Dartmouth C. and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

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 148 68.2 459 151 76.4 631 85 91 925
2023 149 68 459 148 78.5 679 86 90.8 911 87 85.8 602
2022 140 69.8 457 146 78.9 680 85 90.8 900
2021 173 61.8 447 146 79.2 691 82 91.2 908 96 83.8 583
2020 147 67.8 450 144 79.7 698 79 91.6 916
2019 151 66.7 447 141 80.1 697 78 91.6 914 88 85.4 589
2018 166 61.7 428 150 78.9 700 76 91.8 911
2017 171 60.3 425 183 73.6 684 76 91.7 898 88 85 575
2016 161 63.1 430 159 77.5 697 94 89.7 896
2015 166 61.6 426 166 76.4 693 102 88.8 898 90 84.5 570
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 104 100 111 75 108 100 81 83 87 85
  Science and engineering 104 100 111 75 108 99 81 83 87 85
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . 2 1 . . . 2
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 1 . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 . 2 . . . . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 44 43 57 30 45 47 28 47 35 44
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 6 7 6 6 8 2 8 6 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 3 5 1 2 3 2 1 5 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 6 9 1 2 7 2 5 . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 2 . 4 1 3 4 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 6 3 3 7 1 4 3 3 7
      Genetics and genomics . . 2 1 3 3 . 3 4 5
      Microbiology and immunology 11 9 19 10 13 4 10 12 6 11
      Molecular biology 6 5 3 1 1 1 . 2 . 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 5 5 3 3 8 2 2 4 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 4 3 2 2 3 7 3 7 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . 2 1 4 . . 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 17 3 7 9 11 3 5 1 7 3
      Computer science 15 2 6 7 11 3 5 1 7 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 1 1 2 . . . . . .
    Engineering 19 20 18 17 22 19 17 11 16 11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 6 3 4 4 5 2 2 5 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 1 1 . . 2 . 1 . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 4 2 . . 7 4 2 3 3
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 4 3 2 1 5 . 1 3 4 1
      Mechanical engineering . . 1 3 2 . . 1 1 .
      Engineering, other 7 5 9 8 11 5 10 2 3 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 3 2 1
      Geological sciences . 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 2 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 . 1 . 1 . . 1 . .
    Health sciences . 2 3 . 3 1 2 . . 2
      Public health . 2 . . 3 1 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other . . 3 . . . 1 . . 2
    Mathematics and statistics 9 7 3 6 8 3 5 3 6 5
      Applied mathematics 1 . . 4 1 . 2 1 . 1
      Mathematics 1 1 1 . . 2 1 1 2 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 6 2 2 7 1 2 1 4 1
    Physical sciences 10 17 11 8 7 15 15 10 12 12
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 7 2 3 2 2 3 2 . 2
      Chemistry 6 8 8 2 1 6 5 2 3 6
      Physics 1 2 1 3 4 7 7 6 9 4
    Psychology 2 6 6 4 7 5 6 6 7 5
      Research and experimental psychology 2 6 6 4 7 5 6 6 5 4
      Psychology, other . . . . . . . . 2 1
    Social sciences 1 1 1 . 1 2 1 2 2 .
      Anthropology . 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Economics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 1 1 1 . .
      Social sciences, other . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
  Non-science and engineering . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Education . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Education research . . . . . 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 621 623 669 640 594 573 550 451 567 547
    Hispanic or Latino 54 60 59 52 53 50 42 34 33 24
    Not Hispanic or Latino 554 548 597 571 520 500 490 395 518 497
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 4
      Asian 88 77 86 86 66 72 74 49 75 62
      Black or African American 30 26 33 25 22 19 14 6 11 10
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 394 405 441 430 405 387 380 323 416 406
      More than one race 37 36 35 29 26 21 19 13 12 15
    Unknown ethnicity and race 13 15 13 17 21 23 18 22 16 26
  Temporary visa holders 476 498 440 368 338 362 322 218 340 343
  Science and engineering 955 1,002 981 870 800 800 753 590 759 751
    Science 638 695 704 653 613 581 535 480 546 558
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 319 326 326 312 298 282 271 269 236 241
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 118 127 119 111 102 97 79 52 100 111
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 31 36 37 25 18 17 22 13 23 23
      Mathematics and statistics 31 33 35 29 26 27 26 29 27 27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 43 77 89 82 68 68 57 30 22 16
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 96 96 98 94 101 90 80 87 93 99
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 317 307 277 217 187 219 218 110 213 193
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 317 307 277 217 187 219 218 110 213 193
    Health 142 119 128 138 132 135 119 79 148 139
      Clinical medicine 111 109 124 135 128 128 113 70 0 0
      Other health 31 10 4 3 4 7 6 9 148 139

