Brown 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 83 82.3 459 66 90.5 679 153 75 602 89 90.5 914
2022 70 85 457 70 89.9 680 93 89.9 900
2021 101 77.8 447 73 89.7 691 160 73 583 96 89.6 908
2020 85 81.5 450 70 90.2 698 96 89.7 916
2019 88 80.7 447 77 89.2 697 161 73.1 589 95 89.8 914
2018 90 79.4 428 79 89 700 97 89.6 911
2017 91 79 425 81 88.4 684 160 72.6 575 102 88.8 898
2016 84 80.8 430 91 87.2 697 65 92.9 896
2015 88 79.7 426 96 86.4 693 167 71.1 570 66 92.8 898
2014 84 80.5 422 100 85.7 688 66 92.8 889
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

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 246 289 172 216 225 208 210 235 215 227
  Science and engineering 214 239 148 168 175 160 164 178 163 180
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 53 61 37 37 38 38 45 34 38 44
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 7 1 1 2 . 1 3 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 4 2 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 9 2 7 4 4 5 4 . 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . . 1 2 2 . 3 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 10 8 7 8 11 11 6 4 4
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 1 3 1
      Molecular biology 5 9 4 6 3 5 4 3 4 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 11 10 6 12 5 10 10 16 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 3 2 1 1 . 2 3 . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 6 2 1 1 4 . . 2 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 . 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 16 9 11 9 14 10 9 12 12 9
      Computer science 16 8 11 8 12 10 9 11 11 9
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 . 1 2 . . 1 1 .
    Engineering 26 34 23 23 27 24 20 24 19 22
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8 13 7 8 8 5 5 3 5 12
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 3 4 2 5 8 5 4 4 2
      Materials and mining engineering 6 4 4 1 4 6 4 4 3 3
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 4 2 1
      Engineering, other 4 7 3 6 5 3 3 7 4 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 16 1 9 5 7 15 8 12 12
      Geological sciences 5 9 1 9 5 6 13 8 11 11
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 7 . . . 1 2 . 1 1
    Health sciences 5 8 5 11 4 4 5 5 . .
      Public health 5 8 5 11 4 4 5 5 . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 17 17 9 17 23 21 21 10 21 23
      Applied mathematics 9 11 3 10 9 13 11 7 9 16
      Mathematics 2 2 . 3 10 4 6 2 8 5
      Statistics 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 3 6 4 4 4 4 1 3 2
    Physical sciences 43 33 18 26 23 24 16 38 31 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 1 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 1
      Chemistry 29 15 8 15 9 14 7 20 16 16
      Physics 11 17 7 7 12 9 8 15 14 11
    Psychology 5 8 8 4 5 4 4 8 6 6
      Research and experimental psychology 4 7 7 3 5 4 4 8 6 6
      Psychology, other 1 1 1 1 . . . . . .
