Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 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 | 35 | 92.6 | 457 | 36 | 94.9 | 680 | 53 | 94.2 | 890 | |||
2021 | 26 | 94.4 | 447 | 37 | 94.8 | 691 | 39 | 93.5 | 583 | 54 | 94.2 | 907 |
2020 | 28 | 94 | 450 | 38 | 94.7 | 697 | 49 | 94.8 | 915 | |||
2019 | 39 | 91.6 | 447 | 40 | 94.4 | 696 | 39 | 93.6 | 589 | 48 | 94.9 | 913 |
2018 | 36 | 91.9 | 428 | 41 | 94.3 | 698 | 47 | 95 | 910 | |||
2017 | 33 | 92.5 | 425 | 34 | 95.2 | 684 | 39 | 93.4 | 575 | 46 | 95 | 897 |
2016 | 30 | 93.3 | 430 | 34 | 95.3 | 697 | 43 | 95.4 | 895 | |||
2015 | 32 | 92.8 | 426 | 35 | 95.1 | 693 | 41 | 93 | 570 | 44 | 95.2 | 897 |
2014 | 28 | 93.6 | 422 | 36 | 95 | 688 | 39 | 95.8 | 887 | |||
2013 | 25 | 94.3 | 417 | 36 | 93.8 | 555 | 42 | 93.1 | 588 | 38 | 95.8 | 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
Fields | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All fields | 459 | 465 | 495 | 405 | 426 | 438 | 472 | 451 | 473 | 473 |
Science and engineering | 388 | 399 | 431 | 344 | 362 | 370 | 397 | 385 | 386 | 392 |
Science | 210 | 233 | 236 | 200 | 197 | 216 | 226 | 217 | 193 | 207 |
Life science | 80 | 93 | 100 | 88 | 77 | 86 | 94 | 89 | 81 | 78 |
Agricultural sciences | 28 | 37 | 47 | 35 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 29 | 35 |
Biological sciences | 43 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 40 | 48 | 51 | 50 | 48 | 39 |
Health sciences | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Physical sciences and earth sciences | 48 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 46 | 32 | 41 |
Chemistry | 27 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 19 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
Physics and astronomy | 13 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 11 |
Mathematics and computer sciences | 33 | 47 | 40 | 26 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 26 | 48 |
Computer sciences | 20 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 34 |
Mathematics | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 14 |
Psychology and social sciences | 49 | 45 | 51 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 40 | 54 | 40 |
Psychology | 21 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 27 | 19 |
Anthropology | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Economics | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Political science and government | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Sociology | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Other social sciences | 12 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
Engineering | 178 | 166 | 195 | 144 | 165 | 154 | 171 | 168 | 193 | 185 |
Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 12 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
Biological/biomedical sciences | 7 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
Chemical engineering | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
Civil engineering | 19 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 13 |
Electrical engineering | 39 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 36 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 36 |
Industrial engineering | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
Materials/metallurgical engineering | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 31 | 33 | 20 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 22 |
Other engineering | 58 | 32 | 55 | 41 | 50 | 36 | 56 | 66 | 66 | 61 |
Non-science and engineering | 71 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 66 | 87 | 81 |
Education | 35 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 40 | 36 | 45 | 30 | 45 | 39 |
Education administration | . | 4 | . | . | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Education research | 22 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 27 |
Teacher education | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | . | . | . |
Teaching fields | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Other education | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Humanities | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
History | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | . |
Letters | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Other humanities and arts | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Other | 26 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 34 | 32 |
Business management/administration | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 12 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 18 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All full-time students | 4,068 | 3,843 | 3,236 | 3,395 | 3,255 | 3,360 | 3,683 | 3,607 | 3,407 | 3,417 |
