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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