    Social sciences 40 53 35 32 36 27 29 39 24 36
      Anthropology 3 5 6 4 3 . 6 3 2 5
      Economics 17 15 13 15 11 13 11 13 8 7
      Political science and government 4 9 5 4 10 5 4 9 3 10
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 14 3 8 4 4 4 6 4 9
      Social sciences, other 10 10 8 1 8 5 4 8 6 3
  Non-science and engineering 32 50 24 48 50 48 46 57 52 47
    Business 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Business 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
    Education 1 . . 2 . . . 1 . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 . . 2 . . . 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 27 49 23 46 49 47 44 54 52 46
      Letters 8 7 4 10 11 6 15 13 16 7
      Foreign languages and literature 1 7 3 7 8 7 8 9 11 7
      History 7 8 5 6 8 9 8 10 10 1
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 8 5 4 6 9 5 6 3 14
      Music and performing arts 3 4 2 6 8 6 3 3 2 9
      Humanities and arts, other 3 15 4 13 8 10 5 13 10 8
    Other non-science and engineering 3 1 1 . 1 1 1 2 . 1
      Communication 2 1 . . . 1 1 2 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . 1

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,257 1,186 1,110 1,045 1,012 1,028 958 911 909 829
    Female 1,343 1,214 1,030 928 867 838 809 769 731 693
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,516 1,359 1,206 1,172 1,019 1,030 978 930 911 873
    Hispanic or Latino 201 166 140 128 115 116 93 88 75 71
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,232 1,121 1,000 970 829 829 782 721 713 693
      American Indian or Alaska Native 6 5 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 1
      Asian 237 216 173 159 127 120 104 90 89 77
      Black or African American 197 162 127 118 80 66 62 60 62 48
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
      White 708 668 626 630 574 593 584 556 547 553
      More than one race 83 69 69 60 48 48 29 13 13 13
    Unknown ethnicity and race 83 72 66 74 75 85 103 121 123 109
  Temporary visa holders 1,084 1,041 934 801 860 836 789 750 729 649
  Science and engineering 2,521 2,034 1,891 1,773 1,751 1,743 1,646 1,572 1,553 1,433
    Science 2,156 1,695 1,596 1,522 1,494 1,467 1,382 1,322 1,333 1,236
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 443 407 378 382 374 359 352 266 281 252
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 65 59
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 17
      Computer and information sciences 343 338 255 225 228 220 164 151 147 116
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 70 58 53 56 59 56 54 54 51 51
      Mathematics and statistics 91 79 78 75 95 94 99 105 108 109
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 198 161 146 123 94 69 55 27 20 17
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 258 234 228 212 206 223 213 187 179 179
      Psychology 12 19 17 12 15 14 12 44 41 40
      Social sciences 741 399 441 437 423 432 433 408 423 396
    Engineering 365 339 295 251 257 276 264 250 220 197
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 109 95 96 93 87 86 75 67 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 22 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 234 224 180 158 170 190 189 183 220 197
    Health 79 366 249 200 128 123 121 108 87 89
      Clinical medicine 79 338 224 175 105 100 104 108 87 89
      Other health 0 28 25 25 23 23 17 0 0 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

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 37 41 30 20 66 87 81 27 29 20
    Female 47 37 28 28 50 47 41 38 43 39
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 71 58 46 35 103 120 107 61 68 55
    Hispanic or Latino 3 4 5 4 6 12 5 3 0 1
    Not Hispanic or Latino 65 52 41 30 89 99 89 53 61 44
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 12 10 8 5 21 14 10 7 7 6
      Black or African American 9 3 2 1 10 12 11 2 1 2
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
      White 36 34 28 22 53 69 65 43 52 35
      More than one race 7 5 3 1 4 3 2 1 1 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 3 2 0 1 8 9 13 5 7 10
  Temporary visa holders 13 20 12 13 13 14 15 4 4 4
  Science and engineering 84 53 46 39 104 113 110 46 51 40
    Science 69 38 35 27 97 105 100 38 45 38
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 13 12 6 15 13 10 6 17 11
        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 15 14 10 8 56 58 62 8 8 9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 8 9 6 17 25 21 3 8 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Social sciences 29 1 3 7 9 7 6 19 9 10
