U. California, Los Angeles

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 8 98.5 459 10 98.7 679 10 98.5 602 7 99.4 914
2022 7 98.7 457 11 98.5 680 6 99.4 900
2021 12 97.6 447 10 98.7 691 11 98.3 583 6 99.4 908
2020 16 96.7 450 8 99 698 7 99.4 916
2019 15 96.9 447 11 98.6 697 11 98.3 589 7 99.4 914
2018 14 97 428 11 98.6 700 6 99.5 911
2017 10 97.9 425 10 98.7 684 9 98.6 575 12 98.8 898
2016 10 97.9 430 16 97.9 697 12 98.8 896
2015 7 98.6 426 10 98.7 693 9 98.6 570 9 99.1 898
2014 7 98.6 422 11 98.6 688 10 99 889
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 749 786 639 632 701 688 726 689 743 757
  Science and engineering 598 641 501 492 557 535 559 531 557 598
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 4 . 1 . . 1 2 . 2
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 . 1 . . 1 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 132 137 95 90 122 117 137 121 122 130
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 14 6 11 12 8 14 14 10 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 8 3 2 7 5 5 13 7 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 29 25 16 17 17 15 10 6 8 11
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 1 1 3 1 6 7 7 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 18 22 15 10 20 27 22 16 24 26
      Genetics and genomics 8 7 5 3 3 3 8 3 2 7
      Microbiology and immunology 6 3 4 2 7 5 15 9 15 5
      Molecular biology 18 25 16 21 24 22 13 18 17 24
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 19 12 17 6 15 13 21 18 15 24
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 9 5 6 5 3 7 2 5 8
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 10 8 5 9 6 13 16 13 10 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 3 2 2 3 2 . 2 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 31 44 32 20 32 24 32 28 35 38
      Computer science 21 36 28 17 21 20 24 24 33 36
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 8 4 3 11 4 8 4 2 2
    Engineering 147 155 125 140 126 124 129 125 123 137
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 13 11 5 2 3 5 5 5 2 5
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18 22 12 23 20 19 28 22 27 29
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 17 16 16 14 13 12 15 9 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 19 18 10 12 8 6 13 12 22
      Electrical and computer engineering 34 41 32 33 35 26 37 30 34 37
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 24 17 15 25 24 23 18 19 14 15
      Mechanical engineering 33 21 23 28 18 30 20 19 25 22
      Engineering, other . 6 3 3 . . 2 2 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 19 7 12 16 14 15 14 17 8
      Geological sciences 8 8 4 6 9 10 6 7 9 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 11 11 3 6 7 4 9 7 8 3
    Health sciences 16 34 27 23 42 28 41 30 29 30
      Nursing science 4 4 7 5 5 3 12 9 8 6
      Public health 10 19 14 11 26 20 19 15 18 15
      Health sciences, other 2 11 6 7 11 5 10 6 3 9
    Mathematics and statistics 34 46 27 31 32 33 35 26 35 31
      Applied mathematics 11 8 4 14 6 9 9 5 7 6
      Mathematics 2 3 1 5 6 10 9 2 14 10
      Statistics 9 20 8 6 5 9 7 6 8 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 15 14 6 15 5 10 13 6 7
    Physical sciences 62 73 76 61 72 55 58 55 65 84
      Astronomy and astrophysics 15 11 16 3 5 5 3 7 2 7
      Chemistry 37 45 40 35 42 32 33 20 44 40
      Physics 10 17 20 23 25 18 22 28 19 37
    Psychology 37 39 21 29 30 33 31 35 30 52
      Clinical psychology 9 12 6 11 11 11 6 9 7 19
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 3 1 3 2 4 5 3 1 3
      Research and experimental psychology 20 19 10 13 15 17 17 22 15 19
      Psychology, other 5 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 7 11
    Social sciences 118 90 91 85 85 107 80 95 101 86
      Anthropology 13 5 10 13 8 7 7 8 10 9
      Economics 20 21 18 22 19 19 13 31 16 12
      Political science and government 15 14 10 12 12 17 15 15 16 17
      Public policy analysis 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 2 2 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 11 10 9 13 20 11 7 24 14
      Social sciences, other 54 38 41 27 33 43 33 32 33 32
  Non-science and engineering 151 145 138 140 144 153 167 158 186 159
    Business 18 11 9 8 9 14 11 6 9 8
      Business 18 11 9 8 9 14 11 6 9 8
    Education 51 43 34 44 35 36 40 46 49 35
      Education leadership and administration 3 2 2 1 6 4 3 1 2 6
      Education research 26 26 20 28 12 19 27 33 35 22
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 2 4 2 6 2 4 2 4 2
      Education, other 20 13 8 13 11 11 6 10 8 5
    Humanities and arts 65 82 84 80 91 97 103 94 119 106
