U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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 57 87.9 459 57 91.2 631 114 87.9 925
2023 66 86 459 60 91.4 679 112 87.9 911 114 81.4 602
2022 54 88.5 457 58 91.7 680 111 87.9 900
2021 67 85.4 447 50 93 691 115 87.6 908 105 82.3 583
2020 60 87 450 50 93 698 111 88.1 916
2019 52 88.7 447 54 92.5 697 109 88.3 914 98 83.7 589
2018 65 85.2 428 56 92.2 700 110 88.1 911
2017 63 85.5 425 54 92.3 684 103 88.7 898 94 84 575
2016 63 85.7 430 69 90.3 697 100 89 896
2015 70 83.9 426 71 90 693 100 89.1 898 92 84.2 570
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,338 1,243 1,347 1,365 1,394 1,208 1,187 1,171 1,153 1,164
    Hispanic or Latino 153 130 146 140 137 110 106 98 92 90
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,123 1,049 1,128 1,159 1,189 1,032 1,009 998 970 986
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
      Asian 172 157 141 131 125 91 94 82 72 94
      Black or African American 86 87 94 94 89 73 64 58 51 50
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      White 797 739 834 872 912 820 806 804 802 802
      More than one race 66 64 57 60 62 47 43 52 42 38
    Unknown ethnicity and race 62 64 73 66 68 66 72 75 91 88
  Temporary visa holders 1,552 1,570 1,462 1,370 1,136 1,262 1,207 1,178 978 915
  Science and engineering 2,737 2,665 2,657 2,574 2,358 2,351 2,266 2,217 1,945 1,903
    Science 2,197 2,134 2,093 2,002 1,894 1,853 1,742 1,689 1,408 1,373
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 104 97 99 98 93 90 90 85 165 161
      Biological and biomedical sciences 345 358 367 364 361 336 318 317 260 255
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 47
      Computer and information sciences 742 742 645 589 497 551 499 465 211 190
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 34 26 29 32 41 38 46 44 41 44
      Mathematics and statistics 151 152 124 127 128 108 79 88 78 68
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 66 42 45 25 8 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 56 54 74 65 56 56 57 73 0 0
      Physical sciences 249 253 246 238 233 235 216 211 213 198
      Psychology 71 72 79 82 86 87 82 84 86 87
      Social sciences 379 338 385 382 391 352 355 322 278 294
    Engineering 540 531 564 572 464 498 524 528 537 530
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 52 25 21 16 10 9 3 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 125 143 157 155 145 150 136 142 54 55
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 87 89 84 72 80 75 91 94 100 104
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 162 178 195 212 132 161 185 189 208 196
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 29 23 18 16 16 26 29 27 20 14
      Mechanical engineering 74 69 89 101 81 77 80 76 68 68
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 93
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 153 148 152 161 172 119 128 132 186 176
      Clinical medicine 80 74 81 88 93 42 49 56 110 97
      Other health 73 74 71 73 79 77 79 76 76 79

NOTE:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 502 559 542 543 481 495 509 487 525 512
    Hispanic or Latino 54 65 45 45 36 39 29 26 34 34
    Not Hispanic or Latino 416 457 463 462 411 409 432 422 454 439
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 3
      Asian 74 68 63 53 43 40 45 32 34 25
      Black or African American 37 32 33 40 30 34 48 52 49 44
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
      White 290 344 349 348 323 319 321 329 357 354
      More than one race 15 13 18 18 12 13 15 6 12 13
    Unknown ethnicity and race 32 37 34 36 34 47 48 39 37 39
  Temporary visa holders 249 265 271 189 303 192 234 185 254 183
  Science and engineering 594 618 561 463 521 449 484 386 456 358
    Science 500 492 413 353 342 326 347 284 335 254
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 35 37 27 26 29 31 32 35 51 58
      Biological and biomedical sciences 39 47 32 35 36 37 37 40 32 27
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28
      Computer and information sciences 207 168 151 88 94 74 85 39 106 35
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 6 5 7 8 10 14 9 15 15
      Mathematics and statistics 27 20 19 17 9 7 5 3 7 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 63 63 46 19 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 23 26 31 35 34 34 37 30 0 0
      Physical sciences 13 14 14 18 19 20 25 17 16 11
      Psychology 14 14 15 17 11 12 11 8 6 3
      Social sciences 73 97 73 91 102 101 101 103 70 69
    Engineering 94 126 148 110 179 123 137 102 121 104
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 10 10 5 8 5 14 9 2 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 18 24 19 25 16 22 23 16 21 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 55 70 95 49 129 71 68 57 54 47
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 3 5 9 5 5 5 4 6 4
      Mechanical engineering 10 16 17 21 21 20 27 16 31 28
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 157 206 252 269 263 238 259 286 323 337
      Clinical medicine 149 197 239 253 249 224 240 265 296 308
      Other health 8 9 13 16 14 14 19 21 27 29

