U. North Texas, Denton
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 | 78 | 83.3 | 457 | 38 | 94.6 | 680 | 174 | 80.7 | 890 | |||
2021 | 86 | 81.1 | 447 | 67 | 90.5 | 691 | 220 | 62.8 | 583 | 174 | 81.1 | 907 |
2020 | 79 | 82.8 | 450 | 111 | 84.4 | 697 | 171 | 81.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 83 | 81.8 | 447 | 130 | 81.6 | 696 | 234 | 60.8 | 589 | 173 | 81.3 | 913 |
2018 | 99 | 77.3 | 428 | 128 | 82 | 698 | 204 | 77.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 92 | 78.8 | 425 | 122 | 82.5 | 684 | 226 | 61.2 | 575 | 205 | 77.5 | 897 |
2016 | 83 | 81.1 | 430 | 116 | 83.6 | 697 | 217 | 76.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 83 | 80.9 | 426 | 126 | 82.1 | 693 | 201 | 65.2 | 570 | 205 | 77.5 | 897 |
2014 | 89 | 79.3 | 422 | 134 | 80.8 | 688 | 203 | 77.4 | 887 | |||
2013 | 108 | 74.5 | 417 | 129 | 77.1 | 555 | 208 | 65.1 | 588 | 200 | 77.7 | 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 |
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All fields | 255 | 211 | 239 | 232 | 192 | 209 | 237 | 225 | 208 | 159 |
Science and engineering | 137 | 112 | 126 | 132 | 115 | 106 | 127 | 125 | 119 | 89 |
Science | 106 | 88 | 105 | 116 | 102 | 94 | 114 | 107 | 108 | 87 |
Life science | 22 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 7 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 12 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
Health sciences | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 26 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 18 |
Chemistry | 13 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
Physics and astronomy | 13 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 26 | 20 | 25 | 39 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 25 |
Computer sciences | 20 | 16 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 14 |
Mathematics | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Psychology and social sciences | 32 | 39 | 46 | 31 | 49 | 42 | 43 | 48 | 42 | 37 |
Psychology | 21 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 36 | 30 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 19 |
Political science and government | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
Sociology | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Engineering | 31 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 16 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 7 | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 118 | 99 | 113 | 100 | 77 | 103 | 110 | 100 | 89 | 70 |
Education | 68 | 48 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 52 | 53 | 48 | 54 | 42 |
Education administration | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Education research | 52 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 27 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
Other education | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 |
Humanities | 29 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 17 |
Foreign languages & literature | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
History | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Letters | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
Other | 21 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 22 | 11 |
Business management/administration | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 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, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 3,966 | 2,383 | 1,318 | 1,114 | 1,092 | 1,148 | 1,346 | 1,250 | 1,137 | 1,099 |
Male | 2,099 | 1,251 | 612 | 528 | 537 | 577 | 713 | 661 | 596 | 589 |
Female | 1,867 | 1,132 | 706 | 586 | 555 | 571 | 633 | 589 | 541 | 510 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 709 | 801 | 842 | 677 | 677 | 640 | 689 | 692 | 686 | 692 |
Hispanic or Latino | 132 | 153 | 152 | 117 | 102 | 86 | 88 | 89 | 91 | 93 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 567 | 642 | 678 | 550 | 563 | 542 | 586 | 590 | 585 | 588 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 52 | 65 | 63 | 49 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 34 |
Black or African American | 79 | 69 | 75 | 58 | 54 | 43 | 47 | 40 | 47 | 53 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 395 | 456 | 501 | 415 | 451 | 442 | 486 | 486 | 485 | 481 |
More than one race | 38 | 50 | 38 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 19 | 17 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 |
Temporary visa holders | 3,257 | 1,582 | 476 | 437 | 415 | 508 | 657 | 558 | 451 | 407 |
Science and engineering | 3,801 | 2,207 | 1,168 | 976 | 966 | 1,048 | 1,241 | 1,145 | 1,033 | 1,005 |
Science | 3,363 | 1,819 | 984 | 787 | 786 | 862 | 968 | 871 | 845 | 838 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 5 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 83 | 82 | 82 | 73 | 89 | 97 | 106 | 116 | 121 | 102 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2,649 | 1,153 | 313 | 216 | 189 | 280 | 307 | 205 | 171 | 184 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 208 | 102 | 73 | 55 | 47 | 43 | 54 | 49 | 56 | 55 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 6 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 16 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 155 | 158 | 182 | 147 | 151 | 146 | 157 | 153 | 144 | 143 |
