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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 102 78.2 459 76 89 679 110 82 602 59 93.7 914
2022 103 77.9 457 77 88.9 680 62 93.3 900
2021 96 78.9 447 79 88.8 691 119 79.9 583 66 92.9 908
2020 96 79 450 68 90.5 698 61 93.5 916
2019 102 77.6 447 65 90.9 697 118 80.3 589 58 93.8 914
2018 95 78.2 428 76 89.4 700 57 93.9 911
2017 98 77.4 425 68 90.3 684 113 80.7 575 58 93.7 898
2016 91 79.2 430 79 88.9 697 55 94 896
2015 101 76.7 426 78 89 693 114 80.3 570 55 94 898
2014 93 78.4 422 92 86.9 688 51 94.4 889
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 187 190 193 197 191 200 196 212 185 194
  Science and engineering 165 163 163 175 163 160 156 179 159 165
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . 1 . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 70 56 43 67 61 61 51 66 58 56
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 1 5 7 5 7 8 11 9 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 2 3 5 4 2 5 8 2 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 8 5 2 3 7 4 1 3 4 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 5 2 1 4 2 3 2 8 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 12 6 4 7 2 3 2 4 2 5
      Genetics and genomics 6 6 3 9 3 4 1 2 3 5
      Microbiology and immunology 10 7 3 4 4 10 9 7 9 11
      Molecular biology 1 5 1 . 2 3 2 1 3 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 9 4 3 6 9 5 5 9 8 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 3 3 7 4 2 3 5 3 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 10 14 16 15 16 10 11 6 11
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 2 . 2 2 3 2 3 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 7 3 4 6 1 4 3 10 5 4
      Computer science 5 1 2 2 . 3 . 5 3 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 5 2 1
    Engineering 49 53 60 49 46 55 57 55 59 53
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 2 . 1 . 1 . 2 . 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 13 24 15 9 7 14 12 11 23 22
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 4 16 9 14 11 17 9 14 11
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 2 3 3 4 2 5 3 1 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 3 16 15 8 8 5 12 14 5
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 2
      Materials and mining engineering 13 10 4 2 6 7 6 6 2 5
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 4 6 4 9 7 8 3 5
      Engineering, other 2 . 1 1 2 1 2 2 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . 1 1 2 . 4 . .
      Geological sciences . . . 1 1 2 . 4 . .
    Health sciences 10 17 14 16 19 8 5 3 5 12
      Nursing science 4 8 12 9 15 6 5 2 4 7
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public health . . . . . 1 . . . 2
      Health sciences, other 6 9 2 7 4 1 . . 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 3 3 7 5 3 1 4 3 1 5
      Applied mathematics 2 . 6 4 1 1 4 2 . 5
      Mathematics . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Statistics . . . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 3 1 1 1 . . 1 . .
    Physical sciences 15 14 21 16 16 22 21 27 14 25
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 3 2 .
      Chemistry 11 10 7 11 6 13 11 13 10 15
      Physics 3 3 10 4 8 7 9 11 2 10
    Psychology 5 6 6 8 7 5 6 4 9 8
      Clinical psychology 2 3 2 5 5 4 5 3 5 6
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 3 3 3 3 2 . 1 1 4 1
      Psychology, other . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
    Social sciences 6 10 8 6 9 2 9 7 8 2
      Anthropology 2 . 4 3 6 . 2 2 4 1
      Economics . . . . . . . . . .
      Political science and government . . . . . . . . . .
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 7 2 2 1 2 5 3 3 1
      Social sciences, other 1 3 2 1 1 . 2 2 1 .
  Non-science and engineering 22 27 30 22 28 40 40 33 26 29
    Business 8 12 16 13 11 21 18 14 15 14
      Business 8 12 16 13 11 21 18 14 15 14
    Education 1 2 . 1 1 1 4 3 . 2
      Education research . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 2 . 1 1 1 4 2 . 1
    Humanities and arts 10 9 9 7 10 15 10 7 8 8
      Letters 1 1 . 3 6 1 4 5 4 2
      History 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 . 1 2
      Philosophy and religious studies . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Music and performing arts 5 4 7 1 2 8 3 2 1 1
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 . 2 1 1 . . 2 3
    Other non-science and engineering 3 4 5 1 6 3 8 9 3 5
      Communication . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Public administration and social services 2 4 5 1 6 3 7 8 3 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 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 1,253 1,068 1,064 1,032 1,121 1,027 1,063 1,020 1,052 918
    Female 1,098 1,033 972 971 1,062 942 999 885 906 745
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,427 1,196 1,154 1,067 1,215 1,217 1,288 1,128 1,160 977
    Hispanic or Latino 123 110 103 99 98 96 90 61 59 37
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,236 1,024 1,011 925 1,068 1,068 1,130 974 1,002 856
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
      Asian 248 209 229 202 210 204 216 160 161 115
      Black or African American 111 105 92 102 120 112 113 78 82 66
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
      White 809 658 640 575 694 705 761 707 732 658
      More than one race 65 51 49 44 43 47 38 29 27 12
    Unknown ethnicity and race 68 62 40 43 49 53 68 93 99 84
  Temporary visa holders 924 905 882 936 968 752 774 777 798 686
  Science and engineering 1,966 1,786 1,817 1,868 2,006 1,744 1,759 1,728 1,788 1,511
    Science 1,206 1,276 1,259 1,307 1,412 1,165 1,142 1,110 1,174 927
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 662 687 655 626 738 802 795 736 765 544
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 24
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 160 114 136 142 151 100 74 46 52 50
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 4 4 5 6 8 6 6 8 8
      Mathematics and statistics 154 247 270 380 296 35 36 39 37 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 123 120 118 116 115 117 130 132 159 149
      Psychology 52 48 42 3 37 38 36 37 39 38
      Social sciences 48 55 34 35 65 65 65 90 90 88
    Engineering 760 510 558 561 594 579 617 618 614 584
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 30 19 34 38 13 11 10 9 5 9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 360 162 173 150 168 121 113 117 102 106
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 82 73 77 88 104 114 129 32 125 115
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 35 33 31 29 19 24 25 21 20 19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 96 75 87 96 102 105 110 121 107 80
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 49 58 54 52 80 102 120 122 141 137
      Mechanical engineering 78 60 68 84 78 74 83 83 91 84
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 29 27 34 24 30 28 27 113 23 34
      Other engineering 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 385 315 219 135 177 225 303 177 170 152
      Clinical medicine 130 147 122 13 44 42 111 61 67 57
      Other health 255 168 97 122 133 183 192 116 103 95

