U. South Dakota, The

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2021 | 248 | 55.7 | 448 | 257 | 37.7 | 691 | 381 | 65.6 | 583 | 245 | 27.6 | 909 |
2020 | 260 | 58.1 | 450 | 232 | 33.9 | 697 | 239 | 26.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 254 | 57.2 | 447 | 258 | 37.6 | 696 | 356 | 60.8 | 589 | 236 | 26.5 | 913 |
2018 | 235 | 55.2 | 428 | 261 | 37.9 | 698 | 236 | 26.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 251 | 59.4 | 425 | 319 | 47.1 | 684 | 345 | 60.3 | 575 | 238 | 27.2 | 897 |
2016 | 230 | 53.8 | 430 | 394 | 56.9 | 697 | 243 | 27.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 245 | 57.8 | 426 | 313 | 45.6 | 693 | 347 | 61.2 | 570 | 241 | 27.5 | 897 |
2014 | 255 | 60.7 | 422 | 298 | 43.8 | 688 | 225 | 26 | 887 | |||
2013 | 287 | 69.1 | 417 | 291 | 52.8 | 555 | 343 | 58.7 | 588 | 226 | 26.2 | 884 |
2012 | 245 | 59.8 | 412 | 281 | 51 | 555 | 233 | 26.8 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 32 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 28 |
Science and engineering | 29 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 19 |
Science | 28 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 18 |
Life science | 12 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
Biological sciences | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
Health sciences | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Chemistry | 4 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 10 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
Psychology | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
Political science and government | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Education | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Education research | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Humanities | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Letters | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Other | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 395 | 428 | 354 | 352 | 249 | 177 | 299 | 302 | 307 | 326 |
Male | 135 | 184 | 155 | 146 | 95 | 113 | 166 | 166 | 165 | 165 |
Female | 260 | 244 | 199 | 206 | 154 | 64 | 133 | 136 | 142 | 161 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 314 | 322 | 269 | 275 | 222 | 117 | 229 | 234 | 234 | 235 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 307 | 314 | 265 | 265 | 216 | 114 | 217 | 222 | 229 | 220 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Asian | 15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Black or African American | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 263 | 275 | 232 | 224 | 182 | 106 | 202 | 207 | 210 | 204 |
More than one race | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 81 | 106 | 85 | 77 | 27 | 60 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 91 |
Science and engineering | 257 | 339 | 284 | 285 | 158 | 168 | 223 | 224 | 222 | 265 |
Science | 242 | 323 | 270 | 272 | 156 | 156 | 212 | 213 | 210 | 251 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 66 | 105 | 98 | 100 | 58 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 71 | 94 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 20 |
Computer and information sciences | 34 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 0 | . | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 88 | 107 | 82 | 96 | 58 | 0 | 42 | 43 | 35 | 35 |
Physical sciences | 47 | 84 | 68 | 48 | 5 | 22 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 53 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 16 |
Engineering | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 138 | 89 | 70 | 67 | 91 | 9 | 76 | 78 | 85 | 61 |
Clinical medicine | 8 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 42 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 130 | 78 | 52 | 46 | 49 | 9 | 76 | 78 | 85 | 61 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 188 | 156 | 149 | 146 | 292 | 85 | 107 | 107 | 86 | 96 |
Male | 52 | 47 | 57 | 47 | 122 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 43 | 41 |
Female | 136 | 109 | 92 | 99 | 170 | 32 | 52 | 51 | 43 | 55 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 177 | 153 | 134 | 132 | 236 | 80 | 100 | 100 | 79 | 92 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 166 | 143 | 125 | 125 | 226 | 78 | 96 | 96 | 77 | 86 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Asian | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Black or African American | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 139 | 119 | 101 | 97 | 200 | 72 | 83 | 83 | 66 | 74 |
More than one race | 9 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 11 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 78 | 67 | 84 | 104 | 237 | 77 | 94 | 95 | 78 | 75 |
