U. Tennessee, The, Chattanooga

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 | 405 | 90.5 | 448 | 373 | 54.4 | 691 | 316 | 54.6 | 583 | 335 | 37.4 | 909 |
2020 | 363 | 80.8 | 450 | 361 | 52.2 | 697 | 335 | 37.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 426 | 95.3 | 447 | 385 | 55.7 | 696 | 343 | 58.6 | 589 | 347 | 38.6 | 913 |
2018 | 370 | 86.6 | 428 | 383 | 55.3 | 698 | 364 | 40.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 298 | 70.4 | 425 | 390 | 57.4 | 684 | 328 | 57.4 | 575 | 375 | 42.3 | 897 |
2016 | 376 | 87.5 | 430 | 425 | 61.3 | 697 | 386 | 43.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 411 | 96.5 | 426 | 413 | 59.9 | 693 | 318 | 56.2 | 570 | 366 | 41.3 | 897 |
2014 | 383 | 90.8 | 422 | 394 | 57.6 | 688 | 371 | 42.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 381 | 68.9 | 555 | 353 | 60.4 | 588 | 349 | 40 | 884 | |||
2012 | 405 | 98.3 | 412 | 384 | 69.4 | 555 | 317 | 36.1 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
Science | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Computer sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 2 | . | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 2 | . | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | . | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Education | . | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Education administration | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Education research | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other education | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | . | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 188 | 191 | 159 | 163 | 148 | 125 | 144 | 158 | 139 | 137 |
Male | 98 | 99 | 79 | 87 | 88 | 75 | 82 | 103 | 90 | 79 |
Female | 90 | 92 | 80 | 76 | 60 | 50 | 62 | 55 | 49 | 58 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 157 | 185 | 128 | 134 | 123 | 97 | 110 | 105 | 104 | 106 |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 173 | 118 | 121 | 115 | 88 | 100 | 96 | 98 | 100 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 8 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Black or African American | 11 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 116 | 134 | 101 | 98 | 99 | 69 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 83 |
More than one race | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 31 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 34 | 53 | 35 | 31 |
Science and engineering | 161 | 160 | 128 | 140 | 138 | 125 | 144 | 158 | 139 | 137 |
Science | 137 | 131 | 99 | 110 | 111 | 104 | 115 | 107 | 97 | 96 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 33 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 18 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 28 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 20 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 51 | 48 | 44 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 46 | 41 | 38 | 40 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
Engineering | 24 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 51 | 42 | 41 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 13 | 14 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 24 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 29 | 27 |
Health | 27 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 27 | 31 | 31 | 21 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | 2 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 99 | 84 | 94 | 92 | 80 | 109 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 128 |
Male | 63 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 49 | 68 | 62 | 58 | 67 | 85 |
Female | 36 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 41 | 34 | 38 | 30 | 43 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 88 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 74 | 99 | 75 | 81 | 92 | 114 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 69 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 95 | 71 | 75 | 89 | 109 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Black or African American | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
White | 69 | 50 | 56 | 61 | 46 | 70 | 54 | 63 | 78 | 97 |
More than one race | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 14 |
Science and engineering | 87 | 78 | 94 | 91 | 80 | 109 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 128 |
Science | 61 | 58 | 66 | 62 | 58 | 84 | 75 | 57 | 56 | 66 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 22 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 18 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
Engineering | 26 | 20 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 39 | 41 | 62 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | . | . | 16 | 12 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 26 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 51 |
Health | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | 1 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 17 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Science and engineering | 15 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Science | 11 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Health | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 188 | 191 | 159 | 163 | 148 | 125 | 144 | 158 | 139 | 137 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 38 | 41 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 64 | 40 | 72 | 96 | 84 |
Federal | 16 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Institutional | 13 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 64 | 39 | 71 | 93 | 80 |
Nonfederal | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 146 | 149 | 129 | 131 | 131 | 61 | 104 | 86 | 43 | 53 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 146 | 149 | 127 | 131 | 131 | 61 | 88 | 79 | 43 | 53 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 11,192 | 10,834 | 9,280 | 7,585 | 6,352 | 5,600 | 6,817 | 6,239 | 7,844 | 10,896 | ||||||||||
