West Virginia U.

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 95 79.7 459 123 79.9 602 121 87 914
2022 91 80.5 457 118 82.9 680 126 86.2 900
2021 95 79.1 447 97 86.2 691 118 80.1 583 125 86.5 908
2020 93 79.7 450 100 85.9 697 126 86.5 916
2019 96 78.9 447 95 86.6 696 115 80.8 589 121 87 914
2018 95 78.2 428 99 86.1 698 120 87 911
2017 107 75.2 425 99 85.8 684 115 80.3 575 116 87.3 898
2016 88 79.9 430 107 84.9 697 118 87.1 896
2015 96 77.9 426 103 85.4 693 112 80.7 570 115 87.4 898
2014 100 76.7 422 98 86 688 116 87.2 889
2013 96 83 555
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 218 209 194 203 200 200 179 224 199 182
  Science and engineering 178 162 158 147 153 146 141 176 150 128
    Science 136 125 118 109 127 108 110 136 113 99
      Life science 52 45 49 46 57 44 51 58 47 35
        Agricultural sciences 6 9 8 15 12 10 11 13 13 10
        Biological sciences 34 20 26 22 28 18 27 30 20 19
        Health sciences 12 16 15 9 17 16 13 15 14 6
      Physical sciences and earth sciences 29 31 25 16 25 20 17 28 16 25
        Chemistry 20 17 14 4 10 11 7 10 7 12
        Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 3 5 6 1 2 8 . .
        Physics and astronomy 7 13 8 7 9 8 8 10 9 13
      Mathematics and computer sciences 17 15 6 8 10 11 12 7 9 5
        Computer sciences 8 5 3 1 7 1 4 1 9 2
        Mathematics 9 10 3 7 3 10 8 6 . 3
      Psychology and social sciences 38 34 38 39 35 33 30 43 41 34
        Psychology 21 13 21 21 15 16 19 22 29 20
        Economics 9 6 10 7 9 8 6 10 4 10
        Political science and government 1 5 1 3 3 6 2 2 4 4
        Sociology 2 2 1 . . . . . . .
        Other social sciences 5 8 5 8 8 3 3 9 4 .
    Engineering 42 37 40 38 26 38 31 40 37 29
      Aeronautical/astronautical engineering 4 5 1 3 . 1 2 2 . 4
      Biological/biomedical sciences 4 . . . . 1 . 2 1 .
      Chemical engineering 7 5 8 3 6 9 5 3 7 2
      Civil engineering 9 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 3 3
      Electrical engineering 5 5 4 5 1 8 3 5 3 3
      Industrial engineering 1 2 4 5 2 . 4 4 1 1
      Materials/metallurgical engineering 3 5 2 4 3 2 3 1 . 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 9 6 9 5 10 11 8
      Other engineering 6 9 13 7 7 7 7 9 11 5
  Non-science and engineering 40 47 36 56 47 54 38 48 49 54
    Education 22 18 11 16 14 22 13 24 19 32
      Education administration 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 8 13
      Education research 17 13 9 9 8 14 6 8 8 15
      Teaching fields 3 2 1 4 5 6 4 4 3 4
      Other education 1 2 . 1 . 1 . 7 . .
    Humanities 11 15 21 25 21 18 20 18 25 15
      Foreign languages & literature . 1 . . . . . . . .
      History 1 3 4 6 5 3 3 9 14 3
      Letters 3 2 . 3 3 1 5 1 4 1
      Other humanities and arts 7 9 17 16 13 14 12 8 7 11
    Other 7 14 4 15 12 14 5 6 5 7
      Business management/administration 4 10 1 7 5 12 2 1 1 .
      Communication 3 2 1 5 4 2 2 4 3 4
      Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) . 2 2 3 3 . 1 1 1 3

