Colby C.

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2023 | 401 | 34.1 | 602 | 467 | 49.5 | 914 | ||||||
2022 | 533 | 41.4 | 900 | |||||||||
2021 | 389 | 34 | 583 | 571 | 37.8 | 908 | ||||||
2020 | 578 | 37.6 | 916 | |||||||||
2019 | 386 | 35.2 | 589 | 560 | 39.4 | 914 | ||||||
2018 | 520 | 43.5 | 911 | |||||||||
2017 | 375 | 35.5 | 575 | 514 | 43.4 | 898 | ||||||
2016 | 525 | 42 | 896 | |||||||||
2015 | 361 | 37.4 | 570 | 535 | 41.1 | 898 | ||||||
2014 | 547 | 39.1 | 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

Field | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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All R&D fields | 4,454 | 2,530 | 1,672 | 1,536 | 1,852 | 2,240 | 2,071 | 1,903 | 1,748 | 1,673 | ||||||||||
Science | 3,946 | 2,081 | 1,133 | 1,390 | 1,641 | 1,948 | 1,643 | 1,639 | 1,573 | 1,475 | ||||||||||
Computer and information sciences | 73 | 97 | 94 | 14 | 37 | 38 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 43 | ||||||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 101 | 376 | 187 | 193 | 152 | 122 | 81 | 50 | 220 | 134 | ||||||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 101 | 376 | 187 | 193 | 152 | 122 | 81 | 50 | 76 | 62 | ||||||||||
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 | 144 | 72 | ||||||||||
Life sciences | 2,502 | 831 | 382 | 443 | 812 | 910 | 865 | 898 | 534 | 393 | ||||||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 707 | 528 | 270 | 304 | 639 | 651 | 571 | 615 | 534 | 393 | ||||||||||
Health 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 | ||||||||||
Life sciences nec | 1,795 | 303 | 112 | 139 | 173 | 259 | 294 | 283 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 127 | 36 | 3 | 30 | 32 | 42 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences | 456 | 345 | 245 | 391 | 397 | 512 | 416 | 463 | 529 | 651 | ||||||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 96 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemistry | 299 | 287 | 180 | 302 | 330 | 420 | 268 | 355 | 423 | 564 | ||||||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Physics | 61 | 39 | 65 | 89 | 67 | 92 | 148 | 108 | 106 | 87 | ||||||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Psychology | 119 | 80 | 72 | 97 | 100 | 113 | 86 | 46 | 132 | 119 | ||||||||||
Social sciences | 568 | 316 | 150 | 222 | 111 | 197 | 157 | 139 | 110 | 118 | ||||||||||
Anthropology | 151 | 91 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Economics | 240 | 151 | 58 | 30 | 34 | 88 | 77 | 46 | 41 | 47 | ||||||||||
Political science and government | 101 | 40 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 27 | 53 | 39 | 34 | ||||||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 50 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 20 | ||||||||||
Social sciences nec | 26 | 3 | 59 | 114 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E | 508 | 449 | 539 | 146 | 211 | 292 | 428 | 264 | 175 | 198 | ||||||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Education | 7 | 48 | 294 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Humanities | 413 | 279 | 228 | 112 | 183 | 254 | 291 | 225 | 149 | 167 | ||||||||||
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 | 59 | 83 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 37 | 26 | 31 | ||||||||||
Non-S&E nec | 29 | 39 | 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.
- 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
Field | All R&D expenditures | Federal government | State and local government | Institution funds | Business | Nonprofit organizations | All other sources | |||||||
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All R&D fields | 4,454 | 3,011 | 0 | 580 | 0 | 356 | 507 | |||||||
Science | 3,946 | 2,929 | 0 | 453 | 0 | 201 | 363 | |||||||
Computer and information sciences | 73 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 101 | 85 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Atmospheric science and meteorology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geological and earth sciences | 101 | 85 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ocean sciences and marine sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences | 2,502 | 2,233 | 0 | 161 | 0 | 38 | 70 | |||||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 707 | 620 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Life sciences nec | 1,795 | 1,613 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 38 | 70 | |||||||
Mathematics and statistics | 127 | 88 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Physical sciences | 456 | 294 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 77 | |||||||
Astronomy and astrophysics | 96 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemistry | 299 | 156 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 77 | |||||||
Materials science | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physics | 61 | 42 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Physical sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Psychology | 119 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 76 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences | 568 | 201 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 68 | 154 | |||||||
Anthropology | 151 | 80 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 21 | |||||||
Economics | 240 | 105 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 45 | 52 | |||||||
Political science and government | 101 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 59 | |||||||
Sociology, demography, and population studies | 50 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social sciences nec | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | |||||||
Sciences nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Chemical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Civil engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Engineering nec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Non-S&E | 508 | 82 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 155 | 144 | |||||||
Business management and business administration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Communication and communications technologies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Education | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Humanities | 413 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 147 | 102 | |||||||
Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Social work | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Visual and performing arts | 59 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 41 | |||||||
Non-S&E nec | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 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
Source of funds | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Federal Agencies | 3,011 | 1,466 | 750 | 809 | 1,093 | 1,213 | 1,048 | 1,137 | 1,038 | 943 | ||||||||||
DOD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
DOE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
HHS | 299 | 117 | 150 | 244 | 324 | 454 | 421 | 436 | 500 | 428 | ||||||||||
NASA | 123 | 19 | 15 | 74 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 65 | 64 | 22 | ||||||||||
NSF | 855 | 1,096 | 585 | 469 | 680 | 661 | 495 | 606 | 474 | 493 | ||||||||||
USDA | 1,546 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Other | 188 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 57 | 105 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
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
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2019 | 108 | 21 | 87 | . | ||||
2018 | 167 | 24 | 143 | . | ||||
2017 | 173 | 23 | 150 | . |
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
Field, medical school space, and research animal space | 2023 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | |||||
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All research space | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 65 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Health sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Physical sciences | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | |||||
Psychology | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
- Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
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.
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 | |||||
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All research space | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,080 | |||||
Agricultural sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |||||
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,100 | |||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 680 | |||||
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.