Arizona State 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 7 99.1 679 53 91.4 602 37 96.1 914
2022 7 99.1 680 38 95.9 900
2021 8 99 691 49 91.8 583 42 95.5 908
2020 14 98.2 698 43 95.5 916
2019 16 97.9 697 51 91.6 589 43 95.4 914
2018 15 98 700 41 95.6 911
2017 17 97.7 684 65 89 575 44 95.2 898
2016 18 97.6 697 44 95.2 896
2015 18 97.6 693 61 89.6 570 48 94.8 898
2014 16 97.8 688 49 94.6 889
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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 4,709 4,799 3,759 3,066 3,200 3,208 3,082 3,081 3,045 3,122
    Female 3,208 3,194 2,742 2,245 2,005 1,925 1,756 1,827 1,752 1,661
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,198 3,101 3,070 2,896 2,368 2,333 2,152 2,205 2,027 1,941
    Hispanic or Latino 593 532 521 486 382 364 360 348 274 246
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,512 2,503 2,482 2,349 1,938 1,928 1,762 1,822 1,720 1,667
      American Indian or Alaska Native 44 45 49 39 43 27 38 33 41 35
      Asian 353 318 276 239 180 181 168 155 142 135
      Black or African American 210 188 189 159 123 122 90 98 94 84
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 14 11 11 5 3 4 3 3 2
      White 1,731 1,780 1,823 1,775 1,478 1,498 1,391 1,453 1,367 1,353
      More than one race 162 158 134 126 109 97 71 80 73 58
    Unknown ethnicity and race 93 66 67 61 48 41 30 35 33 28
  Temporary visa holders 4,719 4,892 3,431 2,415 2,837 2,800 2,686 2,703 2,770 2,842
  Science and engineering 7,773 7,854 6,371 5,188 5,084 5,018 4,735 4,790 4,674 4,672
    Science 5,172 4,933 4,119 3,271 2,943 2,809 2,492 2,857 2,680 2,516
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 140 114
      Biological and biomedical sciences 539 499 443 405 380 372 362 333 316 314
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 24 25
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 91 102
      Computer and information sciences 2,317 2,143 1,412 839 888 738 646 864 816 730
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 18
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 62 73 78 65 77 88 78 73 75 73
      Mathematics and statistics 196 206 223 213 155 173 146 147 167 165
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 357 303 226 145 108 78 57 45 47 48
      Natural resources and conservation 107 113 148 171 155 171 156 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 215 221 221 214 203 212 199 198 213 247
      Psychology 929 864 820 735 518 426 299 277 231 230
      Social sciences 450 511 548 484 459 551 549 637 550 450
    Engineering 2,601 2,921 2,252 1,917 2,141 2,209 2,243 1,933 1,994 2,156
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 88 101 61 59 60 53 42 45 56 67
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 129 130 141 119 139 135 138 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 97 120 110 76 75 57 70 88 75 70
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 206 187 186 192 190 227 221 213 213 188
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1,027 1,298 907 771 1,048 1,089 1,087 790 796 953
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 260 238 190 158 177 204 220 182 199 221
      Mechanical engineering 562 608 431 326 264 281 284 296 320 326
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 131 113 111 105 113 94 107 108 109 110
      Other engineering 101 126 115 111 75 69 74 211 226 221
    Health 144 139 130 123 121 115 103 118 123 111
      Clinical medicine 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 134 133 129 123 121 115 103 118 123 111

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 2,629 2,625 2,412 1,990 1,532 1,257 1,076 1,034 954 966
    Female 2,647 2,353 1,852 1,415 1,137 877 753 776 680 609
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 3,470 3,285 2,987 2,599 2,147 1,780 1,472 1,462 1,282 1,189
    Hispanic or Latino 580 535 434 382 320 294 217 188 143 141
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,764 2,630 2,454 2,139 1,764 1,444 1,228 1,239 1,111 1,009
      American Indian or Alaska Native 35 30 31 36 23 27 20 24 15 10
