U. Oregon
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 | 97 | 79.2 | 457 | 144 | 79.2 | 680 | 146 | 83.8 | 890 | |||
2021 | 103 | 77.4 | 447 | 128 | 81.8 | 691 | 131 | 77.9 | 583 | 149 | 83.8 | 907 |
2020 | 102 | 77.7 | 450 | 128 | 81.9 | 697 | 155 | 83.3 | 915 | |||
2019 | 108 | 76.2 | 447 | 125 | 82.3 | 696 | 147 | 75.4 | 589 | 154 | 83.4 | 913 |
2018 | 110 | 74.7 | 428 | 133 | 81.2 | 698 | 151 | 83.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 99 | 77.1 | 425 | 129 | 81.4 | 684 | 147 | 74.8 | 575 | 159 | 82.5 | 897 |
2016 | 118 | 73 | 430 | 126 | 82.2 | 697 | 149 | 83.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 107 | 75.3 | 426 | 145 | 79.4 | 693 | 144 | 75.1 | 570 | 156 | 82.9 | 897 |
2014 | 118 | 72.5 | 422 | 164 | 76.5 | 688 | 152 | 83.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 116 | 72.6 | 417 | 143 | 74.6 | 555 | 150 | 74.9 | 588 | 151 | 83.2 | 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 |
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All fields | 204 | 163 | 186 | 176 | 167 | 195 | 142 | 172 | 137 | 145 |
Science and engineering | 132 | 96 | 131 | 115 | 123 | 130 | 91 | 103 | 73 | 99 |
Science | 130 | 96 | 131 | 115 | 121 | 129 | 90 | 103 | 73 | 99 |
Life science | 20 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 19 |
Agricultural sciences | 5 | . | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Biological sciences | 13 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 14 |
Health sciences | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 35 | 30 | 43 | 28 | 29 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 25 |
Chemistry | 17 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
Physics and astronomy | 11 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 19 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Computer sciences | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
Psychology and social sciences | 56 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 58 | 50 | 36 | 46 | 35 | 47 |
Psychology | 25 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 22 |
Anthropology | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Economics | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Political science and government | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Sociology | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Engineering | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 72 | 67 | 55 | 61 | 44 | 65 | 51 | 69 | 64 | 46 |
Education | 19 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
Education administration | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Education research | 14 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
Teaching fields | 2 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other education | . | 4 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 34 | 23 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 37 | 38 | 22 |
Foreign languages & literature | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
History | 3 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . |
Letters | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 9 |
Other | 19 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 10 |
Business management/administration | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
Communication | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 1,141 | 1,173 | 1,141 | 1,154 | 1,013 | 1,042 | 1,201 | 1,049 | 892 | 1,005 |
Male | 545 | 562 | 546 | 574 | 498 | 533 | 586 | 560 | 528 | 561 |
Female | 596 | 611 | 595 | 580 | 515 | 509 | 615 | 489 | 364 | 444 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 993 | 1,017 | 993 | 988 | 870 | 905 | 1,040 | 909 | 754 | 865 |
Hispanic or Latino | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 92 | 77 | 80 | 61 | 48 | 54 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 852 | 876 | 852 | 856 | 755 | 797 | 928 | 814 | 675 | 758 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 11 |
Asian | 76 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 58 | 70 | 49 | 37 | 46 |
Black or African American | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
White | 724 | 747 | 724 | 731 | 649 | 696 | 806 | 721 | 607 | 669 |
More than one race | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 29 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 53 |
Temporary visa holders | 148 | 156 | 148 | 166 | 143 | 137 | 161 | 140 | 138 | 140 |
Science and engineering | 1,066 | 1,096 | 1,066 | 1,076 | 941 | 975 | 1,189 | 1,049 | 892 | 1,005 |