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
. 246,173 214,081 199,907 188,452 187,512 185,110 185,606 172,477 170,145 164,454
. 298 290 185 84 246 65 336 250 282 108
. 2,721 1,155 429 60 148 31 9 0 0 0
. 8,506 8,566 8,043 5,613 5,080 5,004 3,961 2,966 4,648 4,932
. 6,496 5,181 3,668 4,569 5,216 5,070 4,855 4,437 3,673 4,505
. 4,677 5,614 5,819 6,734 6,139 4,421 6,145 2,725 4,469 6,548
. 8,109 2,353 1,930 1,824 1,315 835 1,563 1,580 1,549 1,025
. 8,838 5,319 3,868 5,879 6,600 7,116 7,199 7,137 7,690 8,827
. 3,914 2,154 4,437 5,086 2,406 2,062 2,476 2,926 0 0
. 6,791 13,630 11,661 11,021 15,612 12,981 10,539 11,177 12,011 12,735
. 184,700 162,108 151,096 139,563 136,059 138,562 138,656 131,553 126,520 118,374
. 153,092 135,260 124,894 108,264 104,435 103,696 109,929 102,088 96,104 94,535
. 83,852 76,948 69,644 58,047 60,670 62,055 65,835 59,642 26,480 31,938
. 11,010 10,739 8,946 9,686 9,557 9,041 9,860 10,684 0 0
. 40,246 31,046 30,824 25,158 18,919 17,860 17,397 13,837 17,226 17,808
. 1,904 1,971 2,159 1,621 987 430 617 905 23,007 18,515
. 16,080 14,556 13,321 13,752 14,302 14,310 16,220 17,020 29,391 26,274
. 448 432 579 482 625 5,106 933 1,129 678 572
. 1,552 1,756 1,063 1,257 1,064 779 482 512 282 246
. 1,929 1,638 2,304 1,773 2,041 2,232 2,101 1,113 881 568
. 4,192 3,216 3,681 3,590 2,356 2,752 3,584 3,546 7,628 3,776
. 771 846 766 801 908 970 726 1,062 5,649 1,969
. 486 346 415 508 625 664 881 777 700 557
. 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 287 320 591 257 34 122 133 186 374 304
. 2,648 1,687 1,909 2,024 789 996 1,844 1,521 905 946
. 5,036 5,177 3,965 9,625 10,049 7,266 7,546 13,090 10,160 9,015
. 3,819 4,292 3,320 8,020 7,881 5,508 6,016 11,516 7,384 7,254
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 1,217 885 645 1,605 2,168 1,758 1,530 1,574 2,776 1,761
. 2,155 1,562 2,179 1,894 1,150 1,339 1,948 600 871 462
. 16,296 13,067 12,431 12,678 14,339 15,392 12,133 9,475 9,916 9,200
. 7,525 5,551 4,887 7,810 8,707 10,631 9,391 6,955 7,417 6,695
. 3,269 2,332 3,035 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 5,502 5,184 4,509 4,868 5,632 4,761 2,742 2,520 2,496 2,505
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
. 11,421 8,001 8,956 8,103 8,937 9,028 10,203 7,976 9,585 7,508
. 425 171 410 162 295 121 382 332 583 118
. 54 39 51 55 70 74 291 141 143 134
. 1,564 2,383 2,344 1,884 1,962 2,567 2,064 1,122 858 233
. 1,760 2,190 2,178 1,309 1,426 1,415 1,146 706 1,448 1,227
. 514 483 308 248 271 600 740 608 1,760 1,877
. 434 69 9 94 16 26 44 98 90 30
. 6,372 2,376 3,471 4,267 4,651 4,160 5,200 4,719 4,421 3,781
. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 246,173 114,708 11,687 92,314 4,977 2,874 19,613
    Science 184,700 87,760 9,748 64,835 4,166 1,946 16,245
      Computer and information sciences 2,155 1,639 4 512 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,036 2,448 24 2,112 93 0 359
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,819 1,958 23 1,392 93 0 353
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,217 490 1 720 0 0 6
      Life sciences 153,092 69,272 8,849 53,882 3,970 1,624 15,495
        Agricultural sciences 16,080 6,409 4,706 4,420 272 1 272
        Biological and biomedical sciences 40,246 21,154 157 15,758 1,096 83 1,998
        Health sciences 83,852 34,303 1,611 30,915 2,508 1,376 13,139
        Natural resources and conservation 11,010 6,159 2,248 2,403 80 52 68
        Life sciences nec 1,904 1,247 127 386 14 112 18
      Mathematics and statistics 448 208 0 239 0 0 1
      Physical sciences 16,296 11,286 442 4,302 24 41 201
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,269 2,327 0 942 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,502 3,148 415 1,847 4 3 85
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 7,525 5,811 27 1,513 20 38 116
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 1,929 825 170 759 53 122 0
      Social sciences 4,192 1,317 259 2,305 26 129 156
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 771 141 0 487 0 43 100
        Political science and government 287 201 0 86 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 486 101 79 266 0 4 36
        Social sciences nec 2,648 874 180 1,466 26 82 20
      Sciences nec 1,552 765 0 724 0 30 33
    Engineering 50,052 23,114 981 22,376 807 758 2,016
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,721 1,663 12 1,045 0 1 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 8,506 4,486 182 3,688 61 35 54
      Civil engineering 6,496 2,410 33 3,447 156 189 261
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,838 4,202 286 3,421 401 4 524
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,914 2,193 0 1,611 100 0 10
      Mechanical engineering 6,791 3,226 182 3,033 80 188 82
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 8,109 4,659 286 2,625 5 341 193
      Engineering nec 4,677 275 0 3,506 4 0 892
    Non-S&E 11,421 3,834 958 5,103 4 170 1,352
      Business management and business administration 1,564 341 93 553 0 0 577
      Communication and communications technologies 298 212 0 70 0 0 16
      Education 1,760 1,065 261 401 0 33 0
      Humanities 514 23 0 394 0 94 3
      Law 425 0 12 182 0 1 230
      Social work 434 84 151 165 0 34 0
      Visual and performing arts 54 2 0 25 0 0 27
      Non-S&E nec 6,372 2,107 441 3,313 4 8 499