Physical sciences | 102 | 127 | 132 | 128 | 126 | 117 | 112 | 123 | 121 | 112 |
Social sciences | 144 | 170 | 155 | 131 | 141 | 145 | 226 | 207 | 213 | 221 |
Engineering | 438 | 388 | 184 | 189 | 180 | 186 | 273 | 274 | 188 | 167 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 46 | 47 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 7 | . | 0 | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 202 | 211 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 87 | 178 | 157 | 93 | 75 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 65 | 52 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 63 | 61 | 22 | 20 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 64 | 50 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 49 | 32 | 56 | 73 | 72 |
Other engineering | 61 | 28 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 165 | 176 | 150 | 138 | 126 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 94 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 165 | 176 | 150 | 138 | 126 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 94 |
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 |
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All part-time students | 1,362 | 1,138 | 946 | 870 | 772 | 784 | 775 | 700 | 703 | 726 |
Male | 638 | 500 | 450 | 413 | 353 | 355 | 357 | 299 | 304 | 335 |
Female | 724 | 638 | 496 | 457 | 419 | 429 | 418 | 401 | 399 | 391 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 854 | 866 | 726 | 665 | 574 | 580 | 623 | 567 | 579 | 572 |
Hispanic or Latino | 178 | 181 | 150 | 107 | 84 | 76 | 98 | 75 | 84 | 87 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 659 | 668 | 559 | 541 | 478 | 495 | 516 | 483 | 485 | 482 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 101 | 98 | 63 | 42 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 29 | 28 | 29 |
Black or African American | 104 | 94 | 60 | 65 | 54 | 46 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 53 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 434 | 448 | 413 | 407 | 362 | 400 | 394 | 372 | 376 | 378 |
More than one race | 19 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 21 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 508 | 272 | 220 | 205 | 198 | 204 | 152 | 133 | 124 | 154 |
Science and engineering | 1,328 | 1,108 | 933 | 858 | 763 | 774 | 765 | 690 | 692 | 719 |
Science | 1,217 | 974 | 832 | 775 | 676 | 689 | 674 | 630 | 643 | 661 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 17 | 18 | 16 | 21 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 40 | 44 | 43 | 33 | 33 | 42 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 420 | 291 | 240 | 221 | 243 | 284 | 249 | 222 | 250 | 235 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 272 | 160 | 165 | 129 | 79 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 13 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 304 | 302 | 200 | 162 | 125 | 141 | 114 | 115 | 95 | 93 |
Physical sciences | 59 | 34 | 28 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 43 |
Social sciences | 102 | 121 | 121 | 135 | 116 | 127 | 196 | 187 | 199 | 204 |
Engineering | 111 | 134 | 101 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 91 | 60 | 49 | 58 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 30 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | . | 0 | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 28 | 51 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 38 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 26 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 28 | 37 | 38 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 16 | 32 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 21 |
Other engineering | 9 | 5 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 34 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 34 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
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 | 75 | 32 | 59 | 52 | 47 | 37 | 46 | 34 | 34 | 55 |
Science and engineering | 75 | 32 | 58 | 52 | 47 | 37 | 46 | 34 | 34 | 55 |
Science | 37 | 26 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 33 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 13 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 14 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 12 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
Psychology | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Engineering | 38 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 22 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 22 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 20 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 3,966 | 2,383 | 1,318 | 1,114 | 1,092 | 1,148 | 1,346 | 1,250 | 1,137 | 1,099 |
Fellowships | 37 | 35 | 45 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 6 | 25 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Institutional | 37 | 35 | 44 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 44 | 4 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 125 | 119 | 127 | 125 | 88 | 66 | 107 | 87 | 60 | 132 |
Federal | 75 | 32 | 46 | 51 | 45 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 30 | 55 |
Institutional | 48 | 80 | 76 | 60 | 31 | 24 | 51 | 44 | 18 | 64 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
