U. Massachusetts, Lowell

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 142 69.5 459 158 74.1 602 171 81.6 914
2022 130 72 457 152 78 680 168 81.6 900
2021 145 68 447 159 77.3 691 158 73.3 583 169 81.7 908
2020 123 73.1 450 154 78.2 697 169 81.8 916
2019 136 70 447 166 76.5 696 170 71.6 589 167 82 914
2018 164 62.2 428 164 76.8 698 171 81.5 911
2017 178 58.7 425 159 77.1 684 181 69 575 173 81 898
2016 156 64.2 430 164 76.8 697 172 81.1 896
2015 163 62.3 426 164 76.7 693 188 67.5 570 162 82.2 898
2014 192 55.1 422 155 77.8 688 172 80.9 889
2013 155 72.5 555
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 109 121 98 135 114 84 73 96 87 60
  Science and engineering 82 82 69 94 86 68 65 82 73 57
    Science 40 44 41 50 50 29 34 43 48 36
      Life science 13 13 15 16 18 12 19 14 18 19
        Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
        Biological sciences 3 4 6 9 7 8 7 7 10 10
        Health sciences 10 8 9 7 11 4 12 7 8 9
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 8 10 10 13 16 10 11 15 11 6
        Chemistry 4 6 5 10 6 5 4 6 7 4
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
        Physics and astronomy 3 4 5 3 10 4 7 9 4 2
      Mathematics and computer sciences 7 11 9 9 8 6 4 11 10 11
        Computer sciences 7 11 9 9 8 6 4 10 10 11
        Mathematics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Psychology and social sciences 12 10 7 12 8 1 . 3 9 .
        Psychology 4 4 4 3 1 . . . . .
        Economics . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
        Other social sciences 8 5 3 9 6 1 . 3 9 .
    Engineering 42 38 28 44 36 39 31 39 25 21
      Biological/biomedical sciences 6 8 8 5 6 9 7 6 5 5
      Chemical engineering 3 4 4 5 . 4 3 . . .
      Civil engineering 1 2 1 . . . . 1 1 .
      Electrical engineering 11 4 3 5 6 9 2 7 6 6
      Industrial engineering . . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 3 1 . 1 . . 1 2 . .
      Mechanical engineering 8 4 6 13 7 10 3 3 5 1
      Other engineering 10 15 5 14 17 7 15 20 8 9
  Non-science and engineering 27 39 29 41 28 16 8 14 14 3
    Education 24 30 26 39 26 8 5 14 14 3
      Education administration 16 23 21 27 20 2 2 8 8 2
      Education research 2 2 1 4 4 . . . . 1
      Teacher education . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Teaching fields 2 4 3 6 1 6 1 5 6 .
      Other education 4 . 1 2 1 . 2 1 . .
    Other 3 9 3 2 2 8 3 . . .
      Business management/administration 3 8 2 2 2 7 3 . . .
      Communication . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) . 1 . . . . . . . .

