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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 7 99.1 631 37 96.1 925
2023 7 99.1 679 37 96.1 911 53 91.4 602
2022 7 99.1 680 38 95.9 900
2021 8 99 691 42 95.5 908 49 91.8 583
2020 14 98.2 698 43 95.5 916
2019 16 97.9 697 43 95.4 914 51 91.6 589
2018 15 98 700 41 95.6 911
2017 17 97.7 684 44 95.2 898 65 89 575
2016 18 97.6 697 44 95.2 896
2015 18 97.6 693 48 94.8 898 61 89.6 570
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

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   3,605   3,198   3,101   3,070   2,896   2,368   2,333   2,152   2,205   2,027
    Hispanic or Latino   712   593   532   521   486   382   364   360   348   274
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,777   2,512   2,503   2,482   2,349   1,938   1,928   1,762   1,822   1,720
      American Indian or Alaska Native   51   44   45   49   39   43   27   38   33   41
      Asian   414   353   318   276   239   180   181   168   155   142
      Black or African American   258   210   188   189   159   123   122   90   98   94
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   15   12   14   11   11   5   3   4   3   3
      White   1,835   1,731   1,780   1,823   1,775   1,478   1,498   1,391   1,453   1,367
      More than one race   204   162   158   134   126   109   97   71   80   73
    Unknown ethnicity and race   116   93   66   67   61   48   41   30   35   33
  Temporary visa holders   4,733   4,719   4,892   3,431   2,415   2,837   2,800   2,686   2,703   2,770
  Science and engineering   8,164   7,773   7,854   6,371   5,188   5,084   5,018   4,735   4,790   4,674
    Science   5,657   5,172   4,933   4,119   3,271   2,943   2,809   2,492   2,857   2,680
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   162   140
      Biological and biomedical sciences   728   539   499   443   405   380   372   362   333   316
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   93   91
      Computer and information sciences   1,909   2,317   2,143   1,412   839   888   738   646   864   816
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   10
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   66   62   73   78   65   77   88   78   73   75
      Mathematics and statistics   247   196   206   223   213   155   173   146   147   167
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   752   357   303   226   145   108   78   57   45   47
      Natural resources and conservation   107   107   113   148   171   155   171   156   0   0
      Physical sciences   214   215   221   221   214   203   212   199   198   213
      Psychology   1,065   929   864   820   735   518   426   299   277   231
      Social sciences   569   450   511   548   484   459   551   549   637   550
    Engineering   2,507   2,601   2,921   2,252   1,917   2,141   2,209   2,243   1,933   1,994
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   96   88   101   61   59   60   53   42   45   56
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   118   129   130   141   119   139   135   138   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   75   97   120   110   76   75   57   70   88   75
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   233   206   187   186   192   190   227   221   213   213
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   991   1,027   1,298   907   771   1,048   1,089   1,087   790   796
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   234   260   238   190   158   177   204   220   182   199
      Mechanical engineering   512   562   608   431   326   264   281   284   296   320
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   124   131   113   111   105   113   94   107   108   109
      Other engineering   124   101   126   115   111   75   69   74   211   226
    Health   174   144   139   130   123   121   115   103   118   123
      Clinical medicine   44   10   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   130   134   133   129   123   121   115   103   118   123

