Columbia U. in the City of New York

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
2025 15 97 460
2024 19 96.1 459 6 99.2 631 20 98 925
2023 19 96.1 459 6 99.3 679 19 98 911 26 95.9 602
2022 19 96.1 457 4 99.6 680 18 98.1 900
2021 17 96.4 447 2 99.9 691 21 97.8 908 27 95.6 583
2020 13 97.4 450 5 99.4 698 21 97.8 916
2019 19 96 447 2 99.9 697 19 98 914 24 96.1 589
2018 16 96.5 428 2 99.9 700 18 98.2 911
2017 28 93.7 425 2 99.9 684 20 97.9 898 22 96.4 575
2016 23 94.9 430 17 97.7 697 20 97.9 896
2015 19 97.4 693 15 98.4 898 25 95.8 570
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: 2025–16
Fields 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
All fields 691 614 606 577 585 673 573 659 481 500
  Science and engineering 527 434 469 445 421 457 407 488 369 359
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 . 3 4 6 3 2 1 2 2
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 2 . 3 3 6 3 2 1 2 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 121 118 122 112 100 106 104 105 95 84
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 4 3 3 2 4 8 7 6 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 16 16 14 15 13 17 19 16 11 10
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 16 14 15 13 17 18 16 16 5 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 4 4 6 6 9 4 5 6 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 17 20 26 17 19 15 11 15 13 14
      Genetics and genomics 5 5 11 4 4 6 7 3 10 1
      Microbiology and immunology 12 9 6 10 4 5 6 6 5 15
      Molecular biology 12 9 5 6 10 2 3 2 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 18 25 22 27 18 23 18 19 23 20
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 1 6 2 . . 3 3 5 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 8 8 6 6 4 1 3 10 6 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 3 4 3 3 6 6 3 3 1
    Computer and information sciences 39 26 22 11 23 20 19 22 19 25
      Computer science 38 22 20 10 18 20 18 21 18 22
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 4 2 1 5 . 1 1 1 3
    Engineering 115 73 108 85 77 97 79 83 86 73
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 23 24 23 18 17 16 19 14 15 18
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 10 15 9 8 9 9 9 9 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 5 15 7 5 15 13 12 13 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 18 15 18 18 18 27 15 21 25 15
      Industrial engineering and operations research 11 5 14 12 9 14 11 8 7 6
      Materials and mining engineering 11 2 5 3 4 2 2 3 1 7
      Mechanical engineering 13 7 12 11 9 11 5 11 8 10
      Engineering, other 8 4 5 7 7 3 5 5 7 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 14 18 12 19 22 15 19 5 16
      Geological sciences 11 8 10 9 13 12 5 12 4 13
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 8 6 8 3 6 10 10 7 1 3
    Health sciences 22 26 15 20 18 14 20 26 20 17
      Nursing science 5 7 5 3 6 5 5 8 7 8
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 14 7 8 13 10 6 9 10 10 8
      Health sciences, other 2 12 2 4 2 3 6 8 3 1
    Mathematics and statistics 36 18 29 22 28 27 20 24 20 25
      Applied mathematics 4 2 5 2 5 2 4 2 3 2
      Mathematics 6 2 2 1 3 5 7 10 7 5
      Statistics 14 8 12 9 10 9 6 10 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 6 10 10 10 11 3 2 4 14
    Physical sciences 51 35 41 64 41 56 49 59 52 57
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 7 6 11 6 5 10 7 8 6
      Chemistry 22 10 13 24 16 29 19 18 17 25
      Physics 23 18 22 29 19 22 20 34 27 26
    Psychology 34 45 33 39 39 36 42 52 11 2
      Clinical psychology 7 9 9 8 12 11 10 12 3 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 10 18 13 16 16 13 13 21 3 .
      Research and experimental psychology 13 17 9 11 7 4 14 17 3 2
      Psychology, other 4 1 2 4 4 8 5 2 2 .
    Social sciences 87 79 78 76 70 76 57 97 59 58
      Anthropology 9 13 11 8 11 8 11 16 9 10
      Economics 33 23 30 26 24 31 15 36 20 17
      Political science and government 16 14 8 18 10 15 14 21 14 16
      Public policy analysis . . 1 . . . 1 . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 11 8 8 6 13 5 13 9 5
      Social sciences, other 20 18 20 16 19 9 11 11 6 10
  Non-science and engineering 164 180 137 132 164 216 166 171 112 141
    Business 19 14 20 10 22 17 13 20 16 18
      Business 19 14 20 10 22 17 13 20 16 18
    Education 37 41 26 35 24 53 40 44 2 .
      Education leadership and administration . 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 . .
      Education research 8 15 9 16 10 19 16 18 1 .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 22 18 12 15 12 30 20 22 1 .
      Education, other 7 7 5 3 1 2 3 3 . .
    Humanities and arts 95 106 77 78 103 125 98 98 89 111
      Letters 17 17 19 13 20 19 16 21 11 20
      Foreign languages and literature 10 16 7 13 12 27 14 17 13 18
      History 27 26 20 23 27 27 27 23 29 27
      Philosophy and religious studies 13 11 10 10 16 13 11 13 9 13
      Music and performing arts 11 18 12 7 16 18 9 11 10 9
      Humanities and arts, other 17 18 9 12 12 21 21 13 17 24
    Other non-science and engineering 13 19 14 9 15 21 15 9 5 12
      Communication 2 3 2 2 4 3 5 2 2 4
      Public administration and social services 5 9 6 3 6 12 7 5 2 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 7 6 4 5 6 3 2 1 3

