U. Texas Health Science Center, The, Houston

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 | 136 | 30.9 | 448 | 117 | 17.6 | 691 | 138 | 24.3 | 583 | 86 | 10.3 | 909 |
2020 | 152 | 34.3 | 450 | 122 | 18.2 | 697 | 92 | 10.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 133 | 30.3 | 447 | 146 | 21.6 | 696 | 138 | 24.1 | 589 | 90 | 10.7 | 913 |
2018 | 128 | 30.4 | 428 | 134 | 19.9 | 698 | 92 | 10.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 126 | 30.2 | 425 | 140 | 21.2 | 684 | 140 | 25 | 575 | 92 | 11 | 897 |
2016 | 138 | 32.6 | 430 | 156 | 23 | 697 | 93 | 11.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 120 | 28.7 | 426 | 144 | 21.5 | 693 | 151 | 27.1 | 570 | 91 | 10.9 | 897 |
2014 | 126 | 30.4 | 422 | 142 | 21.3 | 688 | 89 | 10.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 133 | 32.4 | 417 | 130 | 24 | 555 | 144 | 25.1 | 588 | 89 | 10.9 | 884 |
2012 | 130 | 32.1 | 412 | 121 | 22.4 | 555 | 88 | 10.7 | 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 | 111 | 103 | 119 | 129 | 128 | 114 | 146 | 125 | 113 | 116 |
Science and engineering | 111 | 103 | 118 | 128 | 127 | 114 | 145 | 124 | 112 | 115 |
Science | 111 | 103 | 118 | 128 | 127 | 113 | 145 | 124 | 112 | 114 |
Life science | 103 | 95 | 116 | 124 | 124 | 108 | 137 | 121 | 106 | 110 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 67 | 61 | 74 | 97 | 94 | 81 | 106 | 76 | 73 | 76 |
Health sciences | 34 | 34 | 41 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 45 | 33 | 34 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Chemistry | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | . | 2 | . |
Computer sciences | . | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 5 | . | 2 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Psychology | 3 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other social sciences | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Education | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Other | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Business management/administration | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 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 | 1,331 | 1,177 | 926 | 1,000 | 959 | 917 | 1,050 | 1,076 | 1,093 | 1,193 |
Male | 422 | 366 | 301 | 335 | 338 | 324 | 370 | 373 | 398 | 445 |
Female | 909 | 811 | 625 | 665 | 621 | 593 | 680 | 703 | 695 | 748 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 853 | 806 | 576 | 678 | 635 | 604 | 677 | 669 | 667 | 748 |
Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 181 | 114 | 132 | 108 | 95 | 112 | 108 | 110 | 110 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 595 | 576 | 420 | 490 | 471 | 457 | 450 | 503 | 480 | 592 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Asian | 174 | 159 | 109 | 116 | 104 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 131 |
Black or African American | 99 | 89 | 53 | 60 | 58 | 42 | 66 | 60 | 46 | 74 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 299 | 302 | 243 | 294 | 290 | 305 | 271 | 331 | 321 | 367 |
More than one race | 21 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 49 | 49 | 42 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 115 | 58 | 77 | 46 |
Temporary visa holders | 478 | 371 | 350 | 322 | 324 | 313 | 373 | 407 | 426 | 445 |
Science and engineering | 931 | 828 | 747 | 717 | 683 | 678 | 654 | 695 | 746 | 896 |
Science | 893 | 789 | 708 | 677 | 641 | 630 | 654 | 695 | 746 | 896 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 834 | 733 | 654 | 623 | 582 | 528 | 654 | 695 | 746 | 775 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 26 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 19 | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 38 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 121 |
Social sciences | 33 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 31 | 36 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 38 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 48 | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 38 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 48 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 400 | 349 | 179 | 283 | 276 | 239 | 396 | 381 | 347 | 297 |
