Vanderbilt U.
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 | 59 | 87.4 | 457 | 85 | 87.8 | 680 | ||||||
2021 | 66 | 85.6 | 447 | 82 | 88.4 | 691 | ||||||
2020 | 68 | 85.2 | 450 | 78 | 89 | 697 | ||||||
2019 | 67 | 85.4 | 447 | 86 | 87.9 | 696 | ||||||
2018 | 68 | 84.5 | 428 | 88 | 87.6 | 698 | ||||||
2017 | 59 | 86.5 | 425 | 90 | 87.1 | 684 | ||||||
2016 | 60 | 86.4 | 430 | 89 | 87.5 | 697 | ||||||
2015 | 56 | 87.2 | 426 | 89 | 87.4 | 693 | ||||||
2014 | 61 | 85.9 | 422 | 83 | 88.2 | 688 | ||||||
2013 | 64 | 85 | 417 | 82 | 85.5 | 555 |
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 | 329 | 264 | 281 | 291 | 280 | 313 | 300 | 324 | 295 | 286 |
Science and engineering | 288 | 212 | 216 | 237 | 234 | 254 | 244 | 258 | 224 | 215 |
Science | 229 | 163 | 170 | 185 | 184 | 205 | 199 | 205 | 174 | 168 |
Life science | 114 | 83 | 93 | 115 | 91 | 117 | 112 | 125 | 113 | 84 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 101 | 75 | 79 | 103 | 85 | 102 | 101 | 116 | 101 | 77 |
Health sciences | 13 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 45 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 42 | 28 | 21 | 27 |
Chemistry | 30 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Physics and astronomy | 14 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 16 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
Computer sciences | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Mathematics | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Psychology and social sciences | 54 | 40 | 31 | 29 | 41 | 41 | 32 | 41 | 31 | 43 |
Psychology | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 23 |
Anthropology | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Economics | 11 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
Political science and government | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Sociology | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Other social sciences | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Engineering | 59 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 50 | 47 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 16 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
Chemical engineering | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Civil engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Electrical engineering | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 16 |
Industrial engineering | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Other engineering | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
Non-science and engineering | 41 | 52 | 65 | 54 | 46 | 59 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 71 |
Education | 13 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 30 | 27 |
Education administration | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Education research | 11 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 17 |
Teacher education | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Teaching fields | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 |
Humanities | 26 | 27 | 40 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 33 | 48 | 39 | 40 |
Foreign languages & literature | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
History | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Letters | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 13 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 18 |
Other | 2 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Business management/administration | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 4 |
Communication | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 1,889 | 1,860 | 1,820 | 1,791 | 1,662 | 1,629 | 1,732 | 1,743 | 1,802 | 1,787 |
Male | 940 | 928 | 929 | 932 | 875 | 867 | 895 | 924 | 938 | 936 |
Female | 949 | 932 | 891 | 859 | 787 | 762 | 837 | 819 | 864 | 851 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,369 | 1,350 | 1,346 | 1,289 | 1,230 | 1,192 | 1,269 | 1,283 | 1,325 | 1,334 |
Hispanic or Latino | 135 | 136 | 130 | 110 | 101 | 89 | 71 | 66 | 62 | 67 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,209 | 1,189 | 1,191 | 1,144 | 1,093 | 1,056 | 1,182 | 1,206 | 1,249 | 1,251 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
Asian | 106 | 100 | 91 | 82 | 80 | 68 | 74 | 51 | 87 | 92 |
Black or African American | 81 | 76 | 78 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 86 | 75 | 83 | 96 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
White | 954 | 949 | 963 | 920 | 879 | 862 | 984 | 1,038 | 1,042 | 1,044 |
More than one race | 65 | 61 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 48 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 7 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 25 | 25 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 47 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
Temporary visa holders | 520 | 510 | 474 | 502 | 432 | 437 | 463 | 460 | 477 | 453 |
Science and engineering | 1,851 | 1,813 | 1,772 | 1,738 | 1,607 | 1,574 | 1,579 | 1,586 | 1,642 | 1,646 |
Science | 1,456 | 1,414 | 1,398 | 1,358 | 1,256 | 1,225 | 1,199 | 1,210 | 1,256 | 1,281 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 690 | 690 | 662 | 636 | 596 | 578 | 342 | 360 | 375 | 393 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 187 | 135 | 112 | 104 | 107 | 102 | 100 | 82 | 91 | 85 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 13 |
Mathematics and statistics | 25 | 29 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 39 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 77 | 65 | 63 | 31 | . | . | 100 | 115 | 102 | 94 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 87 | 85 | 84 | 88 |
Physical sciences | 184 | 187 | 202 | 202 | 201 | 200 | 213 | 212 | 217 | 246 |
Psychology | 108 | 99 | 108 | 111 | 102 | 95 | 85 | 83 | 87 | 89 |
Social sciences | 167 | 193 | 199 | 220 | 200 | 199 | 218 | 219 | 238 | 234 |
Engineering | 395 | 399 | 374 | 380 | 351 | 349 | 380 | 376 | 386 | 365 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 134 | 132 | 116 | 106 | 89 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 73 | 69 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 55 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 48 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 53 | 56 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 63 | 63 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 60 | 63 | 55 | 52 | 65 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 75 | 80 | 83 | 97 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 108 | 102 | 98 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 68 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 70 | 47 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 25 | 30 | 36 | 30 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 38 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 153 | 157 | 160 | 141 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 52 |