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 34 3 11 18 12 6 20 40 27 35
    Hispanic or Latino 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 3
    Not Hispanic or Latino 28 1 10 15 10 6 15 23 12 20
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
      Asian 5 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1
      Black or African American 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 20 1 9 11 6 4 13 19 12 18
      More than one race 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 17 13 12
  Temporary visa holders 7 3 10 5 4 0 0 1 3 1
  Science and engineering 38 6 10 4 5 1 4 0 0 0
    Science 0 4 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 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 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 38 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 38 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 0
    Health 3 0 11 19 11 5 16 41 30 36
      Clinical medicine 2 0 11 19 11 5 16 41 0 0
      Other health 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 36

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 90 67 63 67 75 50 80 49 48 75
  Science and engineering 89 65 59 66 70 46 76 47 48 74
    Science 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 32
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 89 65 59 66 70 43 76 47 34 42
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 89 65 59 66 70 43 76 47 34 42
    Health 1 2 4 1 5 4 4 2 0 1
      Clinical medicine 1 2 4 1 5 4 4 2 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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 1,097 1,121 1,109 1,008 932 935 872 669 907 890
  Fellowships 774 807 793 712 677 695 646 545 373 355
    Federal 6 2 4 1 5 7 6 2 4 31
    Institutional 761 794 782 708 667 683 629 533 365 317
    Nonfederal 7 11 7 3 5 5 11 10 4 7
  Research assistantships 120 106 101 90 86 63 62 70 278 277
    Federal 84 65 59 66 70 43 61 47 44 43
    Institutional 35 38 36 17 8 1 0 0 206 210
    Nonfederal 1 3 6 7 8 19 1 23 28 24
  Teaching assistantships 7 5 1 0 0 29 26 0 73 61
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 7 5 1 0 0 29 26 0 73 61
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 196 203 214 206 169 148 138 54 183 197
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 1
    Institutional 3 5 12 12 8 1 6 0 46 41
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 30
    Personal resources 193 198 202 193 150 146 119 54 137 125

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 205 193 192 177 162 158 147 163 173 188
    Science 170 156 158 152 150 148 131 148 141 158
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
      Biological and biomedical sciences 71 64 65 71 80 65 53 59 52 75
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 3 5 5 5 5 8 4 5 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 9 5 7 8 6 3 2 4 0
      Mathematics and statistics 15 21 21 18 6 3 7 10 8 9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 9 1 1 1 10 6 0 3 11 13
      Natural resources and conservation 4 6 4 4 3 3 5 4 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 18 24 19 15 24 22 28 27 24
      Psychology 14 13 8 7 5 11 10 16 0 12
      Social sciences 28 20 24 20 18 25 23 20 19 17
    Engineering 35 37 34 25 12 10 16 15 32 30
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 5 7 7 4 5 8 7 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 11 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 11 12 11 10 3 2 3 2 0 0
      Other engineering 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 32 30
    Health 1 2 4 2 3 0 4 5 3 16
      Clinical medicine 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 16
      Other health 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 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

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 110 110 128 105 90 83 75 84 89 109
  Science and engineering 109 108 127 105 88 83 71 80 88 104
    Science 88 83 101 91 78 74 65 72 66 84
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 51 45 51 55 57 43 40 43 39 60
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 5 2 4 2 7 4 3 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 9 14 14 7 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 10 19 16 10 15 7 12 13 13
      Psychology 9 11 7 6 4 10 8 10 0 7
      Social sciences 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
    Engineering 21 25 26 14 10 9 6 8 22 20
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 4 6 4 3 4 4 5 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 7 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 8 10 10 6 3 2 1 1 0 0
      Other engineering 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 20
    Health 1 2 1 0 2 0 4 4 1 5
      Clinical medicine 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 5
      Other health 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 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