      Asian 444 403 356 252 171 138 130 129 125 102
      Black or African American 274 270 238 234 198 144 132 112 91 89
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 10 12 10 10 7 5 7 3 3
      White 1,852 1,797 1,706 1,526 1,300 1,087 901 928 850 777
      More than one race 143 120 111 81 62 41 40 39 27 28
    Unknown ethnicity and race 126 120 99 78 63 42 27 35 28 39
  Temporary visa holders 1,806 1,693 1,277 806 522 354 357 348 352 386
  Science and engineering 5,247 4,957 4,244 3,383 2,645 2,109 1,792 1,764 1,599 1,525
    Science 3,882 3,574 2,962 2,267 1,704 1,235 977 1,039 904 811
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 35 29
      Biological and biomedical sciences 408 265 239 232 195 181 141 165 135 93
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 55 57
      Computer and information sciences 1,056 1,131 1,017 732 358 142 110 150 144 138
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 8 10 13 12 10 12 10 10 8
      Mathematics and statistics 109 78 49 22 33 32 36 30 29 35
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 242 175 107 59 45 31 41 42 35 32
      Natural resources and conservation 102 123 135 89 57 35 39 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 26 23 20 19 14 16 13 11 12
      Psychology 1,487 1,319 949 694 642 463 318 247 212 219
      Social sciences 446 449 433 406 343 327 264 286 234 181
    Engineering 1,365 1,383 1,282 1,116 941 874 815 725 695 714
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 16 20 19 10 13 17 14 10 15
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 34 22 33 28 18 29 22 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 32 28 18 17 21 27 18 22 19 15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 60 72 85 67 67 65 48 36 39 39
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 448 450 401 366 307 293 308 266 253 270
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 71 90 67 68 64 43 44 40 44 46
      Mechanical engineering 131 124 116 80 49 72 54 60 53 65
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 110 133 122 104 70 55 56 42 46 41
      Other engineering 452 448 420 367 335 277 248 245 231 223
    Health 29 21 20 22 24 25 37 46 35 50
      Clinical medicine 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 27 19 19 22 24 25 37 46 35 50

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 299 296 346 298 205 165 231 464 445 496 0
  Science and engineering 292 284 333 290 192 153 223 457 443 492 0
    Science 151 128 136 126 84 78 105 237 231 291 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 9 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 41 35 20 13 11 17 19 32 23 38 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 39 30 29 35 20 16 34 56 67 74 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 12 10 7 8 6 4 29 30 31 0
      Mathematics and statistics 5 3 7 10 3 2 6 9 11 12 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 12 12 8 12 7 7 10 7 8 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 4 8 4 3 5 7 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 23 18 29 22 7 8 9 44 45 72 0
      Psychology 14 6 7 16 9 9 7 25 21 22 0
      Social sciences 10 8 14 11 11 8 12 14 15 20 0
    Engineering 141 156 197 164 108 75 118 220 212 201 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 1 3 6 1 1 1 2 2 7 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 17 22 28 19 10 7 7 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 14 17 8 8 3 12 10 8 11 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 23 33 35 33 21 16 19 22 27 28 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 43 33 43 30 30 27 36 101 97 85 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 12 9 11 10 6 3 4 7 13 9 0
      Mechanical engineering 16 28 28 27 14 13 21 21 25 24 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 17 14 23 20 12 4 16 35 26 21 0
      Other engineering 2 2 9 11 6 1 2 22 14 16 0
    Health 7 12 13 8 13 12 8 7 2 4 0
      Clinical medicine 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 7 10 13 8 13 12 8 7 2 4 0

