U. Rhode Island

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 | |
2021 | 167 | 37.8 | 448 | 168 | 25 | 691 | 195 | 34 | 583 | 151 | 17.4 | 909 |
2020 | 164 | 36.9 | 450 | 169 | 24.9 | 697 | 159 | 18.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 147 | 33.4 | 447 | 179 | 26.4 | 696 | 192 | 33.2 | 589 | 151 | 17.3 | 913 |
2018 | 146 | 34.6 | 428 | 168 | 24.7 | 698 | 156 | 17.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 146 | 34.9 | 425 | 171 | 25.6 | 684 | 187 | 33.1 | 575 | 152 | 17.7 | 897 |
2016 | 166 | 39.1 | 430 | 206 | 30.2 | 697 | 150 | 17.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 161 | 38.3 | 426 | 202 | 29.8 | 693 | 169 | 30.2 | 570 | 148 | 17.2 | 897 |
2014 | 147 | 35.3 | 422 | 211 | 31.3 | 688 | 151 | 17.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 145 | 35.3 | 417 | 183 | 33.5 | 555 | 166 | 28.8 | 588 | 144 | 17 | 884 |
2012 | 150 | 36.9 | 412 | 175 | 32.1 | 555 | 142 | 16.7 | 892 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 83 | 90 | 103 | 105 | 100 | 84 | 92 | 102 | 99 | 90 |
Science and engineering | 60 | 72 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 64 | 73 | 85 | 83 | 70 |
Science | 43 | 59 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 51 | 58 | 71 | 73 | 54 |
Life science | 15 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 20 |
Agricultural sciences | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Biological sciences | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
Health sciences | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 15 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
Computer sciences | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Mathematics | . | 5 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
Psychology | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Economics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other social sciences | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 |
Electrical engineering | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | . | 4 |
Industrial engineering | 2 | 2 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Other engineering | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 23 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 20 |
Education | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
Education administration | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Education research | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other education | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Humanities | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Letters | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Business management/administration | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 806 | 718 | 697 | 756 | 716 | 601 | 624 | 565 | 685 | 700 |
Male | 331 | 321 | 313 | 325 | 332 | 276 | 304 | 286 | 331 | 347 |
Female | 475 | 397 | 384 | 431 | 384 | 325 | 320 | 279 | 354 | 353 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 643 | 563 | 448 | 612 | 576 | 486 | 501 | 422 | 557 | 563 |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 482 | 372 | 405 | 547 | 501 | 438 | 435 | 403 | 509 | 509 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Asian | 26 | 31 | 26 | 46 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 19 | 38 | 30 |
Black or African American | 19 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 22 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
White | 426 | 324 | 345 | 466 | 426 | 372 | 373 | 357 | 436 | 453 |
More than one race | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 129 | 174 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 31 | 24 |
Temporary visa holders | 163 | 155 | 249 | 144 | 140 | 115 | 123 | 143 | 128 | 137 |
Science and engineering | 659 | 613 | 584 | 624 | 596 | 525 | 548 | 485 | 602 | 617 |
Science | 498 | 482 | 451 | 486 | 471 | 397 | 425 | 371 | 462 | 463 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 21 | 12 | 7 | . | 52 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 19 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 96 | 87 | 64 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 81 | 53 | 92 | 99 |
Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 18 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 196 | 194 | 176 | 202 | 206 | 84 | 89 | 55 | 79 | 100 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 70 | 69 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 93 | 100 | 112 | 114 | 110 |
Physical sciences | 71 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 65 | 69 | 62 | 67 | 62 | 73 |
Social sciences | . | . | 28 | 49 | 46 | . | 24 | 23 | 41 | 28 |
Engineering | 161 | 131 | 133 | 138 | 125 | 128 | 123 | 114 | 140 | 154 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 21 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 20 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 27 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 21 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 39 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 32 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 39 | 31 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 45 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 31 | 37 | 46 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 29 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 36 |
