U. Massachusetts, Medical School

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 | 224 | 50.4 | 448 | 277 | 40.6 | 691 | 73 | 13.2 | 583 | 80 | 9.6 | 909 |
2020 | 214 | 48 | 450 | 264 | 38.4 | 697 | 90 | 10.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 212 | 47.8 | 447 | 266 | 38.8 | 696 | 113 | 19.9 | 589 | 88 | 10.4 | 913 |
2018 | 187 | 44.1 | 428 | 271 | 39.4 | 698 | 87 | 10.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 200 | 47.5 | 425 | 272 | 40.3 | 684 | 99 | 17.9 | 575 | 84 | 10.2 | 897 |
2016 | 201 | 47.2 | 430 | 274 | 39.8 | 697 | 89 | 10.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 207 | 49 | 426 | 267 | 39 | 693 | 99 | 18 | 570 | 84 | 10.2 | 897 |
2014 | 199 | 47.6 | 422 | 265 | 39 | 688 | 87 | 10.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 207 | 50 | 417 | 256 | 46.6 | 555 | 120 | 21.1 | 588 | 84 | 10.3 | 884 |
2012 | 172 | 42.2 | 412 | 247 | 45 | 555 | 81 | 9.9 | 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 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 66 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 45 | 65 |
Science and engineering | 41 | 45 | 49 | 66 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 45 | 65 |
Science | 40 | 45 | 49 | 66 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 45 | 65 |
Life science | 39 | 45 | 47 | 65 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 44 | 64 |
Biological sciences | 37 | 44 | 42 | 63 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 43 | 58 |
Health sciences | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Chemistry | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 350 | 340 | 344 | 339 | 348 | 373 | 384 | 381 | 400 | 417 |
Male | 145 | 144 | 146 | 149 | 172 | 189 | 189 | 183 | 176 | 191 |
Female | 205 | 196 | 198 | 190 | 176 | 184 | 195 | 198 | 224 | 226 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 236 | 233 | 224 | 217 | 225 | 245 | 246 | 241 | 238 | 281 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 176 | 198 | 187 | 177 | 197 | 215 | 217 | 225 | 187 | 235 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 38 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 39 |
Black or African American | 21 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 116 | 134 | 130 | 121 | 137 | 151 | 156 | 179 | 146 | 185 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 44 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 36 |
Temporary visa holders | 114 | 107 | 120 | 122 | 123 | 128 | 138 | 140 | 162 | 136 |
Science and engineering | 350 | 340 | 344 | 339 | 348 | 324 | 383 | 381 | 361 | 331 |
Science | 350 | 340 | 344 | 339 | 348 | 324 | 383 | 381 | 361 | 331 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 350 | 340 | 344 | 339 | 348 | 305 | 359 | 356 | 337 | 306 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 49 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 86 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | 45 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 80 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 203 | 195 | 139 | 181 | 205 | 216 | 191 | 205 | 214 | 198 |
Science and engineering | 203 | 195 | 139 | 181 | 205 | 182 | 190 | 205 | 190 | 149 |
Science | 203 | 195 | 139 | 181 | 205 | 182 | 190 | 205 | 190 | 149 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 203 | 195 | 139 | 181 | 205 | 168 | 174 | 195 | 180 | 135 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 34 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 49 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | 31 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 44 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 350 | 340 | 344 | 339 | 348 | 373 | 384 | 381 | 400 | 417 |
Fellowships | 51 | 50 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 44 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 14 |
Federal | 51 | 50 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 44 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 14 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 299 | 290 | 310 | 299 | 300 | 329 | 345 | 354 | 387 | 403 |
Federal | 152 | 145 | 105 | 141 | 157 | 172 | 153 | 179 | 201 | 184 |
Institutional | 119 | 106 | 168 | 131 | 122 | 142 | 159 | 139 | 126 | 180 |
Nonfederal | 28 | 39 | 37 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 33 | 36 | 60 | 39 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 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.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 272 | 304 | 345 | 287 | 302 | 287 | 274 | 238 | 236 | 237 |
