Colorado State U., Fort Collins

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 70 85.1 459 101 84.3 631 76 92 925
2023 89 81 459 99 85.7 679 64 93.2 911 59 90.4 602
2022 62 86.8 457 109 84.2 680 64 93.1 900
2021 82 82 447 114 83.8 691 61 93.4 908 56 90.6 583
2020 76 83.5 450 116 83.7 698 65 93.1 916
2019 73 84 447 107 84.9 697 65 93.1 914 47 92.3 589
2018 77 82.4 428 109 84.7 700 65 93 911
2017 88 79.7 425 103 85.2 684 70 92.4 898 49 91.7 575
2016 79 82 430 98 86.2 697 70 92.4 896
2015 73 83.2 426 100 85.8 693 72 92.2 898 63 89.2 570
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 1,100 1,121 1,087 1,014 943 968 974 1,077 1,149 1,141
    Hispanic or Latino 151 142 137 101 75 87 85 79 78 75
    Not Hispanic or Latino 926 959 928 873 836 831 831 935 968 955
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 7 4 5 2 4 5 4 3 6
      Asian 41 30 33 34 28 30 27 43 31 21
      Black or African American 25 22 27 22 10 7 12 18 16 12
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0
      White 798 836 805 763 764 759 742 827 883 880
      More than one race 55 63 57 45 32 30 43 42 35 36
    Unknown ethnicity and race 23 20 22 40 32 50 58 63 103 111
  Temporary visa holders 581 531 412 349 318 392 375 344 402 445
  Science and engineering 1,650 1,617 1,461 1,330 1,218 1,312 1,311 1,373 1,392 1,423
    Science 1,349 1,338 1,206 1,073 1,018 1,066 1,049 1,141 1,104 1,091
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 127 149 118 105 96 78 86 106 180 184
      Biological and biomedical sciences 409 403 359 349 318 347 311 378 303 295
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 55
      Computer and information sciences 238 214 146 99 106 131 96 106 94 102
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 31
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 104 96 92 86 72 85 82 74 90 89
      Mathematics and statistics 101 98 87 54 71 65 92 85 78 68
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 35 44 41 28 28 20 22 24 20 12
      Natural resources and conservation 59 50 62 79 48 45 55 55 0 0
      Physical sciences 88 90 92 68 82 75 88 107 93 85
      Psychology 88 84 92 89 89 75 74 58 51 53
      Social sciences 100 110 117 116 108 145 143 148 115 114
    Engineering 301 279 255 257 200 246 262 232 288 332
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 14 16 15 10 12 14 18 15 12
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 8 7 9 8 6 9 8 16 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 73 64 63 66 51 69 78 61 96 88
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 74 63 53 51 41 65 58 57 60 113
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 35 28 21 20 8 8 5 2 15 14
      Mechanical engineering 60 62 55 59 53 46 50 49 49 52
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 37 40 40 37 29 40 48 37 37 47
    Health 31 35 38 33 43 48 38 48 159 163
      Clinical medicine 20 24 25 20 19 10 10 17 102 100
      Other health 11 11 13 13 24 38 28 31 57 63

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 1,864 1,795 1,802 1,930 2,005 1,889 976 970 1,054 1,036
    Hispanic or Latino 161 164 148 143 142 131 58 56 58 56
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,643 1,557 1,575 1,705 1,738 1,635 852 826 891 858
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 1 3 5 10 9 3 0 4 3
      Asian 88 75 74 67 84 84 35 29 30 33
      Black or African American 53 57 44 54 51 47 14 7 6 6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
      White 1,419 1,369 1,386 1,514 1,520 1,433 773 765 829 795
      More than one race 72 54 65 64 70 62 27 25 22 21
    Unknown ethnicity and race 60 74 79 82 125 123 66 88 105 122
  Temporary visa holders 415 400 317 324 363 346 335 391 427 407
  Science and engineering 2,263 2,179 2,105 2,238 2,349 2,170 1,278 1,322 1,400 1,382
    Science 1,601 1,525 1,502 1,592 1,657 1,532 942 916 974 991
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 182 168 173 168 224 163 87 77 162 158
      Biological and biomedical sciences 391 371 364 370 360 354 281 285 260 266
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 42
      Computer and information sciences 208 169 149 197 236 232 83 72 71 100
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 40 44 46 55 54 51 43 61 79 85
      Mathematics and statistics 86 76 98 119 117 120 48 40 38 35
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 23 19 27 38 49 55 4 1 2 4
      Natural resources and conservation 290 311 264 221 200 157 59 60 0 0
      Physical sciences 190 174 178 204 192 197 168 156 149 131
      Psychology 84 83 83 93 100 92 43 45 39 37
      Social sciences 107 110 120 127 125 111 126 119 124 127
    Engineering 662 654 603 646 692 638 336 406 426 391
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 23 22 23 23 19 23 24 20 20
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 9 6 6 7 7 8 16 11 18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 72 88 88 91 110 121 112 149 140 137
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 93 82 88 105 128 109 102 123 152 133
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 232 245 227 232 213 178 13 10 13 10
      Mechanical engineering 54 37 35 45 50 57 53 68 65 53
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 183 170 137 144 161 147 25 16 25 20
    Health 16 16 14 16 19 65 33 39 81 61
      Clinical medicine 15 15 14 12 9 9 11 14 43 30
      Other health 1 1 0 4 10 56 22 25 38 31

