U. Southern Mississippi, 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 | |
2022 | 147 | 68.3 | 457 | 202 | 70.7 | 680 | 181 | 80 | 890 | |||
2021 | 153 | 66.3 | 447 | 182 | 74 | 691 | 112 | 81.1 | 583 | 180 | 80.4 | 907 |
2020 | 144 | 68.5 | 450 | 185 | 73.8 | 697 | 176 | 81 | 915 | |||
2019 | 131 | 71.1 | 447 | 198 | 71.9 | 696 | 139 | 76.8 | 589 | 174 | 81.2 | 913 |
2018 | 133 | 69.4 | 428 | 191 | 73 | 698 | 183 | 80.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 132 | 69.4 | 425 | 195 | 71.9 | 684 | 137 | 76.5 | 575 | 180 | 80.2 | 897 |
2016 | 144 | 67 | 430 | 200 | 71.7 | 697 | 184 | 79.7 | 895 | |||
2015 | 129 | 70.2 | 426 | 203 | 71.1 | 693 | 155 | 73.2 | 570 | 192 | 78.9 | 897 |
2014 | 143 | 66.6 | 422 | 190 | 72.8 | 688 | 190 | 78.9 | 887 | |||
2013 | 113 | 73.4 | 417 | 178 | 68.4 | 555 | 180 | 69.8 | 588 | 195 | 78.2 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 106 | 88 | 110 | 124 | 118 | 113 | 110 | 125 | 104 | 149 |
Science and engineering | 61 | 53 | 50 | 61 | 74 | 72 | 42 | 63 | 43 | 63 |
Science | 53 | 52 | 45 | 58 | 71 | 69 | 38 | 58 | 41 | 63 |
Life science | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 15 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
Health sciences | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | . | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 5 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 13 |
Chemistry | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | . | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Computer sciences | 3 | 4 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Mathematics | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 30 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 32 |
Psychology | 20 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 25 |
Economics | 3 | 7 | . | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Political science and government | 2 | . | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Other social sciences | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Engineering | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 45 | 35 | 60 | 63 | 44 | 41 | 68 | 62 | 61 | 86 |
Education | 18 | 18 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 21 | 44 | 40 | 39 | 56 |
Education administration | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 33 |
Education research | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
Teacher education | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
Other education | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
Humanities | 7 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
History | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Letters | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
Other | 20 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 20 |
Business management/administration | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Communication | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 714 | 714 | 642 | 611 | 613 | 607 | 631 | 623 | 667 | 696 |
Male | 283 | 277 | 254 | 252 | 254 | 261 | 280 | 280 | 320 | 317 |
Female | 431 | 437 | 388 | 359 | 359 | 346 | 351 | 343 | 347 | 379 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 515 | 565 | 546 | 504 | 520 | 501 | 479 | 481 | 481 | 535 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 488 | 543 | 528 | 487 | 505 | 477 | 457 | 461 | 463 | 518 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 20 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
Black or African American | 77 | 100 | 76 | 54 | 58 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 42 | 49 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 375 | 399 | 410 | 386 | 397 | 386 | 391 | 377 | 396 | 439 |
More than one race | 14 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 199 | 149 | 96 | 107 | 93 | 106 | 152 | 142 | 186 | 161 |
Science and engineering | 513 | 485 | 430 | 432 | 437 | 444 | 454 | 445 | 496 | 509 |
Science | 447 | 412 | 358 | 364 | 366 | 374 | 381 | 376 | 431 | 450 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 57 | 61 | 52 | 51 | 49 | 54 | 43 | 54 | 57 | 62 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 96 | 64 | 44 | 41 | 48 | 48 | 41 | 46 | 93 | 80 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 97 | 90 | 79 | 81 | 86 | 79 | 39 | 42 | 36 | 46 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 113 | 106 | 102 | 103 | 108 | 115 | 126 | 105 | 116 | 120 |
Physical sciences | 30 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 33 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 40 |
Social sciences | 51 | 54 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 84 |
Engineering | 66 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 59 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 66 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 70 | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 73 | 69 | 65 | 59 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 201 | 229 | 212 | 179 | 176 | 163 | 177 | 178 | 171 | 187 |
Clinical medicine | 88 | 112 | 85 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 90 |
Other health | 113 | 117 | 127 | 121 | 114 | 101 | 90 | 90 | 86 | 97 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 184 | 182 | 188 | 149 | 161 | 191 | 172 | 192 | 212 | 197 |
Male | 82 | 78 | 91 | 74 | 65 | 87 | 98 | 93 | 111 | 109 |
Female | 102 | 104 | 97 | 75 | 96 | 104 | 74 | 99 | 101 | 88 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 175 | 174 | 183 | 148 | 159 | 185 | 149 | 184 | 191 | 186 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 164 | 166 | 177 | 145 | 152 | 175 | 146 | 170 | 187 | 178 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Asian | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Black or African American | 38 | 33 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 25 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 113 | 125 | 124 | 113 | 128 | 141 | 119 | 138 | 153 | 144 |
