | 270 | 259 | 251 | 239 | 268 | 314 | 313 | 290 |
More than one race | 21 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 41 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 390 | 361 | 382 | 413 | 479 | 537 | 510 | 509 | 457 | 396 |
Science and engineering | 765 | 741 | 697 | 712 | 751 | 778 | 810 | 893 | 853 | 726 |
Science | 379 | 350 | 350 | 335 | 344 | 358 | 412 | 469 | 449 | 372 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 34 | 28 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 42 | 29 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 126 | 79 | 78 | 87 | 116 | 122 | 129 | 120 | 100 | 91 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 12 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 16 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 26 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 20 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 13 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 45 | 58 | 52 | 39 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
Physical sciences | 101 | 114 | 100 | 96 | 95 | 100 | 108 | 134 | 131 | 112 |
Social sciences | 26 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 65 | 89 | 106 | 112 | 85 |
Engineering | 386 | 391 | 347 | 377 | 407 | 420 | 398 | 424 | 404 | 354 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 51 | 49 | 44 | 52 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 69 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 87 | 85 | 70 | 66 | 82 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 18 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 33 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 22 | 35 | 30 | 28 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 95 | 101 | 92 | 118 | 118 | 140 | 139 | 127 | 130 | 109 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 85 | 90 | 82 | 80 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 72 | 49 | 37 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 56 | 58 | 65 | 70 | 66 |
Other engineering | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 27 |
Health | 99 | 79 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 103 | 90 | 53 | 33 | 57 |
Clinical medicine | 73 | 57 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 63 | 46 | 13 | 21 | 51 |
Other health | 26 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 12 | 6 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 954 | 948 | 883 | 857 | 838 | 900 | 883 | 802 | 851 | 760 |
Male | 625 | 676 | 643 | 603 | 589 | 625 | 625 | 553 | 588 | 505 |
Female | 329 | 272 | 240 | 254 | 249 | 275 | 258 | 249 | 263 | 255 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 845 | 842 | 750 | 734 | 708 | 789 | 770 | 712 | 761 | 702 |
Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 63 | 50 | 43 | 43 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 45 | 35 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 712 | 730 | 683 | 670 | 639 | 709 | 697 | 641 | 697 | 643 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 98 | 93 | 90 | 82 | 79 | 86 | 87 | 69 | 63 | 60 |
Black or African American | 77 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
White | 516 | 551 | 514 | 519 | 488 | 538 | 548 | 516 | 575 | 517 |
More than one race | 20 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 21 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 71 | 49 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 24 |
Temporary visa holders | 109 | 106 | 133 | 123 | 130 | 111 | 113 | 90 | 90 | 58 |
Science and engineering | 864 | 886 | 822 | 784 | 758 | 793 | 789 | 712 | 780 | 655 |
Science | 436 | 444 | 407 | 401 | 383 | 437 | 433 | 390 | 414 | 350 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 34 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 173 | 178 | 171 | 166 | 175 | 179 | 165 | 139 | 120 | 76 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 19 |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 22 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 17 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 24 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 33 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Physical sciences | 43 | 29 | 46 | 45 | 53 | 51 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 50 |
Social sciences | 118 | 127 | 101 | 88 | 61 | 149 | 145 | 125 | 168 | 156 |
Engineering | 428 | 442 | 415 | 383 | 375 | 356 | 356 | 322 | 366 | 305 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 55 | 46 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 43 | 50 | 44 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 63 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 75 | 73 | 60 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 56 | 42 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 155 | 152 | 160 | 142 | 129 | 118 | 114 | 104 | 106 | 82 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 60 | 84 | 74 | 66 | 70 | 57 | 63 | 48 | 67 | 47 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 44 | 43 | 53 | 59 | 58 |
Other engineering | 20 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 23 |
Health | 90 | 62 | 61 | 73 | 80 | 107 | 94 | 90 | 71 | 105 |
Clinical medicine | 54 | 31 | 38 | 39 | 51 | 34 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 87 |
Other health | 36 | 31 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 73 | 67 | 73 | 59 | 18 |
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 | 86 | 91 | 84 | 84 | 92 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 36 |
Science and engineering | 84 | 89 | 79 | 78 | 82 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Science | 38 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 46 | 54 | 48 | 51 | 58 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Other engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