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 394 395 350 328 267 272 272 245 280 306
  Science and engineering 380 378 334 315 251 257 262 229 247 263
    Science 288 299 259 234 196 187 188 173 187 201
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 27 34 28 22 19 14 15 18 23 29
      Biological and biomedical sciences 115 115 86 86 61 58 47 57 51 59
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
      Computer and information sciences 19 17 20 17 15 14 9 8 12 16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 76 68 60 58 48 57 56 49 62 52
      Mathematics and statistics 8 8 11 6 7 5 9 7 9 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 13 12 10 5 8 11 8 0 0
      Physical sciences 12 14 15 7 12 6 12 9 6 14
      Psychology 12 14 14 18 21 9 10 9 10 8
      Social sciences 8 16 13 10 8 16 19 8 5 8
    Engineering 92 79 75 81 55 70 74 56 60 62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 9 8 6 5 4 5 4 6 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 6 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 25 24 24 24 13 19 23 17 24 24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 19 15 7 13 11 17 16 18 10 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 10 5 5 1 2 3 4 1 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 27 22 26 34 22 24 21 14 11 13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 1
    Health 14 17 16 13 16 15 10 16 33 43
      Clinical medicine 13 17 15 12 15 9 8 14 30 34
      Other health 1 0 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 9

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 1,681 1,652 1,499 1,363 1,261 1,360 1,349 1,421 1,551 1,586
  Fellowships 13 14 5 14 7 20 45 59 85 81
    Federal 2 3 1 3 3 3 39 43 68 54
    Institutional 10 9 2 7 4 16 5 16 17 25
    Nonfederal 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
  Research assistantships 536 504 452 443 382 379 408 408 365 415
    Federal 317 303 276 262 211 210 216 187 185 221
    Institutional 173 153 137 142 131 134 156 170 129 142
    Nonfederal 46 48 39 39 40 35 36 51 51 52
  Teaching assistantships 509 526 529 458 447 452 443 470 507 492
    Federal 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 1
    Institutional 509 526 529 458 444 446 441 468 507 491
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 623 608 513 448 425 509 453 484 594 598
    Federal 75 89 73 63 50 55 15 13 27 30
    Institutional 199 184 141 98 95 151 136 119 194 190
    Nonfederal 4 5 1 5 4 4 3 6 5 7
    Personal resources 345 330 298 282 276 299 299 346 368 371

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 215 192 199 182 245 170 196 193 178 183
    Science 195 174 181 161 225 151 171 174 157 166
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 25 26 26 17 89 21 26 17 29 25
      Biological and biomedical sciences 69 59 59 56 62 54 67 70 73 79
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 31 21 22 21 16 14 18 18 17 18
      Mathematics and statistics 8 11 10 11 12 15 11 11 7 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 27 22 23 25 22 18 17 22 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 29 34 25 20 19 21 26 24 33
      Psychology 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 2
      Social sciences 2 2 3 3 1 8 8 6 3 1
    Engineering 20 18 18 21 20 19 25 19 21 17
      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 2 1 2 7 9 5 6 3 1 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 7 8 8 4 5 9 9 10 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 4 7 2 4 4 7 3 4 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 1 4 3 5 3 4 6 3
      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 17 21 15 16 20 82 73 74 71 71
      Clinical medicine 12 15 13 14 18 15 13 14 14 15
      Other health 5 6 2 2 2 67 60 60 57 56

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 152 120 134 118 112 107 124 122 111 117
  Science and engineering 145 112 129 115 107 102 120 118 108 112
    Science 130 99 118 99 90 85 103 105 94 100
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 14 14 17 10 16 15 16 10 16 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 41 31 33 30 33 26 36 35 47 45
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 15 18 19 11 13 16 15 15 15
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 2 4 5 6 3 6 3 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 21 12 18 18 13 10 12 16 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 21 25 15 10 10 12 16 10 20
      Psychology 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0
      Social sciences 2 1 1 1 0 3 6 5 1 1
    Engineering 15 13 11 16 17 17 17 13 14 12
      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 1 1 2 7 8 4 3 1 1 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 5 7 6 4 4 6 8 10 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 3 2 2 4 4 6 2 1 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 4 0 1 1 5 2 2 2 2
      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 7 8 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 5
      Clinical medicine 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3
      Other health 3 4 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 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

