U. Wisconsin-Madison
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 | |
2022 | 11 | 97.8 | 457 | 24 | 96.6 | 680 | 8 | 99.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 10 | 98 | 447 | 25 | 96.6 | 691 | 6 | 99.2 | 583 | 8 | 99.2 | 907 |
2020 | 9 | 98.2 | 450 | 19 | 97.4 | 697 | 8 | 99.2 | 915 | |||
2019 | 5 | 99.1 | 447 | 22 | 97 | 696 | 4 | 99.5 | 589 | 8 | 99.2 | 913 |
2018 | 3 | 99.5 | 428 | 17 | 97.7 | 698 | 8 | 99.2 | 910 | |||
2017 | 1 | 100 | 425 | 15 | 98 | 684 | 10 | 98.4 | 575 | 6 | 99.4 | 897 |
2016 | 2 | 99.8 | 430 | 11 | 98.6 | 697 | 6 | 99.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 3 | 99.5 | 426 | 8 | 99 | 693 | 8 | 98.8 | 570 | 6 | 99.4 | 897 |
2014 | 4 | 99.3 | 422 | 7 | 99.1 | 688 | 4 | 99.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 8 | 98.3 | 417 | 7 | 98.9 | 555 | 9 | 98.6 | 588 | 4 | 99.7 | 884 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 753 | 664 | 724 | 780 | 770 | 842 | 823 | 836 | 783 | 735 |
Science and engineering | 579 | 541 | 553 | 616 | 601 | 629 | 648 | 628 | 593 | 523 |
Science | 452 | 429 | 434 | 482 | 477 | 482 | 526 | 481 | 467 | 427 |
Life science | 208 | 177 | 197 | 226 | 222 | 241 | 246 | 216 | 229 | 204 |
Agricultural sciences | 31 | 33 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 28 |
Biological sciences | 135 | 107 | 115 | 144 | 152 | 146 | 162 | 127 | 141 | 125 |
Health sciences | 42 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 40 | 48 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 51 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 96 | 95 | 84 | 91 | 103 | 94 | 96 | 112 | 85 | 89 |
Chemistry | 56 | 51 | 43 | 43 | 54 | 44 | 51 | 55 | 42 | 45 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 17 |
Physics and astronomy | 26 | 37 | 27 | 38 | 27 | 36 | 28 | 45 | 32 | 27 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 58 | 54 | 58 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 69 | 52 | 51 | 55 |
Computer sciences | 21 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Mathematics | 37 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 32 |
Psychology and social sciences | 90 | 103 | 95 | 111 | 98 | 92 | 115 | 101 | 102 | 79 |
Psychology | 28 | 24 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 31 | 14 |
Anthropology | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Economics | 23 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 18 |
Political science and government | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
Sociology | 10 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 19 |
Other social sciences | 19 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Engineering | 127 | 112 | 119 | 134 | 124 | 147 | 122 | 147 | 126 | 96 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 15 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 9 |
Chemical engineering | 21 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 21 |
Civil engineering | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Electrical engineering | 25 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 9 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 10 |
Other engineering | 25 | 15 | 24 | 36 | 25 | 34 | 18 | 30 | 29 | 22 |
Non-science and engineering | 174 | 123 | 171 | 164 | 169 | 213 | 175 | 208 | 190 | 212 |
Education | 77 | 48 | 67 | 56 | 54 | 74 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 67 |
Education administration | 18 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
Education research | 44 | 37 | 43 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 48 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Teaching fields | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
Other education | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 1 | 3 |
Humanities | 66 | 46 | 71 | 85 | 83 | 110 | 80 | 99 | 90 | 110 |
Foreign languages & literature | 23 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 27 |
History | 8 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 27 |
