Colorado State U., Fort Collins

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 70 85.1 459 101 84.3 631 76 92 925
2023 89 81 459 99 85.7 679 64 93.2 911 59 90.4 602
2022 62 86.8 457 109 84.2 680 64 93.1 900
2021 82 82 447 114 83.8 691 61 93.4 908 56 90.6 583
2020 76 83.5 450 116 83.7 698 65 93.1 916
2019 73 84 447 107 84.9 697 65 93.1 914 47 92.3 589
2018 77 82.4 428 109 84.7 700 65 93 911
2017 88 79.7 425 103 85.2 684 70 92.4 898 49 91.7 575
2016 79 82 430 98 86.2 697 70 92.4 896
2015 73 83.2 426 100 85.8 693 72 92.2 898 63 89.2 570
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 276 229 311 220 245 263 250 223 249 251
  Science and engineering 255 204 282 203 217 239 225 194 211 209
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 27 22 29 24 16 25 26 17 34 25
      Agricultural sciences 23 16 23 18 11 22 22 12 20 15
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 6 6 5 3 4 5 14 10
    Biological and biomedical sciences 66 41 61 50 64 65 60 53 57 54
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 2 6 5 8 2 10 5 3 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 11 4 9 4 2 3 2 . 5 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . . 1 4 2 . 3 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 17 15 16 10 19 24 15 22 19 20
      Genetics and genomics 2 . . 1 1 . . 2 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 8 6 10 8 7 6 10 8 5 5
      Molecular biology 6 7 5 8 8 8 8 4 3 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 1 4 4 3 2 1 1 5 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 2 1 3 1 2 . 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 . 1 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 8 4 7 6 8 11 7 5 7 12
    Computer and information sciences 7 6 10 5 8 6 6 7 5 9
      Computer science 7 6 9 4 8 5 6 6 5 9
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . .
    Engineering 48 40 74 35 35 46 43 37 34 44
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 5 8 5 1 10 9 5 3 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 . 1 . 2 1 4 5 3 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 9 18 10 15 12 9 12 5 15
      Electrical and computer engineering 7 5 10 6 14 8 9 6 13 10
      Industrial engineering and operations research 13 11 20 7 . 6 4 3 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering 2 1 4 . . 1 . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 8 7 8 6 3 7 7 6 9 9
      Engineering, other 2 2 5 1 . 1 1 . . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 20 17 15 18 17 13 18 19 7
      Geological sciences 3 6 2 . 6 5 . 5 2 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 13 14 15 15 12 12 13 13 17 7
    Health sciences 11 2 7 7 8 7 9 4 2 4
      Public health 4 . 2 1 . 2 5 1 1 1
      Health sciences, other 7 2 5 6 8 5 4 3 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 17 11 19 14 5 16 9 7 18 13
      Applied mathematics 2 3 2 4 1 4 4 4 6 3
      Mathematics 3 . 3 . 1 1 1 . 1 6
      Statistics 8 4 7 3 3 7 2 1 6 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 4 7 7 . 4 2 2 5 3
    Physical sciences 27 36 32 31 36 31 27 27 18 25
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Chemistry 20 31 29 20 29 25 16 19 8 18
      Physics 7 5 3 11 7 6 11 6 10 7
    Psychology 18 11 18 12 12 14 16 17 19 16
      Clinical psychology . . 1 . . 1 3 . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 6 9 9 4 8 7 7 9 9
      Research and experimental psychology 5 3 1 2 4 3 5 7 7 4
      Psychology, other 5 2 7 1 4 2 1 3 3 3
    Social sciences 18 15 15 10 15 12 16 7 5 12
      Economics 14 7 7 7 8 8 10 4 2 7
      Political science and government 3 5 3 . 1 2 2 . . 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 1
      Social sciences, other . 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2
  Non-science and engineering 21 25 29 17 28 24 25 29 38 42
    Business 3 1 2 . 2 2 2 . 2 3
      Business 3 1 2 . 2 2 2 . 2 3
    Education 11 12 19 15 23 20 16 21 28 37
      Education leadership and administration 6 4 7 7 15 12 12 18 13 25
      Education research 2 8 11 5 5 6 3 1 12 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . 1 . . 1 1 3
      Education, other 3 . 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 .
    Humanities and arts 1 . 3 . . . . . . .
      Letters . . 2 . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 6 12 5 2 3 2 7 8 8 2
      Communication 4 10 3 2 1 1 5 4 6 1
      Public administration and social services 1 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,100   1,121   1,087   1,014   943   968   974   1,077   1,149   1,141
    Hispanic or Latino   151   142   137   101   75   87   85   79   78   75
    Not Hispanic or Latino   926   959   928   873   836   831   831   935   968   955
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   7   4   5   2   4   5   4   3   6
      Asian   41   30   33   34   28   30   27   43   31   21
      Black or African American   25   22   27   22   10   7   12   18   16   12
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   2   1   2   4   0   1   2   1   0   0
      White   798   836   805   763   764   759   742   827   883   880
      More than one race   55   63   57   45   32   30   43   42   35   36
    Unknown ethnicity and race   23   20   22   40   32   50   58   63   103   111
  Temporary visa holders   581   531   412   349   318   392   375   344   402   445
  Science and engineering   1,650   1,617   1,461   1,330   1,218   1,312   1,311   1,373   1,392   1,423
    Science   1,349   1,338   1,206   1,073   1,018   1,066   1,049   1,141   1,104   1,091
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   127   149   118   105   96   78   86   106   180   184
      Biological and biomedical sciences   409   403   359   349   318   347   311   378   303   295
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44   55
      Computer and information sciences   238   214   146   99   106   131   96   106   94   102
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   34   31
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   104   96   92   86   72   85   82   74   90   89
      Mathematics and statistics   101   98   87   54   71   65   92   85   78   68
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   35   44   41   28   28   20   22   24   20   12
      Natural resources and conservation   59   50   62   79   48   45   55   55   0   0
      Physical sciences   88   90   92   68   82   75   88   107   93   85
      Psychology   88   84   92   89   89   75   74   58   51   53
      Social sciences   100   110   117   116   108   145   143   148   115   114
    Engineering   301   279   255   257   200   246   262   232   288   332
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   13   14   16   15   10   12   14   18   15   12
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   9   8   7   9   8   6   9   8   16   6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   73   64   63   66   51   69   78   61   96   88
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   74   63   53   51   41   65   58   57   60   113
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   35   28   21   20   8   8   5   2   15   14
      Mechanical engineering   60   62   55   59   53   46   50   49   49   52
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   37   40   40   37   29   40   48   37   37   47
    Health   31   35   38   33   43   48   38   48   159   163
      Clinical medicine   20   24   25   20   19   10   10   17   102   100
      Other health   11   11   13   13   24   38   28   31   57   63