    Engineering 15 15 11 12 7 8 10 8 6 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6 7 7 6 4 3 1 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 9 8 4 6 3 5 9 7 6 2
    Health 0 25 12 9 12 21 12 19 21 19
      Clinical medicine 0 24 12 8 11 21 12 19 21 19
      Other health 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 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 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 162 177 146 110 95 103 94 116 99 90 0
  Science and engineering 162 160 137 101 92 100 91 112 95 88 0
    Science 146 150 131 93 87 97 83 106 91 85 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 40 59 63 58 47 61 48 34 29 31 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 10 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 27 33 27 20 27 20 18 24 12 13 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 19 6 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 11 9 13 6 7 9 11 21 26 24 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 4 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 38 29 20 6 4 2 2 1 2 1 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0
      Social sciences 6 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0
    Engineering 16 10 6 8 5 3 8 6 4 3 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 2 3 2 1 5 6 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 13 8 4 5 3 2 3 0 4 3 0
    Health 0 17 9 9 3 3 3 4 4 2 0
      Clinical medicine 0 7 5 4 1 0 2 4 4 2 0
      Other health 0 10 4 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 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 2,600 2,400 2,140 1,973 1,879 1,866 1,767 1,680 1,640 1,522
  Fellowships 474 409 315 342 366 400 392 381 345 309
    Federal 6 7 1 3 2 1 5 5 8 7
    Institutional 468 402 314 339 364 389 379 374 337 302
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 2 0 0
  Research assistantships 491 474 487 476 449 413 418 365 369 364
    Federal 133 152 122 89 87 87 78 85 79 76
    Institutional 322 291 325 358 335 301 315 260 282 278
    Nonfederal 36 31 40 29 27 25 25 20 8 10
  Teaching assistantships 307 281 275 334 320 284 297 302 305 335
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Institutional 307 281 275 334 319 283 297 302 304 334
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
  Other types of support 1,328 1,236 1,063 821 744 769 660 632 621 514
    Federal 23 18 23 18 6 15 11 26 11 7
    Institutional 180 183 138 141 156 142 151 133 169 197
    Nonfederal 10 11 10 9 13 14 13 21 11 8
    Personal resources 1,115 1,024 892 653 569 598 485 452 430 302

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 258 246 211 214 220 226 225 291 248 239
    Science 211 198 174 182 191 188 181 242 203 205
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 74 74 48 72 82 65 54 42 45 50
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 21 21
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 5 8 3 2 1 1 5 7 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 4 5 3 2 10 12 23 18 17
      Mathematics and statistics 22 22 24 17 17 17 15 21 20 24
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 33 31 26 28 28 22 19 45 19 19
      Natural resources and conservation 8 9 7 9 9 13 15 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 19 23 24 22 24 20 23 14 17
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 19
      Social sciences 40 34 33 26 29 36 45 42 40 32
    Engineering 47 48 37 32 29 38 44 49 45 34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 47 48 37 32 29 38 44 46 45 34
    Health 15 17 21 18 4 2 7 14 4 5
      Clinical medicine 15 17 21 18 4 2 7 14 4 5
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 191 182 153 158 117 115 112 187 158 165
  Science and engineering 175 163 131 139 114 113 106 178 154 160
    Science 137 127 101 117 98 93 81 145 127 137
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 62 58 35 64 53 43 33 21 27 32
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 5 3 1 0 0 4 7 6
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 7 9 4 2 4 4 12 11 8
      Mathematics and statistics 23 19 20 16 15 15 13 18 20 23
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 18 19 13 5 17 13 10 43 19 19
      Natural resources and conservation 2 2 2 7 2 4 7 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 16 11 12 6 11 7 12 12 14
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 14
      Social sciences 6 4 6 6 2 3 7 7 4 6
    Engineering 38 36 30 22 16 20 25 33 27 23
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 38 36 30 22 16 20 25 31 27 23
