U. Missouri, Saint Louis
Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2022 | 213 | 54 | 457 | 370 | 46.2 | 680 | 327 | 63.7 | 890 | |||
2021 | 210 | 53.6 | 447 | 367 | 47.5 | 691 | 285 | 51.7 | 583 | 315 | 65.7 | 907 |
2020 | 205 | 55 | 450 | 351 | 50.2 | 697 | 297 | 67.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 203 | 55.2 | 447 | 327 | 53.6 | 696 | 288 | 51.7 | 589 | 302 | 67.3 | 913 |
2018 | 200 | 53.9 | 428 | 305 | 56.8 | 698 | 321 | 65.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 197 | 54.2 | 425 | 389 | 43.8 | 684 | 280 | 51.9 | 575 | 318 | 65 | 897 |
2016 | 198 | 54.5 | 430 | 361 | 48.8 | 697 | 305 | 66.3 | 895 | |||
2015 | 179 | 58.5 | 426 | 369 | 47.4 | 693 | 133 | 77 | 570 | 306 | 66.3 | 897 |
2014 | 203 | 52.5 | 422 | 325 | 53.3 | 688 | 274 | 69.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 192 | 54.6 | 417 | 304 | 45.8 | 555 | 129 | 78.4 | 588 | 261 | 70.8 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 49 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 74 | 52 | 52 |
Science and engineering | 26 | 32 | 39 | 31 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 37 | 29 |
Science | 26 | 32 | 39 | 31 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 37 | 29 |
Life science | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 7 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Health sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Chemistry | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Computer sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 9 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 13 |
Psychology | 4 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
Political science and government | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Other social sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Non-science and engineering | 23 | 16 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 37 | 15 | 23 |
Education | 19 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 23 |
Education administration | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Education research | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 14 |
Teacher education | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
Teaching fields | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | . | 3 | 3 |
Other education | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | . |
Business management/administration | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 206 | 201 | 201 | 236 | 274 | 149 | 208 | 208 | 247 | 269 |
Male | 72 | 80 | 85 | 97 | 136 | 70 | 105 | 106 | 115 | 130 |
Female | 134 | 121 | 116 | 139 | 138 | 79 | 103 | 102 | 132 | 139 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 132 | 126 | 139 | 151 | 183 | 99 | 125 | 135 | 178 | 200 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 122 | 117 | 125 | 137 | 166 | 92 | 116 | 122 | 162 | 173 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Black or African American | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 98 | 93 | 105 | 120 | 144 | 76 | 94 | 107 | 146 | 155 |
More than one race | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
Temporary visa holders | 74 | 75 | 62 | 85 | 91 | 50 | 83 | 73 | 69 | 69 |
Science and engineering | 203 | 195 | 193 | 227 | 269 | 143 | 203 | 206 | 246 | 269 |
Science | 203 | 195 | 193 | 227 | 269 | 143 | 203 | 206 | 246 | 269 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 37 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 49 | 58 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 33 | 33 | 14 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 17 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 17 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 19 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 60 | 64 |
Physical sciences | 23 | 26 | 39 | 35 | 47 | 24 | 32 | 49 | 55 | 60 |
Social sciences | 63 | 55 | 61 | 64 | 75 | 38 | 54 | 61 | 50 | 55 |
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 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 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).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 186 | 199 | 194 | 193 | 173 | 305 | 349 | 336 | 241 | 243 |
Male | 99 | 104 | 105 | 101 | 88 | 154 | 163 | 162 | 106 | 115 |
Female | 87 | 95 | 89 | 92 | 85 | 151 | 186 | 174 | 135 | 128 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 174 | 187 | 176 | 182 | 159 | 248 | 301 | 303 | 227 | 230 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 160 | 170 | 163 | 171 | 149 | 224 | 270 | 272 | 198 | 203 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Asian | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
Black or African American | 18 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 127 | 142 | 132 | 131 | 113 | 186 | 228 | 229 | 169 | 171 |
More than one race | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
Temporary visa holders | 12 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 48 | 33 | 14 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 169 | 179 | 172 | 171 | 149 | 284 | 333 | 316 | 220 | 223 |
Science | 169 | 179 | 172 | 171 | 149 | 284 | 333 | 316 | 220 | 223 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 50 | 60 | 55 | 55 | 37 | 67 | 68 | 74 | 36 | 50 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 32 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 27 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 12 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 37 | 18 | 11 |
Physical sciences | 18 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 28 | 29 |
Social sciences | 29 | 26 | 30 | 45 | 47 | 81 | 116 | 107 | 83 | 75 |
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 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 |
Science | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 206 | 201 | 201 | 236 | 274 | 149 | 208 | 208 | 247 | 269 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Research assistantships | 36 | 30 | 38 | 34 | 46 | 19 | 22 | 29 | 45 | 54 |
Federal | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
Institutional | 31 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 30 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Teaching assistantships | 74 | 69 | 65 | 76 | 91 | 48 | 54 | 69 | 107 | 118 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 73 | 68 | 65 | 76 | 91 | 48 | 54 | 67 | 107 | 117 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 96 | 102 | 98 | 126 | 137 | 81 | 128 | 109 | 87 | 85 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Institutional | 31 | 25 | 21 | 41 | 37 | 30 | 85 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 |
Personal resources | 65 | 77 | 77 | 85 | 100 | 51 | 39 | 88 | 46 | 59 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Science | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Science | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 13,247 | 14,632 | 15,352 | 14,432 | 12,266 | 12,042 | 13,460 | 12,061 | 18,618 | 20,869 | ||||||||||
