U. Rhode Island

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 169 63.7 459 187 70.8 631 166 82.3 925
2023 163 65 459 192 72.1 679 157 83 911 173 71.7 602
2022 158 65.9 457 198 71.3 680 159 82.6 900
2021 167 63.2 447 168 76 691 151 83.6 908 195 67 583
2020 164 64.1 450 169 76.1 698 159 82.9 916
2019 147 67.6 447 179 74.7 697 151 83.7 914 192 67.8 589
2018 147 66.2 428 168 76.4 700 156 83.1 911
2017 146 66.1 425 171 75.4 684 152 83.3 898 187 67.9 575
2016 166 61.9 430 206 70.8 697 150 83.5 896
2015 161 62.7 426 202 71.2 693 148 83.8 898 169 70.8 570
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 593 591 570 643 563 448 612 576 486 501
    Hispanic or Latino 34 44 37 32 17 13 20 15 23 20
    Not Hispanic or Latino 515 492 446 482 372 405 547 501 438 435
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 1 0 2
      Asian 40 31 31 26 31 26 46 42 37 34
      Black or African American 20 21 12 19 15 25 22 25 22 22
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1
      White 441 424 386 426 324 345 466 426 372 373
      More than one race 14 15 14 10 1 5 6 5 6 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 44 55 87 129 174 30 45 60 25 46
  Temporary visa holders 208 187 158 163 155 249 144 140 115 123
  Science and engineering 642 617 625 659 613 584 624 596 525 548
    Science 470 474 514 498 482 451 486 471 397 425
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 20 19 10 19 21 12 7 0 52 29
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 43 33 28 19 21 30 16 21 20 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 61 60 86 96 87 64 58 56 53 81
      Mathematics and statistics 23 27 29 27 28 17 24 14 26 28
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 154 168 212 196 194 176 202 206 84 89
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 64 63 78 71 62 65 68 65 69 62
      Psychology 72 75 71 70 69 59 62 63 93 100
      Social sciences 33 29 0 0 0 28 49 46 0 24
    Engineering 172 143 111 161 131 133 138 125 128 123
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 17 10 19 21 13 16 19 19 25 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 20 20 27 16 24 22 21 24 19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 41 32 41 39 38 39 42 32 38 28
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 35 35 1 45 41 33 31 22 18 27
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 47 40 30 29 23 21 24 23 23 29
    Health 159 161 103 147 105 113 132 120 76 76
      Clinical medicine 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 158 157 100 147 105 113 132 120 76 76

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 345 326 197 237 218 197 238 251 138 154
    Hispanic or Latino 28 25 10 13 10 7 9 8 10 11
    Not Hispanic or Latino 275 260 157 190 164 169 216 219 118 131
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
      Asian 10 11 9 13 7 8 13 17 4 5
      Black or African American 27 20 6 9 2 7 14 11 3 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
      White 227 217 137 160 145 150 185 189 110 121
      More than one race 9 9 4 7 8 3 2 1 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 42 41 30 34 44 21 13 24 10 12
  Temporary visa holders 35 31 10 8 14 30 16 20 10 15
  Science and engineering 313 285 190 193 206 203 188 202 124 144
    Science 228 204 137 114 125 130 100 115 54 52
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 2 2 9 9 7 3 6 0 4 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 59 56 43 47 45 72 15 21 15 14
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 43 37 20 8 10 10 8 13 9 15
      Mathematics and statistics 8 8 7 4 8 6 12 8 10 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 92 75 44 33 33 32 37 50 12 8
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 7 3 0 2 0 4 2 1 4
      Psychology 7 10 11 13 20 5 10 11 3 1
      Social sciences 11 9 0 0 0 2 8 10 0 6
    Engineering 85 81 53 79 81 73 88 87 70 92
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 7 4 3 3 1 7 8 4 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 7 7 7 14 10 10 10 8 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 25 18 20 20 15 12 16 12 16 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 19 14 0 34 33 36 36 28 27 53
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 20 25 22 15 16 14 19 21 15 18
    Health 67 72 17 52 26 24 66 69 24 25
      Clinical medicine 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 67 72 15 52 26 24 66 69 24 25

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 193 179 172 229 191 172 163 174 110 123
  Science and engineering 186 173 167 211 180 158 148 149 105 118
    Science 93 96 117 137 117 110 100 92 63 85
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 2 0 2 4 1 3 0 5 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 7 4 1 3 2 1 1 5 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 34 28 43 57 51 36 30 22 23 26
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 22 47 52 56 48 54 57 53 19 34
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 10 11 11 5 9 5 6 10 10
      Psychology 13 2 10 8 7 9 4 6 4 4
      Social sciences 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
    Engineering 93 77 50 74 63 48 48 57 42 33
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 4 6 6 9 5 9 6 9 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 8 5 7 7 10 4 21 4 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 21 14 21 18 17 13 16 14 18 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 18 18 1 21 16 10 8 4 4 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 35 31 17 22 14 10 11 12 7 8
    Health 7 6 5 18 11 14 15 25 5 5
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 7 6 5 18 11 14 15 25 5 5