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 219 213 154 138 64 46 49 49 44 59
    Female 156 183 166 148 71 40 35 34 17 45
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 298 329 281 248 118 77 74 58 51 83
    Hispanic or Latino 31 24 27 19 3 4 3 1 2 3
    Not Hispanic or Latino 259 295 246 220 109 70 67 54 45 74
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Asian 56 62 47 42 15 14 10 4 8 13
      Black or African American 36 43 48 47 8 8 4 3 5 5
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      White 151 178 137 116 82 45 50 45 32 54
      More than one race 16 12 14 12 3 3 3 2 0 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 10 8 9 6 3 4 3 4 6
  Temporary visa holders 77 67 39 38 17 9 10 25 10 21
  Science and engineering 321 357 287 264 112 75 79 79 57 56
    Science 218 252 206 198 48 20 15 12 12 18
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 134 193 192 182 28 9 5 3 0 15
        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 71 32 10 10 8 5 5 5 3 2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4 20 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 3 2 3 6 4 3 2 4 1
      Psychology 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 6 3 0 1 3 2 2 2 4 0
    Engineering 103 105 81 66 64 55 64 67 45 38
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 9 6 3 3 3 2 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 44 27 22 21 25 13 21 12 10 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5 4 7 4 4 7 10 9 8 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 5 10 6 4 4 6 4 6 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 19 21 19 16 12 9 5 10 8 1
      Mechanical engineering 9 17 14 10 12 11 11 12 6 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 8 3 0 2 4 6 6 18 6 5
      Other engineering 13 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 54 39 33 22 23 11 5 4 4 48
      Clinical medicine 36 33 25 12 7 0 0 0 0 45
      Other health 18 6 8 10 16 11 5 4 4 3

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 569 450 361 479 397 344 356 476 487 466 0
  Science and engineering 565 449 361 472 394 331 338 422 438 408 0
    Science 257 242 181 294 200 196 193 242 262 217 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 182 176 129 225 160 152 137 159 161 110 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 21 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 35 36 22 37 7 3 12 9 17 21 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 19 17 28 30 30 38 42 49 57 59 0
      Psychology 10 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
    Engineering 308 207 180 178 194 135 145 180 176 191 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 6 2 4 3 3 0 2 1 1 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 204 100 90 84 98 50 58 61 59 61 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 42 40 27 22 25 26 27 11 47 51 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 9 12 10 3 5 4 1 5 4 10 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 15 13 8 25 21 8 31 29 27 20 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 3 2 2 4 1 5 3 6 7 0
      Mechanical engineering 21 24 21 25 24 26 5 19 23 25 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 11 9 20 13 14 17 18 50 9 16 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 4 1 0 7 3 13 18 54 49 58 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 0 0 0 3 7 35 38 52 0
      Other health 3 0 0 7 3 10 11 19 11 6 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 2,351 2,101 2,036 2,003 2,183 1,969 2,062 1,905 1,958 1,663
  Fellowships 220 190 270 116 202 400 372 167 169 146
    Federal 132 130 79 47 105 156 168 127 122 102
    Institutional 66 56 178 61 87 212 171 21 25 32
    Nonfederal 22 4 13 8 10 32 33 19 22 12
  Research assistantships 813 484 474 547 364 408 408 537 530 565
    Federal 424 309 271 423 190 167 187 316 320 310
    Institutional 275 128 162 93 130 156 131 177 143 185
    Nonfederal 114 47 41 31 44 85 90 44 67 70
  Teaching assistantships 189 180 140 167 126 114 141 185 198 145
    Federal 8 3 11 2 1 2 0 1 5 0
    Institutional 181 175 126 163 125 109 140 183 191 114
    Nonfederal 0 2 3 2 0 3 1 1 2 31
  Other types of support 1,129 1,247 1,152 1,173 1,491 1,047 1,141 1,016 1,061 807
    Federal 5 8 0 7 101 19 1 32 40 54
    Institutional 243 137 91 63 206 83 124 186 185 95
    Nonfederal 84 155 39 14 81 72 43 71 67 36
    Personal resources 797 947 1,022 1,089 1,103 873 973 727 769 622

