U. Connecticut

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 65 89.9 631 82 91.3 925
2023 61 91.2 679 81 91.3 911 73 88.1 602
2022 64 90.8 680 79 91.4 900
2021 53 92.5 691 88 90.5 908 67 88.8 583
2020 48 93.3 698 89 90.5 916
2019 47 93.5 697 85 90.9 914 65 89.2 589
2018 49 93.2 700 89 90.4 911
2017 46 93.5 684 87 90.5 898 74 87.4 575
2016 47 93.5 697 84 90.8 896
2015 47 93.4 693 82 91.1 898 67 88.5 570
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,557 1,516 1,480 1,556 1,523 1,457 1,422 1,448 1,514 1,485
    Hispanic or Latino 179 156 143 151 148 129 85 90 84 51
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,333 1,315 1,306 1,365 1,328 1,247 1,218 1,232 1,298 1,293
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 1
      Asian 160 159 143 144 128 111 117 116 119 122
      Black or African American 80 76 70 82 87 84 77 78 82 75
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2
      White 1,013 1,022 1,031 1,079 1,064 1,004 974 996 1,052 1,024
      More than one race 80 58 60 59 48 45 44 37 42 69
    Unknown ethnicity and race 45 45 31 40 47 81 119 126 132 141
  Temporary visa holders 1,185 1,166 1,127 1,095 1,116 1,376 1,340 1,348 1,414 1,306
  Science and engineering 2,427 2,369 2,324 2,376 2,380 2,571 2,488 2,518 2,639 2,546
    Science 1,735 1,697 1,710 1,768 1,790 1,995 1,936 1,967 2,073 1,931
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 70 61 65 56 48 45 38 38 69 71
      Biological and biomedical sciences 481 444 438 466 409 433 421 422 424 397
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 46
      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 42 47
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 78 61 66 59 57 52 49 46 41 41
      Mathematics and statistics 192 231 294 305 443 606 544 543 573 483
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 55 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 58 57 54 55 47 31 26 25 0 0
      Physical sciences 269 254 232 243 221 230 241 235 229 239
      Psychology 284 285 297 309 289 256 263 310 299 285
      Social sciences 248 269 264 275 276 342 354 348 349 322
    Engineering 692 672 614 608 590 576 552 551 566 615
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 116 114 115 101 105 100 88 91 98 96
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 67 64 55 54 54 53 51 40 45 47
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 82 81 74 84 78 76 75 86 77 75
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 230 225 195 186 167 181 196 188 208 237
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 4 11 13 15 14 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 98 83 69 64 55 65 66 65 57 84
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 73 80 81 93 86 80 73 78 81 76
      Other engineering 26 21 14 13 30 7 3 3 0 0
    Health 315 313 283 275 259 262 274 278 289 245
      Clinical medicine 84 84 70 72 65 52 60 51 61 33
      Other health 231 229 213 203 194 210 214 227 228 212

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 619 576 595 595 539 497 514 495 560 614
    Hispanic or Latino 62 52 48 60 36 20 42 36 22 21
    Not Hispanic or Latino 537 512 523 515 473 437 427 419 487 549
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
      Asian 81 65 67 48 44 41 40 29 37 53
      Black or African American 34 39 45 38 24 30 27 26 37 36
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
      White 398 384 398 415 391 356 353 352 399 435
      More than one race 24 22 12 12 11 8 5 9 11 20
    Unknown ethnicity and race 20 12 24 20 30 40 45 40 51 44
  Temporary visa holders 87 58 65 80 97 76 66 82 83 103
  Science and engineering 631 564 580 606 568 487 495 499 556 608
    Science 336 289 301 298 274 224 226 247 307 358
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 5 6 4 7 7 4 7 17 16
      Biological and biomedical sciences 33 35 51 43 46 21 24 25 26 33
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 13
      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 5 7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 8 6 7 7 6 8 3 7 10
      Mathematics and statistics 28 24 22 26 32 21 22 28 18 35
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 61 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 84 85 77 69 34 20 6 8 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 11 15 9 16 7 10 14 14 14
      Psychology 60 64 62 69 62 72 74 72 86 81
      Social sciences 51 53 62 71 70 70 78 90 123 149
    Engineering 295 275 279 308 294 263 269 252 249 250
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 31 29 31 32 32 13 20 27 14 28
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 3 6 9 7 6 3 7 8 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 12 12 11 22 17 22 21 20 26 27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 39 29 33 37 41 49 42 53 45 47
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 7 9 10 22 29 37 35 38 38
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 14 13 9 7 10 12 10 14 11
      Other engineering 182 177 172 187 166 134 134 100 104 94
    Health 75 70 80 69 68 86 85 78 87 109
      Clinical medicine 49 46 56 46 46 59 56 56 61 72
      Other health 26 24 24 23 22 27 29 22 26 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 982 916 808 773 581 620 534 496 515 436
  Science and engineering 905 853 764 740 545 591 504 471 482 410
    Science 546 501 484 438 311 328 311 294 303 251
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 52 47 42 31 27 23 21 21 35 31
      Biological and biomedical sciences 161 141 147 136 105 90 95 84 85 74
      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 5 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 41 37 35 31 29 21 27 21 16 18
      Mathematics and statistics 23 17 17 13 7 15 14 10 4 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 40 30 27 32 19 16 14 12 0 0
      Physical sciences 94 98 85 74 54 71 61 67 74 61
      Psychology 94 104 107 90 46 60 52 49 58 39
      Social sciences 35 27 24 31 24 32 27 30 26 22
    Engineering 359 352 280 302 234 263 193 177 179 159
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 55 50 42 42 29 37 32 24 15 13
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 26 34 25 26 20 19 15 7 10 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 59 52 31 47 33 42 31 37 39 21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 108 113 89 96 68 88 70 65 71 66
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 3 9 12 5 13 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 67 54 39 33 37 31 26 21 18 22
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 43 45 45 46 41 33 18 22 26 25
      Other engineering 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
    Health 77 63 44 33 36 29 30 25 33 26
      Clinical medicine 12 11 3 6 6 4 8 2 3 0
      Other health 65 52 41 27 30 25 22 23 30 26