NOTE:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 449 413 495 465 484 460 421 452 455 471
  Science and engineering 443 408 488 458 477 451 409 433 438 457
    Science 304 265 343 326 349 326 283 295 295 307
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 32 28 37 31 31 32 26 28 59 54
      Biological and biomedical sciences 73 66 96 91 112 79 76 73 55 61
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 78 74 67 70 79 79 71 69 82 81
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 9 7 10 11 9 19 16 11 18
      Mathematics and statistics 4 1 4 2 4 3 2 0 1 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 18 11 19 15 14 12 12 21 0 0
      Physical sciences 63 66 83 77 74 80 55 66 63 57
      Psychology 2 3 9 13 12 13 9 7 6 10
      Social sciences 18 7 21 17 12 19 13 15 11 18
    Engineering 139 143 145 132 128 125 126 138 143 150
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 9 6 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 43 51 58 58 55 52 44 51 15 26
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 15 15 11 9 15 16 17 19 23
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 42 50 43 34 32 29 37 44 51 42
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 7 2 2 4 5 5 6 3 3
      Mechanical engineering 13 11 21 25 25 22 23 20 20 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 42
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 6 5 7 7 7 9 12 19 17 14
      Clinical medicine 5 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1
      Other health 1 4 6 5 6 5 8 17 16 13

NOTE:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 2,890 2,813 2,809 2,735 2,530 2,470 2,394 2,349 2,131 2,079
  Fellowships 271 41 116 119 129 138 120 170 133 127
    Federal 65 5 48 45 64 57 59 76 69 61
    Institutional 170 32 58 64 54 70 49 82 50 53
    Nonfederal 36 4 10 10 11 11 12 12 14 13
  Research assistantships 868 936 935 909 856 823 839 773 803 809
    Federal 383 407 445 419 420 403 361 373 385 409
    Institutional 336 362 352 346 310 269 314 238 250 233
    Nonfederal 149 167 138 144 126 151 164 162 168 167
  Teaching assistantships 904 916 900 878 847 838 828 778 782 761
    Federal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 904 915 899 878 847 837 828 778 782 759
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Other types of support 847 920 858 829 698 671 607 628 413 382
    Federal 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1
    Institutional 31 33 60 57 39 39 55 47 43 43
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
    Personal resources 815 887 796 770 657 631 550 578 369 338