Science | 1,066 | 1,096 | 1,066 | 1,076 | 941 | 975 | 1,184 | 1,049 | 892 | 1,005 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 187 | 193 | 187 | 167 | 124 | 133 | 165 | 129 | 136 | 139 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 67 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 61 | 62 | 73 | 62 | 61 | 68 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 58 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 42 | 40 | 30 | 35 | 40 |
Mathematics and statistics | 66 | 66 | 66 | 72 | 64 | 66 | 61 | 60 | 65 | 62 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 37 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 32 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 290 | 296 | 290 | 268 | 209 | 234 | 226 | 262 | 217 | 259 |
Psychology | 167 | 169 | 167 | 158 | 150 | 156 | 342 | 271 | 118 | 186 |
Social sciences | 186 | 188 | 186 | 241 | 236 | 240 | 277 | 233 | 260 | 251 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | . | . |
Health | 75 | 77 | 75 | 78 | 72 | 67 | 12 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 75 | 77 | 75 | 78 | 72 | 67 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 66 | 37 | 62 | 90 | 102 | 114 | 63 |
Male | 21 | 20 | 20 | 35 | 22 | 32 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 33 |
Female | 24 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 52 | 63 | 37 | 30 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 42 | 41 | 41 | 62 | 30 | 57 | 78 | 89 | 104 | 56 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 37 | 37 | 53 | 28 | 47 | 66 | 78 | 91 | 50 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Asian | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 33 | 33 | 33 | 45 | 23 | 37 | 54 | 61 | 78 | 46 |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 43 | 42 | 42 | 65 | 34 | 60 | 89 | 102 | 114 | 63 |
Science | 43 | 42 | 42 | 65 | 34 | 60 | 88 | 102 | 114 | 63 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 31 |
Psychology | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 17 | 15 |
Social sciences | 16 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 285 | 296 | 285 | 344 | 284 | 156 | 172 | 139 | 43 | 57 |
Science and engineering | 282 | 293 | 282 | 331 | 284 | 156 | 169 | 139 | 43 | 57 |
Science | 282 | 293 | 282 | 331 | 284 | 156 | 167 | 139 | 43 | 57 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 46 | 49 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 35 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 38 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 29 | 29 | 29 | 45 | 35 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 103 | 105 | 103 | 127 | 97 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 17 | 36 |
Social sciences | 11 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Health | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 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 | 1,141 | 1,173 | 1,141 | 1,154 | 1,013 | 1,042 | 1,201 | 1,049 | 892 | 1,005 |
Fellowships | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 567 | 586 | 567 | 642 | 284 | 219 | 195 | 52 | 57 | 79 |
Federal | 285 | 296 | 285 | 344 | 284 | 156 | 157 | 19 | 15 | 57 |
Institutional | 280 | 288 | 280 | 297 | 0 | 63 | 29 | 18 | 40 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 22 |
Teaching assistantships | 276 | 283 | 276 | 277 | 572 | 555 | 654 | 529 | 604 | 700 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 16 | 0 |
Institutional | 276 | 283 | 276 | 277 | 572 | 555 | 654 | 268 | 584 | 684 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 4 | 16 |
Other types of support | 295 | 301 | 295 | 232 | 155 | 213 | 248 | 468 | 231 | 226 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 12 | 0 |
Institutional | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 97 | 132 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 287 | 293 | 287 | 216 | 155 | 177 | 248 | 232 | 87 | 226 |
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 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 97 | 67 | 59 | 65 | 100 | 85 | 89 |
Science | 88 | 88 | 88 | 97 | 67 | 59 | 65 | 100 | 83 | 87 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49 | 48 | 48 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 41 | 37 | 35 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 3 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
Physical sciences | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 38 | 25 | 40 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 46 | 47 | 47 | 35 | 23 | 39 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 |
Science | 46 | 47 | 47 | 35 | 23 | 39 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 29 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 160,500 | 139,193 | 114,259 | 110,664 | 111,896 | 95,974 | 100,754 | 79,698 | 91,203 | 94,522 | ||||||||||