Male | 2,534 | 2,436 | 2,031 | 2,136 | 2,084 | 2,154 | 2,353 | 2,284 | 2,162 | 2,188 |
Female | 1,534 | 1,407 | 1,205 | 1,259 | 1,171 | 1,206 | 1,330 | 1,323 | 1,245 | 1,229 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,016 | 1,993 | 1,821 | 1,796 | 1,753 | 1,775 | 1,923 | 1,920 | 1,871 | 1,991 |
Hispanic or Latino | 159 | 146 | 134 | 136 | 133 | 121 | 136 | 125 | 103 | 98 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,822 | 1,806 | 1,641 | 1,618 | 1,581 | 1,613 | 1,749 | 1,761 | 1,744 | 1,868 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 187 | 167 | 131 | 122 | 119 | 119 | 110 | 117 | 105 | 116 |
Black or African American | 134 | 131 | 120 | 114 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 119 | 109 | 113 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 1,407 | 1,420 | 1,308 | 1,295 | 1,274 | 1,314 | 1,456 | 1,463 | 1,474 | 1,578 |
More than one race | 90 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 80 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 55 | 60 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 35 | 41 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 34 | 24 | 25 |
Temporary visa holders | 2,052 | 1,850 | 1,415 | 1,599 | 1,502 | 1,585 | 1,760 | 1,687 | 1,536 | 1,426 |
Science and engineering | 4,002 | 3,787 | 3,190 | 3,308 | 3,173 | 3,280 | 3,630 | 3,489 | 3,290 | 3,292 |
Science | 2,169 | 2,029 | 1,628 | 1,665 | 1,590 | 1,577 | 1,664 | 1,684 | 1,647 | 1,601 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 224 | 205 | 185 | 141 | 143 | 158 | 280 | 292 | 316 | 284 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 373 | 351 | 329 | 336 | 325 | 279 | 347 | 350 | 303 | 290 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
Computer and information sciences | 635 | 576 | 312 | 297 | 241 | 231 | 227 | 211 | 225 | 203 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 44 | 52 | 53 | 57 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 60 | 57 | 44 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 60 |
Mathematics and statistics | 129 | 119 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 118 | 127 | 137 | 109 | 122 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 24 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Natural resources and conservation | 177 | 173 | 141 | 152 | 153 | 143 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 91 | 90 | 97 | 58 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 67 |
Physical sciences | 228 | 197 | 195 | 204 | 218 | 214 | 213 | 212 | 207 | 207 |
Social sciences | 228 | 233 | 193 | 289 | 276 | 298 | 265 | 259 | 265 | 271 |
Engineering | 1,833 | 1,758 | 1,562 | 1,643 | 1,583 | 1,703 | 1,966 | 1,805 | 1,643 | 1,691 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 217 | 220 | 172 | 152 | 123 | 117 | 114 | 122 | 95 | 92 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 73 | 71 | 58 | 54 | 64 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 49 | 58 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 82 | 93 | 89 | 91 | 98 | 100 | 47 | 39 | 33 | 38 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 288 | 283 | 256 | 289 | 279 | 309 | 324 | 289 | 273 | 333 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 516 | 457 | 424 | 457 | 421 | 467 | 484 | 439 | 439 | 397 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 166 | 149 | 120 | 121 | 118 | 138 | 168 | 135 | 89 | 95 |
Mechanical engineering | 266 | 254 | 215 | 241 | 237 | 256 | 281 | 285 | 265 | 247 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 68 | 77 | 82 | 87 | 92 | 94 | 133 | 123 | 116 | 123 |
Other engineering | 157 | 154 | 146 | 151 | 151 | 166 | 361 | 314 | 284 | 308 |
Health | 66 | 56 | 46 | 87 | 82 | 80 | 53 | 118 | 117 | 125 |
Clinical medicine | 66 | 56 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 54 | 65 |
Other health | . | . | . | 44 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 56 | 63 | 60 |
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 | 1,355 | 1,319 | 1,297 | 1,243 | 1,272 | 1,258 | 1,322 | 1,329 | 1,182 | 1,162 |
Male | 836 | 839 | 855 | 836 | 860 | 856 | 869 | 849 | 769 | 702 |
Female | 519 | 480 | 442 | 407 | 412 | 402 | 453 | 480 | 413 | 460 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,206 | 1,216 | 1,168 | 1,108 | 1,093 | 1,077 | 1,129 | 1,176 | 1,044 | 1,020 |
Hispanic or Latino | 105 | 98 | 79 | 60 | 51 | 60 | 58 | 57 | 42 | 33 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,037 | 1,038 | 1,011 | 1,011 | 1,003 | 984 | 1,040 | 1,087 | 969 | 959 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Asian | 131 | 140 | 138 | 130 | 130 | 127 | 104 | 87 | 79 | 78 |
Black or African American | 65 | 68 | 62 | 71 | 63 | 60 | 85 | 92 | 81 | 61 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
