Colorado State U., Fort Collins

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 89 81 459 99 85.7 679 59 90.4 602 64 93.2 914
2022 62 86.8 457 109 84.2 680 64 93.1 900
2021 82 82 447 114 83.8 691 56 90.6 583 61 93.4 908
2020 76 83.5 450 116 83.7 698 65 93.1 916
2019 73 84 447 107 84.9 697 47 92.3 589 65 93.1 914
2018 77 82.4 428 109 84.7 700 65 93 911
2017 88 79.7 425 103 85.2 684 49 91.7 575 70 92.4 898
2016 79 82 430 98 86.2 697 70 92.4 896
2015 73 83.2 426 100 85.8 693 63 89.2 570 72 92.2 898
2014 82 81 422 95 86.4 688 74 91.9 889
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 229 311 220 245 263 250 223 249 251 230
  Science and engineering 204 282 203 217 239 225 194 211 209 188
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 22 29 24 16 25 26 17 34 25 19
      Agricultural sciences 16 23 18 11 22 22 12 20 15 9
      Natural resources and conservation 6 6 6 5 3 4 5 14 10 10
    Biological and biomedical sciences 41 61 50 64 65 60 53 57 54 50
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 6 5 8 2 10 5 3 4 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 9 4 2 3 2 . 5 2 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . . 1 4 2 . 3 2 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 15 16 10 19 24 15 22 19 20 10
      Genetics and genomics . . 1 1 . . 2 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 6 10 8 7 6 10 8 5 5 12
      Molecular biology 7 5 8 8 8 8 4 3 2 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 4 4 3 2 1 1 5 1 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 2 1 3 1 2 . 1 1 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 7 6 8 11 7 5 7 12 6
    Computer and information sciences 6 10 5 8 6 6 7 5 9 11
      Computer science 6 9 4 8 5 6 6 5 9 11
      Computer and information sciences, other . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . .
    Engineering 40 74 35 35 46 43 37 34 44 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 8 5 1 10 9 5 3 6 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . 1 . 2 1 4 5 3 2 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 18 10 15 12 9 12 5 15 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 10 6 14 8 9 6 13 10 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 11 20 7 . 6 4 3 1 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering 1 4 . . 1 . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 7 8 6 3 7 7 6 9 9 5
      Engineering, other 2 5 1 . 1 1 . . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 17 15 18 17 13 18 19 7 9
      Geological sciences 6 2 . 6 5 . 5 2 . 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 14 15 15 12 12 13 13 17 7 6
    Health sciences 2 7 7 8 7 9 4 2 4 5
      Public health . 2 1 . 2 5 1 1 1 2
      Health sciences, other 2 5 6 8 5 4 3 1 3 3
    Mathematics and statistics 11 19 14 5 16 9 7 18 13 13
      Applied mathematics 3 2 4 1 4 4 4 6 3 4
      Mathematics . 3 . 1 1 1 . 1 6 2
      Statistics 4 7 3 3 7 2 1 6 1 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 7 7 . 4 2 2 5 3 3
    Physical sciences 36 32 31 36 31 27 27 18 25 31
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Chemistry 31 29 20 29 25 16 19 8 18 20
      Physics 5 3 11 7 6 11 6 10 7 11
    Psychology 11 18 12 12 14 16 17 19 16 16
      Clinical psychology . 1 . . 1 3 . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 9 9 4 8 7 7 9 9 11
      Research and experimental psychology 3 1 2 4 3 5 7 7 4 4
      Psychology, other 2 7 1 4 2 1 3 3 3 1
    Social sciences 15 15 10 15 12 16 7 5 12 8
      Economics 7 7 7 8 8 10 4 2 7 2
      Political science and government 5 3 . 1 2 2 . . 2 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 3
      Social sciences, other 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1
  Non-science and engineering 25 29 17 28 24 25 29 38 42 42
    Business 1 2 . 2 2 2 . 2 3 5
      Business 1 2 . 2 2 2 . 2 3 5
    Education 12 19 15 23 20 16 21 28 37 34
      Education leadership and administration 4 7 7 15 12 12 18 13 25 23
      Education research 8 11 5 5 6 3 1 12 9 6
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . 1 . . 1 1 3 5
      Education, other . 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 . .
    Humanities and arts . 3 . . . . . . . .
      Letters . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 12 5 2 3 2 7 8 8 2 3
      Communication 10 3 2 1 1 5 4 6 1 2
      Public administration and social services 1 1 . 2 1 2 4 2 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 . . . . . . . 1

