U. Maryland, College Park

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 20 95.9 459
2022 20 95.9 457 22 96.9 680
2021 22 95.3 447 23 96.8 691
2020 19 96 450 21 97.2 697
2019 18 96.2 447 17 97.7 696
2018 19 95.8 428 24 96.7 698 46 95.1 911
2017 19 95.8 425 21 97.1 684 69 88.3 575 43 95.4 898
2016 18 96.1 430 23 96.9 697 41 95.6 896
2015 16 96.5 426 22 97 693 79 86.4 570 43 95.4 898
2014 17 96.2 422 22 97 688 43 95.3 889
2013 21 96.4 555
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 595 565 501 568 575 586 529 546 619 583
  Science and engineering 476 472 408 448 489 465 438 448 495 452
    Science 328 340 309 321 334 332 325 317 372 313
      Life science 89 89 71 80 84 95 82 77 94 77
        Agricultural sciences 22 22 14 26 27 20 17 12 22 15
        Biological sciences 47 47 38 33 44 63 52 51 59 52
        Health sciences 20 20 19 21 13 12 13 14 13 10
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 87 97 69 83 63 70 81 77 87 75
        Chemistry 17 22 11 15 14 14 17 18 25 16
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 25 17 23 17 14 21 13 12 11
        Physics and astronomy 53 50 41 45 32 42 43 46 50 48
      Mathematics and computer sciences 72 70 59 62 66 59 42 64 67 59
        Computer sciences 42 43 38 36 42 34 25 36 27 39
        Mathematics 30 27 21 26 24 25 17 28 40 20
      Psychology and social sciences 80 84 110 96 121 108 120 99 124 102
        Psychology 19 21 29 22 36 21 31 27 22 25
        Anthropology 1 2 . 1 1 2 3 1 9 1
        Economics 17 11 23 15 16 17 17 19 19 23
        Political science and government 6 7 6 11 18 10 12 12 15 13
        Sociology 2 3 8 7 7 10 8 5 9 5
        Other social sciences 35 40 44 40 43 48 49 35 50 35
    Engineering 148 132 99 127 155 133 113 131 123 139
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 20 15 8 24 15 13 7 12 21 11
      Biological/biomedical sciences 14 9 12 12 14 13 10 12 8 15
      Chemical engineering 14 7 7 6 6 15 5 7 5 10
      Civil engineering 15 11 4 13 8 11 12 9 19 11
      Electrical engineering 31 29 24 30 32 24 31 30 22 33
      Industrial engineering . . 2 . . . . . 2 .
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 13 7 9 7 14 15 8 11 11 6
      Mechanical engineering 32 33 19 22 45 27 23 24 24 27
      Other engineering 9 21 14 13 21 15 17 26 11 26
  Non-science and engineering 119 93 93 120 86 121 91 98 124 131
    Education 37 34 33 48 28 38 28 41 54 53
      Education administration 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 6
      Education research 16 25 22 30 20 27 15 25 45 37
      Teacher education 2 . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Teaching fields 14 4 5 12 5 9 10 11 5 10
      Other education . . 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 .
    Humanities 38 37 33 45 29 53 33 36 39 48
      Foreign languages & literature 5 1 2 6 5 12 . 7 5 10
      History 10 5 6 9 4 8 6 5 12 7
      Letters 11 14 15 15 10 11 18 7 9 20
      Other humanities and arts 12 17 10 15 10 22 9 17 13 11
    Other 44 22 27 27 29 30 30 21 31 30
      Business management/administration 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16 14
      Communication 15 9 11 8 11 16 9 3 12 12
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 3 2 . 2 2 2 3 5 3 4

