U. Texas Rio Grande Valley, The
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 | 303 | 34.4 | 457 | 252 | 63.4 | 680 | 193 | 78.6 | 890 | |||
2021 | 329 | 27.2 | 447 | 210 | 70 | 691 | 239 | 59.5 | 583 | 191 | 79.2 | 907 |
2020 | 343 | 24.6 | 450 | 204 | 71.1 | 697 | 194 | 79.1 | 915 | |||
2019 | 305 | 32.5 | 447 | 299 | 57.6 | 696 | 231 | 61.3 | 589 | 201 | 78.3 | 913 |
2018 | 291 | 32.8 | 428 | 283 | 60 | 698 | 243 | 73.6 | 910 | |||
2017 | 382 | 11 | 425 | 300 | 56.7 | 684 | 348 | 40.2 | 575 | 233 | 74.4 | 897 |
2016 | 340 | 21.8 | 430 | 297 | 57.9 | 697 | 230 | 74.6 | 895 | |||
2015 | 357 | 17.1 | 426 | 261 | 62.8 | 693 | ||||||
2014 | 327 | 23.3 | 422 | |||||||||
2013 | 300 | 28.8 | 417 |
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 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 16 |
Science and engineering | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Science | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Life science | 5 | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 5 | 2 | . | 4 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Computer sciences | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | . |
Psychology and social sciences | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
Other | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
Business management/administration | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 468 | 559 | 562 | 281 | 314 | 281 | 319 | 395 | . | . |
Male | 218 | 276 | 281 | 124 | 156 | 124 | 156 | 204 | . | . |
Female | 250 | 283 | 281 | 157 | 158 | 157 | 163 | 191 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 322 | 403 | 423 | 225 | 254 | 225 | 265 | 274 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 272 | 350 | 370 | 184 | 211 | 184 | 219 | 233 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 52 | 53 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 38 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | . | . |
Black or African American | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
White | 36 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 24 | . | . |
More than one race | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 146 | 156 | 139 | 56 | 60 | 56 | 54 | 121 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 425 | 513 | 515 | 242 | 286 | 242 | 261 | 323 | . | . |
Science | 365 | 413 | 393 | 198 | 228 | 198 | 216 | 266 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 25 | 39 | 33 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 64 | 75 | 96 | 31 | 39 | 31 | 42 | 32 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 23 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 39 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 43 | 89 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 51 | 66 | 44 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 27 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 113 | 104 | 92 | 60 | 68 | 60 | 44 | 42 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 48 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 28 | . | . |
Social sciences | 12 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 25 | . | . |
Engineering | 60 | 100 | 122 | 44 | 58 | 44 | 45 | 57 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 13 | 27 | 27 | . | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 9 | 21 | . | 8 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 30 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 12 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 26 | 35 | 66 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 23 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 43 | 46 | 47 | 39 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 72 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 43 | 46 | 47 | 39 | 28 | 39 | 58 | 72 | . | . |
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 | 605 | 678 | 723 | 411 | 485 | 411 | 563 | 609 | . | . |
Male | 265 | 302 | 338 | 196 | 223 | 196 | 266 | 300 | . | . |
Female | 340 | 376 | 385 | 215 | 262 | 215 | 297 | 309 | . | . |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 545 | 642 | 690 | 392 | 457 | 392 | 529 | 607 | . | . |
Hispanic or Latino | 432 | 532 | 568 | 313 | 370 | 313 | 433 | 469 | . | . |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 106 | 112 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 57 | 98 | . | . |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Asian | 21 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | . | . |
Black or African American | 18 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 | . | . |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
White | 66 | 63 | 68 | 22 | 34 | 22 | 42 | 63 | . | . |
More than one race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 6 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 27 | 39 | 39 | 40 | . | . |
Temporary visa holders | 60 | 36 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 34 | 2 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 339 | 387 | 392 | 236 | 272 | 236 | 431 | 473 | . | . |
Science | 252 | 302 | 309 | 175 | 208 | 175 | 366 | 424 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 17 | 16 | 20 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49 | 71 | 51 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 38 | 37 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 27 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 33 | 45 | 69 | 46 | 49 | 46 | 58 | 63 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 63 | 60 | 66 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 25 | 36 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 41 | 70 | 59 | 40 | 65 | 40 | 52 | 45 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 11 | . | . |
Social sciences | 25 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 157 | 205 | . | . |
Engineering | 87 | 85 | 83 | 61 | 64 | 61 | 65 | 49 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 28 | 27 | 23 | . | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 17 | . | 15 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 20 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 15 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 10 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 26 | 29 | 34 | 42 | 32 | 42 | 34 | 19 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 266 | 291 | 331 | 175 | 213 | 175 | 132 | 136 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 266 | 291 | 331 | 175 | 213 | 175 | 132 | 136 | . | . |
