Stanford U.

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 11 97.8 459 12 98.3 631 9 99.1 925
2023 5 99.1 459 11 98.5 679 10 99 911 40 93.6 602
2022 2 99.8 457 14 98.1 680 10 99 900
2021 2 99.8 447 13 98.3 691 9 99.1 908 38 93.7 583
2020 7 98.7 450 9 98.9 698 10 99 916
2019 6 98.9 447 7 99.2 697 11 98.9 914 33 94.6 589
2018 11 97.7 428 7 99.2 700 11 98.9 911
2017 6 98.8 425 7 99.1 684 10 99 898 36 94 575
2016 6 98.8 430 6 99.3 697 9 99.1 896
2015 14 97 426 5 99.4 693 8 99.2 898 35 94.1 570
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
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 738 799 836 815 769 770 726 758 763 689
  Science and engineering 627 688 726 712 656 643 616 600 644 550
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 9 8 9 4 8 11 11 9 6
      Agricultural sciences 1 1 . 4 . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 3 8 8 5 4 8 11 10 9 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 118 127 140 150 123 98 116 101 110 104
      Biochemistry and biophysics 11 15 16 9 15 17 15 11 10 13
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 13 15 15 19 15 14 15 14 13 12
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 12 14 16 2 9 7 12 7 9
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 15 8 11 17 18 15 9 4 11 9
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 13 9 12 5 6 4 13 2 7
      Genetics and genomics 8 15 13 12 15 6 14 14 12 6
      Microbiology and immunology 22 14 18 19 12 11 15 14 18 13
      Molecular biology 6 6 8 8 4 . 5 2 4 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 14 18 17 22 12 21 9 15 16
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 7 12 16 14 11 7 10 6 14 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 3 2 7 4 1 1 2 4 6
    Computer and information sciences 60 62 49 44 39 44 29 34 29 36
      Computer science 50 54 42 41 37 37 28 33 27 34
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 8 7 3 2 7 1 1 2 2
    Engineering 220 233 281 257 260 242 229 201 255 229
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 22 20 16 19 14 26 16 10 21 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 26 38 22 31 26 18 13 20 11
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 17 22 27 32 27 21 28 19 20 27
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 24 21 33 24 30 25 18 28 19 25
      Electrical and computer engineering 45 63 56 59 73 63 59 58 80 73
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 3 4 6 1 3 2 4 8 5
      Materials and mining engineering 13 19 27 21 17 23 29 25 27 22
      Mechanical engineering 45 29 49 41 53 39 42 34 47 43
      Engineering, other 31 30 31 33 14 16 17 10 13 15
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 19 31 28 26 29 34 33 20 25
      Geological sciences 22 14 27 25 22 21 31 31 16 22
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 5 4 3 4 8 3 2 4 3
    Health sciences 3 . . 5 . 1 . 2 1 .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Public health 2 . . 3 . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 32 38 41 39 29 24 26 50 36 18
      Applied mathematics 7 6 5 11 5 1 . 6 8 2
      Mathematics 3 6 3 3 4 7 8 5 3 4
      Statistics 9 11 13 11 11 9 6 21 5 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 15 20 14 9 7 12 18 20 8
    Physical sciences 72 109 96 90 98 107 87 106 82 60
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 7 5 4 6 2 1 3 2 3
      Chemistry 27 42 29 40 33 55 46 42 34 24
      Physics 44 60 62 46 59 50 40 61 46 33
    Psychology 15 12 11 10 14 16 17 5 23 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 . . . 1 . 3 . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 9 7 10 6 6 12 5 4 13 2
      Psychology, other 4 5 1 4 7 4 9 1 9 7
    Social sciences 77 79 69 80 63 74 67 57 79 63
      Anthropology 5 4 9 10 8 12 9 7 14 6
      Economics 30 28 26 28 17 31 30 25 25 31
      Political science and government 16 17 12 19 17 11 14 8 17 10
      Public policy analysis 2 1 2 1 3 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 12 5 10 7 8 5 9 12 10
      Social sciences, other 16 17 15 12 11 11 9 8 11 6
  Non-science and engineering 111 111 110 103 113 127 110 158 119 139
    Business 23 21 27 27 22 23 23 33 24 20
      Business 23 21 27 27 22 23 23 33 24 20
    Education 20 26 21 16 25 25 20 29 27 40
      Education leadership and administration 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Education research 9 11 9 9 10 10 13 11 8 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 5 4 3 6 4 2 3 8 4
      Education, other 4 10 8 4 9 11 5 15 11 17
    Humanities and arts 60 54 51 52 56 70 54 64 63 70
      Letters 18 11 13 10 19 18 10 9 18 20
      Foreign languages and literature 6 7 9 7 7 13 9 18 8 12
      History 5 14 8 15 10 14 12 9 11 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 11 5 10 8 6 9 11 6 10
      Music and performing arts 13 8 7 9 7 6 9 8 11 8
      Humanities and arts, other 9 3 9 1 5 13 5 9 9 7
    Other non-science and engineering 8 10 11 8 10 9 13 32 5 9
      Communication 2 7 5 2 4 6 10 7 4 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 3 6 6 6 3 3 25 1 5