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   3,884   3,470   3,285   2,987   2,599   2,147   1,780   1,472   1,462   1,282
    Hispanic or Latino   696   580   535   434   382   320   294   217   188   143
    Not Hispanic or Latino   3,030   2,764   2,630   2,454   2,139   1,764   1,444   1,228   1,239   1,111
      American Indian or Alaska Native   41   35   30   31   36   23   27   20   24   15
      Asian   466   444   403   356   252   171   138   130   129   125
      Black or African American   329   274   270   238   234   198   144   132   112   91
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   21   16   10   12   10   10   7   5   7   3
      White   2,018   1,852   1,797   1,706   1,526   1,300   1,087   901   928   850
      More than one race   155   143   120   111   81   62   41   40   39   27
    Unknown ethnicity and race   158   126   120   99   78   63   42   27   35   28
  Temporary visa holders   1,706   1,806   1,693   1,277   806   522   354   357   348   352
  Science and engineering   5,533   5,247   4,957   4,244   3,383   2,645   2,109   1,792   1,764   1,599
    Science   4,134   3,882   3,574   2,962   2,267   1,704   1,235   977   1,039   904
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29   35
      Biological and biomedical sciences   576   408   265   239   232   195   181   141   165   135
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   63   55
      Computer and information sciences   967   1,056   1,131   1,017   732   358   142   110   150   144
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   11   8   10   13   12   10   12   10   10
      Mathematics and statistics   122   109   78   49   22   33   32   36   30   29
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   283   242   175   107   59   45   31   41   42   35
      Natural resources and conservation   97   102   123   135   89   57   35   39   0   0
      Physical sciences   16   21   26   23   20   19   14   16   13   11
      Psychology   1,587   1,487   1,319   949   694   642   463   318   247   212
      Social sciences   477   446   449   433   406   343   327   264   286   234
    Engineering   1,399   1,365   1,383   1,282   1,116   941   874   815   725   695
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   24   27   16   20   19   10   13   17   14   10
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   34   22   33   28   18   29   22   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   32   28   18   17   21   27   18   22   19
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   47   60   72   85   67   67   65   48   36   39
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   416   448   450   401   366   307   293   308   266   253
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   117   71   90   67   68   64   43   44   40   44
      Mechanical engineering   117   131   124   116   80   49   72   54   60   53
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   124   110   133   122   104   70   55   56   42   46
      Other engineering   506   452   448   420   367   335   277   248   245   231
    Health   57   29   21   20   22   24   25   37   46   35
      Clinical medicine   33   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   24   27   19   19   22   24   25   37   46   35

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   274   299   296   346   298   205   165   231   464   445
  Science and engineering   270   292   284   333   290   192   153   223   457   443
    Science   155   151   128   136   126   84   78   105   237   231
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   6
      Biological and biomedical sciences   44   41   35   20   13   11   17   19   32   23
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Computer and information sciences   40   39   30   29   35   20   16   34   56   67
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   9   12   10   7   8   6   4   29   30
      Mathematics and statistics   5   5   3   7   10   3   2   6   9   11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   7   12   12   8   12   7   7   10   7
      Natural resources and conservation   3   3   4   8   4   3   5   7   0   0
      Physical sciences   25   23   18   29   22   7   8   9   44   45
      Psychology   10   14   6   7   16   9   9   7   25   21
      Social sciences   8   10   8   14   11   11   8   12   14   15
    Engineering   115   141   156   197   164   108   75   118   220   212
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   6   1   3   6   1   1   1   2   2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   17   17   22   28   19   10   7   7   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   5   14   17   8   8   3   12   10   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   32   23   33   35   33   21   16   19   22   27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   22   43   33   43   30   30   27   36   101   97
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   12   9   11   10   6   3   4   7   13
      Mechanical engineering   15   16   28   28   27   14   13   21   21   25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   17   14   23   20   12   4   16   35   26
      Other engineering   2   2   2   9   11   6   1   2   22   14
    Health   4   7   12   13   8   13   12   8   7   2
      Clinical medicine   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   2   7   10   13   8   13   12   8   7   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   8,338   7,917   7,993   6,501   5,311   5,205   5,133   4,838   4,908   4,797
  Fellowships   8   5   12   16   8   47   56   54   2   2
    Federal   0   0   0   0   0   4   2   0   2   2
    Institutional   7   5   8   11   6   40   52   33   0   0
    Nonfederal   1   0   4   5   2   3   2   21   0   0
  Research assistantships   585   678   551   609   530   444   363   698   1,402   1,276
    Federal   177   192   199   266   220   155   120   192   457   436
    Institutional   317   371   249   246   218   230   191   391   681   615
    Nonfederal   91   115   103   97   92   59   52   115   264   225
  Teaching assistantships   293   514   407   329   287   280   262   240   635   620
    Federal   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   7
    Institutional   293   514   404   329   286   280   262   240   627   612
    Nonfederal   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   3   1
  Other types of support   7,452   6,720   7,023   5,547   4,486   4,434   4,452   3,846   2,869   2,899
    Federal   97   107   96   80   78   46   43   39   0   0
    Institutional   3,228   2,567   2,859   2,340   2,221   2,356   2,413   641   0   0
    Nonfederal   385   145   234   230   235   132   83   1,409   0   0
    Personal resources   3,742   3,901   3,834   2,897   1,952   1,900   1,913   1,757   2,869   2,899