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 171 176 131 161 160 137 141 185 197 143
    Science 147 130 107 133 136 111 117 166 170 127
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 128 121 98 124 128 101 107 136 138 98
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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 2 3 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 15 8 7 7 5 4 5 9 12 15
      Psychology 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 5 6 4
      Social sciences 4 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 2
    Engineering 24 46 24 28 24 26 24 19 27 16
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 17 12 16 15 20 20 17 16 10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 9 8 6 3 2 1 1 7 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 0
      Other engineering 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 34 65 41 51 65 52 50 76 74 47
      Clinical medicine 32 59 28 40 53 45 42 66 68 41
      Other health 2 6 13 11 12 7 8 10 6 6

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 140 138 111 36 148 128 112 142 151 128
  Science and engineering 114 104 85 28 111 91 81 97 108 98
    Science 94 80 67 14 92 70 66 83 88 87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 87 75 62 12 92 70 63 68 72 70
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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 2 3 2 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 4 4 2 0 0 1 5 7 10
      Psychology 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
    Engineering 20 24 18 14 19 21 15 14 20 11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 10 7 4 11 16 11 13 12 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 6 7 5 3 1 1 1 7 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 3 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 26 34 26 8 37 37 31 45 43 30
      Clinical medicine 25 32 16 8 28 33 25 36 38 25
      Other health 1 2 10 0 9 4 6 9 5 5

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 553,740 467,389 421,868 439,778 438,994 434,441 408,609 405,655 401,527 419,011
    Science 489,417 424,450 380,854 399,814 394,624 384,195 366,076 364,280 356,683 362,983
      Computer and information sciences 5,998 3,165 2,407 34 50 200 0 0 156 343
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 812 634 536 523 591 789 877 740 893 843
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 812 634 536 523 591 789 877 740 893 843
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 462,781 406,880 360,294 384,857 377,671 371,604 348,315 346,525 340,040 341,879
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 105,990 91,552 86,328 82,470 77,957 79,653 70,184 65,390 75,932 69,752
        Health sciences 333,191 292,264 252,185 283,260 284,229 277,399 259,950 257,662 240,435 251,875
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 23,600 23,064 21,781 19,127 15,485 14,552 18,181 23,473 23,673 20,252
      Mathematics and statistics 709 520 697 355 558 671 671 560 793 739
      Physical sciences 5,407 10,694 9,007 8,063 10,756 5,756 11,782 11,300 9,583 10,341
        Astronomy and astrophysics 176 200 215 273 112 89 194 184 285 391
        Chemistry 3,032 2,992 2,785 2,955 3,471 2,868 3,387 3,056 4,259 3,367
        Materials science 0 4,424 4,241 3,032 4,256 0 4,716 4,024 0 0
        Physics 2,110 1,940 1,702 1,767 2,476 2,799 3,044 4,036 4,947 6,582
        Physical sciences nec 89 1,138 64 36 441 0 441 0 92 1
      Psychology 1,840 1,539 1,654 1,155 1,812 1,772 2,152 1,897 2,117 1,754
      Social sciences 11,687 790 5,880 4,386 3,170 3,195 2,279 3,100 2,225 6,166
        Anthropology 84 88 107 291 141 166 226 227 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 34 52 19 10 5 19
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 9 39 27 10 59 15
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 966 163 194 111 3 54 168 109 800 999
        Social sciences nec 10,637 539 5,579 3,984 2,983 2,884 1,839 2,744 1,361 5,133
      Sciences nec 183 228 379 441 16 208 0 158 876 918
    Engineering 59,900 41,783 39,079 37,911 41,228 46,184 40,120 39,547 43,484 54,453
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 22,609 17,281 18,039 15,944 19,204 18,420 16,186 14,556 12,213 11,992
      Chemical engineering 6,554 10,565 7,575 6,537 6,822 6,782 7,569 8,394 8,415 8,657
      Civil engineering 1,379 1,025 853 837 916 1,060 893 697 1,121 1,037
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,190 4,911 4,786 6,909 7,050 6,316 6,115 6,158 6,056 8,382
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8,055 7,616 7,457 6,932 6,911 7,380 6,835 5,255 5,152 4,064
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,069 0 0 554 0 5,322 0 88 4,968 6,210
      Engineering nec 7,044 385 369 198 325 904 2,522 4,399 5,559 14,111
    Non-S&E 4,423 1,156 1,935 2,053 3,142 4,062 2,413 1,828 1,360 1,575
      Business management and business administration 1,299 149 542 556 657 506 244 44 169 89
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 60 44 44 55 64
      Education 2,267 989 1,231 1,398 1,766 2,187 1,866 1,360 958 951
      Humanities 0 3 120 2 213 220 184 380 164 177
      Law 223 5 42 82 309 807 62 0 6 294
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 7 29 13 0 8 0
      Non-S&E nec 634 10 0 15 190 253 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

