U. South Carolina, Upstate

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 114 82.2 631 553 40.9 925
2023 112 83.8 679 542 41.1 911
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
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   872   901   914   932   877   854   874   936   974   1,006
    Hispanic or Latino   70   68   52   50   41   44   45   46   41   39
    Not Hispanic or Latino   790   815   844   864   818   788   809   867   909   942
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   3   2   3   3   3   4   3   4   2
      Asian   53   49   56   51   34   30   34   34   39   44
      Black or African American   110   112   101   87   73   73   88   83   82   90
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1
      White   590   615   652   692   674   647   652   712   754   772
      More than one race   34   36   33   31   34   35   31   34   29   33
    Unknown ethnicity and race   12   18   18   18   18   22   20   23   24   25
  Temporary visa holders   662   647   611   581   512   577   593   588   658   657
  Science and engineering   1,268   1,263   1,238   1,242   1,133   1,158   1,187   1,220   1,290   1,281
    Science   969   974   935   953   847   832   839   839   857   864
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   333   329   313   314   273   244   237   230   200   182
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18   15
      Computer and information sciences   136   119   114   117   90   69   35   21   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   42   51   52   50   47   55   56   71   74   82
      Mathematics and statistics   91   90   79   83   77   89   98   99   100   103
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   9   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   167   161   161   171   161   178   194   188   192   197
      Psychology   56   89   85   80   69   66   69   73   76   78
      Social sciences   135   129   130   138   130   131   150   157   197   207
    Engineering   299   289   303   289   286   326   348   381   433   417
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20   18   15   13   7   10   9   9   6   10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   32   23   21   16   16   20   22   26   24   27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   52   56   56   63   60   69   50   56   61   58
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   40   38   44   41   42   37   42   47   55   55
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   56   55   63   68   72   93   134   148   194   184
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   92   93   98   82   83   89   84   88   86   77
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   7   6   6   6   6   8   7   7   7   6
    Health   266   285   287   271   256   273   280   304   342   382
      Clinical medicine   132   139   148   143   125   151   167   198   192   200
      Other health   134   146   139   128   131   122   113   106   150   182

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   372   319   326   307   307   316   349   442   414   379
    Hispanic or Latino   17   15   19   24   18   15   12   15   18   10
    Not Hispanic or Latino   347   299   302   279   281   293   321   408   377   354
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   1   2   0   1   1   2   1   0   1
      Asian   14   11   10   11   15   19   14   20   18   21
      Black or African American   63   47   38   30   36   32   34   34   47   36
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   0   0   1   1   1   1   2   2   2
      White   255   231   240   225   218   232   254   340   301   284
      More than one race   13   9   12   12   10   8   16   11   9   10
    Unknown ethnicity and race   8   5   5   4   8   8   16   19   19   15
  Temporary visa holders   39   30   25   30   44   28   28   37   42   32
  Science and engineering   239   180   175   171   184   179   203   224   257   262
    Science   180   124   114   111   118   107   103   124   149   140
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   53   46   35   44   44   23   27   38   25   27
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4
      Computer and information sciences   53   23   17   24   17   14   5   3   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   3   4   3   4   5   6   6   11   12
      Mathematics and statistics   7   4   9   12   20   26   30   30   33   28
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   25   16   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   4   4   7   5   5   9   5   10   5   12
      Psychology   9   7   9   4   6   4   3   5   10   9
      Social sciences   20   21   23   19   22   26   27   32   64   48
    Engineering   59   56   61   60   66   72   100   100   108   122
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7   4   6   6   9   4   6   7   7   8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   1   3   2   3   1   3   2   1   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   2   1   0   2   1   12   10   5   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   13   12   10   9   18   18   18   14   22
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   16   10   12   11   18   35   41   45   42
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   14   13   16   18   18   16   12   14   17   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   7   7   13   12   14   14   14   8   19   21
    Health   172   169   176   166   167   165   174   255   199   149
      Clinical medicine   30   34   35   45   47   62   75   75   77   59
      Other health   142   135   141   121   120   103   99   180   122   90

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   377   486   441   401   324   302   232   292   282   310
  Science and engineering   348   395   376   340   286   257   214   252   253   250
    Science   196   238   224   184   159   144   105   135   133   137
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   82   105   81   61   47   43   15   32   37   47
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   28   32   35   20   10   2   4   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   9   10   12   8   11   9   3   13   12   12
      Mathematics and statistics   6   4   4   4   3   0   4   4   4   3
      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   48   60   68   67   72   77   66   63   59   54
      Psychology   8   22   18   15   11   7   5   12   9   6
      Social sciences   15   5   6   9   5   6   8   11   12   15
    Engineering   152   157   152   156   127   113   109   117   120   113
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   12   12   11   8   2   3   2   2   0   2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   7   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   20   23   21   25   21   18   18   20   15   17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   23   17   22   22   16   14   14   12   19   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   34   29   31   36   38   35   35   42   36   29
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   56   65   61   55   39   32   31   30   41   44
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   4   4   3   5   5   5   3   5   3   4
    Health   29   91   65   61   38   45   18   40   29   60
      Clinical medicine   23   39   50   39   20   23   13   26   14   32
      Other health   6   52   15   22   18   22   5   14   15   28

