U. Texas Medical Branch

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 | 221 | 49.7 | 448 | 399 | 58.1 | 691 | 149 | 26.2 | 583 | 134 | 15.5 | 909 |
2020 | 222 | 49.7 | 450 | 366 | 52.9 | 697 | 129 | 14.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 238 | 53.6 | 447 | 344 | 49.9 | 696 | 143 | 24.9 | 589 | 130 | 15 | 913 |
2018 | 225 | 52.9 | 428 | 345 | 49.9 | 698 | 121 | 14.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 212 | 50.3 | 425 | 307 | 45.4 | 684 | 144 | 25.7 | 575 | 117 | 13.8 | 897 |
2016 | 214 | 50.2 | 430 | 355 | 51.4 | 697 | 114 | 13.5 | 895 | |||
2015 | 219 | 51.8 | 426 | 358 | 52.1 | 693 | 136 | 24.5 | 570 | 111 | 13.2 | 897 |
2014 | 229 | 54.6 | 422 | 337 | 49.4 | 688 | 110 | 13.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 224 | 54.1 | 417 | 326 | 59.1 | 555 | 133 | 23.3 | 588 | 109 | 13.1 | 884 |
2012 | 211 | 51.6 | 412 | 319 | 57.8 | 555 | 107 | 12.8 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 42 | 41 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 42 |
Science and engineering | 40 | 38 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 40 |
Science | 40 | 38 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 43 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 40 |
Life science | 36 | 37 | 33 | 40 | 44 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 39 |
Biological sciences | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 36 |
Health sciences | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Chemistry | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 2 | 3 | 4 | . | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Education | 2 | 1 | . | . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Education research | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 2 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | . | 2 | 4 | . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
History | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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 | 151 | 184 | 210 | 212 | 271 | 212 | 221 | 223 | 227 | 230 |
Male | 64 | 83 | 84 | 88 | 104 | 79 | 95 | 95 | 104 | 108 |
Female | 87 | 101 | 126 | 124 | 167 | 133 | 126 | 128 | 123 | 122 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 140 | 167 | 187 | 181 | 237 | 184 | 190 | 175 | 177 | 181 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 27 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 109 | 127 | 147 | 143 | 197 | 156 | 157 | 151 | 153 | 151 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Asian | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 24 |
Black or African American | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 76 | 91 | 112 | 109 | 146 | 119 | 113 | 112 | 114 | 109 |
More than one race | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Temporary visa holders | 11 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 48 | 50 | 49 |
Science and engineering | 115 | 178 | 180 | 160 | 180 | 160 | 161 | 169 | 177 | 172 |
Science | 115 | 178 | 180 | 160 | 180 | 160 | 161 | 169 | 177 | 172 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 104 | 166 | 169 | 152 | 175 | 132 | 131 | 148 | 151 | 150 |
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 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 19 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 36 | 6 | 30 | 52 | 91 | 52 | 60 | 54 | 50 | 58 |
Clinical medicine | 36 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
Other health | . | 6 | 25 | 31 | 57 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 29 | 34 |
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 | 101 | 62 | 56 | 70 | 0 | 36 | 47 | 31 | 45 | 44 |
Male | 33 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
Female | 68 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 34 | 36 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 97 | 60 | 54 | 67 | 0 | 34 | 35 | 31 | 45 | 43 |
Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 52 | 46 | 60 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 43 | 37 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 21 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
Black or African American | 21 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 28 | 22 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 16 |
More than one race | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Temporary visa holders | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 70 | 58 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Science | 70 | 58 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 70 | 57 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 31 | 4 | 27 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 42 | 44 |
Clinical medicine | 31 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Other health | . | 4 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 35 | 37 |
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 | 49 | 68 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 62 | 72 | 69 | 74 |
Science and engineering | 44 | 68 | 58 | 60 | 48 | 54 | 51 | 58 | 59 | 64 |
Science | 44 | 68 | 58 | 60 | 48 | 54 | 51 | 58 | 59 | 64 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 41 | 63 | 56 | 60 | 43 | 44 | 41 | 50 | 51 | 49 |
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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 151 | 184 | 210 | 212 | 271 | 212 | 221 | 223 | 227 | 230 |
Fellowships | 44 | 44 | 38 | 47 | 66 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 24 |
Federal | 30 | 33 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 11 |
Institutional | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 38 | 120 | 123 | 125 | 121 | 94 | 66 | 56 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 19 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 88 | 86 | 71 | 48 | 38 | 32 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 107 | 140 | 134 | 45 | 79 | 57 | 71 | 94 | 129 | 150 |
