Carnegie Mellon U.

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 51 89.2 459 17 97.5 631 71 92.5 925
2023 53 88.8 459 17 97.7 679 69 92.6 911 113 81.6 602
2022 44 90.7 457 13 98.2 680 66 92.8 900
2021 62 86.5 447 18 97.6 691 69 92.6 908 106 82.1 583
2020 64 86.1 450 25 96.6 698 68 92.8 916
2019 53 88.5 447 15 98 697 71 92.4 914 117 80.5 589
2018 61 86.1 428 16 97.9 700 75 92 911
2017 62 85.8 425 13 98.3 684 73 92 898 111 81 575
2016 56 87.3 430 20 97.3 697 73 92 896
2015 62 85.8 426 24 96.7 693 89 90.3 898 104 82.1 570
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

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 352 348 383 280 300 342 307 308 317 311
  Science and engineering 325 317 350 257 275 306 276 290 280 281
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 . 4 2 . 2 1 1 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 4 . 4 2 . 2 1 1 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 28 12 22 13 9 17 15 14 14 21
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . 3 1 2 2 1 . 3 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 2 1 . 2 3 5 5 3 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 8 7 7 6 . 4 2 3 1 9
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 1 2 1 1 2 5 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Genetics and genomics . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 . 1 . 2 2 1 . . 1
      Molecular biology . . 1 2 . 1 2 1 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 9 1 8 3 1 3 2 3 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 1 . . . 1 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 95 73 98 68 56 72 46 45 62 53
      Computer science 71 45 78 55 44 56 38 30 46 37
      Computer and information sciences, other 24 28 20 13 12 16 8 15 16 16
    Engineering 138 158 155 118 143 136 142 159 142 135
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 11 11 4 9 6 3 12 8 5
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 16 19 27 15 16 11 16 13 16 15
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 8 10 5 11 12 12 10 13 19
      Electrical and computer engineering 26 34 31 31 41 42 36 35 44 32
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 . 2 3 1 5 . 1 2 .
      Materials and mining engineering 20 23 21 16 15 17 16 22 20 11
      Mechanical engineering 46 50 42 32 33 29 45 48 35 38
      Engineering, other 13 12 10 12 17 14 14 18 4 15
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 1
      Geological sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 1
    Health sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 23 18 25 16 24 24 17 16 19 19
      Applied mathematics 2 3 6 6 3 4 1 4 5 4
      Mathematics 5 4 4 1 4 5 5 4 3 4
      Statistics 8 7 10 8 9 8 5 4 4 9
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 4 5 1 8 7 6 4 7 2
    Physical sciences 21 25 28 18 20 29 32 30 23 24
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 4 5 1 4 3 3 2 . 1
      Chemistry 11 11 12 8 7 21 13 15 9 13
      Physics 6 10 11 9 9 5 16 13 14 10
    Psychology 4 9 7 7 7 9 4 8 6 8
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . 2 . 3 . 1 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 4 6 3 2 5 5 3 3 2 4
      Psychology, other . 3 4 3 2 1 1 4 2 2
    Social sciences 9 20 9 13 14 15 17 15 12 20
      Economics 1 3 5 5 7 6 2 3 5 5
      Public policy analysis 3 2 1 3 3 3 6 4 3 11
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 5 14 3 5 4 6 9 8 4 4
  Non-science and engineering 27 31 33 23 25 36 31 18 37 30
    Business 7 12 16 10 11 19 10 8 19 13
      Business 7 12 16 10 11 19 10 8 19 13
    Education 3 4 1 . 1 3 5 . 1 4
      Education research 1 . . . . 1 1 . 1 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 4 1 . 1 2 4 . . 3
    Humanities and arts 9 8 9 9 7 12 12 9 17 9
      Letters 3 6 7 3 2 2 4 7 9 3
      Foreign languages and literature 2 . . . . . . . 3 .
      History . 1 1 3 5 5 4 2 5 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 1 1 2 . 2 2 . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 1 . 3 2 . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 8 7 7 4 6 2 4 1 . 4
      Communication 3 . 3 . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services . 1 . . . 1 . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 5 6 4 4 6 1 4 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

