U. South Alabama
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 | 256 | 44.6 | 457 | 276 | 59.9 | 680 | 225 | 75.1 | 890 | |||
2021 | 243 | 46.3 | 447 | 250 | 64.3 | 691 | 226 | 61.7 | 583 | 209 | 77.3 | 907 |
2020 | 240 | 47.3 | 450 | 251 | 64.4 | 697 | 199 | 78.6 | 915 | |||
2019 | 263 | 41.8 | 447 | 249 | 64.7 | 696 | 226 | 62.1 | 589 | 200 | 78.4 | 913 |
2018 | 274 | 36.7 | 428 | 259 | 63.4 | 698 | 210 | 77.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 251 | 41.6 | 425 | 259 | 62.6 | 684 | 233 | 60 | 575 | 209 | 77 | 897 |
2016 | 259 | 40.5 | 430 | 247 | 65 | 697 | 199 | 78.1 | 895 | |||
2015 | 301 | 30.1 | 426 | 215 | 69.4 | 693 | 236 | 59.1 | 570 | 204 | 77.6 | 897 |
2014 | 276 | 35.3 | 422 | 220 | 68.4 | 688 | 207 | 77 | 887 | |||
2013 | 308 | 26.9 | 417 | 249 | 55.7 | 555 | 230 | 61.4 | 588 | 208 | 76.8 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 28 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 16 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
Science | 14 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
Life science | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
Health sciences | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . |
Psychology | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . |
Engineering | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Education | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Education administration | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Other | 11 | 8 | 12 | . | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 11 | 8 | 12 | . | . | 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 | 391 | 422 | 389 | 383 | 361 | 367 | 439 | 555 | 501 | 409 |
Male | 177 | 190 | 167 | 161 | 153 | 165 | 230 | 335 | 292 | 208 |
Female | 214 | 232 | 222 | 222 | 208 | 202 | 209 | 220 | 209 | 201 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 275 | 323 | 325 | 305 | 301 | 299 | 297 | 271 | 286 | 316 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 263 | 311 | 307 | 291 | 274 | 273 | 276 | 255 | 267 | 292 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 12 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
Black or African American | 31 | 39 | 40 | 34 | 35 | 23 | 27 | 35 | 30 | 25 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 204 | 241 | 240 | 239 | 217 | 228 | 235 | 210 | 224 | 250 |
More than one race | 15 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Temporary visa holders | 116 | 99 | 64 | 78 | 60 | 68 | 142 | 284 | 215 | 93 |
Science and engineering | 333 | 364 | 332 | 324 | 309 | 319 | 378 | 500 | 445 | 345 |
Science | 256 | 287 | 265 | 275 | 259 | 255 | 283 | 317 | 289 | 261 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 69 | 113 | 105 | 104 | 93 | 98 | 39 | 37 | 45 | 39 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 21 | 25 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 94 | 87 | 74 | 82 | 76 | 70 | 121 | 166 | 119 | 85 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 33 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 27 |
Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 40 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 32 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 42 |
Engineering | 77 | 77 | 67 | 49 | 50 | 64 | 95 | 183 | 156 | 84 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 12 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 19 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 17 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 135 | 102 | 40 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 27 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 58 | 58 | 57 | 59 | 52 | 48 | 61 | 55 | 56 | 64 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 12 | 9 | 17 |
Other health | 58 | 58 | 57 | 59 | 52 | 48 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 47 |
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 | 63 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 55 | 68 | 70 | 78 | 60 | 66 |
Male | 38 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 35 | 34 |
Female | 25 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 32 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 57 | 64 | 59 | 53 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 73 | 58 | 59 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 56 | 53 | 48 | 50 | 47 | 53 | 65 | 54 | 58 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Black or African American | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
White | 36 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 41 | 42 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
More than one race | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 55 | 67 | 70 | 76 | 57 | 65 |
Science | 37 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 53 | 43 | 50 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Computer and information sciences | 26 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
Engineering | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 15 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 36 | 46 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 24 |
Science and engineering | 36 | 46 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 16 |
