Florida State 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 46 90.3 459 71 89 631 79 91.6 925
2023 49 89.6 459 69 90.1 679 79 91.5 911 136 77.8 602
2022 49 89.6 457 67 90.4 680 82 91.1 900
2021 49 89.4 447 66 90.7 691 83 91 908 145 75.5 583
2020 46 90.1 450 60 91.6 698 75 92 916
2019 47 89.8 447 66 90.8 697 77 91.8 914 141 76.4 589
2018 46 89.6 428 66 90.8 700 79 91.5 911
2017 46 89.5 425 56 92 684 83 91 898 116 80.2 575
2016 48 89.2 430 56 92.2 697 83 90.9 896
2015 45 89.8 426 57 92 693 83 91 898 116 80 570
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 391 377 366 333 381 381 373 363 362 383
  Science and engineering 251 234 236 203 256 254 231 225 221 222
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . 3 . 1 1 . 3 . 2
      Agricultural sciences . . 2 . . . . 2 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 46 43 33 27 34 28 34 30 29 31
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 8 3 2 6 3 2 6 8 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 7 8 3 6 2 5 3 6 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 7 6 5 3 4 6 5 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 . 1 . 2 3 . 2 . 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 7 5 3 3 6 3 4 1 1
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology . . 2 . 1 1 1 . 3 2
      Molecular biology 12 2 3 1 6 1 6 . 1 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 10 6 3 9 5 6 6 6 5 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 4 1 2 2 2 5 3 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 12 13 12 17 11 10 6 12 13 15
      Computer science 7 8 5 12 8 7 6 5 8 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 5 7 5 3 3 . 7 5 6
    Engineering 43 30 26 23 35 47 35 29 22 21
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 2 2 . . . . 1 1 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 1 4 . 1 2 . 2 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 3 2 2 3 5 2 6 3 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 2 4 6 7 6 4 2 2 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 13 10 4 5 10 10 11 7 4 7
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 1 4 2 5 7 2 5 3 .
      Materials and mining engineering 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 4 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 6 6 2 4 4 12 10 2 5 4
      Engineering, other . 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 5 11 11 15 13 14 14 17 13
      Geological sciences 4 . 3 6 1 1 2 4 3 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 8 5 8 5 14 12 12 10 14 10
    Health sciences 9 3 9 4 10 6 7 4 5 6
      Public health . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 9 3 9 4 10 6 7 4 4 6
    Mathematics and statistics 32 33 28 36 25 29 43 23 29 23
      Applied mathematics 8 2 3 7 2 7 10 8 12 6
      Mathematics 5 4 . 4 4 8 11 2 4 6
      Statistics 8 17 18 14 11 7 17 9 6 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 10 7 11 8 7 5 4 7 7
    Physical sciences 36 52 47 36 48 40 33 42 44 30
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 5 . 5 2 . . 1 1 1
      Chemistry 20 27 28 17 26 24 22 15 24 13
      Physics 14 20 19 14 20 16 11 26 19 16
    Psychology 38 32 33 29 37 29 30 38 29 40
      Clinical psychology 17 7 3 13 8 13 4 11 11 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 13 7 15 5 12 9 4 13 7 11
      Research and experimental psychology 4 13 7 3 8 2 12 10 7 10
      Psychology, other 4 5 8 8 9 5 10 4 4 10
    Social sciences 22 23 34 20 40 51 29 30 33 41
      Economics 2 5 7 3 7 10 4 2 7 6
      Political science and government 3 4 5 1 7 7 3 3 5 5
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . . . . . . 7
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 5 4 7 11 5 12 5 6
      Social sciences, other 10 10 17 12 19 23 17 13 16 17
  Non-science and engineering 140 143 130 130 125 127 142 138 141 161
    Business 10 11 11 6 9 18 7 10 12 15
      Business 10 11 11 6 9 18 7 10 12 15
    Education 47 51 45 40 48 55 58 38 60 37
      Education leadership and administration 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2
      Education research 30 35 29 25 36 28 40 21 34 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 15 15 14 11 24 17 14 21 15
      Education, other 1 . . . . 2 . . 2 2
    Humanities and arts 67 60 60 62 53 44 65 64 49 85
      Letters 28 11 21 26 24 21 21 33 17 33
      Foreign languages and literature 1 7 5 3 4 . 2 3 4 5
      History 6 10 7 6 10 7 4 6 7 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 7 13 9 6 7 16 6 8 12
      Music and performing arts 12 12 7 12 6 8 11 9 7 14
      Humanities and arts, other 9 13 7 6 3 1 11 7 6 8
    Other non-science and engineering 16 21 14 22 15 10 12 26 20 24
      Communication 4 6 4 6 4 5 4 5 3 7
      Public administration and social services 9 9 5 11 9 3 6 14 6 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 6 5 5 2 2 2 7 11 10