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 784 702 668 618 679 701 719 782 841 758
    Female 868 797 695 643 681 648 702 769 745 823
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,121 1,087 1,014 943 968 974 1,077 1,149 1,141 1,207
    Hispanic or Latino 142 137 101 75 87 85 79 78 75 65
    Not Hispanic or Latino 959 928 873 836 831 831 935 968 955 1,038
      American Indian or Alaska Native 7 4 5 2 4 5 4 3 6 4
      Asian 30 33 34 28 30 27 43 31 21 28
      Black or African American 22 27 22 10 7 12 18 16 12 16
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
      White 836 805 763 764 759 742 827 883 880 966
      More than one race 63 57 45 32 30 43 42 35 36 24
    Unknown ethnicity and race 20 22 40 32 50 58 63 103 111 104
  Temporary visa holders 531 412 349 318 392 375 344 402 445 374
  Science and engineering 1,617 1,461 1,330 1,218 1,312 1,311 1,373 1,392 1,423 1,354
    Science 1,338 1,206 1,073 1,018 1,066 1,049 1,141 1,104 1,091 1,065
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 149 118 105 96 78 86 106 180 184 192
      Biological and biomedical sciences 403 359 349 318 347 311 378 303 295 295
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 55 49
      Computer and information sciences 214 146 99 106 131 96 106 94 102 69
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 31 33
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 96 92 86 72 85 82 74 90 89 99
      Mathematics and statistics 98 87 54 71 65 92 85 78 68 48
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 44 41 28 28 20 22 24 20 12 0
      Natural resources and conservation 50 62 79 48 45 55 55 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 90 92 68 82 75 88 107 93 85 92
      Psychology 84 92 89 89 75 74 58 51 53 65
      Social sciences 110 117 116 108 145 143 148 115 114 120
    Engineering 279 255 257 200 246 262 232 288 332 289
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 16 15 10 12 14 18 15 12 13
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 7 9 8 6 9 8 16 6 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 64 63 66 51 69 78 61 96 88 100
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 63 53 51 41 65 58 57 60 113 117
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 28 21 20 8 8 5 2 15 14 14
      Mechanical engineering 62 55 59 53 46 50 49 49 52 39
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 40 40 37 29 40 48 37 37 47 0
    Health 35 38 33 43 48 38 48 159 163 227
      Clinical medicine 24 25 20 19 10 10 17 102 100 62
      Other health 11 13 13 24 38 28 31 57 63 165

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 1,219 1,179 1,271 1,361 1,303 776 796 849 837 793
    Female 976 940 983 1,007 932 535 565 632 606 557
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,795 1,802 1,930 2,005 1,889 976 970 1,054 1,036 1,013
    Hispanic or Latino 164 148 143 142 131 58 56 58 56 55
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,557 1,575 1,705 1,738 1,635 852 826 891 858 854
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 3 5 10 9 3 0 4 3 3
      Asian 75 74 67 84 84 35 29 30 33 28
      Black or African American 57 44 54 51 47 14 7 6 6 8
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 1,369 1,386 1,514 1,520 1,433 773 765 829 795 796
      More than one race 54 65 64 70 62 27 25 22 21 19
    Unknown ethnicity and race 74 79 82 125 123 66 88 105 122 104
  Temporary visa holders 400 317 324 363 346 335 391 427 407 337
  Science and engineering 2,179 2,105 2,238 2,349 2,170 1,278 1,322 1,400 1,382 1,297
    Science 1,525 1,502 1,592 1,657 1,532 942 916 974 991 941
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 168 173 168 224 163 87 77 162 158 159
      Biological and biomedical sciences 371 364 370 360 354 281 285 260 266 270
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 42 45
      Computer and information sciences 169 149 197 236 232 83 72 71 100 70
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 8
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 44 46 55 54 51 43 61 79 85 59
      Mathematics and statistics 76 98 119 117 120 48 40 38 35 47
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 19 27 38 49 55 4 1 2 4 0
      Natural resources and conservation 311 264 221 200 157 59 60 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 174 178 204 192 197 168 156 149 131 126
      Psychology 83 83 93 100 92 43 45 39 37 34
      Social sciences 110 120 127 125 111 126 119 124 127 123
    Engineering 654 603 646 692 638 336 406 426 391 356
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 23 22 23 23 19 23 24 20 20 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 6 6 7 7 8 16 11 18 15
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 88 88 91 110 121 112 149 140 137 133
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 82 88 105 128 109 102 123 152 133 128
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 245 227 232 213 178 13 10 13 10 13
      Mechanical engineering 37 35 45 50 57 53 68 65 53 49
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 170 137 144 161 147 25 16 25 20 0
    Health 16 14 16 19 65 33 39 81 61 53
      Clinical medicine 15 14 12 9 9 11 14 43 30 25
      Other health 1 0 4 10 56 22 25 38 31 28

