Western Michigan 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 | 127 | 72.6 | 457 | 159 | 77 | 680 | ||||||
2021 | 131 | 71.1 | 447 | 152 | 78.3 | 691 | ||||||
2020 | 125 | 72.7 | 450 | 140 | 80.2 | 697 | ||||||
2019 | 137 | 69.8 | 447 | 135 | 80.9 | 696 | ||||||
2018 | 129 | 70.3 | 428 | 129 | 81.8 | 698 | ||||||
2017 | 131 | 69.6 | 425 | 120 | 82.8 | 684 | ||||||
2016 | 132 | 69.8 | 430 | 121 | 82.9 | 697 | ||||||
2015 | 140 | 67.6 | 426 | 119 | 83.1 | 693 | ||||||
2014 | 131 | 69.4 | 422 | 114 | 83.7 | 688 | ||||||
2013 | 139 | 67.2 | 417 | 117 | 79.3 | 555 |
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 124 | 116 | 134 | 113 | 124 | 119 | 119 | 108 | 118 | 105 |
Science and engineering | 88 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 90 | 75 | 66 | 69 | 58 | 71 |
Science | 66 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 78 | 65 | 53 | 59 | 53 | 68 |
Life science | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
Agricultural sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . | . | . |
Biological sciences | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Health sciences | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
Chemistry | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . | 2 |
Physics and astronomy | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
Computer sciences | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 2 |
Mathematics | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Psychology and social sciences | 34 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 41 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 39 |
Psychology | 19 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 24 |
Economics | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Political science and government | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Sociology | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Other social sciences | . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 22 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical engineering | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
Civil engineering | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial engineering | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Other engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
Non-science and engineering | 36 | 34 | 51 | 31 | 34 | 44 | 53 | 39 | 60 | 34 |
Education | 27 | 25 | 39 | 21 | 26 | 31 | 41 | 32 | 43 | 25 |
Education administration | 12 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 13 |
Education research | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
Teacher education | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . | . |
Humanities | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
Foreign languages & literature | 2 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
History | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | 1 | 2 |
Letters | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
Other humanities and arts | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Other | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | . |
Business management/administration | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | 5 | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 924 | 922 | 978 | 1,019 | 1,082 | 1,174 | 1,308 | 1,339 | 1,349 | 1,235 |
Male | 429 | 458 | 485 | 502 | 580 | 659 | 709 | 757 | 781 | 680 |
Female | 495 | 464 | 493 | 517 | 502 | 515 | 599 | 582 | 568 | 555 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 512 | 569 | 652 | 630 | 624 | 647 | 737 | 731 | 725 | 733 |
Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 32 | 39 | 34 | 31 | 28 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 462 | 509 | 593 | 569 | 570 | 608 | 691 | 684 | 685 | 689 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 27 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 19 |
Black or African American | 50 | 51 | 66 | 59 | 63 | 66 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 66 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
White | 369 | 419 | 481 | 462 | 457 | 505 | 571 | 565 | 582 | 584 |
More than one race | 14 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 16 |
Temporary visa holders | 412 | 353 | 326 | 389 | 458 | 527 | 571 | 608 | 624 | 502 |
Science and engineering | 835 | 817 | 867 | 900 | 972 | 1,055 | 1,205 | 1,261 | 1,271 | 1,157 |
Science | 643 | 609 | 636 | 648 | 655 | 695 | 820 | 860 | 893 | 905 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 62 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 82 | 71 | 75 | 67 | 61 | 59 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
Computer and information sciences | 78 | 66 | 49 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 76 | 97 | 84 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 28 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 37 | 44 | 47 | 40 |
Mathematics and statistics | 47 | 48 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 76 | 88 | 90 | 98 | 89 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 58 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 223 | 213 | 242 | 263 | 276 | 296 | 303 | 303 | 269 | 274 |
Physical sciences | 46 | 53 | 48 | 54 | 43 | 47 | 59 | 53 | 68 | 70 |
Social sciences | 101 | 104 | 108 | 81 | 94 | 103 | 181 | 210 | 239 | 272 |
Engineering | 192 | 208 | 231 | 252 | 317 | 360 | 385 | 401 | 378 | 252 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 13 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 35 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 45 | 58 | 52 | 68 | 70 | 45 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 28 | 32 | 56 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 88 | 133 | 150 | 111 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 44 | 51 | 37 | 70 | 118 | 140 | 108 | 90 | 52 | 41 |
Mechanical engineering | 41 | 42 | 55 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 70 | 70 | 29 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Other engineering | 11 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
Health | 89 | 105 | 111 | 119 | 110 | 119 | 103 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Clinical medicine | 15 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
Other health | 74 | 90 | 89 | 86 | 71 | 78 | 59 | 62 | 61 | 61 |
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 | 114 | 146 | 166 | 292 | 380 | 360 | 401 | 379 | 387 | 373 |
Male | 49 | 64 | 82 | 179 | 227 | 206 | 236 | 210 | 192 | 168 |
Female | 65 | 82 | 84 | 113 | 153 | 154 | 165 | 169 | 195 | 205 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 93 | 130 | 122 | 185 | 209 | 231 | 296 | 293 | 329 | 333 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 87 | 117 | 115 | 176 | 190 | 214 | 280 | 273 | 309 | 311 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Asian | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
Black or African American | 8 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 41 | 42 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 72 | 95 | 87 | 139 | 152 | 174 | 234 | 226 | 248 | 253 |
More than one race | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
Temporary visa holders | 21 | 16 | 44 | 107 | 171 | 129 | 105 | 86 | 58 | 40 |
Science and engineering | 91 | 120 | 142 | 276 | 348 | 342 | 379 | 362 | 366 | 358 |
Science | 62 | 86 | 86 | 160 | 207 | 230 | 278 | 285 | 300 | 299 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 11 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 12 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 37 | 48 | 49 | 74 | 83 | 96 | 81 | 87 | 97 | 89 |
Physical sciences | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Social sciences | 3 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 123 | 121 | 128 | 146 |
Engineering | 29 | 34 | 56 | 116 | 141 | 112 | 101 | 77 | 66 | 59 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 24 | 21 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 8 | 5 | 29 | 45 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 18 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 16 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Health | 23 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 32 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 15 |
Clinical medicine | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 15 |
Other health | 14 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 31 | 17 | 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 | 37 | 32 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 16 |
Science and engineering | 36 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 16 |
Science | 22 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Psychology | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Health | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | 1 | 1 | 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 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All types and sources of support | 924 | 922 | 978 | 1,019 | 1,082 | 1,174 | 1,308 | 1,339 | 1,349 | 1,235 |
Fellowships | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 17 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 17 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Nonfederal | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 |
Research assistantships | 99 | 100 | 78 | 89 | 88 | 104 | 118 | 106 | 97 | 103 |
Federal | 27 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
Institutional | 59 | 64 | 49 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 85 |
Nonfederal | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Teaching assistantships | 273 | 282 | 313 | 322 | 303 | 304 | 351 | 237 | 217 | 216 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 273 | 282 | 313 | 322 | 303 | 304 | 351 | 232 | 217 | 211 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Other types of support | 532 | 522 | 570 | 586 | 684 | 760 | 828 | 984 | 1,026 | 899 |
Federal | 10 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Institutional | 28 | 24 | 35 | 37 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 15 |
Nonfederal | 27 | 23 | 6 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Personal resources | 467 | 466 | 525 | 486 | 625 | 723 | 811 | 977 | 997 | 878 |
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 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
Science | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Science | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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).