U. New Hampshire

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023
2022 167 75.8 680 129 85.8 890
2021 158 77.5 691 157 73.5 583 138 85 907
2020 152 78.5 697 138 85.2 915
2019 158 77.6 696 157 73.7 589 141 84.8 913
2018 156 78 698 137 85.2 910
2017 161 76.8 684 205 64.8 575 133 85.4 897
2016 179 74.7 697 131 85.6 895
2015 186 73.5 693 171 70.4 570 125 86.3 897
2014 180 74.2 688 124 86.3 887
2013 166 70.5 555 168 71.8 588 123 86.3 884
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 908 865 843 839 847 798 729 707 738 768
    Male 443 437 438 453 472 442 395 399 416 393
    Female 465 428 405 386 375 356 334 308 322 375
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 610 613 580 560 583 562 530 518 547 582
    Hispanic or Latino 24 21 14 19 23 22 23 21 16 21
    Not Hispanic or Latino 560 568 539 515 537 515 487 469 490 517
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 4
      Asian 19 13 11 8 14 16 20 18 24 19
      Black or African American 12 14 12 8 9 6 7 6 6 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 516 529 506 484 501 483 450 436 450 480
      More than one race 13 12 10 14 12 10 8 8 8 10
    Unknown ethnicity and race 26 24 27 26 23 25 20 28 41 44
  Temporary visa holders 298 252 263 279 264 236 199 189 191 186
  Science and engineering 840 793 773 764 790 743 654 641 650 675
    Science 683 628 621 609 624 573 495 481 508 527
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 18 18 15 10 13 2 43 51 53 66
      Biological and biomedical sciences 140 128 112 107 100 102 91 74 78 88
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 82 64 92 110 91 59 40 52 48 40
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 32 27 36 36 37 33 53 44 52 45
      Mathematics and statistics 72 62 65 44 50 47 60 57 59 52
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 91 82 72 80 86 90 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 39 44 39 21 20 24 21 28 31 32
      Physical sciences 135 125 124 121 122 120 106 109 111 116
      Social sciences 69 72 66 80 105 96 80 63 73 85
    Engineering 157 165 152 155 166 170 159 160 142 148
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 17 16 18 18 18 19 20 16 15 14
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 53 48 48 54 49 55 57 58 43 41
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 25 27 30 31 39 31 21 28 23 22
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 35 46 32 31 43 48 35 33 41 41
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 8
      Other engineering 25 26 23 20 16 16 22 21 15 22
    Health 68 72 70 75 57 55 75 66 88 93
      Clinical medicine 8 13 10 12 8 9 13 9 21 24
      Other health 60 59 60 63 49 46 62 57 67 69

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 170 176 171 147 156 149 220 203 228 259
    Male 94 89 92 82 98 100 129 116 120 143
    Female 76 87 79 65 58 49 91 87 108 116
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 157 147 145 138 142 130 200 190 215 243
    Hispanic or Latino 10 8 10 2 3 4 5 4 5 2
    Not Hispanic or Latino 147 134 131 134 134 124 183 177 193 226
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
      Asian 4 4 6 6 5 6 3 4 9 12
      Black or African American 6 8 6 5 6 3 5 5 3 9
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 134 122 113 119 120 110 172 159 178 199
      More than one race 3 0 5 4 3 4 3 8 3 6
    Unknown ethnicity and race 0 5 4 2 5 2 12 9 17 15
  Temporary visa holders 13 29 26 9 14 19 20 13 13 16
  Science and engineering 149 162 158 139 141 137 164 147 170 191
    Science 114 133 126 106 107 100 103 93 98 119
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 2 1 2 2 1 21 18 17 20
      Biological and biomedical sciences 28 18 17 13 7 11 16 16 11 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 21 37 32 29 33 32 16 14 20 16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13 10 9 5 6 2 5 5 4 3
      Mathematics and statistics 7 10 5 10 12 5 6 6 9 11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 11 15 11 15 20 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 1 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 1 8
      Social sciences 24 36 39 33 31 28 33 31 36 45
    Engineering 35 29 32 33 34 37 61 54 72 72
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 10 8 8 12 19 24 20 29 25
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 8 9 11 11 6 12 11 12 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 16 7 12 11 9 7 18 14 18 24
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Other engineering 4 3 3 3 1 3 5 5 7 5
    Health 21 14 13 8 15 12 56 56 58 68
      Clinical medicine 13 6 8 4 11 6 6 8 12 21
      Other health 8 8 5 4 4 6 50 48 46 47

