Wright State 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 | 139 | 79.9 | 680 | 261 | 71 | 890 | ||||||
2021 | 147 | 79 | 691 | 250 | 57.6 | 583 | 249 | 72.9 | 907 | |||
2020 | 181 | 74.4 | 697 | 202 | 78.2 | 915 | ||||||
2019 | 171 | 75.8 | 696 | 281 | 52.9 | 589 | 186 | 79.9 | 913 | |||
2018 | 153 | 78.4 | 698 | 175 | 81 | 910 | ||||||
2017 | 136 | 80.4 | 684 | 285 | 51 | 575 | 185 | 79.7 | 897 | |||
2016 | 109 | 84.6 | 697 | 190 | 79.1 | 895 | ||||||
2015 | 97 | 86.3 | 693 | 279 | 51.6 | 570 | 187 | 79.4 | 897 | |||
2014 | 102 | 85.4 | 688 | 186 | 79.3 | 887 | ||||||
2013 | 121 | 78.6 | 555 | 254 | 57.3 | 588 | 199 | 77.8 | 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 | 1,164 | 1,005 | 659 | 755 | 857 | 991 | 1,423 | 1,626 | 1,479 | 1,187 |
Male | 655 | 566 | 343 | 409 | 481 | 588 | 864 | 1,037 | 896 | 733 |
Female | 509 | 439 | 316 | 346 | 376 | 403 | 559 | 589 | 583 | 454 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 393 | 433 | 472 | 479 | 528 | 541 | 684 | 709 | 693 | 589 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 14 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 378 | 411 | 446 | 456 | 504 | 516 | 645 | 669 | 654 | 563 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Asian | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 38 | 37 | 44 | 40 | 40 | 35 |
Black or African American | 39 | 42 | 36 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 58 | 69 | 85 | 66 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 289 | 323 | 360 | 367 | 405 | 414 | 515 | 535 | 503 | 444 |
More than one race | 23 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 18 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 12 |
Temporary visa holders | 771 | 572 | 187 | 276 | 329 | 450 | 739 | 917 | 786 | 598 |
Science and engineering | 1,125 | 974 | 639 | 732 | 828 | 953 | 1,382 | 1,576 | 1,435 | 1,134 |
Science | 869 | 724 | 440 | 495 | 529 | 565 | 762 | 815 | 769 | 563 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 18 | 20 | 24 | 23 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 167 | 132 | 113 | 137 | 137 | 127 | 142 | 170 | 156 | 203 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 499 | 391 | 71 | 99 | 109 | 128 | 195 | 207 | 177 | 95 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 23 |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 28 | 27 | 34 | 31 | 39 | 32 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 28 | 32 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 42 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 20 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 105 | 103 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 104 | 137 | 136 | 121 | 40 |
Physical sciences | 11 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 40 | 57 | 54 | 42 | 41 |
Social sciences | 29 | 20 | 43 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 122 | 132 | 150 | 106 |
Engineering | 256 | 250 | 199 | 237 | 299 | 388 | 620 | 761 | 666 | 571 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . | . | 5 | . | . | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 51 | 42 | 44 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 115 | 110 | 83 | 102 | 120 | 176 | 323 | 418 | 398 | 357 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 35 | 57 | 32 | 23 | 43 | 62 | 96 | 112 | 86 | 40 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 6 |
Other engineering | 70 | 52 | 55 | 82 | 96 | 100 | 155 | 169 | 126 | 124 |
Health | 39 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 44 | 53 |
Clinical medicine | 39 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 44 | 37 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 |
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 | 177 | 224 | 253 | 247 | 286 | 348 | 378 | 402 | 344 | 327 |
Male | 100 | 133 | 148 | 154 | 185 | 200 | 234 | 253 | 214 | 207 |
Female | 77 | 91 | 105 | 93 | 101 | 148 | 144 | 149 | 130 | 120 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 147 | 184 | 196 | 195 | 213 | 224 | 252 | 280 | 242 | 271 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 172 | 186 | 188 | 202 | 216 | 239 | 262 | 224 | 253 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Asian | 18 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 13 |
Black or African American | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 20 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 103 | 134 | 150 | 150 | 161 | 166 | 185 | 202 | 184 | 208 |
More than one race | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 11 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Temporary visa holders | 30 | 40 | 57 | 52 | 73 | 124 | 126 | 122 | 102 | 56 |
Science and engineering | 173 | 212 | 243 | 238 | 275 | 323 | 368 | 389 | 335 | 312 |
Science | 95 | 118 | 143 | 118 | 135 | 163 | 177 | 199 | 154 | 165 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 23 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 27 | 39 | 30 | 49 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 23 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 36 | 53 | 27 | 41 | 10 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 31 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 26 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 15 |
Physical sciences | 4 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Social sciences | 6 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 47 | 45 | 38 | 57 |
