California Institute of Technology

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 98 79 459 124 80.7 631 81 91.4 925
2023 90 80.8 459 121 82.5 679 68 92.7 911 66 89.3 602
2022 97 79.2 457 120 82.6 680 60 93.5 900
2021 111 75.6 447 109 84.5 691 62 93.3 908 77 87.1 583
2020 115 74.9 450 108 84.8 698 58 93.8 916
2019 93 79.6 447 115 83.8 697 64 93.2 914 89 85.2 589
2018 101 76.8 428 113 84.1 700 63 93.2 911
2017 106 75.5 425 110 84.2 684 60 93.5 898 84 85.7 575
2016 99 77.4 430 123 82.6 697 60 93.5 896
2015 103 76.2 426 125 82.3 693 60 93.5 898 82 85.9 570
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

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 772 777 793 782 724 686 687 700 682 690
    Hispanic or Latino 105 104 99 101 74 68 56 54 53 53
    Not Hispanic or Latino 664 670 688 674 645 608 624 642 623 629
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 4
      Asian 196 190 179 173 156 136 134 138 144 152
      Black or African American 22 21 19 13 6 8 7 8 8 11
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 375 393 433 438 440 422 443 461 445 442
      More than one race 69 64 56 48 41 40 39 34 25 20
    Unknown ethnicity and race 3 3 6 7 5 10 7 4 6 8
  Temporary visa holders 671 662 626 628 615 613 598 577 578 564
  Science and engineering 1,443 1,439 1,419 1,410 1,339 1,299 1,285 1,277 1,260 1,254
    Science 882 860 852 839 790 750 736 721 723 720
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 233 226 220 222 209 202 189 178 119 120
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 11 10 9 6 7 7 8 8 8 9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 69 79 83 80 79 72 63 59 81 85
      Mathematics and statistics 53 50 44 49 43 45 50 46 50 51
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 37 36 31 36 28 27 26 25 18 44
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 451 430 428 417 400 374 379 382 374 369
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 28 29 37 29 24 23 21 23 28 31
    Engineering 561 579 567 571 549 549 549 556 537 534
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 44 48 62 64 67 69 67 72 72 73
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 124 125 117 115 95 88 82 73 57 52
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 56 63 51 57 50 56 56 55 49 54
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 26 30 32 35 37 35 33 30 40 43
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 92 85 80 78 83 90 92 100 115 109
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 19 17 22 21 20 20 19 19 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 66 69 63 62 67 64 62 61 47 50
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 44 46 50 50 51 45 59 69 65 68
      Other engineering 90 96 90 89 79 82 79 77 92 85
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Hispanic or Latino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Black or African American 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Temporary visa holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Science and engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 497 518 523 556 510 554 519 541 510 522
  Science and engineering 497 518 523 556 510 554 519 541 510 522
    Science 306 322 307 341 304 326 315 314 291 292
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 82 78 78 99 80 102 82 76 56 51
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 4 1 3 3 2 1 2 4 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 27 36 35 28 28 28 32 33 46 51
      Mathematics and statistics 4 10 3 10 7 6 7 4 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 11 8 12 14 10 13 12 11 6 12
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 180 186 177 185 176 173 180 187 163 171
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
    Engineering 191 196 216 215 206 228 204 227 219 230
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 20 30 29 26 26 27 27 28 26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 42 40 50 43 39 47 28 37 29 27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 23 17 17 14 16 23 23 19 19 23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 13 16 11 12 10 12 12 11 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 11 13 27 16 19 16 23 25 36
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 7 7 7 6 10 6 7 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 30 28 32 24 37 33 28 29 24 30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 18 20 22 22 22 20 20 35 33 32
      Other engineering 33 40 29 38 32 40 44 38 50 43
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 1,443 1,439 1,419 1,410 1,339 1,299 1,285 1,277 1,260 1,254
  Fellowships 375 426 432 452 414 393 371 343 367 376
    Federal 121 152 141 159 142 153 150 143 157 158
    Institutional 249 266 269 268 255 228 205 179 175 167
    Nonfederal 5 8 22 25 17 12 16 21 35 51
  Research assistantships 862 821 816 754 722 711 692 692 611 614
    Federal 376 365 382 397 368 401 369 398 353 364
    Institutional 353 341 325 273 275 240 243 216 184 193
    Nonfederal 133 115 109 84 79 70 80 78 74 57
  Teaching assistantships 187 162 155 188 168 160 186 209 229 218
    Federal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 187 161 155 188 168 159 186 209 229 218
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 19 30 16 16 35 35 36 33 53 46
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 4 11 2 1 1 2 1 4 6 1
    Nonfederal 0 2 2 0 20 4 0 0 1 0
    Personal resources 15 17 12 15 14 29 35 29 46 45