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 418,429 366,856 344,126 330,226 326,349 323,020 323,927 308,445 233,636 209,646
    Science 314,841 282,825 269,129 259,420 254,411 253,733 256,048 247,745 196,173 178,604
      Computer and information sciences 19,902 18,309 17,794 18,556 14,889 15,753 14,596 12,250 5,543 4,444
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10,487 9,202 8,933 4,607 5,241 4,359 4,771 4,904 2,030 2,972
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 10,487 9,202 8,933 4,607 5,241 4,359 4,771 4,904 2,030 2,140
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 832
      Life sciences 198,991 179,246 171,185 163,702 170,704 176,231 179,025 178,006 162,794 154,731
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 91,952 93,530 89,693 83,974 84,528 90,029 87,469 88,109 68,811 69,485
        Health sciences 105,618 84,151 80,239 78,745 83,046 80,692 83,026 79,919 82,381 79,085
        Natural resources and conservation 1,415 1,523 1,252 691 813 949 1,482 1,494 1,347 0
        Life sciences nec 6 42 1 292 2,317 4,561 7,048 8,484 10,255 6,161
      Mathematics and statistics 10,931 10,328 8,959 6,932 5,848 5,149 5,892 5,839 1,603 1,019
      Physical sciences 25,933 24,630 24,806 26,312 21,219 18,757 18,977 19,855 11,423 8,904
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,960 11,869 11,434 12,008 9,198 8,125 8,435 8,605 4,850 3,396
        Materials science 41 33 45 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,932 12,728 13,327 14,279 12,021 10,632 10,542 11,250 6,573 5,508
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 15,800 15,408 15,457 11,670 13,239 10,892 9,185 7,652 4,746 3,196
      Social sciences 26,298 22,605 19,335 23,175 20,370 17,928 18,404 15,308 5,000 2,055
        Anthropology 930 605 926 481 891 802 584 835 437 0
        Economics 2,268 987 1,035 1,280 898 907 1,014 670 1,003 1,318
        Political science and government 2,303 1,708 910 1,396 610 1,147 1,039 568 299 398
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 17,756 16,011 14,452 18,634 16,677 13,939 14,512 12,191 2,087 80
        Social sciences nec 3,041 3,294 2,012 1,384 1,294 1,133 1,255 1,044 1,174 259
      Sciences nec 6,499 3,097 2,660 4,466 2,901 4,664 5,198 3,931 3,034 1,283
    Engineering 50,635 41,232 36,219 33,559 31,140 31,110 31,903 29,893 28,324 25,056
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 48 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 17,457 15,399 11,862 13,613 13,253 12,768 13,175 11,864 11,219 8,397
      Chemical engineering 4,217 4,400 3,766 4,565 3,605 4,115 4,173 3,977 2,759 2,899
      Civil engineering 1,620 1,493 2,255 791 655 444 517 466 614 347
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,425 8,349 8,172 4,898 3,738 3,232 2,985 3,177 2,767 2,574
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 272 25 7 6 38 5 8 122 10 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,676 7,025 5,735 6,286 6,330 7,539 7,976 7,703 6,437 7,962
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,941 4,493 4,422 3,400 3,521 3,007 3,066 2,583 4,518 2,877
    Non-S&E 52,953 42,799 38,778 37,247 40,798 38,177 35,976 30,807 9,139 5,986
      Business management and business administration 20,947 16,524 15,501 15,555 16,848 16,074 15,215 12,992 651 92
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 132 162 97 80 115 432 294 148 161 46
      Humanities 21,585 17,174 15,701 16,847 18,104 19,673 18,410 15,800 3,763 3,498
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,952 2,103 1,259 1,120 1,752 1,388 1,692 1,606 798 640
      Non-S&E nec 7,337 6,836 6,220 3,645 3,979 610 365 261 3,766 1,710