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   2,994   3,181   3,455   3,463   2,950   2,987   2,907   2,648   1,792   1,639   0
    Hispanic or Latino   432   361   393   367   302   274   269   251   153   124   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,326   2,625   2,873   2,880   2,430   2,387   2,263   2,078   1,484   1,364   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   9   6   3   6   5   3   4   12   15   0
      Asian   878   866   922   909   701   648   615   529   361   308   0
      Black or African American   0   225   220   200   185   166   139   130   95   70   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   0   1   2   2   4   2   1   5   3   0
      White   1,255   1,352   1,539   1,631   1,425   1,465   1,392   1,326   976   934   0
      More than one race   192   173   185   135   111   99   112   88   35   34   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   236   195   189   216   218   326   375   319   155   151   0
  Temporary visa holders   5,372   5,164   5,418   6,058   3,400   4,944   4,603   3,994   3,146   3,116   0
  Science and engineering   7,708   7,666   8,111   8,736   5,680   7,275   6,878   6,237   4,849   4,663   0
    Science   5,826   5,851   6,228   6,394   4,459   5,255   4,987   4,645   3,029   2,977   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,340   1,334   1,364   1,338   1,233   1,248   1,192   1,132   662   614   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1,122   1,267   1,324   1,929   760   1,082   880   722   321   376   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   92   89   85   85   92   90   106   103   198   231   0
      Mathematics and statistics   961   944   1,000   1,072   927   1,141   1,127   1,092   799   793   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   310   288   269   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   54   56   51   216   64   89   187   92   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   314   318   294   320   313   308   297   325   262   248   0
      Psychology   40   40   40   43   41   43   39   41   35   38   0
      Social sciences   1,593   1,515   1,801   1,391   1,029   1,254   1,159   1,138   650   582   0
    Engineering   1,882   1,815   1,883   2,342   1,221   2,020   1,891   1,592   1,820   1,686   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   324   268   285   277   194   196   179   166   137   126   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   184   179   197   199   125   127   128   134   226   123   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   220   234   232   258   112   256   209   242   131   134   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   388   357   391   500   192   489   490   336   427   483   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   526   546   522   796   396   695   618   519   507   457   0
      Mechanical engineering   160   163   189   246   156   202   208   142   166   164   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   80   68   67   66   46   55   59   53   226   199   0
    Health   658   679   762   785   670   656   632   405   89   92   0
      Clinical medicine   585   610   694   723   617   598   574   351   67   67   0
      Other health   73   69   68   62   53   58   58   54   22   25   0