NOTE:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 172 158 168 149 150 154 150 149 132 141
    Science 116 113 123 110 109 112 109 104 94 104
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 20 17 13 11 6 12 12 13 24 27
      Biological and biomedical sciences 23 30 38 36 31 36 36 36 29 33
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 11 12 18 19 16 10 10 8 6 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 5 5 4 6 7 5 5 4 6
      Mathematics and statistics 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 14 16 11 12 11 7 8 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 24 25 17 23 24 22 21 20 18
      Psychology 9 3 3 5 10 10 14 12 6 7
      Social sciences 8 5 3 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
    Engineering 56 45 45 39 41 42 41 45 38 37
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 21 22 23 20 22 25 25 23 6 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 10 11 10 7 4 7 12 7 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 4 2 3 4 4 3 7 5 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 6 6 5 6 8 5 3 4 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 17
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 3 3 6 2 2 2 3 2 0 3
      Clinical medicine 3 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 0 3
      Other health 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 83 68 83 71 81 85 75 67 70 80
  Science and engineering 80 66 80 70 80 84 73 67 70 79
    Science 62 50 64 57 61 65 59 50 48 60
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 12 5 5 4 2 5 5 6 13 16
      Biological and biomedical sciences 13 15 23 23 21 25 23 18 12 16
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 3
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 10 11 6 8 7 4 3 0 0
      Physical sciences 16 9 14 12 15 15 10 7 11 8
      Psychology 4 3 2 3 7 6 10 10 4 6
      Social sciences 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
    Engineering 18 16 16 13 19 19 14 17 22 19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 9 10 8 11 14 13 10 5 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 6 4 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
      Clinical medicine 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
      Other health 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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 281,730 268,657 245,158 213,824 219,389 223,177 211,140 210,416 214,576 213,902
    Science 177,562 164,810 155,651 141,122 146,194 154,140 139,276 140,312 146,606 155,793
      Computer and information sciences 35,949 30,057 30,721 27,336 31,199 27,702 25,106 21,126 20,596 19,313
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,295 4,835 4,378 3,582 4,265 6,569 5,215 3,966 3,849 4,754
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 1,437 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,295 4,835 4,378 3,582 2,828 6,564 5,215 3,966 3,849 4,746
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
      Life sciences 83,385 79,726 77,193 69,519 64,246 67,652 66,052 74,257 83,957 81,165
        Agricultural sciences 19,882 23,426 21,277 17,175 16,454 10,311 11,406 12,018 12,497 24,915
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,417 26,929 27,376 25,498 25,906 24,678 22,897 20,051 22,306 20,002
        Health sciences 14,700 13,087 10,918 9,953 10,047 19,940 19,867 20,827 18,693 12,031
        Natural resources and conservation 10,693 9,541 8,221 7,248 7,497 8,213 8,017 8,428 11,088 0
        Life sciences nec 8,693 6,743 9,401 9,645 4,342 4,510 3,865 12,933 19,373 24,217
      Mathematics and statistics 3,032 3,383 3,351 3,218 3,361 3,636 2,429 2,392 2,495 2,587
      Physical sciences 30,894 27,580 23,286 22,250 28,757 31,623 24,443 22,383 23,246 31,831
        Astronomy and astrophysics 6,083 5,992 5,117 4,116 4,838 4,768 4,698 3,520 3,583 3,197
        Chemistry 12,333 11,743 9,387 10,139 14,992 19,452 12,489 11,433 12,359 15,408
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,478 9,845 8,782 7,995 8,927 7,403 7,256 7,430 7,304 13,226
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 8,659 9,888 8,227 8,004 7,836 9,195 7,357 6,263 6,902 6,682
      Social sciences 9,720 8,461 7,235 5,623 4,819 6,118 5,185 5,234 4,807 5,479
        Anthropology 2,996 410 537 549 610 1,063 919 917 1,100 0
        Economics 1,765 2,376 1,681 1,455 1,129 1,820 2,201 911 989 629
        Political science and government 584 970 621 518 495 837 317 1,194 753 1,222
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,066 1,806 1,461 1,297 1,505 1,263 700 610 1,268 2,991
        Social sciences nec 3,309 2,899 2,935 1,804 1,080 1,135 1,048 1,602 697 637
      Sciences nec 628 880 1,260 1,590 1,711 1,645 3,489 4,691 754 3,982
    Engineering 84,141 82,841 67,776 60,065 58,804 49,745 54,219 53,718 47,257 41,390
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,107 6,661 3,913 4,848 1,111 998 65 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 27,668 25,274 21,842 21,100 21,952 14,492 18,147 17,437 17,241 10,357
      Civil engineering 22,068 22,301 15,006 13,904 14,209 13,705 15,058 15,413 10,679 12,075
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,874 17,521 13,103 9,787 10,658 11,198 11,881 11,807 11,787 11,505
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,655 9,260 9,172 8,152 8,915 8,456 7,521 7,664 7,193 6,996
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,769 1,824 4,740 2,274 1,959 896 1,547 1,397 357 430
    Non-S&E 20,027 21,006 21,731 12,637 14,391 19,292 17,645 16,386 20,713 16,719
      Business management and business administration 2,145 1,649 1,686 1,463 1,550 1,384 2,029 1,112 1,847 1,565
      Communication and communications technologies 1,036 505 221 223 124 657 582 458 682 369
      Education 5,728 5,455 5,421 4,014 4,079 9,103 11,399 12,168 9,318 9,266
      Humanities 1,876 2,625 2,959 1,624 2,507 2,019 2,062 1,611 2,395 3,428
      Law 29 15 18 39 95 91 105 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 542 0 1 0 0 206
      Visual and performing arts 750 507 327 348 117 1,483 481 953 779 138
      Non-S&E nec 8,463 10,250 11,099 4,926 5,377 4,555 986 84 5,692 1,747

