U. Minnesota

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 24 | 96.6 | 679 | |||||||||
2022 | 23 | 96.8 | 680 | |||||||||
2021 | 21 | 97.1 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 15 | 98 | 698 | |||||||||
2019 | 13 | 98.3 | 697 | |||||||||
2018 | 12 | 98.4 | 700 | |||||||||
2017 | 12 | 98.4 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 10 | 98.7 | 697 | |||||||||
2015 | 12 | 98.4 | 693 | |||||||||
2014 | 12 | 98.4 | 688 |
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

All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 2,622 | 2,628 | 2,658 | 2,658 | 2,794 | 2,897 | 2,948 | 2,962 | 2,952 | 2,848 | ||||||||||
Female | 2,711 | 2,752 | 2,700 | 2,600 | 2,579 | 2,549 | 2,502 | 2,342 | 2,231 | 2,173 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 3,333 | 3,461 | 3,565 | 3,470 | 3,363 | 3,419 | 3,399 | 3,286 | 3,186 | 3,130 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 265 | 260 | 257 | 211 | 199 | 204 | 172 | 143 | 116 | 108 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 3,018 | 3,151 | 3,257 | 3,210 | 3,110 | 3,138 | 3,152 | 3,058 | 2,971 | 2,928 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 19 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 43 | 36 | 41 | 21 | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||
Asian | 335 | 335 | 325 | 304 | 280 | 260 | 252 | 234 | 213 | 193 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 157 | 167 | 179 | 135 | 107 | 103 | 101 | 93 | 84 | 65 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
White | 2,312 | 2,456 | 2,559 | 2,595 | 2,534 | 2,607 | 2,635 | 2,593 | 2,565 | 2,576 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 191 | 171 | 166 | 150 | 144 | 131 | 122 | 116 | 85 | 66 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 50 | 50 | 51 | 49 | 54 | 77 | 75 | 85 | 99 | 94 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 2,000 | 1,919 | 1,793 | 1,788 | 2,010 | 2,027 | 2,051 | 2,018 | 1,997 | 1,891 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 4,692 | 4,726 | 4,723 | 4,606 | 4,727 | 4,774 | 4,810 | 4,813 | 4,657 | 4,509 | ||||||||||
Science | 3,538 | 3,549 | 3,577 | 3,476 | 3,489 | 3,506 | 3,464 | 3,455 | 3,390 | 3,308 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 210 | 213 | 203 | 215 | 172 | 175 | 179 | 288 | 253 | 237 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 1,088 | 1,111 | 1,083 | 1,019 | 1,028 | 1,000 | 940 | 851 | 848 | 843 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 53 | 56 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 84 | 126 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 332 | 315 | 359 | 352 | 361 | 363 | 345 | 299 | 397 | 385 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 45 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 115 | 115 | 120 | 105 | 56 | 58 | 56 | 63 | 59 | 54 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 282 | 235 | 265 | 256 | 303 | 322 | 311 | 309 | 243 | 223 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 73 | 68 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 87 | 92 | 92 | 77 | 90 | 98 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 435 | 415 | 451 | 445 | 432 | 441 | 458 | 453 | 464 | 441 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 433 | 456 | 449 | 436 | 401 | 389 | 372 | 352 | 355 | 376 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 483 | 529 | 523 | 547 | 622 | 635 | 664 | 750 | 581 | 518 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 1,154 | 1,177 | 1,146 | 1,130 | 1,238 | 1,268 | 1,346 | 1,358 | 1,267 | 1,201 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 75 | 75 | 70 | 77 | 90 | 85 | 86 | 77 | 82 | 83 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 152 | 161 | 151 | 152 | 144 | 142 | 169 | 160 | 143 | 125 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 143 | 141 | 155 | 150 | 150 | 141 | 148 | 132 | 215 | 171 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 91 | 83 | 86 | 98 | 104 | 121 | 124 | 123 | 95 | 110 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 273 | 287 | 249 | 249 | 313 | 348 | 416 | 449 | 405 | 399 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 49 | 55 | 49 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 50 | 50 | 49 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 234 | 241 | 230 | 219 | 252 | 254 | 221 | 224 | 227 | 213 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 89 | 84 | 74 | 81 | 77 | 66 | 64 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 48 | 50 | 82 | 58 | 63 | 65 | 75 | 70 | 50 | 51 | ||||||||||
Health | 641 | 654 | 635 | 652 | 646 | 672 | 640 | 491 | 526 | 512 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 286 | 313 | 336 | 333 | 300 | 309 | 301 | 178 | 151 | 160 | ||||||||||
Other health | 355 | 341 | 299 | 319 | 346 | 363 | 339 | 313 | 375 | 352 |
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).
