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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 12 98.8 925
2023 33 95.3 679 14 98.6 911 9 98.7 602
2022 28 96.1 680 11 98.9 900
2021 31 95.7 691 12 98.8 908 9 98.6 583
2020 28 96.2 698 24 97.5 916
2019 23 96.9 697 25 97.4 914 8 98.8 589
2018 22 97 700 25 97.4 911
2017 22 97 684 22 97.7 898 8 98.8 575
2016 19 97.4 697 22 97.7 896
2015 16 97.8 693 20 97.9 898 42 92.9 570
2014 15 98 688
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

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 2,504 2,697 2,581 2,677 2,746 2,793 2,665 2,857 2,903 2,831
    Female 1,923 2,196 1,995 1,891 1,974 1,949 1,794 2,009 1,988 2,011
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,583 2,966 2,840 2,811 2,787 2,748 2,565 2,906 2,925 2,910
    Hispanic or Latino 229 258 248 246 237 211 179 157 147 132
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,276 2,612 2,489 2,404 2,404 2,358 2,280 2,647 2,659 2,612
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 9 10 7 12 14 11
      Asian 247 264 222 199 199 184 159 190 184 174
      Black or African American 178 200 165 148 136 133 122 137 124 116
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 2 7 7 5 7 8 10
      White 1,735 2,032 1,996 1,954 1,972 1,944 1,916 2,251 2,270 2,260
      More than one race 115 115 104 100 81 80 71 50 59 41
    Unknown ethnicity and race 78 96 103 161 146 179 106 102 119 166
  Temporary visa holders 1,844 1,927 1,736 1,757 1,933 1,994 1,894 1,960 1,966 1,932
  Science and engineering 4,171 4,444 4,055 4,156 4,240 4,243 4,000 4,240 4,246 4,215
    Science 2,651 2,997 2,619 2,698 2,620 2,580 2,354 2,879 2,882 2,924
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 195 183 169 155 155 166 157 240 245 243
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,071 1,266 852 803 799 752 731 725 694 700
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 60 68
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 291 297 323
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 50 49
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 41 47 53 60 53 57 63 58 46 57
      Mathematics and statistics 283 298 315 437 346 368 207 206 223 218
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 114 115 113 103 98 98 86 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 514 518 523 519 522 483 468 463 459 475
      Psychology 33 161 172 165 161 162 150 165 161 159
      Social sciences 369 407 421 456 486 494 492 588 609 604
    Engineering 1,520 1,447 1,436 1,458 1,620 1,663 1,646 1,361 1,364 1,291
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 77 58 62 56 53 64 54 54 60 61
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 92 96 91 78 81 77 76 78 74 77
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 96 87 88 98 106 108 106 100 101 92
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 75 78 74 78 81 88 85 108 95 116
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 700 662 598 596 691 710 696 425 469 436
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 87 87 100 84 71 81 98 89 86 81
      Mechanical engineering 177 174 189 195 249 268 275 281 244 212
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 95 95 109 123 111 123 126 109 108 98
      Other engineering 121 110 125 150 177 144 130 117 127 118
  Health 256 449 521 412 480 499 459 626 645 627
    Clinical medicine 100 141 221 197 215 241 203 219 224 194
    Other health 156 308 300 215 265 258 256 407 421 433

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 142 325 282 260 233 198 184 197 186 183
    Female 134 359 307 248 240 175 163 176 180 208
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 241 613 538 464 432 327 304 326 315 355
    Hispanic or Latino 9 37 36 25 22 15 13 12 10 8
    Not Hispanic or Latino 224 552 489 434 403 305 278 303 294 327
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1
      Asian 24 50 55 40 33 23 23 20 18 28
      Black or African American 20 40 33 27 30 16 22 16 17 19
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
      White 175 443 391 355 330 260 224 259 253 274
      More than one race 4 19 10 12 6 4 9 5 5 5
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 24 13 5 7 7 13 11 11 20
  Temporary visa holders 35 71 51 44 41 46 43 47 51 36
  Science and engineering 245 443 429 380 328 255 235 259 267 268
    Science 159 261 246 176 150 101 87 123 125 160
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 16 35 30 25 30 16 29 32 21 31
      Biological and biomedical sciences 63 150 136 87 89 61 38 4 2 11
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 46 37 43 28 0 0 0 8 8 18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 6 5 5 5 3 1 5 15 5
      Mathematics and statistics 6 3 4 7 4 1 2 0 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 13 16 15 15 15 8 8 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Psychology 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 8 11 12 7 7 12 8 71 76 92
    Engineering 86 182 183 204 178 154 148 136 142 108
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 4 1 5 6 4 1 3 4 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 7 8 2 5 4 4 1 2 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 1 0 4 5 6 4 4 2 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 15 21 15 19 14 15 17 24 15
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 36 63 48 45 31 25 32 33 37 29
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 9 9 14 9 10 7 5 7 7
      Mechanical engineering 5 8 8 12 5 9 13 8 5 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 2
      Other engineering 11 73 86 105 97 78 68 63 59 38
  Health 31 241 160 128 145 118 112 114 99 123
    Clinical medicine 21 100 107 72 73 69 76 66 68 88
    Other health 10 141 53 56 72 49 36 48 31 35