Clinical medicine | 256 | 248 | 135 | 206 | 202 | 172 | 356 | 335 | 310 | 211 |
Other health | 144 | 101 | 44 | 77 | 74 | 67 | 40 | 46 | 37 | 86 |
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 | 855 | 758 | 480 | 579 | 636 | 463 | 546 | 531 | 569 | 587 |
Male | 236 | 234 | 164 | 194 | 207 | 133 | 155 | 152 | 157 | 169 |
Female | 619 | 524 | 316 | 385 | 429 | 330 | 391 | 379 | 412 | 418 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 815 | 710 | 431 | 527 | 574 | 418 | 499 | 489 | 518 | 540 |
Hispanic or Latino | 186 | 149 | 81 | 112 | 126 | 87 | 89 | 80 | 81 | 76 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 571 | 506 | 313 | 380 | 405 | 305 | 349 | 369 | 390 | 442 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 159 | 127 | 87 | 119 | 117 | 79 | 76 | 79 | 72 | 106 |
Black or African American | 121 | 100 | 56 | 49 | 58 | 33 | 40 | 42 | 57 | 66 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 272 | 256 | 161 | 195 | 212 | 177 | 223 | 238 | 253 | 265 |
More than one race | 17 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 58 | 55 | 37 | 35 | 43 | 26 | 61 | 40 | 47 | 22 |
Temporary visa holders | 40 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 62 | 45 | 47 | 42 | 51 | 47 |
Science and engineering | 363 | 305 | 279 | 245 | 265 | 221 | 152 | 158 | 159 | 189 |
Science | 363 | 303 | 279 | 244 | 265 | 220 | 152 | 158 | 159 | 189 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 281 | 218 | 193 | 160 | 185 | 147 | 152 | 158 | 159 | 181 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 30 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 21 | 14 | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 |
Social sciences | 50 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 50 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 492 | 453 | 201 | 334 | 371 | 242 | 394 | 373 | 410 | 398 |
Clinical medicine | 294 | 268 | 88 | 225 | 249 | 202 | 393 | 372 | 410 | 266 |
Other health | 198 | 185 | 113 | 109 | 122 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 132 |
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 | 163 | 148 | 150 | 143 | 134 | 130 | 418 | 451 | 500 | 498 |
Science and engineering | 161 | 146 | 143 | 136 | 127 | 120 | 321 | 340 | 392 | 475 |
Science | 138 | 122 | 120 | 113 | 104 | 100 | 321 | 340 | 392 | 475 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 135 | 119 | 118 | 112 | 103 | 99 | 321 | 340 | 392 | 457 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 18 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 97 | 111 | 108 | 23 |
Clinical medicine | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 97 | 110 | 106 | 12 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
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 | 1,331 | 1,177 | 926 | 1,000 | 959 | 917 | 1,050 | 1,076 | 1,093 | 1,193 |
Fellowships | 85 | 87 | 93 | 119 | 115 | 80 | 32 | 52 | 44 | 67 |
Federal | 30 | 31 | 38 | 57 | 50 | 44 | 28 | 48 | 40 | 38 |
Institutional | 53 | 54 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Research assistantships | 343 | 300 | 287 | 282 | 247 | 260 | 470 | 478 | 521 | 574 |
Federal | 113 | 99 | 93 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 375 | 391 | 425 | 443 |
Institutional | 196 | 170 | 168 | 191 | 159 | 166 | 95 | 86 | 96 | 110 |
Nonfederal | 34 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
Teaching assistantships | 159 | 136 | 112 | 48 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 138 |
Federal | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 16 |
Institutional | 153 | 132 | 108 | 48 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 744 | 654 | 434 | 551 | 547 | 561 | 548 | 535 | 495 | 414 |
Federal | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Institutional | 135 | 124 | 63 | 73 | 63 | 54 | 108 | 150 | 148 | 86 |
Nonfederal | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 83 | 62 | 62 | 71 |