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 | 864 | 820 | 787 | 805 | 842 | 881 | 900 | 946 | 886 | 783 |
Fellowships | 42 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 13 |
Federal | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
Institutional | 20 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Research assistantships | 155 | 168 | 158 | 160 | 159 | 125 | 125 | 129 | 119 | 102 |
Federal | 62 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 79 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Institutional | 83 | 83 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 51 | 38 |
Nonfederal | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 34 |
Teaching assistantships | 190 | 197 | 206 | 199 | 201 | 269 | 277 | 314 | 303 | 253 |
Federal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 168 | 178 | 181 | 175 | 181 | 244 | 254 | 289 | 278 | 236 |
Nonfederal | 19 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 17 |
Other types of support | 477 | 429 | 400 | 426 | 459 | 480 | 491 | 495 | 451 | 415 |
Federal | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 62 | 59 | 50 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 30 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 376 | 327 | 314 | 337 | 367 | 474 | 480 | 486 | 445 | 415 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 79 | 78 | 63 | 36 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 20 |
Science | 42 | 42 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 16 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 24 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 |
Social sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 37 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
Science and engineering | 24 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
Science | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 94,708 | 92,216 | 83,996 | 72,266 | 69,677 | 68,494 | 70,384 | 64,591 | 63,136 | 60,624 | ||||||||||
Science | 50,972 | 49,499 | 43,642 | 37,384 | 40,313 | 41,009 | 41,234 | 39,055 | 36,229 | 35,907 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7,420 | 7,153 | 7,481 | 5,746 | 6,458 | 5,581 | 4,178 | 4,313 | 4,118 | 3,327 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,614 | 2,177 | 1,977 | 1,938 | 787 | 469 | 472 | 417 | 492 | 384 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 1,140 | 1,038 | 938 | 714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,474 | 1,139 | 1,039 | 1,224 | 787 | 469 | 472 | 413 | 492 | 384 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 12,821 | 12,056 | 8,730 | 9,600 | 13,892 | 14,861 | 14,770 | 13,201 | 12,408 | 11,645 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,652 | 5,523 | 5,331 | 4,533 | 3,420 | 1,633 | 1,896 | 1,837 | 1,470 | 1,999 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 6,255 | 5,198 | 2,942 | 3,551 | 19 | 240 | 125 | 113 | 47 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 264 | 725 | 457 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 650 | 610 | 0 | 1,283 | 10,453 | 12,988 | 12,749 | 11,251 | 10,891 | 9,646 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 754 | 663 | 636 | 972 | 629 | 410 | 311 | 449 | 556 | 384 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 18,308 | 19,144 | 17,976 | 14,184 | 13,425 | 13,841 | 15,085 | 15,373 | 14,194 | 14,563 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 5,555 | 4,475 | 4,105 | 3,948 | 2,671 | 3,341 | 4,550 | 4,265 | 3,497 | 3,466 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 12,753 | 14,669 | 13,871 | 10,236 | 10,754 | 10,500 | 10,535 | 11,108 | 10,697 | 11,097 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,743 | 1,746 | 1,719 | 1,575 | 1,060 | 1,307 | 1,337 | 1,220 | 1,006 | 440 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 6,915 | 5,924 | 4,635 | 2,809 | 4,062 | 4,540 | 5,069 | 4,082 | 3,353 | 3,752 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 246 | 237 | 220 | 212 | 367 | 846 | 606 | 621 | 827 | 704 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 404 | 371 | 371 | 320 | 402 | 415 | 285 | 297 | 363 | 65 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3,133 | 2,510 | 1,953 | 949 | 511 | 391 | 312 | 319 | 275 | 211 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,132 | 2,806 | 2,091 | 1,328 | 2,782 | 2,888 | 3,866 | 2,845 | 1,888 | 2,772 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 397 | 636 | 488 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 102 | 1,412 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 36,339 | 35,847 | 33,128 | 27,676 | 20,422 | 17,428 | 16,201 | 13,540 | 15,236 | 18,073 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,868 | 3,078 | 4,701 | 4,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 415 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 11,404 | 12,982 | 10,292 | 8,147 | 6,742 | 6,515 | 6,131 | 5,155 | 7,346 | 7,913 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 2,285 | 2,457 | 2,318 | 1,049 | 1,392 | 785 | 1,179 | 1,328 | 1,971 | 1,350 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 7,110 | 7,443 | 6,714 | 7,493 | 6,864 | 5,621 | 4,688 | 2,940 | 3,397 | 3,675 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 10,323 | 7,714 | 6,649 | 6,291 | 5,226 | 3,965 | 3,378 | 2,232 | 2,388 | 2,662 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 484 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 349 | 2,173 | 2,454 | 456 | 198 | 542 | 825 | 1,401 | 134 | 2,058 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 7,397 | 6,870 | 7,226 | 7,206 | 8,942 | 10,057 | 12,949 | 11,996 | 11,671 | 6,644 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,276 | 2,273 | 2,397 | 2,493 | 642 | 643 | 1,019 | 1,846 | 1,837 | 1,559 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 23 | 26 | 28 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,921 | 2,106 | 2,084 | 1,634 | 1,178 | 1,555 | 3,034 | 3,264 | 1,853 | 1,480 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1,673 | 1,772 | 1,739 | 1,637 | 1,021 | 988 | 1,237 | 684 | 731 | 542 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 471 | 542 | 599 | 536 | 720 | 792 | 540 | 494 | 236 | 32 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 56 | 177 | 407 | 902 | 5,381 | 6,079 | 7,011 | 5,685 | 6,988 | 3,003 |