Other health | 38 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 95 | 99 | 93 | 89 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 15 |
Male | 10 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Female | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 15 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 14 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 10 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
More than one race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 18 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 10 |
Science | 15 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Engineering | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Other health | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 836 | 828 | 786 | 629 | 690 | 681 | 765 | 768 | 806 | 794 |
Science and engineering | 828 | 820 | 777 | 620 | 671 | 664 | 716 | 714 | 771 | 768 |
Science | 602 | 572 | 561 | 487 | 503 | 495 | 518 | 525 | 546 | 561 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 411 | 407 | 379 | 347 | 354 | 335 | 212 | 189 | 204 | 225 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 56 | 49 | 47 | 39 | 37 | 42 | 38 | 26 | 36 | 40 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 62 | 76 | 73 | 67 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 53 | 57 | 64 | 54 |
Psychology | 30 | 27 | 32 | 20 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 23 |
Physical sciences | 74 | 72 | 81 | 72 | 73 | 46 | 93 | 123 | 102 | 136 |
Social sciences | 27 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 12 |
Engineering | 226 | 248 | 216 | 133 | 168 | 169 | 198 | 189 | 225 | 207 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 86 | 96 | 65 | 23 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 41 | 45 | 29 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 30 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 39 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 31 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 32 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 39 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 54 | 46 | 44 | 50 | 59 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 40 | 46 | 47 | 38 | 43 | 35 | 39 | 31 | 51 | 29 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | 16 | 21 | 19 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 49 | 54 | 35 | 26 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 5 |
Other health | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 21 |
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 | 1,889 | 1,860 | 1,820 | 1,791 | 1,662 | 1,629 | 1,732 | 1,743 | 1,802 | 1,787 |
Fellowships | 437 | 416 | 378 | 542 | 477 | 317 | 456 | 432 | 450 | 399 |
Federal | 280 | 287 | 279 | 257 | 271 | 248 | 306 | 266 | 258 | 232 |
Institutional | 146 | 112 | 77 | 254 | 194 | 56 | 135 | 146 | 166 | 135 |
Nonfederal | 11 | 17 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 32 |
Research assistantships | 792 | 746 | 703 | 593 | 651 | 658 | 688 | 679 | 717 | 665 |
Federal | 525 | 520 | 491 | 363 | 398 | 386 | 436 | 486 | 535 | 525 |
Institutional | 218 | 174 | 161 | 173 | 187 | 235 | 206 | 152 | 134 | 107 |
Nonfederal | 49 | 52 | 51 | 57 | 66 | 37 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 33 |
Teaching assistantships | 354 | 287 | 368 | 404 | 343 | 380 | 338 | 376 | 359 | 395 |
Federal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 340 | 277 | 366 | 379 | 308 | 325 | 335 | 368 | 348 | 377 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
Other types of support | 306 | 411 | 371 | 252 | 191 | 274 | 250 | 256 | 276 | 328 |
Federal | 20 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
Institutional | 67 | 133 | 141 | 71 | 30 | 119 | 26 | 40 | 46 | 79 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 24 | 16 | 30 | 14 | 31 |
Personal resources | 213 | 261 | 212 | 167 | 107 | 122 | 186 | 170 | 204 | 181 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 278 | 259 | 327 | 302 | 331 | 377 | 386 | 390 | 380 | 403 |
Science | 248 | 225 | 281 | 257 | 296 | 334 | 350 | 357 | 356 | 385 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 165 | 164 | 205 | 189 | 207 | 215 | 211 | 218 | 223 | 233 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 33 | 51 | 48 | 45 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 20 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 44 | 55 | 48 | 37 | 35 | 51 |
Psychology | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 30 |
Social sciences | 14 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Engineering | 30 | 34 | 46 | 45 | 35 | 43 | 36 | 33 | 24 | 18 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 125 | 149 | 160 | 189 | 161 | 110 | 232 | 239 | 254 | 275 |
Clinical medicine | 121 | 145 | 156 | 185 | 157 | 105 | 186 | 196 | 201 | 214 |
Other health | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 61 |
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 | 247 | 260 | 298 | 328 | 319 | 318 | 428 | 434 | 459 | 526 |
Science and engineering | 168 | 165 | 208 | 213 | 205 | 232 | 271 | 278 | 281 | 314 |
Science | 151 | 137 | 175 | 183 | 181 | 203 | 246 | 252 | 263 | 300 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 113 | 108 | 139 | 141 | 132 | 154 | 167 | 167 | 179 | 195 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 26 | 40 | 40 | 39 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 25 |
Physical sciences | 12 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 39 |
Social sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 17 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 14 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 79 | 95 | 90 | 115 | 114 | 86 | 157 | 156 | 178 | 212 |
Clinical medicine | 77 | 93 | 90 | 115 | 113 | 85 | 128 | 123 | 129 | 158 |
Other health | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 33 | 49 | 54 |
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).