White | 784 | 781 | 772 | 768 | 763 | 754 | 825 | 882 | 781 | 791 |
More than one race | 54 | 46 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 38 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 64 | 80 | 78 | 37 | 39 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 28 |
Temporary visa holders | 149 | 103 | 129 | 135 | 179 | 181 | 193 | 153 | 138 | 142 |
Science and engineering | 1,350 | 1,311 | 1,283 | 1,212 | 1,234 | 1,219 | 1,312 | 1,289 | 1,133 | 1,115 |
Science | 971 | 979 | 962 | 911 | 894 | 850 | 927 | 895 | 796 | 795 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 134 | 118 | 107 | 82 | 77 | 92 | 162 | 187 | 157 | 140 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 22 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 47 | 46 | 25 | 33 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Computer and information sciences | 523 | 519 | 561 | 564 | 542 | 477 | 407 | 317 | 295 | 281 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 37 | 45 | 34 | 50 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 29 |
Natural resources and conservation | 123 | 124 | 103 | 64 | 71 | 74 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 14 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 |
Physical sciences | 5 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
Social sciences | 101 | 102 | 92 | 112 | 111 | 128 | 202 | 236 | 232 | 232 |
Engineering | 379 | 332 | 321 | 301 | 340 | 369 | 385 | 394 | 337 | 320 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 83 | 81 | 63 | 44 | 50 | 56 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 22 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 41 | 28 | 39 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 52 | 51 | 54 | 45 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 112 | 103 | 84 | 78 | 88 | 91 | 127 | 115 | 96 | 102 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 58 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 43 | 59 | 50 | 43 | 48 | 40 |
Mechanical engineering | 36 | 24 | 37 | 34 | 40 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 36 | 34 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 12 |
Other engineering | 29 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 52 | 73 | 55 | 57 |
Health | 5 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 39 | 10 | 40 | 49 | 47 |
Clinical medicine | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 18 |
Other health | . | . | . | 24 | 33 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 29 |
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 | 973 | 964 | 883 | 834 | 795 | 756 | 759 | 775 | 784 | 847 |
Science and engineering | 969 | 964 | 881 | 824 | 783 | 748 | 755 | 765 | 776 | 838 |
Science | 444 | 410 | 341 | 320 | 314 | 312 | 317 | 350 | 345 | 366 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 55 | 48 | 39 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 58 | 75 | 81 | 71 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 112 | 106 | 104 | 89 | 79 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 72 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 100 | 74 | 56 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 89 | 87 | 89 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 19 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 39 | 42 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 40 | . | . | . | . |
Physical sciences | 70 | 63 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 37 | 29 | 38 | 32 | 49 |
Psychology | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
Social sciences | 27 | 31 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 23 |
Engineering | 525 | 554 | 540 | 504 | 469 | 436 | 438 | 415 | 431 | 472 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 67 | 75 | 67 | 56 | 42 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 36 | 32 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 22 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 27 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 70 | 64 | 61 | 49 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 67 | 69 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 152 | 155 | 178 | 173 | 170 | 153 | 145 | 116 | 141 | 136 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 29 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 18 |
Mechanical engineering | 79 | 83 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 88 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 35 | 33 | 44 | 50 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 30 | 32 | 51 |
Other engineering | 44 | 55 | 42 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 58 | 56 | 47 | 51 |
Health | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Other health | . | . | . | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).
