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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 52 89 459 39 93.7 602 47 95 914
2022 36 92.4 457 54 92.3 680 47 94.9 900
2021 52 88.7 447 47 93.4 691 35 94.2 583 47 95 908
2020 51 89 450 47 93.5 697 46 95.1 916
2019 49 89.4 447 56 92.2 696 32 94.8 589 46 95.1 914
2018 53 87.9 428 47 93.5 698 44 95.3 911
2017 55 87.4 425 51 92.8 684 29 95.2 575 61 93.4 898
2016 56 87.3 430 55 92.3 697 63 93.1 896
2015 46 89.5 426 52 92.7 693 32 94.6 570 40 95.7 898
2014 56 87.1 422 53 92.5 688 42 95.4 889
2013 47 91.8 555
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 363 448 321 336 361 332 329 317 372 313
  Science and engineering 310 382 259 280 298 280 265 250 304 245
    Science 226 278 177 213 203 206 197 178 218 184
      Life science 92 95 70 79 68 91 75 87 96 84
        Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
        Biological sciences 70 67 48 52 50 62 54 61 51 58
        Health sciences 22 28 21 27 18 29 21 26 45 26
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 57 60 44 53 60 41 39 34 43 36
        Chemistry 26 30 19 20 25 22 16 20 22 14
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 17 9 17 17 9 12 6 11 14
        Physics and astronomy 14 13 16 16 18 10 11 8 10 8
      Mathematics and computer sciences 36 57 31 38 29 31 35 18 27 27
        Computer sciences 20 30 14 17 12 15 14 10 13 19
        Mathematics 16 27 17 21 17 16 21 8 14 8
      Psychology and social sciences 41 66 32 43 46 43 48 39 52 37
        Psychology 19 30 12 17 18 21 19 11 21 15
        Anthropology 1 1 . 6 2 . 1 5 5 5
        Economics 6 10 8 9 12 4 7 7 2 6
        Political science and government 3 8 5 3 2 3 3 4 7 1
        Sociology 3 3 1 3 1 6 6 4 5 4
        Other social sciences 9 14 6 5 11 9 12 8 12 6
    Engineering 84 104 82 67 95 74 68 72 86 61
      Biological/biomedical sciences 13 21 20 10 17 10 15 22 18 14
      Chemical engineering 7 13 10 10 7 9 5 15 7 7
      Civil engineering 5 11 1 3 5 1 7 4 5 6
      Electrical engineering 17 20 13 19 9 19 6 5 14 10
      Industrial engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 2 3 4 3 6 1 6 4 10 5
      Mechanical engineering 19 22 15 11 21 14 9 6 10 6
      Other engineering 21 14 19 10 30 20 20 16 22 13
  Non-science and engineering 53 66 62 56 63 52 64 67 68 68
    Education 16 20 25 14 22 15 20 20 12 23
      Education administration 6 4 5 6 2 1 8 2 3 6
      Education research 7 12 14 6 10 10 12 9 5 15
      Teaching fields 3 3 5 2 8 3 . 6 4 2
      Other education . 1 1 . 2 1 . 3 . .
    Humanities 16 22 14 21 15 15 24 18 26 19
      Foreign languages & literature 1 . 1 3 . . 1 . . 1
      History . 4 5 3 2 3 1 4 6 2
      Letters 11 11 4 11 10 9 11 6 17 9
      Other humanities and arts 4 7 4 4 3 3 11 8 3 7
    Other 21 24 23 21 26 22 20 29 30 26
      Business management/administration 10 10 11 8 11 11 8 6 13 10
      Communication 5 9 4 7 7 6 7 17 8 3
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) 6 5 8 6 8 5 5 6 9 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 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