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 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 44 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | . | . |
Science | 28 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 17 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | . | . |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 16 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 1 | 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 | 468 | 559 | 562 | 281 | 314 | 281 | 319 | 395 | . | . |
Fellowships | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Research assistantships | 191 | 155 | 246 | 137 | 183 | 137 | 173 | 137 | . | . |
Federal | 37 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | . | . |
Institutional | 151 | 136 | 235 | 112 | 164 | 112 | 149 | 119 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | . | . |
Teaching assistantships | 97 | 110 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Federal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 94 | 110 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other types of support | 176 | 294 | 316 | 137 | 131 | 137 | 146 | 258 | . | . |
Federal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Institutional | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Nonfederal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Personal resources | 152 | 269 | 316 | 137 | 131 | 137 | 146 | 258 | . | . |
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 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 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 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 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 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science and engineering | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Science | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 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 | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Clinical medicine | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | 1 | 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 | 64,401 | 58,187 | 56,702 | 52,016 | 27,125 | 29,500 | 31,007 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Science | 44,858 | 43,096 | 43,592 | 39,141 | 21,397 | 24,013 | 22,482 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,543 | 1,581 | 1,520 | 824 | 166 | 120 | 154 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,981 | 1,649 | 1,769 | 2,049 | 1,280 | 1,122 | 149 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 93 | 17 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 36 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1,647 | 1,507 | 1,640 | 1,924 | 1,025 | 984 | 112 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 241 | 125 | 102 | 81 | 241 | 132 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 26,835 | 28,556 | 28,351 | 25,619 | 15,776 | 18,141 | 18,089 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,603 | 1,404 | 1,187 | 883 | 578 | 107 | 21 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,667 | 3,447 | 4,093 | 4,472 | 2,458 | 3,071 | 3,428 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 16,939 | 19,785 | 19,143 | 17,789 | 11,955 | 14,223 | 13,833 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 30 | 137 | 238 | 213 | 427 | 410 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,619 | 3,890 | 3,791 | 2,237 | 572 | 313 | 397 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,731 | 2,194 | 2,174 | 1,881 | 268 | 390 | 455 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 3,997 | 4,338 | 5,148 | 4,499 | 2,843 | 3,398 | 3,156 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1,708 | 2,516 | 2,354 | 2,204 | 1,278 | 1,270 | 1,029 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 762 | 617 | 1,669 | 1,272 | 642 | 1,079 | 813 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Materials science | 71 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 16 | 94 | 59 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physics | 1,280 | 807 | 595 | 285 | 330 | 327 | 497 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 176 | 392 | 517 | 704 | 577 | 628 | 758 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Psychology | 1,119 | 1,181 | 917 | 635 | 196 | 21 | 20 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 4,604 | 3,534 | 3,660 | 3,575 | 437 | 453 | 395 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 239 | 131 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Economics | 1,275 | 804 | 823 | 1,108 | 203 | 150 | 134 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 804 | 678 | 643 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 33 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 455 | 205 | 235 | 363 | 114 | 177 | 36 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,831 | 1,716 | 1,822 | 1,664 | 120 | 97 | 190 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 48 | 63 | 53 | 59 | 431 | 368 | 64 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering | 7,844 | 5,354 | 4,018 | 3,573 | 4,226 | 4,534 | 4,918 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 55 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 36 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 249 | 252 | 165 | 134 | 121 | 27 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 668 | 445 | 470 | 327 | 461 | 240 | 8 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 961 | 572 | 461 | 502 | 25 | 163 | 364 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,111 | 2,041 | 717 | 374 | 909 | 830 | 1,222 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,437 | 1,034 | 979 | 987 | 1,685 | 1,989 | 2,199 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 136 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,211 | 971 | 1,225 | 1,228 | 998 | 1,252 | 1,089 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 11,699 | 9,737 | 9,092 | 9,302 | 1,502 | 953 | 3,607 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,149 | 1,950 | 1,793 | 2,592 | 166 | 55 | 6 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 349 | 361 | 381 | 1,003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Education | 1,720 | 1,510 | 1,460 | 1,055 | 110 | 67 | 292 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Humanities | 686 | 778 | 753 | 598 | 25 | 18 | 1 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Social work | 449 | 338 | 277 | 267 | 0 | 1 | 7 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,388 | 1,229 | 1,225 | 1,237 | 94 | 15 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 3,958 | 3,571 | 3,203 | 2,550 | 1,107 | 797 | 3,301 | . | . | . |