Letters | 16 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 26 | 32 |
Other humanities and arts | 19 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 24 |
Other | 31 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 42 | 30 | 35 |
Business management/administration | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 |
Communication | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 16 |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 5,291 | 5,094 | 4,908 | 4,836 | 5,107 | 5,113 | 5,303 | 5,385 | 5,481 | 5,515 |
Male | 2,936 | 2,842 | 2,759 | 2,745 | 2,976 | 3,044 | 3,120 | 3,205 | 3,323 | 3,291 |
Female | 2,355 | 2,252 | 2,149 | 2,091 | 2,131 | 2,069 | 2,183 | 2,180 | 2,158 | 2,224 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 3,069 | 3,114 | 3,035 | 2,931 | 3,117 | 3,116 | 3,292 | 3,337 | 3,462 | 3,565 |
Hispanic or Latino | 324 | 318 | 294 | 254 | 267 | 258 | 280 | 262 | 236 | 229 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,664 | 2,707 | 2,658 | 2,581 | 2,758 | 2,759 | 2,900 | 2,967 | 3,093 | 3,194 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
Asian | 274 | 260 | 216 | 219 | 207 | 212 | 209 | 208 | 203 | 243 |
Black or African American | 80 | 81 | 76 | 71 | 81 | 80 | 90 | 99 | 94 | 115 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
White | 2,169 | 2,231 | 2,224 | 2,166 | 2,338 | 2,340 | 2,483 | 2,548 | 2,679 | 2,784 |
More than one race | 126 | 122 | 126 | 112 | 121 | 113 | 106 | 101 | 103 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 81 | 89 | 83 | 96 | 92 | 99 | 112 | 108 | 133 | 142 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,222 | 1,980 | 1,873 | 1,905 | 1,990 | 1,997 | 2,011 | 2,048 | 2,019 | 1,950 |
Science and engineering | 4,890 | 4,734 | 4,568 | 4,466 | 4,722 | 4,750 | 4,914 | 4,965 | 5,039 | 5,075 |
Science | 3,713 | 3,593 | 3,500 | 3,415 | 3,612 | 3,615 | 3,808 | 3,785 | 3,759 | 3,705 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 156 | 136 | 128 | 122 | 135 | 138 | 330 | 327 | 316 | 336 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,024 | 995 | 949 | 917 | 905 | 915 | 816 | 847 | 878 | 857 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 132 | 139 | 141 | 157 |
Computer and information sciences | 339 | 304 | 249 | 252 | 295 | 306 | 322 | 325 | 281 | 261 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 68 | 71 | 64 | 63 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 119 | 126 | 94 | 77 | 90 | 99 | 120 | 128 | 123 | 124 |
Mathematics and statistics | 331 | 285 | 292 | 280 | 319 | 298 | 306 | 275 | 249 | 238 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 157 | 183 | 169 | 185 | 200 | 175 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 52 | 58 | 62 | 61 |
Physical sciences | 584 | 588 | 547 | 546 | 548 | 523 | 526 | 521 | 546 | 549 |
Psychology | 194 | 196 | 222 | 213 | 217 | 234 | 228 | 227 | 225 | 227 |
Social sciences | 809 | 780 | 850 | 823 | 903 | 927 | 908 | 867 | 874 | 832 |
Engineering | 1,177 | 1,141 | 1,068 | 1,051 | 1,110 | 1,135 | 1,106 | 1,180 | 1,280 | 1,370 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 125 | 119 | 101 | 99 | 104 | 96 | 92 | 85 | 100 | 112 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 95 | 90 | 104 | 117 | 101 | 117 | 114 | 114 | 111 | 122 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 106 | 95 | 108 | 87 | 102 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 106 | 120 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 304 | 284 | 256 | 255 | 267 | 263 | 263 | 283 | 344 | 376 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 123 | 117 | 93 | 103 | 100 | 117 | 114 | 119 | 151 | 165 |
Mechanical engineering | 219 | 217 | 194 | 180 | 196 | 186 | 178 | 196 | 187 | 202 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 94 | 108 | 102 | 106 | 118 | 110 | 94 | 122 | 121 | 120 |
Other engineering | 111 | 111 | 110 | 104 | 122 | 140 | 144 | 153 | 160 | 153 |
Health | 401 | 360 | 340 | 370 | 385 | 363 | 389 | 420 | 442 | 440 |
Clinical medicine | 128 | 111 | 119 | 111 | 120 | 113 | 152 | 158 | 184 | 186 |
