Academic Institutional Profiles: 2005
Academic Institutional Profiles are produced annually by the Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Profiles are produced for universities and colleges that have reported nonzero data within the past 3 survey years in at least two of the following annual surveys:
- Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges
- Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
- Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges and Nonprofit Institutions
The profiles are updated after data from all three surveys are finalized and released. Trend data for selected years are displayed in statistical tables within each profile.
Each profile also includes the institution's ranking on an aggregate measure for each survey if the institution has a nonzero value for that measure for the latest year reported for the survey. Tied institutions are ranked alphabetically in the accompanying ranking tables.
Individual profiles can be selected either from the alphabetical list of institution names or through a search engine. Search options are institution name, partial name (e.g., "Texas"), or FICE code.
Data Sources
The Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges collects data annually on scientific and engineering R&D expenditures at the nation's universities and colleges. Data are available on R&D expenditures by source of funds and by science and engineering discipline and on expenditures for research equipment. More detailed information, including national summaries and institutional rankings, is available in the academic R&D expenditures publication series.
The Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions currently collects data annually from 19 federal agencies that obligate virtually all federal R&D support to academic institutions. Data are available on all categories of science and engineering obligations by agency. More detailed information, including national summaries and institutional rankings, is available in the federal support publication series.
The Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering collects data annually on degree-seeking graduate students enrolled at the nation's universities and colleges. Data are available on both full-time and part-time graduate students by science and engineering discipline, sex, citizenship, and race/ethnicity; full-time graduate students by primary source and mechanism of support; and postdoctorates by science and engineering discipline, citizenship, and sex. More detailed information, including national summaries and institutional rankings, is available in the graduate student publication series.
Data Notes
A letter suffix may be associated with individual data cells. An "e" suffix (e.g., 32e) indicates that the data were estimated by the respondent. An "i" suffix (e.g., 78i) indicates that the data were computer-imputed on the basis of previous years' data and data from similar institutions. "NA" indicates that the data were not available in that survey year.
The abbreviation "nec" stands for "not elsewhere classified" and is used with fields of science and engineering, frequently for interdisciplinary programs.
The "Life sciences" sum shown in the academic R&D expenditures survey data is comparable to the sum of "Agricultural sciences," "Biological sciences," and "Health" in the graduate student survey data.
Data in the academic R&D expenditures survey differ from those in the federal support survey, which refer to obligations. Expenditures are funds actually spent by the institution during its fiscal year, whereas obligations are funds designated for the reporting institution during the federal fiscal year, regardless of when the recipient institution may actually spend these funds.
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Last updated: October 18, 2007
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