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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 | 127 | 28.9 | 448 | 160 | 23.8 | 691 | 178 | 31.1 | 583 | 181 | 20.6 | 909 |
2020 | 105 | 23.9 | 450 | 168 | 24.8 | 697 | 181 | 20.5 | 915 | |||
2019 | 120 | 27.4 | 447 | 177 | 26.1 | 696 | 158 | 27.4 | 589 | 192 | 21.7 | 913 |
2018 | 118 | 28.1 | 428 | 175 | 25.7 | 698 | 178 | 20.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 116 | 27.8 | 425 | 186 | 27.8 | 684 | 193 | 34.1 | 575 | 195 | 22.4 | 897 |
2016 | 113 | 26.8 | 430 | 204 | 29.9 | 697 | 198 | 22.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 128 | 30.6 | 426 | 205 | 30.2 | 693 | 143 | 25.7 | 570 | 199 | 22.9 | 897 |
2014 | 129 | 31.1 | 422 | 196 | 29.1 | 688 | 184 | 21.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 123 | 30 | 417 | 191 | 35 | 555 | 185 | 32 | 588 | 203 | 23.6 | 884 |
2012 | 123 | 30.4 | 412 | 182 | 33.3 | 555 | 199 | 23 | 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 | 120 | 182 | 138 | 151 | 158 | 154 | 127 | 124 | 129 | 130 |
Science and engineering | 57 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 81 | 67 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 59 |
Science | 44 | 64 | 67 | 51 | 71 | 53 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 52 |
Life science | 9 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
Health sciences | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Chemistry | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
Computer sciences | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
Mathematics | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 25 | 30 | 34 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 25 |
Psychology | 21 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 21 |
Economics | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 6 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 13 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 3 | 5 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Civil engineering | . | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 5 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
Other engineering | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 63 | 97 | 64 | 89 | 77 | 87 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 71 |
Education | 35 | 47 | 37 | 55 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 34 | 32 |
Education administration | 7 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Education research | 25 | 28 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 20 |
Teacher education | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Other education | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 5 | . | . | 2 | . |
Humanities | 24 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 27 |
History | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
Letters | 3 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | 17 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Other | 4 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Business management/administration | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
Communication | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 5 | 2 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 863 | 724 | 714 | 705 | 657 | 611 | 594 | 653 | 635 | 669 |
Male | 407 | 304 | 313 | 348 | 295 | 295 | 301 | 341 | 317 | 346 |
Female | 456 | 420 | 401 | 357 | 362 | 316 | 293 | 312 | 318 | 323 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 464 | 511 | 493 | 468 | 451 | 421 | 382 | 418 | 399 | 456 |
Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 434 | 479 | 471 | 453 | 423 | 394 | 373 | 399 | 394 | 449 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 35 | 48 | 41 | 49 | 19 | 32 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 18 |
Black or African American | 118 | 110 | 76 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 51 | 54 | 49 | 53 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 263 | 301 | 337 | 336 | 333 | 297 | 290 | 294 | 301 | 356 |
More than one race | 16 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 20 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 399 | 213 | 221 | 237 | 206 | 190 | 212 | 235 | 236 | 213 |
Science and engineering | 667 | 551 | 549 | 574 | 549 | 547 | 529 | 572 | 559 | 603 |
Science | 574 | 464 | 457 | 443 | 428 | 444 | 427 | 446 | 429 | 464 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 43 | 41 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 39 | 43 | 57 | 42 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 262 | 148 | 131 | 89 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 62 | 64 | 61 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 42 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 47 | 36 | 24 | 43 |
Mathematics and statistics | 22 | 24 | 21 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 53 | 71 | 66 | 38 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 101 | 121 | 131 | 112 | 124 | 120 | 108 | 120 | 113 | 162 |
Physical sciences | 23 | 37 | 43 | 59 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 39 | 48 | 51 |
Social sciences | 57 | 55 | 53 | 36 | 42 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 57 | 67 |
