National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

  • Contact
  • Help
Skip to main content
    Home
  • Home ✕
  • Research Areas
      • Biological Sciences (BIO)
      • Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
      • Education and Human Resources (EHR)
      • Engineering (ENG)
      • Environmental Research and Education (ERE)
      • Geosciences (GEO)
      • Integrative Activities (OIA)
      • International Science and Engineering (OISE)
      • Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
      • Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
      • Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP)
      • Related Links
      • Interdisciplinary Research
      • NSF Organization List
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Staff Directory
      • Understanding NSF Research
  • Funding
      • About Funding
      • Archived Funding Search
      • Due Dates
      • Find Funding
      • Merit Review
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Preparing Proposals
      • Recent Opportunities
      • Transformative Research
      • Related Links
      • Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
      • Research.gov
      • FastLane
      • Funding Opportunities For
      • Graduate Students
      • K-12 Educators
      • Postdoctoral Fellows
      • Undergraduate Students
      • Small Business
  • Awards
      • About Awards
      • Award Statistics (Budget Internet Info System)
      • Award Conditions
      • Managing Awards
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Presidential and Honorary Awards
      • Search Awards
      • Related Links
      • Research.gov
      • FastLane
      • Public Access Initiative
  • Document Library
      • All Documents
      • National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
      • Obtaining Documents
      • Search Documents
  • News
      • All News
      • For News Media
      • Multimedia Gallery
      • News Archive
      • Search News
      • Special Reports
      • Speeches and Lectures
      • Related Links
      • About NSF Logo
      • Events
  • About NSF
      • About NSF
      • Broadening Participation/Diversity
      • Budget and Performance
      • Career Opportunities
      • Contracting Opportunities
      • History
      • National Science Board (NSB)
      • NSF and Congress
      • NSF Toolkit
      • Office of Equity and Civil Rights
      • Organization List
      • Partners
      • Remote Participant Support
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Staff Directory
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Transparency and Accountability
      • Visit NSF
  • Academic
    Institution Profiles

  • Academic Institution Profiles Home
  • List of institutions
  • Search by institution name
  • Institution rankings most recent year
  • Institution rankings by
    • Earned doctorates
    • Full-time graduate students
    • Total R&D expenditures
    • Research Space
  • Release notes
  • Technical notes
  • Errata
  • TableBuilder
  • NCSES Home
  • Contact NCSES
  1. NCSES Home
  2. Academic Institution Profiles
  3. Academic Institution Profiles
  4. U. New Hampshire, Durham
  5. Data All
Email Print

U. New Hampshire, Durham

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 183 60.7 459
2022 174 62.4 457
2021 175 61.4 447
2020 179 60.8 450
2019 173 61.8 447
2018 176 59.4 428
2017 185 57 425
2016 185 57.5 430
2015 177 59 426
2014 173 59.6 422
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 sources
Download all tables in Excel formatzip file.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 71 80 72 70 77 75 63 66 75 75
  Science and engineering 56 70 57 61 68 61 47 60 62 62
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 7 5 12 4 9 3 7 10 5
      Agricultural sciences 2 2 1 3 1 4 3 2 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation . 5 4 9 3 5 . 5 9 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 3 12 8 7 9 6 3 5 6 16
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 2 2 2 2 4 . 1 1 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 2 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 2 4 1 2 . . 1 . .
      Genetics and genomics 1 3 . 1 2 1 2 . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology . 2 . . . 1 . 1 1 3
      Molecular biology . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 1 . . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 . 2 2 . 1 2 3 5
    Computer and information sciences 1 6 1 2 1 1 . 1 1 2
      Computer science 1 5 1 2 1 . . 1 1 2
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 . . . 1 . . . .
    Engineering 13 12 16 11 18 20 6 6 13 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 2 3 . 2 6 . 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 4 4 6 3 6 2 1 2 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 2 3 3 . 2 1 . . . .
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . 1 . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 2 . . 1 1 3 . 1 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 3 5 3 8 2 3 2 7 .
      Engineering, other 1 . . . 2 1 1 . 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 7 6 4 2 3 2 5 3 6
      Geological sciences 3 4 . 2 . 3 1 3 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 3 6 2 2 . 1 2 2 4
    Health sciences . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Nursing science . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 5 8 3 3 7 2 6 3 5 3
      Applied mathematics . 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 . 1
      Mathematics . 1 . 1 4 1 2 1 5 .
      Statistics 2 2 . . . . 1 . . 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 1 2 1 2 . 1 . . .
    Physical sciences 20 9 11 13 14 13 17 16 10 16
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 2 2 1 . 1 3 1 2 .
      Chemistry 11 5 5 5 6 5 9 7 2 11
      Physics 5 2 4 7 8 7 5 8 6 5
    Psychology 2 3 1 1 7 4 3 10 4 3
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 1 3 1 1 5 4 3 10 4 3
      Psychology, other 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
    Social sciences 5 6 6 8 6 3 6 7 10 7
      Economics 1 1 4 3 . . 4 2 4 4
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 4 2 4 5 2 2 5 6 2
      Social sciences, other . 1 . 1 1 1 . . . 1
  Non-science and engineering 15 10 15 9 9 14 16 6 13 13
    Business . . . . . . . . . .
      Business . . . . . . . . . .
    Education 6 2 7 6 3 10 8 6 4 9
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 1 . . 3 1 . . 1
      Education research 2 1 3 4 . 5 3 2 3 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 . 1 2 1 1 4 4 . 5
      Education, other 2 . 2 . 2 1 . . 1 2
    Humanities and arts 9 7 8 3 6 4 8 . 9 4
      Letters 5 6 5 3 4 3 3 . 6 1
      History 4 1 3 . 2 1 5 . 3 3
    Other non-science and engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.

Research.gov
News
  • Media Inquiries
  • Multimedia Gallery
Funding & Awards
  • Find Funding
  • Award Search
  • Proposal & Award Policies Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
  • Recently Announced Funding Opportunities
  • Upcoming Funding Opportunity Due Dates
Document Library &
About NSF
  • Document Library
  • About NSF
  • Careers
  • Staff Directory
About Services
  • ACM$ (Award Cash Management Service)
  • Notifications & Requests
  • Project Reports
  • Proposal Status
  • Public Access
  • User Management
NSF Award Highlights
  • Research Spending & Results
Contact
  • Contact Help Desk
Feedback
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
See all NSF social media
  • Website Policies
  • Budget and Performance
  • Inspector General
  • Privacy
  • FOIA
  • No FEAR Act
  • USA.gov
  • Accessibility
  • Plain Language
  • Contact
  • Research.gov

National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA Tel: (703) 292-5111, FIRS: (800) 877-8339 | TDD: (800) 281-8749 | NSF NCSES