    Health 16 19 22 19 3 2 6 9 4 5
      Clinical medicine 16 19 22 19 3 2 6 9 4 5
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 353,591 310,780 276,331 266,127 256,954 244,838 212,290 347,016 342,040 341,531
    Science 308,486 268,361 240,551 232,906 222,435 205,540 176,455 203,638 249,820 i 247,222 i
      Computer and information sciences 19,235 16,895 14,984 15,695 14,727 12,539 10,670 11,838 15,387 i 11,845 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,244 9,945 7,954 5,954 4,310 4,306 3,540 6,731 6,524 i 8,801 i
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 577 13 0 98 265 151 237 227 486 i 412 i
        Geological and earth sciences 2,468 2,042 2,151 1,901 1,881 2,226 1,881 3,772 3,405 i 5,560 i
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 126 246 189 193 110 105 110 144 350 i 1,241 i
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10,073 7,644 5,614 3,762 2,054 1,824 1,312 2,588 2,283 i 1,588 i
      Life sciences 176,938 149,795 139,126 134,751 130,419 122,607 104,671 105,618 135,232 i 140,662 i
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 i
        Biological and biomedical sciences 70,926 60,922 57,160 57,280 51,017 44,244 35,578 30,653 45,293 i 43,137 i
        Health sciences 61,080 49,964 46,024 41,744 45,463 49,630 41,288 49,259 54,876 i 62,588 i
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 44,932 38,909 35,942 35,727 33,939 28,733 27,805 25,706 35,063 i 34,937 i
      Mathematics and statistics 16,873 14,835 10,903 12,204 13,225 12,107 14,427 18,807 23,986 i 22,174 i
      Physical sciences 18,064 18,299 17,072 17,745 19,259 20,720 18,050 25,132 25,425 i 29,434 i
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 i
        Chemistry 6,157 6,019 5,495 5,201 5,250 5,160 3,498 6,892 6,957 i 9,229 i
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 9,713 9,155 8,542 7,968 7,636 9,766 8,325 11,993 11,319 i 12,027 i
        Physical sciences nec 2,194 3,125 3,035 4,576 6,373 5,794 6,227 6,247 7,149 i 8,178 i
      Psychology 10,682 8,605 8,598 7,889 6,801 4,782 5,688 6,202 8,826 i 9,127 i
      Social sciences 41,238 39,703 32,799 30,782 24,887 18,539 12,079 23,186 25,252 i 17,243 i
        Anthropology 205 188 46 310 165 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,353 1,004 668 1,153 2,118 4,656 4,396 7,555 7,478 i 5,453 i
        Political science and government 1,448 1,658 2,327 2,754 1,287 1,480 1,440 2,454 2,649 i 2,612 i
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,012 1,161 775 1,109 1,393 791 862 3,631 3,840 i 2,764 i
        Social sciences nec 37,220 35,692 28,983 25,456 19,924 11,612 5,381 9,546 11,285 i 6,414 i
      Sciences nec 12,212 10,284 9,115 7,886 8,807 9,940 7,330 6,124 9,188 i 7,936 i
    Engineering 27,640 29,569 23,587 23,965 23,448 28,149 24,798 31,735 36,512 i 44,695 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 316 1,125 i 574 i
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,838 10,799 9,028 7,678 6,694 11,133 5,911 6,087 9,080 i 9,545 i
      Chemical engineering 3,114 3,028 2,110 2,832 2,878 1,924 1,617 728 844 i 923 i
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 i
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,160 3,283 3,266 2,941 2,452 3,494 4,250 9,125 7,265 i 6,457 i
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,729 3,821 2,839 2,885 2,944 2,547 4,220 6,518 7,663 i 12,044 i
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,674 3,499 3,789 3,256 4,458 4,518 3,371 3,462 6,206 i 3,814 i
      Engineering nec 5,125 5,111 2,537 4,373 4,022 4,533 5,429 5,499 4,329 i 11,338 i
    Non-S&E 17,465 12,850 12,193 9,256 11,071 11,149 11,037 111,643 55,708 i 49,614 i
      Business management and business administration 16 16 16 65 79 71 444 3,272 3,587 i 199 i
      Communication and communications technologies 0 10 0 0 0 0 46 16,102 2,777 i 0 i
      Education 7,639 5,899 5,091 3,906 4,110 4,012 4,239 40,777 21,626 i 20,736 i
      Humanities 3,237 2,862 2,722 2,735 3,832 4,256 3,551 18,572 20,429 i 19,922 i
      Law 0 3 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 i
      Social work 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 i 0 i
      Visual and performing arts 464 292 166 212 274 346 190 3,131 3,734 i 3,530 i
      Non-S&E nec 6,109 3,768 4,188 2,322 2,775 2,464 2,567 29,789 3,555 i 5,227 i

i=imputed

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 353,591 239,744 32 63,031 6,120 34,721 9,943
    Science 308,486 217,152 27 49,889 4,415 27,184 9,819
      Computer and information sciences 19,235 12,185 0 4,289 798 390 1,573