. 723,713 670,119 624,737 607,061 601,133 552,306 380,295 350,212 518,928 486,140
. 1,902 1,671 2,628 i 2,771 i 1,872 i 956 i 29,639 310 1,360 1,703
. 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 2,218 0
. 6,491 4,170 7,795 i 9,364 i 3,073 i 2,218 i 8,292 8,262 8,479 7,986
. 43,039 48,174 5,500 i 4,901 i 4,815 i 4,460 i 0 3,224 21,123 19,756
. 1,679 12,869 2,485 i 2,716 i 9,031 i 1,973 i 782 1,961 47,434 21,589
. 4,744 722 2,688 i 3,945 i 5,637 i 7,571 i 7,684 6,228 7,829 7,778
. 38,983 34,210 12,354 i 13,230 i 11,078 i 9,358 i 9,942 6,820 5,808 5,801
. 0 0 0 i 0 i 1 i 0 i 0 0 0 0
. 13,090 2,052 10,970 i 12,796 i 11,561 i 11,162 i 5,669 4,615 4,872 4,549
. 512,855 440,735 549,093 i 519,630 i 493,236 i 492,155 i 278,963 284,317 405,043 401,285
. 453,037 379,462 420,965 i 402,001 i 343,744 i 391,825 i 229,488 209,924 326,552 321,624
. 409,503 351,390 369,765 i 361,988 i 321,728 i 345,008 i 168,137 141,740 193,906 179,223
. 0 84 363 i 0 i 0 i 24,152 i 0 0 0 0
. 28,019 27,988 44,662 i 40,013 i 16,890 i 20,288 i 50,471 65,171 52,034 56,591
. 15,515 0 6,175 i 0 i 5,126 i 2,377 i 10,880 2,830 80,597 85,810
. 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 183 15 0
. 3,727 6,083 3,708 i 4,065 i 3,722 i 4,496 i 3,176 3,453 5,959 5,816
. 0 1,015 0 i 189 i 617 i 0 i 0 0 0 0
. 5,663 6,805 7,255 i 11,198 i 18,431 i 5,683 i 4,640 3,954 3,545 3,588
. 14,062 16,524 6,254 i 14,837 i 3,776 i 10,627 i 4,083 2,870 6,237 7,672
. 141 198 92 i 164 i 90 i 0 i 0 163 225 181
. 12,021 11,402 4,626 i 7,151 i 1,146 i 9,304 i 3,445 2,074 486 478
. 621 44 992 i 1,286 i 1,044 i 1,110 i 559 412 0 0
. 336 662 516 i 1,017 i 720 i 213 i 0 221 67 75
. 943 4,218 28 i 5,219 i 776 i 0 i 79 0 5,459 6,938
. 11,126 9,233 47,024 i 20,011 i 27,848 i 12,580 i 11,668 13,199 12,633 12,302
. 5,479 6,198 41,384 i 12,887 i 20,064 i 5,171 i 11,168 8,613 8,004 8,063
. 0 0 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 0 0
. 5,647 984 0 i 7,124 i 7,784 i 7,409 i 500 4,586 4,613 4,239
. 0 2,051 5,640 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 0 16 0
. 249 3,034 33,446 i 37,159 i 40,967 i 42,025 i 0 28,660 30,756 31,500
. 24,991 18,579 30,441 i 30,170 i 54,131 i 24,919 i 25,908 22,257 19,361 18,783
. 7,843 0 8,945 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 446 0 7,398 7,341
. 0 9,145 0 i 9,853 i 9,855 i 8,984 i 10,116 6,263 0 0
. 17,148 9,434 19,435 i 18,018 i 40,326 i 15,935 i 15,140 14,447 11,963 11,442
. 0 0 2,061 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 192 1,547 0 0
. 0 0 0 i 2,299 i 3,950 i 0 i 14 0 0 0
. 97,729 117,635 27,419 i 29,823 i 52,419 i 18,098 i 61,339 27,542 9,519 10,123
. 883 732 48 i 16 i 18 i 345 i 0 29 1,139 1,211
. 1,096 3,950 1,568 i 1,127 i 0 i 474 i 77 44 135 116
. 932 3,460 2,296 i 924 i 646 i 828 i 2,354 961 1,315 1,312
. 2,433 1,809 2,609 i 472 i 1,370 i 0 i 345 312 3,000 3,132
. 386 1,557 308 i 269 i 863 i 0 i 177 370 2,570 2,649
. 0 43 2,805 i 1,685 i 8,146 i 1,300 i 3,463 941 0 0
. 90,097 104,413 15,157 i 22,559 i 39,504 i 14,195 i 25,284 24,575 0 0
. 5,103 9,552 6,433 i 10,656 i 10,282 i 5,311 i 7,624 7,243 6,603 7,273