      Letters 7 15 17 14 18 19 22 18 21 15
      Foreign languages and literature 15 20 17 16 18 23 21 10 15 19
      History 12 14 11 20 22 18 17 25 25 25
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 8 8 6 5 10 4 7 11 13
      Music and performing arts 12 14 15 11 14 13 17 24 25 12
      Humanities and arts, other 10 11 16 13 14 14 22 10 22 22
    Other non-science and engineering 17 9 11 8 9 6 13 12 9 10
      Communication . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 2
      Public administration and social services 10 5 3 4 6 3 8 5 4 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 4 8 4 2 3 4 6 4 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 3,776 3,687 3,661 3,349 3,308 3,355 3,345 3,184 3,158 3,057
    Female 2,832 2,805 2,740 2,408 2,258 2,219 2,145 1,804 2,090 2,046
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 4,191 4,174 4,182 3,810 3,530 3,502 3,441 3,062 3,427 3,427
    Hispanic or Latino 797 832 840 708 616 554 490 372 418 405
    Not Hispanic or Latino 3,251 3,190 3,200 2,962 2,778 2,815 2,833 2,587 2,891 2,871
      American Indian or Alaska Native 12 16 21 18 18 16 20 19 9 11
      Asian 1,191 1,120 1,106 983 904 927 911 804 905 899
      Black or African American 205 179 190 152 148 150 124 104 129 116
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 5 3 4 6 7 8 5 6 8
      White 1,555 1,596 1,614 1,573 1,500 1,529 1,572 1,503 1,678 1,706
      More than one race 277 274 266 232 202 186 198 152 164 131
    Unknown ethnicity and race 143 152 142 140 136 133 118 103 118 151
  Temporary visa holders 2,417 2,318 2,219 1,947 2,036 2,072 2,049 1,926 1,821 1,676
  Science and engineering 6,001 5,852 5,784 5,210 5,010 5,030 4,939 4,811 4,746 4,612
    Science 3,887 3,743 3,695 3,384 3,237 3,189 3,041 2,900 2,986 3,018
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,095 986 935 859 821 804 821 710 671 683
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 455 467 457 401 453 441 386 347 330 359
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 120 132 135 126 110 98 98 99 96 100
      Mathematics and statistics 324 318 309 301 290 306 302 261 215 217
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 545 504 460 454 444 445 438 444 376 387
      Psychology 197 212 209 197 181 178 177 182 198 184
      Social sciences 1,140 1,124 1,190 1,046 938 917 819 780 1,013 1,007
    Engineering 2,114 2,109 2,089 1,826 1,773 1,841 1,898 1,911 1,760 1,594
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 91 89 115 96 84 89 65 65 57 51
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 193 181 174 156 144 147 135 158 167 181
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 112 105 105 104 111 100 100 107 97 100
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 190 200 231 200 197 204 208 201 181 139
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 566 601 586 496 501 533 578 555 536 487
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 14 9 14 9 10 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 311 333 365 355 346 360 280 266 240 246
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 197 195 184 163 185 215 181 180 150 161
      Other engineering 447 391 320 242 196 183 351 379 332 229
  Health 607 640 617 547 556 544 551 177 502 491
    Clinical medicine 502 531 505 433 433 431 427 42 391 383
    Other health 105 109 112 114 123 113 124 135 111 108

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Female 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Hispanic or Latino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Not Hispanic or Latino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Black or African American 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Temporary visa holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Science and engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 933 992 986 1,159 884 848 725 795 920 927
  Science and engineering 852 936 935 1,018 824 786 678 769 861 870
    Science 618 654 645 667 596 565 471 535 624 616
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 291 324 293 270 247 258 218 211 230 229
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 49 63 59 78 74 58 47 55 51 55
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 32 43 48 55 39 29 28 24 27 32
      Mathematics and statistics 26 33 29 57 35 43 40 32 45 41
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 147 133 147 132 134 109 81 105 107 107
      Psychology 36 37 39 32 33 32 28 43 46 51
      Social sciences 37 21 30 43 34 36 29 32 72 64
    Engineering 234 282 290 351 228 221 207 234 237 254