Engineering | 93 | 87 | 92 | 131 | 121 | 103 | 102 | 126 | 130 | 139 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 20 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 28 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 13 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 29 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 11 | 12 | 52 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 55 | 65 | 67 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 51 | 42 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Health | 196 | 173 | 165 | 131 | 108 | 64 | 65 | 81 | 76 | 66 |
Clinical medicine | 79 | 63 | 52 | 56 | 50 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 117 | 110 | 113 | 75 | 58 | 64 | 65 | 81 | 76 | 66 |
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 | 501 | 469 | 407 | 156 | 156 | 192 | 193 | 132 | 184 | 180 |
Male | 242 | 230 | 214 | 88 | 102 | 130 | 128 | 77 | 108 | 89 |
Female | 259 | 239 | 193 | 68 | 54 | 62 | 65 | 55 | 76 | 91 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 358 | 381 | 313 | 117 | 116 | 145 | 147 | 106 | 153 | 153 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 334 | 361 | 292 | 107 | 100 | 135 | 134 | 103 | 149 | 150 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 32 | 56 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Black or African American | 76 | 82 | 58 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 40 | 33 | 49 | 54 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 214 | 213 | 182 | 78 | 69 | 76 | 77 | 57 | 87 | 84 |
More than one race | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 143 | 88 | 94 | 39 | 40 | 47 | 46 | 26 | 31 | 27 |
Science and engineering | 407 | 364 | 337 | 124 | 127 | 190 | 192 | 131 | 182 | 178 |
Science | 326 | 288 | 255 | 94 | 69 | 123 | 119 | 96 | 147 | 151 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 7 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 122 | 111 | 79 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 33 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 22 |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 22 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 82 | 68 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 28 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Social sciences | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 43 | 61 |
Engineering | 81 | 76 | 82 | 30 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 35 | 35 | 27 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 45 | 46 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Health | 94 | 105 | 70 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 54 | 73 | 41 | 32 | 28 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 40 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 surveyed fields | 63 | 41 | 51 | 73 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 66 | 71 | 94 |
Science and engineering | 55 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 41 | 30 | 37 | 52 | 53 | 82 |
Science | 37 | 21 | 32 | 33 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 45 | 48 | 58 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
Psychology | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 18 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 8 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 |
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 | 863 | 724 | 714 | 705 | 657 | 611 | 594 | 653 | 635 | 669 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 37 | 23 | 63 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 26 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
Research assistantships | 285 | 307 | 351 | 277 | 234 | 235 | 221 | 298 | 269 | 302 |
Federal | 63 | 39 | 48 | 66 | 40 | 43 | 40 | 64 | 59 | 81 |
Institutional | 202 | 254 | 290 | 197 | 177 | 155 | 145 | 211 | 182 | 213 |
Nonfederal | 20 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 8 |
Teaching assistantships | 133 | 121 | 135 | 189 | 210 | 161 | 140 | 125 | 148 | 147 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 133 | 121 | 133 | 189 | 210 | 161 | 140 | 112 | 148 | 147 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 445 | 296 | 228 | 206 | 199 | 195 | 218 | 193 | 195 | 157 |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Institutional | 30 | 38 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 51 | 41 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Personal resources | 414 | 256 | 183 | 204 | 193 | 152 | 175 | 151 | 128 | 111 |
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 | 23 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 12 |
Science | 14 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 9 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 9 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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.
- 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 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
Science and engineering | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
Science | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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.