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 281,730 146,876 14,334 95,753 9,135 10,249 5,383
    Science 177,562 99,831 3,738 59,883 3,805 7,556 2,749
      Computer and information sciences 35,949 18,104 81 13,312 2,093 2,146 213
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,295 3,240 270 1,342 407 17 19
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,295 3,240 270 1,342 407 17 19
        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 83,385 45,778 3,387 29,519 900 2,710 1,091
        Agricultural sciences 19,882 11,969 848 6,179 257 520 109
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,417 19,451 1,468 7,230 0 1,116 152
        Health sciences 14,700 8,545 133 4,879 620 329 194
        Natural resources and conservation 10,693 5,537 938 3,429 0 745 44
        Life sciences nec 8,693 276 0 7,802 23 0 592
      Mathematics and statistics 3,032 1,960 0 927 0 135 10
      Physical sciences 30,894 20,781 0 8,923 312 747 131
        Astronomy and astrophysics 6,083 4,818 0 1,262 0 3 0
        Chemistry 12,333 7,739 0 3,577 312 574 131
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,478 8,224 0 4,084 0 170 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 8,659 5,331 0 2,407 43 783 95
      Social sciences 9,720 4,637 0 2,859 50 984 1,190
        Anthropology 2,996 2,332 0 640 3 21 0
        Economics 1,765 768 0 842 47 108 0
        Political science and government 584 253 0 300 0 24 7
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,066 570 0 279 0 146 71
        Social sciences nec 3,309 714 0 798 0 685 1,112
      Sciences nec 628 0 0 594 0 34 0
    Engineering 84,141 42,825 7,472 25,520 4,791 1,527 2,006
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,107 3,551 0 2,409 1,000 137 10
      Chemical engineering 27,668 15,200 1,722 8,009 1,787 763 187
      Civil engineering 22,068 10,107 4,642 5,487 205 309 1,318
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,874 7,836 650 4,726 633 29 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,655 5,628 288 3,174 1,001 155 409
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 2,769 503 170 1,715 165 134 82
    Non-S&E 20,027 4,220 3,124 10,350 539 1,166 628
      Business management and business administration 2,145 26 0 1,955 0 25 139
      Communication and communications technologies 1,036 244 0 299 224 242 27
      Education 5,728 2,242 884 2,270 64 205 63
      Humanities 1,876 133 0 1,612 23 39 69
      Law 29 29 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 750 83 0 641 0 26 0
      Non-S&E nec 8,463 1,463 2,240 3,573 228 629 330

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 146,876 138,849 129,044 116,349 116,170 117,359 110,654 108,871 106,269 103,417
  DOD 13,862 14,781 18,086 16,646 16,361 17,180 15,381 14,533 11,783 11,323
  DOE 8,977 7,985 7,195 6,227 5,775 6,097 5,228 4,336 5,232 7,950
  HHS 51,213 46,582 42,807 38,102 34,939 33,895 29,026 26,986 24,453 21,187
  NASA 4,944 5,263 3,520 3,206 3,347 2,694 2,864 3,123 3,239 3,200
  NSF 42,720 38,784 36,895 34,549 38,314 38,320 36,016 36,819 38,020 36,529
  USDA 10,278 9,883 7,395 7,605 8,480 7,999 7,642 7,887 8,948 9,003
  Other 14,882 15,571 13,146 10,014 8,954 11,174 14,497 15,187 14,594 14,225

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
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,389 606 2,783 .
2018 3,341 578 2,763 .

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 645 701 707 698 682
    Agricultural sciences 93 112 91 90 87
    Biological and biomedical sciences 122 130 123 121 128
    Computer and information sciences 34 28 40 37 39
    Engineering 175 182 190 166 153
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 21 19 18 18
    Health sciences 29 30 49 64 50
    Mathematics and statistics 3 3 2 3 3
    Natural resources and conservation 22 24 25 24 24
    Physical sciences 95 106 104 111 120
    Psychology 48 56 54 54 53
    Social sciences 5 8 9 8 9
    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

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 111,373 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 51,656 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 41,700 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 18,017 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 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 1,450 39,919 17,800 41,338 9,112
    Agricultural sciences 0 4,230 849 4,460 1,050
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,300 2,871 13,502 1,279
    Computer and information sciences 0 4,804 879 2,429 0
    Engineering 0 2,060 9,205 4,756 4,641
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 431 427
    Health sciences 1,450 17,493 1,061 1,148 1,456
    Mathematics and statistics 0 8,374 394 323 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 863 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 659 903 2,831 259
    Psychology 0 0 775 11,141 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 316 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