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:
  • In 2019, U. Maryland Baltimore merged with U. Maryland, College Park
  • . = 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:
  • In 2019, U. Maryland Baltimore merged with U. Maryland, College Park
  • . = 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:
  • In 2019, U. Maryland Baltimore merged with U. Maryland, College Park
  • . = 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:
  • In 2019, U. Maryland Baltimore merged with U. Maryland, College Park
  • . = 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:
  • In 2019, U. Maryland Baltimore merged with U. Maryland, College Park
  • . = 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:
  • In 2019, U. Maryland Baltimore merged with U. Maryland, College Park
  • . = 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
. . . . . . 540,660 548,885 539,388 505,699 485,051
. . . . . . 519 884 882 734 972
. . . . . . 15,691 15,089 12,465 13,362 13,352
. . . . . . 5,484 5,829 4,394 3,805 3,780
. . . . . . 24,049 26,960 25,975 25,281 24,281
. . . . . . 24,866 22,514 23,288 25,352 17,249
. . . . . . 15,480 14,669 13,714 13,978 12,262
. . . . . . 15,414 18,650 22,125 18,292 17,337
. . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
. . . . . . 20,320 18,547 17,937 17,534 16,636
. . . . . . 397,955 402,050 389,208 379,100 361,063
. . . . . . 114,805 124,365 127,030 115,904 94,818
. . . . . . 21,691 21,461 22,661 19,049 9,533
. . . . . . 3,727 5,836 5,878 0 0
. . . . . . 41,986 41,999 43,282 36,048 35,839
. . . . . . 16 0 0 4,481 5,968
. . . . . . 47,385 55,069 55,209 56,326 43,478
. . . . . . 6,788 6,882 5,917 7,008 5,876
. . . . . . 2,452 7,123 9,166 0 0
. . . . . . 8,365 10,114 12,852 7,147 5,652
. . . . . . 67,202 56,370 40,643 76,855 93,496
. . . . . . 1,381 1,015 1,206 1,633 3,875
. . . . . . 6,812 7,331 5,668 6,146 4,885
. . . . . . 428 438 175 0 0
. . . . . . 5,852 5,040 4,953 7,700 10,173
. . . . . . 52,729 42,546 28,641 61,376 74,563
. . . . . . 47,540 47,774 50,463 40,202 38,810
. . . . . . 15,980 14,960 12,884 38,617 37,015
. . . . . . 499 1,581 1,810 0 0
. . . . . . 31,061 31,233 35,769 1,585 1,795
. . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
. . . . . . 46,197 45,861 44,663 40,010 36,838
. . . . . . 104,606 103,561 98,474 91,974 85,573
. . . . . . 58,116 58,803 51,196 55,096 50,345
. . . . . . 32,187 33,529 31,152 24,521 21,994
. . . . . . 10,672 9,694 13,864 11,774 9,245
. . . . . . 0 0 28 0 0
. . . . . . 3,631 1,535 2,234 583 3,989
. . . . . . 11,460 15,903 22,215 2,331 12,816
. . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
. . . . . . 237 909 314 394 419
. . . . . . 2,815 2,607 1,584 0 1,185
. . . . . . 2,516 3,914 5,836 125 4,241
. . . . . . 3,426 2,422 1,981 1,078 1,728
. . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0
. . . . . . 1,947 5,167 11,618 0 4,271
. . . . . . 9,941 8,674 8,067 6,664 6,275

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 . . . . . 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies . . . . . 356,489 369,651 369,285 332,393 333,409
  DOD . . . . . 71,212 84,484 82,419 69,595 87,474
  DOE . . . . . 18,579 20,244 18,429 16,573 17,149
  HHS . . . . . 53,815 46,035 48,566 53,214 43,759
  NASA . . . . . 57,778 59,083 55,402 47,159 46,401
  NSF . . . . . 55,728 54,703 57,157 55,269 52,623
  USDA . . . . . 21,957 24,849 27,938 24,158 19,863
  Other . . . . . 77,420 80,253 79,374 66,425 66,140

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 . . . .
2018 7,913 986 6,927 .
2017 8,479 1,050 7,429 .

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 . . . 938 786
    Agricultural sciences . . . 149 140
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . 297 187
    Computer and information sciences . . . 15 30
    Engineering . . . 213 131
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . 3 16
    Health sciences . . . 58 26
    Mathematics and statistics . . . 0 13
    Natural resources and conservation . . . 0 0
    Physical sciences . . . 151 197
    Psychology . . . 31 15
    Social sciences . . . 20 31
    Other . . . 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 . . . . 39,742 0
    Computer and information sciences . . . . 17,991 0
    Health sciences . . . . 21,751 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 . . . . 10,514 0
    Agricultural sciences . . . . 1,145 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 546 0
    Computer and information sciences . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . 351 0
    Health sciences . . . . 4,093 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . . . 0 0
    Physical sciences . . . . 4,379 0
    Psychology . . . . 0 0
    Social sciences . . . . 0 0
    Other . . . . 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