Science | 20 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 391 | 422 | 389 | 383 | 361 | 367 | 439 | 555 | 501 | 409 |
Fellowships | 47 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 46 | 52 |
Federal | 12 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 14 |
Institutional | 28 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 34 |
Nonfederal | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Research assistantships | 168 | 163 | 159 | 152 | 138 | 146 | 100 | 77 | 50 | 55 |
Federal | 24 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Institutional | 127 | 125 | 120 | 106 | 120 | 119 | 94 | 55 | 29 | 33 |
Nonfederal | 17 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 12 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 62 | 95 | 73 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 62 | 95 | 73 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 176 | 212 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 176 | 243 | 370 | 310 | 229 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 176 | 211 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 176 | 243 | 370 | 310 | 229 |
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 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Science | 21 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 24 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 25 | 24 | 31 | 24 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 14 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 15 |
Science and engineering | 14 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Science | 13 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 43,491 | 47,610 | 51,102 | 52,540 | 41,056 | 41,431 | 46,670 | 43,722 | 41,681 | 40,590 | ||||||||||
Science | 35,689 | 41,415 | 46,931 | 49,557 | 38,563 | 37,777 | 40,433 | 35,972 | 31,658 | 32,310 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,432 | 3,722 | 3,846 | 3,355 | 1,533 | 1,829 | 2,070 | 1,157 | 479 | 140 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,841 | 4,466 | 5,011 | 4,222 | 4,186 | 4,020 | 3,748 | 2,626 | 1,860 | 1,912 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 217 | 244 | 90 | 69 | 51 | 8 | 42 | 54 | 41 | 58 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,624 | 4,222 | 4,921 | 4,153 | 4,135 | 4,012 | 3,706 | 2,538 | 1,819 | 1,854 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 25,738 | 31,362 | 36,664 | 40,597 | 31,779 | 31,113 | 33,736 | 30,848 | 28,190 | 29,157 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 376 | 232 | 87 | 403 | 413 | 230 | 334 | 332 | 355 | 197 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 19,345 | 23,884 | 18,893 | 13,406 | 10,269 | 11,104 | 12,900 | 12,191 | 13,411 | 14,366 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,017 | 7,232 | 17,684 | 26,788 | 21,097 | 19,779 | 20,502 | 18,325 | 14,424 | 14,594 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 267 | 163 | 80 | 31 | 55 | 81 | 68 | 30 | 22 | 30 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 561 | 626 | 433 | 471 | 278 | 319 | 326 | 535 | 442 | 466 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 454 | 589 | 407 | 471 | 278 | 262 | 266 | 493 | 437 | 433 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 107 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 60 | 42 | 5 | 33 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 2,217 | 561 | 311 | 253 | 200 | 30 | 71 | 23 | 134 | 125 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 633 | 515 | 586 | 628 | 532 | 385 | 414 | 753 | 531 | 480 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 127 | 89 | 31 | 91 | 112 | 60 | 23 | 59 | 106 | 106 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 506 | 422 | 555 | 477 | 386 | 325 | 391 | 694 | 419 | 367 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 6,231 | 5,085 | 3,640 | 2,411 | 1,956 | 2,852 | 2,033 | 2,273 | 2,336 | 2,427 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 92 | 52 | 257 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,044 | 2,508 | 2,003 | 822 | 596 | 1,055 | 334 | 1,456 | 321 | 311 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 2,134 | 1,373 | 921 | 550 | 459 | 529 | 374 | 262 | 1,080 | 1,055 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 905 | 543 | 306 | 560 | 302 | 482 | 236 | 120 | 40 | 77 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 519 | 317 | 322 | 363 | 502 | 193 | 465 | 328 | 383 | 690 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 629 | 344 | 84 | 116 | 97 | 116 | 532 | 55 | 255 | 294 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,571 | 1,110 | 531 | 572 | 537 | 802 | 4,204 | 5,477 | 7,687 | 5,853 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 45 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||
Education | 767 | 719 | 348 | 568 | 537 | 675 | 515 | 16 | 945 | 535 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 19 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 76 | 154 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 757 | 391 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 3,605 | 5,300 | 6,594 | 5,265 |
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 | 43,491 | 23,762 | 998 | 15,313 | 1,232 | 1,383 | 803 | |||||||
