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 | |
2021 | 214 | 48.2 | 448 | 230 | 33.9 | 691 | 20 | 4.2 | 583 | 102 | 12 | 909 |
2020 | 254 | 56.8 | 450 | 216 | 31.6 | 697 | 102 | 11.9 | 915 | |||
2019 | 212 | 47.8 | 447 | 216 | 31.6 | 696 | 21 | 4.4 | 589 | 104 | 12.2 | 913 |
2018 | 250 | 58.7 | 428 | 218 | 31.8 | 698 | 116 | 13.5 | 910 | |||
2017 | 233 | 55.2 | 425 | 227 | 33.8 | 684 | 40 | 7.7 | 575 | 119 | 14 | 897 |
2016 | 199 | 46.7 | 430 | 240 | 35 | 697 | 120 | 14.2 | 895 | |||
2015 | 208 | 49.2 | 426 | 233 | 34.2 | 693 | 45 | 8.7 | 570 | 112 | 13.3 | 897 |
2014 | 200 | 47.8 | 422 | 239 | 35.3 | 688 | 111 | 13.3 | 887 | |||
2013 | 204 | 49.3 | 417 | 222 | 40.5 | 555 | 36 | 6.9 | 588 | 108 | 13 | 884 |
2012 | 189 | 46.3 | 412 | 221 | 40.3 | 555 | 99 | 11.9 | 892 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data

Fields | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All fields | 47 | 30 | 49 | 31 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 48 | 57 |
Science and engineering | 47 | 30 | 49 | 31 | 38 | 56 | 52 | 53 | 48 | 57 |
Science | 40 | 21 | 37 | 28 | 29 | 51 | 40 | 48 | 46 | 54 |
Life science | 29 | 17 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 40 | 32 | 41 | 38 | 45 |
Biological sciences | 28 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 41 | 36 | 44 |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 4 | 8 | 7 | . | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
Chemistry | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 4 | 6 |
Physics and astronomy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | . | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Psychology and social sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 7 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 7 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 488 | 511 | 501 | 496 | 454 | 469 | 462 | 436 | 482 | 493 |
Male | 239 | 241 | 238 | 240 | 223 | 236 | 249 | 242 | 262 | 239 |
Female | 249 | 270 | 263 | 256 | 231 | 233 | 213 | 194 | 220 | 254 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 395 | 431 | 411 | 410 | 379 | 389 | 383 | 388 | 404 | 408 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 363 | 390 | 358 | 354 | 340 | 365 | 356 | 361 | 389 | 391 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Asian | 24 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 18 |
Black or African American | 40 | 39 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 25 | 25 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 285 | 294 | 279 | 278 | 272 | 291 | 298 | 305 | 338 | 340 |
More than one race | 14 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 10 | 16 | 37 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 10 |
Temporary visa holders | 93 | 80 | 90 | 86 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 48 | 78 | 85 |
Science and engineering | 449 | 455 | 461 | 458 | 413 | 439 | 433 | 401 | 443 | 439 |
Science | 376 | 388 | 395 | 395 | 365 | 394 | 388 | 356 | 401 | 400 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 250 | 255 | 264 | 264 | 237 | 184 | 196 | 160 | 189 | 182 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 31 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 27 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 35 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 37 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 38 | 37 | 34 | 42 | 41 |
Physical sciences | 59 | 63 | 60 | 62 | 56 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 78 | 69 |
Psychology | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 32 |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 73 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 39 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 73 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 39 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 39 | 56 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 54 |
Clinical medicine | 15 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 39 |
Other health | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 58 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 54 | 17 | 16 | 12 |
Male | 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Female | 43 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 58 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 51 | 17 | 15 | 11 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 57 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 49 | 16 | 14 | 10 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black or African American | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 37 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 9 |