Type and primary source of support | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All types and sources of support | 4,068 | 3,843 | 3,236 | 3,395 | 3,255 | 3,360 | 3,683 | 3,607 | 3,407 | 3,417 |
Fellowships | 87 | 78 | 70 | 77 | 65 | 76 | 61 | 70 | 59 | 71 |
Federal | 61 | 53 | 52 | 48 | 38 | 28 | 35 | 38 | 30 | 33 |
Institutional | 21 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 35 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Research assistantships | 1,805 | 1,710 | 1,592 | 1,574 | 1,550 | 1,538 | 1,561 | 1,569 | 1,542 | 1,540 |
Federal | 900 | 907 | 821 | 781 | 749 | 720 | 714 | 726 | 745 | 806 |
Institutional | 686 | 595 | 576 | 591 | 558 | 591 | 619 | 600 | 554 | 507 |
Nonfederal | 219 | 208 | 195 | 202 | 243 | 227 | 228 | 243 | 243 | 227 |
Teaching assistantships | 1,136 | 1,096 | 1,025 | 1,157 | 1,068 | 1,065 | 1,159 | 1,111 | 1,105 | 1,087 |
Federal | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Institutional | 1,127 | 1,093 | 1,016 | 1,149 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,154 | 1,101 | 1,092 | 1,070 |
Nonfederal | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
Other types of support | 1,040 | 959 | 549 | 587 | 572 | 681 | 902 | 857 | 701 | 719 |
Federal | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Institutional | 138 | 110 | 79 | 80 | 109 | 101 | 117 | 148 | 109 | 90 |
Nonfederal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
Personal resources | 888 | 843 | 462 | 497 | 460 | 576 | 774 | 705 | 583 | 609 |
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 | 240 | 229 | 220 | 199 | 207 | 221 | 205 | 203 | 204 | 206 |
Science | 171 | 162 | 151 | 124 | 126 | 127 | 116 | 120 | 122 | 123 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 33 | 34 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 33 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 30 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 44 | 49 | 48 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Mathematics and statistics | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 29 | 28 | 34 | 23 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 39 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 19 |
Social sciences | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Engineering | 69 | 67 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 94 | 89 | 83 | 82 | 83 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 15 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 16 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Other engineering | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
Health | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 29 |
Clinical medicine | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 23 |
Other health | . | . | . | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
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 | 138 | 123 | 116 | 113 | 126 | 115 | 113 | 114 | 111 | 126 |
Science and engineering | 137 | 122 | 116 | 109 | 122 | 110 | 108 | 101 | 103 | 113 |
Science | 103 | 91 | 85 | 71 | 82 | 63 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 72 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 20 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 18 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 19 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 36 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Natural resources and conservation | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Physical sciences | 33 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
Social sciences | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering | 34 | 31 | 31 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 47 | 37 | 39 | 41 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Mechanical engineering | 8 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Other engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Health | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Other health | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
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 | 591,861 | 542,045 | 556,341 | 541,969 | 531,636 | 522,425 | 521,773 | 504,282 | 513,149 | 496,169 | ||||||||||
