U. New Hampshire

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 165 73 602 131 85.9 914
2022 167 75.8 680 129 85.9 900
2021 158 77.5 691 157 73.5 583 138 85 908
2020 152 78.5 697 138 85.2 916
2019 158 77.6 696 157 73.7 589 141 84.8 914
2018 156 78 698 137 85.2 911
2017 161 76.8 684 205 64.8 575 133 85.4 898
2016 179 74.7 697 131 85.6 896
2015 186 73.5 693 171 70.4 570 125 86.3 898
2014 180 74.2 688 124 86.3 889
2013 166 70.5 555
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

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
. 223,683 206,392 167,373 156,901 148,980 146,430 145,375 145,015 144,735 147,544
. 638 718 634 43 8 172 193 238 183 4
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 2,741 1,964 1,664 1,638 1,788 1,490 801 935 1,021 1,009
. 7,964 6,101 6,235 8,007 7,745 6,533 5,360 5,002 5,487 4,746
. 4,485 0 237 0 0 0 674 324 2,504 0
. 0 408 0 0 362 0 87 0 838 700
. 9,641 11,718 10,411 9,776 9,157 8,369 7,804 8,021 10,964 14,336
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
. 4,688 4,849 3,443 4,036 4,809 2,847 1,760 1,583 2,462 3,219
. 180,777 166,660 130,291 122,387 113,765 114,139 111,489 116,547 105,617 106,941
. 54,290 55,600 52,907 52,822 50,431 49,115 46,616 44,280 37,901 34,160
. 17,761 16,527 18,883 15,276 14,712 14,602 12,606 12,331 0 0
. 8,393 7,703 6,712 7,278 7,241 8,462 9,742 7,953 0 0
. 9,896 9,521 10,279 11,697 12,981 12,196 6,263 5,267 8,202 9,266
. 338 0 730 0 316 0 0 22 9,689 6,749
. 17,902 21,849 16,303 18,571 15,181 13,855 18,005 18,707 20,010 18,145
. 1,738 1,481 1,239 404 291 229 209 173 252 242
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 780 3,105 3,340
. 1,110 1,086 1,279 877 1,869 1,621 1,235 1,976 332 783
. 17,256 15,906 13,329 11,344 8,621 5,583 7,524 8,989 6,643 6,810
. 4,365 1,569 2,257 1,450 1,395 756 2,919 3,855 334 76
. 5,756 3,173 3,345 2,365 3,829 3,739 3,731 2,937 5,234 6,626
. 373 264 424 56 235 170 30 312 0 0
. 733 1,644 1,262 2,874 1,694 23 0 0 15 12
. 6,029 9,256 6,041 4,599 1,468 895 844 1,885 1,060 96
. 99,189 86,032 55,523 51,661 48,149 52,678 51,592 54,491 53,596 58,766
. 8,503 7,874 6,307 6,146 6,267 7,571 9,624 12,853 14,333 14,742
. 57,812 48,400 20,992 22,336 21,513 22,957 21,283 20,462 17,707 19,313
. 32,874 29,758 28,224 23,179 20,369 22,150 20,685 21,176 21,556 24,711
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 1,505 1,465 1,057 854 883 359 1,879 2,124 1,476 348
. 5,689 5,090 4,957 4,425 3,521 4,554 2,234 3,734 2,312 2,492
. 3,071 3,124 2,786 2,672 1,717 1,423 933 1,733 1,150 1,287
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 1,760 1,966 1,808 1,428 1,625 1,677 1,212 1,425 737 1,205
. 858 0 363 325 179 1,454 89 576 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 425 0
. 13,387 14,692 14,573 11,057 11,354 13,052 11,783 9,009 14,035 16,593
. 0 827 688 228 105 35 214 176 539 155
. 556 522 459 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
. 4,783 4,272 2,191 3,485 2,443 2,041 2,187 844 1,369 129
. 2,707 3,399 5,061 4,869 6,929 8,292 6,448 5,705 10,045 14,399
. 3,627 3,690 3,875 1,414 775 778 435 552 450 685
. 588 776 1,347 911 974 1,289 1,937 1,418 1,338 1,096
. 488 488 318 107 120 445 369 76 90 125
. 0 0 519 0 0 0 5,601 3,594 1,807 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 223,683 152,377 1,031 52,786 8,471 7,984 1,034
    Science 180,777 136,167 888 33,229 2,056 7,524 913
      Computer and information sciences 1,505 802 0 703 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 99,189 92,244 124 5,071 895 341 514
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 32,874 31,674 0 1,190 0 0 10
        Geological and earth sciences 8,503 6,921 117 1,308 3 53 101
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 57,812 53,649 7 2,573 892 288 403
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 54,290 27,945 559 19,510 1,098 4,993 185
        Agricultural sciences 17,902 6,709 296 9,900 669 325 3
        Biological and biomedical sciences 9,896 5,923 171 3,471 52 279 0
        Health sciences 17,761 9,132 37 4,076 215 4,166 135
        Natural resources and conservation 8,393 6,076 55 1,920 162 133 47
        Life sciences nec 338 105 0 143 0 90 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,738 581 0 1,157 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5,689 2,846 0 2,776 63 4 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,760 1,045 0 714 1 0 0
        Materials science 858 389 0 407 62 0 0
        Physics 3,071 1,412 0 1,655 0 4 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,110 466 0 605 0 0 39
      Social sciences 17,256 11,283 205 3,407 0 2,186 175
        Anthropology 373 22 0 252 0 99 0
        Economics 4,365 1,785 103 1,170 0 1,307 0
        Political science and government 733 0 0 733 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,756 3,567 102 1,132 0 780 175
        Social sciences nec 6,029 5,909 0 120 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 29,519 13,998 143 9,131 6,094 67 86
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 2,741 2,089 0 652 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 7,964 5,722 126 1,619 421 47 29
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 9,641 1,107 0 2,987 5,547 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,688 2,503 17 2,091 77 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,485 2,577 0 1,782 49 20 57
    Non-S&E 13,387 2,212 0 10,426 321 393 35
      Business management and business administration 4,783 198 0 4,585 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 638 0 0 638 0 0 0
      Education 2,707 1,661 0 690 321 35 0
      Humanities 3,627 155 0 3,136 0 336 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 588 184 0 403 0 1 0
      Visual and performing arts 556 0 0 556 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 488 14 0 418 0 21 35

