U. Alaska, Fairbanks

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 265 42.9 459 148 75.8 602 134 85.6 914
2022 252 45.5 457 379 44.9 680 134 85.4 900
2021 237 47.6 447 354 49.4 691 83 86 583 137 85.2 908
2020 208 54.4 450 344 51.2 697 141 84.8 916
2019 242 46.5 447 319 54.7 696 81 86.5 589 142 84.7 914
2018 204 52.9 428 287 59.4 698 140 84.9 911
2017 214 50.3 425 276 60.1 684 82 86 575 131 85.6 898
2016 216 50.4 430 261 63 697 132 85.5 896
2015 227 47.4 426 252 64.1 693 84 85.6 570 128 86 898
2014 208 51.3 422 228 67.3 688 121 86.6 889
2013 218 61.2 555
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 major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 31 32 36 49 36 54 49 47 40 49
  Science and engineering 28 32 32 43 31 48 47 45 39 44
    Science 27 29 30 42 30 45 44 40 36 40
      Life science 7 16 9 20 11 17 10 20 17 18
        Agricultural sciences 3 6 5 9 5 7 4 10 4 7
        Biological sciences 4 10 3 11 6 10 6 10 12 9
        Health sciences . . 1 . . . . . 1 2
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 13 8 13 14 9 15 20 14 13 16
        Chemistry . 2 1 1 . . 2 . 1 1
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 5 11 13 9 13 15 12 7 15
        Physics and astronomy 4 1 1 . . 2 3 2 5 .
      Mathematics and computer sciences 2 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1 1
        Computer sciences . . . . . . . 1 . 1
        Mathematics 2 1 . 1 1 . . . 1 .
      Psychology and social sciences 5 4 8 7 9 13 14 5 5 5
        Psychology . . 4 4 2 3 3 1 1 2
        Anthropology 1 1 1 1 2 . 2 2 2 1
        Economics . . . 1 . 2 2 . . .
        Other social sciences 4 3 3 1 5 8 7 2 2 2
    Engineering 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 5 3 4
      Civil engineering . . . . 1 . 2 2 . 1
      Electrical engineering . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Materials/metallurgical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Mechanical engineering . . 1 . . . . 2 1 .
      Other engineering 1 2 1 . . 3 1 . 2 2
  Non-science and engineering 3 . 4 6 5 6 2 2 1 5
    Education 2 . 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 2
      Education administration . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Education research . . 1 1 . . . 1 . .
      Teaching fields 1 . 1 . 1 . . . 1 1
      Other education 1 . . 1 1 3 1 . . 1
    Humanities 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . 2
      History 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Letters . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Other humanities and arts . . 1 . . . . . . 1
    Other . . 1 3 2 3 1 . . 1
      Business management/administration . . . 1 1 . . . . 1
      Communication . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) . . 1 2 1 1 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2022–13

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
. 218,041 202,516 172,957 152,299 144,457 140,917 152,694 144,259 142,742 155,769
. 47 20 0 0 0 0 0 17 104 40
. 7,457 401 399 616 1,493 3,063 4,493 4,958 6,805 6,724
. 0 0 0 49 277 156 298 0 1,143 1,107
. 5,923 5,916 4,248 6,410 5,274 5,138 7,477 7,752 4,630 5,363
. 4,262 2,341 2,245 2,069 1,998 176 407 2,181 609 624
. 462 339 135 417 45 483 474 476 1,294 388
. 13,061 8,429 9,918 8,186 5,572 4,416 3,875 4,719 7,152 12,333
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 46 443 369 96 132 595 603 407 335 235
. 185,295 182,791 153,609 132,521 127,385 124,962 132,437 121,483 117,637 125,578
. 38,729 28,235 37,477 29,409 26,416 30,257 28,705 26,194 21,419 20,893
. 3,956 2,018 362 431 2,751 6,324 5,005 5,751 1,850 722
. 6,714 5,709 3,859 6,015 1,860 867 2,338 1,892 0 0
. 23,753 16,875 24,022 12,603 7,064 6,607 11,550 7,522 11,188 10,983
. 265 27 6 212 90 299 1,353 737 2,637 2,473
. 4,041 3,606 9,228 10,148 14,651 16,160 8,459 10,292 5,744 6,715
. 338 181 191 346 507 454 514 260 36 74
. 16,108 16,488 1,425 11,281 15,362 12,357 16,168 13,590 15,924 13,566
. 3 59 0 367 0 664 889 0 0 35
. 4,498 1,184 1,248 1,810 1,162 1,071 1,502 2,216 2,113 1,761
. 2,813 50 0 0 75 45 270 177 18 0
. 23 0 11 20 64 53 0 39 393 627
. 461 412 132 119 235 637 337 625 0 0
. 52 36 2 0 10 0 0 0 9 0
. 1,149 686 1,103 1,671 778 336 895 1,375 1,693 1,134
. 111,890 121,905 95,711 72,609 69,346 65,850 67,711 64,729 63,289 75,267
. 64,913 67,635 52,713 34,852 26,816 31,604 24,963 24,749 27,301 25,880
. 32,857 40,094 33,542 24,396 29,040 25,290 32,970 30,661 23,613 35,132
. 13,684 12,633 8,494 7,277 10,208 7,842 7,540 3,153 6,394 7,128
. 436 1,543 962 6,084 3,282 1,114 2,238 6,166 5,981 7,127
. 222 907 1,116 1,148 1,058 1,202 2,489 1,850 1,876 2,456
. 13,507 13,832 16,441 15,551 13,534 13,107 14,459 12,644 12,980 11,526
. 512 263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 12,620 13,488 16,237 15,424 13,390 13,085 12,945 12,246 12,817 11,354
. 73 67 87 57 75 11 1,085 398 163 172
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 302 14 117 70 69 11 429 0 0 0
. 1,535 1,856 2,034 1,935 2,150 1,928 2,630 2,283 3,137 3,417
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 32 105 157 73 486 1,281 1,198 1,093 1,692 604
. 996 632 1,294 1,788 1,092 505 1,400 702 1,119 1,838
. 3 81 366 0 21 0 0 0 124 819
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 457 1,018 217 74 551 142 32 471 98 116
. 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 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