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 395 350 328 267 272 272 245 280 306 0 0
  Science and engineering 378 334 315 251 257 262 229 247 263 0 0
    Science 299 259 234 196 187 188 173 187 201 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 34 28 22 19 14 15 18 23 29 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 115 86 86 61 58 47 57 51 59 0 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 17 20 17 15 14 9 8 12 16 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 68 60 58 48 57 56 49 62 52 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 11 6 7 5 9 7 9 6 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 13 12 10 5 8 11 8 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 15 7 12 6 12 9 6 14 0 0
      Psychology 14 14 18 21 9 10 9 10 8 0 0
      Social sciences 16 13 10 8 16 19 8 5 8 0 0
    Engineering 79 75 81 55 70 74 56 60 62 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 8 6 5 4 5 4 6 5 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 6 3 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 24 24 24 13 19 23 17 24 24 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 15 7 13 11 17 16 18 10 16 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 5 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 22 26 34 22 24 21 14 11 13 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0
    Health 17 16 13 16 15 10 16 33 43 0 0
      Clinical medicine 17 15 12 15 9 8 14 30 34 0 0
      Other health 0 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 9 0 0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,652 1,499 1,363 1,261 1,360 1,349 1,421 1,551 1,586 1,581
  Fellowships 14 5 14 7 20 45 59 85 81 60
    Federal 3 1 3 3 3 39 43 68 54 0
    Institutional 9 2 7 4 16 5 16 17 25 1
    Nonfederal 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 59
  Research assistantships 504 452 443 382 379 408 408 365 415 396
    Federal 303 276 262 211 210 216 187 185 221 0
    Institutional 153 137 142 131 134 156 170 129 142 47
    Nonfederal 48 39 39 40 35 36 51 51 52 349
  Teaching assistantships 526 529 458 447 452 443 470 507 492 457
    Federal 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 1 0
    Institutional 526 529 458 444 446 441 468 507 491 43
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 414
  Other types of support 608 513 448 425 509 453 484 594 598 668
    Federal 89 73 63 50 55 15 13 27 30 0
    Institutional 184 141 98 95 151 136 119 194 190 82
    Nonfederal 5 1 5 4 4 3 6 5 7 119
    Personal resources 330 298 282 276 299 299 346 368 371 467

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 366 368 331 425 312 196 193 178 183 208
    Science 330 332 289 385 276 171 174 157 166 183
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 51 51 33 140 37 26 17 29 25 24
      Biological and biomedical sciences 104 97 90 103 89 67 70 73 79 86
        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 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 42 43 41 31 28 18 18 17 18 24
      Mathematics and statistics 22 19 21 23 30 11 11 7 5 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 42 43 47 41 34 17 22 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 57 65 45 39 38 21 26 24 33 36
      Psychology 6 6 6 6 4 2 3 1 2 4
      Social sciences 4 6 6 2 16 8 6 3 1 2
    Engineering 36 36 42 40 36 25 19 21 17 25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 4 14 18 10 6 3 1 2 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 14 16 16 8 10 9 9 10 8 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 14 4 8 8 7 3 4 4 11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12 2 8 6 8 3 4 6 3 8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 36 23 25 34 126 73 74 71 71 89
      Clinical medicine 24 19 21 30 24 13 14 14 15 20
      Other health 12 4 4 4 102 60 60 57 56 69

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 120 134 118 112 107 124 122 111 117 2
  Science and engineering 112 129 115 107 102 120 118 108 112 2
    Science 99 118 99 90 85 103 105 94 100 2
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 14 17 10 16 15 16 10 16 14 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 31 33 30 33 26 36 35 47 45 0
        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 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 18 19 11 13 16 15 15 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1 2 4 5 6 3 6 3 4 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 18 18 13 10 12 16 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 25 15 10 10 12 16 10 20 0
      Psychology 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 1 1 1 0 3 6 5 1 1 2
    Engineering 13 11 16 17 17 17 13 14 12 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 2 7 8 4 3 1 1 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 7 6 4 4 6 8 10 8 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 2 2 4 4 6 2 1 2 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 0 1 1 5 2 2 2 2 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 8 5 3 5 5 4 4 3 5 0
      Clinical medicine 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 0
      Other health 4 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 0

