Clemson U.

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 65 86.2 459 79 87.7 631 103 89.1 925
2023 68 85.5 459 77 88.9 679 109 88.2 911 65 89.5 602
2022 83 82.2 457 74 89.4 680 107 88.3 900
2021 82 82 447 74 89.5 691 107 88.4 908 81 86.4 583
2020 77 83.2 450 71 90.1 698 106 88.6 916
2019 78 82.9 447 69 90.3 697 110 88.2 914 103 82.8 589
2018 82 81.2 428 67 90.6 700 107 88.5 911
2017 81 81.3 425 83 88.1 684 111 87.9 898 123 79 575
2016 84 80.8 430 84 88.2 697 109 88 896
2015 80 81.6 426 77 89.1 693 113 87.6 898 119 79.5 570
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 997 1,002 1,055 1,131 1,027 995 1,059 788 785 861
    Hispanic or Latino 44 61 56 65 58 45 47 29 25 25
    Not Hispanic or Latino 924 909 971 1,046 941 921 975 731 727 794
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Asian 44 32 37 37 34 32 29 24 22 25
      Black or African American 61 61 73 68 66 56 57 27 32 37
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 1 2 1
      White 764 772 829 899 803 804 860 654 643 700
      More than one race 48 38 28 39 34 26 25 23 28 31
    Unknown ethnicity and race 29 32 28 20 28 29 37 28 33 42
  Temporary visa holders 1,179 1,323 1,220 984 940 1,128 1,024 965 1,037 1,102
  Science and engineering 2,120 2,273 2,187 2,012 1,878 2,030 1,991 1,740 1,803 1,960
    Science 1,200 1,241 1,111 1,028 942 971 964 832 897 942
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 140 135 129 120 104 93 106 82 183 144
      Biological and biomedical sciences 205 196 175 190 161 168 159 136 63 107
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 43
      Computer and information sciences 226 316 282 175 171 215 154 149 184 177
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 15
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 10 12 11 11 12 14 15 19 17
      Mathematics and statistics 119 124 104 114 122 117 132 121 107 107
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 40 27 23 23 9 0 0 0 10 14
      Natural resources and conservation 86 78 67 62 61 71 61 27 0 0
      Physical sciences 196 199 175 164 167 170 181 158 153 166
      Psychology 60 50 46 45 44 40 41 39 37 42
      Social sciences 117 106 98 124 92 85 116 105 102 110
    Engineering 920 1,032 1,076 984 936 1,059 1,027 908 906 1,018
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 151 145 140 106 98 98 97 97 80 95
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 34 42 52 60 58 56 65 53 47 40
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 130 130 139 142 149 161 169 156 171 207
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 138 126 132 136 132 155 153 147 171 205
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 104 143 115 93 55 86 132 75 59 73
      Mechanical engineering 163 184 181 164 177 219 177 146 144 176
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 61 58 60 67 68 66 64 48 44 48
      Other engineering 139 204 257 216 199 218 170 186 190 174
    Health 56 52 88 103 89 93 92 13 19 3
      Clinical medicine 28 34 32 29 23 20 17 13 19 3
      Other health 28 18 56 74 66 73 75 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 597 576 604 474 455 466 495 476 552 552
    Hispanic or Latino 19 13 29 20 17 15 16 12 17 19
    Not Hispanic or Latino 555 535 555 430 418 427 460 450 515 499
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 1
      Asian 13 11 13 8 10 10 10 9 12 12
      Black or African American 33 34 25 23 16 17 19 26 40 33
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
      White 487 477 503 389 378 386 414 403 449 438
      More than one race 22 12 11 6 9 12 15 11 11 14
    Unknown ethnicity and race 23 28 20 24 20 24 19 14 20 34
  Temporary visa holders 107 78 93 55 64 80 67 78 120 112
  Science and engineering 670 637 679 500 483 507 511 488 658 664
    Science 495 495 509 411 401 394 404 391 444 431
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 26 30 29 34 26 25 25 20 43 42
      Biological and biomedical sciences 195 211 238 252 235 250 276 301 255 203
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
      Computer and information sciences 69 54 40 30 33 20 24 35 31 44
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 46
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 0 4 2 5 6 7 9 1 5
      Mathematics and statistics 8 7 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 57 58 51 32 20 0 0 0 2 8
      Natural resources and conservation 106 106 110 22 45 65 54 4 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 9 5 8 12 5 6 5 6 7
      Psychology 7 5 7 4 5 4 3 4 5 4
      Social sciences 18 15 19 22 16 15 6 11 71 68
    Engineering 175 142 170 89 82 113 107 97 214 233
