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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 | 52 | 12.3 | 448 | 47 | 7.6 | 691 | 35 | 6.8 | 583 | 47 | 6 | 909 |
2020 | 51 | 12 | 450 | 47 | 7.5 | 697 | 46 | 5.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 49 | 11.6 | 447 | 56 | 8.8 | 696 | 32 | 6.2 | 589 | 46 | 5.9 | 913 |
2018 | 53 | 13.1 | 428 | 47 | 7.5 | 698 | 44 | 5.7 | 910 | |||
2017 | 55 | 13.6 | 425 | 51 | 8.2 | 684 | 29 | 5.8 | 575 | 61 | 7.6 | 897 |
2016 | 56 | 13.7 | 430 | 55 | 8.7 | 697 | 63 | 7.9 | 895 | |||
2015 | 46 | 11.5 | 426 | 52 | 8.3 | 693 | 32 | 6.4 | 570 | 40 | 5.3 | 897 |
2014 | 56 | 13.9 | 422 | 53 | 8.5 | 688 | 42 | 5.6 | 887 | |||
2013 | 57 | 14.3 | 417 | 47 | 9.2 | 555 | 29 | 5.7 | 588 | 39 | 5.3 | 884 |
2012 | 52 | 13.3 | 412 | 44 | 8.7 | 555 | 50 | 6.4 | 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 | 321 | 336 | 361 | 332 | 329 | 317 | 372 | 313 | 315 | 325 |
Science and engineering | 259 | 280 | 298 | 280 | 265 | 250 | 304 | 245 | 244 | 263 |
Science | 177 | 213 | 203 | 206 | 197 | 178 | 218 | 184 | 176 | 197 |
Life science | 70 | 79 | 68 | 91 | 75 | 87 | 96 | 84 | 75 | 91 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 48 | 52 | 50 | 62 | 54 | 61 | 51 | 58 | 55 | 59 |
Health sciences | 21 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 26 | 45 | 26 | 20 | 32 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 44 | 53 | 60 | 41 | 39 | 34 | 43 | 36 | 51 | 44 |
Chemistry | 19 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 27 | 24 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 9 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 9 |
Physics and astronomy | 16 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 31 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 25 |
Computer sciences | 14 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
Mathematics | 17 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
Psychology and social sciences | 32 | 43 | 46 | 43 | 48 | 39 | 52 | 37 | 20 | 37 |
Psychology | 12 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 13 |
Anthropology | . | 6 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Economics | 8 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
Political science and government | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | . | 4 |
Sociology | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | . |
Other social sciences | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Engineering | 82 | 67 | 95 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 86 | 61 | 68 | 66 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 20 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
Chemical engineering | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
Civil engineering | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
Electrical engineering | 13 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
Industrial engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Other engineering | 19 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 10 |
Non-science and engineering | 62 | 56 | 63 | 52 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 62 |
Education | 25 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 20 |
Education administration | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Education research | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 15 |
Teaching fields | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | . | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Other education | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 3 |
Humanities | 14 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 18 |
Foreign languages & literature | 1 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
History | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Letters | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Other humanities and arts | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
Other | 23 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 24 |
Business management/administration | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