Other health | 273 | 249 | 221 | 259 | 265 | 250 | 237 | 262 | 258 | 254 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 1,200 | 1,075 | 968 | 1,050 | 666 | 625 | 567 | 574 | 656 | 633 |
Male | 691 | 641 | 599 | 662 | 443 | 420 | 350 | 385 | 446 | 429 |
Female | 509 | 434 | 369 | 388 | 223 | 205 | 217 | 189 | 210 | 204 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 881 | 833 | 737 | 779 | 567 | 530 | 461 | 466 | 525 | 533 |
Hispanic or Latino | 70 | 55 | 52 | 69 | 36 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 31 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 783 | 758 | 655 | 680 | 503 | 476 | 417 | 426 | 485 | 485 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Asian | 71 | 59 | 67 | 51 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 38 | 47 |
Black or African American | 16 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White | 662 | 652 | 548 | 578 | 424 | 414 | 361 | 376 | 421 | 419 |
More than one race | 31 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 28 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 319 | 242 | 231 | 271 | 99 | 95 | 106 | 108 | 131 | 100 |
Science and engineering | 1,104 | 997 | 908 | 985 | 636 | 578 | 528 | 540 | 612 | 585 |
Science | 693 | 630 | 580 | 615 | 311 | 270 | 258 | 227 | 250 | 259 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 57 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 66 | 64 | 55 | 67 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 45 | 48 | 52 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 158 | 129 | 122 | 108 | 46 | 35 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 19 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 84 | 60 | 55 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 48 | 40 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 19 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 40 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
Psychology | 119 | 103 | 70 | 69 | 47 | 35 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 41 |
Social sciences | 156 | 188 | 187 | 216 | 144 | 121 | 83 | 39 | 50 | 53 |
Engineering | 411 | 367 | 328 | 370 | 325 | 308 | 270 | 313 | 362 | 326 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 31 | 31 | 25 | 38 | 34 | 37 | 29 | 34 | 25 | 25 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 83 | 65 | 58 | 76 | 52 | 45 | 43 | 68 | 89 | 72 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 35 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 20 |
Mechanical engineering | 22 | 20 | 27 | 32 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 34 | 30 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
Other engineering | 230 | 230 | 197 | 197 | 189 | 162 | 146 | 154 | 176 | 164 |
Health | 96 | 78 | 60 | 65 | 30 | 47 | 39 | 34 | 44 | 48 |
Clinical medicine | 23 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 36 |
Other health | 73 | 46 | 36 | 43 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 12 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1,828 | 1,796 | 1,643 | 1,547 | 1,613 | 1,679 | 1,714 | 1,815 | 1,857 | 1,983 |
Science and engineering | 1,711 | 1,696 | 1,563 | 1,444 | 1,489 | 1,579 | 1,579 | 1,686 | 1,723 | 1,840 |
Science | 1,242 | 1,234 | 1,135 | 1,060 | 1,050 | 1,134 | 1,136 | 1,241 | 1,219 | 1,350 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 67 | 61 | 41 | 34 | 39 | 55 | 117 | 120 | 94 | 114 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 532 | 524 | 484 | 466 | 445 | 470 | 391 | 446 | 445 | 477 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Computer and information sciences | 81 | 72 | 78 | 75 | 79 | 87 | 99 | 108 | 109 | 142 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 59 | 61 | 43 | 30 | 34 | 47 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 65 |
Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 44 | 40 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 53 | 55 | 58 | 43 | 42 | 48 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 37 | 41 | 40 | 46 |
Psychology | 38 | 49 | 46 | 57 | 53 | 63 | 61 | 62 | 64 | 61 |