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 5 9 7 11 12 12 14 12 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 7 3 4 1 3 0 1 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 27 22 23 21 17 19 21 19 32 41
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 15 15 25 19 16 16 23 15 21 11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 69 46 55 2 2 40 11 5 100 130
      Mechanical engineering 21 21 27 24 15 15 27 25 29 25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 9 9 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 8
      Other engineering 26 17 20 4 15 3 8 9 11 8
    Health 34 17 18 29 36 39 51 66 14 0
      Clinical medicine 22 12 5 7 4 10 6 2 14 0
      Other health 12 5 13 22 32 29 45 64 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 1,693 1,633 1,514 1,562 1,473 1,498 1,472 215 324 346
  Science and engineering 1,654 1,594 1,459 1,488 1,410 1,427 1,404 212 321 345
    Science 968 924 821 825 779 774 759 72 124 130
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 125 118 120 107 92 77 81 15 41 32
      Biological and biomedical sciences 178 162 145 162 138 145 136 20 8 18
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 114 112 97 98 96 106 91 11 23 19
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 8 11 10 11 8 11 2 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics 119 123 99 113 117 112 124 6 6 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
      Natural resources and conservation 82 71 55 60 57 62 46 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 193 195 173 162 161 164 164 9 31 43
      Psychology 51 47 39 39 38 35 34 2 2 4
      Social sciences 88 84 78 74 69 65 72 0 1 0
    Engineering 686 670 638 663 631 653 645 140 197 215
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 120 109 88 90 82 88 81 16 11 17
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 26 28 32 43 40 45 61 16 20 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 115 108 105 114 119 118 121 45 52 54
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 122 104 110 111 109 125 116 25 51 60
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 61 62 48 51 41 44 44 4 9 3
      Mechanical engineering 123 126 121 125 128 138 126 13 20 26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 57 53 56 56 55 53 46 14 19 29
      Other engineering 62 80 78 73 57 42 50 7 15 15
    Health 39 39 55 74 63 71 68 3 3 1
      Clinical medicine 20 22 22 21 17 14 11 3 3 1
      Other health 19 17 33 53 46 57 57 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 2,176 2,325 2,275 2,115 1,967 2,123 2,083 1,753 1,822 1,963
  Fellowships 33 53 59 94 69 65 197 96 58 53
    Federal 0 0 0 26 21 0 80 39 24 21
    Institutional 0 0 0 47 27 2 117 31 20 27
    Nonfederal 33 53 59 21 21 63 0 26 14 5
  Research assistantships 986 940 874 854 720 732 633 324 543 566
    Federal 986 940 874 854 719 732 633 174 299 321
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 80 125 106
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 119 139
  Teaching assistantships 533 504 466 526 554 557 557 478 728 761
    Federal 533 504 466 526 547 557 557 2 0 1
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 475 724 744
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16
  Other types of support 624 828 876 641 624 769 696 855 493 583
    Federal 174 189 174 156 186 209 202 0 1 3
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 14 25
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
    Personal resources 450 639 702 485 437 560 494 847 478 553

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 132 122 110 108 102 98 91 93 86 77
    Science 91 84 71 74 66 60 57 56 35 34
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 34 26 5 4 1 1 2 3 6 6
      Biological and biomedical sciences 11 13 25 23 17 15 22 13 2 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 3 6 9 9 9 9 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 11 11 8 6 5 1 0 3 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 8 6 3 5 5 4 5 5 12 4
      Natural resources and conservation 6 7 4 4 5 6 4 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 14 9 16 20 21 13 19 12 10
      Psychology 1 1 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 0
      Social sciences 3 2 7 6 3 2 1 0 0 0
    Engineering 41 38 39 34 36 38 34 37 51 43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 5 6 8 9 14 9 6 5 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 4 4 5 4 2 3 6 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 6 0 2 2 3 5 11 16 14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 3 2 3 5 2 5 5 3 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 2 4 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 10 10 11 6 8 9 7 0 7 8
      Other engineering 7 6 10 9 6 5 5 9 10 1
