Interactive Data on Programs and Courses in Quantum Information Science and Engineering across the United States

Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) is an emerging technology area that has seen rapid growth in research and education. Our team has developed the most comprehensive publicly-shared data set on QISE education across all disciplines, which includes 1456 institutions, 89 programs, and over 8000 quantum-related courses. We use our interactive data set to examine programs based on the primary discipline, level (BS, MS, PhD), type (concentration, degree, etc), and location. We find that interdisciplinary programs are the most common, with physics departments also hosting many programs. We also examine the disciplinary distribution of quantum-related courses, including the 944 that mention QISE topics and the 514 that have QISE as their primary focus. Physics and Chemistry offer the most quantum-related courses, but Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science offer the most QISE courses. Finally, an analysis of the prerequisites for undergraduate QISE courses taught in physics departments shows how educators are grappling with math requirements (is linear algebra needed?) and physics requirements (is prior exposure to quantum needed?). In addition to sharing these results, we will highlight how you can use our interactive data set for your own purposes at quantumlandscape.streamlit.app/. This work was supported by NSF Awards 2333073, 2333074, and REU-2149957.