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 | 64,401 | 18,317 | 5,380 | 32,862 | 212 | 7,326 | 304 | |||||||
Science | 44,858 | 13,197 | 4,924 | 19,574 | 60 | 6,920 | 183 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 3,543 | 1,447 | 0 | 2,096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1,981 | 879 | 5 | 1,068 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 93 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 1,647 | 573 | 5 | 1,044 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 241 | 216 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 26,835 | 8,582 | 4,726 | 6,591 | 60 | 6,798 | 78 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 1,603 | 1,460 | 77 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,667 | 2,538 | 299 | 1,666 | 1 | 120 | 43 | |||||||
Health sciences | 16,939 | 4,545 | 4,160 | 1,515 | 59 | 6,643 | 17 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 3,619 | 39 | 183 | 3,363 | 0 | 26 | 8 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 2,731 | 714 | 0 | 1,988 | 0 | 4 | 25 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 3,997 | 1,299 | 8 | 2,555 | 0 | 87 | 48 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 1,708 | 331 | 8 | 1,308 | 0 | 13 | 48 | |||||||
Chemistry | 762 | 0 | 0 | 688 | 0 | 74 | 0 | |||||||
Materials science | 71 | 51 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 1,280 | 917 | 0 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 176 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 1,119 | 23 | 122 | 972 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 4,604 | 205 | 63 | 4,304 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||||||
Anthropology | 239 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 1,275 | 0 | 0 | 1,243 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||||||
Political science and government | 804 | 0 | 0 | 804 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 455 | 168 | 0 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 1,831 | 37 | 63 | 1,731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 7,844 | 4,536 | 0 | 3,134 | 145 | 18 | 11 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 249 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 668 | 3 | 0 | 665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 961 | 205 | 0 | 747 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,111 | 1,415 | 0 | 696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 2,437 | 1,324 | 0 | 964 | 145 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 136 | 120 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 1,211 | 1,165 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 11,699 | 584 | 456 | 10,154 | 7 | 388 | 110 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 3,149 | 20 | 0 | 3,125 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 349 | 0 | 0 | 349 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 1,720 | 486 | 0 | 1,142 | 4 | 36 | 52 | |||||||
Humanities | 686 | 0 | 19 | 667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 449 | 11 | 0 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 3,958 | 67 | 437 | 3,045 | 3 | 348 | 58 |
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 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Federal Agencies | 18,317 | 13,018 | 13,093 | 13,629 | 13,330 | 14,808 | 16,892 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOD | 2,199 | 1,762 | 1,209 | 7 | 610 | 1,613 | 1,613 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
DOE | 903 | 53 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
HHS | 7,789 | 6,094 | 5,932 | 7,235 | 5,866 | 6,324 | 8,902 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NASA | 17 | 33 | 16 | 98 | 27 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
NSF | 4,780 | 2,650 | 3,117 | 3,249 | 2,863 | 2,913 | 2,640 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,624 | 1,602 | 1,905 | 2,018 | 2,038 | 2,055 | 1,738 | . | . | . | ||||||||||
Other | 1,005 | 824 | 891 | 1,010 | 1,926 | 1,903 | 1,999 | . | . | . |
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | . | . | . | . | |||
2021 | . | . | . | . | |||
2020 | . | . | . | . | |||
2019 | 1,913 | 148 | 1,765 | . | |||
2018 | 1,205 | 106 | 1,099 | . | |||
2017 | 1,257 | 94 | 1,163 | . | |||
2016 | 1,251 | 192 | 1,059 | . |
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 | 203 | 203 | 82 | . | . |
Agricultural sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 51 | 45 | 31 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 4 | 3 | 0 | . | . |
Engineering | 32 | 28 | 18 | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 15 | 2 | . | . |
Health sciences | 49 | 49 | 12 | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Physical sciences | 45 | 40 | 13 | . | . |
Psychology | 4 | 4 | 2 | . | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other | 0 | 18 | 2 | . | . |
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 | 20,017 | 11,158 | 2,205 | 62,000 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 9,230 | . | . | 60,000 | . |
Engineering | . | . | . | 2,000 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | 2,205 | . | . |
Health sciences | 10,787 | 11,158 | . | . | . |
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 | 115,000 | 1,141 | 357 | 7,900 | . |
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 1,141 | 0 | 2,450 | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Engineering | 70,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 45,000 | 0 | 357 | 5,450 | . |
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
Other | 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.