    Health 6 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
      Clinical medicine 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 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

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 97 82 74 75 62 56 52 15 28 22
  Science and engineering 93 81 73 74 61 56 52 15 28 22
    Science 62 53 43 50 33 33 37 12 8 9
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 26 16 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 1
      Biological and biomedical sciences 10 10 17 16 10 9 16 4 1 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 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 2 3 3 5 6 5 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 3 1 2 3 2 2 0 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 5 3 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 14 9 14 12 13 11 2 5 6
      Psychology 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 31 28 30 24 28 23 15 3 20 13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 5 5 5 7 9 5 1 3 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 1 4 3 5 3 1 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 5 0 2 2 3 2 0 7 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 3 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 6 8 4 6 7 4 0 3 5
      Other engineering 5 4 7 8 4 0 1 0 4 0
    Health 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 1 1 1 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 338,533 286,503 263,158 237,485 228,597 218,760 213,458 193,268 183,965 171,215
    Science 136,058 116,977 105,288 93,458 97,371 88,488 86,855 78,843 68,472 62,492
      Computer and information sciences 10,812 9,428 8,664 7,040 4,852 5,193 5,904 5,936 4,277 5,608
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 95,583 81,964 72,699 66,524 71,776 62,391 57,408 53,479 46,900 39,591
        Agricultural sciences 33,260 29,632 25,912 21,938 23,699 24,150 23,558 21,253 17,647 12,506
        Biological and biomedical sciences 34,257 31,352 26,009 24,231 28,361 25,381 24,282 22,194 19,953 19,017
        Health sciences 5,455 4,455 7,953 7,534 7,465 5,822 2,625 2,307 1,935 951
        Natural resources and conservation 0 21 21 7 3 33 5 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 22,611 16,504 12,804 12,814 12,248 7,005 6,938 7,725 7,365 7,117
      Mathematics and statistics 2,612 2,131 1,919 1,870 2,607 3,052 4,655 3,174 2,217 2,558
      Physical sciences 12,415 12,096 11,923 10,139 10,823 11,401 12,320 9,963 9,288 9,028
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,124 5,323 4,367 3,121 4,327 5,030 4,957 3,950 3,598 3,673
        Materials science 409 402 342 107 195 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 6,528 6,050 6,199 5,915 5,747 5,861 5,148 5,009 4,703 4,415
        Physical sciences nec 354 321 1,015 996 554 510 2,215 1,004 987 940
      Psychology 6,560 3,826 3,225 1,587 633 460 857 707 610 750
      Social sciences 8,076 7,532 6,858 6,298 6,680 5,991 5,711 5,584 5,180 4,957
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 483 333 127 97 55 47 14 54 28 875
        Political science and government 387 222 86 43 173 98 182 278 273 510
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,875 1,961 1,610 1,055 451 341 162 72 83 145
        Social sciences nec 5,331 5,016 5,035 5,103 6,001 5,505 5,353 5,180 4,796 3,427
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 119,002 103,188 98,733 90,038 76,971 76,739 73,506 65,885 64,870 58,366
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,729 14,120 14,082 20,574 12,996 11,723 9,734 7,712 7,506 10,661
      Chemical engineering 4,226 4,482 5,187 5,711 5,904 5,035 5,289 3,442 2,978 0
      Civil engineering 17,991 14,650 14,619 14,579 14,483 16,480 15,613 14,904 13,608 10,699
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,845 13,148 15,046 10,732 9,687 9,839 9,635 8,923 10,165 9,585
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,831 5,156 3,836 1,960 2,637 3,791 3,675 3,239 2,620 0
      Mechanical engineering 34,384 32,064 27,730 20,325 14,581 14,944 14,261 13,893 14,054 5,425
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 13,547 12,960 11,060 10,330 11,759 13,021 10,086 9,232 10,008 9,391
      Engineering nec 9,449 6,608 7,173 5,827 4,924 1,906 5,213 4,540 3,931 12,605
    Non-S&E 83,473 66,338 59,137 53,989 54,255 53,533 53,097 48,540 50,623 50,357
      Business management and business administration 3,148 3,126 2,867 1,708 1,272 1,198 1,071 863 839 521
      Communication and communications technologies 468 290 163 139 52 48 46 51 85 199
      Education 9,296 7,090 5,119 3,649 4,071 3,980 4,005 3,117 3,678 4,197
      Humanities 349 378 464 346 205 215 210 124 222 159