Science | 124,555 | 108,990 | 88,598 | 81,690 | 83,132 | 72,517 | 68,631 | 64,367 | 76,828 | 77,069 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 6,598 | 6,362 | 5,652 | 5,059 | 4,231 | 5,002 | 5,198 | 4,049 | 4,859 | 6,001 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,895 | 6,060 | 6,704 | 4,871 | 3,785 | 3,166 | 3,770 | 3,687 | 5,008 | 3,229 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 5,319 | 5,486 | 6,101 | 4,282 | 3,247 | 2,437 | 1,946 | 2,073 | 2,365 | 2,299 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 576 | 574 | 603 | 589 | 538 | 698 | 548 | 517 | 1,008 | 930 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1,276 | 1,097 | 1,635 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 67,072 | 56,791 | 35,936 | 35,644 | 36,242 | 33,718 | 32,078 | 30,392 | 33,281 | 32,295 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 44,968 | 37,907 | 33,631 | 34,751 | 34,474 | 30,835 | 13,906 | 13,477 | 12,665 | 13,500 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 118 | 817 | 1,004 | 115 | 821 | 1,974 | 18,172 | 16,915 | 20,616 | 18,795 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 225 | 531 | 483 | 778 | 947 | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21,761 | 17,536 | 818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,249 | 694 | 906 | 908 | 1,064 | 954 | 724 | 692 | 587 | 817 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 15,315 | 13,881 | 12,984 | 14,773 | 13,908 | 13,591 | 11,456 | 12,923 | 18,494 | 20,647 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 6,752 | 6,477 | 4,910 | 5,867 | 6,286 | 4,720 | 4,581 | 6,532 | 10,518 | 9,605 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 1,916 | 834 | 737 | 1,383 | 1,927 | 2,413 | 1,106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 3,502 | 3,462 | 7,248 | 7,523 | 5,695 | 6,458 | 5,769 | 6,391 | 7,976 | 9,671 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,145 | 3,108 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,371 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 21,629 | 19,455 | 17,505 | 15,658 | 14,099 | 12,553 | 9,992 | 10,177 | 10,423 | 8,730 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 4,723 | 3,797 | 8,911 | 3,790 | 6,650 | 3,533 | 5,413 | 2,447 | 2,957 | 5,350 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 408 | 465 | 646 | 574 | 467 | 518 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 400 | 536 | 591 | 493 | 412 | 338 | 210 | 107 | 552 | 422 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 693 | 1,023 | 3,199 | 889 | 4,231 | 1,274 | 3,541 | 822 | 1,185 | 1,922 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 198 | 320 | 435 | 467 | 390 | 221 | 219 | 619 | 500 | 403 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,024 | 1,453 | 4,040 | 1,367 | 1,150 | 1,182 | 1,059 | 899 | 720 | 2,603 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,074 | 1,950 | 0 | 987 | 3,153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,219 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 4,656 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 859 | 827 | 1,585 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,656 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 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 | 859 | 827 | 1,585 | ||||||||||
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 | 31,289 | 30,203 | 25,661 | 28,433 | 28,764 | 23,457 | 32,123 | 14,472 | 13,548 | 15,868 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,637 | 2,854 | 1,413 | 2,266 | 4,969 | 4,644 | 3,994 | 156 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1,520 | 1,549 | 1,335 | 1,587 | 299 | 470 | 139 | 180 | 39 | 76 | ||||||||||
Education | 13,590 | 13,391 | 13,375 | 15,810 | 14,704 | 11,396 | 15,777 | 12,077 | 13,389 | 15,056 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 1,030 | 772 | 1,137 | 1,531 | 2,207 | 1,530 | 1,087 | 221 | 54 | 673 | ||||||||||
Law | 1,478 | 1,250 | 93 | 399 | 114 | 921 | 161 | 98 | 24 | 56 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,137 | 248 | 77 | 292 | 11 | 128 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 9,897 | 10,139 | 8,231 | 6,548 | 6,460 | 4,368 | 10,840 | 1,740 | 13 | 7 |
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 | 160,500 | 97,238 | 1,061 | 55,247 | 782 | 5,795 | 377 | |||||||
Science | 124,555 | 79,112 | 428 | 39,700 | 300 | 4,710 | 305 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 6,598 | 5,083 | 0 | 1,460 | 2 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,895 | 5,204 | 4 | 602 | 28 | 8 | 49 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 5,319 | 4,683 | 0 | 559 | 28 | 1 | 48 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 576 | 521 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 67,072 | 36,637 | 212 | 27,879 | 23 | 2,230 | 91 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 44,968 | 36,500 | 212 | 5,912 | 23 | 2,230 | 91 | |||||||
