Columbia U. in the City of New York

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 19 96.1 459 20 98 925
2023 19 96.1 459 6 99.3 679 19 98 911 26 95.9 602
2022 19 96.1 457 4 99.6 680 18 98.1 900
2021 17 96.4 447 2 99.9 691 21 97.8 908 27 95.6 583
2020 13 97.4 450 5 99.4 698 21 97.8 916
2019 19 96 447 2 99.9 697 19 98 914 24 96.1 589
2018 16 96.5 428 2 99.9 700 18 98.2 911
2017 28 93.7 425 2 99.9 684 20 97.9 898 22 96.4 575
2016 23 94.9 430 17 97.7 697 20 97.9 896
2015 27 93.9 426 19 97.4 693 15 98.4 898 25 95.8 570
2014 23 96.8 688
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 615 606 577 585 673 573 659 481 500 474
  Science and engineering 435 469 445 421 457 407 488 369 359 338
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 3 4 6 3 2 1 2 2 2
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . 3 3 6 3 2 1 2 1 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 119 122 112 100 106 104 105 95 84 85
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 3 3 2 4 8 7 6 2 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 16 14 15 13 17 19 16 11 10 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 14 15 13 17 18 16 16 5 7 13
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 4 4 6 6 9 4 5 6 4 14
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 20 26 17 19 15 11 15 13 14 14
      Genetics and genomics 5 11 4 4 6 7 3 10 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 9 6 10 4 5 6 6 5 15 1
      Molecular biology 9 5 6 10 2 3 2 2 3 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 26 22 27 18 23 18 19 23 20 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 6 2 . . 3 3 5 3 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 8 6 6 4 1 3 10 6 4 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 4 3 3 6 6 3 3 1 3
    Computer and information sciences 26 22 11 23 20 19 22 19 25 14
      Computer science 22 20 10 18 20 18 21 18 22 14
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 2 1 5 . 1 1 1 3 .
    Engineering 73 108 85 77 97 79 83 86 73 68
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 24 23 18 17 16 19 14 15 18 20
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 10 15 9 8 9 9 9 9 4 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 15 7 5 15 13 12 13 9 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 15 18 18 18 27 15 21 25 15 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 14 12 9 14 11 8 7 6 5
      Materials and mining engineering 2 5 3 4 2 2 3 1 7 1
      Mechanical engineering 7 12 11 9 11 5 11 8 10 11
      Engineering, other 4 5 7 7 3 5 5 7 4 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 18 12 19 22 15 19 5 16 10
      Geological sciences 8 10 9 13 12 5 12 4 13 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 8 3 6 10 10 7 1 3 4
    Health sciences 26 15 20 18 14 20 26 20 17 13
      Nursing science 7 5 3 6 5 5 8 7 8 4
      Public health 7 8 13 10 6 9 10 10 8 9
      Health sciences, other 12 2 4 2 3 6 8 3 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 18 29 22 28 27 20 24 20 25 20
      Applied mathematics 2 5 2 5 2 4 2 3 2 5
      Mathematics 2 2 1 3 5 7 10 7 5 8
      Statistics 8 12 9 10 9 6 10 6 4 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 10 10 10 11 3 2 4 14 2
    Physical sciences 35 41 64 41 56 49 59 52 57 46
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 6 11 6 5 10 7 8 6 6
      Chemistry 10 13 24 16 29 19 18 17 25 21
      Physics 18 22 29 19 22 20 34 27 26 19
    Psychology 45 33 39 39 36 42 52 11 2 6
      Clinical psychology 9 9 8 12 11 10 12 3 . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 18 13 16 16 13 13 21 3 . .
      Research and experimental psychology 17 9 11 7 4 14 17 3 2 4
      Psychology, other 1 2 4 4 8 5 2 2 . 2
    Social sciences 79 78 76 70 76 57 97 59 58 74
      Anthropology 13 11 8 11 8 11 16 9 10 10
      Economics 23 30 26 24 31 15 36 20 17 23
      Political science and government 14 8 18 10 15 14 21 14 16 22
      Public policy analysis . 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 11 8 8 6 13 5 13 9 5 6
      Social sciences, other 18 20 16 19 9 11 11 6 10 10
  Non-science and engineering 180 137 132 164 216 166 171 112 141 136
    Business 14 20 10 22 17 13 20 16 18 12
      Business 14 20 10 22 17 13 20 16 18 12
    Education 41 26 35 24 53 40 44 2 . .
      Education leadership and administration 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 . . .
      Education research 15 9 16 10 19 16 18 1 . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 12 15 12 30 20 22 1 . .
      Education, other 7 5 3 1 2 3 3 . . .
    Humanities and arts 106 77 78 103 125 98 98 89 111 113
      Letters 17 19 13 20 19 16 21 11 20 23
      Foreign languages and literature 16 7 13 12 27 14 17 13 18 19
      History 26 20 23 27 27 27 23 29 27 26
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 10 10 16 13 11 13 9 13 12
      Music and performing arts 18 12 7 16 18 9 11 10 9 15
      Humanities and arts, other 18 9 12 12 21 21 13 17 24 18
    Other non-science and engineering 19 14 9 15 21 15 9 5 12 11
      Communication 3 2 2 4 3 5 2 2 4 2
      Public administration and social services 9 6 3 6 12 7 5 2 5 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 6 4 5 6 3 2 1 3 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 3,943 4,176 4,640 2,981 3,859 3,685 3,435 2,832 2,771 2,539
    Female 4,402 4,697 4,881 3,369 4,072 3,825 3,207 2,106 1,984 1,833
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,181 3,455 3,463 2,950 2,987 2,907 2,648 1,792 1,639 1,557
    Hispanic or Latino 361 393 367 302 274 269 251 153 124 100
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,625 2,873 2,880 2,430 2,387 2,263 2,078 1,484 1,364 1,269
      American Indian or Alaska Native 9 6 3 6 5 3 4 12 15 7
      Asian 866 922 909 701 648 615 529 361 308 268
      Black or African American 225 220 200 185 166 139 130 95 70 57
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 5 3 3
      White 1,352 1,539 1,631 1,425 1,465 1,392 1,326 976 934 897
      More than one race 173 185 135 111 99 112 88 35 34 37
    Unknown ethnicity and race 195 189 216 218 326 375 319 155 151 188
  Temporary visa holders 5,164 5,418 6,058 3,400 4,944 4,603 3,994 3,146 3,116 2,815
  Science and engineering 7,666 8,111 8,736 5,680 7,275 6,878 6,237 4,849 4,663 4,278
    Science 5,851 6,228 6,394 4,459 5,255 4,987 4,645 3,029 2,977 2,851
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,334 1,364 1,338 1,233 1,248 1,192 1,132 662 614 619
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,267 1,324 1,929 760 1,082 880 722 321 376 333
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 89 85 85 92 90 106 103 198 231 192
      Mathematics and statistics 944 1,000 1,072 927 1,141 1,127 1,092 799 793 722
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 288 269 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 56 51 216 64 89 187 92 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 318 294 320 313 308 297 325 262 248 256
      Psychology 40 40 43 41 43 39 41 35 38 34
      Social sciences 1,515 1,801 1,391 1,029 1,254 1,159 1,138 650 582 609
    Engineering 1,815 1,883 2,342 1,221 2,020 1,891 1,592 1,820 1,686 1,427
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 268 285 277 194 196 179 166 137 126 134
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 179 197 199 125 127 128 134 226 123 105
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 234 232 258 112 256 209 242 131 134 153
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 357 391 500 192 489 490 336 427 483 342
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 546 522 796 396 695 618 519 507 457 416
      Mechanical engineering 163 189 246 156 202 208 142 166 164 139
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 68 67 66 46 55 59 53 226 199 138
  Health 679 762 785 670 656 632 405 89 92 94
    Clinical medicine 610 694 723 617 598 574 351 67 67 64
    Other health 69 68 62 53 58 58 54 22 25 30