Physical sciences | 289 | 295 | 275 | 249 | 252 | 242 | 230 | 252 | 266 | 275 |
Social sciences | 93 | 87 | 78 | 85 | 79 | 87 | 88 | 94 | 87 | 117 |
Engineering | 469 | 462 | 428 | 384 | 439 | 445 | 443 | 445 | 504 | 490 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 55 | 50 | 39 | 36 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 47 | 46 | 45 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 58 | 54 | 61 | 52 | 53 | 49 | 58 | 55 | 50 | 71 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 25 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 32 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 42 | 41 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 93 | 90 | 86 | 93 | 101 | 96 | 97 | 94 | 120 | 110 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 31 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 37 |
Mechanical engineering | 85 | 84 | 68 | 45 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 38 | 45 | 36 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 56 | 60 | 58 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 57 | 68 | 80 | 73 |
Other engineering | 66 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 72 | 85 | 92 | 84 | 89 | 77 |
Health | 117 | 100 | 80 | 103 | 124 | 100 | 135 | 129 | 134 | 143 |
Clinical medicine | 59 | 48 | 40 | 36 | 49 | 34 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 67 |
Other health | 58 | 52 | 40 | 67 | 75 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 76 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 5,291 | 5,094 | 4,908 | 4,836 | 5,107 | 5,113 | 5,303 | 5,385 | 5,481 | 5,515 |
Fellowships | 725 | 710 | 656 | 671 | 673 | 733 | 721 | 771 | 712 | 746 |
Federal | 378 | 373 | 343 | 355 | 363 | 415 | 380 | 404 | 390 | 457 |
Institutional | 233 | 238 | 207 | 193 | 195 | 187 | 266 | 284 | 259 | 224 |
Nonfederal | 114 | 99 | 106 | 123 | 115 | 131 | 75 | 83 | 63 | 65 |
Research assistantships | 2,259 | 2,203 | 2,099 | 1,942 | 1,945 | 1,953 | 1,994 | 2,079 | 2,184 | 2,158 |
Federal | 1,412 | 1,384 | 1,288 | 1,133 | 1,186 | 1,191 | 1,243 | 1,307 | 1,343 | 1,392 |
Institutional | 487 | 464 | 451 | 395 | 393 | 401 | 356 | 374 | 430 | 378 |
Nonfederal | 360 | 355 | 360 | 414 | 366 | 361 | 395 | 398 | 411 | 388 |
Teaching assistantships | 968 | 931 | 902 | 902 | 1,201 | 1,167 | 1,214 | 1,209 | 1,231 | 1,254 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Institutional | 950 | 913 | 885 | 891 | 1,190 | 1,140 | 1,174 | 1,169 | 1,204 | 1,230 |
Nonfederal | 18 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 36 | 27 | 23 |
Other types of support | 1,339 | 1,250 | 1,251 | 1,321 | 1,288 | 1,260 | 1,374 | 1,326 | 1,354 | 1,357 |
Federal | 38 | 39 | 7 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 88 | 100 | 124 | 133 |
Institutional | 47 | 45 | 6 | 82 | 97 | 96 | 133 | 138 | 148 | 157 |
Nonfederal | 40 | 40 | 3 | 53 | 50 | 73 | 94 | 90 | 83 | 80 |
Personal resources | 1,214 | 1,126 | 1,235 | 1,130 | 1,077 | 1,023 | 1,059 | 998 | 999 | 987 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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Science and engineering | 986 | 989 | 993 | 1,028 | 533 | 561 | 547 | 558 | 552 | 546 |
Science | 784 | 801 | 810 | 824 | 435 | 460 | 449 | 462 | 468 | 460 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 99 | 102 | 101 | 52 | 23 | 31 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 44 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 328 | 326 | 304 | 324 | 193 | 190 | 189 | 192 | 203 | 201 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18 | 22 | 38 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 60 | 56 | 82 | 132 | 69 | 102 | 74 | 81 | 86 | 75 |
Natural resources and conservation | 56 | 58 | 54 | 21 | 20 | 14 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 |
Physical sciences | 139 | 147 | 143 | 140 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 86 |
Psychology | 15 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