Communication | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 7 |
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 | 2,850 | 2,661 | 2,437 | 2,836 | 2,590 | 2,534 | 2,661 | 2,555 | 2,699 | 2,762 |
Male | 1,601 | 1,519 | 1,387 | 1,535 | 1,513 | 1,518 | 1,571 | 1,586 | 1,706 | 1,728 |
Female | 1,249 | 1,142 | 1,050 | 1,301 | 1,077 | 1,016 | 1,090 | 969 | 993 | 1,034 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,984 | 1,917 | 1,715 | 2,107 | 1,856 | 1,752 | 1,815 | 1,699 | 1,856 | 1,950 |
Hispanic or Latino | 192 | 176 | 147 | 164 | 136 | 86 | 95 | 58 | 58 | 64 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,702 | 1,658 | 1,480 | 1,861 | 1,648 | 1,594 | 1,668 | 1,607 | 1,767 | 1,851 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Asian | 135 | 127 | 104 | 162 | 145 | 119 | 95 | 107 | 81 | 84 |
Black or African American | 20 | 19 | 17 | 80 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 22 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
White | 1,450 | 1,421 | 1,278 | 1,558 | 1,445 | 1,401 | 1,496 | 1,454 | 1,642 | 1,724 |
More than one race | 86 | 81 | 70 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 90 | 83 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 72 | 52 | 34 | 31 | 35 |
Temporary visa holders | 866 | 744 | 722 | 729 | 734 | 782 | 846 | 856 | 843 | 812 |
Science and engineering | 2,470 | 2,307 | 2,098 | 2,319 | 2,297 | 2,167 | 2,297 | 2,189 | 2,304 | 2,340 |
Science | 1,776 | 1,661 | 1,478 | 1,599 | 1,525 | 1,466 | 1,586 | 1,498 | 1,492 | 1,540 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 13 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 437 | 400 | 382 | 621 | 484 | 338 | 386 | 354 | 318 | 390 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 53 | 85 | 58 | 84 | 90 |
Computer and information sciences | 519 | 506 | 355 | 251 | 238 | 239 | 236 | 231 | 213 | 176 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 73 | 59 | 65 | 78 | 87 | 85 | 112 | 104 | 112 | 118 |
Mathematics and statistics | 94 | 90 | 93 | 104 | 107 | 117 | 117 | 100 | 114 | 112 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 39 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 24 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 72 | 68 | 79 | 49 | 47 |
Physical sciences | 214 | 205 | 184 | 188 | 237 | 281 | 258 | 252 | 268 | 253 |
Psychology | 189 | 176 | 175 | 116 | 131 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 62 |
Social sciences | 211 | 190 | 189 | 203 | 198 | 183 | 209 | 232 | 248 | 264 |
Engineering | 694 | 646 | 620 | 720 | 772 | 701 | 711 | 691 | 812 | 800 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 122 | 129 | 117 | 156 | 161 | 143 | 127 | 109 | 120 | 140 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 61 | 58 | 58 | 66 | 81 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 59 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 65 | 64 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 80 | 83 | 74 | 85 | 80 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 171 | 156 | 161 | 159 | 168 | 141 | 181 | 212 | 168 | 163 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 199 | 163 | 151 | 190 | 209 | 150 | 129 | 98 | 135 | 139 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 62 | 56 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 93 | 96 | 106 | 103 | 98 |
Other engineering | 14 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 120 | 121 |
Health | 380 | 354 | 339 | 517 | 293 | 367 | 364 | 366 | 395 | 422 |
Clinical medicine | 127 | 126 | 117 | 255 | 161 | 139 | 97 | 91 | 99 | 149 |
Other health | 253 | 228 | 222 | 262 | 132 | 228 | 267 | 275 | 296 | 273 |
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 | 990 | 957 | 1,020 | 1,115 | 1,002 | 594 | 541 | 522 | 604 | 611 |
Male | 563 | 553 | 609 | 682 | 614 | 392 | 329 | 361 | 416 | 404 |
Female | 427 | 404 | 411 | 433 | 388 | 202 | 212 | 161 | 188 | 207 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 859 | 807 | 821 | 905 | 816 | 502 | 472 | 450 | 511 | 524 |
Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 66 | 54 | 70 | 52 | 28 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 27 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 739 | 707 | 740 | 799 | 721 | 444 | 429 | 407 | 464 | 471 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Asian | 49 | 60 | 56 | 63 | 65 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 20 |
Black or African American | 14 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
White | 641 | 606 | 645 | 675 | 638 | 388 | 379 | 368 | 418 | 435 |
More than one race | 32 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 42 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 26 |
Temporary visa holders | 131 | 150 | 199 | 210 | 186 | 92 | 69 | 72 | 93 | 87 |
Science and engineering | 834 | 815 | 868 | 893 | 891 | 490 | 449 | 429 | 480 | 484 |
Science | 571 | 570 | 598 | 627 | 662 | 287 | 291 | 244 | 292 | 290 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 13 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 77 | 89 | 103 | 113 | 65 | 30 | 38 | 21 | 32 | 18 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 49 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 175 | 185 | 158 | 129 | 152 | 70 | 68 | 56 | 54 | 58 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Mathematics and statistics | 27 | 38 | 37 | 44 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 30 | 73 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 25 | 23 | 32 | 39 | 21 | 53 | 47 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 49 | 25 | 42 | 95 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 103 | 106 | 101 | 29 | 89 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 90 | 80 | 96 | 146 | 160 | 75 | 33 | 114 | 129 | 90 |
Engineering | 263 | 245 | 270 | 266 | 229 | 203 | 158 | 185 | 188 | 194 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 20 | 29 | 38 | 43 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 13 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 30 | 38 | 39 | 23 | 19 | 14 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 23 | 26 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 38 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 98 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 50 | 61 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 82 | 77 | 85 | 72 | 68 | 58 | 49 | 73 | 78 | 84 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 18 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Other engineering | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
Health | 156 | 142 | 152 | 222 | 111 | 104 | 92 | 93 | 124 | 127 |
Clinical medicine | 57 | 40 | 47 | 79 | 51 | 69 | 64 | 43 | 66 | 61 |
Other health | 99 | 102 | 105 | 143 | 60 | 35 | 28 | 50 | 58 | 66 |
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 | 412 | 371 | 358 | 427 | 378 | 803 | 801 | 885 | 852 | 883 |
Science and engineering | 386 | 348 | 340 | 358 | 370 | 767 | 759 | 822 | 790 | 827 |
Science | 271 | 235 | 233 | 279 | 272 | 500 | 506 | 541 | 541 | 564 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 152 | 128 | 130 | 175 | 164 | 127 | 165 | 171 | 171 | 203 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 102 | 101 | 97 | 110 | 79 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 39 | 43 | 52 |
Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 28 | 28 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 44 | 53 | 55 | 31 | 32 |
Physical sciences | 27 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 129 | 93 | 129 | 134 | 140 |
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 12 |
Social sciences | 21 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
Engineering | 115 | 113 | 107 | 79 | 98 | 267 | 253 | 281 | 249 | 263 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 28 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 57 | 61 | 90 | 75 | 75 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 35 | 37 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 39 | 38 | 36 | 29 | 26 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 43 | 42 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 51 | 41 | 39 | 19 | 39 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 53 | 57 | 61 | 56 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