Science | 10,179 | 11,484 | 12,676 | 12,844 | 10,319 | 9,970 | 9,715 | 9,452 | 14,202 | 13,156 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 184 | 187 | 833 | 25 | 834 | 925 | 881 | 0 | 0 | 338 | ||||||||||
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 | 5,842 | 6,118 | 7,254 | 6,824 | 4,163 | 4,345 | 5,099 | 3,660 | 6,706 | 5,126 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,782 | 1,869 | 1,567 | 1,667 | 1,873 | 2,402 | 3,249 | 2,058 | 2,526 | 2,474 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,012 | 4,141 | 5,458 | 4,746 | 2,069 | 1,713 | 1,629 | 579 | 2,153 | 1,279 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 48 | 108 | 218 | 410 | 215 | 215 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,023 | 2,027 | 1,259 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 174 | 407 | 265 | 211 | 242 | 162 | 82 | 198 | 244 | 322 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,076 | 2,345 | 1,910 | 2,636 | 2,333 | 2,034 | 1,855 | 1,753 | 2,366 | 3,108 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 29 | 51 | 143 | 207 | 209 | 189 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 991 | 2,255 | 1,764 | 2,412 | 1,985 | 1,607 | 1,548 | 1,598 | 2,097 | 2,846 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 56 | 39 | 3 | 17 | 139 | 181 | 176 | 155 | 269 | 262 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 228 | 241 | 140 | 317 | 411 | 224 | 367 | 2,013 | 2,497 | 2,276 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,935 | 1,882 | 2,265 | 2,831 | 2,331 | 2,280 | 1,431 | 1,828 | 2,389 | 1,986 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 148 | 122 | 166 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 158 | 477 | 699 | 346 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 79 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 656 | 1,058 | 932 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,697 | 1,730 | 2,088 | 2,808 | 2,265 | 2,222 | 1,252 | 695 | 628 | 676 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 740 | 304 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 389 | 441 | 1,161 | 539 | 430 | 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 | 21 | 389 | 441 | 533 | 539 | 430 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 602 | 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 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 3,068 | 3,148 | 2,676 | 1,567 | 1,558 | 1,631 | 2,584 | 2,070 | 3,986 | 7,713 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 279 | 236 | 322 | 550 | 604 | 308 | 354 | 104 | 282 | 259 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 29 | 40 | 97 | 97 | 283 | 741 | 847 | 18 | 15 | 454 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,368 | 1,640 | 1,352 | 569 | 428 | 225 | 150 | 461 | 581 | 71 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 491 | 542 | 370 | 195 | 107 | 146 | 123 | 89 | 103 | 335 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 257 | 240 | 139 | 114 | 97 | 57 | 82 | 331 | 998 | 835 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 90 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 644 | 449 | 376 | 12 | 8 | 64 | 1,025 | 1,058 | 2,003 | 5,752 |
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 | 13,247 | 4,573 | 61 | 5,106 | 81 | 2,934 | 492 | |||||||
Science | 10,179 | 4,278 | 33 | 3,749 | 81 | 1,666 | 372 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 184 | 22 | 0 | 77 | 62 | 23 | 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 | 5,842 | 3,129 | 1 | 1,831 | 0 | 856 | 25 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,782 | 1,354 | 1 | 325 | 0 | 78 | 24 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,012 | 1,727 | 0 | 1,506 | 0 | 778 | 1 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 174 | 161 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,076 | 683 | 0 | 374 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 29 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 991 | 606 | 0 | 366 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 228 | 124 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,935 | 159 | 32 | 610 | 0 | 787 | 347 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 148 | 64 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |||||||
Political science and government | 79 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,697 | 88 | 32 | 499 | 0 | 785 | 293 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 740 | 0 | 0 | 740 | 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 | 3,068 | 295 | 28 | 1,357 | 0 | 1,268 | 120 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 279 | 29 | 28 | 147 | 0 | 61 | 14 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,368 | 221 | 0 | 309 | 0 | 796 | 42 | |||||||
Humanities | 491 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 271 | 64 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 257 | 45 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 140 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 644 | 0 | 0 | 644 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 4,573 | 5,812 | 6,146 | 7,059 | 6,364 | 5,240 | 4,959 | 4,369 | 5,844 | 7,868 | ||||||||||
DOD | 96 | 71 | 51 | 291 | 1,045 | 713 | 909 | 132 | 248 | 232 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 136 | 136 | 191 | 500 | 593 | 475 | ||||||||||
HHS | 2,983 | 3,616 | 3,329 | 3,615 | 3,510 | 2,321 | 1,888 | 1,753 | 2,247 | 3,129 | ||||||||||
NASA | 21 | 71 | 67 | 107 | 107 | 77 | 62 | 28 | 42 | 38 | ||||||||||
NSF | 924 | 1,193 | 1,256 | 1,524 | 582 | 622 | 796 | 1,059 | 1,899 | 2,650 | ||||||||||
USDA | 136 | 104 | 110 | 120 | 140 | 125 | 46 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 413 | 757 | 1,333 | 1,388 | 844 | 1,246 | 1,067 | 897 | 785 | 1,344 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 332 | 67 | 265 | . | |||
2018 | 303 | 64 | 239 | . | |||
2017 | 314 | 69 | 245 | . | |||
2016 | 315 | 47 | 268 | . |
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 | 129 | 129 | 127 | 472 | 472 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 40 | 42 | 62 | 62 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 52 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 5 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 43 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 42 | 42 | 34 | 64 | 64 |
Psychology | 24 | 24 | 26 | 52 | 52 |
Social sciences | 14 | 15 | 13 | 183 | 183 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | . | . | . | . | 4,500 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1,575 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 1,000 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 1,925 |
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 | 1,160 | 2,339 | 1,391 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 526 | 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 | 250 | 482 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 910 | 0 | 865 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 1,856 | 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.