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 498,073 456,911 447,197 407,302 398,477 374,955 338,404 331,862 317,219 307,978
    Science 430,897 397,706 390,556 341,205 339,643 318,032 287,300 282,993 275,935 264,647
      Computer and information sciences 4,521 4,052 3,621 4,278 4,278 4,349 5,056 4,184 3,565 3,909
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 59,772 53,708 60,073 67,642 85,500 116,804 122,150 38,038 120,232 107,032
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 49,496 43,583 42,825 43,063 45,148 42,836 40,349 38,038 39,077 38,745
        Geological and earth sciences 9,357 9,147 15,441 22,187 36,757 65,645 80,891 0 76,494 68,002
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 102 32 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 817 946 1,807 2,389 3,592 8,323 910 0 4,661 285
      Life sciences 313,226 289,050 288,731 231,734 211,774 161,006 131,900 212,291 122,500 126,224
        Agricultural sciences 68,745 55,140 50,785 61,780 50,080 44,779 42,828 32,680 36,811 36,271
        Biological and biomedical sciences 74,873 74,575 67,310 39,769 40,348 36,844 32,767 31,336 34,971 35,960
        Health sciences 29,427 26,764 28,615 24,849 37,787 46,652 54,686 58,517 49,743 53,263
        Natural resources and conservation 136,031 127,234 136,967 101,604 73,680 23,393 540 88,558 0 0
        Life sciences nec 4,150 5,337 5,054 3,732 9,879 9,338 1,079 1,200 975 730
      Mathematics and statistics 3,310 3,006 2,980 4,190 4,392 4,240 3,195 3,297 3,291 3,632
      Physical sciences 19,169 14,885 12,947 11,356 14,464 13,908 10,825 12,926 13,059 12,956
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 177 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,002 9,951 8,806 8,042 10,311 9,944 7,768 9,913 9,137 8,453
        Materials science 1,158 1,050 737 71 1,022 754 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,625 3,551 2,956 2,855 2,837 2,772 3,057 3,013 3,922 4,503
        Physical sciences nec 384 333 448 388 294 261 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,362 3,476 3,755 3,255 3,860 4,324 3,378 3,032 3,041 2,172
      Social sciences 13,333 15,024 11,988 14,787 12,649 9,714 7,905 8,914 6,910 4,647
        Anthropology 4,596 3,361 2,631 2,448 2,743 601 37 518 0 0
        Economics 1,701 1,826 1,892 3,801 1,984 2,484 2,824 3,089 2,767 1,302
        Political science and government 833 3,561 1,087 683 652 642 266 353 285 211
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 808 1,486 1,636 2,758 3,362 3,827 2,510 2,268 1,670 2,089
        Social sciences nec 5,395 4,790 4,742 5,097 3,908 2,160 2,268 2,686 2,188 1,045
      Sciences nec 14,204 14,505 6,461 3,963 2,726 3,687 2,891 311 3,337 4,075
    Engineering 52,539 47,833 41,575 42,839 42,609 38,919 40,921 40,075 32,850 35,925
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 650 1,198 859 814 550 134 45 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 3,983 4,028 3,119 2,513 2,747 2,712 2,577 2,186 1,539 2,408
      Civil engineering 17,022 15,066 13,574 15,082 16,251 14,783 16,501 16,213 12,061 12,432
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,300 9,042 8,479 8,951 9,512 9,310 10,005 10,300 8,621 10,591
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,292 1,196 962 213 0 62 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 14,127 14,058 12,428 13,995 12,942 11,273 11,167 10,827 10,386 9,644
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,165 3,245 2,154 1,271 607 645 626 549 243 850
    Non-S&E 14,637 11,372 15,066 23,258 16,225 18,004 10,183 8,794 8,434 7,406
      Business management and business administration 202 289 39 446 315 835 664 1,513 1,034 1,225
      Communication and communications technologies 286 288 170 816 865 1,273 2,158 1,258 1,344 706
      Education 7,243 6,036 732 2,435 2,955 1,872 934 756 978 961
      Humanities 3,811 3,308 2,466 587 208 213 95 238 118 116
      Law 365 622 642 118 0 0 0 0 69 11
      Social work 523 396 47 176 124 238 37 0 0 485
      Visual and performing arts 340 363 399 46 49 60 66 82 48 294
      Non-S&E nec 1,867 70 10,571 18,634 11,709 13,513 6,229 4,947 4,843 3,608