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   1,864   1,795   1,802   1,930   2,005   1,889   976   970   1,054   1,036
    Hispanic or Latino   161   164   148   143   142   131   58   56   58   56
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,643   1,557   1,575   1,705   1,738   1,635   852   826   891   858
      American Indian or Alaska Native   8   1   3   5   10   9   3   0   4   3
      Asian   88   75   74   67   84   84   35   29   30   33
      Black or African American   53   57   44   54   51   47   14   7   6   6
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   3   1   3   1   3   0   0   0   0   0
      White   1,419   1,369   1,386   1,514   1,520   1,433   773   765   829   795
      More than one race   72   54   65   64   70   62   27   25   22   21
    Unknown ethnicity and race   60   74   79   82   125   123   66   88   105   122
  Temporary visa holders   415   400   317   324   363   346   335   391   427   407
  Science and engineering   2,263   2,179   2,105   2,238   2,349   2,170   1,278   1,322   1,400   1,382
    Science   1,601   1,525   1,502   1,592   1,657   1,532   942   916   974   991
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   182   168   173   168   224   163   87   77   162   158
      Biological and biomedical sciences   391   371   364   370   360   354   281   285   260   266
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46   42
      Computer and information sciences   208   169   149   197   236   232   83   72   71   100
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   40   44   46   55   54   51   43   61   79   85
      Mathematics and statistics   86   76   98   119   117   120   48   40   38   35
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   23   19   27   38   49   55   4   1   2   4
      Natural resources and conservation   290   311   264   221   200   157   59   60   0   0
      Physical sciences   190   174   178   204   192   197   168   156   149   131
      Psychology   84   83   83   93   100   92   43   45   39   37
      Social sciences   107   110   120   127   125   111   126   119   124   127
    Engineering   662   654   603   646   692   638   336   406   426   391
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   23   22   23   23   19   23   24   20   20
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   6   9   6   6   7   7   8   16   11   18
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   72   88   88   91   110   121   112   149   140   137
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   93   82   88   105   128   109   102   123   152   133
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   232   245   227   232   213   178   13   10   13   10
      Mechanical engineering   54   37   35   45   50   57   53   68   65   53
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   183   170   137   144   161   147   25   16   25   20
    Health   16   16   14   16   19   65   33   39   81   61
      Clinical medicine   15   15   14   12   9   9   11   14   43   30
      Other health   1   1   0   4   10   56   22   25   38   31