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 119 91 93 109 117 116 97 93 92 97 0
  Science and engineering 115 88 90 106 117 116 97 92 92 97 0
    Science 84 64 66 77 87 84 67 65 71 68 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 0 0 1 3 0 6 5 5 8 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 10 8 8 12 14 13 8 4 9 9 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 6 9 9 9 3 4 4 5 4 5 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10 6 7 10 15 15 21 20 18 14 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 21 15 13 16 17 20 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 32 25 26 27 31 27 23 25 33 29 0
      Psychology 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 0
    Engineering 31 24 24 29 30 32 30 27 21 29 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 4 4 5 4 3 1 3 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 3 3 6 7 5 4 6 3 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 6 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 7 8 13 9 8 8 13 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 10 11 9 10 7 8 13 10 6 10 0
    Health 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Other health 4 2 3 3 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 908 865 843 839 847 798 729 707 738 768
  Fellowships 21 20 21 22 21 24 34 28 27 30
    Federal 3 5 7 6 2 8 12 9 7 8
    Institutional 18 15 14 16 16 13 17 17 16 19
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 2 4 3
  Research assistantships 210 175 160 162 205 193 161 157 156 168
    Federal 112 83 83 94 110 104 83 82 84 89
    Institutional 53 64 44 39 50 53 56 46 31 32
    Nonfederal 45 28 33 29 45 36 22 29 41 47
  Teaching assistantships 381 388 369 363 349 353 346 325 329 327
    Federal 0 0 3 6 3 1 0 0 1 0
    Institutional 374 384 364 356 346 349 346 324 328 327
    Nonfederal 7 4 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
  Other types of support 296 282 293 292 272 228 188 197 226 243
    Federal 4 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 0 0
    Institutional 45 52 66 61 71 62 40 31 35 35
    Nonfederal 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
    Personal resources 244 225 226 228 199 162 146 163 191 205

