U. North Carolina, The, Wilmington
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 | 384 | 16.8 | 457 | 293 | 57.4 | 680 | 290 | 67.8 | 890 | |||
2021 | 405 | 10.3 | 447 | 273 | 61 | 691 | 309 | 47.6 | 583 | 298 | 67.6 | 907 |
2020 | 421 | 7.4 | 450 | 270 | 61.7 | 697 | 291 | 68.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 426 | 5.7 | 447 | 263 | 62.7 | 696 | 315 | 47.1 | 589 | 288 | 68.8 | 913 |
2018 | 370 | 14.4 | 428 | 266 | 62.4 | 698 | 285 | 69.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 405 | 5.7 | 425 | 268 | 61.3 | 684 | 277 | 52.4 | 575 | 291 | 68 | 897 |
2016 | 403 | 7.2 | 430 | 265 | 62.4 | 697 | 297 | 67.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 278 | 60.4 | 693 | 278 | 51.8 | 570 | 286 | 68.5 | 897 | |||
2014 | 372 | 12.8 | 422 | 262 | 62.4 | 688 | 292 | 67.5 | 887 | |||
2013 | 369 | 12.4 | 417 | 260 | 53.7 | 555 | 294 | 50.6 | 588 | 276 | 69.2 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 |
Science | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 | 5 |
Life science | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 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
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 352 | 356 | 334 | 349 | 347 | 350 | 385 | 366 | 387 | 384 |
Male | 129 | 135 | 135 | 132 | 136 | 135 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 157 |
Female | 223 | 221 | 199 | 217 | 211 | 215 | 219 | 199 | 219 | 227 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 313 | 326 | 318 | 328 | 335 | 338 | 374 | 354 | 376 | 376 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 278 | 300 | 298 | 308 | 306 | 308 | 339 | 318 | 348 | 352 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Black or African American | 8 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 259 | 275 | 272 | 273 | 277 | 281 | 307 | 295 | 325 | 329 |
More than one race | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
Temporary visa holders | 39 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
Science and engineering | 352 | 356 | 334 | 349 | 347 | 350 | 385 | 366 | 387 | 384 |
Science | 352 | 356 | 334 | 349 | 347 | 350 | 385 | 366 | 387 | 384 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 38 | 37 | 49 | 43 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 36 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 17 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 76 | 78 | 63 | 60 | 61 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 28 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 86 | 89 | 92 | 100 | 96 | 110 | 104 | 102 | 106 | 111 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 21 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 11 | 25 | 33 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Natural resources and conservation | 45 | 46 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 37 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 24 | 30 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 57 | 71 | 65 | 74 | 72 |
Physical sciences | 40 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 34 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 44 | 39 |
Social sciences | 26 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 55 | 64 | 61 | 48 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 75 | 98 | 128 | 121 | 109 | 91 | 118 | 81 | 85 | 77 |
Male | 25 | 31 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 32 | 51 | 31 | 34 | 35 |
Female | 50 | 67 | 76 | 73 | 64 | 59 | 67 | 50 | 51 | 42 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 73 | 94 | 124 | 121 | 107 | 91 | 117 | 81 | 85 | 77 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 84 | 114 | 113 | 102 | 87 | 113 | 78 | 79 | 74 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 56 | 75 | 100 | 101 | 85 | 76 | 97 | 68 | 72 | 68 |
More than one race | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 75 | 98 | 128 | 121 | 109 | 91 | 118 | 81 | 85 | 77 |
Science | 75 | 98 | 128 | 121 | 109 | 91 | 118 | 81 | 85 | 77 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12 | 20 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 11 | 15 | 25 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 8 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Physical sciences | 26 | 27 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 31 | 19 |
Social sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 28 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
Science and engineering | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
Science | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 352 | 356 | 334 | 349 | 347 | 350 | 385 | 366 | 387 | 384 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 26 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 54 | 22 | 17 | 52 | 34 |
Federal | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
Institutional | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 54 | 22 | 16 | 42 | 18 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Teaching assistantships | 113 | 78 | 100 | 106 | 121 | 124 | 141 | 134 | 165 | 185 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
Institutional | 112 | 77 | 100 | 106 | 120 | 124 | 141 | 133 | 164 | 172 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Other types of support | 213 | 265 | 227 | 234 | 191 | 172 | 222 | 215 | 167 | 165 |
Federal | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 212 | 261 | 219 | 229 | 191 | 162 | 189 | 185 | 162 | 165 |
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 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Science | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 20,053 | 16,656 | 16,544 | 17,515 | 16,955 | 16,015 | 15,715 | 15,564 | 14,648 | 18,145 | ||||||||||
Science | 17,097 | 13,987 | 14,365 | 14,813 | 13,399 | 13,222 | 13,268 | 12,792 | 12,025 | 15,374 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 280 | 244 | 210 | 110 | 147 | 18 | 27 | 279 | 203 | 462 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,351 | 4,311 | 5,206 | 5,193 | 4,511 | 4,558 | 3,879 | 4,551 | 4,453 | 5,159 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 35 | 77 | 218 | 8 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 385 | 28 | 244 | 844 | 644 | 671 | 162 | 579 | 679 | 511 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 5,827 | 4,204 | 4,688 | 3,861 | 3,867 | 3,865 | 3,680 | 3,895 | 3,395 | 4,640 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 139 | 79 | 274 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 7,428 | 7,179 | 7,090 | 7,782 | 6,991 | 6,682 | 6,678 | 6,273 | 6,475 | 8,651 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 579 | 584 | 565 | 1,850 | 2,082 | 1,842 | 1,668 | 1,210 | 1,270 | 2,000 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,997 | 4,712 | 4,791 | 5,604 | 4,414 | 4,148 | 3,985 | 4,333 | 4,503 | 6,296 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 169 | 533 | 481 | 159 | 66 | 78 | 985 | 469 | 445 | 39 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,599 | 1,350 | 1,253 | 169 | 382 | 614 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 257 | 316 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 51 | 51 | 105 | 83 | 98 | 46 