Science | 75 | 62 | 78 | 103 | 223 | 76 | 94 | 95 | 78 | 75 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 0 | . | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 47 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 97 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 22 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
Social sciences | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 55 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 20 |
Engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 110 | 89 | 65 | 42 | 55 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
Clinical medicine | 37 | 49 | 40 | 37 | 15 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 73 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 63 | 10 | 80 | 47 | 44 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 80 |
Science and engineering | 58 | 10 | 78 | 42 | 44 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 78 |
Science | 53 | 10 | 69 | 40 | 43 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 26 | 76 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 34 | 10 | 48 | 23 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 43 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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 | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 395 | 428 | 354 | 352 | 249 | 177 | 299 | 302 | 307 | 326 |
Fellowships | 6 | 18 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 3 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 102 | 183 | 139 | 154 | 51 | 84 | 118 | 112 | 159 | 238 |
Federal | 60 | 10 | 69 | 43 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 72 |
Institutional | 40 | 157 | 59 | 83 | 11 | 51 | 73 | 86 | 126 | 152 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
Teaching assistantships | 60 | 47 | 57 | 36 | 4 | 30 | 51 | 51 | 41 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 59 | 47 | 51 | 36 | 1 | 29 | 49 | 49 | 41 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 227 | 180 | 109 | 161 | 194 | 63 | 130 | 139 | 107 | 88 |
Federal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Institutional | 45 | 44 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 13 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Personal resources | 179 | 136 | 109 | 102 | 184 | 46 | 75 | 76 | 94 | 76 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 16 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 26 |
Science | 14 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 26 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 17 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Science and engineering | 12 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Science | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 27,537 | 29,279 | 32,028 | 30,943 | 28,358 | 25,864 | 25,661 | 30,700 | 33,187 | 31,982 | ||||||||||
Science | 21,462 | 23,381 | 25,213 | 23,970 | 21,387 | 18,702 | 19,231 | 26,392 | 29,358 | 25,912 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 174 | 799 | 363 | 1,346 | 333 | 264 | 650 | 381 | 391 | 347 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 5 | 87 | 78 | 304 | 179 | 88 | 161 | 85 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 5 | 87 | 78 | 292 | 179 | 78 | 153 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 85 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 15,920 | 17,172 | 18,568 | 18,390 | 16,539 | 13,453 | 13,125 | 17,398 | 19,364 | 16,270 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13,982 | 15,109 | 16,612 | 15,990 | 14,733 | 11,515 | 11,257 | 14,888 | 17,553 | 14,464 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,576 | 1,743 | 1,631 | 1,997 | 1,806 | 1,922 | 789 | 1,602 | 1,003 | 987 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 221 | 191 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 141 | 129 | 325 | 373 | 0 | 16 | 1,079 | 908 | 808 | 819 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 189 | 160 | 181 | 139 | 191 | 157 | 0 | 131 | 107 | 108 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,713 | 4,054 | 5,059 | 2,957 | 2,464 | 3,175 | 3,894 | 6,693 | 8,346 | 7,857 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 2,022 | 2,499 | 2,741 | 1,737 | 1,517 | 2,250 | 2,652 | 4,920 | 5,369 | 4,821 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,691 | 1,555 | 2,089 | 1,220 | 936 | 925 | 1,242 | 1,773 | 2,977 | 3,036 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,150 | 687 | 582 | 704 | 746 | 1,102 | 1,100 | 1,137 | 575 | 752 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 316 | 504 | 373 | 356 | 810 | 372 | 374 | 491 | 490 | 578 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 16 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 300 | 369 | 287 | 205 | 243 | 273 | 274 | 250 | 252 | 251 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 99 | 78 | 128 | 146 | 99 | 100 | 241 | 238 | 243 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,429 | 1,385 | 3,243 | 3,198 | 3,443 | 3,841 | 2,440 | 975 | 1,006 | 1,148 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,429 | 1,385 | 3,243 | 3,198 | 3,443 | 3,841 | 2,440 | 975 | 1,006 | 1,148 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 4,646 | 4,513 | 3,572 | 3,775 | 3,528 | 3,321 | 3,990 | 3,333 | 2,823 | 4,922 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 945 | 887 | 934 | 1,128 | 1,123 | 1,089 | 967 | 901 | 663 | 813 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 267 | 268 | 217 | 206 | 658 | 88 | 141 | 212 | 161 | 140 | ||||||||||