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 574 523 551 557 555 681 617 629 601 552
    Science 448 406 426 442 446 540 491 476 468 444
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 145 131 132 150 157 190 176 164 169 149
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 54 49 54 60 69 83 65 58 56 57
      Mathematics and statistics 15 15 5 3 3 2 1 2 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 43 37 44 41 39 45 40 37 27 13
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 191 174 191 188 178 220 208 214 216 212
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 126 117 125 115 109 141 126 153 133 108
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 14 9 12 17 23 16 19 14 15
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 22 24 25 16 22 19 18 7 7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 37 31 33 26 21 35 27 35 37 31
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 3 3 2 4 6 8 9 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 7 11 9 13 10 10 11 13 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 24 23 23 16 21 25 25 26 22 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 18 19 22 24 19 22 23 36 31 26
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 226 217 228 265 278 337 304 324 320 277
  Science and engineering 226 217 228 265 278 337 304 324 320 277
    Science 172 175 191 221 221 265 251 256 262 230
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 55 60 66 80 82 83 92 86 85 81
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 16 17 24 23 31 24 26 28 19
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 22 14 17 15 16 21 20 19 23 8
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 81 85 91 102 100 130 114 124 126 118
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 54 42 37 44 57 72 53 68 58 47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 5 4 1 9 11 8 10 6 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 11 5 14 15 14 12 9 1 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 19 10 15 12 13 22 7 16 18 18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 3 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 10 6 4 11 9 15 16 17 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 8 4 5 9 6 12 9 16 13 12
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 445,173 490,672 478,142 438,624 449,651 399,931 391,003 400,312 371,060 374,424
    Science 369,089 i 416,522 i 395,504 370,861 i 367,004 328,586 317,513 318,940 298,318 267,409
      Computer and information sciences 9,683 i 13,730 i 11,363 13,508 i 15,072 14,405 15,086 9,584 1,220 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 39,150 i 47,263 i 57,033 43,295 i 43,338 37,101 32,030 33,138 32,029 29,132
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 i 0 i 2,689 1,986 i 2,539 4,122 5,694 7,797 7,980 7,119
        Geological and earth sciences 35,965 i 43,235 i 46,166 34,651 i 33,000 26,942 22,911 23,635 22,541 21,095
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 i 0 i 208 204 i 114 0 0 92 56 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 3,185 i 4,028 i 7,970 6,454 i 7,685 6,037 3,425 1,614 1,452 918
      Life sciences 93,708 i 102,066 i 98,580 100,754 i 89,626 87,505 80,318 77,964 65,679 63,913
        Agricultural sciences 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 93,708 i 102,066 i 98,392 100,578 i 89,580 84,558 76,044 74,998 65,501 63,637
        Health sciences 0 i 0 i 142 128 i 46 2,815 4,274 2,966 178 230
        Natural resources and conservation 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 i 0 i 46 48 i 0 132 0 0 0 46
      Mathematics and statistics 1,385 i 794 i 1,063 1,039 i 1,387 1,534 1,475 1,641 9,809 10,003
      Physical sciences 217,325 i 235,054 i 227,465 212,265 i 217,581 188,041 188,604 192,478 185,449 164,339
        Astronomy and astrophysics 51,405 i 60,682 i 64,902 49,083 i 49,859 45,835 41,062 35,423 35,373 39,943
        Chemistry 33,203 i 36,142 i 36,223 37,366 i 40,638 42,498 46,180 51,531 49,285 40,577
        Materials science 0 i 0 i 25,614 25,102 i 20,847 15,109 17,713 19,616 15,790 0
        Physics 105,783 i 111,025 i 100,726 100,714 i 106,237 84,599 83,649 85,908 85,001 83,819
        Physical sciences nec 26,934 i 27,205 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 2,127 i 1,117 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 46 46 0
      Social sciences 1,852 i 3,213 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Anthropology 17 i 22 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 308 i 211 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 17 i 21 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 17 i 21 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 1,493 i 2,938 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 3,859 i 13,285 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 4,089 4,086 22
    Engineering 75,727 i 73,871 i 51,975 51,630 i 51,693 46,972 45,494 61,771 57,886 83,424
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,092 i 7,631 i 7,418 6,149 i 9,139 9,108 9,619 14,144 13,268 13,528
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,750 i 6,287 i 6,392 6,210 i 3,051 892 868 1,869 1,956 658
      Chemical engineering 5,250 i 6,982 i 7,286 7,524 i 7,955 5,548 3,867 9,494 16,256 27,701
      Civil engineering 11,353 i 8,777 i 11,452 11,644 i 12,202 12,598 13,059 7,509 5,540 8,463
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,978 i 6,180 i 7,780 5,501 i 4,877 5,799 4,840 6,858 6,766 6,052
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,845 i 3,291 i 183 220 i 307 368 0 5,168 3,063 174
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 31,000 i 26,713 i 96 44 i 12 0 0 92 2,565 19,757
      Engineering nec 2,459 i 8,010 i 11,368 14,338 i 14,150 12,659 13,241 16,637 8,472 7,091
    Non-S&E 357 i 279 i 30,663 16,133 i 30,954 24,373 27,996 19,601 14,856 23,591
      Business management and business administration 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 224 115 426
      Communication and communications technologies 0 i 0 i 388 179 i 91 44 173 118 28 14
      Education 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 357 i 279 i 7,342 7,641 i 10,411 10,425 10,002 6,630 6,005 8,154
      Law 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 i 0 i 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 0 i 0 i 22,933 8,313 i 20,452 13,904 17,821 12,629 8,708 14,997

