Florida International U.

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 89 81 459 86 86.6 631 104 89 925
2023 87 81.4 459 85 87.7 679 104 88.8 911 125 79.6 602
2022 92 80.2 457 76 89.1 680 100 89.1 900
2021 96 78.9 447 77 89.1 691 105 88.6 908 124 79.1 583
2020 102 77.7 450 73 89.8 698 105 88.8 916
2019 95 79.1 447 81 88.6 697 107 88.5 914 136 77.3 589
2018 102 76.6 428 85 88.1 700 114 87.7 911
2017 104 76 425 88 87.4 684 122 86.6 898 148 74.6 575
2016 121 72.3 430 81 88.6 697 119 87 896
2015 105 75.8 426 92 87 693 119 87 898 150 74.1 570
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 235 236 208 193 186 204 187 184 138 173
  Science and engineering 196 193 172 149 145 159 157 153 115 141
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 . 2
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 1 2 . . 1 1 . 2
      Natural resources and conservation 3 3 3 1 2 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 35 31 22 21 25 31 31 26 18 22
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 7 4 1 2 8 8 6 3 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 12 14 4 5 4 5 4 6 . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . . . . . . . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 4 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Molecular biology . . . 1 3 2 2 1 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 1 . . 1 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 5 6 3 7 6 5 5 6 6
    Computer and information sciences 12 14 11 13 8 13 10 8 9 15
      Computer science 10 12 9 10 7 13 9 8 7 14
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 2 2 3 1 . 1 . 2 1
    Engineering 52 49 42 37 43 33 41 42 36 29
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 2 4 5
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 22 15 14 10 9 8 10 18 11 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 15 19 17 19 20 13 21 14 12 6
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 6 4 2 2 4 6 5 6 3 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 5 1 1 5 2 3 2 4 4
      Engineering, other 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 . 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 13 4 6 5 7 4 3 6 5
      Geological sciences 5 10 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 3 3 3 3 4 3 1 5 2
    Health sciences 11 13 13 8 6 14 13 13 5 13
      Nursing science 2 2 2 2 2 . 3 1 2 4
      Public health 7 11 11 6 4 14 9 12 2 9
      Health sciences, other 2 . . . . . 1 . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Applied mathematics 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . 1 . . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 30 24 19 16 15 25 24 17 17 16
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Chemistry 25 18 14 8 12 20 20 12 13 12
      Physics 5 6 5 8 3 5 4 4 4 4
    Psychology 17 20 25 21 15 7 10 13 11 21
      Clinical psychology 2 3 1 6 8 2 3 7 . 1
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 7
      Research and experimental psychology 12 13 18 7 2 3 3 2 8 11
      Psychology, other 2 2 3 3 2 . 2 2 1 2
    Social sciences 23 26 31 23 26 28 23 30 13 18
      Anthropology 1 3 4 5 6 3 1 2 1 4
      Economics 1 5 5 . 3 8 5 6 4 5
      Political science and government 3 8 4 2 2 4 2 9 1 4
      Public policy analysis . . 2 . . 1 1 . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 1 . 3 . 1 3 1 1 2
      Social sciences, other 16 9 16 13 15 11 11 12 5 3
  Non-science and engineering 39 43 36 44 41 45 30 31 23 32
    Business 10 11 11 13 10 12 5 13 4 9
      Business 10 11 11 13 10 12 5 13 4 9
    Education 20 13 7 14 19 13 8 6 7 5
      Education leadership and administration 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Education research 9 5 7 12 16 11 7 2 3 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 5 . . 2 2 1 4 3 .