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   1,534   1,548   1,525   1,513   1,389   1,431   1,467   1,524   1,632   1,663
  Fellowships   47   30   35   58   44   35   32   25   18   64
    Federal   8   9   12   17   6   7   0   1   4   4
    Institutional   36   19   21   41   38   28   30   24   14   56
    Nonfederal   3   2   2   0   0   0   2   0   0   4
  Research assistantships   602   736   646   656   560   610   557   540   439   609
    Federal   363   440   402   355   307   289   213   275   258   302
    Institutional   172   222   177   237   198   263   301   208   127   244
    Nonfederal   67   74   67   64   55   58   43   57   54   63
  Teaching assistantships   452   514   459   472   461   478   407   483   443   570
    Federal   1   4   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   1
    Institutional   451   509   457   472   460   476   406   483   443   569
    Nonfederal   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
  Other types of support   433   268   385   327   324   308   471   476   732   420
    Federal   5   33   26   29   10   4   19   16   20   3
    Institutional   289   30   18   17   47   36   44   45   449   96
    Nonfederal   23   8   10   13   0   2   58   72   82   31
    Personal resources   116   197   331   268   267   266   350   343   181   290

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   87   85   102   90   76   90   90   102   108   108
    Science   54   43   63   50   45   55   49   66   59   66
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   19   12   32   29   25   33   26   34   28   34
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1   0   0   1   0   1   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   1   0   0   1   0   3   3   6   3   3
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   2   0   1   1   3   2   2   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   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   21   22   16   13   13   14   12   16   18   20
      Psychology   7   7   4   5   5   3   5   8   8   7
      Social sciences   2   1   9   1   1   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   33   42   39   40   31   35   41   36   49   42
      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   10   11   6   7   6   8   11   8   14   6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   5   5   3   1   4   2   3   5   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   7   5   7   6   5   5   8   6   4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   17   19   23   23   18   18   23   17   24   28
      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   0   1
    Health   27   32   13   19   19   17   24   20   22   21
      Clinical medicine   10   21   7   8   9   8   12   12   10   8
      Other health   17   11   6   11   10   9   12   8   12   13

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   64   85   75   71   67   68   59   71   87   95
  Science and engineering   51   62   67   62   54   52   45   61   74   79
    Science   30   29   38   34   32   30   25   37   36   45
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   8   10   21   18   18   19   14   20   19   26
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1   0   0   1   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   0   1   1   3   3   3
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   2   0   1   0   0   2   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   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   13   14   11   10   9   9   8   7   7   9
      Psychology   5   4   3   5   4   1   2   5   6   6
      Social sciences   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   21   33   29   28   22   22   20   24   38   34
      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   2   6   2   4   1   6   8   6   12   5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   5   4   3   1   2   1   1   3   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   6   5   4   5   1   1   2   1   1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   14   16   18   17   15   13   10   15   22   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   0   1
    Health   13   23   8   9   13   16   14   10   13   16
      Clinical medicine   2   14   5   3   7   7   6   6   5   5
      Other health   11   9   3   6   6   9   8   4   8   11

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   2,764   2,554   594   496   437   257   .   203   327   243
    Science   982   1,431   444   32   102   20   .   195   308   243
      Computer and information sciences   82   10   46   0   85   20   .   0   42   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   20   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   833   1,372   358   12   4   0   .   41   86   0
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   60   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
        Health sciences   601   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   172   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   .   46   60   0
      Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   36   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   30   23   5   0   0   0   .   0   3   0
      Social sciences   36   26   35   20   13   0   .   0   61   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   17   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   19   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   1   0   0   0   0   0   .   108   0   243
    Engineering   0   0   42   250   168   130   .   0   0   0
    Engineering   641   0   42   250   168   130   .   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   641   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   1,141   1,123   108   214   167   107   .   8   19   0
      Business management and business administration   154   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
      Education   201   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
      Humanities   24   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   29   0   0   0   0   0   .   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   733   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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields   2,764   566   0   2,162   3   33   0
    Science   982   14   0   968   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   82   14   0   68   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   833   0   0   833   0   0   0
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   60   0   0   60   0   0   0
        Health sciences   601   0   0   601   0   0   0
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   172   0   0   172   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   30   0   0   30   0   0   0
      Social sciences   36   0   0   36   0   0   0
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   17   0   0   17   0   0   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   19   0   0   19   0   0   0
      Sciences nec   1   0   0   1   0   0   0
    Engineering   641   445   0   163   0   33   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   641   445   0   163   0   33   0
      Civil engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Non-S&E   1,141   107   0   1,031   3   0   0
      Business management and business administration   154   0   0   154   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   201   107   0   91   3   0   0
      Humanities   24   0   0   24   0   0   0
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   29   0   0   29   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   733   0   0   733   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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   566   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  DOD   0   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  DOE   0   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  HHS   345   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  NASA   0   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  NSF   221   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  USDA   0   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
  Other   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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024   .   .   .   .
2023   .   .   .   .
2022   .   .   .   .
2021   .   .   .   .
2020   .   .   .   .
2019   .   .   .   .
2018   .   .   .   .

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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