Western Illinois 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 | 226 | 33.3 | 691 | 287 | 49.6 | 583 | 464 | 51.5 | 909 | |||
2020 | 309 | 44.8 | 697 | 502 | 55.3 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 285 | 41.4 | 696 | 304 | 52 | 589 | 507 | 55.9 | 913 | |||
2018 | 259 | 37.6 | 698 | 507 | 56.1 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 232 | 34.5 | 684 | 353 | 61.7 | 575 | 518 | 58.1 | 897 | |||
2016 | 248 | 36.1 | 697 | 580 | 65.1 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 243 | 35.6 | 693 | 338 | 59.6 | 570 | 658 | 73.6 | 897 | |||
2014 | 252 | 37.2 | 688 | 591 | 66.9 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 282 | 51.2 | 555 | 359 | 61.4 | 588 | 529 | 60.2 | 884 | |||
2012 | 259 | 47.1 | 555 | 408 | 46.2 | 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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 495 | 272 | 308 | 361 | 443 | 438 | 431 | 410 | 336 | 378 |
Male | 275 | 123 | 142 | 175 | 227 | 230 | 212 | 204 | 188 | 214 |
Female | 220 | 149 | 166 | 186 | 216 | 208 | 219 | 206 | 148 | 164 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 136 | 153 | 155 | 188 | 201 | 193 | 214 | 221 | 208 | 244 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 119 | 140 | 148 | 177 | 184 | 183 | 192 | 208 | 190 | 220 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Black or African American | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 17 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 102 | 119 | 128 | 155 | 160 | 158 | 160 | 184 | 162 | 193 |
More than one race | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
Temporary visa holders | 359 | 119 | 153 | 173 | 242 | 245 | 217 | 189 | 128 | 134 |
Science and engineering | 444 | 220 | 247 | 286 | 367 | 360 | 359 | 346 | 268 | 315 |
Science | 444 | 220 | 247 | 286 | 367 | 360 | 359 | 346 | 268 | 315 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 17 | 22 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 54 | 43 | 31 | 39 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 212 | 73 | 89 | 105 | 159 | 143 | 129 | 110 | 56 | 45 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 58 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 35 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 53 | 33 | 76 |
Physical sciences | 42 | 29 | 41 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 64 |
Social sciences | 75 | 42 | 36 | 45 | 57 | 54 | 60 | 65 | 76 | 79 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 51 | 52 | 61 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 72 | 64 | 68 | 63 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 51 | 52 | 61 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 72 | 64 | 68 | 63 |
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 | 104 | 85 | 87 | 103 | 83 | 104 | 107 | 89 | 79 | 84 |
Male | 54 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 39 | 41 | 52 | 36 | 44 | 41 |
Female | 50 | 35 | 35 | 49 | 44 | 63 | 55 | 53 | 35 | 43 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 72 | 62 | 62 | 76 | 64 | 80 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 71 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 58 | 55 | 68 | 59 | 67 | 80 | 78 | 66 | 69 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Black or African American | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 51 | 47 | 48 | 59 | 50 | 54 | 70 | 68 | 55 | 58 |
More than one race | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Temporary visa holders | 32 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
Science and engineering | 101 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 73 | 95 | 98 | 81 | 72 | 77 |
Science | 101 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 73 | 95 | 98 | 81 | 72 | 77 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17 | 13 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 28 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 17 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
Social sciences | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 25 | 19 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
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 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Science | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 495 | 272 | 308 | 361 | 443 | 438 | 431 | 410 | 336 | 378 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 12 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 41 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 20 |
Federal | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Institutional | 12 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 20 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 20 | 25 | 20 | 51 | 43 | 60 | 43 | 144 | 113 | 107 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 20 | 24 | 20 | 51 | 43 | 60 | 43 | 138 | 113 | 107 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 463 | 232 | 267 | 278 | 358 | 351 | 359 | 240 | 197 | 251 |
Federal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 121 | 76 | 86 | 145 | 151 | 149 | 141 | 43 | 46 | 88 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 338 | 152 | 167 | 133 | 207 | 202 | 217 | 195 | 151 | 163 |
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 | 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 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 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 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 3,532 | 2,461 | 2,373 | 2,466 | 2,006 | 1,144 | 860 | 1,349 | 1,983 | 4,514 | ||||||||||
Science | 2,614 | 2,218 | 1,898 | 1,703 | 1,265 | 898 | 776 | 1,256 | 1,297 | 1,101 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 44 | 45 | 16 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 18 | 6 | 93 | 96 | 72 | 86 | 59 | 54 | 73 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 18 | 6 | 93 | 96 | . | 86 | 59 | 54 | 2 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 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 | 30 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,346 | 1,914 | 1,413 | 1,214 | 910 | 756 | 385 | 529 | 783 | 604 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 2,012 | 1,062 | 177 | 146 | 91 | . | 55 | 252 | 490 | 291 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 334 | 852 | 1,195 | 1,068 | 818 | . | 330 | 277 | 293 | 306 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 68 | 78 | 57 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 258 | 71 | 86 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 52 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 8 | . | 3 | 258 | 71 | 86 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 16 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 199 | 199 | 201 | 231 | 237 | . | 270 | 305 | 344 | 322 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 199 | 199 | 201 | 228 | 230 | . | 270 | 298 | 93 | 277 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | . | 0 | 7 | 251 | 45 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 154 | 96 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 159 | . | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering | 780 | 79 | 409 | 711 | 639 | 159 | 2 | 93 | 686 | 3,413 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 409 | 711 | 639 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 780 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 2 | 93 | 686 | 3,404 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 138 | 164 | 66 | 52 | 102 | 87 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 132 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 1 | 66 | 36 | 98 | . | 76 | 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 | 3,532 | 3,163 | 4 | 86 | 176 | 48 | 55 | |||||||
Science | 2,614 | 2,383 | 4 | 86 | 94 | 0 | 47 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2,346 | 2,152 | 4 | 50 | 94 | 0 | 46 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 2,012 | 1,878 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 38 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 334 | 274 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 68 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 52 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 16 | 16 | 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 | 199 | 168 | 0 | 31 | 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 | 199 | 168 | 0 | 31 | 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 | 780 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 780 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 48 | 8 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 48 | 2 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 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.
- 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 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 3,163 | 1,801 | 1,495 | 1,551 | 1,198 | . | 373 | 735 | 1,183 | 3,855 | ||||||||||
DOD | 780 | 71 | 321 | 530 | 444 | . | 0 | 93 | 686 | 3,413 | ||||||||||
DOE | 47 | 56 | 32 | 66 | 55 | . | 76 | 66 | 46 | 2 | ||||||||||
HHS | 168 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 64 | 18 | ||||||||||
NASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
NSF | 35 | 80 | 130 | 124 | 150 | . | 100 | 361 | 111 | 187 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,831 | 957 | 98 | 72 | 46 | . | 29 | 85 | 150 | 106 | ||||||||||
Other | 302 | 630 | 914 | 759 | 503 | . | 168 | 130 | 126 | 129 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey
Year | All personnel | Principal investigators | Other personnel | Postdocs | |||
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2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 57 | 15 | 42 | . | |||
2018 | 66 | 22 | 44 | . | |||
2017 | 61 | 20 | 41 | . | |||
2016 | . | . | . | . | |||
2015 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 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 | 127 | 118 | 80 | 80 | 66 |
Agricultural sciences | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 46 | 46 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Computer and information sciences | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Engineering | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Health sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
Psychology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Social sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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 | . | . | . | . | 1,500 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | 1,500 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.