U. North Carolina, The, Greensboro
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 | 132 | 71.6 | 457 | 205 | 70.3 | 680 | 229 | 74.6 | 890 | |||
2021 | 153 | 66.3 | 447 | 202 | 71.2 | 691 | 241 | 59.2 | 583 | 229 | 75.1 | 907 |
2020 | 139 | 69.6 | 450 | 193 | 72.7 | 697 | 241 | 74 | 915 | |||
2019 | 156 | 65.6 | 447 | 201 | 71.5 | 696 | 252 | 57.7 | 589 | 250 | 73 | 913 |
2018 | 146 | 66.4 | 428 | 209 | 70.5 | 698 | 256 | 72.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 143 | 66.8 | 425 | 209 | 69.8 | 684 | 255 | 56.2 | 575 | 251 | 72.4 | 897 |
2016 | 120 | 72.5 | 430 | 223 | 68.4 | 697 | 252 | 72.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 158 | 63.4 | 426 | 225 | 68 | 693 | 258 | 55.3 | 570 | 255 | 71.9 | 897 |
2014 | 147 | 65.7 | 422 | 250 | 64.1 | 688 | 259 | 71.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 148 | 65 | 417 | 252 | 55.2 | 555 | 255 | 57.2 | 588 | 284 | 68.3 | 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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 116 | 88 | 115 | 93 | 105 | 102 | 140 | 94 | 102 | 97 |
Science and engineering | 62 | 57 | 73 | 47 | 57 | 56 | 66 | 49 | 38 | 44 |
Science | 55 | 48 | 66 | 42 | 55 | 53 | 66 | 49 | 37 | 44 |
Life science | 27 | 22 | 39 | 18 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 24 | 19 | 15 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
Health sciences | 20 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Chemistry | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Mathematics | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | . | 3 | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 21 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 27 |
Psychology | 13 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 17 |
Economics | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Engineering | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 54 | 31 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 74 | 45 | 64 | 53 |
Education | 36 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 46 | 29 | 53 | 31 |
Education administration | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Education research | 13 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 34 | 25 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 10 | . |
Other education | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Humanities | 13 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 14 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
History | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Letters | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
Other humanities and arts | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Business management/administration | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 684 | 623 | 607 | 582 | 535 | 538 | 547 | 503 | 414 | 406 |
Male | 249 | 195 | 184 | 176 | 154 | 157 | 187 | 185 | 131 | 124 |
Female | 435 | 428 | 423 | 406 | 381 | 381 | 360 | 318 | 283 | 282 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 426 | 463 | 487 | 449 | 415 | 417 | 422 | 408 | 350 | 367 |
Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 46 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 380 | 413 | 448 | 415 | 376 | 378 | 386 | 380 | 325 | 343 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 28 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 27 | 21 |
Black or African American | 89 | 102 | 105 | 106 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 59 | 40 | 48 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 249 | 264 | 301 | 278 | 273 | 275 | 279 | 291 | 253 | 271 |
More than one race | 13 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
Temporary visa holders | 258 | 160 | 120 | 133 | 120 | 121 | 125 | 95 | 64 | 39 |
Science and engineering | 492 | 418 | 403 | 390 | 363 | 366 | 362 | 327 | 270 | 260 |
Science | 492 | 418 | 403 | 390 | 363 | 366 | 362 | 327 | 270 | 260 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 75 | 71 | 65 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 65 | 56 | 52 | 69 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 175 | 115 | 97 | 85 | 55 | 58 | 68 | 51 | 33 | 27 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 18 | 20 | 24 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 32 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 27 | 26 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 8 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 73 | 71 | 70 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 28 | 27 |
Physical sciences | 46 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 24 |
Social sciences | 55 | 57 | 54 | 87 | 73 | 73 | 91 | 96 | 68 | 78 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Health | 192 | 205 | 204 | 192 | 172 | 172 | 185 | 176 | 144 | 146 |
Clinical medicine | 43 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 45 | 45 | 52 | 55 | 48 | 40 |
Other health | 149 | 152 | 153 | 137 | 127 | 127 | 133 | 121 | 96 | 106 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 495 | 545 | 524 | 559 | 524 | 524 | 423 | 365 | 461 | 445 |
Male | 203 | 189 | 186 | 197 | 190 | 190 | 185 | 149 | 198 | 200 |
Female | 292 | 356 | 338 | 362 | 334 | 334 | 238 | 216 | 263 | 245 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 446 | 493 | 470 | 501 | 482 | 482 | 379 | 333 | 416 | 400 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 13 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 411 | 457 | 432 | 458 | 436 | 436 | 346 | 307 | 368 | 374 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 29 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 23 |