Health | 147 | 105 | 113 | 132 | 120 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 83 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 147 | 105 | 113 | 132 | 120 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 83 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 245 | 232 | 227 | 254 | 271 | 148 | 169 | 185 | 181 | 194 |
Male | 146 | 140 | 152 | 139 | 137 | 95 | 109 | 130 | 125 | 118 |
Female | 99 | 92 | 75 | 115 | 134 | 53 | 60 | 55 | 56 | 76 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 237 | 218 | 197 | 238 | 251 | 138 | 154 | 168 | 160 | 181 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 190 | 164 | 169 | 216 | 219 | 118 | 131 | 146 | 136 | 155 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Asian | 13 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
Black or African American | 9 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 160 | 145 | 150 | 185 | 189 | 110 | 121 | 134 | 124 | 143 |
More than one race | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 34 | 44 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
Temporary visa holders | 8 | 14 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 193 | 206 | 203 | 188 | 202 | 124 | 144 | 151 | 150 | 143 |
Science | 114 | 125 | 130 | 100 | 115 | 54 | 52 | 59 | 63 | 69 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | . | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 47 | 45 | 72 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 26 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 33 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Social sciences | . | . | 2 | 8 | 10 | . | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | 79 | 81 | 73 | 88 | 87 | 70 | 92 | 92 | 87 | 74 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 19 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 34 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 28 | 27 | 53 | 33 | 44 | 29 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 15 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
Health | 52 | 26 | 24 | 66 | 69 | 24 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 51 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 52 | 26 | 24 | 66 | 69 | 24 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 51 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 229 | 191 | 172 | 163 | 174 | 110 | 123 | 123 | 144 | 166 |
Science and engineering | 211 | 180 | 158 | 148 | 149 | 105 | 118 | 116 | 143 | 161 |
Science | 137 | 117 | 110 | 100 | 92 | 63 | 85 | 83 | 106 | 124 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 57 | 51 | 36 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 41 | 47 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 56 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 24 | 31 | 29 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
Psychology | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
Engineering | 74 | 63 | 48 | 48 | 57 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 37 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 21 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 22 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
Health | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 806 | 718 | 697 | 756 | 716 | 601 | 624 | 565 | 685 | 700 |
Fellowships | 41 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 33 | 40 |
Federal | 23 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
Institutional | 13 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 22 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 13 |
Research assistantships | 236 | 213 | 192 | 223 | 203 | 141 | 140 | 151 | 180 | 206 |
Federal | 193 | 177 | 147 | 157 | 134 | 102 | 109 | 90 | 127 | 153 |
Institutional | 27 | 20 | 26 | 51 | 59 | 28 | 17 | 36 | 31 | 34 |
Nonfederal | 16 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 19 |
Teaching assistantships | 304 | 288 | 268 | 268 | 268 | 234 | 245 | 205 | 217 | 221 |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
Institutional | 300 | 288 | 268 | 264 | 260 | 234 | 245 | 185 | 206 | 221 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 225 | 194 | 211 | 227 | 226 | 194 | 210 | 174 | 255 | 233 |
Federal | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Institutional | 14 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 22 | 20 | 27 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
Personal resources | 178 | 154 | 142 | 183 | 163 | 183 | 178 | 147 | 237 | 205 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 26 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 43 |
Science | 24 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 37 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 10 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Health | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 17 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 28 | 35 |