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 114,708 97,327 89,802 79,657 82,353 76,527 72,767 72,751 68,731 69,165
  DOD 4,152 4,464 5,945 4,636 3,894 3,262 2,954 1,460 2,275 3,279
  DOE 13,777 13,893 13,023 15,101 14,859 12,032 11,842 14,034 10,100 11,045
  HHS 55,509 43,922 41,751 32,046 32,112 29,286 27,700 28,035 24,182 24,798
  NASA 5,500 4,085 3,878 4,020 5,245 4,234 4,444 4,319 4,394 4,594
  NSF 14,155 12,121 9,945 10,599 13,422 13,867 12,261 10,691 11,978 10,533
  USDA 11,701 10,093 7,977 7,612 7,212 7,420 7,476 8,024 8,549 8,100
  Other 9,914 8,749 7,283 5,643 5,609 6,426 6,090 6,188 7,253 6,816

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 3,504 533 2,971 .
2018 3,557 564 2,993 .
2017 3,575 539 3,036 .

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 974 1,097 839 877 869
    Agricultural sciences 201 236 231 231 251
    Biological and biomedical sciences 147 138 128 150 133
    Computer and information sciences 10 7 13 22 25
    Engineering 161 159 142 111 121
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 31 39 17 43 47
    Health sciences 118 182 87 106 137
    Mathematics and statistics 2 5 4 6 6
    Natural resources and conservation 44 45 50 50 14
    Physical sciences 88 84 79 67 63
    Psychology 86 67 48 53 51
    Social sciences 17 66 24 19 13
    Other 69 68 15 18 8

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 53,255 8,182 . . 25,248
    Biological and biomedical sciences 21,255 0 . . 5,112
    Engineering 8,000 4,091 . . 20,136
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 8,000 0 . . 0
    Health sciences 8,000 0 . . 0
    Physical sciences 8,000 4,091 . . 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 807 3,306 11,520 26,839 10,149
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 271 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,010 1,834 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 250 3,327 1,437 6,449
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 1,046 4,791 23,980 3,700
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 807 0 529 778 0
    Psychology 0 0 250 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 372 0
    Other 0 0 789 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