All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Male | 247 | 254 | 276 | 292 | 269 | 268 | 316 | 321 | 233 | 276 | ||||||||||
Female | 278 | 297 | 272 | 244 | 252 | 258 | 256 | 241 | 149 | 185 | ||||||||||
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 408 | 432 | 421 | 435 | 431 | 411 | 451 | 429 | 315 | 355 | ||||||||||
Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||||
Not Hispanic or Latino | 366 | 407 | 397 | 406 | 400 | 382 | 410 | 407 | 292 | 340 | ||||||||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
Asian | 35 | 38 | 46 | 42 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 24 | ||||||||||
Black or African American | 33 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
White | 286 | 318 | 308 | 315 | 340 | 322 | 339 | 347 | 263 | 298 | ||||||||||
More than one race | 10 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
Unknown ethnicity and race | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||
Temporary visa holders | 117 | 119 | 127 | 101 | 90 | 115 | 121 | 133 | 67 | 106 | ||||||||||
Science and engineering | 378 | 412 | 435 | 401 | 365 | 378 | 424 | 460 | 337 | 392 | ||||||||||
Science | 281 | 291 | 304 | 274 | 253 | 269 | 280 | 299 | 216 | 235 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 12 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 25 | 40 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 76 | 78 | 103 | 104 | 101 | 106 | 117 | 105 | 55 | 47 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 39 | 50 | 54 | 49 | 38 | 44 | 46 | 56 | 53 | 46 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 22 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 20 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 55 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 43 | 45 | 47 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 73 | 62 | 42 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 97 | 121 | 131 | 127 | 112 | 109 | 144 | 161 | 121 | 157 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 10 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 15 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 36 | 25 | 40 | 36 | 34 | 40 | 57 | 62 | 45 | 55 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 19 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 25 | 24 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
Health | 147 | 139 | 113 | 135 | 156 | 148 | 148 | 102 | 45 | 69 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 136 | 124 | 99 | 122 | 131 | 129 | 134 | 90 | 27 | 40 | ||||||||||
Other health | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 29 |
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).
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).
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Science and engineering | 1,342 | 1,238 | 1,186 | 1,138 | 1,095 | 780 | 705 | 629 | 585 | 538 | ||||||||||
Science | 1,169 | 1,082 | 1,033 | 998 | 946 | 628 | 565 | 488 | 449 | 412 | ||||||||||
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 86 | 87 | 85 | 105 | 60 | 44 | 39 | 44 | 41 | 36 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 865 | 811 | 753 | 691 | 672 | 396 | 362 | 283 | 236 | 215 | ||||||||||
Neurobiology and neuroscience | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||
Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 17 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 26 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 33 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 87 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 93 | 81 | 73 | 79 | 90 | 82 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 23 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 173 | 156 | 153 | 140 | 149 | 152 | 140 | 141 | 136 | 126 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 9 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 47 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 52 | 43 | 37 | 29 | 41 | 51 | 55 | 62 | 54 | 52 | ||||||||||
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 19 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 34 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 16 | ||||||||||
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 33 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 17 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
Health | 1,056 | 950 | 860 | 741 | 782 | 371 | 330 | 280 | 170 | 150 | ||||||||||
Clinical medicine | 988 | 881 | 781 | 666 | 629 | 278 | 253 | 195 | 143 | 120 | ||||||||||
Other health | 68 | 69 | 79 | 75 | 153 | 93 | 77 | 85 | 27 | 30 |
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).
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).