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 4,284 4,129 3,990 3,845 3,693 3,777 3,760 3,539 3,635 3,652
    Hispanic or Latino 569 550 527 485 431 443 416 390 317 330
    Not Hispanic or Latino 3,598 3,501 3,384 3,293 3,191 3,268 3,291 2,908 3,071 3,040
      American Indian or Alaska Native 11 10 9 8 7 4 2 6 20 23
      Asian 1,376 1,303 1,179 1,084 1,011 995 930 855 867 871
      Black or African American 227 229 207 174 144 97 95 85 114 94
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 4 4 3 1 1 3 12 10 8
      White 1,644 1,619 1,671 1,747 1,782 1,926 2,016 1,904 2,059 2,041
      More than one race 337 336 314 277 246 245 245 46 1 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 117 78 79 67 71 66 53 241 247 282
  Temporary visa holders 2,400 2,320 2,286 2,154 2,005 2,217 2,124 2,074 2,309 2,365
  Science and engineering 6,465 6,257 6,099 5,843 5,559 5,857 5,761 5,540 5,939 5,971
    Science 4,058 3,948 3,752 3,593 3,426 3,435 3,214 3,021 3,259 3,048
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 941 920 886 863 866 845 844 813 740 687
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 50
      Computer and information sciences 1,138 1,106 974 855 722 705 395 394 586 506
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 205 213 187 186 192 198 169 195 251 265
      Mathematics and statistics 361 350 362 359 352 373 350 355 394 408
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 66 27 14 17 12 15 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 112 108 114 107 100 99 93 86 0 0
      Physical sciences 618 603 604 592 574 587 791 583 550 445
      Psychology 75 74 70 64 66 61 67 71 76 78
      Social sciences 542 547 541 550 542 552 505 524 504 519
    Engineering 2,407 2,309 2,347 2,250 2,133 2,422 2,547 2,519 2,680 2,923
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 197 215 211 184 190 226 229 211 194 209
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 214 196 173 179 176 184 198 188 199 242
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 138 128 129 134 140 155 183 192 259 245
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 437 430 471 465 357 436 452 435 461 449
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 545 510 511 513 512 589 624 679 641 667
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 243 262
      Mechanical engineering 550 517 516 452 450 537 576 526 462 505
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 237 218 221 216 203 184 181 200 221 209
      Other engineering 89 95 115 107 105 111 104 88 0 135
    Health 219 192 177 156 139 137 123 73 5 46
      Clinical medicine 90 82 82 58 61 60 49 10 5 38
      Other health 129 110 95 98 78 77 74 63 0 8