More than one race | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 21 | 11 |
Science and engineering | 120 | 122 | 140 | 123 | 131 | 158 | 143 | 173 | 186 | 174 |
Science | 114 | 114 | 136 | 118 | 130 | 156 | 139 | 168 | 179 | 165 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 22 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Social sciences | 53 | 67 | 84 | 66 | 82 | 90 | 92 | 119 | 128 | 131 |
Engineering | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 64 | 60 | 48 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 23 |
Clinical medicine | 34 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 10 |
Other health | 30 | 30 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 171 | 152 | 149 | 158 | 136 | 146 | 122 | 111 | 101 | 144 |
Science and engineering | 157 | 152 | 133 | 127 | 108 | 133 | 103 | 89 | 93 | 134 |
Science | 101 | 100 | 81 | 88 | 79 | 100 | 61 | 57 | 63 | 108 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 16 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 61 | 56 | 53 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 28 | 42 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 16 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
Social sciences | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
Engineering | 56 | 52 | 52 | 39 | 29 | 33 | 42 | 32 | 30 | 26 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 56 | 52 | 52 | 39 | 29 | 33 | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 42 | 32 | 30 | 26 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 14 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 10 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Other health | 14 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 9 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 714 | 714 | 642 | 611 | 613 | 607 | 631 | 623 | 667 | 696 |
Fellowships | 115 | 81 | 108 | 79 | 3 | 84 | 70 | 69 | 45 | 49 |
Federal | 13 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 22 |
Institutional | 83 | 53 | 72 | 53 | 0 | 56 | 27 | 16 | 23 | 27 |
Nonfederal | 19 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 178 | 181 | 169 | 180 | 217 | 180 | 213 | 169 | 153 | 177 |
Federal | 139 | 140 | 113 | 111 | 95 | 114 | 85 | 63 | 77 | 93 |
Institutional | 33 | 35 | 37 | 43 | 83 | 42 | 111 | 74 | 54 | 64 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 20 |
Teaching assistantships | 180 | 211 | 174 | 209 | 168 | 169 | 148 | 164 | 161 | 157 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Institutional | 180 | 201 | 174 | 198 | 168 | 168 | 148 | 163 | 158 | 144 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 241 | 241 | 191 | 143 | 225 | 174 | 200 | 221 | 308 | 313 |
Federal | 19 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
Institutional | 16 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 41 | 50 |
Nonfederal | 84 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
Personal resources | 122 | 198 | 158 | 101 | 125 | 112 | 156 | 168 | 253 | 233 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 16 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
Science | 13 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 16 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
Science and engineering | 16 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
Science | 13 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 12 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 72,477 | 67,417 | 72,322 | 76,464 | 61,336 | 61,659 | 59,363 | 51,840 | 51,938 | 51,962 | ||||||||||
Science | 57,063 | 54,484 | 58,497 | 61,878 | 48,571 | 48,248 | 46,371 | 41,400 | 44,958 | 44,737 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 662 | 232 | 144 | 443 | 3,163 | 1,993 | 1,154 | 417 | 397 | 688 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 27,927 | 26,110 | 29,843 | 29,968 | 18,864 | 23,802 | 24,064 | 17,963 | 21,394 | 19,615 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 2,425 | 244 | 120 | 36 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 6,014 | 5,211 | 4,695 | 4,042 | 2,433 | 2,311 | 2,613 | 378 | 418 | 563 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,736 | 5,342 | 9,920 | 9,890 | 9,496 | 14,883 | 17,685 | 13,732 | 16,650 | 15,661 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 17,177 | 15,557 | 15,228 | 16,036 | 6,861 | 6,608 | 1,341 | 3,609 | 4,206 | 3,355 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 12,031 | 11,218 | 11,248 | 10,316 | 10,079 | 7,699 | 7,695 | 9,736 | 9,333 | 10,808 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,279 | 1,543 | 2,057 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9,825 | 8,983 | 8,948 | 7,545 | 7,978 | 7,222 | 7,101 | 5,965 | 5,496 | 7,659 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 2,111 | 2,235 | 2,300 | 2,771 | 2,101 | 380 | 566 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,454 | 2,294 | 1,092 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 119 | 0 | 195 | 96 | 315 | 235 | 0 | 28 | 40 | 46 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 14,071 | 14,672 | 13,422 | 15,682 | 13,416 | 11,528 | 11,550 | 10,862 | 11,199 | 11,413 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 11,978 | 12,382 | 11,328 | 13,266 | 11,054 | 11,125 | 11,180 | 10,213 | 10,808 | 11,151 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 148 | 158 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 7 | 307 | 281 | 10 | 0 | 366 | 387 | 262 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,093 | 2,067 | 2,087 | 1,910 | 1,933 | 235 | 116 | 283 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 139 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 469 | 670 | 507 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,114 | 2,134 | 3,645 | 5,373 | 2,734 | 2,976 | 1,908 | 1,707 | 1,735 | 1,435 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,090 | 171 | 322 | 176 | 144 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 522 | 430 | 384 | 493 | 341 | 386 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 304 | 133 | 338 | 210 