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

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

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,177   1,311   1,373   1,221   1,126   991   940   825   624   579   0
    Hispanic or Latino   152   106   111   104   96   73   64   59   23   37   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   784   978   1,008   981   888   737   714   592   365   352   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   1   1   2   1   3   1   0   0   0
      Asian   358   416   411   353   321   253   237   188   124   99   0
      Black or African American   0   69   69   73   61   35   45   38   16   19   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   2   2   0   2   0   0   1   1   1   0
      White   374   438   475   515   473   423   396   335   213   224   0
      More than one race   51   52   50   39   29   25   33   29   11   9   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   241   227   254   136   142   181   162   174   236   190   0
  Temporary visa holders   1,594   1,676   1,817   644   2,055   1,410   1,219   1,140   936   860   0
  Science and engineering   2,654   2,857   3,080   1,759   3,043   2,257   2,029   1,875   1,559   1,432   0
    Science   1,659   1,721   2,069   1,222   1,753   1,184   1,080   1,018   490   537   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   113   122   183   149   144   153   151   174   128   125   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1,099   1,139   1,356   856   1,323   802   689   647   241   290   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   54   38   0
      Mathematics and statistics   102   99   106   129   129   110   93   89   32   47   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   222   221   256   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   7   7   3   3   1   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   23   20   26   8   43   38   53   39   0   0   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   100   120   142   73   107   78   90   68   35   37   0
    Engineering   995   1,136   1,011   537   1,290   1,073   949   857   1,069   895   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   87   107   105   62   66   67   59   38   30   8   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   53   83   67   32   79   41   45   42   41   50   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   163   188   175   92   168   156   164   87   103   103   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   225   254   333   93   277   240   216   208   241   245   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   332   342   159   160   518   416   375   366   309   306   0
      Mechanical engineering   120   151   157   92   172   146   85   107   160   87   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   15   11   15   6   10   7   5   9   185   96   0
    Health   117   130   110   106   138   144   130   90   1   7   0
      Clinical medicine   81   97   72   68   83   75   78   48   1   6   0
      Other health   36   33   38   38   55   69   52   42   0   1   0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   1,060   978   1,199   1,127   1,121   1,072   975   1,069   1,007   971   0
  Science and engineering   811   685   1,162   1,096   1,091   1,046   947   1,053   987   949   0
    Science   690   595   806   776   743   721   708   799   718   682   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   329   320   431   407   399   416   376   431   323   308   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   96   53   127   112   89   66   102   96   101   82   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   9   36   38   33   38   12   54   73   62   0
      Mathematics and statistics   11   13   25   18   19   19   19   15   6   8   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   45   42   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   8   6   0   0   0   0   46   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   10   9   110   147   143   134   125   143   113   109   0
      Psychology   2   3   10   12   10   10   6   14   12   16   0
      Social sciences   181   140   66   42   50   38   22   46   24   27   0
    Engineering   121   90   356   320   348   325   239   254   269   267   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   33   12   145   118   111   98   49   77   72   67   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   18   15   47   48   51   36   40   23   17   21   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   15   20   20   32   26   15   28   12   21   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   14   14   62   76   90   95   80   83   79   77   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   20   11   31   9   8   8   5   0   1   4   0
      Mechanical engineering   16   18   21   26   32   35   28   21   36   33   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   10   5   30   23   24   27   22   22   52   44   0
    Health   249   293   37   31   30   26   28   16   20   22   0
      Clinical medicine   225   264   23   27   30   25   28   16   13   13   0
      Other health   24   29   14   4   0   1   0   0   7   9   0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   8,366   8,345   8,873   9,521   6,350   7,931   7,510   6,642   4,938   4,755
  Fellowships   2,598   2,008   849   775   778   952   935   832   769   795
    Federal   396   317   358   313   344   310   324   381   356   365
    Institutional   2,172   1,642   428   398   372   589   538   384   343   359
    Nonfederal   30   49   63   64   62   53   73   67   70   71
  Research assistantships   641   928   1,113   1,103   943   1,004   884   885   842   751
    Federal   0   2   730   758   712   730   615   674   632   589
    Institutional   641   926   262   233   147   184   218   161   150   85
    Nonfederal   0   0   121   112   84   90   51   50   60   77
  Teaching assistantships   111   200   418   500   507   500   490   480   443   474
    Federal   0   0   7   15   11   6   0   5   4   0
    Institutional   111   200   411   482   480   494   470   475   435   461
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   3   16   0   20   0   4   13
  Other types of support   5,016   5,209   6,493   7,143   4,122   5,475   5,201   4,445   2,884   2,735
    Federal   664   659   104   41   54   26   36   9   15   17
    Institutional   5   39   332   303   696   327   231   190   111   62
    Nonfederal   75   80   38   19   33   58   81   139   50   33
    Personal resources   4,272   4,431   6,019   6,780   3,339   5,064   4,853   4,107   2,708   2,623