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   394   395   350   328   267   272   272   245   280   306
  Science and engineering   380   378   334   315   251   257   262   229   247   263
    Science   288   299   259   234   196   187   188   173   187   201
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   27   34   28   22   19   14   15   18   23   29
      Biological and biomedical sciences   115   115   86   86   61   58   47   57   51   59
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5
      Computer and information sciences   19   17   20   17   15   14   9   8   12   16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   76   68   60   58   48   57   56   49   62   52
      Mathematics and statistics   8   8   11   6   7   5   9   7   9   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   11   13   12   10   5   8   11   8   0   0
      Physical sciences   12   14   15   7   12   6   12   9   6   14
      Psychology   12   14   14   18   21   9   10   9   10   8
      Social sciences   8   16   13   10   8   16   19   8   5   8
    Engineering   92   79   75   81   55   70   74   56   60   62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   9   8   6   5   4   5   4   6   5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   3   3   2   2   3   2   1   6   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   25   24   24   24   13   19   23   17   24   24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   15   7   13   11   17   16   18   10   16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   10   5   5   1   2   3   4   1   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   27   22   26   34   22   24   21   14   11   13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1   1   2   1   0   0   3   1   3   1
    Health   14   17   16   13   16   15   10   16   33   43
      Clinical medicine   13   17   15   12   15   9   8   14   30   34
      Other health   1   0   1   1   1   6   2   2   3   9

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   1,681   1,652   1,499   1,363   1,261   1,360   1,349   1,421   1,551   1,586
  Fellowships   13   14   5   14   7   20   45   59   85   81
    Federal   2   3   1   3   3   3   39   43   68   54
    Institutional   10   9   2   7   4   16   5   16   17   25
    Nonfederal   1   2   2   4   0   1   1   0   0   2
  Research assistantships   536   504   452   443   382   379   408   408   365   415
    Federal   317   303   276   262   211   210   216   187   185   221
    Institutional   173   153   137   142   131   134   156   170   129   142
    Nonfederal   46   48   39   39   40   35   36   51   51   52
  Teaching assistantships   509   526   529   458   447   452   443   470   507   492
    Federal   0   0   0   0   3   4   2   2   0   1
    Institutional   509   526   529   458   444   446   441   468   507   491
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0
  Other types of support   623   608   513   448   425   509   453   484   594   598
    Federal   75   89   73   63   50   55   15   13   27   30
    Institutional   199   184   141   98   95   151   136   119   194   190
    Nonfederal   4   5   1   5   4   4   3   6   5   7
    Personal resources   345   330   298   282   276   299   299   346   368   371

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   215   192   199   182   245   170   196   193   178   183
    Science   195   174   181   161   225   151   171   174   157   166
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   25   26   26   17   89   21   26   17   29   25
      Biological and biomedical sciences   69   59   59   56   62   54   67   70   73   79
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   1   2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   31   21   22   21   16   14   18   18   17   18
      Mathematics and statistics   8   11   10   11   12   15   11   11   7   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Natural resources and conservation   27   22   23   25   22   18   17   22   0   0
      Physical sciences   29   29   34   25   20   19   21   26   24   33
      Psychology   4   3   3   3   3   2   2   3   1   2
      Social sciences   2   2   3   3   1   8   8   6   3   1
    Engineering   20   18   18   21   20   19   25   19   21   17
      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   1   2   7   9   5   6   3   1   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   8   7   8   8   4   5   9   9   10   8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   4   7   2   4   4   7   3   4   4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   6   1   4   3   5   3   4   6   3
      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   17   21   15   16   20   82   73   74   71   71
      Clinical medicine   12   15   13   14   18   15   13   14   14   15
      Other health   5   6   2   2   2   67   60   60   57   56

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   152   120   134   118   112   107   124   122   111   117
  Science and engineering   145   112   129   115   107   102   120   118   108   112
    Science   130   99   118   99   90   85   103   105   94   100
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   14   14   17   10   16   15   16   10   16   14
      Biological and biomedical sciences   41   31   33   30   33   26   36   35   47   45
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   1   1   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   26   15   18   19   11   13   16   15   15   15
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   2   4   5   6   3   6   3   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Natural resources and conservation   21   12   18   18   13   10   12   16   0   0
      Physical sciences   21   21   25   15   10   10   12   16   10   20
      Psychology   4   3   3   2   2   2   1   1   0   0
      Social sciences   2   1   1   1   0   3   6   5   1   1
    Engineering   15   13   11   16   17   17   17   13   14   12
      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   1   2   7   8   4   3   1   1   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   5   7   6   4   4   6   8   10   8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3   3   2   2   4   4   6   2   1   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   4   0   1   1   5   2   2   2   2
      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   7   8   5   3   5   5   4   4   3   5
      Clinical medicine   4   4   3   2   3   3   4   3   3   3
      Other health   3   4   2   1   2   2   0   1   0   2