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: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 7,917 7,993 6,501 5,311 5,205 5,133 4,838 4,908 4,797 4,783
  Fellowships 5 12 16 8 47 56 54 2 2 1
    Federal 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 1
    Institutional 5 8 11 6 40 52 33 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 4 5 2 3 2 21 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 678 551 609 530 444 363 698 1,402 1,276 1,241
    Federal 192 199 266 220 155 120 192 457 436 483
    Institutional 371 249 246 218 230 191 391 681 615 575
    Nonfederal 115 103 97 92 59 52 115 264 225 183
  Teaching assistantships 514 407 329 287 280 262 240 635 620 615
    Federal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 12
    Institutional 514 404 329 286 280 262 240 627 612 598
    Nonfederal 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 5
  Other types of support 6,720 7,023 5,547 4,486 4,434 4,452 3,846 2,869 2,899 2,926
    Federal 107 96 80 78 46 43 39 0 0 0
    Institutional 2,567 2,859 2,340 2,221 2,356 2,413 641 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 145 234 230 235 132 83 1,409 0 0 0
    Personal resources 3,901 3,834 2,897 1,952 1,900 1,913 1,757 2,869 2,899 2,926

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 397 370 367 370 423 324 282 246 252 245
    Science 267 266 269 280 340 251 215 181 205 219
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 8
      Biological and biomedical sciences 114 121 125 79 103 85 78 70 78 62
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 13 13 13 14 16 9 7 7 16 25
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 42 34 35 33 37 35 24 22 26 31
      Mathematics and statistics 9 3 8 11 17 15 12 9 9 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 6 0 2 6 1 9 0 3 24
      Natural resources and conservation 6 11 0 6 7 10 13 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 34 39 35 71 82 47 32 22 24 27
      Psychology 11 15 14 12 13 7 7 8 8 5
      Social sciences 38 24 39 52 59 42 33 33 30 20
    Engineering 130 104 98 90 83 73 67 65 47 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 9 6 5 3 5 7 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 17 11 8 10 8 3 4 8 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 36 26 31 18 14 10 12 13 4 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 28 23 25 28 23 29 27 22 17 9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 6 10 19 17 7 7 4 3 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 3
      Other engineering 26 21 14 11 13 14 10 22 9 4
    Health 12 9 4 7 8 7 6 5 5 8
      Clinical medicine 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 12 7 4 7 8 7 6 5 5 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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 94 99 98 98 98 126 137 100 92 106
  Science and engineering 93 96 94 94 95 122 134 97 89 101
    Science 64 68 74 67 67 88 97 69 70 87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 32 37 43 25 21 32 40 29 23 28
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 11 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 8 8 12 13 16 10 12 12 12
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 4 3 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 11 13 7 17 17 20 19 11 11 17
      Psychology 4 7 6 5 5 3 4 3 2 1
      Social sciences 5 2 6 7 5 7 7 4 5 5
    Engineering 29 28 20 27 28 34 37 28 19 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 5 3 2 2 3 4 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 4 2 3 5 3 2 1 2 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 4 3 4 2 6 5 4 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 10 7 12 8 14 15 10 7 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7 3 3 6 8 6 5 2 3 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
      Other engineering 1 2 1 0 3 2 6 11 3 1
    Health 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 903,779 797,224 677,303 673,357 639,637 617,717 545,016 518,239 458,412 426,651
    Science 475,512 476,145 450,077 439,912 420,193 417,216 349,146 314,079 286,843 275,091
