U. North Carolina, The, Asheville

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 | 486 | 83.5 | 583 | 418 | 46.5 | 909 | ||||||
2020 | 414 | 45.7 | 915 | |||||||||
2019 | 493 | 83.8 | 589 | 421 | 46.6 | 913 | ||||||
2018 | 450 | 49.9 | 910 | |||||||||
2017 | 478 | 83.3 | 575 | 474 | 53.3 | 897 | ||||||
2016 | 440 | 49.6 | 895 | |||||||||
2015 | 468 | 82.2 | 570 | 489 | 54.9 | 897 | ||||||
2014 | 507 | 57.5 | 887 | |||||||||
2013 | 499 | 85 | 588 | 478 | 54.5 | 884 | ||||||
2012 | 460 | 52 | 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

Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 4,844 | 4,789 | 4,602 | 3,414 | 2,863 | 3,348 | 2,384 | 2,150 | 2,647 | 3,068 | ||||||||||
Science | 3,149 | 2,931 | 2,216 | 2,567 | 2,378 | 2,743 | 2,041 | 1,597 | 2,189 | 2,575 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 284 | 310 | 128 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 260 | 84 | 128 | 412 | 545 | 812 | 561 | 679 | 876 | 830 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 86 | 16 | 108 | 119 | 107 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 166 | 218 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 150 | 68 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 92 | 13 | 39 | 153 | 146 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 24 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 413 | 714 | 524 | 600 | 557 | 466 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,045 | 1,559 | 1,271 | 1,713 | 1,014 | 534 | 136 | 197 | 167 | 205 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 69 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 322 | 493 | 505 | 497 | 213 | 70 | 4 | 44 | 134 | 136 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,014 | 718 | 515 | 146 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 317 | 292 | 222 | 764 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 392 | 56 | 29 | 306 | 145 | 464 | 132 | 153 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 70 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 558 | 958 | 680 | 313 | 506 | 942 | 868 | 576 | 865 | 1,107 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 41 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 48 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 86 | 180 | 13 | 201 | 167 | 370 | 207 | 219 | 255 | 350 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 134 | 221 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 431 | 736 | 659 | 112 | 302 | 524 | 645 | 326 | 463 | 536 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 2 | 18 | 0 | 101 | 212 | 249 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 96 | 157 | 301 | 127 | 233 | 354 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 148 | 109 | 127 | 91 | 8 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 9 | 192 | 0 | 142 | 346 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 10 | 74 | 40 | 51 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 10 | 74 | 40 | 51 | 5 | 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 | 1,695 | 1,857 | 2,376 | 773 | 445 | 554 | 338 | 553 | 458 | 493 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 60 | 54 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 56 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 675 | 636 | 633 | 223 | 47 | 118 | 20 | 274 | 199 | 246 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 754 | 884 | 1,274 | 381 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 234 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 123 | 132 | 224 | 109 | 75 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 64 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 83 | 95 | 110 | 42 | 315 | 394 | 293 | 253 | 113 | 13 |
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 | 4,844 | 2,322 | 346 | 440 | 30 | 1,706 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 3,149 | 1,775 | 248 | 239 | 30 | 857 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 284 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 260 | 93 | 130 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 86 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 150 | 7 | 118 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 24 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,045 | 953 | 90 | 190 | 30 | 782 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 322 | 14 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 254 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,014 | 939 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 317 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 262 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 392 | 0 | 28 | 68 | 30 | 266 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 558 | 443 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 67 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 41 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 86 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 431 | 397 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 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 | 1,695 | 547 | 98 | 201 | 0 | 849 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 675 | 438 | 98 | 42 | 0 | 97 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 754 | 46 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 584 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 123 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 102 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 83 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 66 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 2,322 | 2,405 | 1,846 | 1,442 | 1,851 | 2,312 | 1,531 | 1,176 | 1,608 | 1,789 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,129 | 919 | 556 | 379 | 623 | 520 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NASA | 13 | 17 | 100 | 80 | 36 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 53 | 24 | ||||||||||
NSF | 502 | 565 | 399 | 330 | 310 | 562 | 208 | 265 | 418 | 635 | ||||||||||
USDA | 144 | 184 | 87 | 242 | 356 | 528 | 405 | 553 | 570 | 435 | ||||||||||
Other | 534 | 720 | 704 | 407 | 526 | 696 | 730 | 318 | 567 | 695 |
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 | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 103 | 41 | 62 | . | |||
2018 | 118 | 51 | 67 | . | |||
2017 | 118 | 51 | 67 | . | |||
2016 | 112 | 45 | 67 | . | |||
2015 | 91 | 36 | 55 | 3 |
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 |
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All research space | 31 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 19 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | . |
Physical sciences | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | 1 | 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.
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 |
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All research space | 0 | 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 | 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.