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 1,884 1,770 1,790 1,866 1,571 1,496 1,514 1,463 1,347 1,254
    Hispanic or Latino 145 131 124 122 102 92 90 75 44 38
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,476 1,391 1,412 1,469 1,230 1,191 1,203 1,172 1,196 1,066
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1
      Asian 624 558 491 488 351 340 348 305 280 229
      Black or African American 113 91 102 116 98 93 93 69 55 35
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1
      White 634 653 740 785 723 707 720 747 846 783
      More than one race 103 84 75 75 55 48 40 50 15 17
    Unknown ethnicity and race 263 248 254 275 239 213 221 216 107 150
  Temporary visa holders 4,392 4,280 4,620 3,897 3,027 3,764 3,610 3,706 3,442 3,120
  Science and engineering 6,276 6,050 6,410 5,763 4,598 5,260 5,124 5,169 4,789 4,374
    Science 3,610 3,385 3,599 3,189 2,443 2,819 2,822 2,875 2,558 2,274
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 325 290 270 211 190 192 185 195 180 167
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11
      Computer and information sciences 2,293 2,112 2,369 2,082 1,485 1,854 1,806 1,791 1,666 1,495
      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 250 257 183 178 175 140 144 144 122 112
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 372 273 273 192 154 170 157 164 136 130
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 316 294 312 307 270 311 277 293 158 163
      Psychology 13 8 8 16 17 17 27 25 28 24
      Social sciences 41 151 184 203 152 135 226 263 240 156
    Engineering 2,666 2,665 2,811 2,574 2,155 2,441 2,302 2,294 2,231 2,100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 219 205 215 180 137 131 121 98 107 110
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 135 148 141 146 145 202 189 190 177 167
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 138 142 186 190 172 213 221 244 227 215
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1,082 1,113 1,116 1,039 839 936 837 891 748 716
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 20 21 25 23 22 25 26 27 19 24
      Mechanical engineering 843 780 829 785 669 684 649 602 583 566
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 132
      Other engineering 229 256 299 211 171 250 259 242 243 170
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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

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 116 102 115 113 113 99 151 178 269 193
    Hispanic or Latino 7 10 5 4 3 3 16 18 19 6
    Not Hispanic or Latino 88 80 93 91 100 80 116 132 225 175
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 37 33 37 38 36 28 27 28 41 41
      Black or African American 4 4 6 2 5 2 6 6 11 9
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      White 45 37 45 46 55 49 79 94 169 124
      More than one race 2 6 5 4 4 1 4 4 3 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 21 12 17 18 10 16 19 28 25 12
  Temporary visa holders 67 93 97 50 94 64 159 129 92 236
  Science and engineering 183 195 212 163 207 163 310 307 361 429
    Science 98 103 95 64 73 73 211 206 241 167
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 3 2 2 1 4 0 3 2 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 69 77 78 50 54 63 195 192 171 99
      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 1 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 21 13 10 3 7 3 6 5 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 4 1 3 3 4 2 2 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 1 4 1 3 2 2 4 4 67 65
    Engineering 85 92 117 99 134 90 99 101 120 262
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 3 6 2 3 1 2 5 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 5 4 6 8 4 6 4 5 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 5 4 4 8 1 3 4 4 47
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 50 47 66 52 58 61 67 58 74 153
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 24 29 37 25 49 18 18 24 24 35
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
      Other engineering 2 4 3 6 9 3 4 8 4 11
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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

