U. Missouri, Kansas City

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 | 185 | 41.8 | 448 | 177 | 26.2 | 691 | 234 | 40.6 | 583 | 234 | 26.4 | 909 |
2020 | 191 | 42.9 | 450 | 274 | 39.8 | 697 | 230 | 25.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 194 | 43.8 | 447 | 256 | 37.3 | 696 | 106 | 18.7 | 589 | 237 | 26.6 | 913 |
2018 | 211 | 49.7 | 428 | 255 | 37.1 | 698 | 248 | 27.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 186 | 44.2 | 425 | 240 | 35.6 | 684 | 96 | 17.4 | 575 | 246 | 28.1 | 897 |
2016 | 192 | 45.1 | 430 | 146 | 21.6 | 697 | 242 | 27.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 190 | 45 | 426 | 156 | 23.2 | 693 | 97 | 17.7 | 570 | 237 | 27.1 | 897 |
2014 | 179 | 42.9 | 422 | 165 | 24.6 | 688 | 231 | 26.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 192 | 46.4 | 417 | 199 | 36.4 | 555 | 101 | 17.9 | 588 | 236 | 27.4 | 884 |
2012 | 189 | 46.3 | 412 | 196 | 35.8 | 555 | 241 | 27.7 | 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 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 50 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 71 | 52 | 57 |
Science and engineering | 59 | 49 | 46 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 40 | 43 |
Science | 46 | 43 | 40 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 50 | 56 | 37 | 37 |
Life science | 12 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 17 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Health sciences | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
Chemistry | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Computer sciences | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 20 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 12 |
Psychology | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
Economics | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Political science and government | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Sociology | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . |
Engineering | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Other engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 7 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
Education | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Education administration | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Education research | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 2 | 7 | . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 |
Humanities | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
History | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Letters | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Other | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Business management/administration | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | . | 3 | 5 | 11 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 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 | 770 | 329 | 356 | 372 | 418 | 992 | 951 | 886 | 590 | 582 |
Male | 505 | 195 | 204 | 221 | 262 | 601 | 560 | 570 | 377 | 320 |
Female | 265 | 134 | 152 | 151 | 156 | 391 | 391 | 316 | 213 | 262 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 151 | 156 | 152 | 153 | 174 | 390 | 307 | 271 | 245 | 352 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 16 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 137 | 133 | 126 | 130 | 147 | 334 | 266 | 235 | 215 | 311 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 20 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 18 |
Black or African American | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
White | 92 | 97 | 89 | 99 | 114 | 263 | 210 | 182 | 165 | 263 |
More than one race | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 25 |
Temporary visa holders | 619 | 173 | 204 | 219 | 244 | 602 | 644 | 615 | 345 | 230 |
Science and engineering | 764 | 325 | 351 | 364 | 402 | 933 | 891 | 827 | 534 | 520 |
Science | 679 | 256 | 283 | 298 | 303 | 708 | 555 | 498 | 363 | 445 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 32 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 52 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 559 | 124 | 158 | 141 | 146 | 256 | 213 | 177 | 74 | 48 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 30 |
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 11 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 5 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 16 | 33 | 34 | 43 | 58 | 138 | 149 | 64 | 69 | 133 |
Physical sciences | 21 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 40 | 41 | 84 | 46 | 59 |
Social sciences | 31 | 40 | 31 | 32 | 44 | 227 | 95 | 121 | 114 | 112 |
Engineering | 85 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 99 | 225 | 336 | 329 | 171 | 75 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 19 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 8 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 36 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 66 | 205 | 313 | 304 | 162 | 60 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 28 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Health | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 56 | 62 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 56 | 62 |
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 | 422 | 494 | 505 | 571 | 566 | 770 | 635 | 544 | 556 | 610 |
Male | 253 | 314 | 317 | 365 | 390 | 450 | 363 | 325 | 323 | 300 |
Female | 169 | 180 | 188 | 206 | 176 | 320 | 272 | 219 | 233 | 310 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 277 | 289 | 260 | 314 | 278 | 493 | 404 | 385 | 397 | 466 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 17 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 248 | 251 | 228 | 273 | 243 | 414 | 358 | 329 | 350 | 392 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 35 | 33 | 29 | 37 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
Black or African American | 26 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 42 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 35 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 174 | 184 | 174 | 210 | 196 | 342 | 302 | 276 | 300 | 333 |