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 | 94,708 | 48,179 | 4,201 | 36,562 | 3,444 | 1,664 | 658 | |||||||
Science | 50,972 | 28,086 | 1,927 | 18,810 | 908 | 1,119 | 122 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7,420 | 4,440 | 0 | 2,712 | 111 | 157 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,614 | 1,789 | 0 | 780 | 43 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 1,140 | 947 | 0 | 150 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,474 | 842 | 0 | 630 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 12,821 | 5,842 | 869 | 4,898 | 329 | 795 | 88 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,652 | 2,921 | 0 | 2,556 | 43 | 123 | 9 | |||||||
Health sciences | 6,255 | 2,921 | 346 | 1,951 | 286 | 672 | 79 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 264 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 650 | 0 | 523 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 754 | 60 | 0 | 693 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 18,308 | 11,048 | 725 | 6,006 | 392 | 112 | 25 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 5,555 | 1,387 | 546 | 3,254 | 285 | 58 | 25 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 12,753 | 9,661 | 179 | 2,752 | 107 | 54 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,743 | 907 | 19 | 812 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 6,915 | 4,000 | 314 | 2,512 | 33 | 47 | 9 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 246 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 404 | 0 | 19 | 382 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 3,133 | 2,204 | 128 | 759 | 33 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,132 | 1,796 | 167 | 1,125 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 397 | 0 | 0 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 36,339 | 18,884 | 2,242 | 11,743 | 2,533 | 401 | 536 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,868 | 3,780 | 0 | 869 | 36 | 139 | 44 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 11,404 | 4,540 | 918 | 4,828 | 835 | 154 | 129 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 2,285 | 916 | 190 | 1,132 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 7,110 | 3,044 | 582 | 2,315 | 897 | 0 | 272 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 10,323 | 6,423 | 484 | 2,499 | 718 | 108 | 91 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 349 | 181 | 68 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 7,397 | 1,209 | 32 | 6,009 | 3 | 144 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,276 | 96 | 0 | 3,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,921 | 928 | 32 | 864 | 3 | 94 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,673 | 129 | 0 | 1,503 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 471 | 0 | 0 | 462 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 48,179 | 41,304 | 35,309 | 30,086 | 29,471 | 27,694 | 31,059 | 28,654 | 27,360 | 26,786 | ||||||||||
DOD | 19,101 | 17,086 | 13,147 | 9,738 | 8,754 | 7,822 | 8,940 | 7,539 | 7,696 | 9,638 | ||||||||||
DOE | 3,302 | 3,035 | 2,271 | 1,491 | 1,149 | 985 | 738 | 1,852 | 1,519 | 1,257 | ||||||||||
HHS | 13,709 | 10,650 | 9,669 | 8,904 | 7,985 | 8,120 | 9,611 | 7,346 | 7,090 | 6,135 | ||||||||||
NASA | 1,957 | 1,856 | 1,812 | 2,071 | 1,810 | 1,230 | 997 | 1,427 | 939 | 347 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,447 | 5,669 | 5,214 | 5,650 | 6,212 | 5,941 | 5,681 | 6,130 | 5,890 | 5,336 | ||||||||||
USDA | 235 | 147 | 59 | 57 | 27 | 40 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,428 | 2,861 | 3,137 | 2,175 | 3,534 | 3,556 | 5,092 | 4,308 | 4,226 | 4,073 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,564 | 382 | 1,182 | . | |||
2018 | 1,473 | 313 | 1,160 | . | |||
2017 | 1,417 | 274 | 1,143 | . | |||
2016 | 1,445 | 260 | 1,185 | . | |||
2015 | 1,241 | 248 | 993 | 16 |
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 | 365 | 314 | 283 | 268 | 243 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 45 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Engineering | 180 | 152 | 135 | 119 | 102 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Health sciences | 18 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 25 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 101 | 94 | 91 | 91 | 90 |
Psychology | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Social sciences | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | . | . | . | 6,000 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 6,000 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 68,615 | 19,520 | 26,065 | 62,632 | 9,978 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13,590 | 13,430 | 1,700 | 1,620 | 250 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 33,625 | 2,710 | 12,975 | 47,144 | 9,300 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 17,000 | 900 | 1,300 | 5,612 | 428 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4,400 | 2,480 | 5,790 | 8,256 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.