Science | 313,070 | 284,517 | 282,461 | 273,941 | 274,820 | 284,530 | 284,052 | 269,800 | 273,916 | 272,636 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 28,642 | 25,466 | 30,405 | 23,536 | 27,614 | 33,035 | 27,386 | 24,646 | 21,151 | 19,897 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,652 | 3,534 | 3,068 | 4,185 | 3,867 | 4,503 | 4,385 | 6,107 | 7,515 | 9,070 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 149 | 185 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 56 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 4,480 | 3,349 | 3,007 | 4,181 | 3,807 | 4,503 | 4,385 | 6,055 | 7,459 | 9,070 | ||||||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 223,775 | 207,204 | 199,798 | 198,424 | 198,326 | 198,911 | 221,801 | 209,678 | 211,993 | 206,550 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 92,790 | 80,513 | 84,380 | 73,691 | 69,788 | 72,715 | 79,726 | 104,627 | 103,451 | 101,212 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49,745 | 46,515 | 40,276 | 46,123 | 51,145 | 50,905 | 66,005 | 62,429 | 68,047 | 65,767 | ||||||||||
Health sciences | 48,844 | 51,942 | 47,236 | 49,883 | 48,797 | 45,406 | 45,498 | 39,101 | 36,819 | 35,170 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 27,874 | 26,106 | 25,921 | 26,604 | 26,896 | 28,219 | 28,518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,522 | 2,128 | 1,985 | 2,123 | 1,700 | 1,666 | 2,054 | 3,521 | 3,676 | 4,401 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 12,917 | 8,107 | 6,776 | 5,031 | 5,765 | 10,281 | 2,901 | 2,734 | 3,612 | 3,681 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 23,394 | 24,374 | 24,214 | 26,835 | 21,049 | 18,453 | 15,547 | 14,025 | 14,856 | 19,439 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 19 | 130 | 39 | 176 | 64 | 212 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 13,810 | 14,389 | 14,242 | 16,338 | 12,149 | 9,149 | 8,691 | 8,526 | 9,316 | 10,402 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 1,292 | 1,184 | 1,025 | 1,188 | 960 | 1,017 | 942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 7,798 | 7,913 | 7,831 | 7,909 | 6,511 | 5,637 | 5,366 | 4,901 | 4,839 | 8,189 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 475 | 758 | 1,077 | 1,224 | 1,365 | 2,438 | 525 | 598 | 701 | 848 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 5,111 | 4,169 | 4,899 | 4,286 | 4,350 | 4,359 | 3,535 | 4,425 | 4,564 | 2,624 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 14,507 | 11,574 | 13,082 | 11,273 | 13,299 | 14,604 | 7,799 | 7,001 | 7,822 | 9,026 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 6,429 | 5,176 | 5,163 | 1,340 | 2,070 | 2,871 | 1,334 | 1,932 | 1,216 | 1,429 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 421 | 302 | 96 | 163 | 46 | 405 | 151 | 1,132 | 1,303 | 1,726 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,482 | 2,391 | 3,247 | 4,823 | 6,179 | 7,247 | 2,246 | 1,361 | 1,890 | 1,237 | ||||||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,175 | 3,705 | 4,576 | 4,947 | 5,004 | 4,052 | 4,068 | 2,576 | 3,413 | 4,634 | ||||||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 72 | 89 | 219 | 371 | 550 | 384 | 698 | 1,184 | 2,403 | 2,349 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 260,158 | 246,965 | 263,711 | 258,213 | 245,755 | 226,810 | 228,281 | 225,702 | 228,570 | 214,485 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 26,384 | 20,824 | 18,219 | 14,890 | 12,490 | 9,738 | 12,215 | 11,344 | 9,658 | 8,478 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 28,433 | 20,998 | 22,519 | 28,445 | 15,709 | 20,463 | 12,374 | 12,522 | 9,248 | 12,109 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 5,291 | 4,473 | 5,494 | 5,688 | 6,123 | 6,195 | 5,294 | 3,517 | 4,278 | 5,795 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 32,674 | 29,264 | 31,117 | 28,401 | 29,334 | 31,472 | 63,326 | 59,867 | 60,940 | 55,652 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 67,367 | 56,194 | 62,349 | 60,818 | 51,152 | 51,376 | 50,139 | 49,920 | 48,466 | 43,742 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 34,760 | 30,945 | 34,468 | 