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   815   738   487   615   642   660   664   682   665   704   0
    Science   639   583   369   510   528   511   521   530   560   610   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   265   227   215   273   275   262   306   313   311   327   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   12   11   0   4   4   7   2   3   2   10   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   78   79   28   77   57   60   50   45   53   59   0
      Mathematics and statistics   19   20   22   18   19   27   27   30   27   15   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   117   106   18   20   25   29   24   19   12   27   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   5   0   13   17   16   17   15   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   120   96   71   91   105   87   78   92   86   88   0
      Psychology   10   15   12   12   14   15   10   7   12   12   0
      Social sciences   18   24   3   2   8   8   7   6   8   19   0
    Engineering   176   155   118   105   114   149   143   152   105   94   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   81   67   51   49   60   72   72   76   30   30   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   23   16   0   13   10   13   13   11   11   14   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   8   8   3   8   8   7   8   7   3   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   8   21   25   18   18   17   18   17   16   16   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   6   8   3   3   4   5   5   3   4   4   0
      Mechanical engineering   12   9   11   7   8   8   8   8   6   1   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   34   26   20   12   6   26   20   29   31   26   0
    Health   803   432   491   732   727   691   630   590   554   545   0
      Clinical medicine   765   408   483   724   719   678   617   577   545   523   0
      Other health   38   24   8   8   8   13   13   13   9   22   0

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

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

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   789   639   547   735   772   693   684   717   625   639   0
  Science and engineering   502   406   293   371   387   383   386   439   408   454   0
    Science   374   318   224   295   299   283   288   334   341   388   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   192   123   151   181   177   161   185   209   217   251   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   8   3   0   0   0   2   0   0   1   9   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   37   47   10   40   27   24   21   26   31   30   0
      Mathematics and statistics   6   9   12   4   9   20   17   21   15   13   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   48   51   1   6   9   17   14   14   7   13   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   75   57   45   58   72   49   47   61   46   46   0
      Psychology   8   9   5   6   5   10   4   3   5   6   0
      Social sciences   0   15   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   0
    Engineering   128   88   69   76   88   100   98   105   67   66   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   75   41   36   39   49   53   54   55   21   21   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   12   12   0   7   9   8   10   7   4   9   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   5   3   2   5   5   5   4   4   2   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   9   7   17   17   14   10   13   16   16   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   4   1   1   1   3   3   2   1   1   0
      Mechanical engineering   6   4   8   2   3   3   3   3   3   1   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   20   13   14   8   4   14   13   21   18   16   0
    Health   287   233   254   364   385   310   298   278   217   185   0
      Clinical medicine   263   218   246   356   377   301   289   269   212   172   0
      Other health   24   15   8   8   8   9   9   9   5   13   0