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 54 59 49 51 62 54 51 45 45 34
    Science 42 47 42 44 52 47 45 40 43 30
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 2 2 2 3 3 0 13 12 14 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 4 8 9 12 11 14 14 10 7 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 4 2 0 0 2 3 4 4 8
      Mathematics and statistics 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 6 5 5 2 3 3 3 2 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 8 8 10 13 13 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1 3 4 3 4 2 1 4 4 0
      Physical sciences 10 11 7 12 13 11 10 8 12 8
      Social sciences 3 6 5 2 4 2 1 0 1 0
    Engineering 12 12 7 7 10 7 6 5 2 4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 1 5 3 6 4 3 2 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 37 43 33 31 34 39 13 29 30 26
  Science and engineering 37 43 33 31 34 39 13 29 30 26
    Science 27 35 28 25 27 35 10 24 30 24
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 2 2 2 3 2 0 2 9 12 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 3 7 7 6 7 11 4 7 5 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 7
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 6 8 7 8 11 13 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 9 7 5 2 7 3 4 9 7
      Social sciences 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 8 5 6 7 4 3 5 0 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 0 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 206,392 167,373 156,901 148,980 146,430 145,375 145,015 144,735 147,544 147,446
    Science 166,660 130,291 122,387 113,765 114,139 111,489 116,547 105,617 106,941 97,352
      Computer and information sciences 1,465 1,057 854 883 359 1,879 2,124 1,476 348 375
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 86,032 55,523 51,661 48,149 52,678 51,592 54,491 53,596 58,766 61,051
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 29,758 28,224 23,179 20,369 22,150 20,685 21,176 21,556 24,711 27,828
        Geological and earth sciences 7,874 6,307 6,146 6,267 7,571 9,624 12,853 14,333 14,742 12,549
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 48,400 20,992 22,336 21,513 22,957 21,283 20,462 17,707 19,313 20,647
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
      Life sciences 55,600 52,907 52,822 50,431 49,115 46,616 44,280 37,901 34,160 23,171
        Agricultural sciences 21,849 16,303 18,571 15,181 13,855 18,005 18,707 20,010 18,145 11,453
        Biological and biomedical sciences 9,521 10,279 11,697 12,981 12,196 6,263 5,267 8,202 9,266 7,106
        Health sciences 16,527 18,883 15,276 14,712 14,602 12,606 12,331 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 7,703 6,712 7,278 7,241 8,462 9,742 7,953 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 730 0 316 0 0 22 9,689 6,749 4,612
      Mathematics and statistics 1,481 1,239 404 291 229 209 173 252 242 194
      Physical sciences 5,090 4,957 4,425 3,521 4,554 2,234 3,734 2,312 2,492 2,804
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,966 1,808 1,428 1,625 1,677 1,212 1,425 737 1,205 1,653
        Materials science 0 363 325 179 1,454 89 576 0 0 0
        Physics 3,124 2,786 2,672 1,717 1,423 933 1,733 1,150 1,287 1,143
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 425 0 8
      Psychology 1,086 1,279 877 1,869 1,621 1,235 1,976 332 783 609
      Social sciences 15,906 13,329 11,344 8,621 5,583 7,524 8,989 6,643 6,810 5,965
        Anthropology 264 424 56 235 170 30 312 0 0 0
        Economics 1,569 2,257 1,450 1,395 756 2,919 3,855 334 76 55
        Political science and government 1,644 1,262 2,874 1,694 23 0 0 15 12 19
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,173 3,345 2,365 3,829 3,739 3,731 2,937 5,234 6,626 5,740
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 9,256 6,041 4,599 1,468 895 844 1,885 1,060 96 151
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 200 780 3,105 3,340 3,183
    Engineering 25,040 22,509 23,457 23,861 19,239 22,103 19,459 25,083 24,010 37,183
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 519 0 0 0 5,601 3,594 1,807 0 0
      Chemical engineering 1,964 1,664 1,638 1,788 1,490 801 935 1,021 1,009 668
      Civil engineering 6,101 6,235 8,007 7,745 6,533 5,360 5,002 5,487 4,746 4,051
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,718 10,411 9,776 9,157 8,369 7,804 8,021 10,964 14,336 28,917
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,849 3,443 4,036 4,809 2,847 1,760 1,583 2,462 3,219 2,940
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 408 0 0 362 0 87 0 838 700 518
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 0 237 0 0 0 674 324 2,504 0 89
    Non-S&E 14,692 14,573 11,057 11,354 13,052 11,783 9,009 14,035 16,593 12,911
      Business management and business administration 4,272 2,191 3,485 2,443 2,041 2,187 844 1,369 129 521
      Communication and communications technologies 718 634 43 8 172 193 238 183 4 2
      Education 3,399 5,061 4,869 6,929 8,292 6,448 5,705 10,045 14,399 10,992
      Humanities 3,690 3,875 1,414 775 778 435 552 450 685 344
      Law 827 688 228 105 35 214 176 539 155 56
      Social work 776 1,347 911 974 1,289 1,937 1,418 1,338 1,096 993
      Visual and performing arts 522 459 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 3
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 488 318 107 120 445 369 76 90 125 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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2022
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 206,392 129,721 3,938 56,891 9,893 5,107 842
    Science 166,660 117,375 3,667 38,264 2,146 4,559 649
      Computer and information sciences 1,465 606 0 859 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 86,032 74,212 359 8,621 1,465 1,206 169
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 29,758 27,666 0 2,034 23 0 35
        Geological and earth sciences 7,874 5,485 329 1,892 33 106 29
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 48,400 41,061 30 4,695 1,409 1,100 105
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 55,600 27,850 3,277 21,164 643 2,596 70
        Agricultural sciences 21,849 7,990 2,794 10,355 398 309 3
        Biological and biomedical sciences 9,521 4,717 425 3,933 82 364 0
        Health sciences 16,527 10,148 7 4,422 6 1,877 67
        Natural resources and conservation 7,703 4,995 51 2,454 157 46 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,481 423 0 1,040 18 0 0
      Physical sciences 5,090 2,402 0 2,628 5 55 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,966 825 0 1,136 5 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 3,124 1,577 0 1,492 0 55 0
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,086 409 0 561 0 1 115
      Social sciences 15,906 11,473 31 3,391 15 701 295
        Anthropology 264 1 0 235 0 28 0
        Economics 1,569 502 0 954 15 98 0
        Political science and government 1,644 135 31 1,181 0 207 90
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,173 1,920 0 920 0 128 205
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 9,256 8,915 0 101 0 240 0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 25,040 9,665 179 7,288 7,591 212 105
      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 1,964 1,389 2 573 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 6,101 3,962 99 1,333 421 212 74
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,718 1,083 0 3,477 7,127 0 31
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,849 2,873 78 1,871 27 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 408 358 0 34 16 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 14,692 2,681 92 11,339 156 336 88
      Business management and business administration 4,272 13 54 4,205 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 718 40 0 678 0 0 0
      Education 3,399 2,255 33 899 156 56 0
      Humanities 3,690 30 0 3,410 0 162 88
      Law 827 0 0 709 0 118 0
      Social work 776 295 0 481 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 522 0 0 522 0 0 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 488 48 5 435 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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 129,721 99,323 100,373 90,241 95,807 92,338 93,599 92,040 101,125 102,053
  DOD 5,544 4,042 4,758 3,195 3,780 3,338 2,688 2,641 2,093 1,257
  DOE 3,998 3,234 2,999 3,255 3,030 2,370 1,789 1,664 2,422 2,278
  HHS 23,788 23,219 19,871 18,096 16,749 13,834 13,469 10,327 10,809 7,553
  NASA 49,867 24,077 20,865 19,213 20,658 18,154 18,790 18,883 20,816 24,284
  NSF 16,783 14,761 18,563 18,567 16,267 18,195 20,923 20,505 20,986 19,515
  USDA 8,113 7,980 8,822 6,461 11,219 11,923 11,005 9,453 9,903 4,974
  Other 21,628 22,010 24,495 21,454 24,104 24,524 24,935 28,567 34,096 42,192

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 2,746 312 2,434 .
2018 2,460 295 2,165 .
2017 2,412 296 2,116 .
2016 2,455 286 2,169 .

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

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 384 374 245 314 317
    Agricultural sciences 93 84 86 91 79
    Biological and biomedical sciences 59 63 18 45 99
    Computer and information sciences 17 17 24 27 25
    Engineering 57 61 37 46 18
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 82 78 59 67 44
    Health sciences 5 6 2 2 4
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 17 16 7 11 .
    Physical sciences 33 32 5 16 31
    Psychology 9 8 1 0 5
    Social sciences 5 5 4 6 6
    Other 7 4 0 3 5

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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
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 . . 15,810 . . 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 6,660 . . 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 9,150 . . 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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 0 1,200 36,050 2,870 755
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,200 35,650 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 400 2,870 295
    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 0 0 0 0 460
    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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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