      Education, other . 3 . 2 1 . . . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 5 9 7 7 7 10 7 7 8 11
      Foreign languages and literature 2 5 4 5 . 6 2 2 2 9
      History 3 4 3 2 5 4 5 5 6 2
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . 2 . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 4 10 11 10 5 10 10 5 4 7
      Public administration and social services 4 9 10 9 5 10 10 5 4 7
      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   1,374   1,358   1,396   1,438   1,391   1,222   1,167   1,065   1,246   1,039
    Hispanic or Latino   831   809   797   844   788   641   602   542   629   512
    Not Hispanic or Latino   535   538   592   587   593   569   555   510   597   514
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   2   1   1   3   3   2   1   2   1
      Asian   51   45   48   61   51   54   52   41   39   38
      Black or African American   166   163   165   170   173   154   129   136   180   146
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1
      White   281   282   325   308   318   312   334   299   341   299
      More than one race   36   46   52   46   48   46   38   33   35   29
    Unknown ethnicity and race   8   11   7   7   10   12   10   13   20   13
  Temporary visa holders   642   712   753   633   570   631   602   569   628   651
  Science and engineering   1,768   1,810   1,850   1,754   1,664   1,570   1,488   1,388   1,629   1,466
    Science   1,413   1,418   1,437   1,366   1,300   1,175   1,127   1,074   1,296   1,135
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   169   174   180   155   146   145   138   132   145   180
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   94   68
      Computer and information sciences   328   364   362   244   219   179   211   183   213   215
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   69   65   74   75   59   52   59   49   70   80
      Mathematics and statistics   28   28   22   22   19   19   10   13   17   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   135   125   137   169   177   179   161   92   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   31   23   10   18   38   35   33   35   0   0
      Physical sciences   133   147   145   147   147   148   138   126   133   131
      Psychology   375   342   338   347   297   223   202   184   158   136
      Social sciences   145   150   169   189   198   195   175   260   455   311
    Engineering   355   392   413   388   364   395   361   314   333   331
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   46   61   55   54   49   64   57   39   46   28
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   75   90   103   101   86   87   82   68   67   69
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   151   148   175   169   170   169   165   154   149   179
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   10   1   4   10   12   8   4   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   44   43   44   38   34   42   33   25   35   29
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   32   40   35   22   15   21   16   24   28   26
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0
    Health   248   260   299   317   297   283   281   246   245   224
      Clinical medicine   138   149   190   216   182   176   175   146   142   126
      Other health   110   111   109   101   115   107   106   100   103   98

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   479   487   553   536   434   422   387   369   522   655
    Hispanic or Latino   307   289   343   322   280   279   252   235   347   389
    Not Hispanic or Latino   171   198   208   210   149   138   128   129   171   260
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Asian   15   20   36   28   26   26   14   13   24   27
      Black or African American   71   75   83   83   64   49   56   54   67   90
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   67   86   74   76   51   53   45   54   77   137
      More than one race   18   17   15   22   8   10   13   8   3   5
    Unknown ethnicity and race   1   0   2   4   5   5   7   5   4   6
  Temporary visa holders   51   77   58   43   67   50   41   41   73   70
  Science and engineering   403   431   473   456   415   402   368   352   543   644
    Science   309   335   354   343   302   285   278   280   427   516
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   11   10   8   11   12   8   8   2   3   58
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   51   51
      Computer and information sciences   169   191   187   179   157   150   147   152   121   89
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   6   6   6   3   5   1   3   9   15
      Mathematics and statistics   12   11   12   15   16   8   7   7   5   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   12   16   6   8   7   8   2   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   12   11   15   11   5   7   5   4   0   0
      Physical sciences   0   1   3   6   7   6   3   2   6   12
      Psychology   29   34   39   19   18   18   16   16   7   14
      Social sciences   66   59   68   90   76   76   83   92   220   271
    Engineering   94   96   119   113   113   117   90   72   116   128
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   10   6   13   12   7   6   9   8   5   11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   18   32   28   28   32   22   23   29   37
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   51   52   49   42   48   60   41   27   60   51
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   6   6   16   13   9   10   1   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16   12   16   12   13   8   7   12   16   20
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   2   3   3   4   2   1   1   2   9
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0
    Health   127   133   138   123   86   70   60   58   52   81
      Clinical medicine   106   121   128   111   77   58   49   49   39   62
      Other health   21   12   10   12   9   12   11   9   13   19