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   1,449,535   1,341,952   1,230,924   1,098,570   1,032,909   1,003,615   947,504   893,062   837,312   868,159
    Science   1,261,871   1,178,983   1,080,453   967,673   909,148   893,100   836,470   780,737   730,114   770,247
      Computer and information sciences   36,053   30,853   31,786   27,763   25,101   24,725   22,654   20,479   20,091   22,684
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   86,355   88,243   79,949   77,515   78,288   75,900   80,240   84,745   84,289   112,052
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   11,241   12,850   10,448   10,482   9,965   10,489   12,240   15,115   16,514   19,257
        Geological and earth sciences   25,648   35,378   31,192   32,077   29,922   27,726   30,180   30,307   30,322   32,789
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   49,466   40,015   37,609   34,956   38,401   37,685   37,820   39,323   37,453   43,810
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   700   0   0   0   0   0   0   16,196
      Life sciences   1,057,492   980,046   893,199   797,089   744,239   727,779   673,535   608,053   570,751   573,063
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   299   2,563   4,933   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   291,269   272,728   249,393   226,903   206,509   196,254   181,521   172,179   169,631   156,798
        Health sciences   759,502   702,609   637,456   563,787   531,123   524,495   485,235   424,385   386,197   305,806
        Natural resources and conservation   4,701   3,842   5,324   4,370   4,151   3,793   3,805   6,361   7,390   0
        Life sciences nec   2,020   867   1,026   2,029   2,456   3,237   2,675   2,565   2,600   110,459
      Mathematics and statistics   4,053   4,294   4,427   2,951   4,118   5,725   5,841   4,600   3,523   3,390
      Physical sciences   59,689   52,418   52,767   46,386   37,384   35,369   32,070   46,452   37,518   46,022
        Astronomy and astrophysics   11,539   11,618   7,985   7,983   6,444   7,288   7,992   9,182   8,480   8,631
        Chemistry   21,248   19,577   17,944   16,528   11,983   11,749   11,038   12,809   11,188   11,298
        Materials science   4,826   2,607   5,800   4,472   6,626   5,230   2,755   1,923   2,139   0
        Physics   22,076   18,616   21,038   17,403   12,331   11,102   10,285   22,538   15,711   26,093
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,992   4,443   5,168   4,637   5,234   4,552   3,456   3,645   3,863   4,192
      Social sciences   15,237   18,686   13,157   11,332   14,784   19,050   18,674   12,763   10,079   8,844
        Anthropology   0   35   0   0   0   0   8   41   23   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   785
        Political science and government   926   2,529   2,168   543   1,127   1,047   842   649   825   4,990
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,574   8,679   6,536   6,376   9,078   8,588   6,894   5,859   4,338   3,069
        Social sciences nec   6,737   7,443   4,453   4,413   4,579   9,415   10,930   6,214   4,893   0
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   122,102   100,161   87,884   75,457   72,758   72,596   72,301   67,996   63,596   55,763
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,268   2,176   2,001   2,074   2,088   2,541   3,182   3,287   2,564   3,323
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   36,686   29,963   27,298   24,939   19,807   19,301   18,598   18,479   17,348   16,091
      Chemical engineering   16,816   12,909   11,462   8,027   6,151   5,624   5,342   6,130   8,397   8,659
      Civil engineering   3,622   3,113   2,609   2,059   2,143   2,432   2,462   1,827   2,285   3,743
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,888   8,862   5,078   3,865   4,606   3,882   4,586   5,672   5,566   13,993
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,933   1,516   1,555   543   821   1,072   1,181   1,853   1,403   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,794   3,398   5,159   4,561   5,696   5,708   5,238   3,718   2,858   2,083
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   50,095   38,224   32,722   29,389   31,446   32,036   31,712   27,030   23,175   7,871
    Non-S&E   65,562   62,808   62,587   55,440   51,003   37,919   38,733   44,329   43,602   42,149
      Business management and business administration   2,825   2,238   1,740   2,539   3,460   3,333   2,993   3,787   3,517   3,137
      Communication and communications technologies   1,974   2,191   3,775   2,146   2,107   3,203   3,928   4,224   3,263   5,094
      Education   4,855   8,561   5,120   5,232   5,335   5,209   6,020   5,604   5,482   3,512
      Humanities   10,253   8,459   8,364   6,692   10,222   3,154   2,587   2,764   4,721   12,621
      Law   15,155   11,739   9,979   6,894   5,096   4,862   5,290   6,369   6,202   5,383
      Social work   27,493   26,479   31,040   29,003   19,152   12,191   12,731   13,291   12,199   12,142
      Visual and performing arts   1,982   92   184   120   319   618   160   235   515   259
      Non-S&E nec   1,025   3,049   2,385   2,814   5,312   5,349   5,024   8,055   7,703   1