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,114 | 2,134 | 3,637 | 5,363 | 1,122 | 2,094 | 898 | 905 | 912 | 839 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 190 | 225 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 7,380 | 5,963 | 5,999 | 3,371 | 1,214 | 1,521 | 824 | 32 | 169 | 175 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 596 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 123 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 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 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 7,257 | 5,952 | 5,999 | 3,370 | 1,209 | 845 | 115 | 32 | 169 | 175 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 8,034 | 6,970 | 7,826 | 11,215 | 11,551 | 11,890 | 12,168 | 10,408 | 6,811 | 7,050 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 44 | 44 | 103 | 49 | 110 | 342 | 424 | 369 | 601 | 652 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 114 | 199 | 374 | ||||||||||
Education | 4,206 | 149 | 73 | 63 | 159 | 211 | 318 | 327 | 958 | 745 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 681 | 697 | 873 | 769 | 455 | 95 | 185 | 217 | 175 | 389 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1 | 19 | 235 | 5 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 184 | 439 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 864 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 25 | 51 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,229 | 6,059 | 6,541 | 10,320 | 10,635 | 11,227 | 11,237 | 9,097 | 4,669 | 4,400 |
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 | 72,477 | 48,368 | 11,944 | 10,942 | 555 | 668 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 57,063 | 43,594 | 7,677 | 4,607 | 553 | 632 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 662 | 537 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 27,927 | 21,980 | 2,566 | 2,874 | 124 | 383 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 6,014 | 5,620 | 152 | 183 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 4,736 | 2,802 | 854 | 903 | 70 | 107 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 17,177 | 13,558 | 1,560 | 1,788 | 54 | 217 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 12,031 | 8,267 | 2,429 | 909 | 414 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9,825 | 7,840 | 700 | 860 | 414 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 2,111 | 427 | 1,634 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 95 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 119 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 14,071 | 11,417 | 2,242 | 359 | 15 | 38 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 11,978 | 11,271 | 347 | 307 | 15 | 38 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 2,093 | 146 | 1,895 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 139 | 98 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,114 | 1,176 | 440 | 299 | 0 | 199 | 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, not elsewhere classified | 2,114 | 1,176 | 440 | 299 | 0 | 199 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 7,380 | 2,661 | 0 | 4,719 | 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 | 123 | 123 | 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 | 7,257 | 2,538 | 0 | 4,719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 8,034 | 2,113 | 4,267 | 1,616 | 2 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 44 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 4,206 | 66 | 3,991 | 115 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 681 | 94 | 132 | 455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 864 | 850 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 2,229 | 1,086 | 125 | 1,018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 48,368 | 44,401 | 42,870 | 46,924 | 31,815 | 27,661 | 25,482 | 25,005 | 26,163 | 28,694 | ||||||||||
DOD | 13,469 | 13,655 | 11,057 | 15,828 | 11,075 | 9,310 | 7,734 | 5,001 | 5,500 | 6,170 | ||||||||||
DOE | 496 | 254 | 748 | 323 | 53 | 181 | 58 | 40 | 107 | 166 | ||||||||||
HHS | 5,561 | 5,023 | 6,315 | 5,610 | 5,177 | 4,214 | 4,260 | 5,180 | 3,734 | 3,785 | ||||||||||
NASA | 2,327 | 1,897 | 1,389 | 1,270 | 1,443 | 1,379 | 1,169 | 1,317 | 2,675 | 2,483 | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,094 | 4,732 | 4,231 | 4,714 | 4,104 | 3,360 | 3,191 | 3,718 | 3,397 | 3,503 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,360 | 1,317 | 1,158 | 1,407 | 1,419 | 1,560 | 1,433 | 1,116 | 1,207 | 1,525 | ||||||||||
Other | 21,061 | 17,523 | 17,972 | 17,772 | 8,544 | 7,657 | 7,637 | 8,633 | 9,543 | 11,062 |
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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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 688 | 115 | 573 | . | |||
2018 | 723 | 209 | 514 | . | |||
2017 | 733 | 352 | 381 | . | |||
2016 | 718 | 346 | 372 | . |
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 | 639 | 458 | 467 | 382 | 270 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 80 | 98 | 6 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 291 | 171 | 158 | 86 | 22 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Engineering | 60 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 14 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 46 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 27 |
Health sciences | 19 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 93 | 80 | 14 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 45 |
Psychology | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 12 | 14 | 31 | 16 | 3 |
Other | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
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 | 20,000 | . | . | 1,253 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20,000 | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 1,253 | . |
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 | 1,450 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 650 | 1,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.