More than one race | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 49 | 29 | 39 | 37 | 57 |
Temporary visa holders | 145 | 205 | 245 | 257 | 288 | 277 | 231 | 159 | 159 | 144 |
Science and engineering | 347 | 423 | 420 | 481 | 540 | 720 | 586 | 487 | 497 | 535 |
Science | 263 | 303 | 300 | 328 | 374 | 547 | 437 | 361 | 373 | 419 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 61 | 48 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 63 | 58 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 67 | 92 | 119 | 129 | 165 | 100 | 83 | 52 | 52 | 59 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 17 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
Mathematics and statistics | 29 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 18 | 35 | 34 | 35 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | 22 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 11 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 52 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 68 |
Physical sciences | 31 | 38 | 35 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 10 |
Social sciences | 56 | 54 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 262 | 171 | 165 | 174 | 173 |
Engineering | 84 | 120 | 120 | 153 | 166 | 173 | 149 | 126 | 124 | 116 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 19 | 16 | 18 | 32 | 33 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 34 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 34 | 72 | 69 | 91 | 120 | 121 | 108 | 83 | 68 | 58 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | . | 14 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
Health | 75 | 71 | 85 | 90 | 26 | 50 | 49 | 57 | 59 | 75 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 75 | 71 | 85 | 90 | 26 | 50 | 49 | 57 | 59 | 75 |
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 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 36 | 27 | 42 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 18 |
Science | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 17 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 |
Psychology | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 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 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 24 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 24 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 770 | 329 | 356 | 372 | 418 | 992 | 951 | 886 | 590 | 582 |
Fellowships | 1 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Institutional | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 21 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 35 | 81 | 65 | 104 |
Federal | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 34 |
Institutional | 21 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 41 | 35 | 60 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Teaching assistantships | 33 | 61 | 71 | 67 | 60 | 90 | 65 | 128 | 95 | 100 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 33 | 61 | 71 | 61 | 59 | 86 | 62 | 127 | 95 | 99 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 715 | 216 | 240 | 251 | 304 | 848 | 841 | 673 | 418 | 368 |
Federal | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 615 | 59 | 48 | 51 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 27 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 22 |
Personal resources | 95 | 155 | 181 | 197 | 275 | 812 | 835 | 650 | 387 | 318 |
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 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Science | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
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 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Science | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 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 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
Health | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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 | 33,855 | 36,356 | 31,956 | 25,136 | 25,123 | 26,292 | 26,595 | 29,164 | 28,829 | 29,227 | ||||||||||
Science | 22,582 | 26,344 | 23,007 | 18,472 | 19,492 | 21,231 | 23,261 | 25,863 | 22,927 | 22,988 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,698 | 1,625 | 1,456 | 905 | 978 | 760 | 1,533 | 1,250 | 1,194 | 994 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 190 | 308 | 402 | 495 | 582 | 612 | 356 | 179 | 353 | 262 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 43 | 66 | 35 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 117 | 188 | 359 | 429 | 547 | 489 | 356 | 179 | 353 | 262 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 68 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 17,966 | 20,183 | 16,974 | 13,616 | 14,461 | 16,378 | 17,390 | 19,437 | 17,570 | 16,478 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,265 | 5,780 | 5,054 | 5,819 | 5,678 | 7,610 | 2,008 | 3,361 | 2,489 | 3,652 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 12,701 | 14,403 | 11,919 | 7,796 | 8,783 | 8,767 | 14,004 | 14,244 | 13,556 | 12,083 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,378 | 1,832 | 1,525 | 743 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 14 | 14 | 230 | 69 | 79 | 125 | 143 | 81 | 37 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,451 | 1,680 | 2,026 | 2,168 | 2,193 | 1,925 | 1,923 | 2,918 | 2,266 | 2,943 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 128 | 195 | 311 | 219 | 235 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 353 | 591 | 347 | 312 | 394 | 404 | 386 | 937 | 581 | 891 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 897 | 894 | 1,368 | 1,637 | 1,564 | 1,255 | 1,537 | 1,981 | 1,685 | 2,052 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 646 | 1,064 | 1,257 | 458 | 577 | 808 | 1,287 | 1,599 | 979 | 1,320 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 180 | 907 | 878 | 600 | 632 | 669 | 647 | 337 | 484 | 954 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 94 | 727 | 602 | 223 | 232 | 212 | 407 | 199 | 179 | 208 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 14 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 