      Computer and information sciences 33,267 21,414 22,498 22,231 21,871 18,967 16,328 16,969 15,193 12,516
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 59,803 67,062 68,116 73,544 83,703 82,299 53,751 44,218 39,304 37,327
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 59,430 67,062 68,116 73,544 83,703 82,299 53,751 44,218 39,304 37,327
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 79 0 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 179,408 141,306 111,790 103,558 101,129 125,014 106,171 89,938 77,870 78,343
        Agricultural sciences 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 108,327 95,701 73,598 63,293 67,597 96,535 82,329 70,498 62,464 65,571
        Health sciences 50,218 42,576 37,201 39,268 31,611 26,836 20,346 15,900 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 6,252 2,543 550 457 764 21 257 372 0 0
        Life sciences nec 14,481 486 441 540 1,157 1,622 3,239 3,168 15,406 12,772
      Mathematics and statistics 2,786 3,418 4,121 5,942 6,367 6,571 5,915 5,394 4,957 5,211
      Physical sciences 59,230 27,777 26,742 25,619 26,050 24,779 26,376 19,340 20,255 25,222
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,005
        Chemistry 14,799 10,253 11,762 13,030 14,026 11,314 12,588 11,522 12,925 17,340
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 14,574 15,121 14,980 12,338 11,934 12,359 12,970 6,783 6,520 6,238
        Physical sciences nec 29,857 2,403 0 251 90 1,106 818 1,035 810 639
      Psychology 17,382 15,720 14,623 17,645 18,986 19,187 18,374 17,946 16,367 13,805
      Social sciences 93,071 80,307 73,205 83,980 86,570 80,110 69,971 71,792 62,729 50,746
        Anthropology 13,678 15,618 12,679 14,943 18,377 16,089 13,045 13,217 0 0
        Economics 7,893 8,692 7,814 8,585 8,089 7,234 7,106 7,424 5,293 2,830
        Political science and government 21,328 19,345 13,141 16,566 16,964 15,386 14,833 18,486 17,238 11,691
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 8,732 5,788 3,802 4,850 4,422 7,344 7,214 9,001 20,809 18,796
        Social sciences nec 41,440 30,864 35,769 39,036 38,718 34,057 27,773 23,664 19,389 17,429
      Sciences nec 30,565 119,141 128,982 107,393 75,517 60,289 52,260 48,482 50,168 51,921
    Engineering 265,026 192,681 145,574 155,015 152,395 142,175 135,169 127,332 116,865 105,490
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 37 0 0 0 0 15 5 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18,195 15,232 12,877 12,067 13,536 13,769 15,127 15,885 20,056 20,420
      Chemical engineering 7,691 7,780 6,943 6,998 6,688 4,175 3,734 3,596 3,037 2,734
      Civil engineering 46,179 36,223 28,102 26,738 24,164 21,898 20,585 16,585 8,042 5,860
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 59,934 52,683 44,972 52,719 49,531 51,809 51,702 54,988 53,547 49,610
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 21,606 12,354 3,255 3,092 2,445 2,101 2,081 2,066 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,765 10,404 10,462 11,303 12,032 8,584 7,278 6,299 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,974 6,583 8,590 6,100 4,694 4,672 7,914 6,034 6,758 6,024
      Engineering nec 94,645 51,422 30,373 35,998 39,305 35,152 26,743 21,879 25,425 20,842
    Non-S&E 163,241 128,398 81,652 78,430 67,049 58,326 60,701 76,828 54,704 46,070
      Business management and business administration 37,854 44,875 22,167 20,895 23,031 10,562 10,395 11,788 8,159 4,554
      Communication and communications technologies 5,832 4,076 4,074 5,797 6,302 4,118 2,956 2,672 2,519 2,463
      Education 76,667 47,317 33,394 29,988 15,817 16,615 22,310 16,653 14,702 10,841
      Humanities 11,694 11,005 6,877 7,714 6,394 14,715 14,983 12,542 7,741 4,972
      Law 5,407 4,787 4,510 4,490 4,508 3,936 2,572 1,711 1,475 918
      Social work 13,870 10,981 6,789 6,217 7,465 5,560 3,177 1,917 1,608 1,401
      Visual and performing arts 11,917 5,357 3,841 3,329 3,532 2,820 1,744 613 676 687
      Non-S&E nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,564 28,932 17,824 20,234

