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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 35 92.6 459 55 91.1 602 54 94.2 914
2022 34 92.8 457 32 95.5 680 54 94.2 900
2021 28 94 447 30 95.8 691 50 91.7 583 56 94 908
2020 47 89.9 450 32 95.6 697 57 93.9 916
2019 36 92.2 447 32 95.6 696 46 92.4 589 56 94 914
2018 32 92.8 428 33 95.4 698 59 93.7 911
2017 41 90.7 425 40 94.4 684 42 92.9 575 55 94 898
2016 43 90.3 430 45 93.7 697 53 94.2 896
2015 43 90.2 426 55 92.3 693 43 92.7 570 53 94.3 898
2014 42 90.4 422 62 91.2 688 55 94 889
2013 60 89.5 555
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 467 462 455 369 409 432 387 395 391 401
  Science and engineering 339 342 339 258 258 293 257 262 246 255
    Science 317 325 324 250 254 286 252 258 246 254
      Life science 79 81 82 55 73 74 83 72 75 70
        Agricultural sciences . . 1 1 . . . . . .
        Biological sciences 74 75 77 47 71 67 79 69 69 67
        Health sciences 5 6 4 7 2 7 4 3 6 3
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 76 93 70 70 66 64 51 71 49 59
        Chemistry 25 50 34 36 33 27 21 31 22 26
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 6 6 6 6 7 5 5 4 3
        Physics and astronomy 47 37 30 28 27 30 25 35 23 30
      Mathematics and computer sciences 55 39 46 38 27 37 27 17 30 23
        Computer sciences 27 13 20 6 4 12 7 . 4 5
        Mathematics 28 26 26 32 23 25 20 17 26 18
      Psychology and social sciences 107 112 126 87 88 111 91 98 92 102
        Psychology 15 19 12 7 16 19 11 15 13 18
        Anthropology 18 15 20 8 14 17 14 16 11 19
        Economics 30 25 34 35 25 34 29 23 30 31
        Political science and government 10 14 14 11 15 13 11 13 13 12
        Sociology 12 10 16 12 7 9 14 13 12 12
        Other social sciences 22 29 30 14 11 19 12 18 13 10
    Engineering 22 17 15 8 4 7 5 4 . 1
      Biological/biomedical sciences 4 3 4 . 1 2 . . . 1
      Chemical engineering 5 2 2 3 1 3 2 4 . .
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 7 5 1 . 2 1 2 . . .
      Other engineering 6 7 8 5 . 1 1 . . .
  Non-science and engineering 128 120 116 111 151 139 130 133 145 146
    Education 1 1 1 . . 3 3 3 . 1
      Education research . 1 1 . . 3 2 1 . .
      Other education 1 . . . . . 1 2 . 1
    Humanities 104 96 97 85 125 111 107 108 107 122
      Foreign languages & literature 18 8 15 13 13 15 8 14 14 22
      History 29 25 16 21 29 27 33 36 36 36
      Letters 13 13 24 14 24 16 23 11 12 17
      Other humanities and arts 44 50 42 37 59 53 43 47 45 47
    Other 23 23 18 26 26 25 20 22 38 23
      Business management/administration 17 12 11 13 18 16 14 9 25 11
      Communication . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 6 11 6 13 8 9 6 13 13 12