Science and engineering | 13 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 31 |
Science | 12 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 26 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 8 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
Social sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 129,296 | 109,967 | 115,160 | 104,490 | 101,871 | 97,900 | 93,828 | 91,706 | 101,898 | 114,323 | ||||||||||
Science | 109,500 | 91,877 | 96,797 | 90,361 | 87,555 | 84,013 | 80,250 | 78,692 | 87,431 | 90,491 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 439 | 523 | 687 | 783 | 703 | 636 | 399 | 432 | 386 | 645 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 52,469 | 42,634 | 50,513 | 47,018 | 49,241 | 43,504 | 40,356 | 38,351 | 43,736 | 44,786 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 47 | 58 | 169 | 261 | 418 | 164 | 192 | 290 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 11,501 | 13,990 | 16,292 | 16,484 | 14,903 | 11,415 | 9,712 | 8,050 | 10,595 | 10,620 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 32,011 | 19,534 | 27,245 | 27,351 | 29,939 | 28,029 | 26,822 | 26,862 | 30,996 | 32,618 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,957 | 9,110 | 6,929 | 3,125 | 4,230 | 3,799 | 3,404 | 3,275 | 1,953 | 1,258 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 28,984 | 27,699 | 24,563 | 24,101 | 22,192 | 23,299 | 21,362 | 20,603 | 18,284 | 24,000 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 4,209 | 3,400 | 2,546 | 1,904 | 1,740 | 1,556 | 1,840 | 778 | 1,437 | 3,349 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17,614 | 18,161 | 13,997 | 9,141 | 6,667 | 8,640 | 4,392 | 6,027 | 5,211 | 4,355 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 3,849 | 2,397 | 2,944 | 2,714 | 4,076 | 2,314 | 8,125 | 8,060 | 9,747 | 14,040 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,310 | 3,741 | 5,076 | 10,337 | 9,709 | 10,789 | 7,005 | 5,738 | 1,889 | 2,256 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,328 | 3,869 | 3,194 | 3,713 | 3,764 | 4,891 | 5,723 | 3,989 | 6,852 | 6,783 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,957 | 2,081 | 2,020 | 2,469 | 2,726 | 4,181 | 5,014 | 3,397 | 4,301 | 5,362 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 20 | 100 | 95 | 104 | 52 | 145 | 202 | 522 | 408 | 926 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,351 | 1,688 | 1,079 | 1,140 | 986 | 565 | 507 | 70 | 2,143 | 495 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 3,222 | 2,059 | 1,483 | 2,030 | 1,507 | 1,502 | 1,572 | 1,495 | 2,204 | 1,647 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,417 | 2,377 | 2,432 | 3,204 | 2,605 | 2,753 | 4,636 | 4,498 | 3,942 | 1,230 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 565 | 937 | 168 | 836 | 757 | 354 | 67 | 19 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 85 | 92 | 136 | 110 | 86 | 51 | 90 | 158 | 0 | 204 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 24 | 82 | 204 | 272 | 196 | 71 | 17 | 275 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 764 | 1,324 | 1,516 | 2,054 | 1,490 | 2,152 | 4,408 | 4,304 | 3,656 | 1,026 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 19,636 | 12,716 | 13,925 | 9,512 | 7,543 | 7,428 | 6,138 | 9,324 | 12,027 | 11,399 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 10,766 | 10,182 | 10,632 | 7,910 | 7,642 | 6,549 | 5,889 | 5,701 | 6,950 | 7,354 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 270 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 510 | 319 | 318 | 575 | 297 | 43 | 71 | 21 | 79 | 39 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,539 | 2,052 | 1,165 | 514 | 485 | 966 | 1,122 | 1,781 | 1,734 | 2,370 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 1,195 | 1,369 | 2,355 | 1,080 | 1,279 | 1,431 | 1,247 | 763 | 497 | 270 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,793 | 1,228 | 1,518 | 1,122 | 964 | 1,369 | 1,293 | 1,097 | 2,071 | 1,984 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,026 | 1,808 | 1,371 | 1,227 | 1,669 | 1,013 | 886 | 1,090 | 1,545 | 1,690 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,663 | 3,406 | 3,905 | 3,387 | 2,938 | 1,723 | 1,270 | 949 | 969 | 731 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 9,030 | 7,908 | 7,731 | 6,219 | 6,674 | 7,338 | 7,689 | 7,313 | 7,517 | 16,478 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,271 | 1,001 | 207 | 381 | 276 | 1,075 | 1,428 | 65 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 481 | 1,438 | 1,433 | 491 | 646 | 611 | 261 | 260 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,287 | 2,289 | 2,809 | 1,672 | 1,815 | 1,652 | 2,241 | 2,844 | 2,574 | 9,848 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 609 | 88 | 999 | 844 | 741 | 122 | 232 | 53 | 62 | 59 | ||||||||||
Law | 13 | 2 | 162 | 165 | 70 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,366 | 3,090 | 2,121 | 2,666 | 3,126 | 3,841 | 3,527 | 4,087 | 4,881 | 6,292 |
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 | 129,296 | 78,923 | 7,798 | 37,252 | 2,060 | 2,034 | 1,229 | |||||||