Science | 5,802 | 5,741 | 4,877 | 4,160 | 3,360 | 3,045 | 2,787 | 2,356 | 2,453 | 2,672 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 899 | 975 | 634 | 506 | 479 | 882 | 994 | 1,024 | 977 | 1,083 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 60 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 56 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 878 | 1,036 | 853 | 776 | 532 | 487 | 882 | 402 | 365 | 429 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 85 | 90 | 75 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 746 | 843 | 749 | 688 | 465 | 424 | 736 | 243 | 194 | 260 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 132 | 193 | 104 | 88 | 67 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 74 | 81 | 94 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 206 | 189 | 335 | 135 | 52 | 129 | 109 | 72 | 47 | 1 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 22 | 52 | 35 | 10 | 61 | 40 | 22 | 48 | 40 | 126 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 22 | 52 | 35 | 10 | 61 | 40 | 22 | 48 | 40 | 124 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 246 | 242 | 115 | 61 | 84 | 76 | 40 | 60 | 76 | 27 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 21 | 68 | 88 | 93 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 118 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 18 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 30 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,530 | 3,179 | 2,817 | 2,579 | 2,083 | 1,430 | 737 | 748 | 912 | 828 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 3,578 | 3,319 | 2,460 | 1,674 | 1,454 | 917 | 2,531 | 2,271 | 3,475 | 6,193 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 182 | 100 | 116 | 179 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 658 | 574 | 385 | 156 | 86 | 121 | 222 | 190 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 569 | 447 | 640 | 379 | 216 | 77 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 146 | 156 | 131 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,023 | 2,042 | 1,188 | 949 | 1,077 | 716 | 2,244 | 1,975 | 3,475 | 6,193 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,812 | 1,774 | 1,943 | 1,751 | 1,538 | 1,638 | 1,499 | 1,612 | 1,916 | 2,031 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,458 | 1,564 | 1,639 | 1,305 | 1,257 | 1,372 | 1,200 | 1,176 | 1,257 | 1,259 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 58 | 78 | 54 | 60 | 59 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 186 | 41 | 124 | 259 | 91 | 125 | 214 | 363 | 332 | 442 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 51 | 91 | 117 | 113 | 131 | 88 | 85 | 73 | 306 | 322 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
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 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 11,192 | 4,507 | 705 | 5,296 | 65 | 223 | 396 | |||||||
Science | 5,802 | 1,842 | 231 | 3,396 | 19 | 115 | 199 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 899 | 879 | 10 | 10 | 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 | 878 | 594 | 145 | 92 | 11 | 34 | 2 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 746 | 594 | 103 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 132 | 0 | 42 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 206 | 147 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 22 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 22 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 246 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 32 | 184 | |||||||
Social sciences | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,530 | 214 | 32 | 3,235 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 3,578 | 2,574 | 474 | 261 | 46 | 107 | 116 | |||||||
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 | 182 | 44 | 112 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 658 | 570 | 37 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 569 | 385 | 121 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 146 | 44 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,023 | 1,531 | 129 | 175 | 0 | 96 | 92 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,812 | 91 | 0 | 1,639 | 0 | 1 | 81 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1,458 | 0 | 0 | 1,458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 186 | 45 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |||||||
Humanities | 51 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 58 | 46 | 0 | 12 | 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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 4,507 | 3,915 | 2,393 | 1,490 | 1,144 | 1,092 | 1,949 | 1,501 | 2,056 | 3,202 | ||||||||||
DOD | 740 | 722 | 327 | 257 | 343 | 148 | 726 | 844 | 1,190 | 1,987 | ||||||||||
DOE | 477 | 185 | 70 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
HHS | 111 | 3 | 36 | 55 | 103 | 120 | 71 | 18 | 59 | 115 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,686 | 2,719 | 1,691 | 878 | 509 | 597 | 869 | 394 | 629 | 399 | ||||||||||
USDA | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Other | 475 | 286 | 269 | 269 | 170 | 208 | 283 | 245 | 178 | 696 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 385 | 47 | 338 | . | |||
2018 | 299 | 32 | 267 | . | |||
2017 | 273 | 33 | 240 | . | |||
2016 | 224 | 33 | 191 | . | |||
2015 | 236 | 37 | 199 | 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
Field | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All research space | 106 | 91 | 95 | 92 | 70 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 24 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 12 |
Computer and information sciences | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
Engineering | 38 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Health sciences | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Social sciences | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
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.
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 | 4,325 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 4,325 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 11,110 | 0 | 489 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 9,110 | 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 | 489 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 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.