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   306   270   267   264   283   314   324   282   246   252
    Science   209   179   191   195   210   245   251   215   181   205
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   6
      Biological and biomedical sciences   83   75   89   89   59   74   85   78   70   78
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   17   8   9   10   9   9   9   7   7   16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   22   25   22   24   26   30   35   24   22   26
      Mathematics and statistics   12   9   3   7   10   14   15   12   9   9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   5   0   2   5   1   9   0   3
      Natural resources and conservation   3   4   7   0   5   6   10   13   0   0
      Physical sciences   30   22   26   27   51   55   47   32   22   24
      Psychology   9   8   10   10   8   10   7   7   8   8
      Social sciences   31   28   20   28   40   42   42   33   33   30
    Engineering   97   91   76   69   73   69   73   67   65   47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   10   7   6   5   4   5   7   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   5   11   6   6   9   8   3   4   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   19   27   18   21   13   11   10   12   13   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   17   17   20   19   24   20   29   27   22   17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   2   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7   9   5   7   14   12   7   7   4   3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   6   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   0   5
      Other engineering   31   20   14   9   10   10   14   10   22   9
    Health   5   10   10   4   6   5   7   6   5   5
      Clinical medicine   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   4   10   8   4   6   5   7   6   5   5

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   111   94   99   98   98   98   126   137   100   92
  Science and engineering   109   93   96   94   94   95   122   134   97   89
    Science   76   64   68   74   67   67   88   97   69   70
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   3
      Biological and biomedical sciences   30   32   37   43   25   21   32   40   29   23
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   5   2   1   3   1   2   2   1   1   11
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   10   8   8   12   13   16   10   12   12
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   1   0   2   2   5   4   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   6   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5   0   0
      Physical sciences   15   11   13   7   17   17   20   19   11   11
      Psychology   5   4   7   6   5   5   3   4   3   2
      Social sciences   11   5   2   6   7   5   7   7   4   5
    Engineering   33   29   28   20   27   28   34   37   28   19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   8   5   3   2   2   3   4   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   0   4   2   3   5   3   2   1   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   7   4   3   4   2   6   5   4   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   6   10   7   12   8   14   15   10   7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   4   7   3   3   6   8   6   5   2   3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   3
      Other engineering   4   1   2   1   0   3   2   6   11   3
    Health   2   1   3   4   4   3   4   3   3   3
      Clinical medicine   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   1   1   3   4   4   3   4   3   3   3

