U. Washington

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 10 98.6 631
2023 9 98.8 679
2022 9 98.8 680
2021 12 98.4 691
2020 7 99.2 698
2019 8 99 697
2018 9 98.9 700
2017 9 98.8 684
2016 7 99.2 697
2015 9 98.9 693
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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 4,208 4,103 4,089 4,028 3,944 3,811 3,782 3,792 4,037 3,780
    Hispanic or Latino 476 466 429 402 366 333 320 298 278 253
    Not Hispanic or Latino 3,587 3,472 3,509 3,502 3,451 3,370 3,352 3,378 3,573 3,341
      American Indian or Alaska Native 22 22 20 26 19 17 14 19 61 49
      Asian 901 798 724 707 574 508 472 466 588 515
      Black or African American 204 180 187 164 116 103 97 91 136 112
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 9 11 8 5 2 3 6 17 14
      White 2,130 2,181 2,295 2,334 2,376 2,405 2,447 2,498 2,752 2,638
      More than one race 319 282 272 263 361 335 319 298 19 13
    Unknown ethnicity and race 145 165 151 124 127 108 110 116 186 186
  Temporary visa holders 2,654 2,662 2,514 2,145 1,928 2,147 1,935 1,760 1,785 1,575
  Science and engineering 6,053 5,980 5,758 5,340 5,112 5,199 4,930 4,790 5,124 4,741
    Science 4,453 4,433 4,271 3,973 3,785 3,806 3,607 3,573 3,856 3,598
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 8 5 3 3 4 9 17 181 149
      Biological and biomedical sciences 978 1,020 980 925 873 815 797 798 784 769
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 86
      Computer and information sciences 1,532 1,448 1,376 1,224 1,161 1,230 1,062 921 677 648
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 188 183 186 194 168 182 187 199 207 205
      Mathematics and statistics 392 410 377 339 323 330 300 311 317 301
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 192 201 159 163 121 69 56 61 78 58
      Natural resources and conservation 215 211 226 214 211 202 195 219 0 0
      Physical sciences 450 474 444 400 391 394 400 391 394 397
      Psychology 163 137 139 121 112 160 160 176 160 163
      Social sciences 336 341 379 390 422 420 441 480 909 770
    Engineering 1,600 1,547 1,487 1,367 1,327 1,393 1,323 1,217 1,268 1,143
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 119 114 98 91 98 100 112 114 101 98
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 194 182 160 152 160 157 142 143 124 111
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 83 99 87 89 84 79 90 87 106 90
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 208 198 200 212 231 250 243 219 224 221
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 511 434 412 338 286 298 265 236 244 229
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 44 45 46 45 35 50 36 41 47 56
      Mechanical engineering 245 267 268 255 235 274 269 243 213 145
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 124 138 142 115 128 118 110 93 94 86
      Other engineering 72 70 74 70 70 67 56 41 115 107
    Health 809 785 845 833 760 759 787 762 698 614
      Clinical medicine 414 399 463 472 426 388 398 365 396 331
      Other health 395 386 382 361 334 371 389 397 302 283

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 1,716 1,607 1,566 1,661 1,629 1,511 1,540 1,405 1,537 1,470
    Hispanic or Latino 188 156 134 136 146 109 106 115 122 112
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,384 1,310 1,338 1,449 1,415 1,328 1,357 1,227 1,353 1,232
      American Indian or Alaska Native 7 5 6 7 7 4 7 5 16 20
      Asian 457 444 424 418 357 280 272 253 304 269
      Black or African American 99 81 61 72 36 35 34 31 43 48
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 12 12
      White 719 688 753 846 892 884 932 845 978 882
      More than one race 97 90 93 105 123 124 110 91 0 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 144 141 94 76 68 74 77 63 62 126
  Temporary visa holders 304 264 259 295 381 303 296 277 253 217
  Science and engineering 1,837 1,704 1,656 1,751 1,810 1,656 1,659 1,515 1,705 1,594
    Science 1,151 1,090 1,047 1,112 1,073 989 1,019 902 879 803
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 3 5 4 5 6 2 6 4 21 15
      Biological and biomedical sciences 50 54 57 62 45 58 68 56 52 49
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 68
      Computer and information sciences 824 757 713 749 733 616 607 521 315 248
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 3 3 6 5 8 8 8 10 11
      Mathematics and statistics 109 93 96 111 103 138 139 132 131 128
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 46 49 48 54 55 47 42 45 5 14
      Natural resources and conservation 13 18 15 21 20 20 34 32 0 0
      Physical sciences 55 57 55 60 56 44 37 25 45 42
      Psychology 22 21 10 9 9 14 11 8 11 18
      Social sciences 25 33 46 35 41 42 67 71 228 210
    Engineering 686 614 609 639 737 667 640 613 826 791
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 163 137 103 104 110 122 111 116 133 137
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 13 6 6 2 6 7 13 7 40 44
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 1 6 12 14 14 15 21 12 11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 133 134 161 187 192 175 173 150 163 178
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 160 152 148 161 218 180 164 144 149 136
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 37 35 30 35 50 37 39 41 57 58
      Mechanical engineering 120 110 117 97 115 105 101 112 93 86
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 52 39 38 40 32 26 24 21 22 23
      Other engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 157 118
    Health 183 167 169 205 200 158 177 167 85 93
      Clinical medicine 75 64 77 98 96 75 82 78 34 51
      Other health 108 103 92 107 104 83 95 89 51 42