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 215 198 164 190 201 139 126 166 334 375
    Hispanic or Latino 21 26 18 15 25 15 9 10 27 24
    Not Hispanic or Latino 184 169 140 165 166 122 115 148 283 320
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Asian 95 92 59 73 76 43 36 65 105 114
      Black or African American 9 6 4 5 4 2 4 4 12 13
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      White 64 59 69 76 74 70 67 73 166 191
      More than one race 16 11 8 10 12 7 8 5 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 3 6 10 10 2 2 8 24 31
  Temporary visa holders 71 70 59 65 44 64 44 37 237 218
  Science and engineering 256 241 201 228 226 189 162 187 567 589
    Science 126 113 96 114 128 118 85 115 182 189
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 8 3 3 2 4 3 21 35 41
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
      Computer and information sciences 98 83 72 90 97 79 62 58 77 82
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 10 14 11 11 13 17 7 23 41 32
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 8 4 5 7 4 11 10 9 19 20
    Engineering 130 128 105 114 98 71 77 72 385 400
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 10 11 17 14 9 9 6 26 26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 32 22 16 14 9 4 2 3 0 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 20 7 8 13 7 2 6 41 45
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 51 50 45 45 41 41 53 43 150 141
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 70
      Mechanical engineering 21 20 21 24 18 9 10 11 96 114
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 2
      Other engineering 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 30 27 22 27 19 14 8 16 4 4
      Clinical medicine 3 1 2 6 1 1 2 2 4 3
      Other health 27 26 20 21 18 13 6 14 0 1

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 1,469 1,406 1,428 1,511 1,565 1,582 1,331 1,389 1,512 1,470
  Science and engineering 1,426 1,370 1,392 1,468 1,524 1,549 1,292 1,355 1,512 1,455
    Science 850 810 860 915 906 948 851 792 896 771
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 250 253 296 293 323 362 391 370 337 295
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 131 134 148 147 130 130 20 18 124 106
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 26 27 25 25 27 29 18 25 18 22
      Mathematics and statistics 68 59 57 69 73 73 49 62 75 80
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 0
      Physical sciences 312 286 295 331 314 320 331 254 240 154
      Psychology 9 11 8 10 8 7 7 10 15 17
      Social sciences 44 35 29 39 31 26 34 49 36 44
    Engineering 576 560 532 553 618 601 441 563 616 684
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 60 69 62 64 60 45 49 48 53 47
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 74 65 60 59 70 69 66 68 77 79
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 53 60 51 43 56 55 45 44 59 53
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 34 30 37 50 52 52 41 40 37 39
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 134 102 105 123 149 158 121 173 173 181
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 22
      Mechanical engineering 118 138 129 127 139 143 58 142 143 142
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 94 90 81 81 82 70 45 44 47 49
      Other engineering 9 6 7 6 10 9 16 4 0 72
    Health 43 36 36 43 41 33 39 34 0 15
      Clinical medicine 14 10 9 10 5 5 8 4 0 13
      Other health 29 26 27 33 36 28 31 30 0 2

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 6,684 6,449 6,276 5,999 5,698 5,994 5,884 5,613 5,944 6,017
  Fellowships 2,032 1,975 2,010 1,898 1,927 1,841 1,759 1,754 1,944 2,094
    Federal 614 627 665 652 721 736 700 732 729 761
    Institutional 1,293 1,264 1,279 1,198 1,174 1,070 978 887 1,098 1,196
    Nonfederal 125 84 66 48 32 35 81 135 117 137
  Research assistantships 1,940 1,910 1,846 1,821 1,815 1,889 2,030 1,950 1,907 1,869
    Federal 855 779 762 858 844 846 604 639 755 703
    Institutional 831 881 863 763 768 821 1,226 1,158 997 991
    Nonfederal 254 250 221 200 203 222 200 153 155 175
  Teaching assistantships 864 835 780 731 684 755 694 561 707 701
    Federal 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0
    Institutional 864 835 779 729 684 755 693 555 693 701
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 0
  Other types of support 1,848 1,729 1,640 1,549 1,272 1,509 1,401 1,348 1,386 1,353
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 13 28 6
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 110 72 39
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 28 10 17
    Personal resources 1,848 1,729 1,640 1,549 1,272 1,509 1,236 1,197 1,276 1,291