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,720 1,876 1,092 1,827 1,352 1,287 1,167 1,038 951 901
    Female 1,267 1,314 773 1,354 1,049 872 798 522 488 445
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,311 1,373 1,221 1,126 991 940 825 624 579 530
    Hispanic or Latino 106 111 104 96 73 64 59 23 37 26
    Not Hispanic or Latino 978 1,008 981 888 737 714 592 365 352 333
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0
      Asian 416 411 353 321 253 237 188 124 99 112
      Black or African American 69 69 73 61 35 45 38 16 19 18
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1
      White 438 475 515 473 423 396 335 213 224 194
      More than one race 52 50 39 29 25 33 29 11 9 8
    Unknown ethnicity and race 227 254 136 142 181 162 174 236 190 171
  Temporary visa holders 1,676 1,817 644 2,055 1,410 1,219 1,140 936 860 816
  Science and engineering 2,857 3,080 1,759 3,043 2,257 2,029 1,875 1,559 1,432 1,336
    Science 1,721 2,069 1,222 1,753 1,184 1,080 1,018 490 537 534
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 122 183 149 144 153 151 174 128 125 141
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,139 1,356 856 1,323 802 689 647 241 290 259
      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 1 0 54 38 25
      Mathematics and statistics 99 106 129 129 110 93 89 32 47 59
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 221 256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 7 7 3 3 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 20 26 8 43 38 53 39 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 120 142 73 107 78 90 68 35 37 50
    Engineering 1,136 1,011 537 1,290 1,073 949 857 1,069 895 802
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 107 105 62 66 67 59 38 30 8 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 83 67 32 79 41 45 42 41 50 81
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 188 175 92 168 156 164 87 103 103 102
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 254 333 93 277 240 216 208 241 245 225
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 342 159 160 518 416 375 366 309 306 267
      Mechanical engineering 151 157 92 172 146 85 107 160 87 88
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 11 15 6 10 7 5 9 185 96 37
  Health 130 110 106 138 144 130 90 1 7 10
    Clinical medicine 97 72 68 83 75 78 48 1 6 10
    Other health 33 38 38 55 69 52 42 0 1 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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 978 1,199 1,127 1,121 1,072 975 1,069 1,007 971 900
  Science and engineering 685 1,162 1,096 1,091 1,046 947 1,053 987 949 877
    Science 595 806 776 743 721 708 799 718 682 650
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 320 431 407 399 416 376 431 323 308 309
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 53 127 112 89 66 102 96 101 82 98
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 36 38 33 38 12 54 73 62 63
      Mathematics and statistics 13 25 18 19 19 19 15 6 8 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 6 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 110 147 143 134 125 143 113 109 80
      Psychology 3 10 12 10 10 6 14 12 16 9
      Social sciences 140 66 42 50 38 22 46 24 27 24
    Engineering 90 356 320 348 325 239 254 269 267 227
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 145 118 111 98 49 77 72 67 62
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 15 47 48 51 36 40 23 17 21 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 20 20 32 26 15 28 12 21 29
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 62 76 90 95 80 83 79 77 42
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 11 31 9 8 8 5 0 1 4 4
      Mechanical engineering 18 21 26 32 35 28 21 36 33 26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 5 30 23 24 27 22 22 52 44 44
  Health 293 37 31 30 26 28 16 20 22 23
    Clinical medicine 264 23 27 30 25 28 16 13 13 12
    Other health 29 14 4 0 1 0 0 7 9 11

