Rutgers, The State U. New Jersey, New Brunswick

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 44 90.7 459 34 94.6 602 42 95.6 914
2022 45 90.4 457 46 95 900
2021 44 90.5 447 33 94.6 583 45 95.2 908
2020 41 91.2 450 40 95.8 916
2019 31 93.3 447 30 95.1 589 41 95.7 914
2018 30 93.3 428 34 96.4 911
2017 32 92.8 425 26 95.7 575 33 96.5 898
2016 37 91.7 430 32 96.6 896
2015 35 92.1 426 28 95.3 570 32 96.6 898
2014 30 93.2 422 31 96.7 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 401 375 342 398 441 435 440 415 436 460
  Science and engineering 306 294 262 289 334 327 328 319 329 344
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 18 19 7 10 17 14 16 19 22 15
      Agricultural sciences 13 16 7 6 14 9 11 12 15 9
      Natural resources and conservation 5 3 . 4 3 5 5 7 7 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 62 56 52 79 98 90 92 93 82 99
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 . 1 8 7 7 10 7 10 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 11 8 7 11 11 15 7 10 8 6
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 . 3 2 3 1 3 3 4 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 3 1 1 3 6 3 5 6 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 5 7 12 14 7 4 10 7 9
      Genetics and genomics 3 3 1 1 . 5 4 3 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 6 9 8 17 15 11 11 18 4 8
      Molecular biology 6 10 6 2 5 5 6 2 6 10
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 1 9 4 8 12 13 11 12 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 5 5 4 11 7 10 8 11 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 2 . 1 9 8 7 3 4 17
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 12 10 4 16 12 6 14 13 9 7
    Computer and information sciences 22 22 33 18 20 15 17 18 19 17
      Computer science 21 19 27 13 14 13 17 16 17 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 3 6 5 6 2 . 2 2 1
    Engineering 80 71 72 65 80 74 71 59 70 54
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 10 1 2 . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 10 8 10 7 10 13 13 12 13
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 9 12 6 10 12 2 9 9 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 7 8 4 6 11 10 9 5 5 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 19 16 21 23 19 15 19 8 9 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 4 9 4 6 4 6 5 8 6
      Materials and mining engineering 8 5 4 4 13 13 9 7 13 4
      Mechanical engineering 9 6 6 9 12 10 13 9 13 6
      Engineering, other 4 3 7 1 2 . . 3 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 11 7 10 7 4 12 10 8 14
      Geological sciences 2 4 1 3 2 . 5 4 2 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 7 6 7 5 4 7 6 6 11
    Health sciences 7 8 8 13 9 5 5 10 7 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 4 7 8 5 4 4 6 5 1
      Public health 1 . . 1 2 1 . 3 1 3
      Health sciences, other 3 4 1 4 2 . 1 1 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 20 15 20 15 23 22 20 23 27 25
      Applied mathematics 1 . 1 2 . 2 1 . 4 .
      Mathematics 5 2 5 1 10 5 6 6 14 14
      Statistics 3 5 6 5 7 7 4 3 4 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 8 8 7 6 8 9 14 5 7
    Physical sciences 26 35 24 27 27 30 36 33 38 40
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 4 7 4 . 3 1 1 2 4
      Chemistry 12 18 13 12 15 19 23 19 12 25
      Physics 4 13 4 11 12 8 12 13 24 11
    Psychology 13 11 9 15 12 15 14 11 15 18
      Clinical psychology 2 6 4 5 5 2 4 5 5 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
      Research and experimental psychology 9 4 4 9 6 10 6 4 10 12
      Psychology, other 2 1 1 1 . 3 4 1 . .
    Social sciences 53 46 30 37 41 58 45 43 41 58
      Anthropology 4 . 3 1 4 9 5 5 2 4
      Economics 7 11 6 10 7 12 6 8 5 5
      Political science and government 1 5 3 6 8 9 8 7 10 10
      Public policy analysis 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 7 2 6 6 6 3 10 3 14
      Social sciences, other 33 21 15 10 15 20 20 11 21 24
  Non-science and engineering 95 81 80 109 107 108 112 96 107 116
    Business 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 5
      Business 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 5
    Education 40 30 20 43 31 37 40 39 37 39
      Education leadership and administration 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 4 4 16
      Education research 18 11 4 15 11 16 14 11 15 11
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 8 2 9 12 11 13 21 14 9
      Education, other 11 7 10 13 2 4 4 3 4 3
    Humanities and arts 32 36 48 51 57 47 52 39 55 54
      Letters 7 9 20 13 12 12 15 10 17 13
      Foreign languages and literature 5 5 4 8 15 9 9 7 12 6
      History 5 7 14 8 9 12 10 11 9 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 5 4 8 8 5 5 5 8 12
      Music and performing arts 3 2 3 9 3 5 5 3 1 .
      Humanities and arts, other 6 8 3 5 10 4 8 3 8 8
    Other non-science and engineering 16 14 11 14 17 21 17 17 12 18
      Communication 4 9 6 10 10 11 11 7 6 11
      Public administration and social services 9 4 3 2 6 6 2 7 4 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 3 2 4

