Vanderbilt U. and Vanderbilt U. Medical Center

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
2022 24 97.4 890
2021 62 89.6 583 24 97.5 907
2020 31 96.8 915
2019 57 90.6 589 33 96.5 913
2018 31 96.7 910
2017 62 89.5 575 31 96.7 897
2016 31 96.7 895
2015 62 89.4 570 30 96.8 897
2014 28 97 887
2013 53 91.2 588 35 96.2 884
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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  All R&D fields 1,086,223 1,019,273 824,803 776,937 738,620 712,036 640,842 647,816 683,890 571,603
    Science 930,290 882,030 680,043 636,038 614,878 597,726 545,870 559,126 603,211 488,196
      Computer and information sciences 14,617 18,226 0 0 199 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,737 1,861 1,919 1,586 3,355 3,608 4,146 4,299 3,618 2,311
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,737 1,861 1,919 1,586 3,355 3,608 4,146 4,299 3,618 2,311
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 846,605 806,323 625,549 581,939 560,124 542,857 495,654 489,531 550,123 438,963
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 194,205 206,202 183,620 172,681 170,095 164,993 142,523 169,129 145,806 160,683
        Health sciences 651,870 599,247 441,313 408,035 388,100 377,186 350,406 279,018 367,397 249,327
        Natural resources and conservation 0 13 10 4 228 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 530 861 606 1,219 1,701 678 2,725 41,384 36,920 28,953
      Mathematics and statistics 1,421 1,317 1,689 1,211 1,739 1,762 1,361 1,290 1,343 1,123
      Physical sciences 28,937 30,077 28,017 28,951 29,053 31,035 28,783 42,365 29,773 25,026
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 17,734 16,401 13,559 12,997 14,798 17,906 16,897 28,687 18,654 12,308
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 11,203 13,676 14,458 15,954 14,239 13,129 11,886 13,678 11,119 12,718
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 15,372 15,687 15,682 15,490 15,501 14,313 10,459 12,159 11,101 13,990
      Social sciences 21,601 8,539 7,187 6,861 4,907 4,151 5,467 6,902 6,017 5,532
        Anthropology 2,306 498 380 334 174 260 342 0 0 0
        Economics 3,824 1,019 934 454 876 544 645 716 379 184
        Political science and government 8,098 4,472 3,280 3,438 2,909 3,139 3,988 5,193 4,254 4,198
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 615 161 9 530 235 208 492 575 998 1,080
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 6,758 2,389 2,584 2,105 713 0 0 418 386 70
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,580 1,236 1,251
    Engineering 78,534 86,541 94,674 94,340 87,250 83,560 66,481 60,740 56,207 59,890
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 21,651 17,168 16,001 17,235 17,011 13,374 10,795 7,223 6,245 6,375
      Chemical engineering 9,456 13,397 13,064 11,476 8,487 7,843 5,540 6,193 5,453 5,559
      Civil engineering 14,050 18,394 17,127 16,623 13,768 13,774 10,424 10,419 7,394 7,555
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 20,748 22,593 34,296 37,686 38,141 39,549 30,401 28,466 31,251 34,898
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,212 11,685 11,033 8,855 8,415 8,815 9,151 8,318 5,785 5,502
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 2,417 3,304 3,153 2,465 1,428 205 170 121 79 1
    Non-S&E 77,399 50,702 50,086 46,559 36,492 30,750 28,491 27,950 24,472 23,517
      Business management and business administration 9,349 45 63 11 1,501 820 189 335 72 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 502 246 119
      Education 45,325 47,108 47,100 41,757 31,578 23,443 22,510 21,406 19,134 20,234
      Humanities 3,872 1,686 1,466 1,733 1,944 4,002 4,243 3,267 2,880 1,044
      Law 6,860 354 444 270 196 1,704 1,353 2,156 1,860 2,035
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,372 1 0 1,749 505 0 2 35 42 31
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 6,621 1,508 1,013 1,039 768 781 194 249 238 54