Black or African American | 93 | 93 | 83 | 89 | 74 | 74 | 47 | 44 | 62 | 47 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 281 | 325 | 308 | 330 | 329 | 329 | 275 | 236 | 281 | 298 |
More than one race | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 13 |
Temporary visa holders | 49 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 32 | 45 | 45 |
Science and engineering | 330 | 342 | 308 | 310 | 284 | 284 | 298 | 244 | 349 | 354 |
Science | 330 | 342 | 308 | 310 | 284 | 284 | 298 | 244 | 349 | 354 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 47 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 65 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 61 | 63 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 101 | 107 | 103 | 106 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 74 | 93 | 82 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 13 | 14 | 4 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 50 | 57 | 51 | 51 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 20 | 20 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 31 |
Physical sciences | 43 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 33 |
Social sciences | 45 | 46 | 35 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 71 | 64 | 114 | 117 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Health | 165 | 203 | 216 | 249 | 240 | 240 | 125 | 121 | 112 | 91 |
Clinical medicine | 12 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
Other health | 153 | 184 | 197 | 225 | 223 | 223 | 116 | 103 | 96 | 74 |
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 | 65 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 47 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 10 |
Science | 47 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 10 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Health | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 684 | 623 | 607 | 582 | 535 | 538 | 547 | 503 | 414 | 406 |
Fellowships | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 76 | 42 | 26 | 29 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 72 | 59 |
Federal | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 12 |
Institutional | 13 | 36 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 39 | 41 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 6 |
Teaching assistantships | 87 | 126 | 123 | 122 | 70 | 93 | 121 | 96 | 62 | 37 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 75 | 125 | 118 | 122 | 70 | 93 | 120 | 91 | 58 | 35 |
Nonfederal | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Other types of support | 504 | 455 | 458 | 431 | 421 | 394 | 375 | 362 | 275 | 310 |
Federal | 4 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Institutional | 168 | 173 | 143 | 159 | 94 | 115 | 117 | 285 | 111 | 119 |
Nonfederal | 63 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 15 | 11 |
Personal resources | 269 | 247 | 291 | 250 | 317 | 269 | 245 | 4 | 148 | 178 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 25 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 7 |
Science | 24 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 18 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Science | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 41,303 | 37,033 | 28,966 | 26,325 | 22,743 | 23,231 | 23,965 | 23,026 | 20,723 | 16,590 | ||||||||||
Science | 22,203 | 18,992 | 15,364 | 16,500 | 14,374 | 14,416 | 16,129 | 16,673 | 15,735 | 12,629 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 398 | 806 | 510 | 16 | 0 | 148 | 218 | 101 | 129 | 321 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 135 | 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 | 135 | 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 | 11,226 | 8,934 | 7,582 | 8,554 | 6,221 | 5,473 | 6,723 | 6,726 | 6,334 | 5,075 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6,836 | 5,376 | 4,352 | 4,561 | 2,972 | 2,745 | 3,062 | 3,771 | 3,913 | 2,909 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,390 | 3,206 | 3,230 | 3,993 | 3,249 | 2,728 | 3,661 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,955 | 2,421 | 2,166 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 609 | 308 | 215 | 210 | 271 | 257 | 145 | 185 | 132 | 31 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,251 | 4,250 | 3,505 | 3,521 | 3,494 | 3,748 | 2,998 | 2,492 | 3,098 | 2,066 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,756 | 2,216 | 2,028 | 2,612 | 2,701 | 2,984 | 2,558 | 2,074 | 2,432 | 1,824 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 2,021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 44 | 50 | 125 | 106 | 218 | 4 | 418 | 666 | 242 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 474 | 1,990 | 1,427 | 784 | 687 | 546 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,551 | 3,539 | 2,805 | 3,471 | 3,062 | 3,884 | 4,589 | 5,345 | 4,565 | 2,976 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,033 | 1,155 | 747 | 728 | 1,326 | 906 | 1,456 | 1,824 | 1,477 | 2,160 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 56 | 27 | 32 | 149 | 774 | 202 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 391 | 509 | 199 | 246 | 246 | 353 | 457 | 299 | 452 | 197 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 71 | 73 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 347 | 126 | 54 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 410 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 168 | 420 | 413 | 298 | 305 | 294 | 426 | 1,079 | 1,009 | 1,946 | ||||||||||