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   1,003,271   903,779   797,224   677,303   673,357   639,637   617,717   545,016   518,239   458,412
    Science   530,402   475,512   476,145   450,077   439,912   420,193   417,216   349,146   314,079   286,843
      Computer and information sciences   47,710   33,267   21,414   22,498   22,231   21,871   18,967   16,328   16,969   15,193
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   85,051   59,803   67,062   68,116   73,544   83,703   82,299   53,751   44,218   39,304
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   540   294   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   64,878   59,430   67,062   68,116   73,544   83,703   82,299   53,751   44,218   39,304
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   19,633   79   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   192,959   179,408   141,306   111,790   103,558   101,129   125,014   106,171   89,938   77,870
        Agricultural sciences   951   130   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   113,971   108,327   95,701   73,598   63,293   67,597   96,535   82,329   70,498   62,464
        Health sciences   54,769   50,218   42,576   37,201   39,268   31,611   26,836   20,346   15,900   0
        Natural resources and conservation   6,161   6,252   2,543   550   457   764   21   257   372   0
        Life sciences nec   17,107   14,481   486   441   540   1,157   1,622   3,239   3,168   15,406
      Mathematics and statistics   2,819   2,786   3,418   4,121   5,942   6,367   6,571   5,915   5,394   4,957
      Physical sciences   50,374   59,230   27,777   26,742   25,619   26,050   24,779   26,376   19,340   20,255
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   17,516   14,799   10,253   11,762   13,030   14,026   11,314   12,588   11,522   12,925
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,192   14,574   15,121   14,980   12,338   11,934   12,359   12,970   6,783   6,520
        Physical sciences nec   18,666   29,857   2,403   0   251   90   1,106   818   1,035   810
      Psychology   18,175   17,382   15,720   14,623   17,645   18,986   19,187   18,374   17,946   16,367
      Social sciences   104,488   93,071   80,307   73,205   83,980   86,570   80,110   69,971   71,792   62,729
        Anthropology   14,248   13,678   15,618   12,679   14,943   18,377   16,089   13,045   13,217   0
        Economics   7,414   7,893   8,692   7,814   8,585   8,089   7,234   7,106   7,424   5,293
        Political science and government   22,335   21,328   19,345   13,141   16,566   16,964   15,386   14,833   18,486   17,238
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   10,942   8,732   5,788   3,802   4,850   4,422   7,344   7,214   9,001   20,809
        Social sciences nec   49,549   41,440   30,864   35,769   39,036   38,718   34,057   27,773   23,664   19,389
      Sciences nec   28,826   30,565   119,141   128,982   107,393   75,517   60,289   52,260   48,482   50,168
    Engineering   277,309   265,026   192,681   145,574   155,015   152,395   142,175   135,169   127,332   116,865
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6   37   0   0   0   0   15   5   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   19,930   18,195   15,232   12,877   12,067   13,536   13,769   15,127   15,885   20,056
      Chemical engineering   5,750   7,691   7,780   6,943   6,998   6,688   4,175   3,734   3,596   3,037
      Civil engineering   47,300   46,179   36,223   28,102   26,738   24,164   21,898   20,585   16,585   8,042
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   62,598   59,934   52,683   44,972   52,719   49,531   51,809   51,702   54,988   53,547
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   30,137   21,606   12,354   3,255   3,092   2,445   2,101   2,081   2,066   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,872   10,765   10,404   10,462   11,303   12,032   8,584   7,278   6,299   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,138   5,974   6,583   8,590   6,100   4,694   4,672   7,914   6,034   6,758
      Engineering nec   94,578   94,645   51,422   30,373   35,998   39,305   35,152   26,743   21,879   25,425
    Non-S&E   195,560   163,241   128,398   81,652   78,430   67,049   58,326   60,701   76,828   54,704
      Business management and business administration   52,797   37,854   44,875   22,167   20,895   23,031   10,562   10,395   11,788   8,159
      Communication and communications technologies   8,623   5,832   4,076   4,074   5,797   6,302   4,118   2,956   2,672   2,519
      Education   89,657   76,667   47,317   33,394   29,988   15,817   16,615   22,310   16,653   14,702
      Humanities   10,776   11,694   11,005   6,877   7,714   6,394   14,715   14,983   12,542   7,741
      Law   4,803   5,407   4,787   4,510   4,490   4,508   3,936   2,572   1,711   1,475
      Social work   15,966   13,870   10,981   6,789   6,217   7,465   5,560   3,177   1,917   1,608
      Visual and performing arts   12,938   11,917   5,357   3,841   3,329   3,532   2,820   1,744   613   676
      Non-S&E nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2,564   28,932   17,824