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 15 19 21 12 8 10 6 6 9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 37 59 57 54 41 33 23 43 41 60
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 28 23 18 18 20 17 12 22 30 32
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 28 33 44 18 24 15 14 11 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 89 83 81 107 73 84 88 84 76 73
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 33 49 49 62 30 36 36 41 42 31
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 25 25 33 41 34 19 23 24 31 42
      Other engineering 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 81 56 51 141 60 62 47 26 59 57
    Clinical medicine 68 42 40 128 51 52 36 7 47 46
    Other health 13 14 11 13 9 10 11 19 12 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 6,608 6,492 6,401 5,757 5,566 5,574 5,490 4,988 5,248 5,103
  Fellowships 1,658 1,584 1,668 1,679 1,464 1,642 890 1,086 1,465 1,450
    Federal 304 295 296 491 313 331 198 261 362 342
    Institutional 1,021 1,027 1,061 903 870 995 364 430 897 907
    Nonfederal 333 262 311 285 281 316 328 395 206 201
  Research assistantships 1,255 1,280 1,208 1,135 1,048 966 942 855 921 977
    Federal 600 670 662 646 551 504 517 525 534 569
    Institutional 268 237 199 201 205 212 157 149 162 191
    Nonfederal 387 373 347 288 292 250 268 181 225 217
  Teaching assistantships 1,424 1,469 1,404 1,456 1,443 1,314 1,240 1,134 1,196 1,178
    Federal 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 1,418 1,467 1,399 1,454 1,438 1,308 1,239 1,134 1,194 1,175
    Nonfederal 6 2 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 3
  Other types of support 2,271 2,159 2,121 1,487 1,611 1,652 2,418 1,913 1,666 1,498
    Federal 29 27 28 21 17 8 10 9 24 16
    Institutional 142 120 99 78 84 70 263 182 239 237
    Nonfederal 23 20 13 16 12 15 25 10 114 22
    Personal resources 2,077 1,992 1,981 1,372 1,498 1,559 2,120 1,712 1,289 1,223

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 712 704 710 680 692 711 845 842 755 810
    Science 596 590 582 565 560 577 688 733 636 689
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 331 319 314 306 317 328 405 322 269 334
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 8 8 10 14 14 12 16 17 18 23
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 30 38 43 37 26 36 44 38 21 32
      Mathematics and statistics 7 8 7 4 6 7 6 11 13 16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 12 18 14 11 0 0 7 21 24 23
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 150 118 123 125 129 131 148 139 127 121
      Psychology 22 35 30 33 30 27 33 32 36 42
      Social sciences 36 46 41 35 38 36 29 30 22 16
    Engineering 116 114 128 115 132 134 157 109 119 121
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 4 11 14 21 25 20 18 15 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 15 16 13 14 16 20 26 21 20 17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 27 29 33 28 32 11 27 11 5 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 28 26 36 34 32 39 43 38 41 39
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 22 22 22 14 16 18 20 0 19 20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 17 17
      Other engineering 19 17 13 11 15 21 21 6 2 4
  Health 263 232 225 231 239 221 262 278 261 278
    Clinical medicine 239 209 204 213 216 204 233 248 233 241
    Other health 24 23 21 18 23 17 29 30 28 37

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 478 488 503 490 491 485 532 511 539 540
  Science and engineering 343 364 372 366 371 369 419 398 415 421
    Science 294 311 312 306 319 314 352 352 351 356
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 179 201 191 174 186 192 208 152 151 170
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 2 6 6 10 6 10 8 10 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 26 27 23 19 23 28 23 14 20
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 1 1 3 3 4 9 7 12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 5 4 2 0 0 4 13 10 13
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 64 47 59 71 69 58 64 64 65 55
      Psychology 14 19 16 19 20 18 19 18 24 25
      Social sciences 4 11 8 10 12 14 15 13 13 6
    Engineering 49 53 60 60 52 55 67 46 64 65
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 3 6 6 7 8 7 5 9 6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 9 4 9 5 5 11 10 10 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 11 12 15 10 4 5 2 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 13 19 16 15 23 25 19 24 25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 17 13 14 10 7 7 8 0 11 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 9