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 920 972 903 925 942 847 764 748 672 736
  Science and engineering 920 972 903 925 942 847 764 748 672 736
    Science 449 477 448 469 437 418 373 340 322 371
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 92 86 76 84 79 65 55 37 29 25
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 220 244 238 227 244 231 220 190 197 233
      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 19 19 21 25 20 11 16 24 19 21
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 6 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 113 121 108 122 81 102 68 73 49 59
      Psychology 2 0 2 5 7 9 14 14 12 17
      Social sciences 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 1
    Engineering 471 495 455 456 505 429 391 408 350 365
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 69 42 43 33 41 42 31 21 20 16
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 34 24 22 27 46 37 41 32 32 29
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 20 35 30 37 36 29 40 78 32 31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 126 138 94 126 134 124 122 129 111 135
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 8 5 5 6 6 9 5 4 0
      Mechanical engineering 200 226 241 201 216 165 126 116 82 85
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 40
      Other engineering 16 22 20 27 26 26 22 27 31 29
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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

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 6,276 6,050 6,410 5,763 4,598 5,260 5,124 5,169 4,789 4,374
  Fellowships 436 365 505 442 332 482 441 399 306 353
    Federal 127 141 113 155 155 121 98 131 121 155
    Institutional 246 158 329 244 139 312 258 216 149 134
    Nonfederal 63 66 63 43 38 49 85 52 36 64
  Research assistantships 1,500 1,557 1,443 1,447 1,338 1,334 1,217 1,099 1,107 1,032
    Federal 759 766 780 761 780 725 665 575 546 574
    Institutional 437 581 419 450 350 396 327 351 379 271
    Nonfederal 304 210 244 236 208 213 225 173 182 187
  Teaching assistantships 299 279 220 290 278 299 259 233 212 249
    Federal 29 39 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 267 171 202 270 276 298 258 233 212 249
    Nonfederal 3 69 8 11 0 1 1 0 0 0
  Other types of support 4,041 3,849 4,242 3,584 2,650 3,145 3,207 3,438 3,164 2,740
    Federal 5 26 0 0 5 1 1 42 5 7
    Institutional 194 113 86 49 192 50 139 193 102 85
    Nonfederal 8 67 3 15 19 17 7 24 70 50
    Personal resources 3,834 3,643 4,153 3,520 2,434 3,077 3,060 3,179 2,987 2,598