Personal resources | 587 | 508 | 347 | 457 | 463 | 484 | 342 | 322 | 283 | 256 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 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 | 203 | 217 | 174 | 216 | 241 | 242 | 235 | 212 | 229 | 211 |
Clinical medicine | 203 | 217 | 174 | 215 | 240 | 242 | 235 | 212 | 229 | 200 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 27 | 62 | 68 | 106 | 97 | 100 | 91 | 88 | 100 | 127 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 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 | 27 | 62 | 68 | 106 | 97 | 100 | 90 | 88 | 100 | 119 |
Clinical medicine | 27 | 62 | 68 | 106 | 97 | 100 | 90 | 88 | 100 | 110 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 308,823 | 273,862 | 271,525 | 258,411 | 246,060 | 237,016 | 234,299 | 233,737 | 233,256 | 236,250 | ||||||||||
Science | 308,823 | 273,862 | 271,525 | 258,411 | 246,060 | 237,016 | 234,299 | 233,737 | 233,256 | 236,250 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 308,823 | 273,862 | 271,525 | 258,411 | 246,060 | 237,016 | 234,299 | 233,737 | 233,256 | 236,250 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 54,224 | 54,213 | 55,055 | 54,940 | 50,298 | 47,253 | 44,282 | 43,761 | 45,523 | 42,480 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 138,943 | 118,123 | 114,095 | 103,889 | 104,716 | 97,744 | 95,995 | 92,274 | 86,958 | 86,192 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 115,656 | 101,526 | 102,375 | 99,582 | 91,046 | 92,019 | 94,022 | 97,702 | 100,775 | 107,578 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- 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 | 308,823 | 165,139 | 42,636 | 47,653 | 16,305 | 24,200 | 12,890 | |||||||
Science | 308,823 | 165,139 | 42,636 | 47,653 | 16,305 | 24,200 | 12,890 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 308,823 | 165,139 | 42,636 | 47,653 | 16,305 | 24,200 | 12,890 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 54,224 | 36,466 | 4,230 | 5,421 | 937 | 6,189 | 981 | |||||||
Health sciences | 138,943 | 72,125 | 17,223 | 13,960 | 14,464 | 11,134 | 10,037 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 115,656 | 56,548 | 21,183 | 28,272 | 904 | 6,877 | 1,872 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 165,139 | 133,624 | 132,647 | 128,232 | 124,461 | 121,098 | 125,890 | 136,145 | 144,235 | 146,424 | ||||||||||
DOD | 9,075 | 7,857 | 8,108 | 5,909 | 4,254 | 3,294 | 5,539 | 7,192 | 9,867 | 9,852 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
HHS | 149,561 | 120,716 | 118,544 | 114,727 | 111,631 | 108,980 | 113,241 | 122,968 | 126,713 | 128,363 | ||||||||||
NASA | 424 | 216 | 158 | 511 | 98 | 232 | 63 | 170 | 154 | 679 | ||||||||||
NSF | 773 | 1,179 | 644 | 810 | 763 | 586 | 826 | 633 | 565 | 694 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,962 | 2,051 | 1,917 | 1,320 | 325 | 261 | 338 | 240 | 372 | 252 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,344 | 1,605 | 3,276 | 4,955 | 7,390 | 7,745 | 5,883 | 4,942 | 6,564 | 6,574 |
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 | 3,889 | 846 | 3,043 | . | |||
2018 | 3,761 | 833 | 2,928 | . | |||
2017 | 3,906 | 828 | 3,078 | . | |||
2016 | 3,721 | 787 | 2,934 | . | |||
2015 | 2,758 | 733 | 2,025 | 255 |
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 | 718 | 679 | 674 | 564 | 564 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 449 | 445 | 421 | 292 | 275 |
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 | 256 | 222 | 239 | 257 | 276 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
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.
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 | 187,000 | . | 18,327 | 38,310 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 29,444 | . |
Health sciences | 187,000 | . | 18,327 | 8,866 | . |
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 | 14,650 | 5,763 | 88,230 | 8,202 | 19,770 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 14,000 | 2,815 | 259 | 1,316 | 13,400 |
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 | 650 | 2,948 | 87,971 | 6,886 | 3,170 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 3,200 |
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.