      Other engineering 8 4 5 4 8 8 11 3 1 2
  Health 135 124 131 124 120 116 113 113 124 119
    Clinical medicine 119 108 116 114 108 106 103 99 101 98
    Other health 16 16 15 10 12 10 10 14 23 21

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
  All R&D fields 1,721,665 1,536,197 1,454,880 1,392,941 1,306,376 1,318,110 1,076,917 1,037,528 1,021,227 948,197
    Science 1,532,420 1,372,151 1,302,545 1,245,187 1,153,738 1,150,820 957,627 923,051 909,469 846,929
      Computer and information sciences 19,118 14,755 16,186 17,480 15,867 14,698 13,663 14,014 16,731 15,970
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 52,655 45,869 41,818 41,594 38,106 38,361 35,266 32,350 29,136 24,320
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 12,177 10,230 8,669 8,368 8,088 8,274 7,172 6,117 5,418 5,380
        Geological and earth sciences 30,675 29,608 27,493 25,136 21,975 22,477 20,668 19,201 17,710 13,446
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,803 6,031 5,656 8,090 8,043 7,610 7,426 7,032 6,008 5,494
      Life sciences 1,222,724 1,110,788 1,053,540 989,602 925,447 917,899 761,824 724,967 718,661 674,218
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 39,697 37,544 33,765 34,022 38,154 38,362 33,896 30,768 27,332 26,926
        Health sciences 1,183,024 1,073,244 1,019,775 955,580 887,293 879,537 727,928 694,199 691,329 647,292
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 11,947 9,537 12,110 13,161 13,118 13,200 10,573 11,456 10,774 10,360
      Physical sciences 61,410 55,159 56,624 54,697 60,067 55,568 57,004 61,909 58,445 54,623
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 25,424 21,680 24,038 19,842 23,711 18,893 17,222 17,147 16,327 14,629
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 33,192 30,682 30,227 33,263 34,460 35,056 38,111 43,196 40,301 38,446
        Physical sciences nec 2,794 2,797 2,359 1,554 1,896 1,619 1,671 1,566 1,817 1,548
      Psychology 20,440 17,022 17,464 19,087 17,044 17,611 17,453 18,335 17,502 13,043
      Social sciences 86,049 68,872 62,413 60,591 58,050 69,184 41,188 40,072 36,206 35,182
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 422 469 543 1,145 574 450 339 329 340 388
        Political science and government 3,260 4,168 4,097 4,826 3,740 3,380 2,545 1,718 1,466 1,038
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 16,862 12,805 12,279 12,319 9,268 21,913 6,533 6,767 5,090 5,796
        Social sciences nec 65,505 51,430 45,494 42,301 44,468 43,441 31,771 31,258 29,310 27,960
      Sciences nec 58,077 50,149 42,390 48,975 26,039 24,299 20,656 19,948 22,014 19,213
    Engineering 113,969 98,403 93,906 93,520 95,797 91,799 80,153 78,962 82,540 73,254
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,500 8,259 8,633 10,244 9,045 7,689 6,936 7,099 6,852 6,034
      Chemical engineering 8,876 7,416 7,426 8,111 13,308 8,996 8,905 9,612 10,404 10,963
      Civil engineering 11,538 9,975 9,578 7,469 6,201 6,278 3,639 3,982 3,928 4,337
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 33,792 34,774 34,305 33,642 34,672 32,351 25,707 23,977 24,032 18,418
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 18,645 18,833 17,435 16,512 15,668 17,790 16,413 16,044 14,557 10,841
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,454 6,319 6,754 6,140 7,467 6,998 6,195 6,778 7,866 8,253
      Engineering nec 25,164 12,827 9,775 11,402 9,436 11,697 12,358 11,470 14,901 14,408
    Non-S&E 75,276 65,643 58,429 54,234 56,841 75,491 39,137 35,515 29,218 28,014
      Business management and business administration 20,960 18,285 14,856 13,019 13,121 13,651 12,378 11,940 7,572 6,793
      Communication and communications technologies 2,868 2,891 4,208 4,400 3,639 3,249 806 921 668 791
      Education 36,785 32,018 29,044 24,926 27,472 41,378 15,554 13,448 11,209 12,594
      Humanities 7,594 6,073 5,471 6,443 6,525 7,374 5,760 5,344 4,647 5,116
      Law 3,207 2,973 2,743 3,303 2,838 3,341 2,360 1,655 2,603 1,625
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,767 3,267 1,994 1,965 3,006 5,882 1,403 1,468 1,759 1,095
      Non-S&E nec 95 136 113 178 240 616 876 739 760 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 1,721,665 878,571 105,632 354,575 109,531 219,227 54,129
    Science 1,532,420 797,343 94,104 310,181 100,117 193,071 37,604
      Computer and information sciences 19,118 10,926 0 2,101 3,650 1,063 1,378
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 52,655 38,858 1,797 4,851 654 4,203 2,292
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 12,177 10,025 605 497 549 462 39
        Geological and earth sciences 30,675 26,680 234 1,612 0 1,795 354