Health | 26 | 23 | 18 | 69 | 8 | 36 | 42 | 63 | 62 | 56 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Other health | 26 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 42 | 63 | 61 | 53 |
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 | 2,850 | 2,661 | 2,437 | 2,836 | 2,590 | 2,534 | 2,661 | 2,555 | 2,699 | 2,762 |
Fellowships | 169 | 149 | 135 | 274 | 132 | 212 | 304 | 213 | 192 | 224 |
Federal | 78 | 70 | 60 | 142 | 28 | 90 | 121 | 96 | 100 | 106 |
Institutional | 86 | 74 | 69 | 123 | 99 | 80 | 145 | 90 | 82 | 98 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 38 | 27 | 10 | 20 |
Research assistantships | 751 | 677 | 668 | 680 | 774 | 1,069 | 1,016 | 1,071 | 1,062 | 1,126 |
Federal | 307 | 273 | 271 | 261 | 314 | 700 | 677 | 779 | 751 | 760 |
Institutional | 366 | 333 | 319 | 345 | 373 | 221 | 211 | 153 | 212 | 271 |
Nonfederal | 78 | 71 | 78 | 74 | 87 | 148 | 128 | 139 | 99 | 95 |
Teaching assistantships | 728 | 691 | 672 | 622 | 631 | 573 | 603 | 593 | 625 | 614 |
Federal | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Institutional | 721 | 685 | 664 | 620 | 628 | 568 | 598 | 590 | 620 | 592 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
Other types of support | 1,202 | 1,144 | 962 | 1,260 | 1,053 | 680 | 738 | 678 | 820 | 798 |
Federal | 22 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Institutional | 172 | 160 | 152 | 289 | 152 | 56 | 95 | 53 | 65 | 62 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 21 | 54 | 64 |
Personal resources | 1,002 | 946 | 777 | 912 | 850 | 597 | 613 | 597 | 700 | 666 |
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 | 216 | 290 | 295 | 203 | 344 | 344 | 346 | 326 | 276 | 259 |
Science | 188 | 252 | 254 | 187 | 315 | 315 | 318 | 296 | 233 | 218 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 127 | 168 | 165 | 133 | 162 | 149 | 149 | 134 | 135 | 128 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 13 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 15 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 34 | 57 | 53 | 7 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 77 | 51 | 55 |
Psychology | 9 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 28 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 43 | 41 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Health | 42 | 94 | 80 | 159 | 170 | 160 | 141 | 103 | 108 | 130 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 4 | 5 | 146 | 141 | 131 | 116 | 74 | 89 | 103 |
Other health | 42 | 90 | 75 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 27 |
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 | 121 | 184 | 173 | 67 | 217 | 278 | 282 | 290 | 241 | 236 |
Science and engineering | 104 | 138 | 137 | 59 | 158 | 217 | 210 | 219 | 192 | 175 |
Science | 80 | 109 | 101 | 48 | 138 | 197 | 189 | 196 | 161 | 154 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 45 | 51 | 47 | 33 | 60 | 106 | 98 | 97 | 104 | 101 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 18 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 44 | 32 | 39 |
Social sciences | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 24 | 29 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 21 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 17 | 46 | 36 | 8 | 59 | 61 | 72 | 71 | 49 | 61 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 45 | 55 | 53 | 34 | 39 |
Other health | 17 | 46 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 22 |
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 | 624,737 | 607,061 | 601,133 | 552,306 | 380,295 | 350,212 | 518,928 | 486,140 | 494,058 | 430,056 | ||||||||||
Science | 549,093 | i | 519,630 | i | 493,236 | i | 492,155 | i | 278,963 | 284,317 | 405,043 | 401,285 | 405,990 | 341,654 | ||||||