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 903,779 340,880 102,208 310,531 24,693 99,781 25,686
    Science 475,512 207,185 33,815 151,566 8,335 55,982 18,629
      Computer and information sciences 33,267 21,665 3,402 5,360 1,189 878 773
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 59,803 41,166 2,043 12,065 185 2,031 2,313
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 294 125 8 48 107 6 0
        Geological and earth sciences 59,430 41,006 2,033 11,977 78 2,023 2,313
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 79 35 2 40 0 2 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 179,408 76,676 15,949 54,770 3,030 24,230 4,753
        Agricultural sciences 130 93 3 18 12 4 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 108,327 56,270 8,367 29,945 1,550 10,401 1,794
        Health sciences 50,218 19,340 2,838 14,707 633 12,356 344
        Natural resources and conservation 6,252 665 402 2,520 833 1,085 747
        Life sciences nec 14,481 308 4,339 7,580 2 384 1,868
      Mathematics and statistics 2,786 1,607 91 902 0 129 57
      Physical sciences 59,230 27,453 1,752 20,020 348 7,920 1,737
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 14,799 5,406 499 7,857 2 912 123
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 14,574 9,450 389 3,671 225 643 196
        Physical sciences nec 29,857 12,597 864 8,492 121 6,365 1,418
      Psychology 17,382 8,950 466 5,236 208 1,970 552
      Social sciences 93,071 25,628 4,757 44,066 1,158 9,607 7,855
        Anthropology 13,678 2,490 417 8,540 1 931 1,299
        Economics 7,893 1,454 204 5,487 7 164 577
        Political science and government 21,328 3,278 880 10,840 12 1,231 5,087
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 8,732 3,068 865 2,794 1 1,920 84
        Social sciences nec 41,440 15,338 2,391 16,405 1,137 5,361 808
      Sciences nec 30,565 4,040 5,355 9,147 2,217 9,217 589
    Engineering 265,026 98,381 50,387 87,720 13,803 11,923 2,812
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 37 0 1 14 0 1 21
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18,195 9,566 521 5,078 1,661 1,065 304
      Chemical engineering 7,691 5,272 317 1,067 604 383 48
      Civil engineering 46,179 19,205 6,468 13,697 2,798 2,952 1,059
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 59,934 32,200 4,386 16,507 3,639 2,633 569
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 21,606 7,881 6,304 5,742 715 809 155
      Mechanical engineering 10,765 7,935 401 1,411 538 329 151
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,974 3,345 196 1,042 676 555 160
      Engineering nec 94,645 12,977 31,793 43,162 3,172 3,196 345
    Non-S&E 163,241 35,314 18,006 71,245 2,555 31,876 4,245
      Business management and business administration 37,854 3,607 6,447 21,014 91 5,059 1,636
      Communication and communications technologies 5,832 201 151 3,229 183 1,983 85
      Education 76,667 20,481 8,396 27,288 1,855 18,179 468
      Humanities 11,694 682 303 7,859 1 2,241 608
      Law 5,407 70 158 3,018 1 1,990 170
      Social work 13,870 7,487 1,885 3,244 29 1,186 39
      Visual and performing arts 11,917 2,786 666 5,593 395 1,238 1,239
      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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 340,880 309,094 274,541 278,150 267,087 254,384 227,621 212,396 196,528 196,270
  DOD 46,290 43,855 38,834 45,400 34,800 25,688 28,071 32,184 32,500 32,759
  DOE 23,210 22,087 20,543 16,407 14,454 15,601 17,750 17,326 18,565 16,607
  HHS 88,827 79,143 62,883 59,939 59,233 71,375 66,196 56,774 51,822 57,575
  NASA 43,106 49,398 52,725 58,226 65,490 51,606 33,576 27,141 23,742 24,220
  NSF 87,368 77,812 69,074 69,146 62,370 66,228 61,915 58,610 54,630 50,705
  USDA 3,609 3,195 2,102 2,000 2,452 1,630 1,527 1,132 1,316 1,480
  Other 48,470 33,604 28,380 27,032 28,288 22,256 18,586 19,229 13,953 12,924

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 9,783 1,155 8,628 .
2018 8,736 1,039 7,697 .
2017 8,792 1,047 7,745 .

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