      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 35 11 9 16 15 30 3 0 23 4
      Non-S&E nec 70,177 55,443 50,515 48,131 48,640 48,062 47,762 44,385 45,776 45,277

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 338,533 161,658 33,501 115,530 21,905 5,658 281
    Science 136,058 67,500 22,700 37,361 5,617 2,599 281
      Computer and information sciences 10,812 5,790 24 4,469 468 61 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 95,583 41,534 20,920 26,802 3,981 2,065 281
        Agricultural sciences 33,260 11,895 12,083 6,319 2,045 918 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 34,257 15,248 4,210 13,116 936 466 281
        Health sciences 5,455 3,756 371 847 5 476 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 22,611 10,635 4,256 6,520 995 205 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,612 1,768 30 755 3 56 0
      Physical sciences 12,415 8,512 121 2,838 675 269 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,124 3,145 86 1,337 322 234 0
        Materials science 409 0 0 409 0 0 0
        Physics 6,528 5,353 35 752 353 35 0
        Physical sciences nec 354 14 0 340 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,560 4,499 976 785 253 47 0
      Social sciences 8,076 5,397 629 1,712 237 101 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 483 102 0 238 60 83 0
        Political science and government 387 269 64 48 0 6 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,875 1,624 63 176 0 12 0
        Social sciences nec 5,331 3,402 502 1,250 177 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 119,002 78,025 1,552 27,188 10,644 1,593 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,729 11,366 179 3,155 1,606 423 0
      Chemical engineering 4,226 2,232 6 1,756 200 32 0
      Civil engineering 17,991 10,546 194 5,225 1,510 516 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,845 9,436 15 4,949 1,420 25 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,831 4,686 48 1,640 313 144 0
      Mechanical engineering 34,384 25,064 1,076 4,605 3,233 406 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 13,547 7,974 30 3,376 2,147 20 0
      Engineering nec 9,449 6,721 4 2,482 215 27 0
    Non-S&E 83,473 16,133 9,249 50,981 5,644 1,466 0
      Business management and business administration 3,148 0 0 445 2,581 122 0
      Communication and communications technologies 468 179 0 142 5 142 0
      Education 9,296 3,999 3,092 1,680 315 210 0
      Humanities 349 80 0 82 78 109 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 35 0 0 34 0 1 0
      Non-S&E nec 70,177 11,875 6,157 48,598 2,665 882 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 161,658 129,955 119,512 89,883 82,203 81,080 73,735 70,256 60,165 53,136
  DOD 27,686 20,118 11,729 8,213 5,394 6,822 6,041 5,219 4,125 4,815
  DOE 8,610 8,141 8,174 7,012 7,990 7,710 7,027 7,818 5,232 2,221
  HHS 26,597 20,724 16,596 15,079 15,201 11,826 10,622 9,594 6,752 5,287
  NASA 2,087 2,098 1,886 1,798 1,547 1,202 1,452 1,259 965 886
  NSF 27,223 23,552 21,701 17,932 18,435 21,105 21,556 17,606 14,639 15,059
  USDA 20,037 11,985 9,177 6,387 4,869 5,737 4,766 4,657 4,231 2,917
  Other 49,418 43,337 50,249 33,462 28,767 26,678 22,271 24,103 24,221 21,951

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 647 112 535 .
2018 1,169 211 958 .

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 1,051 817 680 551 550
    Agricultural sciences 347 167 146 151 165
    Biological and biomedical sciences 90 91 115 68 68
    Computer and information sciences 16 13 16 12 13
    Engineering 419 368 250 188 185
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 27 28 33 25 25
    Health sciences 5 5 6 6 6
    Mathematics and statistics 17 16 10 9 9
    Natural resources and conservation 16 19 19 14 0
    Physical sciences 80 80 68 63 61
    Psychology 7 6 10 7 10
    Social sciences 7 12 9 8 8
    Other 20 12 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
  All research space 219,919 51,114 4,000 0 9,071
    Agricultural sciences 150,986 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 9,071
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 4,000 0 0
    Engineering 0 51,114 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 68,933 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 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 10,414 4,016 4,928 0 6,853
    Agricultural sciences 1,360 2,130 1,355 0 457
    Biological and biomedical sciences 857 1,372 0 0 2,102
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 640 0 1,345 0 3,477
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 550 0 0
    Physical sciences 7,557 513 1,678 0 817
    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