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 187 224 230 236 221 236 224 259 220 193
    Science 141 139 151 146 135 147 137 179 117 107
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 12 12 8 16 20 23 20 31 20 19
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 31 35 31 31 21 29 20 48 27 26
      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 24 23 29 26 11 14 16 20 15 12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 13 13 16 10 12 9 9 10 0 5
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 36 32 32 33 39 38 31 34 32 28
      Psychology 14 12 21 21 19 19 21 19 18 16
      Social sciences 11 12 14 9 13 15 20 17 5 0
    Engineering 46 85 79 90 86 89 87 80 103 86
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 11 10 8 9 7 6 5 6 4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 6 9 12 11 14 11 5 6 15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 9 6 10 8 4 3 6 7 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 15 13 15 18 17 19 23 28 20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 19 43 38 40 34 40 43 35 50 40
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 1 3 2 6 6 5 5 4 1
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 99 120 123 128 133 124 118 148 126 112
  Science and engineering 99 120 123 128 133 124 118 148 126 112
    Science 75 74 76 74 77 75 70 100 71 68
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 9 4 10 12 16 10 19 9 12
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 16 20 17 12 12 13 13 32 22 17
      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 7 6 12 8 1 5 4 6 8 9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 5 4 5 8 2 4 6 0 4
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 23 18 17 18 23 20 17 17 16 13
      Psychology 9 10 18 18 17 14 17 15 13 13
      Social sciences 7 6 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 0
    Engineering 24 46 47 54 56 49 48 48 55 44
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 5 6 7 7 6 6 4 5 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 3 3 4 7 7 2 1 1 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 5 5 7 3 0 3 5 3 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 10 8 11 14 13 11 15 18 9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11 23 22 24 25 21 24 21 27 24
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 505,262 484,757 449,707 402,376 386,996 359,720 331,383 328,100 319,168 242,004
    Science 324,056 311,625 294,584 273,943 270,176 250,860 219,017 214,364 201,687 152,775
      Computer and information sciences 226,521 220,946 211,839 196,380 192,119 171,110 141,298 136,928 123,569 103,328
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,279 1,549 736 364 448 994 1,599 1,228 561 348
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 646 597 265 281 182 6 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,545 918 425 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 25 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 88 9 46 0 266 988 1,599 1,228 561 348
      Life sciences 16,609 16,878 15,109 14,273 14,696 15,366 12,376 13,125 11,817 11,212
        Agricultural sciences 0 60 211 256 476 774 878 746 477 499
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,936 15,116 13,497 12,858 12,566 12,103 9,426 9,979 8,949 8,790
        Health sciences 1,020 1,102 1,006 895 824 1,191 1,082 1,056 760 833
        Natural resources and conservation 0 45 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 653 555 372 264 830 1,298 990 1,344 1,631 1,090
      Mathematics and statistics 15,304 16,604 14,435 12,464 12,000 12,385 9,308 11,321 7,447 5,698
      Physical sciences 29,444 27,237 23,841 21,109 21,580 19,508 20,096 18,921 14,883 14,162
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,716 1,504 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 11,975 11,099 10,492 8,696 9,207 8,868 9,028 8,706 5,268 4,054
        Materials science 1,041 1,894 1,204 600 291 85 0 0 0 0
        Physics 14,583 12,681 11,547 11,111 11,458 9,879 9,912 9,369 7,048 6,743
        Physical sciences nec 129 59 251 702 624 676 1,156 846 2,567 3,365
      Psychology 10,771 10,187 10,640 10,631 11,507 10,601 9,386 9,362 9,424 7,757
      Social sciences 12,619 12,649 12,720 12,392 12,461 14,307 16,639 13,888 13,675 6,791
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,259 1,752 1,221 722 762 659 405 652 723 541
        Political science and government 119 180 173 199 210 449 825 1,006 2,027 2,279
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 169 685 483 828 731 86 5 0
        Social sciences nec 11,241 10,717 11,157 10,786 11,006 12,371 14,678 12,144 10,920 3,971
      Sciences nec 10,509 5,575 5,264 6,330 5,365 6,589 8,315 9,591 20,311 3,479
    Engineering 160,149 155,436 138,117 112,597 102,955 95,496 99,201 98,781 102,696 89,054
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,910 1,641 2,028 1,418 1,549 1,398 3,838 4,429 2,549 2,526
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 24,067 21,985 17,229 12,620 10,273 8,568 6,933 6,872 5,947 5,338
      Chemical engineering 11,897 11,084 11,915 12,744 12,813 11,314 10,638 9,414 8,515 6,254
      Civil engineering 7,918 9,056 8,523 7,985 6,651 5,844 5,448 4,334 7,958 6,637
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 37,507 34,323 29,542 28,010 25,294 25,735 26,268 26,345 26,673 21,013
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8,924 7,881 4,908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 40,951 41,348 37,838 21,721 21,286 17,247 15,463 13,272 10,704 8,149
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,288 10,841 10,963 11,557 10,117 8,957 8,784 9,696 9,843 8,222
      Engineering nec 16,687 17,277 15,171 16,542 14,972 16,433 21,829 24,419 30,507 30,915
    Non-S&E 21,057 17,696 17,006 15,836 13,865 13,364 13,165 14,955 14,785 175
      Business management and business administration 11,128 9,224 9,058 8,363 8,364 8,571 8,490 10,218 10,005 0
      Communication and communications technologies 92 69 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 1,318 688 221 34 91 0 0 0 0 0
      Humanities 5,778 5,079 4,683 4,782 4,430 3,916 3,858 3,895 4,286 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,611 2,529 2,771 2,562 876 767 794 842 494 0
      Non-S&E nec 130 107 116 95 104 110 23 0 0 175

