U. Nebraska, Medical Center

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 | 300 | 43.9 | 691 | 127 | 22.4 | 583 | 122 | 14.2 | 909 |
2020 | 185 | 41.6 | 450 | 322 | 46.7 | 697 | 119 | 13.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 173 | 39.2 | 447 | 231 | 33.8 | 696 | 125 | 21.9 | 589 | 118 | 13.7 | 913 |
2018 | 189 | 44.6 | 428 | 253 | 36.8 | 698 | 124 | 14.4 | 910 | |||
2017 | 180 | 42.8 | 425 | 252 | 37.4 | 684 | 119 | 21.4 | 575 | 123 | 14.5 | 897 |
2016 | 162 | 38.2 | 430 | 282 | 41 | 697 | 129 | 15.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 170 | 40.4 | 426 | 261 | 38.2 | 693 | 121 | 21.9 | 570 | 124 | 14.6 | 897 |
2014 | 192 | 45.9 | 422 | 256 | 37.8 | 688 | 127 | 15.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 215 | 51.9 | 417 | 241 | 43.9 | 555 | 119 | 20.9 | 588 | 128 | 15.2 | 884 |
2012 | 213 | 52.1 | 412 | 272 | 49.4 | 555 | 123 | 14.6 | 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 | 64 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 86 | 81 | 60 | 42 | 40 |
Science and engineering | 65 | 64 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 86 | 80 | 60 | 41 | 40 |
Science | 65 | 63 | 77 | 65 | 70 | 86 | 80 | 59 | 41 | 40 |
Life science | 59 | 51 | 68 | 60 | 66 | 80 | 77 | 57 | 38 | 40 |
Biological sciences | 40 | 35 | 37 | 46 | 42 | 55 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 35 |
Health sciences | 19 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemistry | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
Psychology | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Education | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 298 | 242 | 435 | 375 | 376 | 358 | 395 | 405 | 428 | 346 |
Male | 118 | 100 | 195 | 177 | 173 | 161 | 184 | 186 | 196 | 161 |
Female | 180 | 142 | 240 | 198 | 203 | 197 | 211 | 219 | 232 | 185 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 172 | 171 | 253 | 226 | 222 | 183 | 205 | 201 | 231 | 170 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 153 | 158 | 240 | 215 | 212 | 176 | 195 | 188 | 222 | 159 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 6 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 10 |
Black or African American | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 130 | 132 | 207 | 190 | 184 | 147 | 174 | 164 | 183 | 140 |
More than one race | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 126 | 71 | 182 | 149 | 154 | 175 | 190 | 204 | 197 | 176 |
Science and engineering | 238 | 223 | 329 | 258 | 279 | 199 | 234 | 210 | 173 | 172 |
Science | 238 | 223 | 329 | 258 | 279 | 199 | 234 | 210 | 173 | 172 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 238 | 223 | 329 | 258 | 279 | 199 | 234 | 210 | 173 | 172 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 60 | 19 | 106 | 117 | 97 | 159 | 161 | 195 | 255 | 174 |
Clinical medicine | 16 | 19 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 86 | 87 | 134 | 198 | 132 |
Other health | 44 | 0 | 76 | 86 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 61 | 57 | 42 |
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 | 250 | 161 | 98 | 92 | 83 | 105 | 71 | 88 | 137 | 87 |
Male | 101 | 71 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 38 | 24 | 37 | 43 | 31 |
Female | 149 | 90 | 60 | 57 | 52 | 67 | 47 | 51 | 94 | 56 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 185 | 121 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 101 | 65 | 85 | 126 | 78 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 174 | 114 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 94 | 62 | 80 | 123 | 75 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Asian | 10 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Black or African American | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 145 | 94 | 64 | 52 | 50 | 75 | 52 | 66 | 101 | 61 |
More than one race | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 65 | 40 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 191 | 150 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
Science | 191 | 150 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 190 | 150 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 59 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 87 | 57 | 75 | 127 | 79 |
Clinical medicine | 24 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 50 | 60 | 108 | 57 |
Other health | 35 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 22 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 103 | 99 | 83 | 104 | 94 | 105 | 129 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 52 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 86 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 52 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 86 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 52 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 86 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 40 | 26 | 40 | 43 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 34 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
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 | 298 | 242 | 435 | 375 | 376 | 358 | 395 | 405 | 428 | 346 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 53 | 53 | 60 | 35 | 37 | 31 | 41 | 43 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Research assistantships | 273 | 191 | 283 | 223 | 238 | 250 | 205 | 235 | 235 | 235 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 71 | 65 | 60 | 76 | 88 |
