U. San Francisco

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 | 260 | 58.4 | 448 | 188 | 27.8 | 691 | 513 | 88.1 | 583 | 593 | 65.6 | 909 |
2020 | 265 | 59.2 | 450 | 189 | 27.7 | 697 | 523 | 57.5 | 915 | |||
2019 | 353 | 79.1 | 447 | 134 | 20 | 696 | 491 | 83.5 | 589 | 490 | 54.1 | 913 |
2018 | 286 | 67.1 | 428 | 146 | 21.6 | 698 | 488 | 54 | 910 | |||
2017 | 241 | 57 | 425 | 145 | 21.9 | 684 | 447 | 77.9 | 575 | 479 | 53.8 | 897 |
2016 | 252 | 58.9 | 430 | 231 | 33.7 | 697 | 493 | 55.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 279 | 65.8 | 426 | 244 | 35.8 | 693 | 508 | 89.2 | 570 | 474 | 53.3 | 897 |
2014 | 239 | 57 | 422 | 258 | 38 | 688 | 466 | 53 | 887 | |||
2013 | 233 | 56.2 | 417 | 247 | 45 | 555 | 461 | 78.6 | 588 | 476 | 54.3 | 884 |
2012 | 213 | 52.1 | 412 | 264 | 48 | 555 | 415 | 47 | 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 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 34 | 31 | 40 |
Science and engineering | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Science | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Anthropology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 26 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 33 | 30 | 40 |
Education | 20 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 28 | 38 |
Education administration | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
Education research | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 15 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Other education | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Humanities | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | . |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Other | 6 | 4 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 |
Business management/administration | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 680 | 619 | 1,041 | 906 | 901 | 491 | 430 | 401 | 413 | 359 |
Male | 184 | 162 | 333 | 312 | 299 | 245 | 213 | 214 | 203 | 188 |
Female | 496 | 457 | 708 | 594 | 602 | 246 | 217 | 187 | 210 | 171 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 534 | 494 | 809 | 712 | 717 | 237 | 203 | 218 | 235 | 214 |
Hispanic or Latino | 181 | 161 | 224 | 199 | 168 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 36 | 30 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 348 | 326 | 558 | 480 | 487 | 192 | 154 | 158 | 173 | 161 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 85 | 85 | 143 | 135 | 147 | 56 | 43 | 38 | 53 | 49 |
Black or African American | 48 | 30 | 61 | 61 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
White | 172 | 176 | 298 | 236 | 229 | 112 | 96 | 95 | 102 | 93 |
More than one race | 39 | 32 | 46 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 62 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 23 |
Temporary visa holders | 146 | 125 | 232 | 194 | 184 | 254 | 227 | 183 | 178 | 145 |
Science and engineering | 615 | 574 | 893 | 749 | 716 | 491 | 430 | 401 | 413 | 359 |
Science | 615 | 574 | 893 | 749 | 716 | 491 | 430 | 401 | 413 | 359 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 85 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 79 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 28 | 32 | 55 | 36 | 37 | 50 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 17 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 110 | 107 | 172 | 149 | 136 | 117 | 87 | 93 | 89 | 57 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 36 | 32 | 53 | 32 | 44 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 16 | 67 | 76 | 81 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 359 | 320 | 364 | 294 | 254 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
Social sciences | 79 | 67 | 171 | 154 | 155 | 230 | 209 | 177 | 192 | 193 |
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 | 65 | 45 | 148 | 157 | 185 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 64 | 43 | 125 | 125 | 148 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 2 | 23 | 32 | 37 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 546 | 596 | 59 | 153 | 158 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 24 |
Male | 167 | 195 | 19 | 32 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Female | 379 | 401 | 40 | 121 | 124 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 10 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 428 | 458 | 48 | 142 | 139 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 20 |
Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 124 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 326 | 31 | 87 | 86 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 15 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 90 | 87 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Black or African American | 34 | 47 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 152 | 155 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
More than one race | 25 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 118 | 138 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 419 | 444 | 35 | 130 | 134 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 24 |
Science | 419 | 444 | 35 | 130 | 134 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 24 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 10 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 35 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 75 | 78 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 25 | 16 | 2 | 38 | 31 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 59 | 60 | 12 | 16 | 20 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 94 | 111 | 6 | 60 | 63 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 119 | 123 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