More than one race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Science and engineering | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Science | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 50 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 45 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 44 | 76 | 91 | 91 | 79 | 106 | 64 | 182 | 214 | 203 |
Science and engineering | 39 | 67 | 89 | 89 | 79 | 101 | 64 | 175 | 205 | 182 |
Science | 37 | 57 | 79 | 80 | 71 | 90 | 63 | 136 | 170 | 149 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 21 | 41 | 61 | 61 | 50 | 51 | 18 | 87 | 113 | 102 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 27 |
Psychology | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 18 |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 35 | 33 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 35 | 33 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 488 | 511 | 501 | 496 | 454 | 469 | 462 | 436 | 482 | 493 |
Fellowships | 6 | 17 | 197 | 195 | 146 | 102 | 134 | 71 | 93 | 91 |
Federal | 6 | 15 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 50 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 53 |
Institutional | 0 | 2 | 163 | 159 | 112 | 49 | 90 | 21 | 35 | 38 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 39 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 60 | 99 | 141 | 153 | 175 | 181 |
Federal | 26 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 44 | 53 | 26 | 133 | 156 | 150 |
Institutional | 11 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 108 | 17 | 16 | 27 |
Nonfederal | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Teaching assistantships | 116 | 112 | 119 | 123 | 116 | 135 | 134 | 122 | 135 | 131 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 116 | 112 | 119 | 123 | 116 | 135 | 134 | 122 | 135 | 131 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 327 | 311 | 112 | 103 | 132 | 133 | 53 | 90 | 79 | 90 |
Federal | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 188 | 183 | 22 | 11 | 44 | 52 | 26 | 43 | 35 | 48 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 126 | 128 | 90 | 91 | 79 | 76 | 27 | 47 | 44 | 42 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 61 | 131 | 95 | 89 | 103 | 41 | 55 | 57 | 64 | 77 |
Science | 47 | 110 | 82 | 78 | 70 | 41 | 55 | 57 | 64 | 76 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 10 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 33 | 86 | 68 | 64 | 63 | 36 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 52 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 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 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 14 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 14 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 32 | 55 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 49 | 32 | 95 | 100 | 111 |
Clinical medicine | 28 | 48 | 33 | 33 | 29 | 49 | 32 | 94 | 99 | 111 |
Other health | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 56 | 76 | 84 | 86 | 79 | 46 | 63 | 85 | 101 | 111 |
Science and engineering | 33 | 47 | 60 | 62 | 53 | 28 | 42 | 43 | 53 | 52 |
Science | 28 | 39 | 52 | 55 | 46 | 28 | 42 | 43 | 53 | 52 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 27 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 41 | 40 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 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 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
Social sciences | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 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 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 23 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 21 | 42 | 48 | 59 |
Clinical medicine | 20 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 41 | 47 | 59 |
Other health | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 264,216 | 244,643 | 238,933 | 191,371 | 182,227 | 170,006 | 171,926 | 176,380 | 182,721 | 204,328 | ||||||||||
Science | 257,961 | 240,412 | 236,109 | 190,942 | 181,876 | 169,533 | 171,538 | 176,380 | 182,721 | 203,730 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 266 | 226 | 81 | 159 | 156 | 127 | 156 | 524 | 469 | 617 | ||||||||||
