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Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 155 66.7 459 191 70.1 631 140 85.1 925
2023 154 66.9 459 189 72.6 679 139 85 911 51 91.8 602
2022 147 68.3 457 196 71.6 680 141 84.6 900
2021 139 69.4 447 192 72.6 691 141 84.7 908 37 93.9 583
2020 135 70.4 450 208 70.6 698 139 85.1 916
2019 161 64.5 447 197 72.1 697 138 85.1 914 35 94.3 589
2018 131 69.9 428 186 73.8 700 138 85.1 911
2017 154 64.3 425 186 73.2 684 130 85.8 898 35 94.1 575
2016 140 67.9 430 186 73.7 697 124 86.4 896
2015 146 66.2 426 182 74.1 693 120 86.9 898 31 94.8 570
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 98 95 105 106 118 87 120 94 113 101
  Science and engineering 75 80 91 79 103 75 104 79 98 86
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 15 16 18 14 19 18 25 16 24 20
      Agricultural sciences 12 13 14 12 19 15 16 13 19 15
      Natural resources and conservation 3 3 4 2 . 3 9 3 5 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 9 13 10 13 16 12 18 12 11 10
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 3 . 1 1 2 2 3 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 2 2 1 2 . 1 . . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . 1 . . 3 . . . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 2 . . . 2 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 2 1 1 1 . . 2 3 1
      Genetics and genomics . 1 1 . 2 . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . 1 1 3 2 1 . 1 1
      Molecular biology 1 . 1 3 2 1 1 1 . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 2 1 . . 1 1 1 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 . 1 1 2 2 2 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 3 1 6 2 2 10 3 2 3
    Computer and information sciences 5 2 3 2 8 3 3 5 12 3
      Computer science 4 2 3 2 6 2 3 5 9 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . . . 2 1 . . 3 .
    Engineering 26 20 30 21 32 16 17 23 20 29
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 1 1 . . . . 1 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . . 2 . . 2 . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 8 9 4 9 6 2 10 1 2
      Electrical and computer engineering 2 3 6 11 8 2 8 5 8 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 3 2 2 4 . 1 . 1 5
      Materials and mining engineering 3 3 2 . 3 2 2 3 2 4
      Mechanical engineering 3 . 5 1 2 2 1 1 2 5
      Engineering, other 1 2 5 3 4 4 3 1 5 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . 2 . 3 . 1 . . 1 .
      Geological sciences . 1 . 2 . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences 4 4 7 4 7 5 17 7 1 4
      Nursing science . . . . . . 12 4 . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 2 2 3 3 6 3 3 1 1 3
      Public health . . . . . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 6 13 9 6 4 5 5 2 10 5
      Applied mathematics . . . . . 1 1 . 1 .
      Mathematics 3 . . . . 1 . . 1 2
      Statistics 1 4 6 5 3 3 2 . 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 9 3 1 1 . 2 2 6 1
    Physical sciences 8 6 3 9 9 11 10 5 10 7
      Chemistry 6 4 2 7 7 9 8 4 7 5
      Physics 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 2
    Psychology 2 2 7 5 8 3 5 5 4 4
      Clinical psychology . . . . 3 2 1 . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 . 2 1 2 . 1 . 2 1
      Research and experimental psychology . . 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1
      Psychology, other 1 2 4 1 2 . 1 3 . 2
    Social sciences . 2 4 2 . 1 4 4 5 4
      Anthropology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Economics . . . . . . . . 3 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Social sciences, other . 2 4 2 . 1 4 4 1 3
  Non-science and engineering 23 15 14 27 15 12 16 15 15 15
    Business 4 5 2 7 2 . 3 . 1 3
      Business 4 5 2 7 2 . 3 . 1 3
    Education 11 4 8 10 5 11 6 7 8 10
      Education leadership and administration . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Education research 6 2 5 5 2 3 4 4 3 6
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 . 2 2 1 5 2 . . 3
      Education, other 3 1 1 2 2 3 . 2 5 1
    Humanities and arts . 3 2 6 2 1 3 7 2 2
      Letters . 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 1
      History . 2 1 3 . . . 2 . 1
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . 1 . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 8 3 2 4 6 . 4 1 4 .
      Communication 7 2 2 2 6 . 4 1 4 .
      Public administration and social services 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 . 2 . . . . . .

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 305 306 295 312 320 330 360 351 381 373
    Hispanic or Latino 9 11 14 22 17 15 14 16 12 14
    Not Hispanic or Latino 289 289 275 284 296 309 337 327 362 353
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 2 2 1 7 7 10 11 8 7
      Asian 8 12 9 14 12 14 11 10 9 9
      Black or African American 16 11 4 8 7 8 9 13 13 10
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 248 246 245 250 253 265 299 284 324 319
      More than one race 13 18 15 11 17 15 8 9 8 8
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 6 6 6 7 6 9 8 7 6
  Temporary visa holders 465 481 440 353 225 285 293 306 325 356
  Science and engineering 745 738 686 615 504 568 600 609 656 676
    Science 570 569 515 470 410 455 468 475 520 518
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 107 96 98 91 79 87 104 118 131 140
      Biological and biomedical sciences 170 176 158 133 110 122 125 139 160 146
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 28
      Computer and information sciences 52 61 58 63 47 43 29 23 29 33
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 36 32 29 30 30 43 42 42 47 34
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 47 30 23 17 23 20 21 27 0 0
      Physical sciences 79 86 74 77 64 79 83 68 59 68
      Psychology 29 29 25 25 23 23 26 29 34 31
      Social sciences 48 59 50 34 34 38 38 29 33 37
    Engineering 175 169 171 145 94 113 132 134 136 158
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 16 16 12 7 10 5 4 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 48 46 48 36 21 22 27 29 23 27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 36 38 33 39 29 40 54 54 60 71
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 11 7 11 13 7 10 13 12 11 15
      Mechanical engineering 40 37 39 29 17 17 25 24 19 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13
      Other engineering 26 25 24 16 13 14 8 11 14 17
    Health 25 49 49 50 41 47 53 48 50 53
      Clinical medicine 6 17 24 30 27 28 30 26 30 33
      Other health 19 32 25 20 14 19 23 22 20 20

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 243 227 242 251 239 242 251 256 323 349
    Hispanic or Latino 11 7 7 9 6 5 6 3 5 4
    Not Hispanic or Latino 228 217 230 239 225 227 232 240 301 323
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 3 6 6 2 4 4 3 4 3
      Asian 17 16 17 14 12 13 11 19 18 19
      Black or African American 14 12 12 7 8 13 10 6 9 10
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      White 182 173 188 207 200 192 199 207 265 285
      More than one race 12 13 7 5 3 5 8 5 5 5
    Unknown ethnicity and race 4 3 5 3 8 10 13 13 17 22
  Temporary visa holders 151 105 125 144 209 156 178 167 177 201
  Science and engineering 376 324 354 370 428 367 405 395 477 529
    Science 281 242 257 262 285 246 264 265 309 338
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 42 61 57 70 69 69 72 61 73 79
      Biological and biomedical sciences 74 44 52 37 48 44 46 46 72 72
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19
      Computer and information sciences 41 38 38 38 42 38 48 41 51 65
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 23
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 27 24 29 35 35 31 30 32 26 33
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 35 21 15 19 18 13 13 11 0 0
      Physical sciences 17 13 18 15 26 14 13 23 17 8
      Psychology 12 13 15 13 20 5 8 4 5 4
      Social sciences 31 28 33 35 27 32 34 47 32 35
    Engineering 95 82 97 108 143 121 141 130 168 191
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 8 9 9 6 1 2 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 14 17 24 26 41 34 32 29 19 22
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 46 39 44 47 59 63 71 71 101 114
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 4 6 10 13 8 12 13 10 8
      Mechanical engineering 16 13 10 7 15 8 14 10 7 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7
      Other engineering 7 1 4 9 9 7 10 7 22 28
    Health 18 8 13 25 20 31 24 28 23 21
      Clinical medicine 4 6 11 20 12 27 22 22 20 18
      Other health 14 2 2 5 8 4 2 6 3 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 192 173 50 109 108 92 117 112 113 100
  Science and engineering 188 165 50 101 101 89 114 106 111 98
    Science 137 135 45 83 84 72 92 92 101 88
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 46 40 9 21 22 21 20 27 29 25
      Biological and biomedical sciences 49 52 15 37 35 28 37 37 48 34
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 16 5 2 3 4 6 6 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 20 31 16 21 20 14 19 14 19 23
      Psychology 1 3 0 0 2 1 4 5 0 2
      Social sciences 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3
    Engineering 51 30 5 18 17 17 22 14 10 10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 1 3 5 4 4 6 4 3 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 6 0 1 5 6 10 3 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 15 11 1 4 4 4 2 2 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
      Other engineering 13 10 1 7 3 3 2 4 3 3
    Health 4 8 0 8 7 3 3 6 2 2
      Clinical medicine 0 4 0 6 6 2 0 5 1 0
      Other health 4 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 2

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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 770 787 735 665 545 615 653 657 706 729
  Fellowships 7 6 9 6 6 4 5 5 6 4
    Federal 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 7 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 4
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 538 543 498 244 227 247 306 280 284 254
    Federal 192 168 46 109 92 92 113 108 111 100
    Institutional 301 351 446 124 118 130 161 150 143 122
    Nonfederal 45 24 6 11 17 25 32 22 30 32
  Teaching assistantships 102 111 126 50 39 47 40 38 65 95
    Federal 0 1 0 0 11 0 2 1 0 0
    Institutional 102 110 126 50 28 46 38 37 65 93
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Other types of support 123 127 102 365 273 317 302 334 351 376
    Federal 0 3 1 0 5 0 2 3 2 0
    Institutional 60 72 70 300 189 224 215 255 270 288
    Nonfederal 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
    Personal resources 63 51 31 65 79 93 84 75 79 86

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 63 50 55 49 49 42 38 39 46 55
    Science 52 40 46 44 45 39 37 39 44 53
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 17 15 18 15 16 16 16 17 14 15
      Biological and biomedical sciences 28 20 18 19 18 16 13 15 17 19
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 2 10 10 11 6 7 4 9 12
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
      Social sciences 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 11 10 9 5 4 3 1 0 2 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 7 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 4 1 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
    Health 4 5 6 5 4 4 5 2 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 5 6 5 4 4 5 2 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 51 47 52 35 44 34 28 29 24 23
  Science and engineering 48 42 47 32 40 30 24 28 24 23
    Science 40 37 38 29 36 28 24 28 24 23
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 9 12 13 10 12 11 10 13 8 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 24 20 15 13 16 14 8 12 9 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 2 10 6 8 2 5 2 5 5
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
      Social sciences 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 8 5 9 3 4 2 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 1 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 1 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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 199,885 190,330 174,904 164,050 155,645 152,381 145,669 153,119 156,297 153,542
    Science 162,086 154,341 145,781 136,020 135,860 133,693 128,952 136,177 139,097 136,256
      Computer and information sciences 3,598 3,422 2,957 2,929 3,433 2,556 4,900 3,286 2,878 3,949
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 571 472 804 680 553 714 296 612 439 705
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 550 471 804 680 553 714 296 612 439 705
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 130,237 122,001 115,027 106,163 101,693 104,204 100,736 103,145 103,685 95,345
        Agricultural sciences 104,520 96,881 92,009 82,590 77,925 73,697 72,506 76,135 80,154 81,879
        Biological and biomedical sciences 6,405 5,733 4,972 6,187 5,106 3,364 3,262 3,207 3,064 3,086
        Health sciences 8,519 9,502 7,540 7,484 8,713 17,936 15,894 14,616 11,642 10,042
        Natural resources and conservation 10,635 9,795 10,506 9,902 9,949 9,207 9,074 9,187 8,825 0
        Life sciences nec 158 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 338
      Mathematics and statistics 1,713 970 1,357 1,501 1,120 714 38 901 979 777
      Physical sciences 10,428 11,009 9,362 10,077 6,502 6,903 6,900 8,121 10,684 10,951
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,678 3,811 6,880 3,801 3,106 3,713 4,067 4,865 6,408 8,388
        Materials science 4,957 6,493 1,459 5,306 2,664 2,426 2,351 2,459 2,902 0
        Physics 793 705 1,023 970 732 764 482 797 986 840
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 388 1,723
      Psychology 2,689 2,750 2,354 2,283 2,798 3,077 1,979 3,630 4,105 3,590
      Social sciences 8,877 8,600 7,856 6,686 15,215 9,396 8,857 11,636 12,250 16,906
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 97 0
        Economics 6,334 6,369 5,988 5,073 4,998 0 0 4 6 4,748
        Political science and government 823 0 18 0 0 0 647 257 307 370
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,316 1,286 1,279 1,043 951 1,282 1,291 1,127 1,001 785
        Social sciences nec 404 945 571 570 9,266 8,114 6,919 10,140 10,839 11,003
      Sciences nec 3,973 5,117 6,064 5,701 4,546 6,129 5,246 4,846 4,077 4,033
    Engineering 26,245 25,034 20,187 13,963 14,007 12,030 11,555 13,053 13,009 12,678
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 196 710 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 254 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 410 111 729 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 10,090 10,524 8,659 3,629 3,228 2,384 1,768 1,794 1,926 2,252
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,789 1,985 1,993 1,446 2,196 2,545 2,829 3,261 2,987 1,539
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 754 1,397 615 673 720 673 593 578 697 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,281 3,003 2,066 2,859 3,168 2,726 2,570 2,370 2,204 1,749
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 411 243 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 7,060 7,061 5,699 5,356 4,695 3,702 3,795 5,050 5,195 7,138
    Non-S&E 11,554 10,955 8,936 14,067 5,778 6,658 5,162 3,889 4,191 4,608
      Business management and business administration 6,974 6,850 5,340 11,450 2,362 2,179 1,932 952 852 1,024
      Communication and communications technologies 838 662 491 448 639 586 508 285 417 445
      Education 1,312 490 257 392 560 1,184 565 1,102 1,125 1,825
      Humanities 0 1,048 1,067 952 1,118 1,027 552 634 764 681
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 406 569 525 376 589 688 704 337 331 380
      Non-S&E nec 2,024 1,336 1,256 449 510 994 901 579 702 253

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 199,885 57,705 55,061 76,985 1,626 1,105 7,403
    Science 162,086 41,792 52,167 58,740 1,484 954 6,949
      Computer and information sciences 3,598 1,570 55 1,973 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 571 123 12 384 41 11 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 550 102 12 384 41 11 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 21 21 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 130,237 27,527 48,849 45,969 1,248 658 5,986
        Agricultural sciences 104,520 16,482 44,409 36,702 805 491 5,631
        Biological and biomedical sciences 6,405 4,360 115 1,894 0 6 30
        Health sciences 8,519 5,150 261 2,870 63 161 14
        Natural resources and conservation 10,635 1,377 4,064 4,503 380 0 311
        Life sciences nec 158 158 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,713 133 0 1,580 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10,428 7,849 55 2,278 136 2 108
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 4,678 3,430 49 1,071 128 0 0
        Materials science 4,957 4,109 6 724 8 2 108
        Physics 793 310 0 483 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 2,689 1,075 0 1,607 6 1 0
      Social sciences 8,877 1,962 1,451 4,293 34 282 855
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 6,334 1,081 1,411 2,957 19 19 847
        Political science and government 823 465 0 358 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,316 409 0 621 15 263 8
        Social sciences nec 404 7 40 357 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 3,973 1,553 1,745 656 19 0 0
    Engineering 26,245 15,107 2,472 7,961 142 133 430
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 196 196 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 254 0 75 79 0 0 100
      Chemical engineering 410 332 0 22 33 0 23
      Civil engineering 10,090 7,500 283 2,091 39 121 56
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,789 2,836 70 877 0 6 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 754 260 17 477 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,281 1,875 1 1,405 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 411 363 0 12 36 0 0
      Engineering nec 7,060 1,745 2,026 2,998 34 6 251
    Non-S&E 11,554 806 422 10,284 0 18 24
      Business management and business administration 6,974 67 98 6,785 0 0 24
      Communication and communications technologies 838 43 173 622 0 0 0
      Education 1,312 371 129 812 0 0 0
      Humanities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 406 0 2 404 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,024 325 20 1,661 0 18 0

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 57,705 53,339 45,343 42,824 31,614 35,322 35,122 34,923 35,590 35,482
  DOD 10,649 8,962 5,102 4,605 1,413 1,378 1,424 1,142 981 949
  DOE 905 1,011 737 556 256 528 1,369 1,748 1,819 3,774
  HHS 7,235 9,047 9,492 7,105 6,822 8,301 7,729 7,296 5,417 5,052
  NASA 122 173 115 112 134 237 105 85 61 130
  NSF 12,574 10,647 8,822 9,637 6,758 10,137 8,346 7,666 7,746 6,846
  USDA 20,701 16,517 14,183 12,525 11,153 9,766 10,779 10,633 12,776 10,634
  Other 5,519 6,982 6,892 8,284 5,078 4,975 5,370 6,353 6,790 8,097

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 2,595 649 1,946 .
2018 2,444 606 1,838 .

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

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 2,314 2,711 2,717 2,784 2,747
    Agricultural sciences 1,069 1,370 1,362 1,407 1,446
    Biological and biomedical sciences 389 401 408 341 353
    Computer and information sciences 13 19 20 24 23
    Engineering 144 191 174 177 163
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 15 11 13 12 16
    Health sciences 419 421 441 464 431
    Mathematics and statistics 3 3 3 6 6
    Natural resources and conservation 10 17 14 14 13
    Physical sciences 122 146 152 153 138
    Psychology 21 21 23 23 22
    Social sciences 19 22 23 30 25
    Other 89 91 85 133 111

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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started 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
  All research space 107,988 87,161 31,890 7,937 1,649
    Agricultural sciences 75,878 66,570 0 0 1,649
    Biological and biomedical sciences 11,100 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 12,708 0 0 0
    Engineering 17,090 7,883 0 7,937 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 7,668 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 3,920 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 24,222 0 0
    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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started 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
  All research space 4,389 29,637 14,225 16,600 3,696
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 344
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 18,406 2,500 1,637 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 346 1,796 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 619
    Health sciences 348 10,523 7,168 14,963 1,709
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 4,041 362 1,112 0 489
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 335 0 0
    Other 0 0 1,314 0 535

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.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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