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,803 2,153 958 2,742 105 1,946 1,899
      Life sciences 1,222,724 639,872 83,304 234,100 87,164 148,855 29,429
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 39,697 24,945 792 6,789 1,919 4,526 726
        Health sciences 1,183,024 614,927 82,512 227,311 85,242 144,329 28,703
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 3 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 11,947 8,404 49 1,217 12 2,017 248
      Physical sciences 61,410 44,032 174 9,413 1,256 4,692 1,843
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 25,424 19,114 174 1,880 1,188 2,556 512
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 33,192 24,918 0 4,739 68 2,136 1,331
        Physical sciences nec 2,794 0 0 2,794 0 0 0
      Psychology 20,440 13,995 176 2,594 301 3,108 266
      Social sciences 86,049 13,624 7,603 39,265 208 23,710 1,639
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 422 2 0 187 0 233 0
        Political science and government 3,260 9 1,064 1,154 70 947 16
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 16,862 3,682 3,651 5,033 11 4,040 445
        Social sciences nec 65,505 9,931 2,888 32,891 127 18,490 1,178
      Sciences nec 58,077 27,632 1,001 16,640 6,872 5,423 509
    Engineering 113,969 62,859 5,070 17,085 8,155 7,691 13,109
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,500 6,185 431 967 407 269 241
      Chemical engineering 8,876 5,362 430 1,621 106 1,276 81
      Civil engineering 11,538 5,398 2,104 2,298 643 663 432
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 33,792 24,104 84 3,369 2,169 1,847 2,219
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 18,645 13,345 0 2,157 1,492 1,298 353
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,454 4,391 136 727 1,366 378 456
      Engineering nec 25,164 4,074 1,885 5,946 1,972 1,960 9,327
    Non-S&E 75,276 18,369 6,458 27,309 1,259 18,465 3,416
      Business management and business administration 20,960 2,152 159 11,114 96 6,806 633
      Communication and communications technologies 2,868 378 0 787 0 1,590 113
      Education 36,785 14,802 6,193 8,360 950 3,866 2,614
      Humanities 7,594 144 57 4,865 0 2,513 15
      Law 3,207 131 49 1,038 213 1,754 22
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,767 667 0 1,145 0 1,936 19
      Non-S&E nec 95 95 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 878,571 848,138 721,043 655,030 600,714 576,076 487,846 487,869 489,404 465,170
  DOD 53,640 55,336 50,437 49,615 50,405 50,200 36,958 38,600 41,408 35,587
  DOE 45,265 44,212 38,905 28,888 25,786 22,486 23,094 21,870 22,215 23,074
  HHS 652,981 622,820 529,539 466,272 423,638 394,908 335,892 336,790 335,761 326,539
  NASA 30,978 31,788 26,042 23,858 25,278 27,175 24,294 19,525 15,612 15,861
  NSF 74,397 72,776 59,959 59,478 63,912 67,879 60,907 63,344 66,953 56,204
  USDA 1,055 448 400 384 223 86 205 309 328 539
  Other 20,255 20,758 15,761 26,535 11,472 13,342 6,496 7,431 7,127 7,366

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 11,582 1,335 10,247 .
2018 11,949 1,431 10,518 .
2017 11,759 1,451 10,308 .

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 2,877 2,860 2,918 2,824 2,806
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 1 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 406 421 429 435 456
    Computer and information sciences 31 30 42 41 41
    Engineering 264 264 261 265 252
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 124 124 134 133 134
    Health sciences 1,216 1,184 1,221 1,118 1,116
    Mathematics and statistics 40 40 38 38 33
    Natural resources and conservation 19 19 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 322 322 328 325 329
    Psychology 81 81 79 79 78
    Social sciences 148 149 159 157 142
    Other 226 226 226 232 223

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 . . . 116,770 1,831 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 1,831 0
    Engineering . . . 57,662 0 0
    Health sciences . . . 59,108 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 360 42,789 14,578 14,998 116,150
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 4,056 515 1,631 4,928
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 625 1,985 1,621 1,539
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 4,238 539 545 0
    Health sciences 0 25,776 10,464 9,480 104,639
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 1,390
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 6,116 771 685 2,597
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 1,055
    Social sciences 0 725 0 0 0
    Other 360 1,253 303 1,037 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