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 498,073 354,401 22,951 75,358 13,597 21,049 10,717
    Science 430,897 306,509 19,493 66,959 10,698 17,747 9,491
      Computer and information sciences 4,521 3,617 94 697 39 0 74
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 59,772 48,659 1,660 6,769 541 466 1,677
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 49,496 43,350 1,425 2,959 541 397 824
        Geological and earth sciences 9,357 4,434 235 3,766 0 69 853
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 102 101 0 1 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 817 774 0 43 0 0 0
      Life sciences 313,226 215,670 15,276 51,135 8,546 15,665 6,934
        Agricultural sciences 68,745 23,990 10,627 23,463 2,092 7,170 1,403
        Biological and biomedical sciences 74,873 51,583 1,646 8,327 5,891 4,226 3,200
        Health sciences 29,427 17,710 512 6,354 380 2,261 2,210
        Natural resources and conservation 136,031 119,827 2,465 12,195 127 1,296 121
        Life sciences nec 4,150 2,560 26 796 56 712 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3,310 2,749 84 118 313 29 17
      Physical sciences 19,169 16,078 249 1,103 818 803 118
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,002 9,720 249 727 603 668 35
        Materials science 1,158 1,010 0 3 142 0 3
        Physics 5,625 4,966 0 371 73 135 80
        Physical sciences nec 384 382 0 2 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,362 2,818 83 312 74 0 75
      Social sciences 13,333 8,774 1,835 1,966 200 436 122
        Anthropology 4,596 4,162 16 380 0 38 0
        Economics 1,701 650 760 282 0 3 6
        Political science and government 833 173 0 165 200 272 23
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 808 508 42 72 0 123 63
        Social sciences nec 5,395 3,281 1,017 1,067 0 0 30
      Sciences nec 14,204 8,144 212 4,859 167 348 474
    Engineering 52,539 39,358 1,806 6,025 2,895 1,404 1,051
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 650 590 0 18 0 42 0
      Chemical engineering 3,983 3,369 96 388 45 36 49
      Civil engineering 17,022 12,549 771 2,106 1,027 45 524
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 11,300 9,879 80 577 62 572 130
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 1,292 1,194 46 23 29 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 14,127 9,707 206 2,709 1,139 255 111
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 4,165 2,070 607 204 593 454 237
    Non-S&E 14,637 8,534 1,652 2,374 4 1,898 175
      Business management and business administration 202 19 0 18 4 0 161
      Communication and communications technologies 286 180 3 72 0 28 3
      Education 7,243 4,842 5 1,152 0 1,244 0
      Humanities 3,811 2,570 59 948 0 231 3
      Law 365 307 0 49 0 9 0
      Social work 523 196 285 20 0 14 8
      Visual and performing arts 340 221 45 38 0 36 0
      Non-S&E nec 1,867 199 1,255 77 0 336 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 354,401 316,727 303,901 287,100 284,482 268,747 239,165 232,108 219,321 212,054
  DOD 106,769 100,464 98,372 96,624 92,283 79,404 58,816 60,101 49,832 44,721
  DOE 21,728 20,904 17,255 15,198 14,861 15,474 13,287 11,379 11,936 12,743
  HHS 66,714 57,818 55,483 47,156 45,335 42,801 41,371 37,283 36,228 42,545
  NASA 12,578 10,455 7,984 8,518 9,328 8,650 8,144 8,700 6,806 7,649
  NSF 37,561 33,534 27,501 29,078 31,344 32,599 32,279 32,927 31,722 33,345
  USDA 53,462 44,464 46,659 42,736 41,555 36,628 36,992 35,158 37,450 31,220
  Other 55,589 49,088 50,647 47,790 49,776 53,191 48,276 46,560 45,347 39,831

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 5,533 i 1,096 4,437 i .
2018 5,061 i 987 4,074 i .
2017 4,806 i 968 3,838 i .

i=imputed

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

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

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space 1,163 1,155 1,242 1,208 948
    Agricultural sciences 274 269 157 132 115
    Biological and biomedical sciences 199 209 195 204 82
    Computer and information sciences 6 6 6 6 6
    Engineering 233 225 229 273 238
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 55 64 64 64 62
    Health sciences 67 63 250 270 246
    Mathematics and statistics 9 5 5 5 5
    Natural resources and conservation 159 155 168 89 70
    Physical sciences 86 91 99 109 67
    Psychology 12 12 13 13 7
    Social sciences 8 7 7 8 8
    Other 56 48 49 35 42

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 165,780 9,588 . 32,129 58,058
    Agricultural sciences 165,780 9,588 . 5,788 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 . 20,700 0
    Health sciences 0 0 . 5,641 58,058

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 4,481 11,969 2,876 3,498 252
    Agricultural sciences 0 8,082 502 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 554 2,881 0 2,339 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,448 0 755 270 252
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 278 0 0 0
    Health sciences 734 0 497 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 1,745 728 1,123 580 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 310 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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