Computer and information sciences | 33,446 | i | 37,159 | i | 40,967 | i | 42,025 | i | 0 | 28,660 | 30,756 | 31,500 | 28,992 | 23,463 | ||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 47,024 | i | 20,011 | i | 27,848 | i | 12,580 | i | 11,668 | 13,199 | 12,633 | 12,302 | 12,160 | 10,431 | ||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 7,124 | i | 7,784 | i | 7,409 | i | 500 | 4,586 | 4,613 | 4,239 | 4,891 | 4,443 | ||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 41,384 | i | 12,887 | i | 20,064 | i | 5,171 | i | 11,168 | 8,613 | 8,004 | 8,063 | 7,269 | 5,988 | ||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,640 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Life sciences | 420,965 | i | 402,001 | i | 343,744 | i | 391,825 | i | 229,488 | 209,924 | 326,552 | 321,624 | 327,807 | 269,486 | ||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 183 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 44,662 | i | 40,013 | i | 16,890 | i | 20,288 | i | 50,471 | 65,171 | 52,034 | 56,591 | 51,487 | 46,348 | ||||||
Health sciences | 369,765 | i | 361,988 | i | 321,728 | i | 345,008 | i | 168,137 | 141,740 | 193,906 | 179,223 | 188,776 | 158,774 | ||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 363 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 24,152 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,175 | i | 0 | i | 5,126 | i | 2,377 | i | 10,880 | 2,830 | 80,597 | 85,810 | 87,544 | 64,364 | ||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,708 | i | 4,065 | i | 3,722 | i | 4,496 | i | 3,176 | 3,453 | 5,959 | 5,816 | 5,633 | 3,691 | ||||||
Physical sciences | 30,441 | i | 30,170 | i | 54,131 | i | 24,919 | i | 25,908 | 22,257 | 19,361 | 18,783 | 18,725 | 28,406 | ||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | i | 9,853 | i | 9,855 | i | 8,984 | i | 10,116 | 6,263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Chemistry | 19,435 | i | 18,018 | i | 40,326 | i | 15,935 | i | 15,140 | 14,447 | 11,963 | 11,442 | 11,570 | 18,863 | ||||||
Materials science | 2,061 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 192 | 1,547 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Physics | 8,945 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 446 | 0 | 7,398 | 7,341 | 7,155 | 9,543 | ||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 2,299 | i | 3,950 | i | 0 | i | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Psychology | 7,255 | i | 11,198 | i | 18,431 | i | 5,683 | i | 4,640 | 3,954 | 3,545 | 3,588 | 3,681 | 2,100 | ||||||
Social sciences | 6,254 | i | 14,837 | i | 3,776 | i | 10,627 | i | 4,083 | 2,870 | 6,237 | 7,672 | 8,992 | 4,077 | ||||||
Anthropology | 992 | i | 1,286 | i | 1,044 | i | 1,110 | i | 559 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Economics | 92 | i | 164 | i | 90 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 163 | 225 | 181 | 153 | 374 | ||||||
Political science and government | 516 | i | 1,017 | i | 720 | i | 213 | i | 0 | 221 | 67 | 75 | 110 | 84 | ||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,626 | i | 7,151 | i | 1,146 | i | 9,304 | i | 3,445 | 2,074 | 486 | 478 | 326 | 258 | ||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 28 | i | 5,219 | i | 776 | i | 0 | i | 79 | 0 | 5,459 | 6,938 | 8,403 | 3,361 | ||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 189 | i | 617 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Engineering | 48,225 | i | 57,608 | i | 55,478 | i | 42,053 | i | 39,993 | 38,353 | 104,366 | 74,732 | 80,255 | 83,904 | ||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 2,218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6,433 | i | 10,656 | i | 10,282 | i | 5,311 | i | 7,624 | 7,243 | 6,603 | 7,273 | 8,816 | 8,219 | ||||||
Chemical engineering | 7,795 | i | 9,364 | i | 3,073 | i | 2,218 | i | 8,292 | 8,262 | 8,479 | 7,986 | 8,460 | 8,475 | ||||||
Civil engineering | 5,500 | i | 4,901 | i | 4,815 | i | 4,460 | i | 0 | 3,224 | 21,123 | 19,756 | 21,328 | 28,727 | ||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 12,354 | i | 13,230 | i | 11,078 | i | 9,358 | i | 9,942 | 6,820 | 5,808 | 5,801 | 7,263 | 8,357 | ||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 0 | i | 1 | i | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mechanical engineering | 10,970 | i | 12,796 | i | 11,561 | i | 11,162 | i | 5,669 | 4,615 | 4,872 | 4,549 | 4,386 | 3,086 | ||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2,688 | i | 3,945 | i | 5,637 | i | 7,571 | i | 7,684 | 6,228 | 7,829 | 7,778 | 8,185 | 8,024 | ||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,485 | i | 2,716 | i | 9,031 | i | 1,973 | i | 782 | 1,961 | 47,434 | 21,589 | 21,817 | 19,016 | ||||||