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 1,028 1,129 1,179 1,105 1,024 972 969 1,022 939 928
  Science and engineering 1,014 1,075 1,111 1,054 984 933 926 939 879 861
    Science 597 577 554 504 430 430 415 517 509 413
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 44 27 16 12 21 21 15 14 26 14
      Biological and biomedical sciences 309 279 213 194 142 180 183 161 174 108
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 99 92
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 11 18 20 12 17 17 12 9 10
      Mathematics and statistics 17 10 6 18 6 11 14 11 4 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 9 15 10 8 8 12 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 164 181 230 207 200 155 133 147 137 138
      Psychology 6 12 16 9 4 1 4 5 9 11
      Social sciences 30 42 45 36 37 33 38 31 22 35
    Engineering 417 498 557 550 554 503 511 422 370 448
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 25 32 30 26 25 17 19 26 34
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 41 26 25 28 29 19 20 27 14 30
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 15 36 49 42 42 33 30 24 26 41
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 22 24 20 18 21 18 19 13 26
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 190 222 232 232 229 218 244 132 138 128
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 15 26 22 16 15 15 21 18 16 19
      Mechanical engineering 42 51 58 60 75 61 61 64 40 71
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 43 57 72 82 77 79 77 74 53 58
      Other engineering 27 33 43 40 43 32 23 45 44 41
  Health 14 54 68 51 40 39 43 83 60 67
    Clinical medicine 5 10 20 13 16 7 7 23 17 22
    Other health 9 44 48 38 24 32 36 60 43 45

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 4,427 4,893 4,576 4,568 4,720 4,742 4,459 4,866 4,891 4,842
  Fellowships 550 714 617 679 668 707 710 721 589 607
    Federal 113 136 115 132 104 134 159 136 114 116
    Institutional 430 521 440 476 492 474 427 494 370 376
    Nonfederal 7 57 62 71 72 99 124 91 105 115
  Research assistantships 2,019 2,164 1,958 1,901 1,909 1,717 1,485 1,725 1,670 1,671
    Federal 913 979 1,050 968 911 833 803 846 784 785
    Institutional 818 992 680 673 719 641 421 626 618 693
    Nonfederal 288 193 228 260 279 243 261 253 268 193
  Teaching assistantships 939 1,060 1,088 1,179 1,196 1,189 1,124 1,348 1,398 1,383
    Federal 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1
    Institutional 934 1,057 1,083 1,173 1,190 1,181 1,123 1,345 1,397 1,379
    Nonfederal 4 1 2 4 3 8 1 3 0 3
  Other types of support 919 955 913 809 947 1,129 1,140 1,072 1,234 1,181
    Federal 1 12 11 3 6 5 7 40 40 26
    Institutional 77 81 72 92 97 94 271 191 121 107
    Nonfederal 0 32 42 54 30 34 33 70 98 88
    Personal resources 841 830 788 660 814 996 829 771 975 960

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 355 386 344 377 408 392 380 373 372 375
    Science 262 283 261 273 304 295 280 271 261 267
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 37 18 10 9 15 15 20 22 32 25
      Biological and biomedical sciences 96 129 114 138 136 119 107 92 79 95
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 5 7 5 7 7 6 2 7 6
      Mathematics and statistics 0 29 28 16 24 24 22 19 17 15
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 7 8 13 11 11 10 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 69 74 71 74 85 95 81 86 91 78
      Psychology 8 9 11 12 10 13 14 23 20 21
      Social sciences 26 11 7 8 16 12 17 13 5 11
    Engineering 93 103 83 104 104 97 100 102 111 108
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 11 10 10 8 11 6 8 9 12
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 5 4 6 6 5 5 4 9 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 11 12 7 10 12 10 11 12 17 21
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 4 5 4 5 11 9 7 5 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 19 20 13 17 18 19 22 17 12 15
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 5 4 5 5 2 4 5 5 2
      Mechanical engineering 15 5 5 7 12 7 13 21 22 16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 16 18 17 23 18 13 17 15 15 8
      Other engineering 16 23 18 22 20 19 13 13 17 18
  Health 217 177 268 291 285 273 279 265 247 254
    Clinical medicine 141 51 73 136 125 128 113 76 68 67
    Other health 76 126 195 155 160 145 166 189 179 187