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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 801 778 728 806 718 697 756 716 601 624
  Fellowships 24 18 19 41 23 26 38 19 32 29
    Federal 14 2 3 23 9 16 3 1 5 11
    Institutional 8 11 14 13 9 7 20 13 18 14
    Nonfederal 2 5 2 5 5 3 15 5 9 4
  Research assistantships 225 204 196 236 213 192 223 203 141 140
    Federal 167 171 162 193 177 147 157 134 102 109
    Institutional 43 23 28 27 20 26 51 59 28 17
    Nonfederal 15 10 6 16 16 19 15 10 11 14
  Teaching assistantships 318 309 305 304 288 268 268 268 234 245
    Federal 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 0 0
    Institutional 318 308 304 300 288 268 264 260 234 245
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0
  Other types of support 234 247 208 225 194 211 227 226 194 210
    Federal 12 5 6 11 5 9 3 31 3 3
    Institutional 10 6 5 14 15 33 7 16 4 4
    Nonfederal 3 6 3 22 20 27 34 16 4 25
    Personal resources 209 230 194 178 154 142 183 163 183 178

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 30 29 30 26 33 28 34 33 35 25
    Science 28 26 29 24 32 27 31 30 33 23
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 9 12 11 11 10 11 12 9 8
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 12 9 14 10 16 13 17 15 13 6
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 9 7
      Psychology 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
    Health 5 5 6 7 10 11 7 6 4 7
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 5 5 6 7 10 11 7 6 4 7

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 21 26 28 17 29 28 27 25 27 20
  Science and engineering 17 22 24 13 23 21 20 20 25 17
    Science 15 19 23 12 23 20 18 19 24 16
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 5 8 3 8 8 8 10 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 7 12 8 14 11 8 8 10 5
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 3
      Psychology 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 2 3
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 2 3

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 137,462 144,013 129,102 129,296 109,967 115,160 104,490 101,871 97,900 93,828
    Science 111,316 119,228 103,258 109,500 91,877 96,797 90,361 87,555 84,013 80,250
      Computer and information sciences 1,574 2,484 743 439 523 687 783 703 636 399
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 55,727 61,366 54,685 52,469 42,634 50,513 47,018 49,241 43,504 40,356
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 17 11 0 0 47 58 169 261 418
        Geological and earth sciences 4,815 10,374 11,031 11,501 13,990 16,292 16,484 14,903 11,415 9,712
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 41,133 38,572 34,107 32,011 19,534 27,245 27,351 29,939 28,029 26,822
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,779 12,403 9,536 8,957 9,110 6,929 3,125 4,230 3,799 3,404
      Life sciences 40,419 36,874 29,670 28,984 27,699 24,563 24,101 22,192 23,299 21,362
        Agricultural sciences 7,124 5,436 3,465 4,209 3,400 2,546 1,904 1,740 1,556 1,840
        Biological and biomedical sciences 22,191 22,967 15,848 17,614 18,161 13,997 9,141 6,667 8,640 4,392
        Health sciences 17 2 5,359 3,849 2,397 2,944 2,714 4,076 2,314 8,125
        Natural resources and conservation 105 0 775 2 0 0 5 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 10,982 8,469 4,223 3,310 3,741 5,076 10,337 9,709 10,789 7,005
      Mathematics and statistics 29 57 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 64
      Physical sciences 3,774 6,026 4,119 3,328 3,869 3,194 3,713 3,764 4,891 5,723
        Astronomy and astrophysics 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,375 3,553 2,246 1,957 2,081 2,020 2,469 2,726 4,181 5,014
        Materials science 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 319 421 102 20 100 95 104 52 145 202
        Physical sciences nec 965 2,052 1,771 1,351 1,688 1,079 1,140 986 565 507
      Psychology 3,926 3,779 3,552 3,222 2,059 1,483 2,030 1,507 1,502 1,572
      Social sciences 3,250 4,447 2,746 1,417 2,377 2,432 3,204 2,605 2,753 4,636
        Anthropology 0 0 0 3 0 530 0 0 0 0
        Economics 405 965 388 565 937 168 836 757 354 67
        Political science and government 275 587 69 85 92 136 110 86 51 90
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 287 0 24 82 204 272 196 71
        Social sciences nec 2,570 2,895 2,002 764 1,324 1,516 2,054 1,490 2,152 4,408
      Sciences nec 2,617 4,195 7,743 19,636 12,716 13,925 9,512 7,543 7,428 6,138
    Engineering 17,567 14,637 11,931 10,766 10,182 10,632 7,910 7,642 6,549 5,889
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,282 674 650 510 319 318 575 297 43 71
      Chemical engineering 1,451 1,907 2,146 1,539 2,052 1,165 514 485 966 1,122
      Civil engineering 3,980 1,624 1,244 1,195 1,369 2,355 1,080 1,279 1,431 1,247
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,489 2,417 2,481 1,793 1,228 1,518 1,122 964 1,369 1,293
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,517 3,772 1,937 2,026 1,808 1,371 1,227 1,669 1,013 886
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 20 17 9 40 0 0 4 10 4 0
      Engineering nec 5,697 4,226 3,464 3,663 3,406 3,905 3,387 2,938 1,723 1,270
    Non-S&E 8,579 10,148 13,913 9,030 7,908 7,731 6,219 6,674 7,338 7,689
      Business management and business administration 1,156 1,816 1,364 2,271 1,001 207 381 276 1,075 1,428
      Communication and communications technologies 632 1,885 613 481 1,438 1,433 491 646 611 261
      Education 2,025 3,185 1,504 1,287 2,289 2,809 1,672 1,815 1,652 2,241
      Humanities 771 737 597 609 88 999 844 741 122 232
      Law 58 391 145 13 2 162 165 70 23 0
      Social work 555 790 819 3 0 0 0 0 14 0
      Visual and performing arts 8 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 3,374 1,344 8,739 4,366 3,090 2,121 2,666 3,126 3,841 3,527