Non-S&E | 27,419 | i | 29,823 | i | 52,419 | i | 18,098 | i | 61,339 | 27,542 | 9,519 | 10,123 | 7,813 | 4,498 | ||||||
Business management and business administration | 2,296 | i | 924 | i | 646 | i | 828 | i | 2,354 | 961 | 1,315 | 1,312 | 629 | 190 | ||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 2,628 | i | 2,771 | i | 1,872 | i | 956 | i | 29,639 | 310 | 1,360 | 1,703 | 1,318 | 933 | ||||||
Education | 2,609 | i | 472 | i | 1,370 | i | 0 | i | 345 | 312 | 3,000 | 3,132 | 3,589 | 2,036 | ||||||
Humanities | 308 | i | 269 | i | 863 | i | 0 | i | 177 | 370 | 2,570 | 2,649 | 1,950 | 887 | ||||||
Law | 48 | i | 16 | i | 18 | i | 345 | i | 0 | 29 | 1,139 | 1,211 | 167 | 389 | ||||||
Social work | 2,805 | i | 1,685 | i | 8,146 | i | 1,300 | i | 3,463 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,568 | i | 1,127 | i | 0 | i | 474 | i | 77 | 44 | 135 | 116 | 160 | 63 | ||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 15,157 | i | 22,559 | i | 39,504 | i | 14,195 | i | 25,284 | 24,575 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
i=imputed
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 | 624,737 | 340,434 | 4,638 | 203,839 | 38,783 | 33,417 | 3,626 | |||||||
Science | 549,093 | i | 300,207 | 2,917 | 179,321 | i | 36,759 | 26,579 | 3,310 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 33,446 | i | 21,958 | 0 | 10,709 | i | 534 | 223 | 22 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 47,024 | i | 30,710 | 224 | 15,184 | i | 666 | 236 | 4 | |||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geological and earth sciences | 41,384 | i | 27,390 | 25 | 13,390 | i | 509 | 69 | 1 | |||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,640 | i | 3,320 | 199 | 1,794 | i | 157 | 167 | 3 | |||||
Life sciences | 420,965 | i | 218,204 | 2,489 | 138,124 | i | 34,726 | 24,810 | 2,612 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 44,662 | i | 28,068 | 102 | 14,326 | i | 640 | 1,342 | 184 | |||||
Health sciences | 369,765 | i | 186,207 | 2,376 | 121,625 | i | 34,086 | 23,043 | 2,428 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 363 | i | 17 | 11 | 115 | i | 0 | 220 | 0 | |||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 6,175 | i | 3,912 | 0 | 2,058 | i | 0 | 205 | 0 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 3,708 | i | 2,200 | 0 | 1,185 | i | 0 | 323 | 0 | |||||
Physical sciences | 30,441 | i | 19,543 | 6 | 9,710 | i | 472 | 512 | 198 | |||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chemistry | 19,435 | i | 12,874 | 0 | 6,195 | i | 279 | 87 | 0 | |||||
Materials science | 2,061 | i | 1,288 | 1 | 654 | i | 93 | 25 | 0 | |||||
Physics | 8,945 | i | 5,381 | 5 | 2,861 | i | 100 | 400 | 198 | |||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Psychology | 7,255 | i | 4,196 | 0 | 2,303 | i | 328 | 336 | 92 | |||||
Social sciences | 6,254 | i | 3,396 | 198 | 2,106 | i | 33 | 139 | 382 | |||||
Anthropology | 992 | i | 661 | 0 | 331 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Economics | 92 | i | 0 | 0 | 92 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Political science and government | 516 | i | 273 | 0 | 164 | i | 0 | 66 | 13 | |||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 4,626 | i | 2,462 | 198 | 1,510 | i | 33 | 54 | 369 | |||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 28 | i | 0 | 0 | 9 | i | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 48,225 | i | 29,330 | 951 | 15,485 | i | 1,879 | 368 | 212 | |||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 6,433 | i | 4,169 | 0 | 2,086 | i | 11 | 37 | 130 | |||||
Chemical engineering | 7,795 | i | 4,581 | 143 | 2,482 | i | 578 | 11 | 0 | |||||
Civil engineering | 5,500 | i | 2,898 | 746 | 1,750 | i | 12 | 43 | 51 | |||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 12,354 | i | 7,748 | 37 | 3,990 | i | 497 | 67 | 15 | |||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mechanical engineering | 10,970 | i | 7,228 | 24 | 3,505 | i | 177 | 20 | 16 | |||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2,688 | i | 1,640 | 0 | 883 | i | 165 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 2,485 | i | 1,066 | 1 | 789 | i | 439 | 190 | 0 | |||||
