U. South Carolina

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 | |
2023 | 112 | 83.8 | 679 | 539 | 41.7 | 914 | ||||||
2022 | 107 | 84.5 | 680 | 751 | 17.4 | 900 | ||||||
2021 | 101 | 85.6 | 691 | 757 | 17.5 | 908 | ||||||
2020 | 102 | 85.6 | 698 | 784 | 15.3 | 916 | ||||||
2019 | 103 | 85.5 | 697 | 865 | 6.3 | 914 | ||||||
2018 | 102 | 85.7 | 700 | |||||||||
2017 | 94 | 86.5 | 684 | 883 | 2.7 | 898 | ||||||
2016 | 96 | 86.5 | 697 | 827 | 8.6 | 896 | ||||||
2015 | 94 | 86.7 | 693 | 859 | 5.3 | 898 | ||||||
2014 | 90 | 87.2 | 688 | 838 | 6.7 | 889 |
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

All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 724 | 734 | 767 | 708 | 730 | 767 | 794 | 851 | 831 | 839 | ||||||||||
Female | 824 | 791 | 746 | 681 | 701 | 700 | 730 | 781 | 832 | 836 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 901 | 914 | 932 | 877 | 854 | 874 | 936 | 974 | 1,006 | 1,060 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 52 | 50 | 41 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 39 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 815 | 844 | 864 | 818 | 788 | 809 | 867 | 909 | 942 | 999 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Asian | 49 | 56 | 51 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 39 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 112 | 101 | 87 | 73 | 73 | 88 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 94 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
White | 615 | 652 | 692 | 674 | 647 | 652 | 712 | 754 | 772 | 822 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 36 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 31 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 36 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 22 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 647 | 611 | 581 | 512 | 577 | 593 | 588 | 658 | 657 | 615 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 1,263 | 1,238 | 1,242 | 1,133 | 1,158 | 1,187 | 1,220 | 1,290 | 1,281 | 1,256 | ||||||||||
Science | 974 | 935 | 953 | 847 | 832 | 839 | 839 | 857 | 864 | 887 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 329 | 313 | 314 | 273 | 244 | 237 | 230 | 200 | 182 | 191 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 119 | 114 | 117 | 90 | 69 | 35 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 51 | 52 | 50 | 47 | 55 | 56 | 71 | 74 | 82 | 75 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 90 | 79 | 83 | 77 | 89 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 103 | 104 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 161 | 161 | 171 | 161 | 178 | 194 | 188 | 192 | 197 | 192 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 89 | 85 | 80 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 93 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 129 | 130 | 138 | 130 | 131 | 150 | 157 | 197 | 207 | 220 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 289 | 303 | 289 | 286 | 326 | 348 | 381 | 433 | 417 | 369 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 18 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 23 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 22 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 56 | 56 | 63 | 60 | 69 | 50 | 56 | 61 | 58 | 61 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 38 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 37 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 55 | 51 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 55 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 93 | 134 | 148 | 194 | 184 | 144 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 93 | 98 | 82 | 83 | 89 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 77 | 68 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||
Health | 285 | 287 | 271 | 256 | 273 | 280 | 304 | 342 | 382 | 419 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 139 | 148 | 143 | 125 | 151 | 167 | 198 | 192 | 200 | 196 | ||||||||||
Other health | 146 | 139 | 128 | 131 | 122 | 113 | 106 | 150 | 182 | 223 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 115 | 134 | 125 | 120 | 136 | 162 | 188 | 197 | 210 | 196 | ||||||||||
Female | 234 | 217 | 212 | 231 | 208 | 215 | 291 | 259 | 201 | 186 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 319 | 326 | 307 | 307 | 316 | 349 | 442 | 414 | 379 | 343 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 20 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 299 | 302 | 279 | 281 | 293 | 321 | 408 | 377 | 354 | 313 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Asian | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 47 | 38 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 36 | 31 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
White | 231 | 240 | 225 | 218 | 232 | 254 | 340 | 301 | 284 | 253 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 30 | 25 | 30 | 44 | 28 | 28 | 37 | 42 | 32 | 39 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 180 | 175 | 171 | 184 | 179 | 203 | 224 | 257 | 262 | 263 | ||||||||||
Science | 124 | 114 | 111 | 118 | 107 | 103 | 124 | 149 | 140 | 151 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 46 | 35 | 44 | 44 | 23 | 27 | 38 | 25 | 27 | 26 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 23 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 31 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 21 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 64 | 48 | 53 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 56 | 61 | 60 | 66 | 72 | 100 | 100 | 108 | 122 | 112 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 21 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 16 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 46 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 7 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||
Health | 169 | 176 | 166 | 167 | 165 | 174 | 255 | 199 | 149 | 119 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 34 | 35 | 45 | 47 | 62 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||
Other health | 135 | 141 | 121 | 120 | 103 | 99 | 180 | 122 | 90 | 60 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||
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All surveyed fields | 486 | 441 | 401 | 324 | 302 | 232 | 292 | 282 | 310 | 379 | 0 | |||||||||||
Science and engineering | 395 | 376 | 340 | 286 | 257 | 214 | 252 | 253 | 250 | 285 | 0 | |||||||||||