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   466,386   498,073   456,911   447,197   407,302   398,477   374,955   338,404   331,862   317,219
    Science   386,486   430,897   397,706   390,556   341,205   339,643   318,032   287,300   282,993   275,935
      Computer and information sciences   6,359   4,521   4,052   3,621   4,278   4,278   4,349   5,056   4,184   3,565
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   67,284   59,772   53,708   60,073   67,642   85,500   116,804   122,150   38,038   120,232
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   53,989   49,496   43,583   42,825   43,063   45,148   42,836   40,349   38,038   39,077
        Geological and earth sciences   12,280   9,357   9,147   15,441   22,187   36,757   65,645   80,891   0   76,494
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   225   102   32   0   3   3   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   790   817   946   1,807   2,389   3,592   8,323   910   0   4,661
      Life sciences   264,883   313,226   289,050   288,731   231,734   211,774   161,006   131,900   212,291   122,500
        Agricultural sciences   80,130   68,745   55,140   50,785   61,780   50,080   44,779   42,828   32,680   36,811
        Biological and biomedical sciences   88,446   74,873   74,575   67,310   39,769   40,348   36,844   32,767   31,336   34,971
        Health sciences   31,848   29,427   26,764   28,615   24,849   37,787   46,652   54,686   58,517   49,743
        Natural resources and conservation   52,529   136,031   127,234   136,967   101,604   73,680   23,393   540   88,558   0
        Life sciences nec   11,930   4,150   5,337   5,054   3,732   9,879   9,338   1,079   1,200   975
      Mathematics and statistics   3,191   3,310   3,006   2,980   4,190   4,392   4,240   3,195   3,297   3,291
      Physical sciences   19,504   19,169   14,885   12,947   11,356   14,464   13,908   10,825   12,926   13,059
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   177   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,330   12,002   9,951   8,806   8,042   10,311   9,944   7,768   9,913   9,137
        Materials science   712   1,158   1,050   737   71   1,022   754   0   0   0
        Physics   5,304   5,625   3,551   2,956   2,855   2,837   2,772   3,057   3,013   3,922
        Physical sciences nec   158   384   333   448   388   294   261   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,735   3,362   3,476   3,755   3,255   3,860   4,324   3,378   3,032   3,041
      Social sciences   8,834   13,333   15,024   11,988   14,787   12,649   9,714   7,905   8,914   6,910
        Anthropology   496   4,596   3,361   2,631   2,448   2,743   601   37   518   0
        Economics   2,278   1,701   1,826   1,892   3,801   1,984   2,484   2,824   3,089   2,767
        Political science and government   803   833   3,561   1,087   683   652   642   266   353   285
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   597   808   1,486   1,636   2,758   3,362   3,827   2,510   2,268   1,670
        Social sciences nec   4,660   5,395   4,790   4,742   5,097   3,908   2,160   2,268   2,686   2,188
      Sciences nec   12,696   14,204   14,505   6,461   3,963   2,726   3,687   2,891   311   3,337
    Engineering   60,498   52,539   47,833   41,575   42,839   42,609   38,919   40,921   40,075   32,850
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   93   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   906   650   1,198   859   814   550   134   45   0   0
      Chemical engineering   4,841   3,983   4,028   3,119   2,513   2,747   2,712   2,577   2,186   1,539
      Civil engineering   18,253   17,022   15,066   13,574   15,082   16,251   14,783   16,501   16,213   12,061
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,143   11,300   9,042   8,479   8,951   9,512   9,310   10,005   10,300   8,621
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   777   1,292   1,196   962   213   0   62   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   18,365   14,127   14,058   12,428   13,995   12,942   11,273   11,167   10,827   10,386
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   6,099   4,165   3,245   2,154   1,271   607   645   626   549   243
    Non-S&E   19,402   14,637   11,372   15,066   23,258   16,225   18,004   10,183   8,794   8,434
      Business management and business administration   364   202   289   39   446   315   835   664   1,513   1,034
      Communication and communications technologies   2   286   288   170   816   865   1,273   2,158   1,258   1,344
      Education   7,562   7,243   6,036   732   2,435   2,955   1,872   934   756   978
      Humanities   4,383   3,811   3,308   2,466   587   208   213   95   238   118
      Law   154   365   622   642   118   0   0   0   0   69
      Social work   1,063   523   396   47   176   124   238   37   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   294   340   363   399   46   49   60   66   82   48
      Non-S&E nec   5,580   1,867   70   10,571   18,634   11,709   13,513   6,229   4,947   4,843

