U. Nebraska, Omaha
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 | 273 | 41 | 457 | 295 | 57.1 | 680 | 269 | 70.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 291 | 35.6 | 447 | 297 | 57.5 | 691 | 399 | 32.3 | 583 | 281 | 69.4 | 907 |
2020 | 295 | 35.2 | 450 | 301 | 57.3 | 697 | 293 | 68.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 272 | 39.8 | 447 | 321 | 54.4 | 696 | 395 | 33.7 | 589 | 303 | 67.2 | 913 |
2018 | 310 | 28.4 | 428 | 319 | 54.8 | 698 | 315 | 65.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 284 | 33.9 | 425 | 283 | 59.1 | 684 | 384 | 33.9 | 575 | 317 | 65.1 | 897 |
2016 | 300 | 31 | 430 | 249 | 64.7 | 697 | 324 | 64.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 340 | 21 | 426 | 234 | 66.7 | 693 | 366 | 36.5 | 570 | 328 | 63.9 | 897 |
2014 | 302 | 29.2 | 422 | 235 | 66.3 | 688 | 322 | 64.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 336 | 20.3 | 417 | 270 | 51.9 | 555 | 390 | 34.4 | 588 | 332 | 62.9 | 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 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 9 |
Science and engineering | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 7 |
Science | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 7 |
Life science | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
Psychology | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Political science and government | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Engineering | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Other | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Business management/administration | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 349 | 305 | 284 | 240 | 252 | 325 | 436 | 454 | 445 | 363 |
Male | 166 | 145 | 127 | 102 | 108 | 161 | 241 | 236 | 237 | 181 |
Female | 183 | 160 | 157 | 138 | 144 | 164 | 195 | 218 | 208 | 182 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 212 | 208 | 199 | 169 | 157 | 157 | 203 | 202 | 235 | 235 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 191 | 190 | 183 | 153 | 145 | 149 | 190 | 187 | 215 | 210 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
Black or African American | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 165 | 157 | 151 | 130 | 119 | 115 | 161 | 168 | 176 | 185 |
More than one race | 13 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
Temporary visa holders | 137 | 97 | 85 | 71 | 95 | 168 | 233 | 252 | 210 | 128 |
Science and engineering | 349 | 283 | 253 | 240 | 252 | 325 | 436 | 394 | 385 | 302 |
Science | 349 | 283 | 253 | 240 | 252 | 325 | 436 | 394 | 385 | 302 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 54 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Computer and information sciences | 112 | 97 | 95 | 86 | 98 | 163 | 234 | 221 | 180 | 108 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 30 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 61 | 67 | 51 | 64 | 69 | 57 | 69 | 39 | 40 | 55 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 85 | 79 | 74 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 95 | 101 | 130 | 113 |
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 | . | 22 | 31 | . | . | . | . | 60 | 60 | 61 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 22 | 31 | . | . | . | . | 60 | 60 | 61 |
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 | 444 | 486 | 379 | 421 | 424 | 475 | 654 | 691 | 667 | 666 |
Male | 254 | 262 | 191 | 214 | 224 | 255 | 350 | 361 | 348 | 376 |
Female | 190 | 224 | 188 | 207 | 200 | 220 | 304 | 330 | 319 | 290 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 374 | 417 | 345 | 362 | 370 | 411 | 569 | 617 | 594 | 617 |
Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 39 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 36 | 35 | 26 | 28 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 334 | 372 | 318 | 337 | 346 | 377 | 521 | 569 | 544 | 569 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Asian | 26 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 19 |
Black or African American | 24 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 33 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 274 | 303 | 263 | 277 | 282 | 312 | 449 | 497 | 471 | 501 |
More than one race | 7 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 13 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 20 |
Temporary visa holders | 70 | 69 | 34 | 59 | 54 | 64 | 85 | 74 | 73 | 49 |
Science and engineering | 444 | 481 | 366 | 421 | 424 | 475 | 654 | 646 | 622 | 622 |
Science | 444 | 481 | 366 | 421 | 424 | 475 | 654 | 646 | 622 | 622 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 28 | 27 | 21 | 31 |
Computer and information sciences | 153 | 182 | 123 | 164 | 159 | 158 | 169 | 129 | 134 | 135 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 24 | 35 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 31 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 76 | 59 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 13 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 32 | 27 | 20 | 44 | 40 | 55 | 46 | 47 | 40 | 32 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 137 | 168 | 156 | 152 | 170 | 191 | 339 | 368 | 364 | 363 |
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 | . | 5 | 13 | . | . | . | . | 45 | 45 | 44 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 5 | 13 | . | . | . | . | 45 | 45 | 44 |
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 surveyed fields | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Science | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 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 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 349 | 305 | 284 | 240 | 252 | 325 | 436 | 454 | 445 | 363 |
Fellowships | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
Federal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 127 | 94 | 81 | 46 | 56 | 59 | 66 | 61 | 52 | 63 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Institutional | 127 | 93 | 77 | 44 | 56 | 59 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 61 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 46 | 50 | 47 | 51 | 38 | 39 | 57 | 56 | 79 | 59 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 46 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 38 | 39 | 57 | 56 | 79 | 59 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 172 | 159 | 156 | 132 | 153 | 226 | 308 | 336 | 314 | 211 |
Federal | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Institutional | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 39 | 97 | 74 | 45 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 0 |
Personal resources | 157 | 144 | 143 | 106 | 136 | 181 | 253 | 214 | 221 | 166 |
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 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Science | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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 surveyed fields | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Science | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 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 | 24,259 | 19,006 | 16,134 | 14,302 | 12,943 | 12,061 | 10,459 | 9,422 | 9,222 | 9,181 | ||||||||||
Science | 21,383 | 16,503 | 11,683 | 10,782 | 10,472 | 9,858 | 8,180 | 5,247 | 6,424 | 6,337 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 4,810 | 2,588 | 3,185 | 3,287 | 2,287 | 2,021 | 1,877 | 2,389 | 2,537 | 2,529 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 56 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 113 | 86 | 74 | 32 | 73 | 45 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 56 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 65 | 37 | ||||||||||