Teaching assistantships | 394 | 402 | 330 | 370 | 81 | 69 | 150 | 219 | 16 | 101 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 394 | 402 | 322 | 370 | 79 | 69 | 148 | 218 | 15 | 100 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Other types of support | 3,410 | 1,827 | 816 | 587 | 923 | 1,012 | 1,070 | 899 | 1,055 | 841 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 68 | 95 | 84 | 69 | 45 | 42 | 63 | 22 | 8 | 38 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Personal resources | 3,341 | 1,732 | 728 | 517 | 878 | 970 | 1,006 | 877 | 1,046 | 802 |
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 |
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Science and engineering | 46 | 49 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 31 | 56 | 40 | 49 |
Science | 31 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 36 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 24 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | 0 | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 32 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 37 | 25 | 28 |
Science and engineering | 32 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 37 | 25 | 28 |
Science | 22 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 21 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 16 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 93,538 | 81,252 | 84,239 | 78,691 | 44,025 | 43,789 | 37,106 | 43,628 | 44,180 | 49,518 | ||||||||||
Science | 43,443 | 38,453 | 42,559 | 38,750 | 24,617 | 22,958 | 21,733 | 27,313 | 26,661 | 28,854 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 9,124 | 7,269 | 4,769 | 5,879 | 3,065 | 2,586 | 3,682 | 4,856 | 5,002 | 3,210 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 687 | 1,879 | 2,064 | 1,444 | 747 | 698 | 230 | 1,036 | 762 | 1,585 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 687 | 1,879 | 2,064 | 1,444 | 747 | 698 | 230 | 1,036 | 762 | 1,585 | ||||||||||
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 | 17,731 | 13,582 | 12,745 | 12,644 | 10,703 | 9,274 | 10,034 | 8,884 | 9,501 | 10,135 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,547 | 2,085 | 479 | 213 | 0 | 20 | 64 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,612 | 7,908 | 10,805 | 10,319 | 9,685 | 8,539 | 9,847 | 8,527 | 8,893 | 9,449 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,943 | 3,360 | 1,354 | 1,866 | 875 | 426 | 26 | 0 | 82 | 390 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 629 | 177 | 107 | 246 | 143 | 289 | 97 | 286 | 526 | 296 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 237 | 1,676 | 1,409 | 491 | 316 | 733 | 1,026 | 1,174 | 1,003 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 8,762 | 8,710 | 9,275 | 7,586 | 5,358 | 6,424 | 4,270 | 7,331 | 6,616 | 8,431 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 5,788 | 5,451 | 5,586 | 4,069 | 3,314 | 4,886 | 3,127 | 3,913 | 4,631 | 6,219 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,974 | 3,205 | 3,689 | 3,517 | 2,044 | 1,538 | 1,143 | 3,418 | 1,985 | 2,212 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,186 | 2,719 | 4,489 | 4,375 | 2,881 | 1,763 | 1,507 | 1,805 | 2,244 | 1,890 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 3,953 | 4,057 | 7,541 | 5,413 | 1,372 | 1,897 | 1,277 | 2,375 | 1,362 | 2,600 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 229 | 361 | 285 | 51 | 50 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 733 | 818 | 719 | 861 | 255 | 279 | 142 | 323 | 351 | 239 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 1,274 | 1,296 | 1,619 | 1,689 | 559 | 689 | 430 | 615 | 423 | 1,610 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 871 | 761 | 1,078 | 1,350 | 301 | 575 | 445 | 417 | 348 | 462 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,075 | 953 | 3,764 | 1,228 | 206 | 304 | 223 | 1,020 | 240 | 289 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 23,078 | 18,285 | 15,205 | 15,773 | 13,114 | 12,485 | 9,125 | 10,688 | 12,792 | 14,488 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,486 | 1,557 | 970 | 833 | 447 | 1 | 48 | 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 | 2,550 | 1,348 | 1,484 | 1,293 | 855 | 890 | 1,190 | 917 | 886 | 820 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,831 | 1,878 | 1,337 | 1,070 | 918 | 635 | 1,136 | 914 | 1,752 | 1,554 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 14,597 | 12,875 | 10,184 | 11,603 | 9,929 | 8,854 | 5,539 | 6,838 | 8,535 | 9,992 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 607 | 627 | 1,230 | 974 | 965 | 2,105 | 1,212 | 2,016 | 1,597 | 2,122 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 27,017 | 24,514 | 26,475 | 24,168 | 6,294 | 8,346 | 6,248 | 5,627 | 4,727 | 6,176 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 10,276 | 8,973 | 9,588 | 8,182 | 2,890 | 3,960 | 2,018 | 524 | 142 | 779 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 885 | 1,588 | 1,280 | 195 | 142 | 97 | 1,027 | 1,255 | 996 | ||||||||||
Education | 3,756 | 3,972 | 4,938 | 3,928 | 1,696 | 2,415 | 2,622 | 1,861 | 1,969 | 3,022 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 5,814 | 3,519 | 2,725 | 4,069 | 729 | 1,390 | 930 | 1,955 | 773 | 989 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 165 | 166 | 24 | 67 | 199 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 6,335 | 5,809 | 6,971 | 6,565 | 302 | 225 | 0 | 43 | 573 | 390 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 836 | 843 | 499 | 120 | 415 | 15 | 174 | 217 | 15 | 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