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 972 1,495 1,545 1,508 1,448 1,389 1,394 1,373 1,514 1,549
  Science and engineering 869 1,347 1,366 1,336 1,293 1,234 1,253 1,231 1,391 1,418
    Science 598 981 1,012 972 933 918 916 920 1,088 1,088
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 53 44
      Biological and biomedical sciences 148 321 346 343 343 326 335 339 436 468
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
      Computer and information sciences 135 201 192 192 179 154 143 140 143 115
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 73 100 82 89 83 97 102 112 99 115
      Mathematics and statistics 31 47 46 38 30 37 36 31 43 37
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 7 8 4 10 9 6 5 10 4
      Natural resources and conservation 45 50 57 52 55 50 41 53 0 0
      Physical sciences 140 206 215 191 173 185 182 163 151 156
      Psychology 13 27 30 27 28 29 28 33 38 46
      Social sciences 9 15 33 34 31 31 43 44 75 59
    Engineering 271 366 354 364 360 316 337 311 303 330
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 26 25 23 23 27 25 26 32 33 26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 42 72 71 70 70 57 54 54 60 66
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 17 27 25 23 24 20 32 30 29 27
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 35 51 47 64 52 52 55 46 33 52
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 61 60 60 71 77 59 70 56 64 82
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 11 13 13 13 12 12 7 11 13 5
      Mechanical engineering 43 53 54 50 54 42 46 45 42 39
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 19 31 30 16 13 22 25 21 20 21
      Other engineering 17 34 31 34 31 27 22 16 9 12
    Health 103 148 179 172 155 155 141 142 123 131
      Clinical medicine 38 71 91 93 82 73 69 68 68 90
      Other health 65 77 88 79 73 82 72 74 55 41

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 6,862 6,765 6,603 6,173 5,872 5,958 5,717 5,552 5,822 5,355
  Fellowships 595 536 726 690 758 705 696 701 803 745
    Federal 130 310 454 467 491 461 466 500 552 547
    Institutional 461 210 207 162 218 196 182 158 183 138
    Nonfederal 4 16 65 61 49 48 48 43 68 60
  Research assistantships 2,291 2,308 2,184 2,012 1,807 1,809 1,800 1,682 1,687 1,582
    Federal 832 1,030 1,088 1,040 956 925 928 869 934 962
    Institutional 1,169 942 610 545 465 520 518 489 493 409
    Nonfederal 290 336 486 427 386 364 354 324 260 211
  Teaching assistantships 1,192 1,248 1,128 1,149 1,084 1,070 1,051 1,043 1,120 1,040
    Federal 0 152 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 4
    Institutional 1,192 1,064 1,125 1,143 1,084 1,067 1,043 1,034 1,116 1,033
    Nonfederal 0 32 1 5 0 0 8 7 4 3
  Other types of support 2,784 2,673 2,565 2,322 2,223 2,374 2,170 2,126 2,212 1,988
    Federal 10 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 28 36
    Institutional 368 46 42 37 50 43 55 54 643 568
    Nonfederal 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 38 87
    Personal resources 2,404 2,624 2,520 2,285 2,171 2,331 2,114 2,069 1,503 1,297

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 492 498 557 666 688 632 651 664 773 724
    Science 434 423 470 556 570 533 533 536 640 583
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 34 36
      Biological and biomedical sciences 193 196 230 246 232 282 306 320 386 339
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 43 32 24 33 41 37 39 44 38 36
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 27 29 49 50 69 81 64 62 65 66
      Mathematics and statistics 13 17 16 18 17 11 10 8 7 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 9 13 5 0 0 1 8 4
      Natural resources and conservation 34 26 47 63 66 21 15 13 0 0
      Physical sciences 107 107 81 108 110 93 91 77 94 92
      Psychology 8 6 9 10 16 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 9 10 5 9 6 8 8 11 8 3
    Engineering 58 75 87 110 118 99 118 128 133 141
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 1 0 2 4 8 12 10 10 10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 31 30 31 37 6 19 41 48 54
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 7 7 14 13 15 16 20 22 22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 7 10 17 0 20 21 12 9 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 19 15 19 18 16 19 13 15 13
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 10 13 11 15 13 14 14 11 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 10 16 13 21 17 18 16 16
      Other engineering 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 0 2 3
    Health 207 204 187 270 303 372 383 359 491 481
      Clinical medicine 33 35 150 218 253 331 332 328 426 424
      Other health 174 169 37 52 50 41 51 31 65 57

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 436 415 451 577 608 527 636 594 763 737
  Science and engineering 303 289 329 399 425 370 427 403 498 477
    Science 264 238 278 338 352 309 352 325 411 396
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 18
      Biological and biomedical sciences 100 101 120 147 144 144 202 202 253 235
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 27 15 12 19 23 17 16 10 5 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 16 39 33 45 55 49 48 55 54
      Mathematics and statistics 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 3 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
      Natural resources and conservation 28 18 30 43 48 14 9 4 0 0
      Physical sciences 77 75 63 81 79 74 71 57 65 74
      Psychology 7 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 39 51 51 61 73 61 75 78 87 81
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 1 3 4 7 5 7 7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 21 19 16 21 3 10 25 32 29
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 5 4 10 9 9 7 7 12 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 4 5 6 0 15 16 8 7 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 12 9 13 16 5 10 8 10 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 9 7 8 10 8 11 10 8 7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 5 7 7 17 14 15 9 8
      Other engineering 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 1
    Health 133 126 122 178 183 157 209 191 265 260
      Clinical medicine 23 24 104 150 154 133 178 177 227 226
      Other health 110 102 18 28 29 24 31 14 38 34

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