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 1,661 1,531 1,464 1,444 1,531 1,509 1,407 1,413 1,362 1,361
    Science 1,235 1,143 1,088 1,089 1,174 1,213 1,104 1,094 996 1,010
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 677 651 652 658 706 691 630 634 589 582
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 46 44 47 44 37 48 40 44 31 30
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 72 52 43 42 61 56 47 52 52 52
      Mathematics and statistics 28 30 19 21 18 23 20 25 23 22
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 22 20 4 3 8 2 4 2 1 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 239 206 218 200 210 281 282 261 205 222
      Psychology 39 37 30 36 40 38 35 33 32 36
      Social sciences 103 95 66 76 85 74 46 43 44 50
    Engineering 426 388 376 355 357 296 303 319 366 351
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 17 15 14 15 14 8 6 9 9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 91 74 79 75 81 71 84 81 61 58
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 93 82 85 75 53 77 77 88 73 83
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 61 49 52 68 83 22 28 27 26 23
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 64 65 54 53 56 56 53 64 57 31
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 6 5
      Mechanical engineering 74 64 51 38 39 54 48 50 49 57
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 44
      Other engineering 31 37 40 32 30 0 0 0 0 41
    Health 984 956 933 888 915 945 897 853 866 903
      Clinical medicine 978 948 927 883 911 934 885 842 853 889
      Other health 6 8 6 5 4 11 12 11 13 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

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 1,325 1,226 1,143 1,065 1,195 1,132 1,012 987 1,002 1,015
  Science and engineering 843 774 718 679 749 694 547 551 571 607
    Science 601 580 559 512 577 580 437 439 431 455
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 376 359 381 335 371 334 316 317 304 311
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 15 17 17 18 14 18 11 12 21 14
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 22 22 13 16 28 27 16 18 10 14
      Mathematics and statistics 12 16 8 9 9 13 12 14 11 10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 152 139 124 120 133 169 68 65 63 81
      Psychology 13 12 12 11 16 16 14 13 10 16
      Social sciences 10 12 3 2 5 3 0 0 6 3
    Engineering 242 194 159 167 172 114 110 112 140 152
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 8 4 5 9 4 3 2 6 7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 42 28 28 22 28 25 36 34 22 27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 49 45 41 35 25 23 9 10 13 17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 33 24 28 37 40 5 9 8 11 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 40 34 21 29 34 32 26 30 34 20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3
      Mechanical engineering 48 31 17 20 19 23 27 28 29 35
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 11
      Other engineering 20 24 20 19 17 0 0 0 0 25
    Health 482 452 425 386 446 438 465 436 431 408
      Clinical medicine 478 448 420 381 442 433 459 431 424 401
      Other health 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 7 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

