Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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 | 192 | 43.3 | 448 | 173 | 25.7 | 691 | 264 | 45.7 | 583 | 208 | 23.6 | 909 |
2020 | 198 | 44.4 | 450 | 183 | 26.9 | 697 | 214 | 24.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 195 | 44.1 | 447 | 153 | 22.6 | 696 | 280 | 48 | 589 | 219 | 24.7 | 913 |
2018 | 187 | 44.1 | 428 | 178 | 26.1 | 698 | 230 | 25.9 | 910 | |||
2017 | 218 | 51.7 | 425 | 180 | 27 | 684 | 279 | 49 | 575 | 226 | 25.9 | 897 |
2016 | 248 | 58 | 430 | 178 | 26.2 | 697 | 216 | 24.8 | 895 | |||
2015 | 220 | 52 | 426 | 189 | 27.9 | 693 | 277 | 49 | 570 | 217 | 24.9 | 897 |
2014 | 248 | 59.1 | 422 | 196 | 29.1 | 688 | 227 | 26.2 | 887 | |||
2013 | 217 | 52.4 | 417 | 194 | 35.5 | 555 | 288 | 49.4 | 588 | 243 | 28.1 | 884 |
2012 | 230 | 56.2 | 412 | 211 | 38.5 | 555 | 269 | 30.8 | 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 | 62 | 54 | 60 | 66 | 46 | 35 | 42 | 31 | 41 | 34 |
Science and engineering | 59 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 44 | 35 | 41 | 31 | 40 | 34 |
Science | 35 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 13 |
Life science | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Biological sciences | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Health sciences | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Chemistry | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | . |
Physics and astronomy | 7 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 17 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
Computer sciences | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | . | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Psychology and social sciences | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Economics | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Other social sciences | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Engineering | 24 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 30 | 17 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 21 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Chemical engineering | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Civil engineering | . | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
Electrical engineering | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Industrial engineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | . | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Other engineering | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Non-science and engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Education | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
Education research | . | . | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
Teaching fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Humanities | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other humanities and arts | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Business management/administration | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Communication | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | . | 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 | 782 | 648 | 864 | 686 | 686 | 738 | 699 | 653 | 621 | 516 |
Male | 555 | 449 | 612 | 470 | 454 | 491 | 497 | 480 | 450 | 363 |
Female | 227 | 199 | 252 | 216 | 232 | 247 | 202 | 173 | 171 | 153 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 290 | 284 | 242 | 233 | 199 | 207 | 222 | 221 | 214 | 189 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 243 | 252 | 223 | 207 | 184 | 198 | 212 | 207 | 196 | 173 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian | 23 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 8 |
Black or African American | 8 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 203 | 211 | 200 | 183 | 154 | 171 | 179 | 178 | 171 | 156 |
More than one race | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 24 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Temporary visa holders | 492 | 364 | 622 | 453 | 487 | 531 | 477 | 432 | 407 | 327 |
Science and engineering | 782 | 648 | 864 | 686 | 686 | 738 | 699 | 653 | 621 | 516 |
Science | 319 | 302 | 417 | 313 | 338 | 384 | 314 | 284 | 245 | 176 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 42 | 32 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 19 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 138 | 122 | 157 | 92 | 127 | 247 | 187 | 157 | 94 | 67 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 34 | 44 | 65 | 56 | 71 | 86 | 77 | 74 | 93 | 61 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 77 | 80 | 130 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 27 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 463 | 346 | 447 | 373 | 348 | 354 | 385 | 369 | 376 | 340 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 25 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 16 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 33 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 26 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 36 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 16 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 21 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 34 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 46 | 52 | 68 | 50 | 63 | 76 | 93 | 119 | 120 | 86 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
Mechanical engineering | 241 | 117 | 181 | 138 | 116 | 33 | 46 | 50 | 84 | 73 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 39 | 46 | 60 | 57 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 35 | 31 | 38 |
Other engineering | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 111 | 107 | 76 | 52 | 56 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 770 | 897 | 742 | 919 | 927 | 856 | 794 | 861 | 869 | 794 |
Male | 552 | 651 | 551 | 693 | 690 | 660 | 614 | 664 | 678 | 619 |
Female | 218 | 246 | 191 | 226 | 237 | 196 | 180 | 197 | 191 | 175 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 697 | 699 | 675 | 708 | 673 | 628 | 582 | 658 | 711 | 637 |