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
. 628,302 591,805 497,651 458,891 459,171 423,993 433,328 420,997 412,536 390,082
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 47,857 41,866 30,018 24,468 23,773 16,388 12,066 11,155 7,069 3,335
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 568,002 536,488 458,987 423,936 424,490 396,403 407,930 391,336 395,708 374,987
. 395,289 384,527 336,114 302,820 299,549 274,000 279,975 270,358 272,591 256,612
. 303,959 292,843 254,022 219,525 212,930 192,128 196,083 183,919 172,207 162,826
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 91,330 91,684 82,092 83,295 86,619 81,872 83,892 81,325 90,646 86,487
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,114 9,738 7,299
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 5,931 5,395 4,653 4,726 6,987 7,414 7,564 6,098 6,111 5,243
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
. 9,445 7,883 6,041 8,006 7,744 8,360 8,229 8,930 11,503 10,127
. 34,694 26,781 22,088 23,750 21,578 20,285 22,546 22,356 23,189 20,044
. 10,105 8,546 4,102 4,109 3,779 2,384 4,624 6,706 5,168 4,705
. 2,169 1,832 2,456 3,201 3,685 3,371 2,802 2,187 1,651 2,039
. 84 185 52 83 80 123 102 107 0 0
. 1,191 1,268 1,187 1,699 1,361 1,599 1,775 2,137 2,342 2,359
. 21,145 14,950 14,291 14,658 12,673 12,808 13,243 11,219 14,028 10,941
. 10,053 10,117 8,854 9,090 9,370 9,652 8,850 7,475 8,515 8,295
. 10,053 10,117 8,854 9,090 9,370 9,652 8,850 7,475 8,515 8,295
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 34,390 31,302 26,205 24,422 26,606 25,407 25,014 26,991 22,160 20,217
. 78,200 70,483 55,032 51,122 52,656 51,285 55,752 49,128 51,611 54,449
. 18,877 19,896 15,752 12,688 12,617 13,301 16,495 13,434 13,561 15,139
. 15,707 13,872 9,618 8,611 9,882 10,536 12,328 13,309 16,215 14,125
. 36,407 31,158 24,034 24,631 23,963 23,476 24,093 18,920 17,034 18,975
. 5,521 5,118 5,628 5,185 6,185 3,906 2,836 2,615 0 0
. 1,688 439 0 7 9 66 0 850 4,801 6,210
. 12,443 13,451 8,646 10,487 10,908 11,202 13,332 18,506 9,759 11,760
. 362 181 14 0 78 34 24 46 388 487
. 61 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 1,991 1,490 421 897 1,106 610 1,314 1,406 3,106 2,514
. 4,387 3,422 3,595 4,249 4,015 4,911 5,103 5,673 0 0
. 698 882 557 784 1,495 1,348 1,283 4,166 969 889
. 4,646 5,171 3,766 4,021 3,541 4,066 4,665 5,363 5,034 6,182
. 298 2,294 293 536 673 233 943 1,852 262 1,688
. 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.
  • 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 628,302 476,689 3,902 46,651 44,990 53,670 2,400
    Science 568,002 429,785 3,828 42,817 41,844 47,437 2,291
      Computer and information sciences 34,390 32,781 0 576 264 749 20
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10,053 9,341 0 314 0 398 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 10,053 9,341 0 314 0 398 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 395,289 304,483 141 25,809 40,591 23,094 1,171
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 91,330 76,637 0 5,925 4,267 4,419 82
        Health sciences 303,959 227,846 141 19,884 36,324 18,675 1,089
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5,931 4,564 0 472 84 811 0
      Physical sciences 78,200 61,355 0 7,804 868 8,159 14
        Astronomy and astrophysics 15,707 12,850 0 523 0 2,334 0
        Chemistry 36,407 29,008 0 3,714 868 2,817 0
        Materials science 5,521 4,930 0 551 0 40 0
        Physics 18,877 14,173 0 2,605 0 2,085 14
        Physical sciences nec 1,688 394 0 411 0 883 0
      Psychology 9,445 7,849 0 567 21 1,008 0
      Social sciences 34,694 9,412 3,687 7,275 16 13,218 1,086
        Anthropology 84 84 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 10,105 1,346 0 1,895 16 5,820 1,028
        Political science and government 1,191 194 0 215 0 782 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,169 1,833 0 116 0 207 13
        Social sciences nec 21,145 5,955 3,687 5,049 0 6,409 45
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 47,857 40,732 0 2,621 3,086 1,347 71
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 47,857 40,732 0 2,621 3,086 1,347 71
    Non-S&E 12,443 6,172 74 1,213 60 4,886 38
      Business management and business administration 1,991 611 0 309 60 1,011 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 4,387 1,745 0 469 0 2,173 0
      Humanities 698 423 0 37 0 228 10
      Law 362 0 0 111 0 251 0
      Social work 4,646 3,353 74 266 0 925 28
      Visual and performing arts 61 40 0 21 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 298 0 0 0 0 298 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 476,689 456,806 394,275 352,447 332,776 303,175 308,002 297,953 294,437 281,464
  DOD 27,455 26,106 21,814 24,834 23,339 19,747 21,356 18,668 12,629 12,751
  DOE 19,106 16,632 11,983 9,697 8,892 9,020 9,941 9,885 8,864 8,744
  HHS 333,843 324,202 291,465 258,415 236,745 212,267 213,655 209,237 211,446 196,756
  NASA 9,904 8,437 6,313 6,542 6,033 4,425 4,876 4,788 5,631 4,627
  NSF 75,499 74,035 58,602 47,157 51,803 50,077 50,607 50,276 51,032 52,231
  USDA 506 426 108 0 78 68 110 135 304 324
  Other 10,376 6,968 3,990 5,802 5,886 7,571 7,457 4,964 4,531 6,031

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 4,934 712 4,222 .
2018 4,742 679 4,063 .
2017 4,534 648 3,886 .

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 1,275 1,296 1,334 1,382 1,350
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 564 583 619 646 655
    Computer and information sciences 14 12 14 9 8
    Engineering 71 69 70 52 8
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 28 29 33 31 35
    Health sciences 352 369 364 395 407
    Mathematics and statistics 5 5 5 4 5
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 196 176 175 181 171
    Psychology 33 38 39 41 38
    Social sciences 11 12 14 19 20
    Other 2 2 2 3 3

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 21,500 . 11,800 3,337 34,078
    Engineering 21,500 . 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 . 11,800 0 34,078
    Social sciences 0 . 0 3,337 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 64,043 77,695 42,501 50,524 64,634
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 30,300 37,700 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 730 470 1,774 477 14,860
    Engineering 3,041 258 3,337 24,027 22,749
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,602 0 1,760 4,111 0
    Health sciences 16,000 25,100 29,700 19,500 20,000
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 7,542 11,749 4,058 2,410 7,025
    Psychology 1,828 2,418 492 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 1,381 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