Social sciences | 47 | 50 | 42 | 91 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
Engineering | 202 | 188 | 183 | 204 | 98 | 101 | 98 | 96 | 84 | 86 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 40 | 30 | 28 | 40 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 12 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 26 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mechanical engineering | 32 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 37 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 26 |
Other engineering | 48 | 44 | 35 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 10 |
Health | 343 | 367 | 391 | 398 | 207 | 183 | 198 | 207 | 215 | 192 |
Clinical medicine | 291 | 308 | 330 | 265 | 150 | 136 | 153 | 156 | 158 | 139 |
Other health | 52 | 59 | 61 | 133 | 57 | 47 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 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).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 521 | 519 | 500 | 501 | 496 | 493 | 501 | 518 | 531 | 534 |
Science and engineering | 392 | 378 | 353 | 349 | 369 | 385 | 373 | 393 | 408 | 411 |
Science | 312 | 306 | 286 | 275 | 295 | 330 | 308 | 323 | 346 | 345 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 39 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 28 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 139 | 133 | 121 | 121 | 139 | 129 | 130 | 139 | 151 | 155 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 21 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 48 | 77 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 54 |
Natural resources and conservation | 25 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 12 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | 14 | 15 | 10 |
Psychology | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 59 | 57 | 53 | 46 | 51 | 56 | 50 | 51 | 58 | 65 |
Social sciences | 10 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Engineering | 80 | 72 | 67 | 74 | 74 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 62 | 66 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 17 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
Other engineering | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
Health | 129 | 141 | 147 | 152 | 127 | 108 | 128 | 125 | 123 | 123 |
Clinical medicine | 111 | 123 | 125 | 99 | 84 | 75 | 101 | 95 | 87 | 87 |
Other health | 18 | 18 | 22 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 36 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 1,523,513 | 1,380,075 | 1,363,931 | 1,297,331 | 1,205,518 | 1,193,413 | 1,157,680 | 1,069,077 | 1,108,564 | 1,123,501 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,279,069 | 1,163,175 | 1,138,453 | 1,082,637 | 995,392 | 956,312 | 903,996 | 802,809 | 837,218 | 858,512 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 30,295 | 23,678 | 28,241 | 20,372 | 22,024 | 20,155 | 21,226 | 22,416 | 21,284 | 22,366 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 68,178 | 65,814 | 65,000 | 58,701 | 50,280 | 52,105 | 54,306 | 50,144 | 48,810 | 49,364 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 39,134 | 39,038 | 40,482 | 35,945 | 27,613 | 28,265 | 29,507 | 28,589 | 28,857 | 29,467 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 17,782 | 17,180 | 15,574 | 14,233 | 13,501 | 14,809 | 14,915 | 8,769 | 7,663 | 7,754 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,232 | 3,861 | 3,687 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 11,262 | 9,596 | 8,944 | 8,523 | 9,166 | 9,031 | 9,884 | 8,554 | 8,429 | 8,456 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 952,068 | 861,558 | 839,302 | 814,119 | 740,883 | 707,668 | 654,896 | 589,652 | 626,184 | 640,501 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 128,234 | 114,940 | 104,300 | 74,783 | 75,310 | 81,313 | 73,532 | 55,099 | 55,720 | 51,353 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 318,077 | 273,356 | 277,654 | 261,715 | 220,658 | 194,360 | 188,386 | 175,884 | 181,024 | 196,977 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 