- 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 | 67,092 | 69,463 | 58,700 | 64,297 | 49,695 | 48,321 | 46,675 | 55,566 | 48,141 | 51,194 | ||||||||||
Science | 40,657 | 43,452 | 37,761 | 41,013 | 33,115 | 32,501 | 29,668 | 35,464 | 31,385 | 34,169 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7,957 | 8,486 | 9,482 | 13,831 | 8,164 | 2,128 | 2,202 | 4,129 | 3,366 | 3,899 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,089 | 5,493 | 4,117 | 4,629 | 4,132 | 3,868 | 4,228 | 4,358 | 4,333 | 4,587 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 4,089 | 5,493 | 4,117 | 4,629 | 4,132 | 3,868 | 4,228 | 4,358 | 4,333 | 4,587 | ||||||||||
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 | 9,537 | 10,395 | 10,521 | 11,041 | 9,160 | 8,812 | 10,391 | 8,316 | 6,350 | 6,032 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 179 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,805 | 4,754 | 5,032 | 5,330 | 4,104 | 2,216 | 2,379 | 2,715 | 2,521 | 2,266 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 5,201 | 5,192 | 5,463 | 5,681 | 4,852 | 3,173 | 8,012 | 2,767 | 735 | 313 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 348 | 217 | 0 | 30 | 204 | 3,423 | 0 | 2,834 | 3,094 | 3,453 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,250 | 1,241 | 892 | 845 | 1,015 | 1,039 | 1,072 | 873 | 560 | 811 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,372 | 3,014 | 2,157 | 1,883 | 1,414 | 1,880 | 1,549 | 1,569 | 1,812 | 2,358 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 106 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,347 | 2,143 | 1,579 | 1,409 | 1,055 | 1,564 | 1,041 | 1,095 | 1,134 | 1,392 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 770 | 791 | 578 | 474 | 359 | 316 | 508 | 474 | 678 | 966 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 5,431 | 5,455 | 6,101 | 5,044 | 4,579 | 8,236 | 7,168 | 7,115 | 6,459 | 6,586 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 7,319 | 7,750 | 4,052 | 3,548 | 2,915 | 2,437 | 3,053 | 4,991 | 5,343 | 6,622 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 253 | 548 | 211 | 217 | 99 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 784 | 1,906 | 1,758 | 1,748 | 319 | 1,152 | 1,520 | 2,076 | 2,185 | 2,221 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 281 | 280 | 266 | 253 | 686 | 891 | 840 | 705 | 709 | 840 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,802 | 866 | 395 | 310 | 1,121 | 175 | 250 | 645 | 865 | 860 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,199 | 4,150 | 1,422 | 1,020 | 690 | 201 | 443 | 1,565 | 1,584 | 2,701 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,702 | 1,618 | 439 | 192 | 1,736 | 4,101 | 5 | 4,113 | 3,162 | 3,274 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 9,464 | 10,741 | 9,464 | 9,806 | 8,077 | 7,873 | 7,871 | 8,887 | 7,921 | 7,672 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,736 | 2,298 | 2,249 | 2,258 | 1,945 | 2,009 | 2,326 | 2,261 | 1,964 | 1,232 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 5,490 | 5,836 | 4,671 | 4,267 | 4,209 | 4,076 | 4,151 | 4,909 | 3,757 | 3,770 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 562 | 803 | 497 | 832 | 1,240 | 1,305 | 1,117 | 1,200 | 1,684 | 2,237 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 986 | 1,109 | 1,203 | 740 | 428 | 352 | 68 | 297 | 338 | 326 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 92 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 585 | 667 | 844 | 1,709 | 255 | 131 | 209 | 220 | 178 | 107 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 16,971 | 15,270 | 11,475 | 13,478 | 8,503 | 7,947 | 9,136 | 11,215 | 8,835 | 9,353 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 4,923 | 4,474 | 3,437 | 4,384 | 2,431 | 2,011 | 2,664 | 2,303 | 1,950 | 1,868 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 380 | 440 | 347 | 300 | 139 | 100 | 104 | 172 | 83 | 85 | ||||||||||
Education | 3,656 | 3,263 | 2,703 | 3,027 | 2,962 | 3,375 | 3,595 | 5,981 | 4,072 | 4,244 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1,929 | 1,995 | 863 | 1,002 | 524 | 776 | 733 | 459 | 566 | 794 | ||||||||||
Law | 1,066 | 1,099 | 703 | 762 | 147 | 57 | 47 | 63 | 48 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1,224 | 857 | 1,028 | 1,285 | 894 | 478 | 465 | 343 | 363 | 423 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,694 | 1,989 | 1,141 | 1,237 | 1,059 | 511 | 649 | 966 | 729 | 593 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,099 | 1,153 | 1,253 | 1,481 | 347 | 639 | 879 | 928 | 1,024 | 1,346 |
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 | 67,092 | 21,578 | 7,208 | 34,139 | 814 | 3,142 | 211 | |||||||
Science | 40,657 | 15,263 | 3,329 | 19,503 | 379 | 2,121 | 62 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7,957 | 4,492 | 165 | 3,258 | 8 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,089 | 1,590 | 1,058 | 1,441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 4,089 | 1,590 | 1,058 | 1,441 | 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 | 9,537 | 3,928 | 701 | 4,360 | 225 | 306 | 17 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 179 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,805 | 2,036 | 184 | 1,399 | 73 | 102 | 11 | |||||||