Hispanic or Latino | 57 | 52 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 31 | 30 | 16 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 623 | 640 | 621 | 648 | 619 | 573 | 516 | 542 | 544 | 482 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Asian | 50 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 53 | 40 | 37 |
Black or African American | 37 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 13 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
White | 515 | 508 | 493 | 525 | 505 | 472 | 429 | 454 | 465 | 410 |
More than one race | 21 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 19 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 17 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 85 | 137 | 139 |
Temporary visa holders | 73 | 198 | 67 | 211 | 254 | 228 | 212 | 203 | 158 | 157 |
Science and engineering | 770 | 897 | 742 | 919 | 927 | 856 | 794 | 861 | 869 | 794 |
Science | 211 | 270 | 191 | 218 | 210 | 184 | 197 | 237 | 190 | 195 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 50 | 59 | 59 | 54 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 50 | 65 | 35 | 64 | 66 | 127 | 113 | 98 | 66 | 64 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 32 | 43 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 51 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 55 | 83 | 51 | 50 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 66 | 69 | 72 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 22 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
Social sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 15 | . | . |
Engineering | 559 | 627 | 551 | 701 | 717 | 672 | 597 | 624 | 679 | 599 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 17 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 19 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 12 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 26 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 13 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 30 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 38 | 30 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 48 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 138 | 157 | 153 | 146 | 146 | 112 | 127 | 132 | 150 | 123 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 126 | 114 | 109 | 157 | 171 | 196 | 171 | 205 | 228 | 166 |
Mechanical engineering | 154 | 219 | 158 | 228 | 213 | 119 | 85 | 89 | 83 | 101 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 34 | 30 | 22 | 28 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 42 | 43 |
Other engineering | 35 | 35 | 34 | 51 | 70 | 153 | 112 | 80 | 93 | 87 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 85 | 68 | 76 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 81 | 64 | 65 | 53 |
Science and engineering | 85 | 68 | 76 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 81 | 64 | 65 | 53 |
Science | 41 | 32 | 37 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 24 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 18 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 17 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 44 | 36 | 39 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 59 | 45 | 40 | 29 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Other engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 782 | 648 | 864 | 686 | 686 | 738 | 699 | 653 | 621 | 516 |
Fellowships | 65 | 45 | 53 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
Federal | 17 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Institutional | 40 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nonfederal | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Research assistantships | 153 | 131 | 157 | 113 | 95 | 101 | 112 | 101 | 87 | 91 |
Federal | 67 | 54 | 62 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 69 | 56 | 55 | 53 |
Institutional | 52 | 46 | 55 | 35 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 21 |
Nonfederal | 34 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 24 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 17 |
Teaching assistantships | 164 | 144 | 170 | 137 | 111 | 133 | 120 | 137 | 136 | 131 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Institutional | 164 | 144 | 170 | 137 | 111 | 133 | 120 | 137 | 134 | 131 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 400 | 328 | 484 | 397 | 480 | 503 | 460 | 412 | 386 | 291 |
Federal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 8 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Personal resources | 399 | 326 | 484 | 397 | 448 | 454 | 420 | 382 | 381 | 283 |
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 | 44 | 51 | 50 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 22 |
Science | 21 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Social sciences | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 23 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Other engineering | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
Science and engineering | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
Science | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . |
Engineering | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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 | 48,702 | 43,092 | 39,878 | 33,067 | 33,368 | 37,822 | 36,130 | 29,929 | 25,298 | 20,232 | ||||||||||
Science | 20,142 | 18,191 | 16,793 | 10,860 | 10,307 | 10,142 | 10,135 | 9,184 | 8,739 | 8,500 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 10,707 | 10,150 | 7,301 | 3,578 | 3,694 | 4,140 | 4,924 | 4,605 | 3,664 | 3,231 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,188 | 2,104 | 1,791 | 2,049 | 1,873 | 1,214 | 827 | 562 | 1,295 | 871 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,188 | 2,104 | 1,791 | 2,049 | 1,873 | 1,214 | 827 | 562 | 1,295 | 871 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1,880 | 1,404 | 1,253 | 1,684 | 1,374 | 1,365 | 1,082 | 1,555 | 1,092 | 1,204 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,852 | 2,773 | 4,991 | 3,096 | 2,959 | 2,754 | 2,092 | 1,296 | 1,860 | 1,920 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 1,613 | 1,422 | 1,722 | 2,035 | 2,342 | 1,989 | 1,015 | 687 | 1,363 | 1,515 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 2,239 | 1,351 | 