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 | 253,797 | 236,154 | 230,592 | 188,702 | 179,098 | 165,939 | 167,549 | 172,224 | 178,835 | 198,744 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,260 | 3,538 | 3,042 | 2,369 | 2,057 | 902 | 1,117 | 1,222 | 1,018 | 1,513 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 250,518 | 232,490 | 227,411 | 186,333 | 177,041 | 165,037 | 164,286 | 169,136 | 175,622 | 195,667 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 19 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,146 | 1,866 | 2,195 | 1,564 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 161 | 529 | 408 | 97 | 168 | 157 | 90 | 47 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 2,236 | 2,196 | 3,071 | 1,755 | 2,162 | 3,048 | 3,304 | 3,100 | 2,922 | 3,883 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,010 | 575 | 1,370 | 391 | 606 | 789 | 566 | 316 | 562 | 1,681 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 146 | 255 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,080 | 1,366 | 1,680 | 1,337 | 1,556 | 2,259 | 2,738 | 2,784 | 2,360 | 2,202 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 812 | 847 | 1,041 | 126 | 190 | 179 | 406 | 485 | 472 | 486 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 689 | 460 | 901 | 103 | 102 | 83 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 4 | 79 | 141 | 35 | 35 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 200 | 81 | 206 | 38 | 63 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 270 | 119 | 220 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 215 | 181 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,204 | 859 | 385 | 49 | 0 | 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 | 1,204 | 859 | 385 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 5,051 | 3,372 | 2,439 | 380 | 351 | 473 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 598 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 1 | 119 | 0 | 86 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 63 | 119 | 341 | 252 | 207 | 207 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 1,400 | 972 | 832 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 3,057 | 1,796 | 858 | 37 | 111 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 186 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 341 | 261 | 286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 3 | 35 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 598 |
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 | 264,216 | 188,887 | 12,370 | 23,080 | 15,449 | 16,849 | 7,581 | |||||||
Science | 257,961 | 188,265 | 12,370 | 20,863 | 13,656 | 15,711 | 7,096 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 266 | 145 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 253,797 | 186,487 | 12,370 | 19,057 | 13,619 | 15,169 | 7,095 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3,260 | 2,321 | 0 | 849 | 0 | 90 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 250,518 | 184,166 | 12,370 | 18,208 | 13,619 | 15,060 | 7,095 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 161 | 70 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 2,236 | 1,470 | 0 | 748 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,010 | 534 | 0 | 458 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 146 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,080 | 936 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 812 | 69 | 0 | 344 | 0 | 399 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 689 | 24 | 0 | 506 | 37 | 121 | 1 | |||||||
Anthropology | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 200 | 21 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 104 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 270 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 37 | 17 | 1 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 215 | 3 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,204 | 544 | 0 | 352 | 19 | 289 | 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 | 1,204 | 544 | 0 | 352 | 19 | 289 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 5,051 | 78 | 0 | 1,865 | 1,774 | 849 | 485 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 63 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,400 | 48 | 0 | 732 | 0 | 135 | 485 | |||||||
Humanities | 3,057 | 30 | 0 | 748 | 1,759 | 520 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 341 | 0 | 0 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 188,887 | 166,596 | 165,702 | 154,363 | 148,001 | 141,052 | 148,451 | 153,069 | 156,506 | 172,779 | ||||||||||
DOD | 13,142 | 16,115 | 21,182 | 24,015 | 22,580 | 23,981 | 28,931 | 17,217 | 7,378 | 8,073 | ||||||||||
DOE | 416 | 352 | 267 | 219 | 182 | 364 | 127 | 478 | 115 | 207 | ||||||||||
HHS | 164,756 | 144,220 | 137,998 | 124,253 | 120,298 | 112,209 | 114,268 | 130,620 | 145,093 | 160,613 | ||||||||||
NASA | 858 | 967 | 952 | 727 | 432 | 516 | 583 | 1,715 | 295 | 56 | ||||||||||
NSF | 2,607 | 2,484 | 2,865 | 2,701 | 2,581 | 2,423 | 2,473 | 1,015 | 1,786 | 2,294 | ||||||||||
USDA | 147 | 153 | 139 | 87 | 127 | 120 | 79 | 38 | 24 | 104 | ||||||||||
Other | 6,961 | 2,305 | 2,299 | 2,361 | 1,801 | 1,439 | 1,990 | 1,986 | 1,815 | 1,432 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 2,651 | 805 | 1,846 | . | |||
2018 | 1,966 | 660 | 1,306 | . | |||
2017 | 1,934 | 619 | 1,315 | . | |||
2016 | 1,816 | 624 | 1,192 | . | |||
2015 | 1,397 | 613 | 784 | 124 |
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.