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 1,641,961 1,537,846 1,384,555 1,274,483 1,203,950 1,204,116 1,157,597 1,109,708 1,066,269 1,022,551
    Science 1,420,258 1,330,263 1,197,745 1,093,758 1,028,859 1,024,104 959,810 929,791 886,718 835,500
      Computer and information sciences 28,450 27,907 25,448 23,232 26,512 24,575 25,298 29,276 25,258 20,349
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 39,442 35,299 30,947 21,216 20,216 17,624 18,036 16,079 17,302 32,596
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 235 128 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 23,625 21,971 21,779 11,821 12,021 11,031 10,272 7,124 8,203 13,421
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 6,740 4,292 2,787 2,827 2,713 2,972 3,137 3,924 3,643 4,912
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,077 9,036 6,381 6,568 5,482 3,621 4,392 4,903 5,456 14,263
      Life sciences 1,202,386 1,119,445 999,214 905,150 836,401 837,068 780,090 745,123 700,514 647,800
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 296,965 280,092 265,253 242,245 228,842 189,727 188,026 185,054 177,611 218,071
        Health sciences 854,444 795,985 695,772 622,630 572,268 614,159 553,597 518,631 490,594 411,364
        Natural resources and conservation 2,046 1,985 1,699 1,074 1,983 3,933 3,797 3,933 5,686 0
        Life sciences nec 48,931 41,383 36,490 39,201 33,308 29,249 34,670 37,505 26,623 18,365
      Mathematics and statistics 7,695 6,455 6,408 6,070 7,036 4,836 5,505 6,109 7,500 7,477
      Physical sciences 103,675 103,816 101,529 98,672 94,954 95,084 88,010 92,056 100,544 96,039
        Astronomy and astrophysics 5,471 4,028 4,101 4,776 6,031 4,428 8,649 8,045 0 0
        Chemistry 33,855 31,848 29,681 27,849 25,478 25,306 22,807 26,834 26,757 21,619
        Materials science 13,716 15,354 16,916 14,149 11,383 13,238 16,564 20,182 23,506 0
        Physics 48,921 49,870 48,088 47,667 48,826 49,051 35,411 33,393 39,290 8,271
        Physical sciences nec 1,712 2,716 2,743 4,231 3,236 3,061 4,579 3,602 10,991 66,149
      Psychology 14,320 14,151 15,648 16,587 18,866 20,091 18,099 17,832 17,215 15,128
      Social sciences 23,597 22,966 18,390 22,559 24,770 24,038 24,772 23,316 18,385 16,111
        Anthropology 642 371 230 53 291 1,231 2,936 2,281 1,376 0
        Economics 2,608 4,908 4,880 4,613 3,415 4,397 6,079 5,118 3,257 2,600
        Political science and government 9,049 10,270 5,731 5,153 7,490 9,763 890 1,173 1,840 223
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 430 239 547 173 334 594 291 345 337 11,016
        Social sciences nec 10,868 7,178 7,002 12,567 13,240 8,053 14,576 14,399 11,575 2,272
      Sciences nec 693 224 161 272 104 788 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 164,503 158,868 142,213 136,251 130,950 134,585 146,504 125,627 125,633 134,143
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16,591 17,318 15,995 14,894 15,157 13,315 14,004 14,546 14,365 15,055
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 41,081 36,591 30,636 23,021 26,083 30,806 36,496 24,388 21,905 22,327
      Chemical engineering 21,400 18,629 15,593 19,090 17,176 18,597 20,348 13,060 12,528 9,032
      Civil engineering 11,675 13,823 14,092 12,950 15,130 14,868 15,041 12,496 11,053 12,537
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 22,551 25,789 22,074 25,665 18,285 17,840 19,145 21,781 24,636 31,339
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,386 7,259 6,685 6,338 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 30,979 26,550 25,314 23,900 24,302 26,845 29,512 28,174 28,404 28,590
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 12,075 11,489 10,185 8,947 9,972 8,078 5,498 4,537 5,308 5,875
      Engineering nec 1,765 1,420 1,639 1,446 4,845 4,236 6,460 6,645 7,434 9,388
    Non-S&E 57,200 48,715 44,597 44,474 44,141 45,427 51,283 54,290 53,918 52,908
      Business management and business administration 876 549 307 384 432 380 259 663 567 545
      Communication and communications technologies 640 831 865 1,595 890 1,118 1,233 1,624 1,342 1,732
      Education 52,024 44,601 40,158 40,020 41,378 41,889 45,487 46,797 48,318 46,925
      Humanities 1,301 629 307 351 957 1,108 773 794 537 2,188
      Law 1,980 1,778 2,646 1,602 433 624 1,752 2,464 1,841 1,220
      Social work 0 0 0 0 2 6 80 101 117 0
      Visual and performing arts 325 255 131 163 0 4 177 340 429 0
      Non-S&E nec 54 72 183 359 49 298 1,522 1,507 767 298