Science | 272 | 304 | 345 | 287 | 302 | 287 | 274 | 238 | 236 | 237 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 272 | 304 | 344 | 287 | 301 | 268 | 251 | 211 | 213 | 212 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 25 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 72 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 87 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | 68 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 84 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 137 | 154 | 177 | 189 | 217 | 240 | 203 | 187 | 177 | 203 |
Science and engineering | 137 | 154 | 177 | 189 | 217 | 201 | 173 | 146 | 143 | 153 |
Science | 137 | 154 | 177 | 189 | 217 | 201 | 173 | 146 | 143 | 153 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 137 | 154 | 176 | 189 | 217 | 188 | 156 | 130 | 129 | 136 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | 39 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 50 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | 39 | 28 | 41 | 33 | 50 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 347,337 | 279,096 | 281,507 | 274,211 | 279,884 | 253,099 | 250,338 | 241,869 | 245,923 | 256,090 | ||||||||||
Science | 347,337 | 279,096 | 281,507 | 274,211 | 279,884 | 253,099 | 250,338 | 241,869 | 245,923 | 256,090 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 347,337 | 279,096 | 281,507 | 274,211 | 279,884 | 253,099 | 250,338 | 241,869 | 245,923 | 256,090 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 145,417 | 137,103 | 134,842 | 83,615 | 85,880 | 79,471 | 74,963 | 80,169 | 77,287 | 91,140 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 100,911 | 94,555 | 92,702 | 106,512 | 109,214 | 107,202 | 108,063 | 107,810 | 121,754 | 127,032 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 101,009 | 47,438 | 53,963 | 84,084 | 84,790 | 66,426 | 67,312 | 53,890 | 46,882 | 37,918 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 347,337 | 248,873 | 5,405 | 49,135 | 16,669 | 19,542 | 7,713 | |||||||
Science | 347,337 | 248,873 | 5,405 | 49,135 | 16,669 | 19,542 | 7,713 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 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 | 347,337 | 248,873 | 5,405 | 49,135 | 16,669 | 19,542 | 7,713 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 145,417 | 100,459 | 3,318 | 25,094 | 6,680 | 8,027 | 1,839 | |||||||
Health sciences | 100,911 | 62,856 | 2,048 | 12,564 | 9,703 | 9,900 | 3,840 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 101,009 | 85,558 | 39 | 11,477 | 286 | 1,615 | 2,034 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 248,873 | 192,938 | 197,388 | 194,953 | 200,232 | 181,446 | 183,588 | 183,582 | 189,159 | 202,149 | ||||||||||
DOD | 5,195 | 6,772 | 5,190 | 7,321 | 9,436 | 6,387 | 5,699 | 5,400 | 5,427 | 4,883 | ||||||||||
DOE | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 240,425 | 183,561 | 189,993 | 184,968 | 188,502 | 172,140 | 175,256 | 176,816 | 181,598 | 194,717 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,118 | 857 | 1,133 | 1,389 | 1,452 | 1,040 | 680 | 252 | 928 | 980 | ||||||||||
USDA | 409 | 369 | 320 | 450 | 271 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 62 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,493 | 1,379 | 752 | 825 | 571 | 1,847 | 1,953 | 1,114 | 1,146 | 1,507 |
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 | 2,743 | 592 | 2,151 | . | |||
2018 | 2,939 | 599 | 2,340 | . | |||
2017 | 2,869 | 623 | 2,246 | . | |||
2016 | 2,780 | 626 | 2,154 | . | |||
2015 | 2,247 | 565 | 1,682 | 399 |
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 | 975 | 699 | 736 | 732 | 607 |
Agricultural sciences | 65 | 65 | 65 | 71 | 79 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 622 | 392 | 429 | 430 | 332 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 276 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 172 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
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 | . | 222,024 | . | 3,617 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 3,617 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 222,024 | . | . | . |
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 | 41,430 | 22,600 | 12,550 | 8,467 | 6,334 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27,351 | 15,815 | 8,785 | 5,927 | 4,434 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 14,079 | 6,785 | 3,765 | 2,540 | 1,900 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.