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 274 286 316 312 322 327 319 325 253 298
  Science and engineering 177 224 199 218 223 227 209 201 143 179
    Science 137 169 151 150 159 158 145 145 104 123
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 20 8 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 53 92 70 74 78 65 57 58 35 49
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 1 4 2 3 0 2 2 0 3
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 5 6 2 2 5 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 42 49 55 57 61 71 63 56 51 46
      Psychology 4 7 7 8 7 11 10 10 9 11
      Social sciences 7 6 4 3 6 3 5 7 1 2
    Engineering 40 55 48 68 64 69 64 56 39 56
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 9 9 10 8 10 5 5 4 11
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 2 1 3 3 4 4 1 0 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 9 2 6 8 6 4 2 9 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 1 3 2 1 8 7 4 2 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 11 7 12 14 12 13 12 7 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 1 0 2 3 0 3 3 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 3 2 2 4 3 6 11 8 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 11 13 16 12 11 14 13 6 3
      Other engineering 5 8 11 15 11 15 8 5 2 11
  Health 97 62 117 94 99 100 110 124 110 119
    Clinical medicine 56 20 37 34 39 52 45 38 37 37
    Other health 41 42 80 60 60 48 65 86 73 82

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 1,581,570 1,449,188 1,363,388 1,236,111 968,260 929,250 875,014 864,327 818,464 817,881
    Science 1,248,804 1,135,034 1,070,055 1,013,096 739,090 698,884 634,782 626,671 603,703 601,022
      Computer and information sciences 33,585 31,323 27,225 16,691 22,869 23,393 20,331 21,784 23,112 21,449
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,361 9,777 9,228 7,979 9,158 9,030 9,286 9,090 10,523 10,700
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 13,361 9,777 9,228 7,979 9,158 9,030 9,286 9,090 10,523 10,700
        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 1,073,570 977,520 897,954 876,239 590,076 550,461 506,398 503,648 473,816 473,752
        Agricultural sciences 89,851 82,811 81,771 68,969 67,155 50,853 50,731 47,793 51,122 58,895
        Biological and biomedical sciences 131,176 132,029 128,503 92,910 83,715 76,202 68,305 66,212 62,719 61,757
        Health sciences 830,487 744,235 666,812 700,303 422,365 406,318 372,386 373,520 343,922 337,317
        Natural resources and conservation 16,103 13,189 14,700 9,035 11,085 11,731 10,301 11,253 11,125 0
        Life sciences nec 5,953 5,256 6,168 5,022 5,756 5,357 4,675 4,870 4,928 15,783
      Mathematics and statistics 4,825 5,135 5,660 4,793 5,881 6,415 7,130 6,583 6,342 6,532
      Physical sciences 49,134 39,570 47,143 40,010 57,083 46,223 39,895 37,522 36,459 41,311
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,431 4,519 6,351 4,357 6,264 4,812 4,820 3,652 2,284 2,303
        Chemistry 22,930 9,661 13,382 15,540 28,972 18,579 15,804 14,696 15,043 20,443
        Materials science 2,222 2,675 1,979 394 840 374 214 288 325 0
        Physics 19,551 22,715 25,431 19,719 21,007 22,458 19,057 18,886 18,807 18,287
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278
      Psychology 6,428 6,403 10,892 8,139 7,542 7,861 8,509 7,456 6,743 7,224
      Social sciences 23,537 24,943 28,605 17,017 18,486 17,776 14,157 12,775 12,827 20,138
        Anthropology 753 597 1,036 462 485 484 491 437 510 0
        Economics 7,149 8,009 6,821 3,468 4,332 5,874 3,060 1,538 2,234 4,416
        Political science and government 573 1,918 3,213 852 877 568 507 393 196 4,104
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 7,745 7,377 8,147 5,352 6,008 5,174 4,062 3,470 3,641 3,461
        Social sciences nec 7,317 7,042 9,388 6,883 6,784 5,676 6,037 6,937 6,246 8,157
      Sciences nec 44,364 40,363 43,348 42,228 27,995 37,725 29,076 27,813 33,881 19,916
    Engineering 261,381 242,745 219,388 163,509 175,109 177,518 183,646 178,028 147,590 144,216
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 813 1,365 803 631 406 417 847 848 1,279 1,586
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 9,372 6,447 4,213 3,914 5,461 4,871 4,969 3,331 1,674 1,356
      Chemical engineering 13,741 12,511 12,200 9,574 12,621 13,300 11,506 14,180 9,225 8,115
      Civil engineering 15,159 14,397 19,553 7,855 7,144 7,052 6,751 15,127 7,303 8,334
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 35,085 35,576 32,558 25,479 28,085 28,694 29,973 26,424 24,714 24,427
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 19,428 21,017 18,026 7,830 6,521 8,117 13,199 10,532 5,732 0
      Mechanical engineering 104,234 98,566 84,396 66,784 71,587 72,671 83,766 73,825 65,942 61,940
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 21,831 22,674 23,085 20,920 22,487 25,495 20,691 21,249 18,698 25,658
      Engineering nec 41,718 30,192 24,554 20,522 20,797 16,901 11,944 12,512 13,023 12,800
    Non-S&E 71,385 71,409 73,945 59,506 54,061 52,848 56,586 59,628 67,171 72,643
      Business management and business administration 6,167 6,451 4,624 4,522 1,090 2,873 1,997 2,882 3,036 4,912
      Communication and communications technologies 88 372 464 443 466 849 945 1,023 528 2,430
      Education 30,818 28,063 27,007 21,418 20,898 21,588 24,598 27,771 37,706 59,199
      Humanities 1,918 3,231 3,789 2,350 2,339 2,795 2,441 1,920 1,624 3,111
      Law 3,497 2,259 684 721 761 795 784 755 751 114
      Social work 10,565 10,083 9,261 7,539 5,341 2,852 2,771 2,618 2,064 1,397
      Visual and performing arts 1,186 2,023 2,219 984 1,788 885 844 874 1,022 600
      Non-S&E nec 17,146 18,927 25,897 21,529 21,378 20,211 22,206 21,785 20,440 880