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 | 97 | 80 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 7,982 | 7,208 | 5,892 | 4,020 | 4,641 | 5,343 | 4,341 | 1,196 | 1,178 | 1,459 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 63 | 52 | 84 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,778 | 1,034 | 2,254 | 1,165 | 948 | 1,170 | 1,260 | 731 | 696 | 778 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 6,129 | 6,071 | 3,445 | 2,599 | 3,549 | 3,970 | 2,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 32 | 78 | 237 | 114 | 188 | 77 | 465 | 474 | 673 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 459 | 468 | 200 | 333 | 304 | 183 | 29 | 173 | 179 | 206 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 180 | 76 | 62 | 169 | 223 | 310 | 314 | 261 | 317 | 345 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 75 | 112 | 45 | 65 | 36 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 154 | 73 | 58 | 167 | 189 | 232 | 202 | 198 | 192 | 236 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 60 | 73 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 215 | 456 | 405 | 471 | 534 | 416 | 238 | 191 | 228 | 336 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,807 | 2,324 | 1,856 | 2,475 | 1,938 | 1,369 | 1,247 | 1,005 | 1,392 | 1,093 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 11 | 91 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 70 | 70 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 219 | 34 | 84 | 779 | 723 | 518 | 369 | 345 | 539 | 381 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 245 | 31 | 55 | 193 | 130 | 70 | 47 | 104 | 92 | 56 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,317 | 2,168 | 1,717 | 1,489 | 1,009 | 772 | 819 | 556 | 691 | 586 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,874 | 3,349 | 65 | 20 | 432 | 130 | 60 | 0 | 520 | 324 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,510 | 1,051 | 1,195 | 993 | 515 | 779 | 913 | 1,441 | 1,216 | 1,629 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 390 | 329 | 539 | 708 | 478 | 777 | 871 | 1,184 | 991 | 1,369 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 536 | 283 | 147 | 227 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 229 | 200 | 239 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 536 | 354 | 482 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 84 | 26 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 18 | 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 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 20 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,366 | 1,452 | 3,256 | 2,527 | 1,956 | 1,424 | 1,366 | 2,734 | 1,582 | 1,215 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 56 | 67 | 667 | 408 | 444 | 354 | 435 | 1,071 | 648 | 445 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||||
Education | 322 | 550 | 1,632 | 1,241 | 642 | 250 | 242 | 358 | 198 | 459 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 26 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 75 | 63 | 55 | 513 | 71 | 63 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 55 | 348 | 496 | 32 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 182 | 112 | 46 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 23 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 189 | 24 | 26 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 939 | 820 | 890 | 842 | 777 | 562 | 358 | 125 | 79 | 183 |
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 | 24,259 | 17,301 | 2,445 | 4,038 | 44 | 387 | 44 | |||||||
Science | 21,383 | 16,145 | 1,970 | 2,803 | 44 | 383 | 38 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 4,810 | 3,575 | 465 | 506 | 0 | 234 | 30 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 56 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 56 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 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 | 7,982 | 6,620 | 675 | 620 | 22 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 63 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,778 | 1,492 | 131 | 149 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 6,129 | 5,128 | 480 | 460 | 16 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 459 | 375 | 46 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 180 | 99 | 20 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 154 | 99 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 215 | 117 | 50 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,807 | 1,179 | 484 | 1,060 | 0 | 76 | 8 | |||||||
Anthropology | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 219 | 139 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 245 | 0 | 38 | 195 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,317 | 1,035 | 363 | 847 | 0 | 72 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,874 | 4,165 | 219 | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,510 | 988 | 306 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 390 | 361 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 536 | 213 | 258 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 536 | 414 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 18 | 0 | 18 | 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 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,366 | 168 | 169 | 1,025 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 56 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 322 | 155 | 15 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 23 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 939 | 13 | 150 | 776 | 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 | 17,301 | 13,503 | 9,996 | 8,807 | 7,939 | 7,486 | 7,180 | 6,066 | 5,687 | 5,693 | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,400 | 869 | 1,475 | 1,174 | 482 | 629 | 906 | 983 | 817 | 842 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 95 | 85 | 120 | ||||||||||
HHS | 5,659 | 5,706 | 3,915 | 3,494 | 4,358 | 4,477 | 3,766 | 1,940 | 1,257 | 1,692 | ||||||||||
NASA | 545 | 271 | 476 | 585 | 341 | 660 | 802 | 949 | 751 | 1,149 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,647 | 2,517 | 2,739 | 2,565 | 1,729 | 958 | 768 | 805 | 1,267 | 1,057 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 460 | 14 | 35 | ||||||||||
Other | 6,050 | 4,140 | 1,383 | 976 | 971 | 704 | 938 | 834 | 1,496 | 798 |
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 | 514 | 83 | 431 | . | |||
2018 | 487 | 91 | 396 | . | |||
2017 | 506 | 79 | 427 | . | |||
2016 | 579 | 42 | 537 | . |
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 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 51 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Engineering | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Health sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Psychology | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Other | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
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 | . | 4,321 | 27,720 | . | 900 |
Engineering | . | . | 13,860 | . | 900 |
Health sciences | . | . | 13,860 | . | . |
Other | . | 4,321 | . | . | . |
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 | 1,804 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1,134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 670 | 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.