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   312   358   331   302   291   261   225   171   85   160
  Science and engineering   278   316   293   257   258   244   206   164   83   150
    Science   175   212   175   158   171   169   146   123   58   105
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   31   38   37   30   29   26   20   20   16   31
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   33   41   43   27   26   27   29   27   10   31
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   13   13   13   9   11   12   16   15   2   12
      Mathematics and statistics   10   12   1   1   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   4   5   1   2   4   3   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   6   6   3   4   6   5   3   4   0   0
      Physical sciences   44   45   34   44   41   50   45   36   16   20
      Psychology   31   50   35   37   50   41   29   21   10   9
      Social sciences   5   3   4   5   4   3   1   0   2   2
    Engineering   103   104   118   99   87   75   60   41   25   45
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   10   13   8   9   9   8   2   3   2   4
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   13   24   24   18   12   9   5   4   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   51   38   56   45   46   42   38   24   17   27
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   15   20   13   13   10   8   7   4   0   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   20   17   8   4   4   4   5   2   2
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   34   42   38   45   33   17   19   7   2   10
      Clinical medicine   22   16   13   16   15   17   19   7   2   10
      Other health   12   26   25   29   18   0   0   0   0   0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   2,016   2,070   2,149   2,071   1,961   1,853   1,769   1,634   1,874   1,690
  Fellowships   217   292   227   211   175   166   152   126   117   35
    Federal   91   145   108   98   61   51   24   5   12   14
    Institutional   109   123   109   107   109   110   125   118   104   20
    Nonfederal   17   24   10   6   5   5   3   3   1   1
  Research assistantships   295   283   271   232   311   297   295   220   111   244
    Federal   162   155   152   127   208   192   190   149   70   137
    Institutional   85   94   88   70   47   43   43   36   15   66
    Nonfederal   48   34   31   35   56   62   62   35   26   41
  Teaching assistantships   219   220   245   280   340   371   376   392   352   459
    Federal   25   25   21   25   3   4   1   5   0   1
    Institutional   187   186   213   239   336   365   375   384   350   455
    Nonfederal   7   9   11   16   1   2   0   3   2   3
  Other types of support   1,285   1,275   1,406   1,348   1,135   1,019   946   896   1,294   952
    Federal   34   33   50   52   19   14   10   12   3   8
    Institutional   76   70   81   66   92   106   76   84   58   67
    Nonfederal   12   12   3   6   3   1   1   4   1   0
    Personal resources   1,163   1,160   1,272   1,224   1,021   898   859   796   1,232   877

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   261   261   245   255   208   229   221   210   192   68
    Science   211   208   191   179   146   177   185   168   154   52
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   48   43   40   35   48   66   78   75   57   16
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   7   6   7   5   4   0   0   0   2   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   72   86   79   60   21   26   24   15   16   6
      Mathematics and statistics   4   4   5   5   2   1   1   2   1   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   14   9   5   8   12   14   10   5   3   3
      Natural resources and conservation   18   18   18   19   15   15   14   10   0   0
      Physical sciences   31   25   19   28   30   36   44   40   33   22
      Psychology   16   16   16   18   12   16   14   17   17   2
      Social sciences   1   1   2   1   2   3   0   4   14   0
    Engineering   50   53   54   76   62   52   36   42   38   16
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   4   4   8   7   5   4   4   5   5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   14   12   13   10   3   3   4   4   5   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   22   19   17   39   31   28   14   16   15   5
      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   12   18   20   19   21   16   14   18   13   6
    Health   13   13   17   23   27   31   21   12   19   7
      Clinical medicine   13   13   17   23   26   27   18   11   16   7
      Other health   0   0   0   0   1   4   3   1   3   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   49   41   46   40   36   32   24   23   30   35
  Science and engineering   46   37   44   38   31   25   22   22   27   30
    Science   32   25   30   17   18   16   16   18   20   22
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   7   7   8   6   6   8   12   14   11   8
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   1   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   7   5   6   3   4   2   1   1   2   1
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   1   2   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   5   6   7   3   6   4   2   2   4   11
      Psychology   6   4   4   5   1   1   1   1   1   1
      Social sciences   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   14   12   14   21   13   9   6   4   7   8
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   4   2   1   0   0   2   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   5   4   4   3   2   1   2   1   1   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   2   4   1   7   5   1   1   1   0   5
      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   7   4   9   7   4   6   3   2   4   1
    Health   3   4   2   2   5   7   2   1   3   5
      Clinical medicine   3   4   2   2   5   7   2   1   3   5
      Other health   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.