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 | 127 | 152 | 24 | 23 | 24 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 108 | 123 | 11 | 16 | 17 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 19 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 680 | 619 | 1,041 | 906 | 901 | 491 | 430 | 401 | 413 | 359 |
Fellowships | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 680 | 618 | 1,020 | 887 | 888 | 474 | 416 | 385 | 396 | 344 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Institutional | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 41 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 15 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Personal resources | 660 | 601 | 986 | 858 | 776 | 421 | 374 | 353 | 374 | 314 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,375 | 2,161 | 2,712 | 2,741 | 2,602 | 2,365 | 2,599 | 2,764 | 2,663 | 4,301 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,004 | 1,151 | 1,195 | 1,169 | 1,009 | 1,718 | 1,848 | 2,208 | 2,233 | 3,405 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 16 | 60 | 27 | 30 | 80 | 60 | 27 | 144 | 133 | 96 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 204 | 106 | 194 | 295 | 187 | 98 | 183 | 121 | 152 | 312 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 81 | 77 | 80 | 27 | 58 | 64 | 151 | 95 | 70 | 155 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 43 | 29 | 114 | 268 | 129 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 46 | 135 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 398 | 308 | 456 | 492 | 406 | 302 | 436 | 802 | 1,009 | 1,605 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 38 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 81 | 65 | 88 | 160 | 281 | 96 | 219 | 138 | 64 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 284 | 195 | 321 | 280 | 86 | 206 | 217 | 664 | 671 | 1,567 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 32 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 144 | 72 | 83 | 89 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 44 | 7 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 56 | 45 | 55 | 73 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 44 | 7 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 4 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 28 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 148 | 397 | 300 | 149 | 112 | 55 | 28 | 53 | 82 | 75 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 26 | 43 | 106 | 30 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 90 | 226 | 163 | 105 | 55 | 55 | 28 | 36 | 70 | 43 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 27 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 50 | 144 | 82 | 88 | 111 | 1,144 | 1,113 | 1,057 | 813 | 1,310 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 3 | 6 | 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 | 368 | 1,004 | 1,517 | 1,572 | 1,593 | 647 | 751 | 556 | 430 | 896 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 75 | 202 | 283 | 274 | 376 | 268 | 367 | 289 | 184 | 555 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 8 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 233 | 572 | 869 | 1,147 | 1,136 | 353 | 384 | 267 | 222 | 341 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 34 | 161 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 16 | 47 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 0 | 173 | 136 | 64 | 26 | 0 | 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
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 1,375 | 255 | 200 | 466 | 0 | 434 | 20 | |||||||
Science | 1,004 | 255 | 200 | 265 | 0 | 269 | 15 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 204 | 113 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 81 | 1 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 43 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 398 | 19 | 92 | 104 | 0 | 168 | 15 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 81 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 284 | 0 | 92 | 41 | 0 | 136 | 15 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 32 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 144 | 84 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 84 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 56 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 148 | 24 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 50 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 165 | 5 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 75 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 233 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 164 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 34 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 255 | 148 | 198 | 310 | 405 | 280 | 503 | 738 | 858 | 1,867 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 348 | 1,238 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 142 | 87 | 220 | 328 | 258 | 270 | ||||||||||
NASA | 84 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 131 | 148 | 171 | 257 | 199 | 96 | 213 | 250 | 245 | 345 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 40 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 82 | 70 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 225 | 22 | 203 | . | |||
2018 | 245 | 23 | 222 | . | |||
2017 | 272 | 30 | 242 | . | |||
2016 | 262 | 26 | 236 | . | |||
2015 | 242 | 19 | 223 | 0 |
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 | 21 | 29 | 38 | 16 | 29 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Health sciences | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
Psychology | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
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.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 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 | 5,000 | 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 | 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.