West Texas A&M 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 | 430 | 96 | 448 | 443 | 64.4 | 691 | 349 | 60.2 | 583 | 344 | 38.4 | 909 |
2020 | 421 | 93.6 | 450 | 441 | 63.6 | 697 | 383 | 42.4 | 915 | |||
2019 | 375 | 54.3 | 696 | 236 | 40.6 | 589 | 398 | 44.1 | 913 | |||
2018 | 424 | 99.1 | 428 | 379 | 54.7 | 698 | 412 | 45.8 | 910 | |||
2017 | 394 | 92.8 | 425 | 370 | 54.5 | 684 | 214 | 37.7 | 575 | 405 | 45.6 | 897 |
2016 | 384 | 89.4 | 430 | 397 | 57.3 | 697 | 415 | 46.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 411 | 96.5 | 426 | 390 | 56.6 | 693 | 224 | 39.8 | 570 | 404 | 45.5 | 897 |
2014 | 383 | 90.8 | 422 | 384 | 56.2 | 688 | 387 | 44.1 | 887 | |||
2013 | 358 | 64.8 | 555 | 216 | 37.3 | 588 | 385 | 44 | 884 | |||
2012 | 364 | 88.4 | 412 | 352 | 63.7 | 555 | 369 | 41.9 | 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 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
Science | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
Life science | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
Agricultural sciences | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | . | 5 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 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 | 111 | 106 | 170 | 169 | 174 | 167 | 178 | 176 | 177 | 183 |
Male | 27 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 56 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 55 |
Female | 84 | 77 | 136 | 130 | 118 | 115 | 128 | 126 | 130 | 128 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 105 | 101 | 161 | 161 | 165 | 152 | 165 | 160 | 165 | 160 |
Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 21 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 26 | 37 | 25 | 30 | 20 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 84 | 80 | 123 | 122 | 127 | 123 | 124 | 132 | 133 | 138 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Black or African American | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 71 | 67 | 107 | 102 | 113 | 115 | 110 | 119 | 124 | 127 |
More than one race | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Temporary visa holders | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 23 |
Science and engineering | 61 | 46 | 114 | 103 | 104 | 99 | 108 | 106 | 105 | 126 |
Science | 52 | 43 | 114 | 103 | 104 | 99 | 108 | 106 | 105 | 122 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 31 | 42 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 21 | 14 | 76 | 64 | 50 | 34 | 32 | 44 | 51 | 37 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Engineering | 9 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 9 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 |
Health | 50 | 60 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 57 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 50 | 60 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 57 |
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 | 102 | 105 | 144 | 132 | 107 | 144 | 131 | 121 | 144 | 103 |
Male | 56 | 59 | 51 | 46 | 36 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 55 | 66 |
Female | 46 | 46 | 93 | 86 | 71 | 88 | 75 | 69 | 89 | 37 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 98 | 103 | 143 | 131 | 101 | 138 | 123 | 114 | 142 | 93 |
Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 75 | 81 | 109 | 103 | 85 | 107 | 96 | 98 | 117 | 77 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Black or African American | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 65 | 69 | 97 | 89 | 76 | 98 | 85 | 92 | 113 | 77 |
More than one race | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
Science and engineering | 90 | 90 | 127 | 120 | 99 | 142 | 124 | 117 | 144 | 100 |
Science | 56 | 61 | 127 | 120 | 99 | 142 | 124 | 117 | 144 | 92 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 22 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 19 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 28 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 11 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 14 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 9 | 8 | 58 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 50 | 9 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 9 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 |
Engineering | 34 | 29 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 34 | 29 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 |
Health | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
- 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 | 111 | 106 | 170 | 169 | 174 | 167 | 178 | 176 | 177 | 183 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 31 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 46 | 28 | 32 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Institutional | 31 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 45 | 19 | 25 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 80 | 84 | 151 | 160 | 153 | 137 | 145 | 129 | 135 | 129 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Institutional | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 80 | 82 | 147 | 147 | 153 | 136 | 137 | 128 | 134 | 122 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
- 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 | 9,920 | 6,220 | 5,437 | 4,797 | 4,943 | 4,048 | 4,513 | 5,407 | 5,510 | 6,937 | ||||||||||
