Western Kentucky U.
Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2022 | 322 | 53.2 | 680 | 377 | 58.1 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 326 | 53.4 | 691 | 294 | 50.2 | 583 | 376 | 59 | 907 | |||
2020 | 294 | 58.3 | 697 | 363 | 60.8 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 305 | 56.7 | 696 | 297 | 50.2 | 589 | 346 | 62.6 | 913 | |||
2018 | 309 | 56.2 | 698 | 338 | 63.3 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 286 | 58.7 | 684 | 286 | 50.8 | 575 | 323 | 64.4 | 897 | |||
2016 | 272 | 61.4 | 697 | 336 | 62.9 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 266 | 62.1 | 693 | 284 | 50.8 | 570 | 346 | 61.9 | 897 | |||
2014 | 260 | 62.7 | 688 | 337 | 62.5 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 246 | 56.2 | 555 | 278 | 53.3 | 588 | 329 | 63.2 | 884 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 281 | 260 | 295 | 267 | 266 | 313 | 376 | 386 | 397 | 414 |
Male | 58 | 47 | 61 | 55 | 75 | 106 | 140 | 139 | 146 | 147 |
Female | 223 | 213 | 234 | 212 | 191 | 207 | 236 | 247 | 251 | 267 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 252 | 238 | 274 | 231 | 226 | 235 | 256 | 264 | 287 | 304 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 239 | 227 | 258 | 217 | 217 | 230 | 248 | 252 | 275 | 294 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Black or African American | 15 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 20 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
White | 207 | 204 | 229 | 195 | 203 | 213 | 225 | 226 | 242 | 264 |
More than one race | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
Temporary visa holders | 29 | 22 | 21 | 36 | 40 | 78 | 120 | 122 | 110 | 110 |
Science and engineering | 101 | 92 | 117 | 108 | 135 | 171 | 231 | 243 | 249 | 260 |
Science | 101 | 92 | 117 | 108 | 135 | 171 | 231 | 243 | 249 | 260 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 10 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 49 | 29 | 29 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 36 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 52 | 54 |
Physical sciences | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 27 |
Social sciences | 28 | 21 | 33 | 23 | 46 | 51 | 69 | 77 | 86 | 89 |
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 | 180 | 168 | 178 | 159 | 131 | 142 | 145 | 143 | 148 | 154 |
Clinical medicine | 29 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 47 |
Other health | 151 | 145 | 149 | 130 | 102 | 102 | 100 | 93 | 93 | 107 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 115 | 120 | 140 | 192 | 256 | 244 | 230 | 235 | 261 | 290 |
Male | 38 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 70 | 71 | 80 | 71 | 72 | 86 |
Female | 77 | 74 | 98 | 147 | 186 | 173 | 150 | 164 | 189 | 204 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 111 | 116 | 130 | 181 | 244 | 227 | 211 | 211 | 245 | 267 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 106 | 107 | 124 | 171 | 230 | 207 | 195 | 193 | 219 | 234 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Black or African American | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 26 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 91 | 95 | 109 | 150 | 202 | 185 | 176 | 167 | 184 | 196 |
More than one race | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
Temporary visa holders | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 23 |
Science and engineering | 74 | 73 | 76 | 101 | 131 | 129 | 138 | 135 | 139 | 163 |
Science | 74 | 73 | 76 | 101 | 131 | 129 | 138 | 135 | 139 | 163 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 10 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 26 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
Computer and information sciences | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 31 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
Social sciences | 10 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 51 | 61 | 52 | 78 |
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 | 41 | 47 | 64 | 91 | 125 | 115 | 92 | 100 | 122 | 127 |
Clinical medicine | 35 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
Other health | 6 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 75 | 66 | 83 | 106 | 106 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All surveyed fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 281 | 260 | 295 | 267 | 266 | 313 | 376 | 386 | 397 | 414 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teaching assistantships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 281 | 260 | 295 | 267 | 266 | 313 | 376 | 370 | 397 | 414 |
Federal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 89 | 74 | 77 | 99 | 91 | 139 | 183 | 164 | 175 | 184 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Personal resources | 190 | 184 | 217 | 166 | 167 | 173 | 192 | 205 | 220 | 228 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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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 | 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 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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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 | 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 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 7,720 | 6,944 | 8,241 | 9,281 | 9,617 | 10,814 | 8,926 | 7,854 | 8,280 | 9,322 | ||||||||||
Science | 6,593 | 5,488 | 6,333 | 7,275 | 7,220 | 8,462 | 7,093 | 6,421 | 7,048 | 8,369 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 65 | 85 | 89 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,142 | 1,013 | 842 | 979 | 1,175 | 1,270 | 1,510 | 887 | 1,548 | 1,080 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 48 | 122 | 18 | 130 | 135 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 400 | 150 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,094 | 866 | 823 | 849 | 966 | 1,268 | 1,423 | 885 | 1,148 | 930 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,547 | 2,315 | 2,888 | 3,422 | 3,209 | 3,223 | 2,823 | 1,737 | 1,656 | 1,719 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 462 | 525 | 581 | 548 | 545 | 507 | 594 | 333 | 348 | 350 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 815 | 924 | 1,307 | 1,530 | 1,841 | 2,084 | 1,530 | 1,089 | 1,208 | 1,182 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 1,005 | 665 | 686 | 1,134 | 823 | 623 | 578 | 288 | 79 | 171 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 265 | 201 | 314 | 210 | 0 | 9 | 112 | 27 | 21 | 16 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 75 | 9 | 27 | 55 | 