i=imputed

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 723,713 416,079 4,670 214,320 48,761 35,413 4,470
    Science 512,855 310,999 2,224 131,496 43,266 24,361 509
      Computer and information sciences 249 0 0 249 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11,126 9,127 457 592 756 186 8
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 5,647 4,461 329 229 537 91 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,479 4,666 128 363 219 95 8
        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 453,037 260,698 1,617 126,713 41,248 22,260 501
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 28,019 24,267 6 1,973 364 1,409 0
        Health sciences 409,503 223,879 1,055 124,540 39,670 19,875 484
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 15,515 12,552 556 200 1,214 976 17
      Mathematics and statistics 3,727 3,127 0 497 0 103 0
      Physical sciences 24,991 20,854 0 2,590 721 826 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 17,148 14,811 0 1,220 579 538 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 7,843 6,043 0 1,370 142 288 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,663 4,213 0 253 506 691 0
      Social sciences 14,062 12,980 150 602 35 295 0
        Anthropology 621 543 0 61 0 17 0
        Economics 141 75 5 25 32 4 0
        Political science and government 336 141 0 68 0 127 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 12,021 11,629 145 207 3 37 0
        Social sciences nec 943 592 0 241 0 110 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 113,129 93,722 1,543 5,399 3,703 8,625 137
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5,103 4,284 0 551 201 67 0
      Chemical engineering 6,491 4,440 43 1,805 180 23 0
      Civil engineering 43,039 39,128 1,143 2,449 140 179 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 38,983 32,979 22 141 1,611 4,109 121
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13,090 8,945 166 124 742 3,097 16
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 4,744 3,299 0 56 466 923 0
      Engineering nec 1,679 647 169 273 363 227 0
    Non-S&E 97,729 11,358 903 77,425 1,792 2,427 3,824
      Business management and business administration 932 166 2 652 0 112 0
      Communication and communications technologies 1,902 1,736 0 130 0 36 0
      Education 2,433 1,377 266 485 1 304 0
      Humanities 386 41 0 100 187 58 0
      Law 883 15 0 868 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,096 977 0 119 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 90,097 7,046 635 75,071 1,604 1,917 3,824

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 416,079 367,040 340,434 314,023 302,585 307,844 248,908 233,652 274,375 288,514
  DOD 23,494 26,133 27,748 30,944 29,860 26,381 23,931 18,295 17,543 16,292
  DOE 54,890 42,094 40,128 24,872 23,822 24,956 19,139 18,945 18,115 19,533
  HHS 277,075 245,834 223,690 215,237 204,671 200,737 160,479 150,814 178,867 192,461
  NASA 4,649 4,027 3,666 3,718 3,430 4,765 3,086 2,843 3,554 3,679
  NSF 51,343 43,706 38,298 34,587 35,354 40,890 37,170 37,051 36,850 36,641
  USDA 764 760 879 635 499 479 453 606 745 370
  Other 3,864 4,486 6,025 4,030 4,949 9,636 4,650 5,098 18,701 19,538

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 7,974 1,228 6,746 .
2018 7,390 1,196 6,194 .
2017 5,491 1,014 4,477 .

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 2,007 2,025 2,041 2,094 1,985
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 493 519 511 573 552
    Computer and information sciences 92 90 91 95 95
    Engineering 257 234 256 254 250
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 62 79 89 87 86
    Health sciences 743 737 726 736 674
    Mathematics and statistics 37 37 37 37 37
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 201 210 210 210 188
    Psychology 61 60 60 56 60
    Social sciences 59 58 59 45 41
    Other 2 2 2 2 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 243,022 126,607 22,400 4,280 143,412
    Biological and biomedical sciences 58,022 0 0 0 80,850
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 4,197
    Engineering 0 0 22,400 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 6,250 0 0 2,861
    Health sciences 185,000 101,607 0 4,280 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 1,091
    Physical sciences 0 18,750 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 2,610
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 51,803

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 36,574 64,517 58,380 69,409 75,365
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 15,991 8,146 25,652 3,706 719
    Computer and information sciences 0 452 0 0 2,283
    Engineering 3,940 20,070 10,876 4,269 3,178
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 561 857 564 0 310
    Health sciences 3,408 23,746 9,725 44,003 54,306
    Mathematics and statistics 0 450 275 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 6,900 9,793 11,289 11,757 12,154
    Psychology 0 0 0 2,675 2,415
    Social sciences 5,775 1,003 0 3,000 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