U. South Carolina, Beaufort

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 | 626 | 32.2 | 914 | |||||||||
2022 | 659 | 27.5 | 900 | |||||||||
2021 | 640 | 30.2 | 908 | |||||||||
2020 | 725 | 21.7 | 916 | |||||||||
2019 | 753 | 18.5 | 914 | |||||||||
2018 | 767 | 16.7 | 911 | |||||||||
2017 | 751 | 17.2 | 898 | |||||||||
2016 | 669 | 26.1 | 896 | |||||||||
2015 | 656 | 27.7 | 898 | |||||||||
2014 | 580 | 35.4 | 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

Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,466 | 1,027 | 818 | 522 | 532 | 470 | 555 | 633 | 892 | 1,343 | i | |||||||||
Science | 1,157 | 746 | 741 | 464 | 207 | 398 | 543 | 633 | 892 | 1,343 | i | |||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 558 | 96 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 28 | 0 | 78 | 95 | i | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 289 | 235 | 220 | 91 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 109 | i | |||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Life sciences | 292 | 410 | 495 | 370 | 207 | 27 | 0 | 230 | 688 | 1,139 | i | |||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Health sciences | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 437 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 178 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Social sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Social sciences nec | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 460 | 225 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Engineering | 135 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Non-S&E | 174 | 82 | 77 | 58 | 325 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Humanities | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | |||||||||
Non-S&E nec | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | i |
i=imputed
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 | 1,466 | 889 | 43 | 417 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 1,157 | 618 | 43 | 382 | 0 | 114 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 558 | 431 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 289 | 94 | 43 | 38 | 0 | 114 | 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 | 289 | 94 | 43 | 38 | 0 | 114 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 292 | 87 | 0 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 109 | 87 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 67 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 64 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences nec | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 135 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 135 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 174 | 137 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 164 | 137 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 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 nec | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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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Federal Agencies | 889 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 478 | . | ||||||||||
DOD | 431 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | ||||||||||
HHS | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 227 | . | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 182 | . | ||||||||||
NSF | 140 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 69 | . | ||||||||||
USDA | 87 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | ||||||||||
Other | 231 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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
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SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey