Auburn U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 80 88.5 679
2022 79 88.6 680
2021 86 87.8 691
2020 112 84.2 698
2019 116 83.6 697
2018 116 83.7 700
2017 106 84.8 684
2016 108 84.8 697
2015 111 84.3 693
2014 104 85.2 688
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,349 1,246 1,016 776 768 745 818 806 819 873
    Female 846 788 716 535 519 496 545 620 610 601
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 671 634 691 565 484 446 573 586 595 604
    Hispanic or Latino 40 38 39 37 30 20 26 26 22 19
    Not Hispanic or Latino 624 593 650 524 452 424 540 547 557 564
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 5 7
      Asian 57 36 24 31 23 19 18 14 11 23
      Black or African American 73 64 88 76 62 60 68 69 62 66
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 474 480 518 398 352 340 441 448 473 468
      More than one race 20 13 17 19 13 5 12 11 6 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 3 2 4 2 2 7 13 16 21
  Temporary visa holders 1,524 1,400 1,041 746 803 795 790 840 834 870
  Science and engineering 2,087 1,929 1,608 1,244 1,220 1,171 1,254 1,293 1,305 1,360
    Science 1,458 1,302 970 674 636 589 635 684 715 694
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 118 99 76 76 74 82 77 121 140 145
      Biological and biomedical sciences 223 203 231 200 208 176 189 109 125 100
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 19 20
      Computer and information sciences 621 526 207 96 60 29 17 30 12 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 44 32
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 32 34 34 30 20 21 17 15 21 10
      Mathematics and statistics 69 58 71 64 74 75 67 67 64 74
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 91 80 83 37 43 32 39 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 111 102 94 68 86 87 81 64 67 79
      Psychology 96 114 100 19 14 33 87 108 111 101
      Social sciences 94 84 74 84 57 54 61 111 112 115
    Engineering 629 627 638 570 584 582 619 609 590 666
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 50 46 38 41 35 23 22 17 17 23
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 30 27 22 18 22 21 25 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 82 82 84 67 66 74 65 50 46 57
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 96 89 105 77 85 78 107 101 97 93
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 191 178 192 191 186 191 182 194 189 208
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 71 80 83 66 65 75 93 79 106 121
      Mechanical engineering 84 92 83 74 83 79 80 87 65 84
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 23 29 29 34 41 41 45 39 36 32
      Other engineering 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 42 34 48
  Health 108 105 124 67 67 70 109 133 124 114
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 108 105 124 67 67 70 109 133 124 114

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 953 785 685 600 577 568 566 670 624 598
    Female 623 569 542 441 367 370 428 451 426 374
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,038 1,112 1,120 882 783 807 809 932 922 839
    Hispanic or Latino 57 64 61 39 41 34 42 39 31 18
    Not Hispanic or Latino 975 1,040 1,050 835 738 760 755 864 832 779
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 1 4 3 3 2 1 4 8 8
      Asian 76 62 53 34 33 27 24 27 32 34
      Black or African American 101 104 121 88 66 79 96 75 95 87
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
      White 763 845 847 683 619 638 620 745 686 649
      More than one race 29 27 24 25 17 14 13 13 11 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 8 9 8 4 13 12 29 59 42
  Temporary visa holders 538 242 107 159 161 131 185 189 128 133
  Science and engineering 1,550 1,323 1,196 1,021 932 923 964 1,033 947 917
    Science 1,168 903 771 573 529 551 578 679 623 614
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 114 132 132 113 124 116 102 190 183 158
      Biological and biomedical sciences 156 189 183 201 180 188 191 118 93 98
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 498 174 83 46 23 9 16 39 6 34
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 19 25
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 23 22 17 17 16 9 8 4 9
      Mathematics and statistics 24 26 22 31 29 30 25 43 36 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 138 134 101 44 34 38 30 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 35 40 41 59 65 60 58 60 55 36
      Psychology 131 114 105 8 6 7 68 73 79 90
      Social sciences 47 71 82 54 51 87 79 124 147 137
    Engineering 382 420 425 448 403 372 386 354 324 303
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 35 36 33 31 35 30 29 28 32 23
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 10 5 11 8 7 6 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 15 12 19 31 28 26 41 41 31 27
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 68 90 74 86 80 72 67 76 67 50
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 120 124 131 124 101 94 105 83 80 97
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 48 54 58 64 55 57 48 43 36 39
      Mechanical engineering 63 63 66 68 71 68 75 61 56 54
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 13 17 16 15 17 15 13 11 10
      Other engineering 17 18 22 17 10 1 0 9 11 3
  Health 26 31 31 20 12 15 30 88 103 55
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 26 31 31 20 12 15 30 88 103 55

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 78 104 188 114 73 169 168 284 295 307
  Science and engineering 77 103 182 114 73 169 160 278 291 302
    Science 30 35 97 44 27 72 76 98 104 94
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 4 4 33 6 4 10 8 28 32 37
      Biological and biomedical sciences 7 11 12 8 2 30 30 30 37 30
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 3 5 8 3 0 0 9 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 19 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 0 0 10 11 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 19 4 4 13 12 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 13 11 22 15 11 8 8 5 6 7
      Psychology 0 1 4 0 0 1 7 3 4 4
      Social sciences 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 6 5
    Engineering 47 68 85 70 46 97 84 180 187 208
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 8 4 5 1 8 6 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 5 2 5 2 4 3 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 11 12 26 16 8 22 19 30 27 35
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 13 9 5 6 8 10 39 38 33
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 10 24 14 9 25 19 45 54 66
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 2 8 4 9 26 22 28 38 43
      Mechanical engineering 8 9 8 12 5 4 5 20 15 19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 8 4 9 5 0 0 18 15 12
      Other engineering 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 1 1 6 0 0 0 8 6 4 5
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 1 1 6 0 0 0 8 6 4 5

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: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 2,195 2,034 1,732 1,311 1,287 1,241 1,363 1,426 1,429 1,474
  Fellowships 3 0 2 0 38 54 56 100 114 116
    Federal 0 0 0 0 1 30 32 64 76 80
    Institutional 3 0 2 0 37 16 15 19 21 21
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 17 17 15
  Research assistantships 120 184 326 533 494 363 389 461 474 489
    Federal 65 81 156 90 51 130 128 213 211 220
    Institutional 36 63 130 429 428 191 209 193 208 211
    Nonfederal 19 40 40 14 15 42 52 55 55 58
  Teaching assistantships 62 93 126 291 352 263 278 401 389 411
    Federal 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 8 7
    Institutional 61 93 126 291 350 261 276 394 381 404
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
  Other types of support 2,010 1,757 1,278 487 403 561 640 464 452 458
    Federal 12 23 32 24 20 8 7 0 0 0
    Institutional 1,308 998 837 194 96 80 88 21 29 22
    Nonfederal 6 11 12 10 17 15 15 1 0 0
    Personal resources 684 725 397 259 270 458 530 442 423 436

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 162 139 79 100 72 58 63 52 37 36
    Science 132 100 65 79 53 39 42 40 26 27
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 75 18 8 20 6 10 12 4 8 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 21 15 17 12 8 8 14 7 8
      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 1 1 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0
      Mathematics and statistics 7 9 4 2 0 0 1 5 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 16 12 9 10 9 3 5 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 33 11 10 12 12 8 5 3 7
      Psychology 2 0 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 0
      Social sciences 5 4 13 14 13 4 5 7 4 3
    Engineering 30 39 14 21 19 19 21 12 11 9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 8 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 3 1 2 1 1 5 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 6 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 8 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 12 4 8 0 0 0 1 2 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 5 6 6 0 0 0
      Other engineering 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
  Health 6 10 8 9 9 9 7 3 3 4
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 6 10 8 9 9 9 7 3 3 4

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 2 41 17 31 0 0 0 28 19 16
  Science and engineering 2 41 17 31 0 0 0 27 17 14
    Science 1 27 11 23 0 0 0 23 15 12
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 8 1 3 0 0 0 3 6 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 12 6 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 1 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 8 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 2
      Psychology 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1 14 6 8 0 0 0 4 2 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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