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 831,719 712,231 643,955 688,077 657,249 706,282 681,719 630,212 628,613 644,116
    Science 731,506 624,612 563,991 605,776 528,257 561,997 558,029 536,556 535,692 562,539
      Computer and information sciences 8,406 9,306 6,316 6,402 5,881 8,478 10,380 9,803 8,820 17,097
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35,546 27,807 24,326 25,634 18,036 19,173 25,429 44,357 41,681 38,473
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 2,820 2,528 3,068 3,007 2,463 493 2,541 2,309 2,980
        Geological and earth sciences 7,022 201 141 394 219 293 0 684 674 579
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 27,289 24,378 21,232 21,523 13,575 15,443 23,533 20,815 18,701 17,190
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,235 408 425 649 1,235 974 1,403 20,317 19,997 17,724
      Life sciences 619,096 521,311 483,265 518,906 447,552 478,476 446,329 364,978 366,179 371,773
        Agricultural sciences 65,222 69,581 64,885 77,405 55,587 47,795 52,210 42,342 31,354 27,338
        Biological and biomedical sciences 246,404 214,943 90,875 113,712 91,356 76,998 90,391 53,168 56,845 61,931
        Health sciences 293,805 228,112 319,883 319,113 294,976 347,582 294,485 154,460 187,731 206,997
        Natural resources and conservation 2,392 56 23 34 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 11,273 8,619 7,599 8,642 5,633 6,101 9,243 115,008 90,249 75,507
      Mathematics and statistics 11,898 10,013 9,673 9,493 9,036 14,362 14,386 16,687 16,646 16,699
      Physical sciences 28,283 32,108 23,111 25,703 29,660 26,313 35,580 44,532 43,460 48,127
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,908 2,559 1,730 2,229 2,378 2,165 0 943 920 1,019
        Chemistry 6,825 7,903 5,579 6,321 7,258 4,606 9,066 22,187 23,254 28,271
        Materials science 1,398 3,749 2,320 2,211 3,301 3,225 350 0 0 0
        Physics 16,794 15,686 13,193 12,903 11,380 10,341 18,822 17,784 17,290 17,049
        Physical sciences nec 1,358 2,211 289 2,039 5,343 5,976 7,342 3,618 1,996 1,788
      Psychology 15,490 10,418 6,145 8,256 7,700 6,453 5,792 17,418 13,319 17,562
      Social sciences 10,539 11,158 7,351 7,005 7,779 7,649 13,321 32,630 38,668 49,107
        Anthropology 549 546 420 386 431 304 1,276 0 0 0
        Economics 1,810 3,265 2,767 2,066 475 526 99 2,611 2,264 1,871
        Political science and government 1,293 2,050 406 319 995 1,387 2,539 3,030 4,306 10,519
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,336 2,211 1,591 2,168 2,060 1,302 1,766 5,609 2,921 2,322
        Social sciences nec 3,551 3,086 2,167 2,066 3,818 4,130 7,641 21,380 29,177 34,395
      Sciences nec 2,248 2,491 3,804 4,377 2,613 1,093 6,812 6,151 6,919 3,701
    Engineering 61,910 57,490 51,289 55,880 92,937 104,371 75,760 74,092 71,565 64,537
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,208 3,021 4,089
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,636 4,883 6,195 5,209 5,055 19,134 15,230 21,319 16,399 9,186
      Chemical engineering 6,408 5,911 5,396 4,166 5,587 5,503 6,714 3,342 4,518 5,653
      Civil engineering 3,586 2,670 1,200 2,131 3,945 6,915 2,882 24,611 24,584 22,572
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,505 6,895 6,146 6,067 5,595 5,232 5,717 8,046 6,475 6,921
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 986 312 147 509 997 1,545 630 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,697 7,215 6,606 6,927 6,372 5,235 5,472 2,495 1,764 1,505
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,294 2,508 2,521 3,113 4,526 4,589 4,306 6,258 4,673 5,367
      Engineering nec 29,798 27,096 23,078 27,758 60,860 56,218 34,809 6,813 10,131 9,244
    Non-S&E 38,303 30,129 28,675 26,421 36,055 39,914 47,930 19,564 21,356 17,040
      Business management and business administration 3,973 2,704 2,405 1,837 1,959 2,991 2,651 2,291 748 610
      Communication and communications technologies 1,685 2,209 1,411 1,236 1,082 2,044 845 90 1,020 429
      Education 13,108 11,475 5,909 5,752 11,369 18,059 22,278 4,016 2,930 7,128
      Humanities 4,978 3,245 2,217 4,723 3,011 3,411 2,991 893 5,095 4,615
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 328 43 23
      Social work 4,965 3,237 2,076 3,067 3,934 7,741 8,437 703 8,741 1,110
      Visual and performing arts 142 150 56 1,024 2 17 96 10,370 295 314
      Non-S&E nec 9,452 7,109 14,601 8,782 14,698 5,651 10,632 873 2,484 2,811