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   1,449,535   1,076,805   8,607   136,012   92,384   132,354   3,373
    Science   1,261,871   950,058   7,087   112,660   84,304   104,902   2,860
      Computer and information sciences   36,053   29,984   144   1,815   2,065   1,976   69
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   86,355   69,404   1,082   7,271   779   7,197   622
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   11,241   7,548   30   987   315   2,144   217
        Geological and earth sciences   25,648   20,413   0   1,645   108   3,187   295
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   49,466   41,443   1,052   4,639   356   1,866   110
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,057,492   797,478   4,610   92,102   79,879   81,464   1,959
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   291,269   236,364   228   25,367   3,215   25,683   412
        Health sciences   759,502   559,586   4,382   65,179   75,742   53,713   900
        Natural resources and conservation   4,701   1,528   0   1,031   578   1,500   64
        Life sciences nec   2,020   0   0   525   344   568   583
      Mathematics and statistics   4,053   2,274   0   515   0   1,264   0
      Physical sciences   59,689   45,830   135   6,530   1,287   5,898   9
        Astronomy and astrophysics   11,539   9,788   0   547   0   1,204   0
        Chemistry   21,248   12,661   0   4,960   819   2,808   0
        Materials science   4,826   4,521   135   170   0   0   0
        Physics   22,076   18,860   0   853   468   1,886   9
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   2,992   2,381   103   209   101   188   10
      Social sciences   15,237   2,707   1,013   4,218   193   6,915   191
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Political science and government   926   0   0   265   68   585   8
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,574   1,942   0   2,123   0   3,410   99
        Social sciences nec   6,737   765   1,013   1,830   125   2,920   84
      Sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   122,102   98,956   1,107   9,972   5,822   6,085   160
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2,268   2,268   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   36,686   32,510   0   1,898   686   1,570   22
      Chemical engineering   16,816   14,023   262   1,382   451   686   12
      Civil engineering   3,622   3,038   89   211   162   122   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   6,888   2,531   0   2,852   1,352   153   0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   1,933   1,330   0   207   5   391   0
      Mechanical engineering   3,794   2,938   454   307   0   95   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   50,095   40,318   302   3,115   3,166   3,068   126
    Non-S&E   65,562   27,791   413   13,380   2,258   21,367   353
      Business management and business administration   2,825   350   0   874   12   1,589   0
      Communication and communications technologies   1,974   0   0   722   0   1,252   0
      Education   4,855   4,768   0   36   0   36   15
      Humanities   10,253   423   0   3,392   1,340   5,086   12
      Law   15,155   735   188   4,574   837   8,642   179
      Social work   27,493   20,499   0   3,276   0   3,688   30
      Visual and performing arts   1,982   0   225   503   69   1,074   111
      Non-S&E nec   1,025   1,016   0   3   0   0   6

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   1,076,805   988,670   904,346   831,648   762,289   736,536   686,338   647,840   600,457   592,545
  DOD   71,479   58,296   53,738   49,219   47,328   48,604   50,007   43,568   35,113   35,513
  DOE   30,415   25,171   26,945   21,961   21,289   21,167   17,268   14,510   12,518   11,406
  HHS   823,187   766,707   694,702   642,785   579,119   548,047   493,785   444,908   414,592   408,376
  NASA   26,693   24,482   21,796   20,968   18,833   20,499   21,142   20,678   20,798   20,831
  NSF   115,541   105,818   99,333   89,066   86,265   86,116   87,535   105,692   97,190   91,560
  USDA   1,516   502   156   71   48   94   515   863   756   345
  Other   7,974   7,694   7,676   7,578   9,407   12,009   16,086   17,621   19,490   24,514

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   9,525   1,621   7,904   .
2018   9,395   1,574   7,821   .

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   2,066   2,070   2,006   2,002   1,878
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   2   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   628   627   537   530   481
    Computer and information sciences   37   37   64   46   48
    Engineering   261   261   199   203   200
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   211   210   151   156   123
    Health sciences   485   494   513   513   507
    Mathematics and statistics   28   27   30   32   27
    Natural resources and conservation   28   28   81   58   37
    Physical sciences   276   276   300   353   353
    Psychology   54   53   75   54   47
    Social sciences   58   57   56   55   55
    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

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   0   0   0   0   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   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   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   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   0   50,225   31,199   166,803   58,570
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   2,332   15,134   43,948   7,700
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   3,692   4,553   27,095
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   108,742   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   45,654   12,373   7,250   23,050
    Psychology   0   0   0   2,310   725
    Social sciences   0   2,239   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

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