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 418,429 185,769 706 190,993 8,946 22,422 9,593
    Science 314,841 150,029 706 127,198 8,184 20,817 7,907
      Computer and information sciences 19,902 5,003 0 14,390 99 69 341
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10,487 3,479 0 6,011 0 473 524
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 10,487 3,479 0 6,011 0 473 524
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 198,991 115,453 706 52,758 7,387 18,414 4,273
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 91,952 58,206 136 30,110 0 2,635 865
        Health sciences 105,618 56,535 570 21,952 7,383 15,779 3,399
        Natural resources and conservation 1,415 712 0 690 4 0 9
        Life sciences nec 6 0 0 6 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 10,931 4,237 0 6,264 75 352 3
      Physical sciences 25,933 9,651 0 15,515 346 192 229
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 12,960 4,505 0 7,936 346 140 33
        Materials science 41 0 0 41 0 0 0
        Physics 12,932 5,146 0 7,538 0 52 196
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 15,800 9,795 0 5,410 0 426 169
      Social sciences 26,298 1,552 0 21,475 186 717 2,368
        Anthropology 930 344 0 543 0 3 40
        Economics 2,268 132 0 679 166 201 1,090
        Political science and government 2,303 25 0 653 20 373 1,232
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 17,756 134 0 17,616 0 0 6
        Social sciences nec 3,041 917 0 1,984 0 140 0
      Sciences nec 6,499 859 0 5,375 91 174 0
    Engineering 50,635 34,831 0 13,433 762 803 806
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 27 27 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 17,457 13,315 0 2,902 595 467 178
      Chemical engineering 4,217 3,973 0 126 0 91 27
      Civil engineering 1,620 1,220 0 282 0 84 34
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,425 7,210 0 2,672 127 126 290
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 272 0 0 272 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10,676 9,086 0 1,320 40 35 195
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 5,941 0 0 5,859 0 0 82
    Non-S&E 52,953 909 0 50,362 0 802 880
      Business management and business administration 20,947 137 0 20,111 0 0 699
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 132 0 0 52 0 79 1
      Humanities 21,585 516 0 20,701 0 323 45
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,952 106 0 2,357 0 400 89
      Non-S&E nec 7,337 150 0 7,141 0 0 46

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 185,769 168,740 155,445 152,335 142,219 137,965 140,399 137,448 139,090 146,233
  DOD 12,111 11,106 10,250 9,831 8,404 7,402 7,017 6,368 8,203 9,040
  DOE 6,119 5,618 4,298 3,534 2,756 2,263 2,280 2,729 3,367 3,122
  HHS 131,753 118,308 112,729 114,245 106,809 104,275 107,132 104,376 104,147 109,299
  NASA 4,394 4,760 5,554 4,560 4,757 3,904 3,013 3,281 4,076 3,586
  NSF 26,749 23,150 20,306 18,918 17,832 16,470 17,605 17,676 16,784 17,229
  USDA 1,546 408 333 253 557 897 1,220 1,116 505 199
  Other 3,097 5,390 1,975 994 1,104 2,754 2,132 1,902 2,008 3,758

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 1,961 490 1,471 .
2018 1,931 434 1,497 .

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 819 744 746 725 694
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 272 272 254 257 235
    Computer and information sciences 45 27 26 26 25
    Engineering 140 103 74 59 58
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 18 19 23 23 23
    Health sciences 158 138 158 149 149
    Mathematics and statistics 18 18 22 22 22
    Natural resources and conservation 11 11 12 12 11
    Physical sciences 78 76 81 82 76
    Psychology 33 33 38 38 39
    Social sciences 43 43 60 58 56
    Other 2 3 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 30,636 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 30,636 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 14,077 17,628 6,523 288 20,134
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 7,000 14,000 5,730 0 9,450
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 1,000
    Engineering 7,077 3,628 0 0 1,685
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 288 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 2,500
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 271 0 2,798
    Psychology 0 0 522 0 2,700
    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

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