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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 2,742 2,682 2,607 2,651 2,639 2,833 2,762 2,796 2,928 2,791
  Fellowships 245 251 226 204 44 222 177 179 232 156
    Federal 141 126 119 113 11 124 85 74 106 48
    Institutional 101 122 80 59 25 62 62 66 65 36
    Nonfederal 3 3 27 32 8 36 30 39 61 72
  Research assistantships 1,232 1,175 1,089 1,083 974 885 895 917 942 926
    Federal 834 780 686 657 563 488 444 416 406 384
    Institutional 377 368 320 334 295 293 346 412 451 430
    Nonfederal 21 27 83 92 116 104 105 89 85 112
  Teaching assistantships 763 758 760 766 781 823 826 826 840 818
    Federal 5 8 3 3 6 8 4 6 3 4
    Institutional 758 750 757 762 775 814 818 815 834 811
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 3 3
  Other types of support 502 498 532 598 840 903 864 874 914 891
    Federal 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Institutional 13 11 14 16 4 10 9 5 3 1
    Nonfederal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
    Personal resources 484 485 518 582 835 893 854 869 893 890

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 223 200 190 191 193 189 176 157 161 149
    Science 198 173 162 161 160 159 151 138 132 129
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 6 6 1 4 4 5 3 5 6
      Biological and biomedical sciences 95 84 74 86 83 88 91 88 70 73
      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 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 6 4 9 9 9 10 12 10 9
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 28 22 24 15 16 15 9 4 7 5
      Natural resources and conservation 8 8 4 5 4 3 1 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 34 29 34 32 31 25 27 20 13 11
      Psychology 13 13 13 9 7 10 3 3 1 3
      Social sciences 5 4 3 4 6 4 4 7 6 5
    Engineering 25 27 28 30 33 30 25 19 29 20
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 9 8 10 11 9 6 4 2 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 4 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 6 4 2 4 8 6 6 7 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 4 10 9 4 4 2 1 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 16 11
      Other engineering 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 19 19 32 45 49 56 51 63 72 64
      Clinical medicine 9 6 15 22 26 27 27 31 41 40
      Other health 10 13 17 23 23 29 24 32 31 24

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 176 156 144 167 150 152 136 134 139 126
  Science and engineering 162 146 130 139 124 122 112 97 97 85
    Science 142 125 112 121 103 106 98 84 82 74
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 6 3 2 1 4 4 4 2 5 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 65 62 58 66 55 52 59 57 49 44
      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 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 3 3 9 6 6 7 7 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 25 17 11 9 9 13 7 3 3 4
      Natural resources and conservation 5 6 3 5 4 3 1 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 23 21 23 24 19 18 17 11 8 4
      Psychology 9 11 10 5 3 8 2 2 1 1
      Social sciences 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 1
    Engineering 20 21 18 18 21 16 14 13 15 11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 6 5 6 7 5 2 2 1 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 3 6 5 3 1 4 4 2 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 5 1 1 3 5 5 6 5 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 2 4 7 2 2 1 0 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 7 6
      Other engineering 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 14 10 14 28 26 30 24 37 42 41
      Clinical medicine 6 1 4 13 13 11 10 15 23 22
      Other health 8 9 10 15 13 19 14 22 19 19