37,892 | 46,078 | 30,624 | 5,892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 24,678 | 24,718 | 31,040 | 32,422 | 36,786 | 32,164 | 34,041 | 30,596 | 45,423 | 46,151 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 13,007 | 17,397 | 19,216 | 13,812 | 16,703 | 12,588 | 17,076 | 13,080 | 13,500 | 14,765 | ||||||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 27,564 | 42,152 | 39,289 | 35,845 | 31,380 | 32,190 | 27,924 | 44,856 | 37,057 | 27,793 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 18,633 | 10,563 | 10,169 | 9,815 | 11,061 | 11,085 | 9,440 | 8,780 | 10,663 | 9,048 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 4,875 | 3,748 | 3,232 | 2,426 | 288 | 902 | 770 | 352 | 446 | 114 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 307 | 445 | 159 | 258 | 258 | 44 | 1 | 44 | 361 | 27 | ||||||||||
Education | 2,006 | 1,992 | 2,437 | 3,435 | 7,470 | 7,770 | 5,423 | 6,145 | 7,803 | 5,652 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 291 | 534 | 461 | 348 | 368 | 357 | 392 | 352 | 180 | 161 | ||||||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 279 | ||||||||||
Social work | 0 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Visual and performing arts | 901 | 413 | 522 | 578 | 930 | 771 | 1,206 | 804 | 1,067 | 655 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 10,253 | 3,359 | 3,285 | 2,703 | 1,747 | 1,241 | 1,631 | 995 | 806 | 2,160 |
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 | 591,861 | 240,305 | 75,010 | 225,690 | 37,005 | 6,972 | 6,879 | |||||||
Science | 313,070 | 116,808 | 59,860 | 122,281 | 6,633 | 4,429 | 3,059 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 28,642 | 9,291 | 7,228 | 11,457 | 188 | 341 | 137 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,652 | 2,538 | 242 | 1,558 | 0 | 125 | 189 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 149 | 98 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 4,480 | 2,422 | 242 | 1,502 | 0 | 125 | 189 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified | 23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 223,775 | 76,478 | 49,127 | 87,533 | 4,979 | 3,271 | 2,387 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 92,790 | 25,301 | 27,347 | 35,104 | 3,030 | 946 | 1,062 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49,745 | 20,642 | 7,291 | 19,646 | 569 | 1,161 | 436 | |||||||
Health sciences | 48,844 | 19,230 | 5,900 | 22,579 | 368 | 642 | 125 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 27,874 | 10,617 | 6,197 | 8,830 | 945 | 521 | 764 | |||||||
Life sciences, not elsewhere classified | 4,522 | 688 | 2,392 | 1,374 | 67 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 12,917 | 6,692 | 271 | 5,081 | 588 | 210 | 75 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 23,394 | 14,686 | 59 | 7,845 | 650 | 153 | 1 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 13,810 | 9,174 | 13 | 4,002 | 520 | 100 | 1 | |||||||
Materials science | 1,292 | 82 | 0 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 7,798 | 5,300 | 46 | 2,269 | 130 | 53 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified | 475 | 116 | 0 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 5,111 | 2,800 | 0 | 2,035 | 167 | 17 | 92 | |||||||
Social sciences | 14,507 | 4,265 | 2,933 | 6,758 | 61 | 312 | 178 | |||||||
Anthropology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Economics | 6,429 | 2,619 | 1,658 | 2,123 | 6 | 19 | 4 | |||||||
Political science and government | 421 | 306 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 2,482 | 572 | 5 | 1,780 | 0 | 110 | 15 | |||||||
Social sciences, not elsewhere classified | 5,175 | 768 | 1,270 | 2,749 | 55 | 174 | 159 | |||||||