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 8,345 8,873 9,521 6,350 7,931 7,510 6,642 4,938 4,755 4,372
  Fellowships 2,008 849 775 778 952 935 832 769 795 754
    Federal 317 358 313 344 310 324 381 356 365 328
    Institutional 1,642 428 398 372 589 538 384 343 359 358
    Nonfederal 49 63 64 62 53 73 67 70 71 68
  Research assistantships 928 1,113 1,103 943 1,004 884 885 842 751 742
    Federal 2 730 758 712 730 615 674 632 589 529
    Institutional 926 262 233 147 184 218 161 150 85 150
    Nonfederal 0 121 112 84 90 51 50 60 77 63
  Teaching assistantships 200 418 500 507 500 490 480 443 474 506
    Federal 0 7 15 11 6 0 5 4 0 0
    Institutional 200 411 482 480 494 470 475 435 461 506
    Nonfederal 0 0 3 16 0 20 0 4 13 0
  Other types of support 5,209 6,493 7,143 4,122 5,475 5,201 4,445 2,884 2,735 2,370
    Federal 659 104 41 54 26 36 9 15 17 43
    Institutional 39 332 303 696 327 231 190 111 62 49
    Nonfederal 80 38 19 33 58 81 139 50 33 19
    Personal resources 4,431 6,019 6,780 3,339 5,064 4,853 4,107 2,708 2,623 2,259