Health sciences | 5,201 | 1,812 | 419 | 2,704 | 152 | 108 | 6 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 348 | 80 | 98 | 77 | 0 | 93 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,250 | 240 | 31 | 979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,372 | 1,309 | 95 | 1,894 | 31 | 37 | 6 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 106 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,347 | 733 | 95 | 1,448 | 31 | 34 | 6 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 770 | 341 | 0 | 429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 149 | 131 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 5,431 | 1,632 | 948 | 2,822 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |||||||
Social sciences | 7,319 | 2,072 | 331 | 3,452 | 115 | 1,331 | 18 | |||||||
Anthropology | 253 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 18 | 8 | 5 | |||||||
Economics | 784 | 0 | 188 | 555 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 281 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,802 | 998 | 0 | 651 | 0 | 153 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,199 | 1,074 | 143 | 1,743 | 97 | 1,129 | 13 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,702 | 0 | 0 | 1,297 | 0 | 405 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 9,464 | 2,275 | 2,203 | 4,015 | 388 | 434 | 149 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,736 | 699 | 196 | 573 | 29 | 239 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 5,490 | 984 | 1,986 | 2,091 | 308 | 68 | 53 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 562 | 153 | 0 | 331 | 51 | 0 | 27 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 986 | 219 | 0 | 683 | 0 | 15 | 69 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 92 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 585 | 119 | 21 | 333 | 0 | 112 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 16,971 | 4,040 | 1,676 | 10,621 | 47 | 587 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 4,923 | 272 | 667 | 3,984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 380 | 0 | 64 | 269 | 47 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 3,656 | 1,533 | 514 | 1,424 | 0 | 185 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,929 | 0 | 54 | 1,867 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 1,066 | 0 | 187 | 746 | 0 | 133 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 1,224 | 1,008 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,694 | 0 | 182 | 1,512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,099 | 1,227 | 8 | 634 | 0 | 230 | 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 | 21,578 | 18,063 | 18,370 | 25,166 | 18,185 | 18,098 | 18,825 | 21,898 | 18,619 | 22,142 | ||||||||||
DOD | 897 | 1,028 | 2,986 | 6,912 | 3,489 | 2,550 | 2,557 | 3,663 | 2,661 | 3,742 | ||||||||||
DOE | 188 | 126 | 246 | 320 | 314 | 200 | 160 | 209 | 230 | 233 | ||||||||||
HHS | 10,023 | 7,826 | 7,499 | 8,941 | 7,787 | 7,148 | 5,664 | 4,842 | 3,777 | 4,273 | ||||||||||
NASA | 205 | 134 | 90 | 122 | 77 | 10 | 28 | 118 | 118 | 298 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,496 | 3,627 | 3,195 | 3,861 | 2,692 | 3,895 | 3,928 | 4,995 | 4,254 | 3,929 | ||||||||||
USDA | 74 | 36 | 88 | 167 | 182 | 201 | 226 | 82 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
Other | 5,695 | 5,286 | 4,266 | 4,843 | 3,644 | 4,094 | 6,262 | 7,989 | 7,572 | 9,664 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,805 | 141 | 1,664 | . | |||
2018 | 1,764 | 205 | 1,559 | . | |||
2017 | 1,598 | 197 | 1,401 | . | |||
2016 | 1,610 | 276 | 1,334 | . | |||
2015 | 1,348 | 276 | 1,072 | 35 |
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 | 298 | 371 | 260 | 408 | 262 |
Agricultural sciences | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 57 | 39 | 42 | 52 | 61 |
Computer and information sciences | 23 | 35 | 21 | 40 | 51 |
Engineering | 42 | 46 | 34 | 41 | 27 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 20 | 29 | 16 | 29 | 24 |
Health sciences | 19 | 62 | 45 | 100 | 15 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 46 | 53 | 41 | 57 | 36 |
Psychology | 29 | 48 | 33 | 35 | 28 |
Social sciences | 31 | 39 | 20 | 43 | 17 |
Other | 17 | 8 | 2 | 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 | 17,742 | . | . | 2,500 | 24,017 |
Agricultural sciences | 2,156 | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 8,755 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4,688 | . | . | 2,500 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,143 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 24,017 |
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 | 27,060 | 1,148 | 0 | 0 | 4,435 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,100 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,400 |
Engineering | 27,060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 567 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 905 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 463 |
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.