Science | 7,614 | 4,211 | 3,843 | 3,383 | 3,733 | 2,665 | 2,674 | 3,062 | 3,134 | 3,017 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 301 | 210 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 688 | 219 | 434 | 191 | 161 | 0 | 103 | 256 | 346 | 453 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 676 | 130 | 351 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 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 | 12 | 89 | 83 | 103 | 65 | 0 | 103 | 256 | 46 | 453 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 6,240 | 3,570 | 2,915 | 2,782 | 3,118 | 2,409 | 1,579 | 2,199 | 2,274 | 2,245 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 6,065 | 3,117 | 2,721 | 2,621 | 2,994 | 2,284 | 1,569 | 1,897 | 1,799 | 1,983 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 21 | 27 | 53 | 110 | 45 | 10 | 302 | 474 | 262 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 164 | 432 | 156 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 52 | 105 | 110 | 93 | 136 | 127 | 143 | 39 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 200 | 211 | 127 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 457 | 101 | 105 | 59 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 200 | 211 | 121 | 43 | 41 | 21 | 80 | 42 | 100 | 27 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 377 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 32 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 46 | 60 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 60 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 184 | 0 | 239 | 234 | 249 | 46 | 317 | 377 | 253 | 218 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,400 | 1,277 | 1,178 | 1,058 | 957 | 1,111 | 1,250 | 601 | 988 | 1,329 | ||||||||||
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 | 538 | 404 | 352 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 300 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 183 | 229 | 183 | 237 | 523 | 331 | 228 | 181 | 0 | 221 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 31 | 83 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 175 | 149 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 647 | 560 | 586 | 584 | 389 | 660 | 847 | 271 | 848 | 808 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 906 | 732 | 416 | 356 | 253 | 272 | 589 | 1,744 | 1,388 | 2,591 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 1,112 | 980 | 1,659 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 123 | 89 | 413 | 355 | 253 | 212 | 225 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 783 | 643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 50 | 617 | 407 | 932 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All R&D fields | 9,920 | 2,195 | 5,258 | 1,554 | 832 | 31 | 50 | |||||||
Science | 7,614 | 1,242 | 5,252 | 691 | 351 | 31 | 47 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 301 | 161 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 688 | 676 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 676 | 676 | 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 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 6,240 | 236 | 5,012 | 606 | 339 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 6,065 | 72 | 5,012 | 602 | 332 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 164 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 200 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 200 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 184 | 0 | 100 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 1,400 | 673 | 0 | 285 | 442 | 0 | 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 | 538 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 31 | 31 | 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 | 647 | 362 | 0 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 906 | 280 | 6 | 578 | 39 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 123 | 41 | 6 | 34 | 39 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 783 | 239 | 0 | 544 | 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
Source of funds | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 2,195 | 1,542 | 1,565 | 1,329 | 1,338 | 1,735 | 1,860 | 1,551 | 1,315 | 1,802 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 0 | 135 | ||||||||||
DOE | 631 | 372 | 627 | 374 | 397 | 512 | 340 | 0 | 578 | 556 | ||||||||||
HHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 1,048 | 364 | 335 | 336 | 298 | 442 | 730 | 146 | 288 | 207 | ||||||||||
USDA | 236 | 401 | 226 | 205 | 263 | 289 | 424 | 685 | 220 | 575 | ||||||||||
Other | 280 | 297 | 339 | 414 | 380 | 492 | 366 | 464 | 229 | 329 |
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 | 226 | 31 | 195 | . | |||
2018 | 187 | 33 | 154 | . | |||
2017 | 195 | 41 | 154 | . | |||
2016 | 141 | 26 | 115 | . | |||
2015 | 122 | 26 | 96 | 0 |
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 | 195 | 301 | 331 | 318 | 318 |
Agricultural sciences | 87 | 78 | 208 | 208 | 243 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 36 | 61 | 35 | 31 | 31 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Health sciences | 1 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 39 | 46 | 35 | 35 | . |
Physical sciences | 8 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
Psychology | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 6 | 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.
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 | . | 2,203 | . | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | . | 2,203 | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 6,727 | 382 | 0 | 2,956 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 4,512 | 382 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,048 | 0 | 0 | 942 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,037 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 623 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 977 |
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.