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 553,740 431,736 11,202 80,506 4,659 23,331 2,306
    Science 489,417 385,704 9,596 70,015 3,140 19,861 1,101
      Computer and information sciences 5,998 4,784 142 923 113 0 36
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 812 667 0 0 0 145 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 812 667 0 0 0 145 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 462,781 368,182 5,383 67,788 2,516 18,170 742
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 105,990 83,222 2,626 11,811 1,107 6,598 626
        Health sciences 333,191 267,490 2,757 49,905 1,409 11,514 116
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 23,600 17,470 0 6,072 0 58 0
      Mathematics and statistics 709 632 0 68 0 9 0
      Physical sciences 5,407 4,507 17 268 373 221 21
        Astronomy and astrophysics 176 176 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,032 2,419 17 254 280 41 21
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 2,110 1,912 0 1 93 104 0
        Physical sciences nec 89 0 0 13 0 76 0
      Psychology 1,840 1,530 0 68 0 242 0
      Social sciences 11,687 5,227 4,054 900 130 1,074 302
        Anthropology 84 33 46 0 0 5 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 966 200 0 693 0 73 0
        Social sciences nec 10,637 4,994 4,008 207 130 996 302
      Sciences nec 183 175 0 0 8 0 0
    Engineering 59,900 43,497 1,606 9,792 1,356 2,444 1,205
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 22,609 18,182 1,377 1,887 124 316 723
      Chemical engineering 6,554 5,991 26 200 102 170 65
      Civil engineering 1,379 896 5 235 69 174 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 4,190 2,719 70 141 67 1,082 111
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8,055 7,079 128 228 309 281 30
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 10,069 8,105 0 948 685 227 104
      Engineering nec 7,044 525 0 6,153 0 194 172
    Non-S&E 4,423 2,535 0 699 163 1,026 0
      Business management and business administration 1,299 266 0 630 163 240 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 2,267 2,048 0 67 0 152 0
      Humanities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Law 223 221 0 2 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 634 0 0 0 0 634 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 431,736 380,423 340,438 357,589 357,549 349,177 326,643 321,214 308,434 329,320
  DOD 15,146 17,244 17,288 14,648 15,037 16,585 14,976 13,906 10,732 13,633
  DOE 9,990 7,513 5,500 5,277 4,949 4,405 5,219 4,608 4,724 4,179
  HHS 388,194 340,332 303,061 323,192 321,105 309,396 288,985 285,004 272,104 289,152
  NASA 3,836 3,629 3,948 4,049 3,377 3,737 3,619 3,045 3,341 3,833
  NSF 10,356 10,859 9,028 9,097 12,156 12,362 12,722 13,619 16,343 17,273
  USDA 1,083 406 292 274 66 388 72 84 11 0
  Other 3,131 440 1,321 1,052 859 2,304 1,050 948 1,179 1,250

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 2,363 469 1,894 .
2018 2,480 498 1,982 .
2017 2,641 562 2,079 .

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 674 592 584 584 584
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 287 240 237 237 237
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 122 109 106 106 106
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2 5 5 5 5
    Health sciences 194 157 156 156 156
    Mathematics and statistics 0 1 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 43 42 41 41 41
    Psychology 3 5 5 5 5
    Social sciences 7 1 1 1 1
    Other 16 32 32 32 32

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 136,080 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 34,020 . . . .
    Engineering 68,040 . . . .
    Natural resources and conservation 13,608 . . . .
    Physical sciences 20,412 . . . .

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 5,245 111,735 2,283 2,507 2,497
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 2,195 2,210 368 750 1,389
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 767 54,053 1,914 669 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 2,284 1,014 0 0 321
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 54,202 0 1,089 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 256 0 0 788
    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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