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: 2022
(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 1,086,223 666,282 2,954 301,424 83,213 29,292 3,058
    Science 930,290 592,600 1,780 227,847 80,137 26,166 1,760
      Computer and information sciences 14,617 13,064 0 982 283 288 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,737 746 0 858 76 0 57
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,737 746 0 858 76 0 57
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 846,605 551,132 1,780 189,398 78,967 23,826 1,502
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 194,205 127,970 6 49,480 12,378 3,792 579
        Health sciences 651,870 422,950 1,774 139,832 66,504 20,034 776
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences, not elsewhere classified 530 212 0 86 85 0 147
      Mathematics and statistics 1,421 793 0 560 0 68 0
      Physical sciences 28,937 16,621 0 11,232 556 422 106
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 17,734 9,796 0 7,401 472 65 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 11,203 6,825 0 3,831 84 357 106
        Physical sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 15,372 7,731 0 6,972 80 570 19
      Social sciences 21,601 2,513 0 17,845 175 992 76
        Anthropology 2,306 232 0 1,971 0 103 0
        Economics 3,824 1 0 2,984 0 782 57
        Political science and government 8,098 1,866 0 6,007 154 52 19
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 615 58 0 557 0 0 0
        Social sciences, not elsewhere classified 6,758 356 0 6,326 21 55 0
      Sciences, not elsewhere classified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 78,534 52,364 5 22,330 2,135 1,620 80
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 21,651 14,751 0 5,890 493 506 11
      Chemical engineering 9,456 6,104 0 2,477 96 779 0
      Civil engineering 14,050 9,299 0 4,164 349 174 64
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 20,748 13,374 0 6,465 760 144 5
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,212 6,963 5 2,790 437 17 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering not elsewhere classified 2,417 1,873 0 544 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 77,399 21,318 1,169 51,247 941 1,506 1,218
      Business management and business administration 9,349 0 0 9,349 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 45,325 20,858 1,169 21,125 199 780 1,194
      Humanities 3,872 83 0 3,086 0 696 7
      Law 6,860 0 0 6,860 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 5,372 20 0 5,352 0 0 0
      Non-S&E, not elsewhere classified 6,621 357 0 5,475 742 30 17

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: 2022–13
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Federal Agencies 666,282 586,880 514,299 492,808 471,625 452,885 405,589 401,738 422,448 445,044
  DOD 37,196 34,170 31,004 35,452 32,871 27,566 29,424 31,704 36,816 36,961
  DOE 10,858 11,471 12,422 13,681 9,952 9,300 10,182 10,422 8,821 8,313
  HHS 570,513 497,479 428,884 402,645 388,489 376,670 325,965 317,534 333,233 356,712
  NASA 3,032 2,346 2,185 4,141 1,614 1,586 1,026 1,316 1,253 1,559
  NSF 27,889 25,555 23,791 18,768 19,876 18,238 20,569 21,474 20,560 21,019
  USDA 880 879 802 528 618 294 331 207 116 72
  Other 15,914 14,980 15,211 17,593 18,205 19,231 18,092 19,081 21,649 20,408

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: 2022–16 [temporarily discontinued]
Year All personnel Principal investigators Other personnel Postdocs
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 6,906 i 1,142 i 5,764 i .
2018 6,643 i 1,081 i 5,562 i .
2017 6,603 i 1,054 i 5,549 i .
2016 6,162 i 947 i 5,215 i .

i=imputed

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: 2021–12
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field 2021 2019 2017 2015 2013
  All research space 1,063 1,056 1,037 980 1,146
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 350 399 348 390 385
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 3 3 32
    Engineering 132 118 128 111 270
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 0 5 4 5
    Health sciences 472 477 440 358 345
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 1 .
    Physical sciences 77 37 86 81 65
    Psychology 21 22 24 23 34
    Social sciences 5 2 2 7 9
    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

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space . . . . 32,052 0
    Engineering . . . . 32,052 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field Planned to start 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 Started in FY 2014 or FY 2015
  All research space 59,217 19,822 3,642 26,936 36,900
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 30,871 3,400 0 0 18,494
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 4,771
    Engineering 0 0 2,457 2,445 1,893
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 28,345 16,422 0 23,010 9,743
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 322 0 1,000
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 863 437 1,000
    Psychology 0 0 0 394 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 650 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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