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 1,457 1,488 1,516 1,576 1,553 1,422 1,411 1,473 1,670 1,569
    Hispanic or Latino 262 225 246 251 241 206 189 202 156 156
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,187 1,253 1,253 1,301 1,283 1,186 1,180 1,225 1,465 1,365
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3
      Asian 81 92 90 82 69 55 59 55 97 58
      Black or African American 140 144 129 134 132 90 91 88 122 110
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2
      White 905 957 964 1,000 1,008 984 971 1,019 1,152 1,127
      More than one race 56 57 69 85 72 55 57 59 88 65
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 10 17 24 29 30 42 46 49 48
  Temporary visa holders 1,063 1,094 915 815 742 746 705 770 823 860
  Science and engineering 2,379 2,376 2,259 2,253 2,157 2,045 1,996 2,111 2,372 2,317
    Science 2,051 2,046 1,985 1,996 1,937 1,839 1,783 1,873 2,072 2,023
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 277 307 333 334 318 291 280 278 216 213
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 90
      Computer and information sciences 384 441 401 308 281 241 220 243 218 134
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 59
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 84 84 98 103 104 118 112 104 113 130
      Mathematics and statistics 285 248 225 244 253 259 254 278 300 278
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 111 106 46 37 24 27 34 34 37 35
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 293 289 303 330 311 319 314 325 311 322
      Psychology 188 197 203 215 214 214 186 204 215 206
      Social sciences 429 374 376 425 432 370 383 407 487 535
    Engineering 328 330 274 257 220 206 213 238 300 294
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 30 26 26 16 17 9 9 9 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 28 20 22 25 25 21 19 27 50 43
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 86 85 59 53 37 38 40 38 35 30
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 65 66 62 67 52 49 54 57 76 58
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 52 57 33 32 25 26 32 31 39 71
      Mechanical engineering 67 76 72 64 64 63 59 76 81 73
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 141 206 172 138 138 123 120 132 121 112
      Clinical medicine 48 55 59 65 63 48 48 57 48 37
      Other health 93 151 113 73 75 75 72 75 73 75

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 963 1,034 1,123 1,128 957 716 696 614 742 537
    Hispanic or Latino 190 186 195 197 156 104 98 81 101 60
    Not Hispanic or Latino 759 832 910 911 783 593 581 520 619 463
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 2 5 2 2 1 1 3 2
      Asian 44 41 53 44 36 23 23 22 11 11
      Black or African American 105 120 144 149 137 87 80 63 92 53
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
      White 575 624 656 660 566 461 455 418 489 370
      More than one race 33 45 51 51 41 19 21 16 24 25
    Unknown ethnicity and race 14 16 18 20 18 19 17 13 22 14
  Temporary visa holders 68 96 85 80 96 70 64 51 60 55
  Science and engineering 895 980 1,046 1,081 931 666 634 570 708 515
    Science 764 861 930 965 840 606 586 531 690 504
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 19 21 27 26 20 16 14 12 30
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 54
      Computer and information sciences 396 472 450 451 386 292 273 225 245 55
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 24 20 19 25 25 22 26 23 20 17
      Mathematics and statistics 26 27 36 32 40 30 25 22 18 20
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 9 9 13 9 12 7 4 5 2 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 10 9 6 5 6 6 6 6 8
      Psychology 78 78 93 83 54 33 38 35 24 26
      Social sciences 211 226 289 332 292 196 198 201 284 280
    Engineering 131 119 116 116 91 60 48 39 18 11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 2 0 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 42 23 22 15 13 8 4 12 10 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 14 16 12 12 15 18 18 3 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 69 74 72 77 53 30 13 3 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 7 4 9 10 5 7 4 3 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 136 150 162 127 122 120 126 95 94 77
      Clinical medicine 28 19 29 28 24 23 26 23 26 16
      Other health 108 131 133 99 98 97 100 72 68 61