500,026 | 467,332 | 451,868 | 472,274 | 440,649 | 427,141 | 388,222 | 351,361 | 381,954 | 385,561 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,058 | 997 | 935 | 626 | 441 | 387 | 614 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,673 | 4,933 | 4,545 | 4,721 | 3,825 | 4,467 | 4,142 | 7,308 | 7,486 | 6,610 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 7,005 | 6,394 | 6,675 | 6,405 | 5,825 | 5,983 | 6,950 | 6,170 | 6,251 | 6,776 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 97,161 | 87,587 | 83,687 | 75,231 | 73,381 | 71,282 | 75,530 | 73,139 | 71,503 | 81,295 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 6,382 | 5,556 | 5,564 | 5,765 | 5,780 | 5,399 | 4,903 | 6,193 | 5,791 | 5,582 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 36,183 | 33,896 | 31,441 | 26,369 | 24,620 | 23,685 | 25,147 | 23,673 | 18,734 | 22,968 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 33,045 | 26,135 | 24,984 | 27,643 | 24,980 | 24,903 | 26,704 | 28,531 | 30,135 | 33,093 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21,551 | 22,000 | 21,698 | 15,454 | 18,001 | 17,295 | 18,776 | 14,742 | 16,843 | 19,652 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 10,208 | 10,944 | 12,090 | 12,498 | 10,555 | 9,902 | 9,103 | 6,352 | 5,151 | 5,285 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 65,924 | 63,043 | 59,239 | 48,019 | 47,110 | 43,324 | 41,370 | 45,158 | 49,188 | 45,731 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 1,513 | 682 | 1,022 | 1,178 | 1,072 | 1,121 | 653 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 9,483 | 8,813 | 8,756 | 3,791 | 3,102 | 2,181 | 2,038 | 7,961 | 8,198 | 9,438 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 8,183 | 8,695 | 6,515 | 5,719 | 5,317 | 4,631 | 4,239 | 4,089 | 3,446 | 3,717 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7,258 | 6,042 | 6,535 | 7,402 | 7,461 | 7,925 | 9,160 | 10,980 | 13,852 | 11,534 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 39,487 | 38,811 | 36,411 | 29,929 | 30,158 | 27,466 | 25,280 | 22,128 | 23,692 | 21,042 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 48,230 | 44,157 | 44,219 | 47,292 | 45,334 | 45,893 | 40,615 | 9,778 | 8,847 | 7,194 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 148,673 | 131,709 | 133,600 | 126,587 | 118,576 | 148,949 | 147,315 | 135,557 | 147,612 | 139,011 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 16,734 | 16,836 | 15,701 | 14,141 | 12,099 | 30,306 | 36,360 | 29,677 | 39,971 | 20,112 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 15,061 | 10,886 | 12,549 | 11,045 | 11,199 | 13,533 | 12,609 | 10,821 | 13,400 | 13,972 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 14,220 | 13,124 | 13,952 | 11,430 | 12,401 | 16,092 | 16,003 | 16,691 | 16,206 | 22,809 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 20,315 | 15,878 | 16,300 | 17,001 | 15,368 | 14,579 | 13,904 | 11,611 | 12,010 | 11,338 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 5,387 | 4,997 | 4,798 | 4,678 | 4,879 | 4,788 | 4,817 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 16,882 | 12,365 | 12,790 | 10,510 | 8,423 | 8,090 | 7,963 | 7,607 | 5,769 | 7,114 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 13,129 | 12,706 | 11,362 | 10,701 | 10,767 | 13,316 | 11,036 | 9,471 | 8,824 | 8,128 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 46,945 | 44,917 | 46,148 | 47,081 | 43,440 | 48,245 | 44,623 | 49,679 | 51,432 | 55,538 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 95,771 | 85,191 | 91,878 | 88,107 | 91,550 | 88,152 | 106,369 | 130,711 | 123,734 | 125,978 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 12,255 | 11,664 | 11,647 | 11,470 | 14,871 | 15,549 | 14,888 | 62,325 | 48,318 | 54,469 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 6,059 | 5,267 | 4,152 | 4,135 | 3,352 | 3,293 | 2,888 | 3,508 | 3,243 | 3,036 | ||||||||||
Education | 30,239 | 28,245 | 29,494 | 25,084 | 30,441 | 31,325 | 30,779 | 38,323 | 31,923 | 31,170 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 17,166 | 14,791 | 14,630 | 14,555 | 12,229 | 11,746 | 11,006 | 14,278 | 13,707 | 14,054 | ||||||||||