Non-S&E | 27,419 | i | 10,897 | 770 | 9,033 | i | 145 | 6,470 | 104 | |||||
Business management and business administration | 2,296 | i | 65 | 443 | 760 | i | 0 | 1,028 | 0 | |||||
Communication and communications technologies | 2,628 | i | 1,730 | 0 | 834 | i | 0 | 64 | 0 | |||||
Education | 2,609 | i | 1,216 | 65 | 919 | i | 1 | 375 | 33 | |||||
Humanities | 308 | i | 3 | 0 | 263 | i | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
Law | 48 | i | 0 | 0 | 21 | i | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||||
Social work | 2,805 | i | 1,426 | 246 | 927 | i | 0 | 183 | 23 | |||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,568 | i | 1,070 | 0 | 498 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 15,157 | i | 5,387 | 16 | 4,811 | i | 144 | 4,751 | 48 |
i=imputed
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 | 340,434 | 314,023 | 302,585 | 307,844 | 248,908 | 233,652 | 274,375 | 288,514 | 301,045 | 273,150 | ||||||||||
DOD | 27,748 | 30,944 | 29,860 | 26,381 | 23,931 | 18,295 | 17,543 | 16,292 | 17,444 | 14,679 | ||||||||||
DOE | 40,128 | 24,872 | 23,822 | 24,956 | 19,139 | 18,945 | 18,115 | 19,533 | 21,767 | 31,058 | ||||||||||
HHS | 223,690 | 215,237 | 204,671 | 200,737 | 160,479 | 150,814 | 178,867 | 192,461 | 204,650 | 188,132 | ||||||||||
NASA | 3,666 | 3,718 | 3,430 | 4,765 | 3,086 | 2,843 | 3,554 | 3,679 | 2,806 | 1,972 | ||||||||||
NSF | 38,298 | 34,587 | 35,354 | 40,890 | 37,170 | 37,051 | 36,850 | 36,641 | 33,450 | 28,448 | ||||||||||
USDA | 879 | 635 | 499 | 479 | 453 | 606 | 745 | 370 | 635 | 433 | ||||||||||
Other | 6,025 | 4,030 | 4,949 | 9,636 | 4,650 | 5,098 | 18,701 | 19,538 | 20,293 | 8,428 |
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 | 7,974 | 1,228 | 6,746 | . | |||
2018 | 7,390 | 1,196 | 6,194 | . | |||
2017 | 5,491 | 1,014 | 4,477 | . | |||
2016 | 7,140 | 840 | 6,300 | . | |||
2015 | 6,883 | 804 | 6,079 | 503 |
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 | 2,025 | 2,041 | 2,094 | 1,985 | 2,004 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 519 | 511 | 573 | 552 | 610 |
Computer and information sciences | 90 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 98 |
Engineering | 234 | 256 | 254 | 250 | 256 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 79 | 89 | 87 | 86 | 82 |
Health sciences | 737 | 726 | 736 | 674 | 634 |
Mathematics and statistics | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 210 | 210 | 210 | 188 | 190 |
Psychology | 60 | 60 | 56 | 60 | 55 |
Social sciences | 58 | 59 | 45 | 41 | 41 |
Other | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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 | 376,750 | 22,400 | 4,280 | 143,412 | 199,483 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 80,850 | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | 4,197 | . |
Engineering | . | 22,400 | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 22,000 | . | . | 2,861 | . |
Health sciences | 284,750 | . | 4,280 | . | 199,483 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 1,091 | . |
Physical sciences | 70,000 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | 2,610 | . |
Social sciences | . | . | . | 51,803 | . |
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 | 41,014 | 58,380 | 69,409 | 75,365 | 56,213 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13,267 | 25,652 | 3,706 | 719 | 9,751 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,283 | 606 |
Engineering | 9,799 | 10,876 | 4,269 | 3,178 | 15,480 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 564 | 0 | 310 | 0 |
Health sciences | 9,248 | 9,725 | 44,003 | 54,306 | 20,158 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 5,600 | 11,289 | 11,757 | 12,154 | 3,961 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 2,675 | 2,415 | 1,535 |
Social sciences | 3,100 | 0 | 3,000 | 0 | 4,723 |
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.