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 1,641,961 1,012,767 39,564 207,741 152,221 218,804 10,864
    Science 1,420,258 881,918 38,335 178,909 134,849 179,026 7,221
      Computer and information sciences 28,450 15,334 0 3,614 5,768 3,065 669
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 39,442 13,848 1,757 8,429 5,749 8,957 702
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 23,625 10,693 265 4,034 5,749 2,561 323
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 6,740 2,415 1,492 1,485 0 1,339 9
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 9,077 740 0 2,910 0 5,057 370
      Life sciences 1,202,386 751,119 36,392 151,544 116,210 142,131 4,990
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 296,965 216,589 1,542 34,525 4,176 39,283 850
        Health sciences 854,444 499,285 34,285 110,334 107,884 98,547 4,109
        Natural resources and conservation 2,046 1,186 0 38 822 0 0
        Life sciences nec 48,931 34,059 565 6,647 3,328 4,301 31
      Mathematics and statistics 7,695 6,162 0 464 0 1,069 0
      Physical sciences 103,675 80,304 156 6,295 6,199 9,899 822
        Astronomy and astrophysics 5,471 4,336 0 169 0 488 478
        Chemistry 33,855 26,641 0 2,796 815 3,295 308
        Materials science 13,716 9,891 156 861 1,544 1,264 0
        Physics 48,921 38,178 0 2,028 3,827 4,852 36
        Physical sciences nec 1,712 1,258 0 441 13 0 0
      Psychology 14,320 9,016 0 2,368 429 2,507 0
      Social sciences 23,597 6,135 30 6,004 494 10,896 38
        Anthropology 642 84 0 347 0 211 0
        Economics 2,608 1,038 0 497 0 1,073 0
        Political science and government 9,049 2,293 30 2,253 0 4,473 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 430 212 0 103 0 115 0
        Social sciences nec 10,868 2,508 0 2,804 494 5,024 38
      Sciences nec 693 0 0 191 0 502 0
    Engineering 164,503 102,868 813 18,787 17,125 22,299 2,611
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16,591 13,072 0 223 2,502 152 642
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 41,081 25,791 161 5,849 902 8,288 90
      Chemical engineering 21,400 10,296 388 3,418 3,357 3,798 143
      Civil engineering 11,675 4,152 256 3,110 1,324 1,670 1,163
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 22,551 12,719 0 1,533 4,533 3,305 461
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,386 5,495 0 454 110 327 0
      Mechanical engineering 30,979 24,425 8 1,792 4,066 576 112
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 12,075 5,448 0 2,285 331 4,011 0
      Engineering nec 1,765 1,470 0 123 0 172 0
    Non-S&E 57,200 27,981 416 10,045 247 17,479 1,032
      Business management and business administration 876 272 0 246 0 307 51
      Communication and communications technologies 640 435 0 82 0 5 118
      Education 52,024 26,909 395 7,959 231 15,671 859
      Humanities 1,301 193 0 739 0 365 4
      Law 1,980 172 0 811 16 981 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 325 0 0 185 0 140 0
      Non-S&E nec 54 0 21 23 0 10 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 1,012,767 943,669 860,125 811,183 751,414 738,957 711,443 710,698 694,693 675,930
  DOD 99,397 87,775 75,608 76,467 69,428 69,469 70,691 85,205 82,737 83,093
  DOE 29,679 31,180 32,543 28,660 24,507 18,327 21,285 23,833 26,299 26,853
  HHS 766,409 712,159 643,308 599,239 551,284 544,763 509,214 493,259 468,993 444,739
  NASA 24,102 22,178 19,608 18,233 17,289 22,652 22,065 18,330 18,112 19,166
  NSF 82,146 79,757 79,477 79,576 78,681 75,886 76,885 76,874 83,761 86,631
  USDA 815 1,014 765 444 319 243 110 149 201 220
  Other 10,219 9,606 8,816 8,564 9,906 7,617 11,193 13,048 14,590 15,228

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 11,169 1,714 9,455 .
2018 10,767 1,560 9,207 .

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 1,665 1,679 1,731 1,640 1,563
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 546 512 541 450 422
    Computer and information sciences 23 26 26 26 29
    Engineering 258 243 257 284 280
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 50 53 50 53 53
    Health sciences 487 512 508 499 465
    Mathematics and statistics 6 6 5 7 7
    Natural resources and conservation 7 8 7 0 0
    Physical sciences 242 268 272 265 256
    Psychology 16 21 22 22 19
    Social sciences 17 17 30 21 17
    Other 13 13 13 13 14

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 0 14,763 0 57,947 249,812
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 174,153
    Computer and information sciences 0 11,509 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 57,947 75,659
    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 3,254 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 37,839 75,456 26,735 7,862 43,823
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 11,107 676 574 5,373
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 777
    Engineering 19,665 11,346 0 0 23,057
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 2,368 401 350
    Health sciences 15,441 45,477 23,691 1,728 5,373
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 475 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 2,734 7,051 0 5,159 8,893
    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

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