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 | 93,538 | 23,056 | 5,007 | 61,728 | 1,979 | 1,762 | 6 | |||||||
Science | 43,443 | 11,572 | 1,071 | 28,268 | 1,597 | 935 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 9,124 | 2,610 | 48 | 6,337 | 98 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 687 | 240 | 60 | 299 | 85 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 687 | 240 | 60 | 299 | 85 | 3 | 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 | 17,731 | 4,277 | 937 | 11,132 | 810 | 575 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,547 | 242 | 0 | 1,231 | 0 | 74 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10,612 | 3,469 | 671 | 5,755 | 511 | 206 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,943 | 566 | 266 | 3,517 | 299 | 295 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 629 | 0 | 0 | 629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 8,762 | 3,134 | 6 | 4,885 | 514 | 223 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 5,788 | 2,139 | 6 | 3,015 | 498 | 130 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,974 | 995 | 0 | 1,870 | 16 | 93 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,186 | 1,017 | 6 | 1,982 | 90 | 91 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 3,953 | 294 | 14 | 3,633 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 733 | 0 | 0 | 733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 1,274 | 0 | 0 | 1,274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 871 | 120 | 0 | 746 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,075 | 174 | 14 | 880 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 23,078 | 10,227 | 3,936 | 8,496 | 365 | 54 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,486 | 1,302 | 0 | 2,169 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,550 | 1,174 | 0 | 1,300 | 37 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,831 | 206 | 0 | 1,521 | 104 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 14,597 | 7,540 | 3,936 | 2,897 | 221 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 607 | 5 | 0 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 27,017 | 1,257 | 0 | 24,964 | 17 | 773 | 6 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 10,276 | 456 | 0 | 9,738 | 17 | 65 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 3,756 | 731 | 0 | 2,980 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |||||||
Humanities | 5,814 | 30 | 0 | 5,713 | 0 | 71 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 6,335 | 25 | 0 | 6,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 836 | 15 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 598 | 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 23,056 | 18,702 | 13,653 | 17,345 | 19,026 | 15,668 | 12,621 | 15,470 | 16,318 | 16,515 | ||||||||||
DOD | 6,553 | 5,459 | 2,320 | 6,312 | 6,775 | 4,963 | 2,478 | 3,560 | 4,016 | 3,628 | ||||||||||
DOE | 3,097 | 2,567 | 2,340 | 1,221 | 1,096 | 981 | 1,497 | 1,392 | 1,340 | 936 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,898 | 2,165 | 2,057 | 2,744 | 2,475 | 794 | 725 | 935 | 1,153 | 1,538 | ||||||||||
NASA | 511 | 764 | 722 | 529 | 141 | 93 | 111 | 61 | 114 | 104 | ||||||||||
NSF | 6,593 | 5,805 | 5,024 | 5,772 | 7,953 | 8,568 | 7,061 | 8,149 | 7,942 | 8,462 | ||||||||||
USDA | 417 | 301 | 174 | 348 | 319 | 69 | 116 | 230 | 147 | 121 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,987 | 1,641 | 1,016 | 419 | 267 | 200 | 633 | 1,143 | 1,606 | 1,726 |
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 | 1,675 | 190 | 1,485 | . | |||
2018 | 1,261 | 126 | 1,135 | . | |||
2017 | 615 | 95 | 520 | . | |||
2016 | 602 | 87 | 515 | . |
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 | 228 | 201 | 216 | 246 | 223 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 73 | 73 | 84 | 75 | 71 |
Computer and information sciences | 20 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Engineering | 75 | 55 | 58 | 44 | 49 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Health sciences | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | . |
Physical sciences | 39 | 41 | 43 | 80 | 62 |
Psychology | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Social sciences | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Other | 1 | 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 | 75,000 | . | 7,990 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 18,500 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 37,500 | . | 7,990 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 18,500 | . | . | . | . |
Other | 500 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 15,000 | 6,268 | 10,068 | 1,680 | 20,143 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,000 | 0 | 6,925 | 0 | 16,751 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 630 | 0 | 1,680 | 850 |
Engineering | 0 | 4,333 | 3,143 | 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 | 10,000 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 2,542 |
Psychology | 0 | 790 | 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.