Each Year, NSF grants approximately 2,000 NSF GRFP to undergraduates who enroll or intend to enroll in graduate programs in the US universities. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution. The successful rate to get one of these awards is about 15% a year. The awards are considered to be one of the most prestigious awards an undergraduate can get for graduate schools. Quite a few of awardees eventually won Nobel Prizes.
I have pulled out the award data from NSF database and compiled the information for top universities and colleges from 2013-2020. The award areas cover natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, computer science/information sciences. The major area where they don't cover are arts and humanities. Factoring the undergraduate student population, top LAC colleges are doing really well. UC Berkeley, as a large state school, is very well ranked both for the total and for per capita. Techinical schools such as MIT, GTech, Caltech are doing well in STEM, but not in Social Sciences. The well balanced universities are Ivies, top privates and top public Us. UPenn is kind of low due to its pro-professional tendencies of its undergraduate students such as its business schools. I believe these tables do reflect the qualities of the undergraduate students as well as how schools are preparing their students in academics.
Table 1, Rank based on total awards
Chemistry
CS/IS/Eng
Engineering
Geoscience
Life Science
Material Research
Mathematical Science
Physics and Astronomy
Psychology
Social Science
STEM Edu
Total
1344
931
4243
909
4209
413
649
1007
1011
1312
209
16237
Institution
8%
6%
26%
6%
26%
3%
4%
6%
6%
8%
1%
1
University of California-Berkeley
48
71
135
17
126
10
14
43
32
51
5
552
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14
73
180
12
50
26
45
57
8
14
5
484
3
Cornell University
25
10
83
16
98
13
5
27
16
14
1
308
4
Harvard University
22
29
19
12
51
1
48
37
19
44
3
285
5
Stanford University
7
34
72
11
52
6
21
12
19
27
2
263
6
University of Texas at Austin
13
15
109
17
36
3
6
13
8
20
2
242
7
Princeton University
12
45
46
12
43
4
30
17
12
19
0
240
8
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
13
16
66
5
46
8
12
19
11
24
5
225
9
University of California-Los Angeles
8
10
41
12
77
10
6
14
23
15
4
220
10
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
8
19
44
28
68
4
6
13
9
20
1
220
11
Columbia University
7
28
46
14
33
6
13
18
17
17
0
199
12
University of Maryland College Park
4
11
85
11
34
10
4
18
10
10
0
197
13
Yale University
14
15
26
10
43
0
17
22
17
32
0
196
14
University of California-San Diego
7
13
61
8
56
5
2
6
20
10
4
192
15
University of Chicago
13
9
11
10
43
3
14
17
15
42
2
179
16
Brown University
7
9
23
21
52
1
7
18
17
23
1
179
17
University of Florida
8
3
85
2
32
9
6
9
7
12
3
176
18
California Institute of Technology
23
15
60
8
15
7
14
24
1
0
0
167
19
University of Wisconsin-Madison
7
5
45
9
61
4
1
8
12
11
1
164
20
Georgia Institute of Technology
6
23
104
4
6
7
5
6
0
0
0
161
21
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
19
11
65
2
20
11
2
16
7
3
2
158
22
Duke University
5
10
44
7
31
0
8
4
15
14
2
140
23
William Marsh Rice University
12
9
58
7
19
3
6
11
7
7
0
139
24
University of California-Davis
13
2
18
5
72
0
2
4
9
10
3
138
25
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17
2
10
8
40
3
8
8
16
17
4
133
26
North Carolina State University
7
4
66
1
29
4
5
9
0
2
5
132
27
University of Pennsylvania
5
11
38
2
26
5
2
12
12
17
0
130
28
Arizona State University
2
6
51
5
24
1
8
9
9
12
3
130
29
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
12
2
45
1
31
3
9
10
9
6
1
129
30
University of Arizona
3
3
37
10
38
3
2
5
6
11
3
121
31
Northwestern University
11
4
26
7
13
8
3
2
16
21
4
115
32
Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
7
5
45
9
15
7
1
8
7
10
1
115
33
Washington University
6
4
28
10
24
1
4
7
11
13
3
111
34
University of California-Santa Barbara
14
4
19
4
28
7
2
16
6
7
4
111
35
Texas A&M University Main Campus
7
3
60
7
13
5
1
4
1
6
0
107
36
University of Virginia Main Campus
6
9
36
3
29
1
4
5
5
4
1
103
37
University of California-Irvine
18
4
23
10
28
0
5
1
6
4
