Wake Forest 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 | 246 | 46.8 | 457 | 236 | 65.7 | 680 | 107 | 88.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 214 | 52.7 | 447 | 230 | 67.1 | 691 | 20 | 96.8 | 583 | 102 | 89 | 907 |
2020 | 254 | 44.2 | 450 | 216 | 69.4 | 697 | 102 | 89.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 212 | 53.2 | 447 | 216 | 69.4 | 696 | 21 | 96.6 | 589 | 104 | 88.8 | 913 |
2018 | 250 | 42.3 | 428 | 218 | 69.2 | 698 | 116 | 87.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 233 | 45.8 | 425 | 227 | 67.2 | 684 | 40 | 93.3 | 575 | 119 | 87 | 897 |
2016 | 199 | 54.3 | 430 | 240 | 66 | 697 | 120 | 86.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 208 | 51.8 | 426 | 233 | 66.8 | 693 | 45 | 92.3 | 570 | 112 | 87.7 | 897 |
2014 | 200 | 53.2 | 422 | 239 | 65.7 | 688 | 111 | 87.7 | 887 | |||
2013 | 204 | 51.7 | 417 | 222 | 60.5 | 555 | 36 | 94.1 | 588 | 108 | 88 | 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 | 35 | 47 | 30 | 49 | 31 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 48 |
Science and engineering | 35 | 47 | 30 | 49 | 31 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 48 |
Science | 31 | 40 | 21 | 37 | 28 | 29 | 51 | 40 | 48 | 46 |
Life science | 25 | 29 | 17 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 32 | 41 | 38 |
Biological sciences | 25 | 28 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 41 | 36 |
Health sciences | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 2 | . | 2 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 6 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | . | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Chemistry | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 4 |
Physics and astronomy | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | . | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Psychology and social sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Psychology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Engineering | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | . | . | 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 | 511 | 488 | 511 | 501 | 496 | 454 | 469 | 462 | 436 | 482 |
Male | 248 | 239 | 241 | 238 | 240 | 223 | 236 | 249 | 242 | 262 |
Female | 263 | 249 | 270 | 263 | 256 | 231 | 233 | 213 | 194 | 220 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 405 | 395 | 431 | 411 | 410 | 379 | 389 | 383 | 388 | 404 |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 362 | 363 | 390 | 358 | 354 | 340 | 365 | 356 | 361 | 389 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 29 | 24 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 18 |
Black or African American | 35 | 40 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 25 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
White | 278 | 285 | 294 | 279 | 278 | 272 | 291 | 298 | 305 | 338 |
More than one race | 19 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 11 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 9 |
Temporary visa holders | 106 | 93 | 80 | 90 | 86 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 48 | 78 |
Science and engineering | 472 | 449 | 455 | 461 | 458 | 413 | 439 | 433 | 401 | 443 |
Science | 404 | 376 | 388 | 395 | 395 | 365 | 394 | 388 | 356 | 401 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 269 | 250 | 255 | 264 | 264 | 237 | 184 | 196 | 160 | 189 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 31 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
Computer and information sciences | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 32 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 26 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 38 | 37 | 34 | 42 |
Physical sciences | 69 | 59 | 63 | 60 | 62 | 56 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 78 |
Psychology | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 28 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 68 | 73 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 42 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 68 | 73 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 42 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 39 | 39 | 56 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 39 |
Clinical medicine | 13 | 15 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 23 |
Other health | 26 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All part-time students | 12 | 58 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 54 | 17 | 16 |
Male | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 11 |
Female | 6 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 5 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 9 | 58 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 51 | 17 | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 57 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 49 | 16 | 14 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 4 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 14 | 13 |
More than one race | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 16 | 16 |
Science | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 16 | 16 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 11 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 7 | 50 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 2 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 31 | 44 | 76 | 91 | 91 | 79 | 106 | 64 | 182 | 214 |
