U. Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
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 | 207 | 55.3 | 457 | 335 | 51.3 | 680 | 258 | 71.4 | 890 | |||
2021 | 278 | 38.5 | 447 | 205 | 70.7 | 691 | 276 | 53.2 | 583 | 240 | 73.9 | 907 |
2020 | 259 | 43.1 | 450 | 199 | 71.8 | 697 | 265 | 71.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 263 | 41.8 | 447 | 256 | 63.7 | 696 | 275 | 53.9 | 589 | 259 | 72 | 913 |
2018 | 194 | 55.2 | 428 | 262 | 62.9 | 698 | 283 | 69.3 | 910 | |||
2017 | 264 | 38.6 | 425 | 175 | 74.8 | 684 | 236 | 59.5 | 575 | 260 | 71.4 | 897 |
2016 | 180 | 58.7 | 430 | 180 | 74.5 | 697 | 255 | 71.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 173 | 59.9 | 426 | 196 | 72.1 | 693 | 269 | 53.4 | 570 | 232 | 74.5 | 897 |
2014 | 167 | 61 | 422 | 179 | 74.4 | 688 | 232 | 74.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 191 | 54.8 | 417 | 198 | 64.8 | 555 | 271 | 54.5 | 588 | 232 | 74.1 | 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 | 56 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 59 | 26 | 70 | 79 | 79 | 54 |
Science and engineering | 41 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 48 | 16 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 38 |
Science | 40 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 47 | 16 | 53 | 63 | 61 | 38 |
Life science | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 8 |
Agricultural sciences | 5 | . | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
Health sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | . | 13 | 16 | 23 | 14 |
Chemistry | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | . | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | . |
Mathematics | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 16 |
Psychology | 20 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 3 |
Economics | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | . | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | . | 1 |
History | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Letters | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 4 |
Other | 5 | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Business management/administration | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 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 |
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All full-time students | 262 | 618 | 581 | 356 | 351 | 698 | 727 | 663 | 741 | 599 |
Male | 128 | 252 | 246 | 172 | 172 | 303 | 325 | 298 | 341 | 265 |
Female | 134 | 366 | 335 | 184 | 179 | 395 | 402 | 365 | 400 | 334 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 262 | 618 | 581 | 272 | 268 | 563 | 650 | 546 | 633 | 479 |
Hispanic or Latino | 92 | 351 | 325 | 271 | 267 | 345 | 541 | 356 | 443 | 477 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 2 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Black or African American | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 27 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 127 | 244 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 97 | 186 | 171 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 83 | 135 | 77 | 117 | 108 | 120 |
Science and engineering | 262 | 618 | 581 | 356 | 351 | 698 | 727 | 663 | 741 | 599 |
Science | 262 | 618 | 581 | 356 | 351 | 698 | 727 | 663 | 741 | 599 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 31 | 83 | 83 | 119 | 117 | 91 | 91 | 99 | 122 | 95 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 29 | 35 | 30 | 37 |
Computer and information sciences | 47 | 38 | 38 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 24 | 24 | 35 | 36 | 49 | 49 | 37 | 48 | 27 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 78 | 66 | 56 | 55 |
Natural resources and conservation | 11 | 61 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 78 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 91 | 198 | 161 | . | . | 228 | 228 | 211 | 214 | 179 |
Physical sciences | 56 | 103 | 103 | 133 | 131 | 147 | 147 | 125 | 177 | 149 |
Social sciences | 11 | 111 | 111 | . | . | 105 | 105 | 90 | 94 | 57 |
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 |
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All part-time students | 369 | 64 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 83 | 60 | 45 | 0 |
Male | 146 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 42 | 35 | 24 | 0 |
Female | 223 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 41 | 25 | 21 | 0 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 369 | 64 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 83 | 55 | 45 | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 193 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 83 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Black or African American | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 148 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 19 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 369 | 64 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 83 | 60 | 45 | 0 |
