U. Tulsa

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 | 225 | 50.6 | 448 | 266 | 39 | 691 | 269 | 46.6 | 583 | 300 | 33.6 | 909 |
2020 | 222 | 49.7 | 450 | 254 | 37 | 697 | 277 | 30.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 218 | 49.2 | 447 | 235 | 34.3 | 696 | 267 | 45.8 | 589 | 278 | 31.1 | 913 |
2018 | 237 | 55.7 | 428 | 237 | 34.5 | 698 | 268 | 30.1 | 910 | |||
2017 | 224 | 53.1 | 425 | 241 | 35.8 | 684 | 265 | 46.5 | 575 | 263 | 30 | 897 |
2016 | 245 | 57.3 | 430 | 245 | 35.7 | 697 | 259 | 29.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 245 | 57.8 | 426 | 236 | 34.6 | 693 | 266 | 47.1 | 570 | 243 | 27.7 | 897 |
2014 | 243 | 57.9 | 422 | 237 | 35 | 688 | 236 | 27.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 240 | 57.9 | 417 | 253 | 46 | 555 | 270 | 46.4 | 588 | 257 | 29.7 | 884 |
2012 | 253 | 61.7 | 412 | 252 | 45.8 | 555 | 268 | 30.7 | 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 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 35 | 43 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 25 |
Science and engineering | 36 | 37 | 42 | 29 | 39 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 22 |
Science | 26 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 14 |
Life science | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Biological sciences | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Chemistry | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Physics and astronomy | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | . | 7 |
Computer sciences | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | . | 7 |
Mathematics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology and social sciences | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Psychology | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Anthropology | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 10 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
Chemical engineering | 2 | 5 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Other engineering | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Humanities | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
History | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Letters | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 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 | 371 | 376 | 425 | 424 | 415 | 443 | 451 | 441 | 403 | 404 |
Male | 219 | 237 | 258 | 265 | 257 | 274 | 268 | 256 | 232 | 234 |
Female | 152 | 139 | 167 | 159 | 158 | 169 | 183 | 185 | 171 | 170 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 257 | 246 | 267 | 258 | 233 | 256 | 230 | 212 | 214 | 214 |
Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 219 | 204 | 210 | 211 | 188 | 209 | 185 | 176 | 166 | 168 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 9 |
Asian | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Black or African American | 12 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 174 | 163 | 168 | 172 | 150 | 169 | 153 | 146 | 139 | 148 |
More than one race | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 22 | 32 | 42 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 36 | 36 |
Temporary visa holders | 114 | 130 | 158 | 166 | 182 | 187 | 221 | 229 | 189 | 190 |
Science and engineering | 329 | 343 | 384 | 389 | 379 | 404 | 414 | 403 | 364 | 363 |
Science | 207 | 213 | 238 | 228 | 206 | 218 | 226 | 222 | 213 | 224 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 98 | 83 | 74 | 59 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 50 | 47 | 51 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 41 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 56 | 59 | 72 | 64 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 68 |
Physical sciences | 8 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 24 |
Social sciences | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
Engineering | 122 | 130 | 146 | 161 | 173 | 186 | 188 | 181 | 151 | 139 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 60 | 76 | 102 | 94 | 107 | 109 | 126 | 124 | 106 | 98 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 21 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 41 | 37 | 29 | 44 | 42 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 33 | 31 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Health | 42 | 33 | 41 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 41 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 42 | 33 | 41 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 41 |
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 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 22 |
Male | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
Female | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 13 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 22 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 17 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 15 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 22 |
Science | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 38 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 57 | 63 | 46 | 33 | 35 | 21 |
Science and engineering | 38 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 57 | 63 | 46 | 33 | 35 | 21 |
Science | 24 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 20 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 14 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 9 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
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 | 371 | 376 | 425 | 424 | 415 | 443 | 451 | 441 | 403 | 404 |
Fellowships | 8 | 31 | 33 | 48 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 23 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 8 | 31 | 33 | 48 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 22 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 89 | 101 | 113 | 109 | 134 | 152 | 153 | 148 | 129 | 106 |
Federal | 38 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 56 | 60 | 41 | 31 | 35 | 20 |
Institutional | 25 | 39 | 55 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 17 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 26 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 57 | 69 | 99 | 81 | 77 | 65 |
Teaching assistantships | 89 | 0 | 92 | 110 | 111 | 115 | 116 | 114 | 124 | 142 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 89 | 0 | 92 | 110 | 111 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 124 | 142 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 185 | 244 | 187 | 157 | 135 | 144 | 151 | 150 | 131 | 133 |
Federal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 12 | 88 | 29 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 172 | 152 | 156 | 121 | 101 | 107 | 111 | 116 | 101 | 133 |