  • 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   325,785   306,434   281,665   246,075   236,842   225,864   196,180   177,292   170,846   163,033
    Science   239,407   224,769   201,157   174,133   170,432   156,616   134,338   117,325   103,272   86,994
      Computer and information sciences   28,787   22,726   18,348   16,708   16,175   14,911   14,645   10,302   14,431   12,227
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,651   29,061   18,793   16,584   16,023   14,955   14,800   10,799   6,422   6,785
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   12,464   8,661   6,102   4,651   4,262   3,216   2,804   3,265   3,136   3,211
        Geological and earth sciences   5,275   4,172   1,701   2,129   1,952   2,643   2,386   2,923   1,879   2,917
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   17,912   16,228   10,990   9,804   9,809   9,096   9,610   4,611   1,407   657
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   65,230   71,169   67,166   55,462   55,877   51,676   46,906   46,662   39,780   41,709
        Agricultural sciences   97   76   39   5   84   62   129   456   265   4,297
        Biological and biomedical sciences   43,675   50,113   46,249   37,940   39,760   33,053   31,331   28,504   24,241   20,155
        Health sciences   17,621   17,697   16,489   15,751   13,961   16,019   12,635   15,433   12,256   10,317
        Natural resources and conservation   3,837   3,283   4,389   1,766   2,072   2,542   2,811   2,269   3,018   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6,940
      Mathematics and statistics   4,369   3,628   2,201   1,915   1,470   1,394   1,162   1,147   972   1,150
      Physical sciences   32,864   31,704   33,613   27,997   27,354   24,968   18,688   13,119   8,447   8,314
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   26,236   25,467   28,705   22,439   18,412   17,688   11,455   7,254   3,768   3,914
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,949   4,058   4,440   5,218   8,185   5,911   6,587   5,299   4,305   4,274
        Physical sciences nec   2,679   2,179   468   340   757   1,369   646   566   374   126
      Psychology   45,373   41,054   37,185   34,345   34,642   29,269   24,056   20,528   18,818   9,741
      Social sciences   24,467   21,873   20,526   19,172   17,828   16,551   10,866   9,792   10,092   7,068
        Anthropology   0   0   0   11   207   257   131   68   5   0
        Economics   2,695   2,743   2,922   2,030   2,534   2,760   2,727   2,630   3,416   460
        Political science and government   3,940   2,939   1,749   1,340   2,120   1,247   1,010   606   606   2,311
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,837   1,800   1,311   1,300   1,189   1,101   865   998   729   668
        Social sciences nec   15,995   14,391   14,544   14,491   11,778   11,186   6,133   5,490   5,336   3,629
      Sciences nec   2,666   3,554   3,325   1,950   1,063   2,892   3,215   4,976   4,310   0
    Engineering   56,953   56,199   48,549   41,740   39,826   35,138   31,410   29,106   30,559   37,637
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,287   5,887   5,186   4,543   5,219   6,237   3,892   3,352   2,393   3,070
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   84
      Civil engineering   16,407   17,998   15,560   14,140   13,669   11,603   10,073   10,357   15,504   22,556
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   16,201   15,955   13,396   12,317   11,045   9,215   7,375   5,589   5,929   3,630
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   898   869   795   553   77   71   1,414   1,426   8   0
      Mechanical engineering   11,146   10,213   9,167   5,436   3,662   1,671   684   1,105   776   1,315
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   362   525   702   937   1,254   1,688   2,183   1,059   1,205   0
      Engineering nec   4,652   4,752   3,743   3,814   4,900   4,653   5,789   6,218   4,742   6,982
    Non-S&E   29,425   25,466   31,959   30,202   26,584   34,110   30,432   30,861   37,015   38,402
      Business management and business administration   11,081   9,996   8,505   8,537   7,964   8,689   8,003   8,106   8,881   7,380
      Communication and communications technologies   1,289   1,043   1,306   1,100   892   1,353   1,474   1,469   1,159   1,400
      Education   5,712   4,550   11,138   10,578   10,002   12,427   9,678   8,844   10,667   11,458
      Humanities   5,273   4,497   5,490   5,229   2,982   5,253   4,432   5,939   9,446   11,766
      Law   1,413   1,245   1,191   1,241   1,153   1,615   1,454   1,045   2,878   919
      Social work   398   484   194   130   142   217   197   525   836   1,214
      Visual and performing arts   2,670   1,859   1,797   1,751   1,691   1,540   1,341   1,468   1,409   2,332
      Non-S&E nec   1,589   1,792   2,338   1,636   1,758   3,016   3,853   3,465   1,739   1,933

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   325,785   165,202   17,608   125,955   3,400   10,603   3,017
    Science   239,407   120,113   15,341   90,924   1,936   8,302   2,791
      Computer and information sciences   28,787   13,879   878   9,704   1,118   917   2,291
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   35,651   19,711   2,983   10,332   131   2,448   46
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   12,464   6,790   653   3,681   0   1,340   0
        Geological and earth sciences   5,275   726   390   4,131   0   28   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   17,912   12,195   1,940   2,520   131   1,080   46