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 137,462 111,503 3,309 16,517 1,530 3,867 736
    Science 111,316 93,720 2,678 10,347 593 3,301 677
      Computer and information sciences 1,574 1,388 22 164 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 55,727 48,531 1,539 3,237 179 2,069 172
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,815 2,785 0 2,021 9 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 41,133 37,460 499 829 119 2,054 172
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,779 8,286 1,040 387 51 15 0
      Life sciences 40,419 32,644 853 5,480 308 864 270
        Agricultural sciences 7,124 4,454 17 2,653 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 22,191 19,783 260 1,199 171 664 114
        Health sciences 17 6 0 11 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 105 60 0 45 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 10,982 8,341 576 1,572 137 200 156
      Mathematics and statistics 29 29 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3,774 3,268 31 54 92 252 77
        Astronomy and astrophysics 109 85 0 24 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,375 2,272 0 15 26 62 0
        Materials science 6 0 0 0 6 0 0
        Physics 319 287 31 1 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 965 624 0 14 60 190 77
      Psychology 3,926 3,242 0 598 0 0 86
      Social sciences 3,250 2,624 44 407 14 89 72
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 405 346 25 34 0 0 0
        Political science and government 275 194 0 67 14 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 2,570 2,084 19 306 0 89 72
      Sciences nec 2,617 1,994 189 407 0 27 0
    Engineering 17,567 13,733 301 2,796 150 537 50
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 90 0 0 0 90 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,282 1,222 4 56 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 1,451 1,258 83 62 0 48 0
      Civil engineering 3,980 1,204 176 2,404 15 174 7
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,489 1,372 0 0 0 97 20
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 41 0 0 41 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,517 3,231 38 46 0 202 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 20 0 0 0 20 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,697 5,446 0 187 25 16 23
    Non-S&E 8,579 4,050 330 3,374 787 29 9
      Business management and business administration 1,156 757 0 399 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 632 530 58 38 0 2 4
      Education 2,025 998 140 79 781 27 0
      Humanities 771 592 0 174 0 0 5
      Law 58 0 58 0 0 0 0
      Social work 555 517 0 38 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 8 0 0 8 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 3,374 656 74 2,638 6 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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 111,503 102,056 93,190 78,923 67,242 73,080 64,026 62,785 61,641 64,711
  DOD 11,540 12,127 9,281 6,546 4,913 5,439 5,307 4,744 6,172 6,018
  DOE 1,683 1,652 1,322 1,096 1,262 628 621 1,707 965 1,978
  HHS 24,988 26,068 21,890 20,897 19,303 16,927 17,317 14,295 15,408 18,982
  NASA 1,144 763 736 873 1,031 1,365 1,002 1,038 558 731
  NSF 17,486 15,519 19,687 19,473 18,523 22,832 16,945 16,207 14,392 15,870
  USDA 8,843 6,867 7,212 5,129 5,328 6,419 5,822 5,991 6,518 5,446
  Other 45,819 39,060 33,062 24,909 16,882 19,470 17,012 18,803 17,628 15,686

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 1,746 257 1,489 .
2018 1,713 213 1,500 .

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 322 272 272 272 320
    Agricultural sciences 43 26 21 21 114
    Biological and biomedical sciences 71 49 49 49 28
    Computer and information sciences 2 1 1 1 1
    Engineering 58 26 26 26 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 100 86 86 86 93
    Health sciences 13 19 24 24 26
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 34 36 36 0
    Physical sciences 27 14 14 14 10
    Psychology 6 1 1 1 16
    Social sciences 2 8 6 6 6
    Other 0 8 8 8 2

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 15,128 0 0 0 47,187
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 7,564 0 0 0 47,187
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7,564 0 0 0 0
    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

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 0 915 6,306 6,162 1,766
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 1,766
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 915 6,306 6,162 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