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 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
Science | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Science | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 16,449 | 18,787 | 18,648 | 20,072 | 20,879 | 22,347 | 25,066 | 27,077 | 21,757 | 20,270 | ||||||||||
Science | 4,762 | 5,305 | 4,967 | 5,743 | 6,797 | 6,417 | 6,313 | 6,199 | 5,981 | 6,466 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,783 | 3,139 | 2,426 | 3,074 | 3,440 | 3,239 | 3,273 | 3,094 | 3,764 | 4,219 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 202 | 213 | 112 | 223 | 279 | 592 | 195 | 253 | 340 | 357 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 202 | 137 | 73 | 223 | 279 | 592 | 195 | 253 | 301 | 178 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 50 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 76 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 129 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 725 | 678 | 920 | 662 | 648 | 553 | 550 | 424 | 592 | 507 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 607 | 500 | 785 | 645 | 648 | 553 | 405 | 324 | 587 | 416 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 118 | 178 | 135 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 145 | 100 | 5 | 91 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 95 | 34 | 60 | 39 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 403 | 424 | 585 | 866 | 1,291 | 1,075 | 1,017 | 1,405 | 726 | 887 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 196 | 261 | 317 | 300 | 422 | 149 | 555 | 753 | 392 | 492 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 207 | 163 | 268 | 566 | 869 | 926 | 462 | 652 | 334 | 395 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 472 | 604 | 796 | 829 | 984 | 816 | 824 | 856 | 479 | 490 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 174 | 243 | 92 | 69 | 60 | 108 | 394 | 128 | 56 | 6 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 174 | 243 | 92 | 43 | 25 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 278 | 125 | 51 | 5 | ||||||||||
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 | 10,926 | 13,182 | 13,213 | 14,054 | 13,770 | 14,930 | 17,822 | 20,261 | 15,205 | 13,429 | ||||||||||
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 | 602 | 760 | 883 | 649 | 767 | 866 | 14,328 | 17,112 | 11,953 | 10,548 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 625 | 714 | 703 | 1,120 | 666 | 431 | 249 | 272 | 373 | 347 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,252 | 2,632 | 2,795 | 2,900 | 3,015 | 3,161 | 3,215 | 2,817 | 2,838 | 2,534 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 6,447 | 9,076 | 8,832 | 9,385 | 9,322 | 10,472 | 30 | 60 | 41 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 761 | 300 | 468 | 275 | 312 | 1,000 | 931 | 617 | 571 | 375 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 642 | 184 | 204 | 124 | 55 | 575 | 369 | 124 | 112 | 121 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3 | 8 | 80 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 226 | 172 | 12 | ||||||||||
Law | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 256 | 224 | 179 | 211 | 182 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 29 | 103 | 174 | 125 | 106 | 157 | 147 | 4 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 134 | 82 | 49 | 48 |
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 | 16,449 | 5,876 | 361 | 2,454 | 7,397 | 320 | 41 | |||||||
Science | 4,762 | 3,114 | 186 | 1,239 | 75 | 123 | 25 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 2,783 | 2,365 | 0 | 382 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 202 | 151 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 202 | 151 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||
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 | 725 | 330 | 53 | 286 | 16 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 607 | 330 | 25 | 196 | 16 | 40 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 118 | 0 | 28 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 403 | 125 | 83 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 196 | 22 | 76 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 207 | 103 | 7 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 472 | 72 | 50 | 244 | 59 | 47 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 174 | 71 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 174 | 71 | 0 | 103 | 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 | 10,926 | 2,410 | 175 | 904 | 7,322 | 99 | 16 | |||||||
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 | 602 | 110 | 0 | 29 | 373 | 90 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 625 | 362 | 62 | 139 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 3,252 | 1,822 | 72 | 583 | 750 | 9 | 16 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 6,447 | 116 | 41 | 153 | 6,137 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 761 | 352 | 0 | 311 | 0 | 98 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 642 | 316 | 0 | 228 | 0 | 98 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 29 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 68 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 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 | 5,876 | 4,697 | 4,142 | 4,615 | 5,905 | 6,426 | 6,384 | 5,773 | 6,279 | 6,782 | ||||||||||
DOD | 788 | 1,948 | 942 | 922 | 1,119 | 948 | 1,035 | 980 | 1,483 | 1,320 | ||||||||||
DOE | 1,029 | 675 | 529 | 788 | 950 | 1,114 | 980 | 778 | 635 | 1,261 | ||||||||||
HHS | 83 | 148 | 221 | 370 | 330 | 411 | 473 | 388 | 199 | 348 | ||||||||||
NASA | 113 | 187 | 197 | 278 | 465 | 334 | 220 | 148 | 28 | 31 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,898 | 1,161 | 1,336 | 1,428 | 1,940 | 2,216 | 2,596 | 2,307 | 2,821 | 2,768 | ||||||||||
USDA | 46 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Other | 919 | 567 | 881 | 784 | 1,047 | 1,390 | 1,057 | 1,172 | 1,113 | 1,053 |
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 | 429 | 60 | 369 | . | |||
2018 | 427 | 66 | 361 | . | |||
2017 | 480 | 74 | 406 | . | |||
2016 | 444 | 70 | 374 | . | |||
2015 | 412 | 61 | 351 | 6 |
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 | 141 | 146 | 145 | 144 | 132 |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 |
Engineering | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Health sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Psychology | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Social sciences | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
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.
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 | 0 | 0 | 3,000 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 500 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.