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 466,386 498,073 456,911 447,197 407,302 398,477 374,955 338,404 331,862 317,219
    Science 386,486 430,897 397,706 390,556 341,205 339,643 318,032 287,300 282,993 275,935
      Computer and information sciences 6,359 4,521 4,052 3,621 4,278 4,278 4,349 5,056 4,184 3,565
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 67,284 59,772 53,708 60,073 67,642 85,500 116,804 122,150 38,038 120,232
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 53,989 49,496 43,583 42,825 43,063 45,148 42,836 40,349 38,038 39,077
        Geological and earth sciences 12,280 9,357 9,147 15,441 22,187 36,757 65,645 80,891 0 76,494
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 225 102 32 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 790 817 946 1,807 2,389 3,592 8,323 910 0 4,661
      Life sciences 264,883 313,226 289,050 288,731 231,734 211,774 161,006 131,900 212,291 122,500
        Agricultural sciences 80,130 68,745 55,140 50,785 61,780 50,080 44,779 42,828 32,680 36,811
        Biological and biomedical sciences 88,446 74,873 74,575 67,310 39,769 40,348 36,844 32,767 31,336 34,971
        Health sciences 31,848 29,427 26,764 28,615 24,849 37,787 46,652 54,686 58,517 49,743
        Natural resources and conservation 52,529 136,031 127,234 136,967 101,604 73,680 23,393 540 88,558 0
        Life sciences nec 11,930 4,150 5,337 5,054 3,732 9,879 9,338 1,079 1,200 975
      Mathematics and statistics 3,191 3,310 3,006 2,980 4,190 4,392 4,240 3,195 3,297 3,291
      Physical sciences 19,504 19,169 14,885 12,947 11,356 14,464 13,908 10,825 12,926 13,059
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 177 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,330 12,002 9,951 8,806 8,042 10,311 9,944 7,768 9,913 9,137
        Materials science 712 1,158 1,050 737 71 1,022 754 0 0 0
        Physics 5,304 5,625 3,551 2,956 2,855 2,837 2,772 3,057 3,013 3,922
        Physical sciences nec 158 384 333 448 388 294 261 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,735 3,362 3,476 3,755 3,255 3,860 4,324 3,378 3,032 3,041
      Social sciences 8,834 13,333 15,024 11,988 14,787 12,649 9,714 7,905 8,914 6,910
        Anthropology 496 4,596 3,361 2,631 2,448 2,743 601 37 518 0
        Economics 2,278 1,701 1,826 1,892 3,801 1,984 2,484 2,824 3,089 2,767
        Political science and government 803 833 3,561 1,087 683 652 642 266 353 285
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 597 808 1,486 1,636 2,758 3,362 3,827 2,510 2,268 1,670
        Social sciences nec 4,660 5,395 4,790 4,742 5,097 3,908 2,160 2,268 2,686 2,188
      Sciences nec 12,696 14,204 14,505 6,461 3,963 2,726 3,687 2,891 311 3,337
    Engineering 60,498 52,539 47,833 41,575 42,839 42,609 38,919 40,921 40,075 32,850
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 906 650 1,198 859 814 550 134 45 0 0
      Chemical engineering 4,841 3,983 4,028 3,119 2,513 2,747 2,712 2,577 2,186 1,539
      Civil engineering 18,253 17,022 15,066 13,574 15,082 16,251 14,783 16,501 16,213 12,061
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,143 11,300 9,042 8,479 8,951 9,512 9,310 10,005 10,300 8,621
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 777 1,292 1,196 962 213 0 62 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 18,365 14,127 14,058 12,428 13,995 12,942 11,273 11,167 10,827 10,386
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,099 4,165 3,245 2,154 1,271 607 645 626 549 243
    Non-S&E 19,402 14,637 11,372 15,066 23,258 16,225 18,004 10,183 8,794 8,434
      Business management and business administration 364 202 289 39 446 315 835 664 1,513 1,034
      Communication and communications technologies 2 286 288 170 816 865 1,273 2,158 1,258 1,344
      Education 7,562 7,243 6,036 732 2,435 2,955 1,872 934 756 978
      Humanities 4,383 3,811 3,308 2,466 587 208 213 95 238 118
      Law 154 365 622 642 118 0 0 0 0 69
      Social work 1,063 523 396 47 176 124 238 37 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 294 340 363 399 46 49 60 66 82 48
      Non-S&E nec 5,580 1,867 70 10,571 18,634 11,709 13,513 6,229 4,947 4,843