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   65,230   28,864   966   33,329   392   1,655   24
        Agricultural sciences   97   74   0   23   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   43,675   23,201   929   17,941   300   1,280   24
        Health sciences   17,621   2,983   36   14,333   90   179   0
        Natural resources and conservation   3,837   2,606   1   1,032   2   196   0
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   4,369   1,082   0   2,951   0   336   0
      Physical sciences   32,864   20,854   183   11,495   23   290   19
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   26,236   17,696   183   8,285   0   63   9
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   3,949   3,158   0   531   23   227   10
        Physical sciences nec   2,679   0   0   2,679   0   0   0
      Psychology   45,373   26,715   7,648   9,998   227   470   315
      Social sciences   24,467   8,819   1,591   11,973   45   1,943   96
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   2,695   465   1,085   1,124   0   21   0
        Political science and government   3,940   1,970   0   1,877   0   93   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,837   679   0   1,003   0   155   0
        Social sciences nec   15,995   5,705   506   7,969   45   1,674   96
      Sciences nec   2,666   189   1,092   1,142   0   243   0
    Engineering   56,953   38,236   1,911   13,683   1,262   1,701   160
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   7,287   4,018   14   2,112   175   968   0
      Chemical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil engineering   16,407   11,223   1,574   3,000   14   596   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   16,201   11,295   308   3,290   1,073   75   160
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   898   62   0   836   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   11,146   9,098   14   1,990   0   44   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   362   79   0   283   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   4,652   2,461   1   2,172   0   18   0
    Non-S&E   29,425   6,853   356   21,348   202   600   66
      Business management and business administration   11,081   3,431   20   7,322   202   106   0
      Communication and communications technologies   1,289   0   2   1,286   0   1   0
      Education   5,712   3,140   0   2,326   0   227   19
      Humanities   5,273   103   0   4,936   0   187   47
      Law   1,413   101   0   1,312   0   0   0
      Social work   398   53   0   269   0   76   0
      Visual and performing arts   2,670   23   334   2,312   0   1   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,589   2   0   1,585   0   2   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   165,202   156,381   129,683   105,309   103,366   96,912   85,541   71,579   76,127   76,528
  DOD   22,358   23,309   24,093   14,133   10,180   7,295   6,798   5,243   4,328   4,515
  DOE   12,215   10,226   8,389   6,963   6,827   7,422   6,570   5,568   5,156   4,458
  HHS   52,965   52,808   44,561   36,876   36,501   33,326   26,935   23,478   23,260   22,259
  NASA   2,165   2,929   1,948   2,012   1,212   764   601   268   547   629
  NSF   34,556   31,761   23,519   22,802   24,368   23,890   22,626   14,794   16,220   12,977
  USDA   1,461   1,093   738   1,034   1,172   1,332   1,443   1,256   1,323   1,406
  Other   39,482   34,255   26,435   21,489   23,106   22,883   20,568   20,972   25,293   30,284

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   4,401   517   3,884   .
2018   4,220   463   3,757   .

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   1,195   1,183   1,100   990   884
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   316   313   219   177   282
    Computer and information sciences   21   21   21   25   24
    Engineering   323   323   320   335   293
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   25   25   25   25   1
    Health sciences   58   55   53   26   30
    Mathematics and statistics   25   25   25   20   18
    Natural resources and conservation   16   16   19   58   50
    Physical sciences   227   230   248   263   120
    Psychology   169   160   151   54   41
    Social sciences   14   14   18   7   23
    Other   1   1   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   32,779   82,435   0   5,057   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   20,689   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   32,838   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   748   0   0   0
    Engineering   32,779   26,298   0   5,057   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   1,172   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   690   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   6,451   18,794   11,703   15,254   34,059
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   3,861   6,587   8,346   1,201   1,151
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   1,050   2,556   3,357   3,903   25,590
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   281   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   280
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   357
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   1,540   9,651   0   9,870   5,073
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   1,609
    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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