Engineering | 78 | 94 | 100 | 120 | 140 | 160 | 191 | 190 | 181 | 147 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 46 | 48 | 50 | 58 | 81 | 84 | 117 | 121 | 123 | 72 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Other engineering | 18 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 32 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 57 |
Health | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
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 | 55 | 43 | 39 | 35 | 50 | 106 | 7 | 33 | 23 |
Science and engineering | 37 | 55 | 43 | 39 | 35 | 50 | 105 | 7 | 33 | 23 |
Science | 17 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 20 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 28 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 15 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 12 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 0 | 23 | 15 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 1,164 | 1,005 | 659 | 755 | 857 | 991 | 1,423 | 1,626 | 1,479 | 1,187 |
Fellowships | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 57 | 0 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 56 | 0 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Research assistantships | 52 | 68 | 70 | 59 | 77 | 83 | 207 | 275 | 196 | 202 |
Federal | 25 | 41 | 39 | 31 | 32 | 49 | 98 | 5 | 32 | 23 |
Institutional | 26 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 43 | 31 | 99 | 262 | 159 | 174 |
Nonfederal | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Teaching assistantships | 41 | 40 | 50 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 147 | 173 | 182 | 186 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Institutional | 41 | 40 | 49 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 143 | 173 | 182 | 171 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Other types of support | 1,068 | 894 | 532 | 612 | 754 | 902 | 1,062 | 1,151 | 1,044 | 799 |
Federal | 12 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Institutional | 141 | 124 | 169 | 162 | 25 | 12 | 86 | 46 | 60 | 19 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Personal resources | 909 | 748 | 336 | 407 | 729 | 890 | 966 | 1,103 | 966 | 780 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Science and engineering | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Science | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 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 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Science and engineering | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Science | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | 0 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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 | 27,440 | 26,259 | 49,825 | 64,208 | 68,035 | 59,379 | 55,484 | 54,289 | 54,985 | 50,489 | ||||||||||
Science | 20,374 | 17,723 | 19,455 | 24,615 | 24,576 | 25,239 | 27,284 | 27,271 | 27,884 | 27,956 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 5,329 | 3,531 | 2,034 | 2,986 | 3,259 | 4,008 | 4,271 | 4,565 | 4,803 | 4,585 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 418 | 163 | 210 | 312 | 570 | 594 | 800 | 681 | 564 | 552 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 418 | 163 | 210 | 312 | 494 | 594 | 800 | 681 | 564 | 552 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 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 | 11,782 | 11,213 | 13,515 | 16,448 | 15,403 | 16,237 | 17,525 | 17,002 | 17,483 | 17,433 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,364 | 6,556 | 7,780 | 8,443 | 8,199 | 8,205 | 2,862 | 2,571 | 2,865 | 3,061 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 4,418 | 4,651 | 5,732 | 8,004 | 7,204 | 8,029 | 14,354 | 14,226 | 14,571 | 14,361 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 309 | 205 | 47 | 11 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 92 | 90 | 145 | 153 | 456 | 369 | 340 | 374 | 409 | 313 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 1,253 | 1,465 | 1,774 | 1,757 | 2,720 | 2,480 | 2,559 | 2,865 | 2,913 | 3,173 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 91 | 222 | 390 | 384 | 675 | 457 | 596 | 710 | 469 | 472 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 888 | 975 | 1,250 | 1,373 | 2,045 | 2,021 | 1,963 | 2,153 | 2,427 | 2,622 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 274 | 268 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,388 | 1,194 | 1,525 | 2,736 | 1,925 | 1,293 | 1,479 | 1,413 | 1,357 | 1,292 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 46 | 38 | 118 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 42 | 17 | 114 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 112 | 67 | 252 | 222 | 243 | 257 | 291 | 325 | 317 | 490 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 6,843 | 8,129 | 29,519 | 39,164 | 43,039 | 34,024 | 27,957 | 26,610 | 26,572 | 21,804 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 1 | 4,082 | 8,671 | 8,461 | 7,554 | 236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,243 | 1,319 | 14,741 | 17,487 | 18,755 | 15,805 | 6,240 | 4,778 | 4,926 | 5,438 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 4,276 | 5,236 | 6,752 | 8,138 | 8,657 | 6,889 | 4,991 | 3,856 | 3,995 | 4,000 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 1,517 | 1,269 | 1,671 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,167 | 1,329 | 1,161 | 1,883 | 2,085 | 2,326 | 2,114 | 1,744 | 1,473 | 2,224 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 91 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 66 | 88 | 215 | 235 | 346 | 384 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 65 | 244 | 1,265 | 1,697 | 3,344 | 1,362 | 14,161 | 15,997 | 15,832 | 9,758 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 223 | 407 | 851 | 429 | 420 | 116 | 243 | 408 | 529 | 729 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 119 | 186 | 257 | 267 | 114 | 26 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 0 | 60 | 57 | 101 | 11 | 63 | 9 | 385 | 527 | 597 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 132 | ||||||||||