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 738 487 615 642 660 664 682 665 704 724
    Science 583 369 510 528 511 521 530 560 610 646
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 227 215 273 275 262 306 313 311 327 354
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 11 0 4 4 7 2 3 2 10 17
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 79 28 77 57 60 50 45 53 59 64
      Mathematics and statistics 20 22 18 19 27 27 30 27 15 13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 106 18 20 25 29 24 19 12 27 29
      Natural resources and conservation 5 0 13 17 16 17 15 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 96 71 91 105 87 78 92 86 88 71
      Psychology 15 12 12 14 15 10 7 12 12 18
      Social sciences 24 3 2 8 8 7 6 8 19 17
    Engineering 155 118 105 114 149 143 152 105 94 78
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 67 51 49 60 72 72 76 30 30 26
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 0 13 10 13 13 11 11 14 13
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 8 3 8 8 7 8 7 3 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 21 25 18 18 17 18 17 16 16 10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 8 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 4
      Mechanical engineering 9 11 7 8 8 8 8 6 1 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 26 20 12 6 26 20 29 31 26 17
  Health 432 491 732 727 691 630 590 554 545 550
    Clinical medicine 408 483 724 719 678 617 577 545 523 527
    Other health 24 8 8 8 13 13 13 9 22 23

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 639 547 735 772 693 684 717 625 639 648
  Science and engineering 406 293 371 387 383 386 439 408 454 419
    Science 318 224 295 299 283 288 334 341 388 362
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 123 151 181 177 161 185 209 217 251 240
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 47 10 40 27 24 21 26 31 30 31
      Mathematics and statistics 9 12 4 9 20 17 21 15 13 10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 51 1 6 9 17 14 14 7 13 11
      Natural resources and conservation 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 57 45 58 72 49 47 61 46 46 34
      Psychology 9 5 6 5 10 4 3 5 6 4
      Social sciences 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
    Engineering 88 69 76 88 100 98 105 67 66 57
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 41 36 39 49 53 54 55 21 21 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 0 7 9 8 10 7 4 9 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 3 2 5 5 5 4 4 2 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 9 7 17 17 14 10 13 16 16 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 8 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 13 14 8 4 14 13 21 18 16 15
  Health 233 254 364 385 310 298 278 217 185 229
    Clinical medicine 218 246 356 377 301 289 269 212 172 215
    Other health 15 8 8 8 9 9 9 5 13 14