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 505,262 280,169 3,293 125,357 58,720 21,694 16,029
    Science 324,056 179,655 258 75,629 42,106 16,946 9,462
      Computer and information sciences 226,521 133,642 152 34,595 39,582 11,530 7,020
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,279 1,390 0 5 291 0 593
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 646 641 0 5 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,545 661 0 0 291 0 593
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 88 88 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 16,609 9,035 0 5,253 280 1,604 437
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 14,936 7,937 0 5,109 269 1,442 179
        Health sciences 1,020 526 0 74 0 162 258
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 653 572 0 70 11 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 15,304 6,102 0 8,871 64 133 134
      Physical sciences 29,444 15,461 96 10,923 335 2,258 371
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,716 1,350 0 77 0 289 0
        Chemistry 11,975 5,769 96 5,214 335 404 157
        Materials science 1,041 1,035 0 6 0 0 0
        Physics 14,583 7,179 0 5,625 0 1,565 214
        Physical sciences nec 129 128 0 1 0 0 0
      Psychology 10,771 8,128 0 1,871 24 709 39
      Social sciences 12,619 1,534 0 8,779 1,386 378 542
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 1,259 1,026 0 32 62 0 139
        Political science and government 119 0 0 114 0 0 5
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 11,241 508 0 8,633 1,324 378 398
      Sciences nec 10,509 4,363 10 5,332 144 334 326
    Engineering 160,149 99,312 3,035 32,875 15,398 4,494 5,035
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,910 1,909 0 1 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 24,067 18,117 63 3,421 124 1,495 847
      Chemical engineering 11,897 5,439 0 3,869 1,998 431 160
      Civil engineering 7,918 3,230 0 2,859 1,080 265 484
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 37,507 22,023 0 6,911 5,892 575 2,106
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 8,924 6,683 1,872 320 49 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 40,951 28,194 0 8,372 3,317 429 639
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,288 5,793 0 2,962 1,356 101 76
      Engineering nec 16,687 7,924 1,100 4,160 1,582 1,198 723
    Non-S&E 21,057 1,202 0 16,853 1,216 254 1,532
      Business management and business administration 11,128 0 0 9,218 742 97 1,071
      Communication and communications technologies 92 0 0 4 0 0 88
      Education 1,318 1,110 0 90 0 0 118
      Humanities 5,778 92 0 4,969 464 95 158
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,611 0 0 2,494 10 10 97
      Non-S&E nec 130 0 0 78 0 52 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 280,169 279,954 259,160 234,993 217,625 197,978 181,958 189,974 190,620 187,259
  DOD 107,223 121,019 111,193 90,404 90,117 73,262 60,253 62,667 52,563 55,550
  DOE 16,014 16,363 16,658 17,358 16,129 13,668 12,945 10,981 11,313 11,176
  HHS 49,855 47,817 42,840 38,510 35,063 32,874 26,862 27,093 28,864 26,504
  NASA 5,393 5,753 7,239 3,942 3,094 3,043 3,650 3,457 3,573 4,530
  NSF 78,925 73,377 69,614 70,532 59,177 56,350 59,522 68,704 73,066 69,088
  USDA 2,975 2,392 1,259 1,009 538 685 735 690 352 437
  Other 19,784 13,233 10,357 13,238 13,507 18,096 17,991 16,382 20,889 19,974

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 3,857 459 3,398 .
2018 3,700 391 3,309 .

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 646 682 588 597 648
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 59 64 60 57 64
    Computer and information sciences 117 142 120 124 145
    Engineering 375 383 309 313 336
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 5 5 4 7 7
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 50 50 50 50 52
    Psychology 27 29 27 28 28
    Social sciences 7 8 8 7 7
    Other 6 1 10 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 127,498 13,593 7,208 49,568 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 23,730 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 9,950 0 1,920 47,228 0
    Engineering 85,118 13,593 5,288 2,340 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 8,700 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 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

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 8,173 20,638 7,920 11,479 20,898
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,400 12,530 1,547 3,969 0
    Computer and information sciences 2,150 2,681 3,243 0 485
    Engineering 4,623 2,322 0 4,658 19,496
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 705 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 2,400 476 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 2,198 2,852 0
    Social sciences 0 0 456 0 917
    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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