Law | 18 | 1 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Social work | 57 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 29 | 73 | 78 | 61 | 295 | 26 | 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
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 | 27,440 | 20,529 | 757 | 5,368 | 407 | 343 | 36 | |||||||
Science | 20,374 | 14,722 | 380 | 4,680 | 338 | 254 | 0 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 5,329 | 4,576 | 43 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 418 | 132 | 185 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 418 | 132 | 185 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 11,782 | 7,639 | 41 | 3,541 | 333 | 228 | 0 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7,364 | 5,195 | 26 | 1,898 | 17 | 228 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 4,418 | 2,444 | 15 | 1,643 | 316 | 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 | 92 | 61 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 1,253 | 1,011 | 49 | 181 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 91 | 49 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 888 | 689 | 49 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 274 | 273 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,388 | 1,249 | 62 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Political science and government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 112 | 54 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 6,843 | 5,696 | 359 | 643 | 57 | 66 | 22 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,243 | 1,068 | 0 | 175 | 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 | 4,276 | 4,087 | 80 | 52 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 1,167 | 476 | 279 | 324 | 0 | 66 | 22 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 91 | 13 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 65 | 52 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 223 | 111 | 18 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 14 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 119 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 11 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Humanities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 57 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 29 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 | 20,529 | 19,617 | 35,321 | 41,428 | 43,644 | 35,533 | 30,162 | 26,931 | 27,838 | 26,888 | ||||||||||
DOD | 11,960 | 11,336 | 25,512 | 30,799 | 31,867 | 22,895 | 17,039 | 14,640 | 15,923 | 12,584 | ||||||||||
DOE | 169 | 151 | 76 | 58 | 72 | 155 | 298 | 269 | 259 | 450 | ||||||||||
HHS | 6,919 | 6,185 | 7,076 | 7,619 | 7,513 | 8,300 | 8,935 | 8,367 | 8,179 | 9,504 | ||||||||||
NASA | 214 | 200 | 264 | 387 | 285 | 634 | 682 | 371 | 377 | 456 | ||||||||||
NSF | 637 | 663 | 764 | 1,287 | 2,507 | 2,428 | 2,584 | 2,747 | 2,498 | 2,850 | ||||||||||
USDA | 75 | 284 | 141 | 192 | 114 | 43 | 63 | 81 | 67 | 60 | ||||||||||
Other | 555 | 798 | 1,488 | 1,086 | 1,286 | 1,078 | 561 | 456 | 535 | 984 |
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 | 835 | 188 | 647 | . | |||
2018 | 865 | 210 | 655 | . | |||
2017 | 920 | 197 | 723 | . | |||
2016 | 982 | 222 | 760 | . |
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 | 1,462 | 1,467 | 1,506 | 1,477 | 1,350 |
Agricultural sciences | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 657 | 642 | 677 | 695 | 571 |
Computer and information sciences | 24 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 18 |
Engineering | 98 | 98 | 72 | 30 | 33 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 29 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 46 |
Health sciences | 374 | 407 | 440 | 447 | 463 |
Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 196 | 190 | 187 | 177 | 191 |
Psychology | 48 | 49 | 49 | 45 | 7 |
Social sciences | 15 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 3 |
Other | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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 | . | 11,800 | 3,337 | 34,078 | . |
Physical sciences | . | 11,800 | . | 34,078 | . |
Social sciences | . | . | 3,337 | . | . |
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 | 27,801 | 44,301 | 50,854 | 67,799 | 29,191 |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 17,500 | 1,800 | 330 | 3,165 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 600 | 1,774 | 477 | 14,860 | 0 |
Engineering | 251 | 3,337 | 24,027 | 22,749 | 1,000 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 1,760 | 4,111 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 29,700 | 19,500 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 8,501 | 4,058 | 2,410 | 7,025 | 8,191 |
Psychology | 950 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1,381 | 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.