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 466,386 300,857 25,088 82,212 14,380 25,139 18,710
    Science 386,486 246,363 21,246 70,178 11,748 19,985 16,966
      Computer and information sciences 6,359 5,483 0 792 0 43 41
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 67,284 52,763 1,777 8,714 397 642 2,991
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 53,989 47,422 1,426 3,349 397 626 769
        Geological and earth sciences 12,280 4,381 351 5,313 0 13 2,222
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 225 223 0 2 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 790 737 0 50 0 3 0
      Life sciences 264,883 153,471 16,557 55,623 10,050 16,379 12,803
        Agricultural sciences 80,130 28,618 11,062 27,604 2,149 8,707 1,990
        Biological and biomedical sciences 88,446 58,498 1,972 11,120 7,499 3,625 5,732
        Health sciences 31,848 16,485 466 6,683 370 2,896 4,948
        Natural resources and conservation 52,529 38,871 3,057 9,426 0 1,042 133
        Life sciences nec 11,930 10,999 0 790 32 109 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3,191 2,715 113 190 89 38 46
      Physical sciences 19,504 15,749 298 1,477 831 1,077 72
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 13,330 10,432 298 926 654 951 69
        Materials science 712 528 0 4 177 0 3
        Physics 5,304 4,632 0 546 0 126 0
        Physical sciences nec 158 157 0 1 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,735 2,801 343 425 112 0 54
      Social sciences 8,834 3,719 1,927 2,034 53 855 246
        Anthropology 496 353 34 109 0 0 0
        Economics 2,278 728 1,052 440 0 23 35
        Political science and government 803 229 0 154 53 355 12
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 597 286 63 81 0 76 91
        Social sciences nec 4,660 2,123 778 1,250 0 401 108
      Sciences nec 12,696 9,662 231 923 216 951 713
    Engineering 60,498 45,414 1,961 7,356 2,627 1,580 1,560
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 93 0 52 41 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 906 825 18 63 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 4,841 4,313 24 298 126 70 10
      Civil engineering 18,253 13,811 600 2,328 714 490 310
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,143 9,969 64 455 288 185 182
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 777 636 70 61 0 10 0
      Mechanical engineering 18,365 12,736 390 3,836 972 319 112
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 21 0 15 6 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 6,099 3,124 728 268 527 506 946
    Non-S&E 19,402 9,080 1,881 4,678 5 3,574 184
      Business management and business administration 364 128 0 60 4 4 168
      Communication and communications technologies 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Education 7,562 4,219 262 1,889 0 1,192 0
      Humanities 4,383 2,604 43 1,069 1 653 13
      Law 154 129 0 25 0 0 0
      Social work 1,063 22 921 55 0 65 0
      Visual and performing arts 294 175 43 67 0 8 1
      Non-S&E nec 5,580 1,803 612 1,513 0 1,652 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 300,857 354,401 316,727 303,901 287,100 284,482 268,747 239,165 232,108 219,321
  DOD 16,285 106,769 100,464 98,372 96,624 92,283 79,404 58,816 60,101 49,832
  DOE 25,576 21,728 20,904 17,255 15,198 14,861 15,474 13,287 11,379 11,936
  HHS 72,470 66,714 57,818 55,483 47,156 45,335 42,801 41,371 37,283 36,228
  NASA 14,259 12,578 10,455 7,984 8,518 9,328 8,650 8,144 8,700 6,806
  NSF 40,100 37,561 33,534 27,501 29,078 31,344 32,599 32,279 32,927 31,722
  USDA 67,472 53,462 44,464 46,659 42,736 41,555 36,628 36,992 35,158 37,450
  Other 64,695 55,589 49,088 50,647 47,790 49,776 53,191 48,276 46,560 45,347

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 5,533 i 1,096 4,437 i .
2018 5,061 i 987 4,074 i .

i=imputed

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 1,163 1,155 1,242 1,208 948
    Agricultural sciences 274 269 157 132 115
    Biological and biomedical sciences 199 209 195 204 82
    Computer and information sciences 6 6 6 6 6
    Engineering 233 225 229 273 238
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 55 64 64 64 62
    Health sciences 67 63 250 270 246
    Mathematics and statistics 9 5 5 5 5
    Natural resources and conservation 159 155 168 89 70
    Physical sciences 86 91 99 109 67
    Psychology 12 12 13 13 7
    Social sciences 8 7 7 8 8
    Other 56 48 49 35 42

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 165,780 9,588 0 32,129 58,058
    Agricultural sciences 165,780 9,588 0 5,788 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 20,700 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 5,641 58,058
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 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 4,481 11,969 2,876 3,498 252
    Agricultural sciences 0 8,082 502 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 554 2,881 0 2,339 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,448 0 755 270 252
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 278 0 0 0
    Health sciences 734 0 497 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 1,745 728 1,123 580 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 310 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