Institutional | 273 | 191 | 187 | 126 | 134 | 153 | 113 | 139 | 129 | 116 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 36 | 30 | 31 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Other types of support | 25 | 51 | 92 | 92 | 68 | 38 | 132 | 130 | 150 | 59 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 32 | 21 | 29 |
Institutional | 0 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 54 | 20 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Personal resources | 23 | 20 | 34 | 46 | 60 | 13 | 66 | 39 | 109 | 12 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 43 | 58 | 70 | 57 | 60 | 77 | 66 | 47 | 48 | 76 |
Science | 43 | 58 | 70 | 57 | 60 | 77 | 66 | 47 | 48 | 76 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 58 | 65 | 57 | 60 | 66 | 56 | 33 | 36 | 60 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | . | . | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 75 | 101 | 71 | 79 | 83 | 44 | 42 | 63 | 64 | 69 |
Clinical medicine | 63 | 79 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 38 | 44 |
Other health | 12 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 25 |
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 | 70 | 89 | 101 | 98 | 77 | 55 | 56 | 63 | 68 | 100 |
Science and engineering | 31 | 41 | 49 | 49 | 36 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 53 |
Science | 31 | 41 | 49 | 49 | 36 | 35 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 53 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 41 | 49 | 49 | 36 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 46 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Psychology | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Physical sciences | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 39 | 48 | 52 | 49 | 41 | 20 | 26 | 42 | 42 | 47 |
Clinical medicine | 35 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 25 | 30 |
Other health | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
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 | 200,974 | 202,406 | 194,455 | 177,245 | 171,491 | 150,694 | 145,009 | 139,126 | 137,485 | 141,619 | ||||||||||
Science | 200,974 | 202,406 | 194,455 | 177,245 | 171,491 | 150,694 | 145,009 | 139,126 | 137,485 | 141,619 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 200,974 | 202,406 | 194,455 | 177,245 | 171,491 | 150,694 | 145,009 | 139,126 | 137,485 | 141,619 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 99,830 | 105,620 | 103,618 | 87,765 | 93,538 | 83,955 | 75,112 | 65,380 | 66,194 | 72,621 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 101,144 | 96,786 | 90,837 | 89,480 | 77,953 | 66,213 | 65,014 | 73,201 | 70,159 | 68,365 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 526 | 4,883 | 545 | 1,080 | 633 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 200,974 | 111,042 | 11,950 | 38,843 | 9,286 | 14,356 | 15,497 | |||||||
Science | 200,974 | 111,042 | 11,950 | 38,843 | 9,286 | 14,356 | 15,497 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 200,974 | 111,042 | 11,950 | 38,843 | 9,286 | 14,356 | 15,497 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 99,830 | 71,474 | 3,919 | 14,516 | 1,675 | 3,027 | 5,219 | |||||||
Health sciences | 101,144 | 39,568 | 8,031 | 24,327 | 7,611 | 11,329 | 10,278 | |||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 111,042 | 105,158 | 102,604 | 93,463 | 84,814 | 76,221 | 71,918 | 76,195 | 80,750 | 84,196 | ||||||||||
DOD | 6,314 | 5,403 | 4,365 | 5,580 | 4,530 | 5,037 | 7,880 | 6,863 | 7,144 | 10,088 | ||||||||||
DOE | 36 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 153 | 686 | ||||||||||
HHS | 100,663 | 97,199 | 95,693 | 85,480 | 77,894 | 69,641 | 62,766 | 66,064 | 70,185 | 70,892 | ||||||||||
NASA | 54 | 116 | 212 | 179 | 220 | 254 | 290 | 856 | 820 | 585 | ||||||||||
NSF | 830 | 861 | 1,271 | 1,191 | 1,462 | 644 | 213 | 327 | 394 | 401 | ||||||||||
USDA | 194 | 376 | 179 | 282 | 13 | 75 | 41 | 152 | 253 | 237 | ||||||||||
Other | 2,951 | 1,203 | 824 | 749 | 695 | 570 | 728 | 1,820 | 1,801 | 1,307 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 2,738 | 696 | 2,042 | . | |||
2018 | 2,180 | 609 | 1,571 | . | |||
2017 | 2,092 | 577 | 1,515 | . | |||
2016 | 1,921 | 535 | 1,386 | . | |||
2015 | 1,851 | 528 | 1,323 | 109 |
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 | 605 | 556 | 605 | 588 | 534 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 199 | 194 | 197 | 181 | 179 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 35 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 18 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 357 | 355 | 360 | 358 | 337 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 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 | . | . | . | . | 152,598 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 51,912 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 4,568 |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 96,118 |
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 | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 1,615 | 9,693 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 968 | 3,957 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 700 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 647 | 5,036 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.