Science | 369 | 64 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 83 | 60 | 45 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 74 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 40 | 25 | 25 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 109 | 12 | 11 | . | . | 25 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 53 | 18 | 18 | . | . | 16 | 16 | 29 | 17 | 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 |
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All surveyed fields | 38 | 61 | 61 | 97 | 95 | 65 | 131 | 118 | 71 | 102 |
Science and engineering | 38 | 61 | 61 | 97 | 95 | 65 | 131 | 118 | 71 | 102 |
Science | 38 | 61 | 61 | 97 | 95 | 65 | 131 | 118 | 71 | 102 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 42 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 19 | 25 | 12 | 12 |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 8 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 21 | 28 | 28 | 47 | 46 | 36 | 66 | 55 | 28 | 48 |
Social sciences | 1 | 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 |
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All types and sources of support | 262 | 618 | 581 | 356 | 351 | 698 | 727 | 663 | 741 | 599 |
Fellowships | 13 | 90 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 80 | 95 | 24 | 74 |
Federal | 10 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 71 | 76 | 24 | 74 |
Institutional | 3 | 75 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 76 | 44 | 44 | 100 | 98 | 166 | 140 | 98 | 123 | 87 |
Federal | 20 | 44 | 44 | 85 | 83 | 50 | 60 | 26 | 35 | 16 |
Institutional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 104 | 80 | 63 | 88 | 71 |
Nonfederal | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 119 | 177 | 179 | 168 | 45 | 139 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 119 | 172 | 179 | 164 | 45 | 139 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 173 | 484 | 453 | 133 | 129 | 336 | 328 | 302 | 549 | 299 |
Federal | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
Institutional | 31 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 133 | 465 | 437 | 84 | 81 | 289 | 328 | 275 | 537 | 287 |
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 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 8 |
Science | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 3 |
Social sciences | 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 |
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All surveyed fields | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 7 |
Science | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 3 |
Social sciences | 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 | 28,083 | 28,896 | 22,895 | 24,088 | 17,085 | 21,204 | 23,491 | 28,579 | 28,793 | 29,234 | ||||||||||
Science | 18,024 | 18,645 | 17,547 | 17,982 | 13,563 | 14,266 | 21,731 | 23,956 | 24,528 | 26,182 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 609 | 604 | 207 | 654 | 602 | 688 | 1,170 | 697 | 505 | 249 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,586 | 3,409 | 3,754 | 2,537 | 2,192 | 2,203 | 2,724 | 5,079 | 4,316 | 4,085 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,271 | 3,409 | 3,754 | 494 | 136 | 477 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 119 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,043 | 2,056 | 1,726 | 2,439 | 4,840 | 4,197 | 4,085 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 3,500 | 4,283 | 3,617 | 3,728 | 2,841 | 3,705 | 4,216 | 4,170 | 6,654 | 7,000 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 485 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,349 | 4,234 | 3,590 | 3,657 | 2,396 | 3,499 | 3,393 | 3,856 | 6,347 | 7,000 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 151 | 49 | 27 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 310 | 307 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441 | 195 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 234 | 178 | 145 | 172 | 145 | 117 | 235 | 66 | 24 | 64 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 5,456 | 4,886 | 4,429 | 5,127 | 3,739 | 6,260 | 8,085 | 9,100 | 8,673 | 10,218 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 3,842 | 2,967 | 2,776 | 2,488 | 1,809 | 3,631 | 5,342 | 5,147 | 5,733 | 7,111 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,614 | 1,919 | 1,653 | 2,639 | 1,930 | 2,629 | 2,334 | 3,468 | 2,890 | 2,685 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 485 | 50 | 422 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 63 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 770 | 1,270 | 1,600 | 1,633 | 1,709 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,270 | 1,185 | 1,119 | 1,333 | 1,192 | 523 | 2,268 | 1,864 | 2,095 | 1,611 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 679 | 20 | 634 | 37 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,178 | 1,185 | 1,119 | 1,333 | 1,192 | 509 | 1,586 | 1,834 | 1,447 | 1,572 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,306 | 4,093 | 4,276 | 4,417 | 2,851 | 0 | 1,763 | 1,380 | 628 | 1,246 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 4,135 | 1,152 | 341 | 37 | 326 | 3,334 | 879 | 2,588 | 2,128 | 573 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,135 | 1,152 | 341 | 37 | 326 | 3,334 | 879 | 2,588 | 2,128 | 573 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 5,924 | 9,099 | 5,007 | 6,069 | 3,196 | 3,604 | 881 | 2,035 | 2,137 | 2,479 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 309 | 135 | 93 | 147 | 24 | 226 | 318 | 209 | 435 | 467 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 67 | 7 | ||||||||||