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,244 7,463 0 3,328 0 2,415 38
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 577 443 0 134 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,468 1,134 0 1,239 0 57 38
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 126 114 0 4 0 8 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10,073 5,772 0 1,951 0 2,350 0
      Life sciences 176,938 128,698 27 26,890 3,410 10,580 7,333
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 70,926 51,567 27 11,886 1,725 5,066 655
        Health sciences 61,080 44,711 0 6,112 1,085 2,792 6,380
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 44,932 32,420 0 8,892 600 2,722 298
      Mathematics and statistics 16,873 12,161 0 3,451 0 1,221 40
      Physical sciences 18,064 12,798 0 4,180 172 890 24
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 6,157 4,037 0 1,961 0 135 24
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 9,713 7,048 0 1,827 172 666 0
        Physical sciences nec 2,194 1,713 0 392 0 89 0
      Psychology 10,682 9,599 0 232 0 827 24
      Social sciences 41,238 24,744 0 6,414 35 9,572 473
        Anthropology 205 0 0 205 0 0 0
        Economics 1,353 249 0 821 0 139 144
        Political science and government 1,448 10 0 870 0 540 28
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,012 418 0 484 0 110 0
        Social sciences nec 37,220 24,067 0 4,034 35 8,783 301
      Sciences nec 12,212 9,504 0 1,105 0 1,289 314
    Engineering 27,640 20,340 0 4,619 1,577 1,004 100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,838 6,258 0 1,372 601 590 17
      Chemical engineering 3,114 2,585 0 433 0 96 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 3,160 2,395 0 548 217 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,729 3,216 0 368 8 137 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 3,674 2,966 0 578 130 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,125 2,920 0 1,320 621 181 83
    Non-S&E 17,465 2,252 5 8,523 128 6,533 24
      Business management and business administration 16 0 0 16 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 7,639 1,812 5 1,847 128 3,823 24
      Humanities 3,237 179 0 2,397 0 661 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 464 0 0 464 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 6,109 261 0 3,799 0 2,049 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 239,744 215,067 198,574 185,676 178,460 164,452 145,556 136,931 132,142 129,248
  DOD 19,737 19,511 18,197 19,546 19,359 21,924 15,020 12,801 12,566 15,645
  DOE 7,733 6,583 6,729 5,935 6,030 6,116 8,542 8,666 7,986 7,350
  HHS 165,621 149,308 138,141 126,373 117,046 103,290 87,283 78,408 74,598 70,613
  NASA 5,747 4,764 3,692 3,539 4,342 3,897 3,747 4,504 4,912 4,603
  NSF 34,145 28,913 26,053 25,460 28,077 26,131 27,226 28,618 28,783 27,320
  USDA 195 110 0 0 0 28 86 35 0 64
  Other 6,566 5,878 5,762 4,823 3,606 3,066 3,652 3,899 3,297 3,653

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 2,345 i 394 i 1,951 i .
2018 2,270 i 377 i 1,893 i .
2017 2,055 i 336 i 1,719 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: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 401 360 354 335 324
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 117 132 127 117 106
    Computer and information sciences 19 12 12 10 7
    Engineering 67 76 75 62 63
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 23 12 11 22 23
    Health sciences 56 44 45 42 40
    Mathematics and statistics 28 20 20 20 20
    Natural resources and conservation 8 3 2 2 1
    Physical sciences 48 36 35 40 42
    Psychology 27 20 21 18 19
    Social sciences 7 5 6 3 2
    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: 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 195,000 . . . 20,357
    Biological and biomedical sciences 153,000 . . . 0
    Engineering 27,000 . . . 20,357
    Health sciences 15,000 . . . 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 2,000 23,078 18,614 11,629 18,606
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 4,056 2,559 2,612 4,495
    Computer and information sciences 0 288 617 850 409
    Engineering 0 5,002 930 4,816 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 4,173 12,431 736 11,542
    Health sciences 0 424 876 398 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 918 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 2,000 8,217 816 2,218 2,161
    Psychology 0 0 385 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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