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 218,041 156,702 7,674 42,733 5,505 2,814 2,613
    Science 185,295 141,278 2,566 31,973 4,290 2,589 2,599
      Computer and information sciences 222 166 0 40 15 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 111,890 95,819 759 12,075 1,325 980 932
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 13,684 10,191 0 2,370 340 140 643
        Geological and earth sciences 64,913 58,030 128 5,588 869 99 199
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 32,857 27,264 631 4,037 94 741 90
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 436 334 0 80 22 0 0
      Life sciences 38,729 25,680 497 10,250 1,005 866 431
        Agricultural sciences 4,041 1,544 6 2,441 0 50 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 23,753 19,350 302 3,362 23 424 292
        Health sciences 3,956 679 21 1,946 922 311 77
        Natural resources and conservation 6,714 4,027 168 2,316 60 81 62
        Life sciences nec 265 80 0 185 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 338 336 0 2 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 13,507 9,443 0 2,793 30 742 499
        Astronomy and astrophysics 12,620 8,834 0 2,629 0 742 415
        Chemistry 73 73 0 0 0 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 512 244 0 158 30 0 80
        Physical sciences nec 302 292 0 6 0 0 4
      Psychology 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 4,498 1,465 1,210 1,805 10 0 8
        Anthropology 461 454 3 4 0 0 0
        Economics 2,813 9 1,150 1,654 0 0 0
        Political science and government 52 28 0 14 10 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 23 23 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 1,149 951 57 133 0 0 8
      Sciences nec 16,108 8,366 100 5,008 1,905 0 729
    Engineering 31,211 13,928 5,108 10,737 1,215 209 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7,457 797 2,637 3,937 30 56 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 5,923 3,444 101 1,597 781 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,061 8,186 1,365 3,212 134 150 14
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 46 26 0 12 8 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 462 462 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,262 1,013 1,005 1,979 262 3 0
    Non-S&E 1,535 1,496 0 23 0 16 0
      Business management and business administration 32 32 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 47 8 0 23 0 16 0
      Education 996 996 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 3 3 0 0 0 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 457 457 0 0 0 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 156,702 154,742 128,229 101,414 92,964 94,998 97,314 89,940 81,586 85,904
  DOD 41,062 44,132 29,220 10,747 8,011 6,149 5,192 6,907 5,531 6,129
  DOE 9,402 10,597 8,845 5,453 5,118 2,297 1,474 1,383 2,680 4,974
  HHS 8,005 7,917 7,990 8,139 5,605 8,782 8,832 7,985 5,820 4,796
  NASA 25,141 22,954 21,739 20,627 18,059 20,642 20,429 17,801 15,549 16,862
  NSF 46,220 44,315 36,484 32,660 32,807 29,894 34,875 27,879 26,775 25,853
  USDA 3,154 2,654 2,554 1,979 1,906 1,976 2,400 3,037 3,104 2,990
  Other 23,718 22,173 21,397 21,809 21,458 25,258 24,112 24,948 22,127 24,300

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 1,156 220 936 .
2018 1,159 220 939 .
2017 1,183 233 950 .

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 434 810 801 760 713
    Agricultural sciences 42 124 124 124 128
    Biological and biomedical sciences 75 151 146 146 159
    Computer and information sciences 12 46 46 46 22
    Engineering 92 140 140 99 82
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 125 159 155 155 138
    Health sciences 10 23 23 23 23
    Mathematics and statistics 1 9 9 9 8
    Natural resources and conservation 12 76 76 76 18
    Physical sciences 22 21 21 21 34
    Psychology 7 6 6 6 11
    Social sciences 3 37 37 37 68
    Other 33 18 18 18 22

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 5,600 4,800 . . 41,000
    Engineering 0 4,800 . . 41,000
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,600 0 . . 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 4,011 6,823 6,853 6,487 6,498
    Agricultural sciences 400 975 499 0 425
    Biological and biomedical sciences 600 0 3,569 1,503 1,242
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2,424 418 336 564 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 587 5,430 1,739 1,660 530
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 1,255
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 950 679
    Other 0 0 710 1,810 2,367

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