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 . 694,647 636,902 559,797 539,359 497,651 474,994 464,311 454,834 446,048
  DOD . 57,248 45,916 42,934 38,504 39,550 34,580 31,140 31,672 34,606
  DOE . 32,099 29,057 26,674 27,688 26,718 25,164 21,562 19,105 17,698
  HHS . 428,792 383,114 331,043 309,204 277,710 257,488 256,268 239,212 230,792
  NASA . 8,020 9,173 8,438 9,913 10,014 8,721 7,288 7,329 6,157
  NSF . 68,295 61,621 48,648 57,879 51,067 50,971 50,740 53,077 52,197
  USDA . 34,371 43,453 37,042 37,563 33,905 34,553 32,135 31,461 31,120
  Other . 65,822 64,568 65,018 58,608 58,687 63,517 65,178 72,978 73,478

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 9,709 2,140 7,569 .
2018 9,364 2,054 7,310 .

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 3,296 3,284 3,310 3,200 1,907
    Agricultural sciences 1,114 1,259 795 1,046 145
    Biological and biomedical sciences 716 555 591 442 372
    Computer and information sciences 28 26 6 2 2
    Engineering 495 488 590 546 536
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 74 75 61 71 67
    Health sciences 591 607 799 735 460
    Mathematics and statistics 4 4 4 6 3
    Natural resources and conservation 55 55 67 62 24
    Physical sciences 121 122 154 210 186
    Psychology 51 54 190 52 37
    Social sciences 39 25 12 20 35
    Other 8 14 42 8 39

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 90,000 49,611 260,606 28,081 i 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 36,000 0 i 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 200,000 0 i 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Engineering 90,000 49,611 24,606 0 i 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 28,081 i 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 i 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 i 0

i=imputed

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 72,057 27,857 2,122 187,440 30,234
    Agricultural sciences 0 1,896 0 4,424 6,081
    Biological and biomedical sciences 4,724 2,355 0 5,203 1,141
    Computer and information sciences 0 328 0 0 0
    Engineering 3,616 1,332 0 12,057 9,441
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 32,958 0 0 0 3,577
    Health sciences 28,759 20,622 2,122 124,372 4,663
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 2,211
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 2,000 0 0 29,830 3,121
    Psychology 0 1,324 0 8,947 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 2,607 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