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   466,386   300,857   25,088   82,212   14,380   25,139   18,710
    Science   386,486   246,363   21,246   70,178   11,748   19,985   16,966
      Computer and information sciences   6,359   5,483   0   792   0   43   41
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   67,284   52,763   1,777   8,714   397   642   2,991
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   53,989   47,422   1,426   3,349   397   626   769
        Geological and earth sciences   12,280   4,381   351   5,313   0   13   2,222
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   225   223   0   2   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   790   737   0   50   0   3   0
      Life sciences   264,883   153,471   16,557   55,623   10,050   16,379   12,803
        Agricultural sciences   80,130   28,618   11,062   27,604   2,149   8,707   1,990
        Biological and biomedical sciences   88,446   58,498   1,972   11,120   7,499   3,625   5,732
        Health sciences   31,848   16,485   466   6,683   370   2,896   4,948
        Natural resources and conservation   52,529   38,871   3,057   9,426   0   1,042   133
        Life sciences nec   11,930   10,999   0   790   32   109   0
      Mathematics and statistics   3,191   2,715   113   190   89   38   46
      Physical sciences   19,504   15,749   298   1,477   831   1,077   72
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   13,330   10,432   298   926   654   951   69
        Materials science   712   528   0   4   177   0   3
        Physics   5,304   4,632   0   546   0   126   0
        Physical sciences nec   158   157   0   1   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,735   2,801   343   425   112   0   54
      Social sciences   8,834   3,719   1,927   2,034   53   855   246
        Anthropology   496   353   34   109   0   0   0
        Economics   2,278   728   1,052   440   0   23   35
        Political science and government   803   229   0   154   53   355   12
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   597   286   63   81   0   76   91
        Social sciences nec   4,660   2,123   778   1,250   0   401   108
      Sciences nec   12,696   9,662   231   923   216   951   713
    Engineering   60,498   45,414   1,961   7,356   2,627   1,580   1,560
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   93   0   52   41   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   906   825   18   63   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   4,841   4,313   24   298   126   70   10
      Civil engineering   18,253   13,811   600   2,328   714   490   310
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,143   9,969   64   455   288   185   182
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   777   636   70   61   0   10   0
      Mechanical engineering   18,365   12,736   390   3,836   972   319   112
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21   0   15   6   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   6,099   3,124   728   268   527   506   946
    Non-S&E   19,402   9,080   1,881   4,678   5   3,574   184
      Business management and business administration   364   128   0   60   4   4   168
      Communication and communications technologies   2   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Education   7,562   4,219   262   1,889   0   1,192   0
      Humanities   4,383   2,604   43   1,069   1   653   13
      Law   154   129   0   25   0   0   0
      Social work   1,063   22   921   55   0   65   0
      Visual and performing arts   294   175   43   67   0   8   1
      Non-S&E nec   5,580   1,803   612   1,513   0   1,652   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   300,857   354,401   316,727   303,901   287,100   284,482   268,747   239,165   232,108   219,321
  DOD   16,285   106,769   100,464   98,372   96,624   92,283   79,404   58,816   60,101   49,832
  DOE   25,576   21,728   20,904   17,255   15,198   14,861   15,474   13,287   11,379   11,936
  HHS   72,470   66,714   57,818   55,483   47,156   45,335   42,801   41,371   37,283   36,228
  NASA   14,259   12,578   10,455   7,984   8,518   9,328   8,650   8,144   8,700   6,806
  NSF   40,100   37,561   33,534   27,501   29,078   31,344   32,599   32,279   32,927   31,722
  USDA   67,472   53,462   44,464   46,659   42,736   41,555   36,628   36,992   35,158   37,450
  Other   64,695   55,589   49,088   50,647   47,790   49,776   53,191   48,276   46,560   45,347

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   5,533 i   1,096   4,437 i   .
2018   5,061 i   987   4,074 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   0   32,129   58,058
    Agricultural sciences   165,780   9,588   0   5,788   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   20,700   0
    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   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   5,641   58,058
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   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   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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