Southern U. and A&M C., Baton Rouge

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
2024 254 45.3 459
2023 237 49 459 217 64.4 602 448 51.5 914
2022 305 34 457 450 50.6 900
2021 302 33.2 447 219 62.9 583 415 54.8 908
2020 291 36.1 450 441 52.4 916
2019 285 37 447 215 64 589 426 53.9 914
2018 310 28.4 428 424 54 911
2017 349 18.8 425 212 63.6 575 424 53.3 898
2016 285 34.5 430 407 55.1 896
2015 273 36.6 426 239 58.6 570 396 56.4 898
2014 393 56.3 889
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: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 35 37 17 17 21 21 15 8 21 24
  Science and engineering 22 33 11 16 16 16 12 5 14 14
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 6 5 6 5 4 3 3 3 8
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 4 6 5 3 2 2 2 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 1 . 1 5 3 1 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . 1 4 3 1 . . .
    Computer and information sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Computer science . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 1 1 . 1 2 2 2 2 5 1
      Nursing science . . . . 2 2 2 2 4 1
      Public health 1 1 . 1 . . . . 1 .
    Social sciences 16 25 6 8 4 7 6 . 5 5
      Economics . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Public policy analysis 16 25 5 8 4 7 5 . 5 5
  Non-science and engineering 13 4 6 1 5 5 3 3 7 10
    Education 10 2 3 1 5 4 3 3 7 10
      Education leadership and administration . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Education research 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 4
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 6 6
      Education, other 2 . 2 . . 1 . . . .
    Humanities and arts 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 2 2 3 . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 2 2 2 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 . . . . . . .

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 5,201 4,344 4,943 3,849 4,492 4,171 4,043 4,322 4,766 4,812
    Science 2,201 1,735 1,617 1,808 1,808 2,009 2,702 2,009 2,346 1,569
      Computer and information sciences 417 611 473 202 172 80 131 135 230 262
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 294 692 831 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 294 692 831 0
      Life sciences 1,211 837 492 338 430 357 381 266 359 241
        Agricultural sciences 12 27 112 122 156 184 219 23 234 124
        Biological and biomedical sciences 882 605 261 128 210 168 154 145 125 112
        Health sciences 148 120 19 2 10 5 8 23 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 169 85 100 86 54 0 0 75 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
      Mathematics and statistics 100 87 68 5 39 16 0 0 5 0
      Physical sciences 433 200 583 735 1,167 1,556 1,895 915 640 694
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 150 132 133 101 451 592 664 121 113 124
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 283 68 450 634 716 964 1,231 794 527 570
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 40 0 1 528 0 0 1 1 0 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 40 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 0 0 0 527 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281 372
    Engineering 2,338 1,938 2,282 1,424 1,905 1,523 852 1,258 1,708 1,584
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 5 0 7 69 176 154 144 305 122
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 194 271 171 86 87 199 107 210 296 576
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,122 1,662 2,111 1,331 1,749 1,148 591 904 1,107 886
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 662 671 1,044 617 779 639 489 1,055 712 1,659
      Business management and business administration 0 5 0 0 54 60 119 47 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 20 45 321 429 509 469 2 0 0 0
      Humanities 592 595 723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 50 26 0 188 215 109 368 1,008 712 1,659

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 5,201 4,444 75 34 648 0 0
    Science 2,201 2,105 43 0 53 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 417 401 0 0 16 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,211 1,199 12 0 0 0 0
        Agricultural sciences 12 0 12 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 882 882 0 0 0 0 0
        Health sciences 148 148 0 0 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 169 169 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 100 100 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 433 395 31 0 7 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 150 112 31 0 7 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 283 283 0 0 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 40 10 0 0 30 0 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 40 10 0 0 30 0 0
        Social sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2,338 2,272 32 34 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 194 192 2 0 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,122 2,058 30 34 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 22 22 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 662 67 0 0 595 0 0
      Business management and business administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 592 0 0 0 592 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 50 47 0 0 3 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 4,444 3,595 3,770 2,996 3,243 3,431 2,866 2,778 3,258 3,850
  DOD 168 255 303 396 354 350 280 304 891 455
  DOE 191 172 100 0 162 539 309 180 471 666
  HHS 106 432 175 185 324 306 533 478 245 82
  NASA 213 163 336 223 301 247 67 94 267 1,326
  NSF 3,730 2,492 2,743 1,847 1,859 1,697 1,514 1,493 1,147 1,162
  USDA 36 5 26 122 156 184 132 35 212 159
  Other 0 76 87 223 87 108 31 194 25 0

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 166 28 138 .
2018 149 26 123 .
2017 144 37 107 .

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 . 230 230 230 178
    Agricultural sciences . 18 18 18 18
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 20 20 20 20
    Computer and information sciences . 23 23 23 23
    Engineering . 65 65 65 65
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . 2 2 2 2
    Mathematics and statistics . 6 6 6 6
    Natural resources and conservation . 52 52 52 0
    Physical sciences . 26 26 26 26
    Psychology . 2 2 2 2
    Social sciences . 15 15 15 15
    Other . 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)

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 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 0 0 1,244 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 0 0 319 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Engineering . . 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences . . 0 0 925 0
    Psychology . . 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Other . . 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