Federal | 19 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 44 |
Institutional | 49 | 72 | 86 | 0 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 44 | 63 | 58 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Personal resources | 34 | 22 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 26 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 46 |
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 | 90 | 72 | 64 | 69 | 75 | 110 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 91 |
Science | 90 | 72 | 64 | 67 | 73 | 109 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 88 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 72 | 64 | 67 | 73 | 108 | 65 | 71 | 62 | 73 |
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 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 8 | 50 | 53 | 69 | 60 | 30 | 57 | 62 | 59 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 7 | 49 | 51 | 69 | 44 | 20 | 41 | 50 | 51 |
Other health | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
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 | 43 | 42 | 60 | 0 | 55 | 125 | 81 | 72 | 92 | 89 |
Science and engineering | 43 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 83 | 59 | 42 | 54 | 55 |
Science | 43 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 83 | 59 | 42 | 51 | 52 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 82 | 52 | 41 | 42 | 44 |
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 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 22 | 30 | 38 | 34 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 29 |
Other health | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 |
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 | 185,759 | 180,595 | 175,372 | 181,831 | 185,106 | 179,541 | 173,506 | 178,014 | 180,198 | 180,888 | ||||||||||
Science | 184,500 | 179,403 | 173,776 | 179,303 | 183,773 | 176,427 | 170,469 | 173,168 | 173,007 | 167,520 | ||||||||||
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 | 184,500 | 179,403 | 173,776 | 179,303 | 183,773 | 176,427 | 170,469 | 173,168 | 173,007 | 167,520 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 139,580 | 137,316 | 130,473 | 129,408 | 133,389 | 118,770 | 103,117 | 112,140 | 111,050 | 103,766 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 44,920 | 42,087 | 43,303 | 49,895 | 50,384 | 57,657 | 67,352 | 61,028 | 61,957 | 63,754 | ||||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | 1,259 | 1,192 | 1,596 | 2,528 | 1,333 | 3,114 | 3,037 | 4,846 | 7,191 | 13,368 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,259 | 1,192 | 1,185 | 2,528 | 1,333 | 3,114 | 3,037 | 4,846 | 7,191 | 13,368 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 411 | 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 | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 185,759 | 117,915 | 7,739 | 39,565 | 8,424 | 12,116 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 184,500 | 117,490 | 7,717 | 38,753 | 8,424 | 12,116 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 184,500 | 117,490 | 7,717 | 38,753 | 8,424 | 12,116 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 139,580 | 85,905 | 3,454 | 35,404 | 6,572 | 8,245 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 44,920 | 31,585 | 4,263 | 3,349 | 1,852 | 3,871 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 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 | 1,259 | 425 | 22 | 812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,259 | 425 | 22 | 812 | 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 | 117,915 | 114,103 | 107,806 | 104,356 | 104,458 | 100,464 | 98,050 | 101,761 | 108,287 | 109,867 | ||||||||||
DOD | 6,352 | 6,042 | 4,424 | 4,220 | 4,244 | 5,157 | 5,964 | 7,051 | 7,735 | 6,133 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 46 | 92 | 180 | 168 | 366 | 503 | 846 | 967 | ||||||||||
HHS | 109,569 | 105,937 | 101,079 | 97,220 | 97,408 | 91,652 | 87,738 | 89,636 | 93,440 | 97,016 | ||||||||||
NASA | 973 | 1,108 | 1,323 | 1,431 | 1,425 | 1,803 | 2,164 | 2,595 | 4,202 | 3,726 | ||||||||||
NSF | 792 | 494 | 363 | 348 | 451 | 663 | 483 | 366 | 609 | 406 | ||||||||||
USDA | 51 | 6 | 157 | 136 | 81 | 100 | 143 | 6 | 99 | 68 | ||||||||||
Other | 178 | 516 | 414 | 909 | 669 | 921 | 1,192 | 1,604 | 1,356 | 1,551 |
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 | 1,509 | 254 | 1,255 | . | |||
2018 | 1,578 | 273 | 1,305 | . | |||
2017 | 1,540 | 283 | 1,257 | . | |||
2016 | 1,617 | 297 | 1,320 | . | |||
2015 | 1,528 | 282 | 1,246 | 172 |
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 | 571 | 561 | 563 | 529 | 536 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 363 | 350 | 461 | 458 | 465 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Engineering | 29 | 29 | 36 | 28 | 24 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Health sciences | 107 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 28 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 17 |
Psychology | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
Social sciences | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
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 | . | . | . | 36,864 | 49,472 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 36,864 | 15,200 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | 34,272 |
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 | 2,946 | 3,063 | 11,783 | 3,010 | 6,541 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,946 | 3,063 | 11,389 | 1,489 | 4,550 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 394 | 0 | 1,252 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,255 | 739 |
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.