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 433,545 390,165 367,557 302,329 280,131 285,764 269,685 267,647 265,522 259,397
    Science 328,669 302,900 287,978 241,905 223,646 228,990 216,919 217,336 218,981 207,292
      Computer and information sciences 7,766 6,946 4,766 5,294 5,575 5,103 4,807 4,342 4,317 3,835
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 14,533 11,951 11,254 10,483 9,186 10,974 10,356 9,289 9,385 10,348
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,050 1,775 1,150 746 920 1,073 296 388 149 64
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 12,483 10,176 10,104 9,737 8,266 9,901 10,060 8,901 9,236 10,284
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 245,050 222,563 220,304 175,232 157,618 165,087 155,958 160,162 162,256 143,533
        Agricultural sciences 18,033 15,498 13,050 10,683 8,613 10,079 9,876 10,396 10,178 7,011
        Biological and biomedical sciences 104,639 93,727 105,565 79,715 75,806 69,141 62,683 62,173 66,416 68,185
        Health sciences 102,758 97,728 89,129 74,770 64,335 76,662 72,241 77,275 76,743 60,029
        Natural resources and conservation 8,363 7,435 5,190 3,616 3,203 2,905 2,321 2,810 2,459 0
        Life sciences nec 11,257 8,175 7,370 6,448 5,661 6,300 8,837 7,508 6,460 8,308
      Mathematics and statistics 2,882 2,934 2,616 2,119 2,344 2,362 2,296 1,805 1,586 1,481
      Physical sciences 17,099 15,372 11,245 17,682 18,546 16,829 16,816 15,352 14,796 10,993
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,325 7,895 5,492 4,998 5,868 4,713 5,170 5,319 5,753 5,900
        Materials science 0 0 0 7,202 6,644 5,786 5,673 5,162 4,477 0
        Physics 8,774 7,477 5,753 5,482 6,034 6,330 5,973 4,871 4,566 5,093
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 27,773 30,889 26,385 22,130 21,553 18,641 17,741 17,602 19,391 18,787
      Social sciences 12,747 9,126 9,724 6,705 6,645 8,455 8,481 6,803 6,335 6,838
        Anthropology 881 624 688 594 626 738 469 433 342 0
        Economics 4,690 3,386 3,536 2,195 1,683 2,790 2,629 2,548 2,019 1,795
        Political science and government 4,437 3,274 1,667 663 726 797 646 357 474 301
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,192 665 2,943 2,349 2,850 3,229 3,271 2,390 2,480 3,586
        Social sciences nec 1,547 1,177 890 904 760 901 1,466 1,075 1,020 1,156
      Sciences nec 819 3,119 1,684 2,260 2,179 1,539 464 1,981 915 11,477
    Engineering 84,479 72,672 68,902 54,185 46,751 44,044 39,907 39,840 38,977 44,329
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,321 8,183 5,736 4,486 3,677 3,414 3,192 2,767 1,675 746
      Chemical engineering 11,765 8,655 8,061 7,486 6,131 6,223 4,817 3,164 4,182 6,149
      Civil engineering 23,474 20,006 21,804 17,982 14,913 14,185 13,296 11,847 10,256 10,138
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,098 9,486 8,613 7,267 8,364 7,957 7,624 8,365 8,591 8,154
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11,126 9,826 8,539 7,914 5,456 4,870 4,779 5,622 5,363 6,515
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 18,029 15,821 14,963 7,597 6,583 5,250 4,507 5,000 4,971 6,702
      Engineering nec 1,666 695 1,186 1,453 1,627 2,145 1,692 3,075 3,939 5,925
    Non-S&E 20,397 14,593 10,677 6,239 9,734 12,730 12,859 10,471 7,564 7,776
      Business management and business administration 642 921 1,684 870 939 1,792 310 403 112 709
      Communication and communications technologies 502 264 165 200 245 259 107 90 60 356
      Education 3,207 2,667 1,597 1,155 1,874 3,860 4,796 4,295 3,163 3,934
      Humanities 1,510 1,767 1,029 433 1,287 2,758 3,232 3,551 744 577
      Law 85 118 96 111 102 58 125 157 33 230
      Social work 11,219 5,657 3,091 1,521 2,885 1,966 1,175 1,216 1,641 1,819
      Visual and performing arts 1,109 1,061 1,515 587 607 965 773 445 242 151
      Non-S&E nec 2,123 2,138 1,500 1,362 1,795 1,072 2,341 314 1,569 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: 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 433,545 253,110 8,235 143,866 11,132 12,032 5,170
    Science 328,669 193,648 3,146 110,057 7,121 9,600 5,097
      Computer and information sciences 7,766 4,056 833 2,240 558 79 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 14,533 8,707 147 5,499 63 117 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,050 1,072 0 861 0 117 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 12,483 7,635 147 4,638 63 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 245,050 144,885 817 80,997 5,742 7,523 5,086
        Agricultural sciences 18,033 7,989 105 9,448 279 202 10
