U. Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus

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
2023 80 87 602
2022
2021 69 88.4 583
2020 50 94.7 916
2019 47 95 914 70 88.4 589
2018 48 94.9 911
2017 50 94.6 898 79 86.6 575
2016 50 94.6 896
2015 54 94.2 898 76 87 570
2014
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

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 . . . . 554,643 542,732 525,531 480,598 443,705 410,081
    Science . . . . 541,301 530,816 513,139 467,528 426,481 392,596
      Computer and information sciences . . . . 234 614 271 240 236 112
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . 612 2,200 3,256 477 243 98
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . 582 2,083 2,975 284 0 22
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . 30 28 277 193 243 52
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . 0 89 4 0 0 24
      Life sciences . . . . 536,533 523,713 506,173 463,907 421,365 389,771
        Agricultural sciences . . . . 15 12 25 42 0 10
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 10,354 7,381 7,501 2,100 43,595 42,751
        Health sciences . . . . 525,897 515,832 498,031 461,099 376,052 345,614
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . 31 70 39 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . 236 418 577 666 1,718 1,396
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . 524 584 313 559 761 542
      Physical sciences . . . . 1,192 1,385 829 942 741 678
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . 838 1,008 741 773 502 467
        Materials science . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics . . . . 348 126 71 168 239 188
        Physical sciences nec . . . . 6 251 17 1 0 23
      Psychology . . . . 1,921 1,933 1,624 387 1,860 927
      Social sciences . . . . 282 354 595 901 1,133 452
        Anthropology . . . . 60 93 0 0 83 0
        Economics . . . . 1 38 107 162 14 3
        Political science and government . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . 38 100 33 67 103 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . 183 123 455 672 933 449
      Sciences nec . . . . 3 33 78 115 142 16
    Engineering . . . . 6,180 5,003 4,610 5,331 6,212 7,919
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . 1,997 1,818 1,472 497 374 4,602
      Chemical engineering . . . . 0 153 104 0 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . 1,062 1,023 1,868 3,193 3,546 2,580
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . 1,315 1,488 946 1,179 1,334 230
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . 1,606 398 220 462 922 423
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . 200 123 0 0 36 84
    Non-S&E . . . . 7,162 6,913 7,782 7,739 11,012 9,566
      Business management and business administration . . . . 324 145 60 8 8 199
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . 32 404 202 373 0 68
      Education . . . . 4,440 4,952 6,028 6,369 8,167 7,451
      Humanities . . . . 167 271 94 40 0 134
      Law . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work . . . . 193 326 582 206 240 151
      Visual and performing arts . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . 2,006 815 816 743 2,597 1,563

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 . . . . 348,724 353,021 331,945 311,720 298,960 274,345
  DOD . . . . 12,993 14,505 11,857 10,667 7,892 11,384
  DOE . . . . 0 0 18 0 0 319
  HHS . . . . 319,196 322,277 302,594 282,953 271,914 241,253
  NASA . . . . 506 275 40 0 0 26
  NSF . . . . 5,745 5,324 4,987 5,096 4,390 4,038
  USDA . . . . 123 137 95 107 41 1,493
  Other . . . . 10,161 10,503 12,354 12,897 14,723 15,832

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 5,604 1,016 4,588 .
2018 5,488 962 4,526 .

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 . 927 909 818 822
    Agricultural sciences . 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 204 180 153 164
    Computer and information sciences . 0 0 0 9
    Engineering . 27 18 12 11
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . 684 703 613 589
    Mathematics and statistics . 1 1 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences . 6 2 3 2
    Psychology . 2 1 35 44
    Social sciences . 3 4 2 2
    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)
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 92,440 0 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 0 0 0 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 92,440 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences . . 0 0 0 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

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 . . 26,372 6,249 1,947 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 393 459 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 . . 25,979 5,790 1,947 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences . . 0 0 0 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