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   1,003,271   396,431   108,290   337,060   22,795   112,839   25,856
    Science   530,402   248,397   36,170   164,486   6,649   56,253   18,447
      Computer and information sciences   47,710   32,211   4,213   7,026   1,203   2,302   755
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   85,051   57,568   2,821   12,708   248   9,171   2,535
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   540   306   14   66   137   16   1
        Geological and earth sciences   64,878   47,153   2,289   11,374   56   2,460   1,546
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   19,633   10,109   518   1,268   55   6,695   988
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   192,959   89,337   15,407   57,957   2,735   23,339   4,184
        Agricultural sciences   951   672   25   225   0   28   1
        Biological and biomedical sciences   113,971   65,515   7,906   27,509   1,475   9,547   2,019
        Health sciences   54,769   21,873   2,531   17,844   961   11,025   535
        Natural resources and conservation   6,161   532   415   2,465   283   1,208   1,258
        Life sciences nec   17,107   745   4,530   9,914   16   1,531   371
      Mathematics and statistics   2,819   1,733   74   855   0   149   8
      Physical sciences   50,374   22,277   2,089   20,639   501   3,540   1,328
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   17,516   8,194   603   7,499   105   1,008   107
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   14,192   9,203   383   3,582   194   556   274
        Physical sciences nec   18,666   4,880   1,103   9,558   202   1,976   947
      Psychology   18,175   9,174   542   5,916   101   1,908   534
      Social sciences   104,488   26,936   6,836   47,754   765   13,284   8,913
        Anthropology   14,248   3,315   588   8,120   0   1,059   1,166
        Economics   7,414   829   196   5,627   47   287   428
        Political science and government   22,335   2,850   1,190   11,404   1   1,691   5,199
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   10,942   3,307   1,229   3,584   0   2,093   729
        Social sciences nec   49,549   16,635   3,633   19,019   717   8,154   1,391
      Sciences nec   28,826   9,161   4,188   11,631   1,096   2,560   190
    Engineering   277,309   103,574   46,422   97,871   12,847   13,626   2,969
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   6   0   0   6   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   19,930   11,076   1,109   5,097   958   1,372   318
      Chemical engineering   5,750   3,682   182   987   493   291   115
      Civil engineering   47,300   17,089   7,526   16,267   3,356   2,495   567
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   62,598   32,820   3,839   17,640   4,216   3,413   670
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   30,137   12,096   8,123   7,961   494   1,069   394
      Mechanical engineering   10,872   8,101   381   1,350   507   369   164
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   6,138   3,645   244   998   792   352   107
      Engineering nec   94,578   15,065   25,018   47,565   2,031   4,265   634
    Non-S&E   195,560   44,460   25,698   74,703   3,299   42,960   4,440
      Business management and business administration   52,797   6,554   13,770   22,149   360   8,607   1,357
      Communication and communications technologies   8,623   1,229   357   3,884   67   2,831   255
      Education   89,657   24,928   8,553   28,284   2,585   25,001   306
      Humanities   10,776   862   285   7,088   5   2,045   491
      Law   4,803   151   206   2,595   0   1,469   382
      Social work   15,966   7,429   1,976   4,673   18   1,803   67
      Visual and performing arts   12,938   3,307   551   6,030   264   1,204   1,582
      Non-S&E nec   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

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   396,431   340,880   309,094   274,541   278,150   267,087   254,384   227,621   212,396   196,528
  DOD   52,203   46,290   43,855   38,834   45,400   34,800   25,688   28,071   32,184   32,500
  DOE   27,211   23,210   22,087   20,543   16,407   14,454   15,601   17,750   17,326   18,565
  HHS   85,594   88,827   79,143   62,883   59,939   59,233   71,375   66,196   56,774   51,822
  NASA   47,126   43,106   49,398   52,725   58,226   65,490   51,606   33,576   27,141   23,742
  NSF   100,129   87,368   77,812   69,074   69,146   62,370   66,228   61,915   58,610   54,630
  USDA   3,790   3,609   3,195   2,102   2,000   2,452   1,630   1,527   1,132   1,316
  Other   80,378   48,470   33,604   28,380   27,032   28,288   22,256   18,586   19,229   13,953

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   9,783   1,155   8,628   .
2018   8,736   1,039   7,697   .

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   1,416   1,488   1,255   1,033   1,028
    Agricultural sciences   6   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   347   461   358   270   271
    Computer and information sciences   17   10   16   5   6
    Engineering   420   451   396   365   362
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   97   116   82   79   82
    Health sciences   94   65   14   12   25
    Mathematics and statistics   17   3   1   3   12
    Natural resources and conservation   14   4   0   0   2
    Physical sciences   262   201   200   139   162
    Psychology   59   57   63   48   45
    Social sciences   62   65   75   75   43
    Other   22   56   49   37   18

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   115,415   0   99,173   102,000   95,000
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   8,237   77,300   88,600
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   2,909   0   0
    Engineering   115,415   0   15,000   9,600   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   41,158   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   15,100   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   2,586   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   2,407   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   4,747   0   6,400
    Psychology   0   0   6,938   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   15,191   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

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   90,323   139,579   53,198   109,499   33,012
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   270   2,572   9,934   38,204   7,874
    Computer and information sciences   478   435   0   11,734   530
    Engineering   78,091   35,324   8,379   10,847   12,687
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   819   2,978   15,390   283
    Health sciences   2,647   42,505   0   0   536
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   740   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   488   0
    Physical sciences   554   56,634   31,607   26,253   8,892
    Psychology   7,856   465   0   264   0
    Social sciences   427   825   0   2,325   395
    Other   0   0   300   3,253   1,815

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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