4
103
38
Dartmouth College
1
6
15
10
22
0
3
5
13
26
0
101
39
University of Pittsburgh
5
4
49
0
23
1
3
4
4
4
3
100
40
Johns Hopkins University
3
4
46
3
20
6
2
7
6
1
0
98
41
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
8
5
37
3
19
2
3
11
3
7
0
98
42
Purdue University
5
9
47
5
10
2
2
2
4
3
4
93
43
University of California-Santa Cruz
3
2
3
14
42
1
2
14
4
5
0
90
44
Pomona College
8
4
7
8
14
0
5
7
15
21
0
89
45
University of Colorado at Boulder
6
3
20
10
22
0
4
12
1
6
2
86
46
University of Rochester
8
1
26
5
18
1
0
12
9
4
1
85
47
Northeastern University
8
7
27
5
18
2
0
3
7
4
0
81
48
Carnegie Mellon University
2
20
29
2
6
3
7
4
6
1
0
80
49
Michigan State University
7
1
16
4
30
4
5
4
4
4
1
80
50
Boston University
5
2
24
6
22
0
0
8
5
5
1
78
51
Tufts University
7
3
21
2
18
0
3
4
6
10
2
76
52
University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
0
4
48
4
15
2
0
1
0
0
2
76
53
Brigham Young University
4
3
20
2
18
2
5
5
2
11
2
74
54
Case Western Reserve University
3
1
34
1
9
9
3
4
4
4
0
72
55
University of Notre Dame
5
1
26
3
12
0
4
5
5
11
0
72
56
Vanderbilt University
2
3
35
4
12
1
1
2
4
6
1
71
57
University of New Mexico
4
0
32
3
19
5
2
3
2
1
0
71
58
Harvey Mudd College
6
15
16
1
3
7
15
4
0
0
1
68
59
Swarthmore College
5
3
4
0
26
1
5
3
4
16
1
68
60
Rutgers University New Brunswick
3
4
18
6
17
5
0
8
2
5
0
68
61
University of Delaware
4
2
33
3
9
4
1
0
4
5
1
66
62
Indiana University
8
4
2
2
23
0
2
6
13
6
0
66
63
Williams College
5
2
1
2
15
1
10
7
12
8
1
64
64
College of William and Mary
13
0
4
7
22
2
2
6
5
3
0
64
65
Clemson University
2
3
36
0
13
3
1
3
1
0
2
64
66
Oregon State University
4
5
23
7
21
2
1
1
0
0
0
64
67
University of Utah
7
4
27
2
15
0
1
4
1
2
0
63
68
University of Miami
0
0
17
10
23
0
1
2
3
5
0
61
69
University of Southern California
5
1
22
3
9
1
3
1
10
3
3
61
70
University of Missouri-Columbia
4
3
23
3
18
1
1
1
3
4
0
61
71
University of California-Riverside
8
0
14
2
19
2
4
3
5
3
0
60
72
University of Georgia
7
0
2
1
30
0
2
1
4
13
0
60
73
University of Central Florida
3
5
17
1
19
0
2
1
5
6
1
60
74
University of Massachusetts Amherst
5
2
14
3
20
2
4
2
3
3
0
58
75
Wellesley College
2
4
3
4
18
0
2
4
9
11
0
57
76
University of Maryland Baltimore County
5
5
18
1
15
1
4
2
2
3
1
57
77
University of Connecticut
4
1
19
1
17
2
2
2
6
3
0
57
78
University of South Carolina at Columbia
5
4
18
9
15
0
1
0
1
1
2
56
79
Carleton College
4
4
2
5
23
0
0
3
5
7
1
54
80
Oberlin College
10
2
2
5
19
1
5
2
2
4
0
52
81
Emory University
5
0
0
0
20
2
1
2
11
11
0
52
82
University of Kansas Main Campus
6
1
19
0
8
1
0
2
7
8
0
52
83
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY
1
4
20
4
17
1
1
2
0
0
2
52
84
New York University
1
4
4
1
12
0
1
3
12
12
0
50
85
Colorado State University
4
4
8
1
23
2
1
1
4
1
0
49
86
University of Texas at Dallas
6
3
20
1
7
4
2
3
2
0
0
48
87
University of Tennessee Knoxville
2
1
18
2
17
1
1
3
2
1
0
48
88
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
7
1
0
5
25
1
0
0
5
2
0
46
89
University of Oregon Eugene
9
2
0
2
16
1
0
4
4
7
0
45
90
Florida State University
10
1
7
3
13
0
1
3
3
3
1
45
91
SUNY at Buffalo
4
3
18
1
6
2
3
5
0
1
1
44
92
Auburn University
1
2
29
0
9
0
0
0
2
1
0
44
93
University of Arkansas
2
1
23
1
6
2
1
5
1
1
1
44
94
Montana State University
4
1
19
3
11
0
1
2
0
2
0
43
95
Iowa State University
3
1
20
3
9
4
1
0
1
0
0
42
96
SUNY at Stony Brook
4
0
7
6
11
2
3
3
1
4
0
41
97
University of Kentucky
1
4
15
1
12
1
1
1
0
5
0
41
98
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
3
0
25
0
5
1
1
2
0
3
0
40
99
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1
4
23
2
5
0
3
1
0
1
0
40
100
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
1
1
13
5
13
0
1
4
1
1
0
40
Table 2, Rank Based on factoring undergraduate student population (Total undergraduate student population for 2018 divided by total awards, i.e. how many undergraduate students will yield one award)
Prospective high school students and parents can use these table
My intend is not to give more ranks, but to give students and parents information about school strengths and weaknesses and choose schools especially if students want to attend graduate schools.
The counts are based on where an awardee receives his or her underggraduate degrees, not where he or she spend the time to pursue the graduate degreess.
Of course, there are many other undergraduate students who go to graduate schools from other funding sources such as professors' sponsored researches from federal agencies and private entities. Since an awardee can take the NSF GRFP money to any institutions to pursue graduate studies, it is generally pursued by top students.
Here is another table I created with the data. I combined these areas into four major subjects: CS/Eng (CS/IS/Eng, Other Engineering), Natural Sciences (Chemistry, Geoscience, Material Research, Mathematical Science, Physics and AStronomy), Life Science, Social Sciences (Psychology and Social Science and STEM education). I then calculate the percentages of awards in each of the four areas, and compare with the percentages of each category in the total awards. If a university or college receives above the percertage of the total awards in that category, it is considered the university is stronger in that subject area, otherwise it is weaker. Technical schools like Caltech, MIT and GTech have way above average in Enginnering, Natural Science, but weak in life science and social sciences. Top schools such as Ivies tend to be strong in natural sciences and social sciences, weaker in engineering and life sciences. Similarly LAC schools are also strong in social sciences and natural sciences and weaker in engineering and life sciences. The most balanced universities are: Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Berkeley, Washington U, Tufts, Penn.
To measure the quality of the CS+Eng student in a given college using NFS awards, I may use the count of Bachelor degree awarded in the college instead of total enrollment population as the denominator.
Each Year, NSF grants approximately 2,000 NSF GRFP to undergraduates who enroll or intend to enroll in graduate programs in the US universities. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution. The successful rate to get one of these awards is about 15% a year. The awards are considered to be one of the most prestigious awards an undergraduate can get for graduate schools. Quite a few of awardees eventually won Nobel Prizes.
I have pulled out the award data from NSF database and compiled the information for top universities and colleges from 2013-2020. The award areas cover natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, computer science/information sciences. The major area where they don't cover are arts and humanities. Factoring the undergraduate student population, top LAC colleges are doing really well. UC Berkeley, as a large state school, is very well ranked both for the total and for per capita. Techinical schools such as MIT, GTech, Caltech are doing well in STEM, but not in Social Sciences. The well balanced universities are Ivies, top privates and top public Us. UPenn is kind of low due to its pro-professional tendencies of its undergraduate students such as its business schools. I believe these tables do reflect the qualities of the undergraduate students as well as how schools are preparing their students in academics.
Table 1, Rank based on total awards
Table 2, Rank Based on factoring undergraduate student population (Total undergraduate student population for 2018 divided by total awards, i.e. how many undergraduate students will yield one award)
This table is for national universities based on student populations and awards
My intend is not to give more ranks, but to give students and parents information about school strengths and weaknesses and choose schools especially if students want to attend graduate schools.
前面表格是本科生得到NFS去读研的数字，还是研究生中带着NSF来的数字？
The counts are based on where an awardee receives his or her underggraduate degrees, not where he or she spend the time to pursue the graduate degreess.
where an awardee receives his or her undergraduate degree.
Here is the rank based on NFS CS 2013-2020 awards
Of course, there are many other undergraduate students who go to graduate schools from other funding sources such as professors' sponsored researches from federal agencies and private entities. Since an awardee can take the NSF GRFP money to any institutions to pursue graduate studies, it is generally pursued by top students.
Here is another table I created with the data. I combined these areas into four major subjects: CS/Eng (CS/IS/Eng, Other Engineering), Natural Sciences (Chemistry, Geoscience, Material Research, Mathematical Science, Physics and AStronomy), Life Science, Social Sciences (Psychology and Social Science and STEM education). I then calculate the percentages of awards in each of the four areas, and compare with the percentages of each category in the total awards. If a university or college receives above the percertage of the total awards in that category, it is considered the university is stronger in that subject area, otherwise it is weaker. Technical schools like Caltech, MIT and GTech have way above average in Enginnering, Natural Science, but weak in life science and social sciences. Top schools such as Ivies tend to be strong in natural sciences and social sciences, weaker in engineering and life sciences. Similarly LAC schools are also strong in social sciences and natural sciences and weaker in engineering and life sciences. The most balanced universities are: Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Berkeley, Washington U, Tufts, Penn.
To measure the quality of the CS+Eng student in a given college using NFS awards, I may use the count of Bachelor degree awarded in the college instead of total enrollment population as the denominator.