Brigham Young U., Provo

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 141 69.7 459 156 83.4 925
2023 144 69.1 459 162 82.5 911 161 73.6 602
2022 142 69.4 457 223 75.6 900
2021 153 66.3 447 219 76.2 908 163 72.4 583
2020 145 68.2 450 224 75.9 916
2019 157 65.4 447 221 76.1 914 163 72.7 589
2018 154 64.5 428 212 77 911
2017 158 63.3 425 206 77.4 898 175 70 575
2016 146 66.5 430 206 77.3 896
2015 154 64.4 426 212 76.7 898 177 69.4 570
2014
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 113 107 110 88 109 92 93 92 107 97
  Science and engineering 98 93 95 65 93 80 80 66 88 79
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 1 3 1 2 . . . 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 4 1 3 1 2 . . . 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 16 17 19 11 16 12 20 17 14 12
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 11 5 5 2 2 5 5 1 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 1 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 2 1 . . . . 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 1 3 . 2 2 4 3 3 1
      Genetics and genomics 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 . 1 3 3 1 . 1 3 1
      Molecular biology 3 2 2 . 1 3 3 1 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 . . 1 4 2 2 2 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . 2 . 1 . 3 3 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 1 . 1 1 2 2 . .
    Computer and information sciences 5 3 2 3 5 6 . 5 3 5
      Computer science 5 3 2 3 5 6 . 5 3 5
    Engineering 24 20 29 15 27 21 17 17 20 21
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . . . 1 . . . 2 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 10 5 8 6 2 9 6 7 3 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 3 4 1 4 1 . 1 1 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 4 10 4 5 5 6 4 6 6
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . . 2 . 1 . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 7 4 11 5 3 5 8 5
      Engineering, other 1 2 . . 2 1 1 . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 . . . 2 . . 4 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 . . . 2 . . 4 1
    Health sciences 4 1 . 1 . 4 4 . 1 1
      Health sciences, other 4 1 . 1 . 4 4 . 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics . 4 2 3 6 2 1 2 2 1
      Applied mathematics . . . . 3 . 1 2 . .
      Mathematics . . . 1 1 1 . . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 4 2 2 2 1 . . 2 .
    Physical sciences 20 23 23 7 19 13 13 7 11 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 . 2 1 1 . 1 1 . 1
      Chemistry 17 16 18 4 14 10 8 6 10 12
      Physics 2 7 3 2 4 3 4 . 1 2
    Psychology 23 22 16 24 18 19 25 18 31 22
      Clinical psychology 6 9 5 6 6 8 9 4 11 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 9 6 8 10 4 6 8 4 9 7
      Research and experimental psychology 5 5 2 6 4 2 7 7 6 4
      Psychology, other 3 2 1 2 4 3 1 3 5 3
    Social sciences . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Social sciences, other . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 15 14 15 23 16 12 13 26 19 18
    Business . . . . . . . . . 1
      Business . . . . . . . . . 1
    Education 15 14 15 23 16 12 13 26 19 17
      Education leadership and administration 6 3 5 1 4 5 2 11 5 3
      Education research 9 9 9 19 8 7 11 13 8 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 1 2 3 . . 1 2 1
      Education, other . 1 . 1 1 . . 1 4 .

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

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 158,319 137,748 45,610 43,916 38,569 39,582 40,755 43,406 42,304 39,126
    Science 69,027 64,453 21,135 19,591 17,867 19,274 19,449 21,887 21,540 18,415
      Computer and information sciences 6,020 7,241 1,533 929 1,350 1,578 1,716 2,151 1,495 1,022
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,645 1,351 787 853 461 567 302 627 586 464
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,645 1,351 787 853 461 567 302 627 586 464
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 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 27,070 27,160 10,040 9,660 9,218 9,121 10,262 10,858 10,704 7,742
        Agricultural sciences 5,654 4,942 2,955 3,186 2,559 2,583 2,766 4,254 5,459 3,570
        Biological and biomedical sciences 15,558 15,754 5,141 5,012 5,643 5,135 6,548 5,910 4,701 4,051
        Health sciences 5,210 5,894 1,639 1,349 946 1,354 837 515 315 37
        Natural resources and conservation 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 648 557 305 113 70 49 111 179 229 84
      Mathematics and statistics 7,296 5,651 769 483 348 614 799 1,335 1,417 1,593
      Physical sciences 13,576 10,717 6,726 6,357 5,268 5,854 4,905 4,894 5,172 4,869
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,718 5,015 3,638 4,020 3,234 3,158 2,942 3,025 3,432 3,125
        Materials science 0 0 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 6,858 5,702 2,586 2,337 2,034 2,696 1,963 1,869 1,740 1,744
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,583 2,863 400 382 298 488 809 1,084 1,081 1,205
      Social sciences 9,796 9,403 880 927 924 1,052 656 938 1,085 1,520
        Anthropology 571 612 31 41 80 200 242 254 143 0
        Economics 3,130 2,405 136 237 325 279 217 215 270 148
        Political science and government 2,144 1,417 632 600 479 469 135 395 320 471
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,709 1,389 30 49 40 84 62 72 67 669
        Social sciences nec 2,242 3,580 51 0 0 20 0 2 285 232
      Sciences nec 41 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 31,754 26,923 19,599 20,162 15,943 14,001 14,827 14,904 13,972 13,434
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 5,146 4,755 4,083 4,500 2,647 2,479 2,791 2,730 2,160 2,012
      Civil engineering 5,774 4,345 1,863 1,868 1,510 1,477 1,681 1,231 1,550 2,212
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,139 8,018 6,042 6,346 4,637 4,340 3,850 4,199 3,828 3,305
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,874 1,352 907 987 777 100 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8,781 8,425 6,605 6,461 6,372 5,148 6,359 6,456 5,747 4,978
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 40 28 99 0 0 457 146 288 687 927
    Non-S&E 57,538 46,372 4,876 4,163 4,759 6,307 6,479 6,615 6,792 7,277
      Business management and business administration 16,111 12,233 1,175 1,111 963 2,011 2,218 2,305 2,326 2,163
      Communication and communications technologies 134 189 51 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 5,829 4,831 983 730 1,634 2,186 1,858 1,783 1,258 1,231
      Humanities 17,186 15,055 1,462 1,617 1,788 1,706 2,005 1,743 2,688 2,857
      Law 2,569 2,507 193 100 146 257 292 669 435 898
      Social work 357 342 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,553 3,646 308 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 11,799 7,569 704 596 228 147 106 111 85 128