        Biological and biomedical sciences 104,639 71,594 32 26,183 1,588 3,869 1,373
        Health sciences 102,758 62,355 397 29,376 3,624 3,303 3,703
        Natural resources and conservation 8,363 2,947 283 4,733 251 149 0
        Life sciences nec 11,257 0 0 11,257 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,882 1,660 0 805 274 143 0
      Physical sciences 17,099 11,960 0 4,768 303 68 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 8,325 6,320 0 1,699 303 3 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 8,774 5,640 0 3,069 0 65 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 27,773 17,705 204 8,586 143 1,124 11
      Social sciences 12,747 4,478 1,145 6,561 38 525 0
        Anthropology 881 139 0 625 0 117 0
        Economics 4,690 2,064 21 2,547 34 24 0
        Political science and government 4,437 1,529 1,124 1,580 4 200 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,192 39 0 1,077 0 76 0
        Social sciences nec 1,547 707 0 732 0 108 0
      Sciences nec 819 197 0 601 0 21 0
    Engineering 84,479 50,829 1,407 27,323 3,985 862 73
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,321 6,172 0 1,608 541 0 0
      Chemical engineering 11,765 7,688 78 3,249 659 18 73
      Civil engineering 23,474 15,703 1,327 5,047 974 423 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,098 7,207 0 2,186 661 44 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11,126 7,656 0 2,344 905 221 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 18,029 6,403 2 11,223 245 156 0
      Engineering nec 1,666 0 0 1,666 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 20,397 8,633 3,682 6,486 26 1,570 0
      Business management and business administration 642 10 108 427 0 97 0
      Communication and communications technologies 502 137 0 360 0 5 0
      Education 3,207 1,788 117 951 0 351 0
      Humanities 1,510 20 0 1,302 2 186 0
      Law 85 0 0 85 0 0 0
      Social work 11,219 6,202 3,457 1,164 14 382 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,109 0 0 557 10 542 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,123 476 0 1,640 0 7 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 253,110 238,701 230,752 183,362 164,848 159,220 144,048 145,637 146,390 137,980
  DOD 24,074 22,360 22,079 18,901 13,660 10,573 8,617 9,617 9,547 8,711
  DOE 11,805 8,592 6,786 6,529 6,731 5,187 4,070 4,504 5,245 4,909
  HHS 133,660 135,171 125,263 106,354 93,640 92,365 82,666 85,401 86,255 80,983
  NASA 3,842 3,343 2,243 2,866 1,647 1,309 1,360 1,842 1,889 1,082
  NSF 37,650 31,244 42,254 22,779 24,383 26,288 23,861 20,375 19,595 19,754
  USDA 13,460 11,514 8,702 5,251 5,757 5,407 5,599 6,420 6,347 5,680
  Other 28,619 26,477 23,425 20,682 19,030 18,091 17,875 17,478 17,512 16,861

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]
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2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 5,363 798 4,565 .
2018 5,388 798 4,590 .

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 1,390 1,359 1,427 1,433 1,328
    Agricultural sciences 66 93 99 103 161
    Biological and biomedical sciences 385 372 385 583 544
    Computer and information sciences 7 10 9 12 12
    Engineering 104 111 108 98 97
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 42 32 33 36 44
    Health sciences 478 424 431 348 300
    Mathematics and statistics 4 4 4 8 2
    Natural resources and conservation 17 10 8 9 9
    Physical sciences 133 129 146 137 120
    Psychology 25 47 54 60 30
    Social sciences 73 128 151 38 9
    Other 58 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
  All research space 1,600 58,617 54,491 1,923 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 1,923 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 1,600 0 1,331 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 49,615 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 58,617 3,545 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

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 47,549 28,846 32,573 77,062 43,190
    Agricultural sciences 1,433 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 26,673 9,185 24,257 53,076 33,452
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,239 0 0 324 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 2,689 0
    Health sciences 10,487 15,894 6,260 700 9,298
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 3,715 0 970 0 0
    Physical sciences 4,003 1,055 1,086 20,273 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 1,631 0 0 439
    Other 0 1,080 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