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 152,377 129,721 99,323 100,373 90,241 95,807 92,338 93,599 92,040 101,125
  DOD 6,308 5,544 4,042 4,758 3,195 3,780 3,338 2,688 2,641 2,093
  DOE 5,360 3,998 3,234 2,999 3,255 3,030 2,370 1,789 1,664 2,422
  HHS 21,742 23,788 23,219 19,871 18,096 16,749 13,834 13,469 10,327 10,809
  NASA 64,820 49,867 24,077 20,865 19,213 20,658 18,154 18,790 18,883 20,816
  NSF 20,540 16,783 14,761 18,563 18,567 16,267 18,195 20,923 20,505 20,986
  USDA 9,100 8,113 7,980 8,822 6,461 11,219 11,923 11,005 9,453 9,903
  Other 24,507 21,628 22,010 24,495 21,454 24,104 24,524 24,935 28,567 34,096

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 2,746 312 2,434 .
2018 2,460 295 2,165 .
2017 2,412 296 2,116 .

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 357 384 374 245 314
    Agricultural sciences 101 93 84 86 91
    Biological and biomedical sciences 44 59 63 18 45
    Computer and information sciences 14 17 17 24 27
    Engineering 61 57 61 37 46
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 64 82 78 59 67
    Health sciences 5 5 6 2 2
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 16 17 16 7 11
    Physical sciences 32 33 32 5 16
    Psychology 10 9 8 1 0
    Social sciences 3 5 5 4 6
    Other 6 7 4 0 3

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 13,000 . . 15,810 .
    Agricultural sciences 0 . . 6,660 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 . . 9,150 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,000 . . 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 22,500 1,290 1,200 36,050 2,870
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,290 1,200 35,650 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 22,500 0 0 400 2,870
    Health sciences 0 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