Science and engineering | 30 | 39 | 67 | 89 | 89 | 79 | 101 | 64 | 175 | 205 |
Science | 27 | 37 | 57 | 79 | 80 | 71 | 90 | 63 | 136 | 170 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 21 | 41 | 61 | 61 | 50 | 51 | 18 | 87 | 113 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 19 | 23 | 29 |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 6 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 24 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 35 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 35 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 511 | 488 | 511 | 501 | 496 | 454 | 469 | 462 | 436 | 482 |
Fellowships | 10 | 6 | 17 | 197 | 195 | 146 | 102 | 134 | 71 | 93 |
Federal | 8 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 50 | 38 | 49 | 58 |
Institutional | 2 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 159 | 112 | 49 | 90 | 21 | 35 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 47 | 39 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 60 | 99 | 141 | 153 | 175 |
Federal | 19 | 26 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 44 | 53 | 26 | 133 | 156 |
Institutional | 26 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 108 | 17 | 16 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Teaching assistantships | 115 | 116 | 112 | 119 | 123 | 116 | 135 | 134 | 122 | 135 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 115 | 116 | 112 | 119 | 123 | 116 | 135 | 134 | 122 | 135 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 339 | 327 | 311 | 112 | 103 | 132 | 133 | 53 | 90 | 79 |
Federal | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 223 | 188 | 183 | 22 | 11 | 44 | 52 | 26 | 43 | 35 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 112 | 126 | 128 | 90 | 91 | 79 | 76 | 27 | 47 | 44 |
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 | 68 | 61 | 131 | 95 | 89 | 103 | 41 | 55 | 57 | 64 |
Science | 56 | 47 | 110 | 82 | 78 | 70 | 41 | 55 | 57 | 64 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 4 | 10 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 43 | 33 | 86 | 68 | 64 | 63 | 36 | 46 | 44 | 47 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 15 |
Psychology | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Social sciences | 1 | . | 0 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 12 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 1 | . | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 45 | 32 | 55 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 49 | 32 | 95 | 100 |
Clinical medicine | 40 | 28 | 48 | 33 | 33 | 29 | 49 | 32 | 94 | 99 |
Other health | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 66 | 56 | 76 | 84 | 86 | 79 | 46 | 63 | 85 | 101 |
Science and engineering | 28 | 33 | 47 | 60 | 62 | 53 | 28 | 42 | 43 | 53 |
Science | 21 | 28 | 39 | 52 | 55 | 46 | 28 | 42 | 43 | 53 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20 | 27 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 41 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
Social sciences | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 0 | . | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 38 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 42 | 48 |
Clinical medicine | 35 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 41 | 47 |
Other health | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 269,109 | 264,216 | 244,643 | 238,933 | 191,371 | 182,227 | 170,006 | 171,926 | 176,380 | 182,721 | ||||||||||
Science | 260,313 | 257,961 | 240,412 | 236,109 | 190,942 | 181,876 | 169,533 | 171,538 | 176,380 | 182,721 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 401 | 266 | 226 | 81 | 159 | 156 | 127 | 156 | 524 | 469 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 253,966 | 253,797 | 236,154 | 230,592 | 188,702 | 179,098 | 165,939 | 167,549 | 172,224 | 178,835 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,339 | 3,260 | 3,538 | 3,042 | 2,369 | 2,057 | 902 | 1,117 | 1,222 | 1,018 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 250,627 | 250,518 | 232,490 | 227,411 | 186,333 | 177,041 | 165,037 | 164,286 | 169,136 | 175,622 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 19 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,146 | 1,866 | 2,195 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 381 | 161 | 529 | 408 | 97 | 168 | 157 | 90 | 47 | 23 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,996 | 2,236 | 2,196 | 3,071 | 1,755 | 2,162 | 3,048 | 3,304 | 3,100 | 2,922 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 685 | 1,010 | 575 | 1,370 | 391 | 606 | 789 | 566 | 316 | 562 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 224 | 146 | 255 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,087 | 1,080 | 1,366 | 1,680 | 1,337 | 1,556 | 2,259 | 2,738 | 2,784 | 2,360 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,035 | 812 | 847 | 1,041 | 126 | 190 | 179 | 406 | 485 | 472 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 2,534 | 689 | 460 | 901 | 103 | 102 | 83 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 4 | 79 | 141 | 35 | 35 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 410 | 200 | 81 | 206 | 38 | 63 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 335 | 270 | 119 | 220 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,789 | 215 | 181 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,427 | 1,204 | 859 | 385 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,427 | 1,204 | 859 | 385 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 7,369 | 5,051 | 3,372 | 2,439 | 380 | 351 | 473 | 388 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 1 | 119 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 90 | 63 | 119 | 341 | 252 | 207 | 207 | 245 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 505 | 1,400 | 972 | 832 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 127 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 5,252 | 3,057 | 1,796 | 858 | 37 | 111 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 339 | 186 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 445 | 341 | 261 | 286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 738 | 3 | 35 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 269,109 | 180,754 | 9,209 | 26,816 | 22,212 | 21,022 | 9,096 | |||||||
Science | 260,313 | 179,877 | 9,198 | 25,010 | 19,537 | 17,937 | 8,754 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 401 | 308 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 253,966 | 177,957 | 9,198 | 23,011 | 18,256 | 16,790 | 8,754 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,339 | 2,632 | 0 | 536 | 0 | 171 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 250,627 | 175,325 | 9,198 | 22,475 | 18,256 | 16,619 | 8,754 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 381 | 85 | 0 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,996 | 1,310 | 0 | 640 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 685 | 436 | 0 | 203 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 224 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,087 | 874 | 0 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,035 | 183 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 609 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 2,534 | 34 | 0 | 729 | 1,281 | 490 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 410 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 0 | 83 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 335 | 0 | 0 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 1,789 | 34 | 0 | 67 | 1,281 | 407 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,427 | 804 | 11 | 476 | 20 | 116 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,427 | 804 | 11 | 476 | 20 | 116 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 7,369 | 73 | 0 | 1,330 | 2,655 | 2,969 | 342 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 505 | 48 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 342 | |||||||
Humanities | 5,252 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 2,655 | 2,560 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 339 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 306 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 445 | 0 | 0 | 445 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 738 | 0 | 0 | 723 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 180,754 | 188,887 | 166,596 | 165,702 | 154,363 | 148,001 | 141,052 | 148,451 | 153,069 | 156,506 | ||||||||||
DOD | 9,627 | 13,142 | 16,115 | 21,182 | 24,015 | 22,580 | 23,981 | 28,931 | 17,217 | 7,378 | ||||||||||
DOE | 457 | 416 | 352 | 267 | 219 | 182 | 364 | 127 | 478 | 115 | ||||||||||
HHS | 164,717 | 164,756 | 144,220 | 137,998 | 124,253 | 120,298 | 112,209 | 114,268 | 130,620 | 145,093 | ||||||||||
NASA | 888 | 858 | 967 | 952 | 727 | 432 | 516 | 583 | 1,715 | 295 | ||||||||||
NSF | 3,013 | 2,607 | 2,484 | 2,865 | 2,701 | 2,581 | 2,423 | 2,473 | 1,015 | 1,786 | ||||||||||
USDA | 157 | 147 | 153 | 139 | 87 | 127 | 120 | 79 | 38 | 24 | ||||||||||
Other | 1,895 | 6,961 | 2,305 | 2,299 | 2,361 | 1,801 | 1,439 | 1,990 | 1,986 | 1,815 |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 2,651 | 805 | 1,846 | . | |||
2018 | 1,966 | 660 | 1,306 | . | |||
2017 | 1,934 | 619 | 1,315 | . | |||
2016 | 1,816 | 624 | 1,192 | . |
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 | 2,423 | 2,248 | 1,455 | 1,326 | 1,518 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,218 | 1,201 | 981 | 983 | 1,052 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Engineering | 6 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 22 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1,155 | 943 | 397 | 299 | 378 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 10 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 9 |
Psychology | 24 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Social sciences | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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 | 35,000 | 2,809 | . | 8,286 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 30,000 | 2,809 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 5,000 | . | . | 8,286 | . |
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 | 14,400 | 9,453 | 13,543 | 28,371 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,800 | 5,331 | 1,571 | 5,180 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 1,023 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 1,600 | 1,482 | 1,772 | 2,191 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 9,900 | 21,000 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1,617 | 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.