38 | 61 | 30 | 201 | 705 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 61 | 158 | 258 | 325 | 352 | 397 | 166 | 94 | 92 | 27 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 448 | 563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 9,174 | 8,351 | 7,089 | 4,385 | 3,314 | 2,724 | 836 | 589 | 594 | 914 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 27 | 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 | 1,021 | 660 | 797 | 1,183 | 800 | 874 | 836 | 589 | 594 | 914 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 7,604 | 7,400 | 5,946 | 2,940 | 2,127 | 1,611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 346 | 291 | 346 | 262 | 387 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 2,099 | 1,661 | 1,860 | 2,279 | 2,317 | 2,337 | 2,498 | 2,712 | 5,308 | 5,325 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 6 | 150 | 283 | 34 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 227 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 15 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 230 | ||||||||||
Education | 813 | 976 | 498 | 375 | 313 | 254 | 458 | 221 | 431 | 231 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 220 | 190 | 273 | 233 | 268 | 196 | 429 | 396 | 209 | 375 | ||||||||||
Law | 3 | 5 | 31 | 53 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 5 | 0 | 115 | 23 | 39 | 34 | 984 | 1,038 | 582 | 358 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 77 | 57 | 42 | 65 | 21 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 966 | 417 | 742 | 1,229 | 1,587 | 1,769 | 568 | 1,046 | 4,007 | 3,890 |
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 | 33,855 | 21,203 | 122 | 9,896 | 451 | 763 | 1,420 | |||||||
Science | 22,582 | 13,278 | 64 | 7,145 | 331 | 675 | 1,089 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,698 | 509 | 0 | 1,175 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 190 | 96 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 117 | 96 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 68 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 17,966 | 11,443 | 0 | 4,566 | 326 | 574 | 1,057 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,265 | 4,016 | 0 | 816 | 20 | 80 | 333 | |||||||
Health sciences | 12,701 | 7,427 | 0 | 3,750 | 306 | 494 | 724 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,451 | 1,104 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 128 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 353 | 236 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 897 | 667 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 646 | 117 | 60 | 442 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 180 | 9 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 67 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 94 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 61 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 61 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 448 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 9,174 | 7,506 | 0 | 1,374 | 120 | 50 | 124 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 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 | 1,021 | 329 | 0 | 498 | 105 | 36 | 53 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 7,604 | 6,666 | 0 | 856 | 11 | 0 | 71 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 346 | 323 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 176 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 2,099 | 419 | 58 | 1,377 | 0 | 38 | 207 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 813 | 344 | 0 | 256 | 0 | 38 | 175 | |||||||
Humanities | 220 | 67 | 0 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Social work | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 77 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 966 | 8 | 58 | 888 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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 | 21,203 | 22,320 | 18,624 | 10,596 | 11,296 | 13,081 | 13,327 | 15,178 | 15,774 | 17,522 | ||||||||||
DOD | 7,061 | 6,854 | 5,040 | 2,044 | 960 | 792 | 1,083 | 1,449 | 1,659 | 2,554 | ||||||||||
DOE | 19 | 130 | 90 | 60 | 260 | 157 | 263 | 571 | 532 | 356 | ||||||||||
HHS | 11,302 | 12,774 | 11,046 | 6,362 | 8,171 | 9,886 | 10,223 | 11,395 | 11,260 | 11,784 | ||||||||||
NASA | 237 | 267 | 266 | 204 | 248 | 530 | 319 | 265 | 217 | 141 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,696 | 1,468 | 1,640 | 1,644 | 1,187 | 1,267 | 955 | 1,078 | 1,553 | 2,197 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 249 | 54 | 17 | 31 | 190 | 158 | ||||||||||
Other | 888 | 827 | 539 | 272 | 221 | 395 | 467 | 389 | 363 | 332 |
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 | 627 | 128 | 499 | . | |||
2018 | 584 | 114 | 470 | . | |||
2017 | 566 | 105 | 461 | . | |||
2016 | 588 | 118 | 470 | . | |||
2015 | 399 | 117 | 282 | 22 |
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 | 206 | 660 | 667 | 656 | 639 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 32 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 65 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 22 |
Engineering | 10 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 33 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Health sciences | 111 | 400 | 398 | 393 | 388 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 28 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 56 |
Psychology | 11 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
Social sciences | 2 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 18 |
Other | 2 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 23 |
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 | . | . | 31,600 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 10,428 | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | 21,172 | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 22,620 | 3,210 | 2,137 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 14,930 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,210 | 2,137 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 7,690 | 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.