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 26 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 675 | 435 | 375 | 597 | 525 | 562 | 1,241 | 477 | 636 | 567 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 140 | 126 | 208 | 458 | 388 | 320 | 499 | 353 | 258 | 422 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 47 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 118 | 110 | 52 | 90 | 242 | 691 | 26 | 48 | 32 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 535 | 191 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 330 | 95 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 223 | 214 | 183 | 314 | 280 | 242 | 275 | 248 | 133 | 222 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,683 | 1,183 | 709 | 390 | 136 | 266 | 138 | 357 | 104 | 287 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 14 | 17 | 9 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 129 | 102 | 103 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 93 | 36 | 25 | 20 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 4 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 207 | 13 | 103 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 72 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 261 | 33 | 73 | 8 | 34 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,464 | 939 | 596 | 344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 58 | 130 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 406 | 370 | 487 | 344 | 711 | 848 | 1,030 | 559 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 537 | 1,064 | 640 | 1,226 | 1,659 | 778 | 329 | 374 | 187 | 116 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 309 | 614 | 266 | 741 | 904 | 0 | 58 | 351 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 228 | 429 | 22 | 0 | 224 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 21 | 115 | 485 | 531 | 232 | 265 | 16 | 175 | 94 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 237 | 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 | 2,419 | 1,605 | 1,539 | 1,476 | 1,897 | 2,015 | 2,118 | 2,398 | 2,436 | 2,655 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 708 | 643 | 582 | 562 | 447 | 320 | 453 | 558 | 421 | 498 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | ||||||||||
Education | 834 | 698 | 714 | 657 | 624 | 1,004 | 1,603 | 1,225 | 1,428 | 1,407 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 113 | 47 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 191 | 265 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 109 | 39 | 3 | 26 | 105 | 245 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 356 | 0 | 20 | 105 | 75 | 64 | 12 | 157 | 241 | 119 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 408 | 217 | 187 | 109 | 596 | 539 | 40 | 426 | 38 | 99 |
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 | 20,053 | 7,178 | 6,644 | 3,338 | 1,166 | 1,638 | 89 | |||||||
Science | 17,097 | 5,965 | 6,570 | 2,478 | 744 | 1,251 | 89 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 280 | 214 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6,351 | 1,541 | 3,468 | 1,169 | 166 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 385 | 18 | 49 | 145 | 166 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 5,827 | 1,523 | 3,419 | 885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 139 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 7,428 | 2,495 | 2,987 | 712 | 528 | 628 | 78 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 579 | 0 | 311 | 89 | 179 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,997 | 1,431 | 2,292 | 403 | 311 | 485 | 75 | |||||||
Health sciences | 169 | 30 | 69 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,599 | 1,003 | 315 | 156 | 18 | 104 | 3 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 84 | 31 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 675 | 615 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 140 | 99 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 535 | 516 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 223 | 217 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,683 | 832 | 115 | 59 | 50 | 616 | 11 | |||||||
Anthropology | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
Economics | 129 | 2 | 104 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 72 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,464 | 830 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 602 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 406 | 0 | 0 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 537 | 182 | 0 | 88 | 267 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 309 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 248 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 228 | 182 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 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 | 2,419 | 1,031 | 74 | 772 | 155 | 387 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 708 | 388 | 33 | 243 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 834 | 407 | 33 | 107 | 21 | 266 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 113 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 356 | 101 | 0 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 408 | 22 | 8 | 167 | 134 | 77 | 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 | 7,178 | 6,852 | 6,783 | 7,174 | 5,732 | 5,990 | 5,966 | 5,819 | 6,063 | 9,133 | ||||||||||
DOD | 393 | 735 | 257 | 480 | 470 | 827 | 971 | 657 | 964 | 710 | ||||||||||
DOE | 7 | 74 | 185 | 141 | 82 | 130 | 92 | 35 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 648 | 503 | 704 | 854 | 765 | 671 | 731 | 791 | 603 | 746 | ||||||||||
NASA | 130 | 197 | 251 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 52 | 39 | 120 | 92 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,159 | 2,194 | 1,691 | 1,862 | 1,390 | 1,417 | 1,275 | 1,909 | 1,799 | 2,803 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 55 | 211 | 175 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 47 | 201 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,841 | 3,149 | 3,640 | 3,543 | 2,772 | 2,841 | 2,845 | 2,360 | 2,500 | 4,581 |
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 | 312 | 200 | 112 | . | |||
2018 | 279 | 172 | 107 | . | |||
2017 | 533 | 186 | 347 | . | |||
2016 | 478 | 133 | 345 | . |
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 | 110 | 107 | 129 | 130 | 111 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 80 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 73 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 3 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Psychology | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 12 |
Social sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
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.
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 | . | 4,754 | 7,744 | . | . |
Engineering | . | 4,754 | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 7,744 | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 11,081 | 1,705 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 10,632 | 1,115 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 449 | 590 | 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.