Law | 3,958 | 3,389 | 3,865 | 3,258 | 2,266 | 3,182 | 1,995 | 1,742 | 1,698 | 2,879 | ||||||||||
Social work | 1,314 | 745 | 815 | 1,895 | 296 | 442 | 1,233 | 1,223 | 4,271 | 1,386 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2,423 | 2,087 | 2,099 | 1,938 | 1,940 | 1,950 | 1,939 | 1,305 | 1,291 | 1,341 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 22,357 | 19,003 | 25,176 | 25,772 | 26,155 | 20,665 | 41,641 | 8,007 | 19,283 | 17,643 |
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 | 1,523,513 | 740,854 | 109,946 | 463,759 | 40,450 | 127,756 | 40,748 | |||||||
Science | 1,279,069 | 635,435 | 90,863 | 385,554 | 36,765 | 100,234 | 30,218 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 30,295 | 19,278 | 934 | 4,818 | 936 | 3,525 | 804 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 68,178 | 38,120 | 5,920 | 19,927 | 400 | 3,026 | 785 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 39,134 | 25,315 | 2,172 | 10,915 | 219 | 466 | 47 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 17,782 | 7,751 | 2,691 | 5,798 | 0 | 1,379 | 163 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 11,262 | 5,054 | 1,057 | 3,214 | 181 | 1,181 | 575 | |||||||
Life sciences | 952,068 | 451,388 | 69,145 | 310,309 | 30,949 | 66,867 | 23,410 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 128,234 | 47,235 | 17,960 | 44,953 | 2,716 | 12,692 | 2,678 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 318,077 | 199,721 | 22,087 | 65,178 | 5,974 | 21,906 | 3,211 | |||||||
Health sciences | 500,026 | 204,259 | 26,681 | 197,256 | 22,222 | 32,140 | 17,468 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 1,058 | 145 | 232 | 552 | 0 | 129 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,673 | 28 | 2,185 | 2,370 | 37 | 0 | 53 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 7,005 | 4,515 | 194 | 1,132 | 0 | 1,083 | 81 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 97,161 | 65,819 | 2,716 | 15,936 | 2,259 | 8,674 | 1,757 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 6,382 | 1,983 | 471 | 2,187 | 0 | 1,562 | 179 | |||||||
Chemistry | 36,183 | 23,999 | 1,285 | 6,003 | 1,121 | 3,137 | 638 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 33,045 | 24,029 | 579 | 4,633 | 1,138 | 2,645 | 21 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 21,551 | 15,808 | 381 | 3,113 | 0 | 1,330 | 919 | |||||||
Psychology | 10,208 | 4,589 | 437 | 2,522 | 18 | 2,594 | 48 | |||||||
Social sciences | 65,924 | 24,878 | 7,020 | 21,444 | 170 | 11,317 | 1,095 | |||||||
Anthropology | 1,513 | 19 | 418 | 649 | 0 | 400 | 27 | |||||||
Economics | 9,483 | 2,094 | 2,042 | 3,778 | 0 | 1,550 | 19 | |||||||
Political science and government | 8,183 | 1,774 | 741 | 3,331 | 41 | 2,004 | 292 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 7,258 | 2,667 | 526 | 1,967 | 0 | 1,996 | 102 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 39,487 | 18,324 | 3,293 | 11,719 | 129 | 5,367 | 655 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 48,230 | 26,848 | 4,497 | 9,466 | 2,033 | 3,148 | 2,238 | |||||||
Engineering | 148,673 | 85,549 | 8,743 | 34,724 | 3,480 | 9,929 | 6,248 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 16,734 | 7,721 | 1,997 | 4,852 | 281 | 1,438 | 445 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 15,061 | 9,328 | 165 | 3,991 | 140 | 987 | 450 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 14,220 | 5,739 | 2,461 | 4,474 | 131 | 906 | 509 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 20,315 | 11,794 | 201 | 4,387 | 650 | 2,434 | 849 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 5,387 | 2,732 | 137 | 1,041 | 738 | 392 | 347 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 16,882 | 11,612 | 325 | 2,547 | 859 | 980 | 559 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 13,129 | 7,565 | 107 | 3,407 | 138 | 1,806 | 106 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 46,945 | 29,058 | 3,350 | 10,025 | 543 | 986 | 2,983 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 95,771 | 19,870 | 10,340 | 43,481 | 205 | 17,593 | 4,282 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 12,255 | 58 | 948 | 7,976 | 7 | 2,387 | 879 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 6,059 | 541 | 998 | 2,695 | 65 | 1,454 | 306 | |||||||