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 831,719 400,930 117,514 207,008 37,495 64,220 4,552
    Science 731,506 349,481 104,192 181,704 35,478 57,753 2,898
      Computer and information sciences 8,406 5,557 0 2,240 241 368 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 35,546 14,997 4,337 13,978 780 1,438 16
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 7,022 2,738 1,919 1,344 17 988 16
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 27,289 11,574 2,335 12,436 763 181 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,235 685 83 198 0 269 0
      Life sciences 619,096 298,495 96,883 136,324 33,868 51,409 2,117
        Agricultural sciences 65,222 21,851 32,062 8,395 1,784 636 494
        Biological and biomedical sciences 246,404 150,612 26,112 39,777 11,239 18,191 473
        Health sciences 293,805 120,934 33,371 87,292 20,507 30,551 1,150
        Natural resources and conservation 2,392 1,850 32 279 92 139 0
        Life sciences nec 11,273 3,248 5,306 581 246 1,892 0
      Mathematics and statistics 11,898 6,424 0 5,038 9 427 0
      Physical sciences 28,283 13,191 83 12,553 475 1,223 758
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,908 924 0 730 38 40 176
        Chemistry 6,825 3,310 83 2,297 437 171 527
        Materials science 1,398 588 0 810 0 0 0
        Physics 16,794 8,320 0 7,428 0 991 55
        Physical sciences nec 1,358 49 0 1,288 0 21 0
      Psychology 15,490 8,532 1,603 4,520 105 730 0
      Social sciences 10,539 2,263 1,286 4,841 0 2,142 7
        Anthropology 549 218 0 296 0 35 0
        Economics 1,810 290 810 501 0 209 0
        Political science and government 1,293 331 291 625 0 46 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,336 10 7 2,080 0 1,232 7
        Social sciences nec 3,551 1,414 178 1,339 0 620 0
      Sciences nec 2,248 22 0 2,210 0 16 0
    Engineering 61,910 40,402 5,880 11,345 1,596 1,257 1,430
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,636 2,925 397 588 128 157 441
      Chemical engineering 6,408 4,597 0 905 441 293 172
      Civil engineering 3,586 1,975 366 784 0 443 18
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 6,505 5,519 0 925 0 61 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 986 387 0 188 206 47 158
      Mechanical engineering 6,697 4,913 0 864 338 12 570
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,294 2,319 0 614 272 89 0
      Engineering nec 29,798 17,767 5,117 6,477 211 155 71
    Non-S&E 38,303 11,047 7,442 13,959 421 5,210 224
      Business management and business administration 3,973 2,371 156 1,020 12 414 0
      Communication and communications technologies 1,685 485 0 1,018 0 180 2
      Education 13,108 3,721 3,581 4,033 225 1,326 222
      Humanities 4,978 532 210 3,255 0 981 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 4,965 2,353 1,154 1,186 0 272 0
      Visual and performing arts 142 19 6 103 0 14 0
      Non-S&E nec 9,452 1,566 2,335 3,344 184 2,023 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 400,930 351,660 339,015 311,743 297,609 350,912 340,801 321,432 323,675 360,157
  DOD 19,246 16,363 14,435 14,023 15,508 17,830 18,665 15,288 18,362 20,555
  DOE 9,245 10,666 10,601 10,951 11,321 12,439 9,736 9,085 8,662 9,750
  HHS 270,149 231,018 214,876 186,903 173,721 203,500 195,538 187,928 183,790 206,351
  NASA 4,150 3,060 3,426 3,690 4,110 3,032 2,498 1,640 1,717 2,027
  NSF 47,501 42,275 41,762 44,032 46,590 51,980 51,241 53,625 49,187 52,977
  USDA 20,615 23,800 31,334 25,408 17,022 18,893 18,777 14,938 16,233 23,926
  Other 30,024 24,478 22,581 26,736 29,337 43,238 44,346 38,928 45,724 44,571

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

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 7,735 i 1,347 6,388 i .
2018 8,118 i 1,405 6,713 i .
2017 8,039 i 1,374 6,665 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 1,786 1,803 1,833 1,921 1,772
    Agricultural sciences 269 266 319 392 427
    Biological and biomedical sciences 547 563 538 487 433
    Computer and information sciences 11 10 9 8 35
    Engineering 148 150 151 145 128
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 30 30 33 16 34
    Health sciences 604 614 600 504 494
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 9
    Natural resources and conservation 31 35 35 82 66
    Physical sciences 55 54 54 48 97
    Psychology 61 55 73 38 38
    Social sciences 29 26 21 21 10
    Other 0 0 0 180 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 275,625 . 22,500 8,750 23,365
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 . 0 8,750 0
    Engineering 0 . 0 0 23,365
    Health sciences 275,625 . 22,500 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 35,400 7,334 204,073 33,612 70,060
    Agricultural sciences 0 1,465 3,245 0 1,386
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 13,252 13,860 4,786
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 3,038 0 341
    Engineering 0 2,424 6,744 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 1,485 1,950 780
    Health sciences 27,000 3,446 160,623 15,577 60,067
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 275 275 0
    Physical sciences 8,400 0 11,317 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 3,257 1,950 2,700
    Social sciences 0 0 837 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