Sciences, not elsewhere classified | 72 | 58 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 260,158 | 114,336 | 14,968 | 95,655 | 28,971 | 2,447 | 3,781 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 26,384 | 12,674 | 975 | 8,341 | 4,191 | 1 | 202 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 28,433 | 15,769 | 736 | 10,087 | 932 | 652 | 257 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 5,291 | 2,761 | 0 | 1,671 | 589 | 235 | 35 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 32,674 | 10,557 | 6,227 | 12,352 | 2,318 | 779 | 441 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 67,367 | 36,203 | 2,755 | 20,974 | 6,876 | 80 | 479 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 34,760 | 12,975 | 2,406 | 11,341 | 7,265 | 64 | 709 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 24,678 | 11,427 | 116 | 8,118 | 3,862 | 172 | 983 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 13,007 | 6,911 | 100 | 5,236 | 132 | 459 | 169 | |||||||
Engineering not elsewhere classified | 27,564 | 5,059 | 1,653 | 17,535 | 2,806 | 5 | 506 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 18,633 | 9,161 | 182 | 7,754 | 1,401 | 96 | 39 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 4,875 | 110 | 0 | 4,520 | 245 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 307 | 218 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |||||||
Education | 2,006 | 892 | 58 | 973 | 0 | 62 | 21 | |||||||
Humanities | 291 | 118 | 0 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 901 | 15 | 109 | 777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified | 10,253 | 7,808 | 15 | 1,256 | 1,153 | 20 | 1 |
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 | 240,305 | 216,733 | 210,792 | 209,607 | 199,897 | 186,054 | 195,859 | 196,096 | 204,308 | 201,646 | ||||||||||
DOD | 56,414 | 47,432 | 49,263 | 54,557 | 48,716 | 42,806 | 42,177 | 41,359 | 42,559 | 35,593 | ||||||||||
DOE | 21,423 | 24,072 | 24,180 | 16,887 | 14,322 | 11,918 | 13,976 | 12,857 | 14,538 | 14,863 | ||||||||||
HHS | 48,876 | 40,865 | 38,223 | 37,013 | 37,715 | 35,745 | 36,715 | 36,079 | 39,069 | 40,102 | ||||||||||
NASA | 5,171 | 4,581 | 4,951 | 4,914 | 6,100 | 4,647 | 3,860 | 3,386 | 2,815 | 3,080 | ||||||||||
NSF | 51,087 | 48,740 | 46,235 | 43,603 | 41,651 | 39,598 | 37,153 | 32,749 | 38,002 | 39,246 | ||||||||||
USDA | 22,949 | 20,941 | 18,511 | 19,204 | 18,806 | 19,374 | 23,430 | 21,408 | 18,580 | 21,495 | ||||||||||
Other | 34,385 | 30,102 | 29,429 | 33,429 | 32,587 | 31,966 | 38,548 | 48,258 | 48,745 | 47,267 |
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 | 8,395 | 1,156 | 7,239 | . | |||
2018 | 8,251 | 1,103 | 7,148 | . | |||
2017 | 8,116 | 1,061 | 7,055 | . | |||
2016 | 8,086 | 1,047 | 7,039 | . |
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 | 1,760 | 1,658 | 1,591 | 1,518 | 1,473 |
Agricultural sciences | 455 | 438 | 385 | 343 | 389 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 220 | 227 | 242 | 215 | 221 |
Computer and information sciences | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Engineering | 563 | 548 | 523 | 507 | 473 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 22 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 22 |
Health sciences | 307 | 196 | 196 | 215 | 215 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Natural resources and conservation | 71 | 73 | 74 | 63 | . |
Physical sciences | 68 | 68 | 75 | 66 | 55 |
Psychology | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Social sciences | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other | 15 | 53 | 39 | 55 | 62 |
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 | 14,200 | 95,773 | 113,568 | 4,875 | 99,072 |
Agricultural sciences | . | 77,451 | 18,785 | 4,875 | 93,780 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | . | . | 55,254 | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | . | . | 9,632 | . | . |
Engineering | 14,200 | 18,322 | 18,977 | . | 5,292 |
Health sciences | . | . | 10,920 | . | . |
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 | 2,035 | 11,750 | 8,391 | 10,436 | 2,448 |
Agricultural sciences | 947 | 1,340 | 433 | 0 | 281 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,089 | 0 | 1,253 | 4,204 | 586 |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 881 | 3,337 | 0 |
Engineering | 0 | 6,232 | 976 | 1,200 | 601 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Health sciences | 0 | 3,193 | 349 | 1,695 | 640 |
Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 1,900 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 0 | 985 | 2,600 | 0 | 341 |
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.