Education | 30,239 | 16,569 | 1,030 | 8,785 | 130 | 3,318 | 407 | |||||||
Humanities | 17,166 | 1,072 | 2,638 | 8,045 | 0 | 5,170 | 241 | |||||||
Law | 3,958 | 0 | 593 | 2,128 | 0 | 613 | 624 | |||||||
Social work | 1,314 | 0 | 139 | 604 | 0 | 531 | 40 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 2,423 | 0 | 79 | 976 | 0 | 1,334 | 34 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 22,357 | 1,630 | 3,915 | 12,272 | 3 | 2,786 | 1,751 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 740,854 | 646,764 | 632,558 | 608,925 | 574,048 | 570,796 | 567,132 | 533,286 | 548,388 | 555,875 | ||||||||||
DOD | 42,075 | 33,479 | 37,336 | 36,636 | 32,200 | 26,672 | 26,141 | 24,840 | 23,450 | 26,459 | ||||||||||
DOE | 78,676 | 75,231 | 69,108 | 71,131 | 61,302 | 60,766 | 65,226 | 60,023 | 70,548 | 73,579 | ||||||||||
HHS | 423,835 | 374,530 | 364,173 | 347,705 | 318,421 | 314,827 | 298,817 | 273,732 | 280,579 | 280,581 | ||||||||||
NASA | 13,728 | 11,307 | 13,109 | 11,862 | 12,428 | 12,527 | 12,000 | 12,688 | 12,546 | 13,743 | ||||||||||
NSF | 109,834 | 90,800 | 89,371 | 80,297 | 84,920 | 84,367 | 89,389 | 89,464 | 89,532 | 94,092 | ||||||||||
USDA | 30,025 | 26,285 | 22,764 | 22,377 | 23,693 | 27,370 | 28,778 | 25,228 | 22,552 | 22,435 | ||||||||||
Other | 42,681 | 35,132 | 36,697 | 38,917 | 41,084 | 44,267 | 46,781 | 47,311 | 49,181 | 44,986 |
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 | |||
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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 17,123 | 2,980 | 14,143 | . | |||
2018 | 17,391 | 2,931 | 14,460 | . | |||
2017 | 17,396 | 2,880 | 14,516 | . | |||
2016 | 17,147 | 2,821 | 14,326 | . |
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 |
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All research space | 3,293 | 3,132 | 2,825 | 2,925 | 2,794 |
Agricultural sciences | 449 | 315 | 265 | 336 | 388 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 885 | 851 | 726 | 706 | 630 |
Computer and information sciences | 32 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Engineering | 444 | 434 | 428 | 433 | 462 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 129 | 129 | 126 | 131 | 82 |
Health sciences | 618 | 715 | 408 | 513 | 374 |
Mathematics and statistics | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Natural resources and conservation | 41 | 45 | 116 | 74 | . |
Physical sciences | 383 | 312 | 312 | 307 | 392 |
Psychology | 153 | 154 | 271 | 302 | 303 |
Social sciences | 111 | 104 | 100 | 55 | 96 |
Other | 42 | 41 | 41 | 37 | 37 |
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 |
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All research space | 49,875 | 56,250 | 56,843 | 15,342 | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | 56,250 | 34,145 | 13,342 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,875 | . | 11,205 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 42,000 | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 2,000 | . |
Health sciences | . | . | 11,493 | . | . |
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 |
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All research space | 15,450 | 19,773 | 4,314 | 1,566 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 9,658 | 4,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,257 | 6,086 | 2,700 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2,534 | 857 | 0 | 756 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1,575 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 5,280 | 1,614 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1,845 | 0 | 810 | 0 |
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.