Science | 238 | 224 | 184 | 159 | 144 | 105 | 135 | 133 | 137 | 154 | 0 | |||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 105 | 81 | 61 | 47 | 43 | 15 | 32 | 37 | 47 | 40 | 0 | |||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 32 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Physical sciences | 60 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 54 | 67 | 0 | |||||||||||
Psychology | 22 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
Social sciences | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||||
Engineering | 157 | 152 | 156 | 127 | 113 | 109 | 117 | 120 | 113 | 131 | 0 | |||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 23 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 17 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 29 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 42 | 36 | 29 | 42 | 0 | |||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 65 | 61 | 55 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 41 | 44 | 46 | 0 | |||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Other engineering | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
Health | 91 | 65 | 61 | 38 | 45 | 18 | 40 | 29 | 60 | 94 | 0 | |||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 39 | 50 | 39 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 32 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||||
Other health | 52 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 61 | 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).
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||
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All types and sources of support | 1,548 | 1,525 | 1,513 | 1,389 | 1,431 | 1,467 | 1,524 | 1,632 | 1,663 | 1,675 | ||||||||||
Fellowships | 30 | 35 | 58 | 44 | 35 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 64 | 101 | ||||||||||
Federal | 9 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 19 | 21 | 41 | 38 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 56 | 43 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
Research assistantships | 736 | 646 | 656 | 560 | 610 | 557 | 540 | 439 | 609 | 678 | ||||||||||
Federal | 440 | 402 | 355 | 307 | 289 | 213 | 275 | 258 | 302 | 351 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 222 | 177 | 237 | 198 | 263 | 301 | 208 | 127 | 244 | 227 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 74 | 67 | 64 | 55 | 58 | 43 | 57 | 54 | 63 | 100 | ||||||||||
Teaching assistantships | 514 | 459 | 472 | 461 | 478 | 407 | 483 | 443 | 570 | 528 | ||||||||||
Federal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 509 | 457 | 472 | 460 | 476 | 406 | 483 | 443 | 569 | 516 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
Other types of support | 268 | 385 | 327 | 324 | 308 | 471 | 476 | 732 | 420 | 368 | ||||||||||
Federal | 33 | 26 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
Institutional | 30 | 18 | 17 | 47 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 449 | 96 | 25 | ||||||||||
Nonfederal | 8 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 72 | 82 | 31 | 11 | ||||||||||
Personal resources | 197 | 331 | 268 | 267 | 266 | 350 | 343 | 181 | 290 | 326 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Science and engineering | 85 | 118 | 90 | 75 | 88 | 90 | 102 | 108 | 108 | 130 | ||||||||||
Science | 43 | 66 | 50 | 44 | 53 | 49 | 66 | 59 | 66 | 86 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 39 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 22 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 27 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 42 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 36 | 49 | 42 | 44 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 35 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 29 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health | 32 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 14 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 21 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
Other health | 11 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 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).
Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 85 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 59 | 71 | 87 | 95 | 90 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 62 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 52 | 45 | 61 | 74 | 79 | 79 | ||||||||||
Science | 29 | 38 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 37 | 36 | 45 | 51 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 22 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 33 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 38 | 34 | 28 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health | 23 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
Other health | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 2,528 | 559 | 476 | 424 | 257 | . | 203 | 266 | 243 | 267 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,405 | 409 | 12 | 89 | 20 | . | 195 | 247 | 243 | 267 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 46 | 0 | 85 | 20 | . | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 1,372 | 358 | 12 | 4 | 0 | . | 41 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 46 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 108 | 0 | 243 | 267 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 42 | 250 | 168 | 130 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 42 | 250 | 168 | 130 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,123 | 108 | 214 | 167 | 107 | . | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E nec | 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.
- 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 | 2,528 | 330 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 1,405 | 280 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 1,372 | 280 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 23 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,123 | 50 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E nec | 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
Source of funds | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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DOD | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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
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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