3,269 | 1,061 | 617 | 765 | 1,077 | 609 | 497 | 405 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 1,515 | 1,760 | 1,457 | 453 | 407 | 669 | 1,210 | 1,166 | 828 | 1,274 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1,515 | 1,760 | 1,457 | 453 | 407 | 669 | 1,210 | 1,166 | 828 | 1,274 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 27,108 | 23,758 | 21,029 | 20,617 | 21,355 | 24,779 | 23,775 | 17,360 | 15,041 | 10,058 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 484 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,811 | 3,980 | 3,058 | 3,456 | 2,965 | 2,649 | 2,630 | 4,286 | 2,260 | 1,420 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,881 | 3,044 | 2,017 | 1,984 | 2,290 | 3,006 | 3,135 | 2,723 | 1,999 | 2,329 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 766 | 732 | 494 | 633 | 735 | 537 | 698 | 478 | 779 | 354 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,496 | 2,236 | 2,024 | 3,182 | 3,065 | 2,692 | 2,402 | 2,358 | 1,934 | 1,737 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 14,243 | 10,747 | 11,327 | 9,252 | 9,040 | 12,454 | 12,122 | 5,200 | 5,969 | 2,620 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 1,419 | 2,252 | 1,599 | 1,669 | 1,529 | 1,369 | 1,594 | 1,705 | 1,082 | 1,081 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,008 | 670 | 510 | 441 | 1,731 | 2,072 | 1,194 | 610 | 1,018 | 517 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 1,452 | 1,143 | 2,056 | 1,590 | 1,706 | 2,901 | 2,220 | 3,385 | 1,518 | 1,674 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 885 | 369 | 698 | 388 | 615 | 687 | 688 | 627 | 530 | 797 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 5 | 311 | 1,129 | 641 | 686 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 148 | 97 | 52 | 244 | 102 | 41 | 76 | 188 | 78 | 60 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 414 | 366 | 177 | 317 | 303 | 1,813 | 1,456 | 2,570 | 830 | 817 |
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 | 48,702 | 30,166 | 1,262 | 9,301 | 3,296 | 2,533 | 2,144 | |||||||
Science | 20,142 | 13,107 | 851 | 3,581 | 286 | 920 | 1,397 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 10,707 | 7,405 | 0 | 1,246 | 169 | 765 | 1,122 | |||||||
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 | 2,188 | 1,065 | 0 | 716 | 46 | 101 | 260 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 2,188 | 1,065 | 0 | 716 | 46 | 101 | 260 | |||||||
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 | 1,880 | 1,375 | 0 | 485 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,852 | 2,171 | 817 | 847 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 1,613 | 1,035 | 0 | 578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 2,239 | 1,136 | 817 | 269 | 11 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 1,515 | 1,091 | 34 | 287 | 55 | 41 | 7 | |||||||
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 | 1,515 | 1,091 | 34 | 287 | 55 | 41 | 7 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 27,108 | 16,095 | 411 | 5,311 | 3,010 | 1,579 | 702 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 484 | 228 | 0 | 245 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,811 | 1,506 | 0 | 1,137 | 67 | 1,100 | 1 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 2,881 | 1,849 | 19 | 521 | 101 | 282 | 109 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 766 | 319 | 41 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 2,496 | 1,097 | 39 | 584 | 437 | 151 | 188 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 14,243 | 10,448 | 312 | 2,141 | 957 | 28 | 357 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 1,419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,419 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,008 | 648 | 0 | 285 | 29 | 7 | 39 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 1,452 | 964 | 0 | 409 | 0 | 34 | 45 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 885 | 659 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 34 | 9 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 148 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 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 | 414 | 305 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
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 | 30,166 | 26,074 | 22,964 | 18,635 | 19,566 | 25,976 | 26,327 | 19,643 | 17,003 | 12,968 | ||||||||||
DOD | 8,391 | 6,870 | 5,945 | 3,824 | 4,500 | 9,382 | 11,048 | 6,510 | 5,794 | 2,228 | ||||||||||
DOE | 2,733 | 1,706 | 1,177 | 676 | 885 | 1,312 | 1,596 | 1,084 | 1,157 | 1,576 | ||||||||||
HHS | 4,175 | 4,317 | 4,692 | 4,902 | 3,919 | 3,795 | 2,786 | 2,182 | 1,400 | 1,781 | ||||||||||
NASA | 348 | 169 | 407 | 277 | 186 | 125 | 103 | 88 | 334 | 176 | ||||||||||
NSF | 10,889 | 10,551 | 8,082 | 7,307 | 7,748 | 7,804 | 7,619 | 7,047 | 5,653 | 5,284 | ||||||||||
USDA | 301 | 185 | 261 | 282 | 39 | 49 | 5 | 82 | 170 | 120 | ||||||||||
Other | 3,329 | 2,276 | 2,400 | 1,367 | 2,289 | 3,509 | 3,170 | 2,650 | 2,495 | 1,803 |
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 | 801 | 183 | 618 | . | |||
2018 | 715 | 125 | 590 | . | |||
2017 | 692 | 111 | 581 | . | |||
2016 | 723 | 127 | 596 | . | |||
2015 | 735 | 119 | 616 | 55 |
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 | 143 | 133 | 127 | 130 | 117 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 20 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 28 |
Computer and information sciences | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Engineering | 84 | 80 | 78 | 75 | 66 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 | . | 21,000 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | 800 | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | 6,150 | . | . | . |
Engineering | . | 12,250 | . | . | . |
Social sciences | . | 1,800 | . | . | . |
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 | 11,477 | 11,686 | 5,978 | 619 | 2,400 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 11,477 | 10,357 | 4,263 | 619 | 500 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 886 | 858 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 443 | 858 | 0 | 900 |
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.