Education | 955 | 752 | 621 | 578 | 621 | 554 | 751 | 780 | 884 | 1,123 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 621 | 491 | 0 | 693 | 77 | 592 | 540 | 433 | 367 | 267 | ||||||||||
Law | 496 | 515 | 448 | 441 | 526 | 457 | 388 | 412 | 322 | 394 | ||||||||||
Social work | 217 | 220 | 103 | 100 | 146 | 106 | 134 | 200 | 110 | 117 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 424 | 429 | 438 | 450 | 377 | 349 | 374 | 377 | 316 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 721 | 951 | 811 | 179 | 0 | 86 | 695 | 18 | 0 | 2,068 |
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 | 27,537 | 11,664 | 1,772 | 13,629 | 0 | 472 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 21,462 | 10,810 | 1,470 | 8,773 | 0 | 409 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 174 | 86 | 0 | 88 | 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, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 15,920 | 8,496 | 896 | 6,310 | 0 | 218 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13,982 | 7,905 | 896 | 5,008 | 0 | 173 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,576 | 546 | 0 | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 221 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 141 | 45 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 189 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,713 | 1,754 | 574 | 1,206 | 0 | 179 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 2,022 | 726 | 574 | 582 | 0 | 140 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,691 | 1,028 | 0 | 624 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,150 | 461 | 0 | 677 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 316 | 13 | 0 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 300 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,429 | 731 | 185 | 453 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,429 | 731 | 185 | 453 | 0 | 60 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 4,646 | 123 | 117 | 4,403 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 945 | 0 | 0 | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 267 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 955 | 0 | 23 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 621 | 0 | 0 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 496 | 0 | 0 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 217 | 88 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 424 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 721 | 35 | 94 | 592 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 11,664 | 13,034 | 13,367 | 12,523 | 11,134 | 8,832 | 9,214 | 12,162 | 15,274 | 14,088 | ||||||||||
DOD | 250 | 247 | 162 | 64 | 15 | 18 | 376 | 704 | 1,165 | 864 | ||||||||||
DOE | 199 | 270 | 170 | 131 | 258 | 179 | 221 | 814 | 1,655 | 2,132 | ||||||||||
HHS | 7,429 | 8,010 | 8,531 | 8,938 | 8,547 | 6,016 | 5,284 | 7,240 | 8,241 | 6,906 | ||||||||||
NASA | 1 | 38 | 68 | 102 | 125 | 81 | 124 | 218 | 153 | 190 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,574 | 4,124 | 4,029 | 3,067 | 2,017 | 2,181 | 2,619 | 2,597 | 3,444 | 2,980 | ||||||||||
USDA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 211 | 345 | 407 | 221 | 172 | 357 | 590 | 589 | 616 | 1,016 |
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 | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 412 | 69 | 343 | . | |||
2018 | 269 | 74 | 195 | . | |||
2017 | 277 | 64 | 213 | . | |||
2016 | 279 | 66 | 213 | . | |||
2015 | 290 | 71 | 219 | 21 |
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 | 71 | 84 | 84 | 73 | 74 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 37 | 47 | 47 | 40 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Social sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Field | Planned to start in FY 2022 or FY 2023 | Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 | Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 | Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 | Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 3,180 | 380 | 937 | 2,150 | 550 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 350 | 380 | 307 | 1,500 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 550 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 350 | 350 | 0 |
Psychology | 2,830 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.