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 1,449,535 1,341,952 1,230,924 1,098,570 1,032,909 1,003,615 947,504 893,062 837,312 868,159
    Science 1,261,871 1,178,983 1,080,453 967,673 909,148 893,100 836,470 780,737 730,114 770,247
      Computer and information sciences 36,053 30,853 31,786 27,763 25,101 24,725 22,654 20,479 20,091 22,684
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 86,355 88,243 79,949 77,515 78,288 75,900 80,240 84,745 84,289 112,052
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 11,241 12,850 10,448 10,482 9,965 10,489 12,240 15,115 16,514 19,257
        Geological and earth sciences 25,648 35,378 31,192 32,077 29,922 27,726 30,180 30,307 30,322 32,789
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 49,466 40,015 37,609 34,956 38,401 37,685 37,820 39,323 37,453 43,810
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,196
      Life sciences 1,057,492 980,046 893,199 797,089 744,239 727,779 673,535 608,053 570,751 573,063
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 299 2,563 4,933 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 291,269 272,728 249,393 226,903 206,509 196,254 181,521 172,179 169,631 156,798
        Health sciences 759,502 702,609 637,456 563,787 531,123 524,495 485,235 424,385 386,197 305,806
        Natural resources and conservation 4,701 3,842 5,324 4,370 4,151 3,793 3,805 6,361 7,390 0
        Life sciences nec 2,020 867 1,026 2,029 2,456 3,237 2,675 2,565 2,600 110,459
      Mathematics and statistics 4,053 4,294 4,427 2,951 4,118 5,725 5,841 4,600 3,523 3,390
      Physical sciences 59,689 52,418 52,767 46,386 37,384 35,369 32,070 46,452 37,518 46,022
        Astronomy and astrophysics 11,539 11,618 7,985 7,983 6,444 7,288 7,992 9,182 8,480 8,631
        Chemistry 21,248 19,577 17,944 16,528 11,983 11,749 11,038 12,809 11,188 11,298
        Materials science 4,826 2,607 5,800 4,472 6,626 5,230 2,755 1,923 2,139 0
        Physics 22,076 18,616 21,038 17,403 12,331 11,102 10,285 22,538 15,711 26,093
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 2,992 4,443 5,168 4,637 5,234 4,552 3,456 3,645 3,863 4,192
      Social sciences 15,237 18,686 13,157 11,332 14,784 19,050 18,674 12,763 10,079 8,844
        Anthropology 0 35 0 0 0 0 8 41 23 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 785
        Political science and government 926 2,529 2,168 543 1,127 1,047 842 649 825 4,990
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 7,574 8,679 6,536 6,376 9,078 8,588 6,894 5,859 4,338 3,069
        Social sciences nec 6,737 7,443 4,453 4,413 4,579 9,415 10,930 6,214 4,893 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 122,102 100,161 87,884 75,457 72,758 72,596 72,301 67,996 63,596 55,763
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,268 2,176 2,001 2,074 2,088 2,541 3,182 3,287 2,564 3,323
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 36,686 29,963 27,298 24,939 19,807 19,301 18,598 18,479 17,348 16,091
      Chemical engineering 16,816 12,909 11,462 8,027 6,151 5,624 5,342 6,130 8,397 8,659
      Civil engineering 3,622 3,113 2,609 2,059 2,143 2,432 2,462 1,827 2,285 3,743
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,888 8,862 5,078 3,865 4,606 3,882 4,586 5,672 5,566 13,993
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,933 1,516 1,555 543 821 1,072 1,181 1,853 1,403 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,794 3,398 5,159 4,561 5,696 5,708 5,238 3,718 2,858 2,083
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 50,095 38,224 32,722 29,389 31,446 32,036 31,712 27,030 23,175 7,871
    Non-S&E 65,562 62,808 62,587 55,440 51,003 37,919 38,733 44,329 43,602 42,149
      Business management and business administration 2,825 2,238 1,740 2,539 3,460 3,333 2,993 3,787 3,517 3,137
      Communication and communications technologies 1,974 2,191 3,775 2,146 2,107 3,203 3,928 4,224 3,263 5,094
      Education 4,855 8,561 5,120 5,232 5,335 5,209 6,020 5,604 5,482 3,512
      Humanities 10,253 8,459 8,364 6,692 10,222 3,154 2,587 2,764 4,721 12,621
      Law 15,155 11,739 9,979 6,894 5,096 4,862 5,290 6,369 6,202 5,383
      Social work 27,493 26,479 31,040 29,003 19,152 12,191 12,731 13,291 12,199 12,142
      Visual and performing arts 1,982 92 184 120 319 618 160 235 515 259
      Non-S&E nec 1,025 3,049 2,385 2,814 5,312 5,349 5,024 8,055 7,703 1

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 . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 0 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 . 988,670 904,346 831,648 762,289 736,536 686,338 647,840 600,457 592,545
  DOD . 58,296 53,738 49,219 47,328 48,604 50,007 43,568 35,113 35,513
  DOE . 25,171 26,945 21,961 21,289 21,167 17,268 14,510 12,518 11,406
  HHS . 766,707 694,702 642,785 579,119 548,047 493,785 444,908 414,592 408,376
  NASA . 24,482 21,796 20,968 18,833 20,499 21,142 20,678 20,798 20,831
  NSF . 105,818 99,333 89,066 86,265 86,116 87,535 105,692 97,190 91,560
  USDA . 502 156 71 48 94 515 863 756 345
  Other . 7,694 7,676 7,578 9,407 12,009 16,086 17,621 19,490 24,514

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
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 9,525 1,621 7,904 .
2018 9,395 1,574 7,821 .

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 2,066 2,070 2,006 2,002 1,878
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 2 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 628 627 537 530 481
    Computer and information sciences 37 37 64 46 48
    Engineering 261 261 199 203 200
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 211 210 151 156 123
    Health sciences 485 494 513 513 507
    Mathematics and statistics 28 27 30 32 27
    Natural resources and conservation 28 28 81 58 37
    Physical sciences 276 276 300 353 353
    Psychology 54 53 75 54 47
    Social sciences 58 57 56 55 55
    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
  All research space 0 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 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 0 0
    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 0 50,225 31,199 166,803 58,570
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,332 15,134 43,948 7,700
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 3,692 4,553 27,095
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 108,742 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 45,654 12,373 7,250 23,050
    Psychology 0 0 0 2,310 725
    Social sciences 0 2,239 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