Science | 109,500 | 69,030 | 6,482 | 29,290 | 1,668 | 2,030 | 1,000 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 439 | 416 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 52,469 | 33,815 | 2,158 | 14,904 | 221 | 1,318 | 53 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 11,501 | 2,928 | 338 | 8,235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 32,011 | 24,263 | 457 | 5,726 | 221 | 1,301 | 43 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 8,957 | 6,624 | 1,363 | 943 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||||||
Life sciences | 28,984 | 21,298 | 1,859 | 4,201 | 787 | 586 | 253 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 4,209 | 2,105 | 20 | 2,056 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17,614 | 15,150 | 295 | 1,253 | 519 | 238 | 159 | |||||||
Health sciences | 3,849 | 2,771 | 86 | 398 | 240 | 275 | 79 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,310 | 1,272 | 1,458 | 492 | 0 | 73 | 15 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,328 | 2,203 | 9 | 325 | 137 | 65 | 589 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,957 | 1,344 | 9 | 290 | 79 | 51 | 184 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,351 | 839 | 0 | 35 | 58 | 14 | 405 | |||||||
Psychology | 3,222 | 1,752 | 406 | 717 | 330 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,417 | 1,129 | 25 | 120 | 102 | 17 | 24 | |||||||
Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 565 | 490 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 0 | 17 | |||||||
Political science and government | 85 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 63 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 764 | 639 | 25 | 80 | 1 | 17 | 2 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 19,636 | 8,417 | 2,025 | 8,995 | 91 | 42 | 66 | |||||||
Engineering | 10,766 | 7,962 | 492 | 1,776 | 303 | 4 | 229 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 510 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 1,539 | 755 | 324 | 351 | 109 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 1,195 | 297 | 97 | 764 | 1 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1,793 | 1,520 | 0 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,026 | 2,000 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 40 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 3,663 | 2,853 | 71 | 366 | 180 | 0 | 193 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 9,030 | 1,931 | 824 | 6,186 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,271 | 768 | 0 | 1,503 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 481 | 275 | 107 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,287 | 330 | 614 | 254 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 609 | 476 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 4,366 | 82 | 103 | 4,181 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 78,923 | 67,242 | 73,080 | 64,026 | 62,785 | 61,641 | 64,711 | 65,715 | 74,870 | 83,754 | ||||||||||
DOD | 6,546 | 4,913 | 5,439 | 5,307 | 4,744 | 6,172 | 6,018 | 5,285 | 5,692 | 6,813 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,096 | 1,262 | 628 | 621 | 1,707 | 965 | 1,978 | 2,459 | 2,062 | 4,904 | ||||||||||
HHS | 20,897 | 19,303 | 16,927 | 17,317 | 14,295 | 15,408 | 18,982 | 19,856 | 21,323 | 19,680 | ||||||||||
NASA | 873 | 1,031 | 1,365 | 1,002 | 1,038 | 558 | 731 | 366 | 639 | 724 | ||||||||||
NSF | 19,473 | 18,523 | 22,832 | 16,945 | 16,207 | 14,392 | 15,870 | 18,022 | 18,572 | 20,359 | ||||||||||
USDA | 5,129 | 5,328 | 6,419 | 5,822 | 5,991 | 6,518 | 5,446 | 5,443 | 6,659 | 7,637 | ||||||||||
Other | 24,909 | 16,882 | 19,470 | 17,012 | 18,803 | 17,628 | 15,686 | 14,284 | 19,923 | 23,637 |
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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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,746 | 257 | 1,489 | . | |||
2018 | 1,713 | 213 | 1,500 | . | |||
2017 | 1,713 | 213 | 1,500 | . | |||
2016 | 1,716 | 213 | 1,503 | . | |||
2015 | 1,656 | 237 | 1,419 | 44 |
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 | 272 | 272 | 272 | 320 | 320 |
Agricultural sciences | 26 | 21 | 21 | 114 | 114 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49 | 49 | 49 | 28 | 28 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 24 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 86 | 86 | 86 | 93 | 93 |
Health sciences | 19 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 34 | 36 | 36 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
Social sciences | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Other | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
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 | 20,557 | . | . | 47,187 | 26,677 |
Engineering | 7,564 | . | . | 47,187 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12,993 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 26,677 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 6,306 | 6,162 | 1,766 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,766 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 6,306 | 6,162 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.