Health sciences | 118 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 225 | 137 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21,761 | 0 | 0 | 21,761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,249 | 1,185 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 15,315 | 10,590 | 0 | 4,238 | 0 | 478 | 9 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 6,752 | 5,429 | 0 | 1,252 | 0 | 71 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 1,916 | 305 | 0 | 1,284 | 0 | 327 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 3,502 | 2,556 | 0 | 877 | 0 | 60 | 9 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,145 | 2,300 | 0 | 825 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 21,629 | 19,021 | 189 | 1,460 | 241 | 716 | 2 | |||||||
Social sciences | 4,723 | 1,392 | 23 | 1,989 | 6 | 1,159 | 154 | |||||||
Anthropology | 408 | 59 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 52 | 154 | |||||||
Economics | 400 | 150 | 0 | 229 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 693 | 279 | 0 | 376 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 198 | 26 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,024 | 878 | 23 | 1,083 | 6 | 1,034 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,074 | 0 | 0 | 2,047 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,656 | 3,729 | 76 | 412 | 100 | 339 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,656 | 3,729 | 76 | 412 | 100 | 339 | 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 | 31,289 | 14,397 | 557 | 15,135 | 382 | 746 | 72 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,637 | 96 | 0 | 2,537 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 1,520 | 637 | 0 | 701 | 31 | 151 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 13,590 | 10,807 | 507 | 2,007 | 0 | 269 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 1,030 | 251 | 0 | 731 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 1,478 | 72 | 0 | 1,271 | 0 | 135 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,137 | 0 | 0 | 1,095 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 9,897 | 2,534 | 50 | 6,793 | 351 | 97 | 72 |
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 | 97,238 | 82,242 | 81,278 | 80,083 | 71,568 | 69,598 | 66,850 | 69,723 | 74,603 | 75,423 | ||||||||||
DOD | 3,577 | 2,699 | 3,325 | 4,166 | 2,765 | 2,611 | 1,213 | 1,342 | 2,435 | 7,190 | ||||||||||
DOE | 6,770 | 6,447 | 5,534 | 4,567 | 3,920 | 4,634 | 4,964 | 5,337 | 4,461 | 4,799 | ||||||||||
HHS | 54,309 | 44,837 | 42,851 | 38,545 | 33,127 | 33,503 | 33,697 | 32,613 | 33,936 | 27,135 | ||||||||||
NASA | 990 | 964 | 803 | 265 | 185 | 289 | 200 | 333 | 396 | 28 | ||||||||||
NSF | 17,940 | 14,016 | 15,062 | 16,952 | 16,764 | 14,492 | 13,211 | 13,761 | 15,883 | 17,267 | ||||||||||
USDA | 810 | 722 | 499 | 386 | 292 | 385 | 378 | 608 | 198 | 673 | ||||||||||
Other | 12,842 | 12,557 | 13,204 | 15,202 | 14,515 | 13,684 | 13,187 | 15,729 | 17,294 | 18,331 |
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 | 1,742 | 512 | 1,230 | . | |||
2018 | 1,633 | 352 | 1,281 | . | |||
2017 | 1,590 | 339 | 1,251 | . | |||
2016 | 1,508 | 316 | 1,192 | . |
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 | 522 | 414 | 412 | 406 | 379 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 242 | 153 | 161 | 173 | 148 |
Computer and information sciences | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 41 | 42 | 40 | 27 | 21 |
Health sciences | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . |
Physical sciences | 120 | 115 | 116 | 111 | 97 |
Psychology | 65 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 43 |
Social sciences | 27 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 22 |
Other | 6 | 6 | 5 | 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 | 180,000 | . | 116,201 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 180,000 | . | 58,101 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 34,860 | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | 23,240 | . | . |
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 | 63,600 | 9,650 | 6,773 | 10,468 | 3,342 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 63,600 | 9,293 | 3,964 | 6,664 | 377 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 357 | 0 | 995 | 1,975 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 536 | 536 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 2,273 | 2,273 | 990 |
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.