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
. 117,336 111,144 94,708 92,216 83,996 72,266 69,677 68,494 70,384 64,591
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 23
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 15,907 14,402 11,404 12,982 10,292 8,147 6,742 6,515 6,131 5,155
. 3,016 2,601 2,285 2,457 2,318 1,049 1,392 785 1,179 1,328
. 9,061 210 349 2,173 2,454 456 198 542 825 1,401
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 484
. 7,516 7,989 7,110 7,443 6,714 7,493 6,864 5,621 4,688 2,940
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 11,665 13,076 10,323 7,714 6,649 6,291 5,226 3,965 3,378 2,232
. 57,048 57,954 50,972 49,499 43,642 37,384 40,313 41,009 41,234 39,055
. 17,363 17,817 12,821 12,056 8,730 9,600 13,892 14,861 14,770 13,201
. 10,015 8,896 6,255 5,198 2,942 3,551 19 240 125 113
. 0 145 264 725 457 233 0 0 0 0
. 7,299 8,776 5,652 5,523 5,331 4,533 3,420 1,633 1,896 1,837
. 49 0 650 610 0 1,283 10,453 12,988 12,749 11,251
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 1,434 767 754 663 636 972 629 410 311 449
. 0 426 397 636 488 560 0 0 12 0
. 1,435 1,726 1,743 1,746 1,719 1,575 1,060 1,307 1,337 1,220
. 7,826 6,681 6,915 5,924 4,635 2,809 4,062 4,540 5,069 4,082
. 285 278 246 237 220 212 367 846 606 621
. 305 3,008 3,133 2,510 1,953 949 511 391 312 319
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 646 619 404 371 371 320 402 415 285 297
. 6,590 2,776 3,132 2,806 2,091 1,328 2,782 2,888 3,866 2,845
. 1,436 2,493 2,614 2,177 1,977 1,938 787 469 472 417
. 1,436 1,723 1,474 1,139 1,039 1,224 787 469 472 413
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
. 0 770 1,140 1,038 938 714 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 8,478 9,858 7,420 7,153 7,481 5,746 6,458 5,581 4,178 4,313
. 19,076 18,186 18,308 19,144 17,976 14,184 13,425 13,841 15,085 15,373
. 15,538 12,817 12,753 14,669 13,871 10,236 10,754 10,500 10,535 11,108
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 3,538 5,369 5,555 4,475 4,105 3,948 2,671 3,341 4,550 4,265
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 8,411 8,832 7,397 6,870 7,226 7,206 8,942 10,057 12,949 11,996
. 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
. 320 598 471 542 599 536 720 792 540 494
. 2,049 3,282 3,276 2,273 2,397 2,493 642 643 1,019 1,846
. 523 2,129 1,921 2,106 2,084 1,634 1,178 1,555 3,034 3,264
. 2,748 2,000 1,673 1,772 1,739 1,637 1,021 988 1,237 684
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 2,771 823 56 177 407 902 5,381 6,079 7,011 5,685
. 4,712 6,080 4,868 3,078 4,701 4,240 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 117,336 61,413 4,420 39,726 7,554 2,527 1,696
    Science 57,048 33,504 1,217 15,898 3,873 1,341 1,215
      Computer and information sciences 8,478 5,635 0 2,365 478 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,436 792 0 451 0 0 193
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,436 792 0 451 0 0 193
        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 17,363 10,241 166 4,274 1,642 844 196
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 7,299 4,440 0 938 1,540 213 168
        Health sciences 10,015 5,801 166 3,287 102 631 28
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 49 0 0 49 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,434 281 0 927 168 58 0
      Physical sciences 19,076 12,222 755 3,790 1,392 225 692
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,538 1,278 33 1,864 308 26 29
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 15,538 10,944 722 1,926 1,084 199 663
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,435 344 26 970 61 21 13
      Social sciences 7,826 3,989 270 3,121 132 193 121
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 285 0 0 285 0 0 0
        Political science and government 646 65 1 482 0 4 94
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 305 0 0 297 0 8 0
        Social sciences nec 6,590 3,924 269 2,057 132 181 27
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 51,877 25,882 2,380 18,744 3,658 743 470
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,712 2,804 40 1,318 399 151 0
      Chemical engineering 15,907 7,567 1,462 4,386 1,827 311 354
      Civil engineering 3,016 1,582 205 994 8 168 59
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,516 3,913 139 2,815 642 7 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11,665 7,428 168 3,124 782 106 57
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 9,061 2,588 366 6,107 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 8,411 2,027 823 5,084 23 443 11
      Business management and business administration 2,049 99 0 1,946 0 4 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 523 0 0 518 0 5 0
      Humanities 2,748 169 467 2,104 0 1 7
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 320 0 0 316 0 4 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,771 1,759 356 200 23 429 4

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 61,413 62,195 48,179 41,304 35,309 30,086 29,471 27,694 31,059 28,654
  DOD 20,980 23,720 19,101 17,086 13,147 9,738 8,754 7,822 8,940 7,539
  DOE 5,058 4,470 3,302 3,035 2,271 1,491 1,149 985 738 1,852
  HHS 16,578 18,400 13,709 10,650 9,669 8,904 7,985 8,120 9,611 7,346
  NASA 2,770 2,414 1,957 1,856 1,812 2,071 1,810 1,230 997 1,427
  NSF 8,163 7,699 6,447 5,669 5,214 5,650 6,212 5,941 5,681 6,130
  USDA 240 354 235 147 59 57 27 40 0 52
  Other 7,624 5,138 3,428 2,861 3,137 2,175 3,534 3,556 5,092 4,308

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 1,564 382 1,182 .
2018 1,473 313 1,160 .
2017 1,417 274 1,143 .

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 366 365 314 283 268
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 47 45 9 8 8
    Computer and information sciences 33 8 12 6 6
    Engineering 156 180 152 135 119
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 5 9 7 7
    Health sciences 20 18 32 28 30
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 100 101 94 91 91
    Psychology 3 6 3 3 3
    Social sciences 1 1 4 4 4
    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 . . . . 6,000 0
    Engineering . . . . 6,000 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 30,800 10,174 19,520 26,065 62,632
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 13,430 1,700 1,620
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 3,100 0
    Engineering 800 1,240 2,710 12,975 47,144
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 334 0 1,200 0
    Health sciences 4,600 0 900 1,300 5,612
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 25,400 8,600 2,480 5,790 8,256
    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