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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 179 61.5 459 261 57.2 602 232 75 914
2022 185 60 457 378 45 680 233 74.4 900
2021 192 57.6 447 370 47.1 691 292 50.5 583 232 74.8 908
2020 151 66.9 450 360 48.9 697 256 72.4 916
2019 144 68.3 447 352 50 696 294 50.7 589 258 72.1 914
2018 163 62.4 428 349 50.6 698 246 73.4 911
2017 173 59.8 425 357 48.4 684 283 51.4 575 249 72.6 898
2016 159 63.5 430 387 45.1 697 247 72.8 896
2015 163 62.3 426 385 45.1 693 282 51.1 570 249 72.6 898
2014 182 57.4 422 361 48.1 688 253 71.9 889
2013 349 37.8 555
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 major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 75 72 62 104 106 86 81 92 87 69
  Science and engineering 43 38 36 45 50 37 28 39 38 30
    Science 33 30 32 37 40 27 23 30 30 21
      Life science 22 12 11 21 18 5 4 11 4 4
        Biological sciences 4 4 6 8 8 2 1 5 1 2
        Health sciences 18 8 5 13 10 3 3 6 3 2
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 3 5 4 5 5 3 5 3 5 2
        Chemistry . . . . . . . 1 . .
        Physics and astronomy 3 5 4 5 5 3 5 2 5 2
      Mathematics and computer sciences . 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 1 1
        Computer sciences . 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 1 1
      Psychology and social sciences 8 12 15 8 14 15 13 13 20 14
        Psychology 6 12 10 5 9 9 8 6 13 7
        Political science and government . . 3 2 5 4 4 6 3 6
        Sociology . . . . . . . . 1 .
        Other social sciences 2 . 2 1 . 2 1 1 3 1
    Engineering 10 8 4 8 10 10 5 9 8 9
      Biological/biomedical sciences 2 3 1 3 1 5 1 . 2 4
      Civil engineering . 2 1 1 1 1 2 . 1 .
      Electrical engineering 3 . . . 4 2 . 7 5 1
      Materials/metallurgical engineering . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 3 1 . 1 3 1 1 1 . 1
      Other engineering 2 . 2 3 1 1 1 1 . 3
  Non-science and engineering 32 34 26 59 56 49 53 53 49 39
    Education 1 . 1 2 5 8 3 5 4 1
      Education administration . . 1 2 5 5 2 3 2 .
      Education research 1 . . . . 2 1 1 2 1
      Teaching fields . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Other education . . . . . . . 1 . .
    Humanities 28 33 23 44 43 36 46 42 39 35
      Foreign languages & literature . 4 3 2 4 . 3 1 . 4
      History 1 2 2 5 1 3 2 8 4 4
      Letters 4 3 1 6 8 6 6 9 5 6
      Other humanities and arts 23 24 17 31 30 27 35 24 30 21
    Other 3 1 2 13 8 5 4 6 6 3
      Business management/administration . . 2 . . . . . . .
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 3 1 . 13 8 5 4 5 6 3

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
. 47,022 38,191 35,548 25,221 24,484 25,497 24,282 25,139 24,265 22,331
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 546 371 347 314 351 231 337 365 371 493
. 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 897 1,049 1,189 1,212 903 795 658 531 486 292
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 440 343 948 958 719 571 585 275 381 509
. 36,367 26,959 22,631 20,581 20,815 22,296 21,400 22,919 22,285 20,401
. 1,689 637 1,649 2,000 2,368 2,503 2,116 2,640 2,500 1,774
. 0 30 444 667 735 889 424 580 271 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 1,689 607 1,157 1,333 1,633 1,614 1,692 2,060 2,229 1,566
. 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 208
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 202 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
. 0 8 0 63 91 11 0 0 0 0
. 1,232 1,064 520 347 294 105 267 1,011 1,377 1,204
. 935 1,897 651 502 402 358 425 312 360 456
. 0 0 5 248 0 40 49 4 99 148
. 650 1,527 635 240 359 318 371 308 261 308
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 285 370 8 14 43 0 5 0 0 0
. 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 118 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 32,191 23,353 19,708 17,669 17,660 19,319 18,592 18,956 18,048 16,957
. 27,944 19,597 13,988 12,213 11,192 9,434 8,497 8,683 8,109 7,810
. 0 0 185 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 3 18 101 659 551 662 586 608 557 471
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 4,244 3,738 5,434 4,797 5,917 9,223 9,509 9,665 9,382 8,676
. 7,438 8,156 8,991 1,122 1,082 1,228 945 779 448 322
. 260 73 108 161 231 310 129 85 0 0
. 334 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
. 397 0 4,170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 300 0 0 0 0 0 4 55 20 60
. 3,507 3,174 2,300 223 309 456 407 263 62 14
. 734 142 70 180 129 163 347 325 287 126
. 1,906 4,767 2,343 558 413 299 58 41 78 122
. 1,334 1,313 1,312 1,034 614 376 357 270 294 314

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: 2023
(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 47,022 35,502 1,147 7,957 264 2,124 28
    Science 36,367 32,122 0 3,185 218 842 0
      Computer and information sciences 118 0 0 118 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,689 565 0 906 218 0 0
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 1,689 565 0 906 218 0 0
        Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 202 202 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 32,191 30,887 0 1,304 0 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 27,944 27,081 0 863 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 4,244 3,803 0 441 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,232 465 0 767 0 0 0
      Social sciences 935 3 0 90 0 842 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 285 3 0 90 0 192 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 650 0 0 0 0 650 0
        Social sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 3,217 2,405 99 627 46 40 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,334 1,147 0 184 3 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 546 244 99 163 0 40 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 897 743 0 114 40 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 440 271 0 166 3 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 7,438 975 1,048 4,145 0 1,242 28
      Business management and business administration 397 0 0 0 0 397 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 300 55 237 1 0 7 0
      Humanities 3,507 39 30 3,044 0 394 0
      Law 260 93 0 117 0 50 0
      Social work 734 570 0 57 0 107 0
      Visual and performing arts 334 0 0 330 0 0 4
      Non-S&E nec 1,906 218 781 596 0 287 24

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 35,502 26,285 23,128 22,503 21,642 20,749 19,857 19,928 19,900 17,205
  DOD 570 366 225 363 362 472 563 935 1,466 1,308
  DOE 4,193 4,180 5,338 5,027 5,880 6,836 7,258 6,925 6,703 5,390
  HHS 2,416 1,720 2,378 2,341 2,222 2,023 1,910 2,403 2,861 1,781
  NASA 25,243 18,342 13,378 11,992 10,428 8,847 7,938 7,523 7,145 6,439
  NSF 2,580 1,428 1,149 1,823 1,942 1,668 1,589 1,582 1,313 1,912
  USDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other 500 249 660 957 808 903 599 560 412 375

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 235 67 168 .
2018 205 56 149 .
2017 450 76 374 .

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 149 125 125 124 124
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 22 22 22 20 20
    Computer and information sciences 4 4 4 4 4
    Engineering 30 30 30 30 30
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 7 7 7 7 7
    Mathematics and statistics 3 1 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 51 48 48 48 48
    Psychology 14 6 6 6 6
    Social sciences 18 8 8 8 8
    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

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 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 31,000 . . 0
    Health sciences . . 31,000 . . 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 3,250 2,260 3,143 800 1,001
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,625 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 985 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 993 800 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 382
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 1,625 0 1,165 0 619
    Psychology 0 1,160 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 1,100 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