73 | 129 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,714 | 1,205 | 1,785 | 1,845 | 2,019 | 2,793 | 2,218 | 3,406 | 3,561 | 4,611 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 226 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 164 | 528 | 576 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 888 | 772 | 1,360 | 1,287 | 1,063 | 1,363 | 1,113 | 2,280 | 2,460 | 2,613 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 600 | 433 | 425 | 553 | 955 | 1,211 | 971 | 813 | 515 | 1,315 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 90 | 149 | 58 | 107 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 809 | 757 | 672 | 749 | 561 | 609 | 297 | 161 | 55 | 54 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 299 | 189 | 106 | 207 | 162 | 416 | 221 | 162 | 138 | 805 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 16 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 53 | 229 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 98 | 62 | 79 | 126 | 70 | 81 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 167 | 104 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 79 | 61 | 54 | 91 | 147 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 48 | 101 | 39 | 657 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 510 | 604 | 689 | 597 | 783 | 600 | 387 | 515 | 350 | 375 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 143 | 89 | 79 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 42 | 65 | 83 | 154 | 146 | 123 | 66 | 448 | 206 | 235 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 113 | 78 | 99 | 91 | 5 | 61 | 114 | 15 | 89 | 33 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 138 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 180 | 289 | 354 | 310 | 458 | 198 | 76 | 28 | 27 | 41 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 32 | 83 | 74 | 38 | 81 | 63 | 32 | 24 | 28 | 66 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 617 | 852 | 1,219 | 1,409 | 1,614 | 1,752 | 1,446 | 918 | 882 | 578 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 92 | 41 | 256 | 331 | 247 | 212 | 226 | 79 | 62 | 265 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 37 | 61 | 49 | 95 | 67 | 71 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||
Education | 280 | 366 | 379 | 447 | 632 | 974 | 871 | 629 | 662 | 181 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 134 | 268 | 399 | 393 | 522 | 298 | 229 | 125 | 73 | 72 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 53 | 97 | 89 | 51 | 72 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 21 | 7 | 31 | 80 | 65 | 83 | 59 | 30 | 47 | 23 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 41 | 20 | 27 |
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 | 7,720 | 3,127 | 531 | 3,961 | 55 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
Science | 6,593 | 2,992 | 445 | 3,087 | 33 | 36 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,142 | 470 | 0 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 1,094 | 470 | 0 | 624 | 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 | 2,547 | 1,041 | 402 | 1,057 | 33 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 462 | 169 | 0 | 277 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 815 | 310 | 3 | 488 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 1,005 | 304 | 399 | 285 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 265 | 258 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 75 | 57 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,714 | 1,058 | 23 | 633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 226 | 202 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 888 | 462 | 0 | 426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 600 | 394 | 0 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 809 | 288 | 0 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 299 | 78 | 20 | 179 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 98 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 167 | 78 | 18 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 510 | 135 | 86 | 257 | 22 | 10 | 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 | 143 | 135 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 113 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 180 | 0 | 86 | 62 | 22 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 617 | 0 | 0 | 617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 92 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 280 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 134 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 3,127 | 2,348 | 3,265 | 3,391 | 3,162 | 3,808 | 4,018 | 3,450 | 3,383 | 4,279 | ||||||||||
DOD | 35 | 4 | 14 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 107 | 179 | 243 | ||||||||||
DOE | 87 | 15 | 70 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | ||||||||||
HHS | 1,220 | 925 | 977 | 1,136 | 706 | 941 | 749 | 383 | 297 | 316 | ||||||||||
NASA | 159 | 151 | 201 | 193 | 260 | 177 | 151 | 100 | 152 | 313 | ||||||||||
NSF | 611 | 614 | 1,264 | 801 | 868 | 1,087 | 1,047 | 930 | 1,025 | 613 | ||||||||||
USDA | 536 | 460 | 430 | 664 | 757 | 736 | 1,019 | 872 | 856 | 852 | ||||||||||
Other | 479 | 179 | 309 | 417 | 571 | 863 | 932 | 1,058 | 874 | 1,785 |
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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2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 313 | 72 | 241 | . | |||
2018 | 201 | 44 | 157 | . | |||
2017 | 396 | 55 | 341 | . | |||
2016 | 381 | 44 | 337 | . |
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 |
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All research space | 124 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 125 |
Agricultural sciences | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Engineering | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Health sciences | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 40 |
Psychology | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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.
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 |
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All research space | . | . | . | 45,000 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 7,500 | . |
Physical sciences | . | . | . | 37,500 | . |
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 |
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All research space | 0 | 0 | 6,000 | 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 | 4,500 | 0 | 0 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 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.