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 | 19,100 | 18,041 | 13,602 | 9,825 | 8,369 | 8,815 | 7,836 | 6,353 | 4,988 | 3,961 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 338 | 87 | 65 | 94 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 137 | 34 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 117 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 76 | 120 | ||||||||||
Education | 14,370 | 12,899 | 10,009 | 7,816 | 6,823 | 5,938 | 5,869 | 4,157 | 3,649 | 2,988 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 239 | 421 | 140 | 186 | 224 | 193 | 301 | 239 | 158 | 191 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1,761 | 1,346 | 717 | 641 | 456 | 535 | 203 | 282 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 40 | 435 | 353 | 53 | 56 | 203 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,352 | 2,736 | 2,306 | 1,034 | 739 | 1,902 | 1,341 | 1,512 | 1,069 | 627 |
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 | 41,303 | 29,822 | 524 | 9,054 | 593 | 579 | 731 | |||||||
Science | 22,203 | 15,462 | 140 | 5,692 | 484 | 255 | 170 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 398 | 322 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 135 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 135 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 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 | 11,226 | 7,347 | 72 | 3,260 | 355 | 168 | 24 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6,836 | 4,791 | 19 | 1,752 | 107 | 164 | 3 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,390 | 2,556 | 53 | 1,508 | 248 | 4 | 21 | |||||||
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 | 609 | 392 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,251 | 4,149 | 22 | 937 | 129 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,756 | 2,207 | 0 | 463 | 83 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 2,021 | 1,942 | 22 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 474 | 0 | 0 | 474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,551 | 2,668 | 42 | 789 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,033 | 463 | 0 | 444 | 0 | 52 | 74 | |||||||
Anthropology | 56 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Economics | 391 | 269 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
Political science and government | 71 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 347 | 177 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 168 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 26 | 46 | |||||||
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 | 19,100 | 14,360 | 384 | 3,362 | 109 | 324 | 561 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 338 | 263 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 14,370 | 11,509 | 221 | 2,293 | 51 | 84 | 212 | |||||||
Humanities | 239 | 26 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 72 | 35 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 1,761 | 1,009 | 157 | 273 | 51 | 105 | 166 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 40 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,352 | 1,551 | 6 | 651 | 7 | 37 | 100 |
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 | 29,822 | 24,423 | 20,447 | 18,923 | 17,016 | 17,354 | 17,902 | 14,978 | 13,489 | 13,658 | ||||||||||
DOD | 597 | 620 | 402 | 332 | 214 | 617 | 693 | 221 | 88 | 12 | ||||||||||
DOE | 39 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 12,098 | 10,068 | 8,494 | 9,083 | 7,667 | 9,000 | 8,688 | 9,105 | 8,306 | 7,887 | ||||||||||
NASA | 25 | 13 | 63 | 36 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,142 | 2,717 | 2,468 | 1,868 | 1,772 | 1,441 | 1,572 | 1,934 | 2,153 | 2,477 | ||||||||||
USDA | 922 | 674 | 569 | 816 | 966 | 224 | 654 | 322 | 291 | 265 | ||||||||||
Other | 11,999 | 10,304 | 8,451 | 6,788 | 6,320 | 6,072 | 6,295 | 3,396 | 2,651 | 3,017 |
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 | 527 | 86 | 441 | . | |||
2018 | 622 | 78 | 544 | . | |||
2017 | 793 | 77 | 716 | . | |||
2016 | 725 | 89 | 636 | . |
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 | 186 | 168 | 154 | 151 | 146 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 40 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 40 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 31 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 27 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 30 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 21 |
Psychology | 21 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 21 |
Social sciences | 39 | 36 | 30 | 31 | 20 |
Other | 15 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 16 |
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 | . | . | 11,546 | . | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 11,546 | . | . |
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 | 683 | 0 | 771 | 610 | 941 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 683 | 0 | 771 | 280 | 668 |
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 | 330 | 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 | 273 |
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.