U. Virginia

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 68 90.2 679
2022 63 91 680
2021 56 92.1 691
2020 57 92 698
2019 53 92.6 697
2018 57 92.1 700
2017 60 91.4 684
2016 80 88.8 697
2015 87 87.7 693
2014 82 88.3 688
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,339 1,337 1,334 1,318 1,354 1,270 1,248 1,085 996 1,067
    Female 1,251 1,271 1,257 1,124 1,162 1,084 908 806 763 779
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,579 1,647 1,615 1,498 1,493 1,394 1,296 1,198 1,191 1,253
    Hispanic or Latino 140 125 111 93 82 86 29 53 41 33
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,415 1,497 1,472 1,379 1,379 1,279 1,232 1,110 1,110 1,173
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
      Asian 147 179 168 140 126 110 120 88 97 105
      Black or African American 98 104 109 92 92 76 63 54 55 62
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1
      White 1,091 1,143 1,125 1,072 1,094 1,042 966 931 925 984
      More than one race 75 65 65 73 66 49 81 32 31 18
    Unknown ethnicity and race 24 25 32 26 32 29 35 35 40 47
  Temporary visa holders 1,011 961 976 944 1,023 960 860 693 568 593
  Science and engineering 2,428 2,433 2,409 2,281 2,347 2,157 2,075 1,799 1,673 1,754
    Science 1,703 1,695 1,679 1,570 1,625 1,448 1,407 1,242 1,138 1,185
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 333 323 323 263 295 291 275 228 205 239
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 23 32
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 219 208 239 241 241 214 161 107 77 66
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 6 8 45 49 56 55
      Mathematics and statistics 143 153 157 131 177 107 123 99 111 114
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 93 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 135 142 137 138 134 98 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 302 318 294 280 292 272 335 258 240 226
      Psychology 133 139 160 153 142 124 131 129 91 115
      Social sciences 345 340 369 364 338 334 337 339 335 338
    Engineering 725 738 730 711 722 709 668 557 535 569
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 132 126 122 123 109 89 94 81 89 69
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 84 74 65 62 68 67 53 44 43 51
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 66 66 63 69 79 88 93 61 57 50
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 159 180 185 184 190 202 208 116 105 184
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 91 94 105 89 100 78 108 78 60 65
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 100 107 80
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 85 89 91 90 78 74 0 68 62 57
      Other engineering 108 109 99 94 98 111 4 9 12 13
    Health 162 175 182 161 169 197 81 92 86 92
      Clinical medicine 54 60 69 62 51 67 47 65 53 53
      Other health 108 115 113 99 118 130 34 27 33 39

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 276 288 361 277 99 115 53 63 71 68
    Female 151 180 218 178 74 82 23 31 20 29
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 367 388 535 355 108 137 62 78 79 79
    Hispanic or Latino 31 20 25 21 4 11 2 2 2 2
    Not Hispanic or Latino 320 300 404 262 101 120 60 74 71 69
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Asian 51 46 68 52 9 14 7 11 6 12
      Black or African American 25 15 23 14 9 10 2 3 4 3
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 231 227 287 185 78 89 50 59 60 52
      More than one race 12 11 25 9 5 7 1 1 1 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 68 106 72 3 6 0 2 6 8
  Temporary visa holders 60 80 44 100 65 60 14 16 12 18
  Science and engineering 412 454 563 431 149 183 70 69 68 81
    Science 228 287 356 279 87 87 33 31 14 12
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 62 60 264 179 41 37 15 17 2 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5 22 11 38 24 19 7 6 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 116 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 2 2 6 0 0 5 1 1 0
      Psychology 28 45 58 38 12 15 3 3 0 0
      Social sciences 8 13 13 14 7 13 3 4 9 7
    Engineering 184 167 207 152 62 96 37 38 54 69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 7 12 8 1 2 1 1 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 11 12 6 1 5 10 7 7 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 24 39 49 29 7 10 1 1 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 31 30 32 20 13 18 13 10 13 19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 57 29 45 45 32 40 0 0 13 14
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 16 19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 14 11 19 17 1 4 0 7 1 7
      Other engineering 30 40 38 27 7 17 0 0 1 2
    Health 15 14 16 24 24 14 6 25 23 16
      Clinical medicine 9 10 9 11 9 3 6 13 17 16
      Other health 6 4 7 13 15 11 0 12 6 0

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: 2023–14

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: 2023–14

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 288 281 305 331 280 266 228 250 232 224
    Science 237 241 261 267 230 216 195 208 205 190
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 122 115 131 153 133 136 129 134 151 126
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 7 1 1 4 3 6 4 5 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 4 7
      Mathematics and statistics 7 12 12 11 5 2 0 2 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 20 13 24 20 12 10 2 2 4 5
      Natural resources and conservation 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 38 45 43 40 38 38 43 28 28 35
      Psychology 17 25 20 21 16 11 9 17 8 11
      Social sciences 20 24 30 21 22 16 1 6 0 0
    Engineering 51 40 44 64 50 50 33 42 27 34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 8 10 16 15 16 10 19 8 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 6 5 5 2 2 4 4 0 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 7 9 12 12 11 7 5 4 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 3 6 8 4 0 4 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 6 5 11 8 8 3 6 7 9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 10 10 9 12 9 10 0 8 6 5
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
    Health 102 76 64 70 84 136 78 96 188 223
      Clinical medicine 97 76 63 67 81 132 78 96 188 223
      Other health 5 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0

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: 2023–14

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