Science | 35,689 | 18,290 | 790 | 13,508 | 1,002 | 1,311 | 788 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 1,432 | 1,349 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,841 | 2,641 | 758 | 910 | 392 | 61 | 79 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 217 | 183 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,624 | 2,458 | 753 | 888 | 392 | 54 | 79 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 25,738 | 12,537 | 32 | 11,660 | 610 | 261 | 638 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 376 | 162 | 10 | 201 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 19,345 | 11,821 | 22 | 6,656 | 0 | 219 | 627 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,017 | 554 | 0 | 4,803 | 610 | 39 | 11 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 267 | 231 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 561 | 479 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 454 | 373 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 107 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 2,217 | 691 | 0 | 477 | 0 | 978 | 71 | |||||||
Social sciences | 633 | 362 | 0 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 127 | 100 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 506 | 262 | 0 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 6,231 | 4,296 | 208 | 1,520 | 145 | 47 | 15 | |||||||
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 | 2,044 | 1,301 | 0 | 623 | 120 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 2,134 | 1,562 | 198 | 306 | 25 | 43 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 905 | 706 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 519 | 212 | 10 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 629 | 515 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,571 | 1,176 | 0 | 285 | 85 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 767 | 544 | 0 | 113 | 85 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 757 | 632 | 0 | 125 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 23,762 | 23,758 | 21,825 | 19,947 | 15,098 | 16,627 | 17,628 | 15,106 | 14,353 | 13,743 | ||||||||||
DOD | 1,933 | 973 | 359 | 475 | 567 | 1,383 | 1,000 | 875 | 377 | 347 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,036 | 1,326 | 919 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 63 | 62 | 31 | ||||||||||
HHS | 12,440 | 12,786 | 12,181 | 12,062 | 10,284 | 10,999 | 12,406 | 10,850 | 10,204 | 10,426 | ||||||||||
NASA | 221 | 182 | 399 | 346 | 204 | 184 | 49 | 29 | 207 | 251 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,213 | 4,207 | 3,510 | 4,082 | 2,743 | 2,745 | 3,110 | 2,119 | 1,310 | 1,091 | ||||||||||
USDA | 741 | 306 | 306 | 224 | 169 | 217 | 94 | 234 | 91 | 103 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,178 | 3,978 | 4,151 | 2,752 | 1,130 | 1,096 | 944 | 936 | 2,102 | 1,494 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 500 | 144 | 356 | . | |||
2018 | 416 | 141 | 275 | . | |||
2017 | 425 | 124 | 301 | . | |||
2016 | 464 | 110 | 354 | . |
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 | 918 | 925 | 902 | 866 | 904 |
Agricultural sciences | 113 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 161 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 227 | 220 | 217 | 214 | 205 |
Computer and information sciences | 31 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 40 |
Engineering | 208 | 217 | 193 | 179 | 197 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
Health sciences | 82 | 100 | 101 | 87 | 87 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | . |
Physical sciences | 118 | 115 | 123 | 122 | 106 |
Psychology | 62 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 55 |
Social sciences | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
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.
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 | 230,000 | . | 4,877 | . | 116,000 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | 30,600 |
Computer and information sciences | 130,000 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 100,000 | . | . | . | 14,280 |
Health sciences | . | . | 4,877 | . | 5,440 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | 59,560 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | 6,120 |
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 | 56,280 | 17,800 | 43,749 | 10,862 | 26,350 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 849 | 4,460 | 1,050 | 11,471 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 2,871 | 15,490 | 1,279 | 5,492 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 879 | 2,429 | 0 | 846 |
Engineering | 2,000 | 9,205 | 4,756 | 4,641 | 1,580 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 854 | 427 | 1,431 |
Health sciences | 34,280 | 1,061 | 1,148 | 1,456 | 2,116 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7,000 | 394 | 323 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 863 | 0 | 0 | 1,135 |
Physical sciences | 2,000 | 903 | 2,831 | 2,009 | 2,279 |
Psychology | 11,000 | 775 | 11,141 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 316 | 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.