Ferris State U.

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Data year	Earned doctorates			Full-time graduate students						Total R&D expenditures
Data year	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked	Rank	Percentile	Institutions ranked
2023							520	14.5	602	587	36.5	914
2022										567	37.7	900
2021										666	27.4	908
2020										803	13.2	916
2019										815	11.7	914
2018										745	19.1	911
2017										699	23	898
2016										722	20.2	896
2015										763	15.9	898
2014										691	23.1	889

NOTES:

1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

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Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
All R&D fields	1,915	1,908	853	394	366	594	726	603	448	706
Science	1,851	1,908	853	377	366	501	620	330	288	505
Computer and information sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	62
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geological and earth sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0
Life sciences	1,411	1,833	786	328	306	478	602	312	254	380
Agricultural sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	249	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health sciences	1,112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural resources and conservation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Life sciences nec	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	252	58	34	36	43	4	6	6	2	35
Physical sciences	179	17	33	13	17	19	12	12	22	28
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Materials science	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Physical sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Political science and government	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sociology, demography, and population studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Social sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciences nec	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Civil engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metallurgical and materials engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-S&E	64	0	0	17	0	92	105	273	160	201
Business management and business administration	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communication and communications technologies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humanities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-S&E nec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NOTE:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2023
(Dollars in thousands)
Field	All R&D expenditures	Federal government	State and local government	Institution funds	Business	Nonprofit organizations
All R&D fields	1,915	1,430	88	271	53	73
Science	1,851	1,430	24	271	53	73
Computer and information sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atmospheric science and meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geological and earth sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ocean sciences and marine sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0
Life sciences	1,411	1,044	0	244	50	73
Agricultural sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biological and biomedical sciences	249	229	0	20	0	0
Health sciences	1,112	815	0	224	0	73
Natural resources and conservation	0	0	0	0	0	0
Life sciences nec	50	0	0	0	50	0
Mathematics and statistics	252	252	0	0	0	0
Physical sciences	179	134	24	18	3	0
Astronomy and astrophysics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	158	117	24	17	0	0
Materials science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	21	17	0	1	3	0
Physical sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0
Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Social sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Political science and government	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sociology, demography, and population studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Social sciences nec	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sciences nec	9	0	0	9	0	0
Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Civil engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial and manufacturing engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metallurgical and materials engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering nec	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-S&E	64	0	64	0	0	0
Business management and business administration	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communication and communications technologies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education	64	0	64	0	0	0
Humanities	0	0	0	0	0	0
Law	0	0	0	0	0	0
Social work	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visual and performing arts	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-S&E nec	0	0	0	0	0	0

NOTE:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Federal Agencies	1,430	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOD	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
DOE	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
HHS	1,054	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NASA	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
NSF	376	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
USDA	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTE:

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

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

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023	.	.	.	.
2022	.	.	.	.
2021	.	.	.	.
2020	.	.	.	.
2019	.	.	.	.
2018	.	.	.	.
2017	.	.	.	.

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	27	.	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	0	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	6	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	.	.	.	.
Engineering	10	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	1	.	.	.	.
Health sciences	2	.	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	0	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	0	.	.	.	.
Physical sciences	6	.	.	.	.
Psychology	1	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	0	.	.	.	.
Other	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

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	Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021	Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019	Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
All research space	.	.	.
Agricultural sciences	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	.	.	.
Engineering	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	.	.	.
Health sciences	.	.	.
Mathematics and statistics	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	.	.	.
Physical sciences	.	.	.
Psychology	.	.	.
Social sciences	.	.	.
Other	.	.	.

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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