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 158,319 31,324 1,355 118,332 3,593 3,424 291
    Science 69,027 14,798 140 50,285 1,772 1,809 223
      Computer and information sciences 6,020 776 54 5,177 13 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,645 249 8 1,314 74 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,645 249 8 1,314 74 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 27,070 7,602 49 17,329 823 1,044 223
        Agricultural sciences 5,654 1,803 41 2,988 345 445 32
        Biological and biomedical sciences 15,558 5,548 0 9,039 472 308 191
        Health sciences 5,210 206 8 4,859 6 131 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 648 45 0 443 0 160 0
      Mathematics and statistics 7,296 444 0 6,819 0 33 0
      Physical sciences 13,576 5,443 0 6,748 853 532 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,718 2,288 0 3,701 371 358 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 6,858 3,155 0 3,047 482 174 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,583 74 0 3,466 9 34 0
      Social sciences 9,796 210 29 9,391 0 166 0
        Anthropology 571 55 18 498 0 0 0
        Economics 3,130 135 0 2,886 0 109 0
        Political science and government 2,144 0 0 2,144 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,709 20 0 1,632 0 57 0
        Social sciences nec 2,242 0 11 2,231 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 41 0 0 41 0 0 0
    Engineering 31,754 15,355 844 12,649 1,821 1,033 52
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 5,146 1,799 0 2,314 209 824 0
      Civil engineering 5,774 2,715 650 2,152 82 127 48
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,139 6,145 0 3,611 379 4 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,874 689 0 723 458 0 4
      Mechanical engineering 8,781 4,007 194 3,809 693 78 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 40 0 0 40 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 57,538 1,171 371 55,398 0 582 16
      Business management and business administration 16,111 62 0 16,049 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 134 0 0 130 0 0 4
      Education 5,829 485 368 4,961 0 15 0
      Humanities 17,186 356 0 16,647 0 171 12
      Law 2,569 0 0 2,569 0 0 0
      Social work 357 0 0 357 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,553 67 0 3,476 0 10 0
      Non-S&E nec 11,799 201 3 11,209 0 386 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 31,324 31,216 31,636 30,439 24,632 23,901 23,892 26,441 28,453 24,250
  DOD 4,254 4,295 4,401 5,306 4,112 4,465 4,402 4,009 4,871 5,228
  DOE 4,198 4,032 4,777 4,949 2,334 2,242 1,975 1,680 1,517 948
  HHS 8,404 8,287 7,088 7,274 6,857 5,960 4,804 5,503 5,484 4,396
  NASA 2,316 1,908 2,096 1,765 1,553 1,804 2,611 2,300 1,998 1,303
  NSF 8,026 9,148 9,814 8,317 7,547 6,989 6,527 8,694 10,025 8,339
  USDA 750 601 761 807 483 406 627 1,043 1,380 1,429
  Other 3,376 2,945 2,699 2,021 1,746 2,035 2,946 3,212 3,178 2,607

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 1,726 212 1,514 .
2018 1,708 187 1,521 .

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 362 354 342 296 288
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 14 14 12
    Biological and biomedical sciences 61 63 49 48 49
    Computer and information sciences 12 5 5 6 5
    Engineering 86 85 84 49 55
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 15 13 12 12 12
    Health sciences 17 16 17 13 11
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 55 57 49 45 46
    Physical sciences 78 80 79 78 71
    Psychology 10 11 9 11 7
    Social sciences 16 14 14 10 8
    Other 12 12 11 10 10

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 5,000 i 0 0 1,600 40,000
    Agricultural sciences 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 i 0 0 0 40,000
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 i 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 i 0 0 1,600 0
    Other 5,000 i 0 0 0 0

i=imputed

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 0 500 0 1,681 i 0 i
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 266 i 0 i
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 250 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 250 0 1,415 i 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0 i

i=imputed

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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