Education | 685 | 312 | 301 | 297 | 317 | 277 | 238 | 607 | 306 | 802 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 107 | 160 | 164 | 288 | 0 | 301 | 192 | 176 | 373 | 454 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 321 | 269 | 584 | 948 | 1,558 | 37 | 457 | 370 | 323 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,804 | 8,143 | 4,180 | 4,753 | 1,907 | 1,240 | 95 | 553 | 585 | 416 |
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 | 28,083 | 16,905 | 60 | 10,458 | 229 | 376 | 55 | |||||||
Science | 18,024 | 12,816 | 60 | 4,762 | 229 | 140 | 17 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 609 | 331 | 0 | 267 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2,586 | 1,978 | 43 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 2,271 | 1,669 | 43 | 559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 315 | 309 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 3,500 | 2,524 | 17 | 841 | 118 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,349 | 2,373 | 17 | 841 | 118 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 151 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 234 | 124 | 0 | 62 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 5,456 | 4,386 | 0 | 977 | 52 | 41 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 3,842 | 3,384 | 0 | 365 | 52 | 41 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,614 | 1,002 | 0 | 612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,270 | 86 | 0 | 1,068 | 0 | 99 | 17 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
Political science and government | 75 | 60 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,178 | 26 | 0 | 1,053 | 0 | 99 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,306 | 3,324 | 0 | 982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 4,135 | 3,900 | 0 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4,135 | 3,900 | 0 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 5,924 | 189 | 0 | 5,461 | 0 | 236 | 38 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 309 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 48 | 38 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 685 | 101 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 186 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 107 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,804 | 85 | 0 | 4,718 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 16,905 | 15,108 | 14,071 | 13,943 | 10,028 | 11,512 | 15,892 | 18,922 | 18,262 | 17,946 | ||||||||||
DOD | 294 | 292 | 276 | 166 | 386 | 318 | 890 | 1,731 | 951 | 907 | ||||||||||
DOE | 121 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 179 | 564 | 869 | 838 | ||||||||||
HHS | 3,935 | 4,442 | 4,732 | 4,534 | 3,618 | 3,938 | 4,876 | 5,330 | 7,799 | 8,624 | ||||||||||
NASA | 1,775 | 2,155 | 1,287 | 1,387 | 1,154 | 1,971 | 1,826 | 1,555 | 1,145 | 1,822 | ||||||||||
NSF | 9,590 | 7,136 | 5,862 | 6,450 | 4,287 | 4,475 | 6,931 | 8,275 | 6,165 | 4,233 | ||||||||||
USDA | 714 | 534 | 547 | 830 | 245 | 283 | 244 | 524 | 500 | 531 | ||||||||||
Other | 476 | 515 | 1,367 | 576 | 338 | 462 | 946 | 943 | 833 | 991 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 424 | 63 | 361 | . | |||
2018 | 354 | 64 | 290 | . | |||
2017 | 350 | 65 | 285 | . | |||
2016 | 388 | 49 | 339 | . |
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 | 419 | 392 | 431 | 362 | 339 |
Agricultural sciences | 30 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 43 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 70 | 68 | 80 | 73 | 68 |
Computer and information sciences | 24 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 11 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 9 | 127 | 119 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Health sciences | 19 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | 16 | 17 | 21 | 31 | . |
Physical sciences | 166 | 175 | 226 | 59 | 56 |
Psychology | 50 | 47 | 8 | 13 | 13 |
Social sciences | 30 | 8 | 31 | 14 | 14 |
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 24,100 | 3,700 | . | . | 18,666 |
Agricultural sciences | 8,500 | . | . | . | 2,316 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6,800 | 3,700 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2,300 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 8,175 |
Health sciences | 5,225 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 425 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 425 | . | . | . | 8,175 |
Psychology | 425 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 4,630 | 677 | 426 | 350 | 1,590 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 430 | 251 | 426 | 350 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 4,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 940 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 427 | 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.