i=imputed

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 445,173 298,754 3,874 60,852 45,352 27,487 8,854
    Science 369,089 i 256,052 3,613 49,594 i 27,658 24,656 7,516
      Computer and information sciences 9,683 i 7,018 0 1,257 i 464 705 239
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 39,150 i 25,185 3,363 5,096 i 1,272 1,907 2,327
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 35,965 i 22,341 3,363 4,755 i 1,272 1,907 2,327
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 3,185 i 2,844 0 341 i 0 0 0
      Life sciences 93,708 i 64,391 0 11,517 i 1,199 14,149 2,452
        Agricultural sciences 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 93,708 i 64,391 0 11,517 i 1,199 14,149 2,452
        Health sciences 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,385 i 1,020 0 148 i 0 54 163
      Physical sciences 217,325 i 155,608 250 30,658 i 21,271 7,407 2,131
        Astronomy and astrophysics 51,405 i 41,385 0 9,190 i 0 665 165
        Chemistry 33,203 i 20,709 250 5,393 i 2,054 3,706 1,091
        Materials science 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
        Physics 105,783 i 87,647 0 13,131 i 1,114 3,036 855
        Physical sciences nec 26,934 i 5,867 0 2,944 i 18,103 0 20
      Psychology 2,127 i 1,898 0 229 i 0 0 0
      Social sciences 1,852 i 853 0 276 i 137 434 152
        Anthropology 17 i 0 0 17 i 0 0 0
        Economics 308 i 259 0 49 i 0 0 0
        Political science and government 17 i 0 0 17 i 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 17 i 0 0 17 i 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 1,493 i 594 0 176 i 137 434 152
      Sciences nec 3,859 i 79 0 413 i 3,315 0 52
    Engineering 75,727 i 42,627 261 11,220 i 17,694 2,831 1,094
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,092 i 4,269 0 1,113 i 2,486 134 90
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,750 i 5,048 0 723 i 40 893 46
      Chemical engineering 5,250 i 3,847 0 612 i 400 319 72
      Civil engineering 11,353 i 10,106 0 1,216 i 0 0 31
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,978 i 3,108 0 1,269 i 593 998 10
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,845 i 0 261 1,107 i 3,457 20 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 31,000 i 15,681 0 3,464 i 10,718 410 727
      Engineering nec 2,459 i 568 0 1,716 i 0 57 118
    Non-S&E 357 i 75 0 38 i 0 0 244
      Business management and business administration 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Education 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Humanities 357 i 75 0 38 i 0 0 244
      Law 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Social work 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 0 i 0 0 0 i 0 0 0

i=imputed

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 298,754 310,519 326,401 293,197 316,519 287,198 280,451 277,358 265,206 272,673
  DOD 31,906 30,414 28,973 30,794 34,756 34,316 33,617 33,045 28,592 24,455
  DOE 26,393 23,660 23,564 22,422 20,937 21,103 22,752 23,705 24,947 28,922
  HHS 78,978 81,652 89,631 88,419 81,136 78,102 72,310 70,258 63,384 68,943
  NASA 62,042 72,312 83,886 57,283 76,296 64,954 60,585 54,913 52,639 53,283
  NSF 93,466 96,199 94,888 88,858 96,277 82,563 85,056 88,367 89,490 93,167
  USDA 0 2 0 0 0 20 86 704 139 373
  Other 5,969 6,280 5,459 5,421 7,117 6,140 6,045 6,366 6,015 3,530

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 2,450 323 2,127 .
2018 1,955 302 1,653 .

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 3,667 3,522 3,557 3,549 3,172
    Agricultural sciences 907 968 1,071 1,072 1,062
    Biological and biomedical sciences 797 864 811 786 625
    Computer and information sciences 44 31 34 34 22
    Engineering 457 377 399 415 410
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 124 89 86 101 82
    Health sciences 127 142 198 235 256
    Mathematics and statistics 24 11 11 11 14
    Natural resources and conservation 99 96 100 90 24
    Physical sciences 827 694 657 625 589
    Psychology 48 41 35 38 31
    Social sciences 85 87 65 65 57
    Other 128 121 90 76 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

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 501,913 141,585 6,137 105,538 117,900
    Agricultural sciences 220,563 10,285 0 0 19,300
    Biological and biomedical sciences 160,000 0 0 81,790 98,600
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,850 0 0 9,698 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 88,000 12,400 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 6,900 6,137 0 0
    Physical sciences 31,500 112,000 0 14,050 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 28,285 109,387 86,587 50,565 52,762
    Agricultural sciences 7,237 8,218 1,653 5,478 470
    Biological and biomedical sciences 9,380 12,181 8,289 17,044 9,876
    Computer and information sciences 1,500 258 0 0 2,886
    Engineering 2,884 7,946 17,530 9,721 15,692
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 657 10,405 0 5,507 750
    Health sciences 0 9,079 3,585 0 700
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 452 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 3,400 0 0 275
    Physical sciences 4,129 56,628 49,051 11,424 20,708
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 1,253 0 0
    Other 2,498 1,273 5,226 940 1,405

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