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 60 222 220 298 87 274 279 359 358 343
  Science and engineering 54 216 212 289 84 273 278 343 315 306
    Science 41 161 172 235 56 234 225 276 253 222
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 31 28 38 13 44 42 34 24 25
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 9 22 17 27 8 31 24 40 34 17
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 13 18 21 10 20 18 18 37 30
      Mathematics and statistics 2 11 11 19 7 11 8 32 15 11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 2 4 6 5 8 7 7 7 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 6 57 67 85 6 82 87 91 73 60
      Psychology 6 16 22 31 4 31 32 22 45 55
      Social sciences 5 9 5 8 3 7 7 32 9 6
    Engineering 13 55 40 54 28 39 53 67 62 84
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 7 2 2 3 2 6 2 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 4 5 7 2 3 6 10 12 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 5 2 3 1 7 9 6 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 18 13 16 9 11 10 16 7 12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 3 0 0 2 1 4 9 7 26
      Mechanical engineering 7 18 18 26 11 15 18 24 25 26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 6 6 8 9 3 1 1 16 43 37
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      Other health 6 6 8 9 3 1 1 7 43 37

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 2,520 2,582 2,431 2,391 2,295 2,168 2,116 2,243 2,493 2,429
  Fellowships 78 79 78 82 68 96 88 3 187 172
    Federal 0 1 2 3 1 6 12 0 51 30
    Institutional 78 77 76 77 64 82 71 3 115 112
    Nonfederal 0 1 0 2 3 8 5 0 21 30
  Research assistantships 1,031 1,033 651 562 380 597 553 835 686 684
    Federal 39 60 184 247 86 266 267 356 289 292
    Institutional 991 961 397 235 268 190 177 479 336 318
    Nonfederal 1 12 70 80 26 141 109 0 61 74
  Teaching assistantships 523 498 904 1,066 809 862 881 1,290 1,003 929
    Federal 21 161 34 48 0 2 0 3 9 18
    Institutional 485 243 846 990 808 848 874 1,287 993 910
    Nonfederal 17 94 24 28 1 12 7 0 1 1
  Other types of support 888 972 798 681 1,038 613 594 115 617 644
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 220 0 60 57
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 33
    Personal resources 888 972 798 681 1,038 613 374 115 531 551

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 261 263 256 228 233 253 241 224 217 202
    Science 214 213 215 197 212 230 216 194 185 176
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 43 52 61 44 44 54 49 48 41 39
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25 28 27 25 27 25 26 22 21 16
      Mathematics and statistics 11 13 16 15 14 12 9 6 6 6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 8 6 12 11 7 12 12 12 12 10
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 79 68 61 67 79 82 76 66 66 69
      Psychology 28 31 25 23 25 18 19 16 25 22
      Social sciences 15 13 11 10 14 25 24 23 6 6
    Engineering 47 50 41 31 21 23 25 30 32 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 2 4 6 3 5 5 6 3 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 2 5 5 6 9 6 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 7 6 4 1 2 3 2 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 7 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 3
      Mechanical engineering 7 6 6 3 2 2 2 6 3 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Other engineering 12 9 11 8 7 5 2 4 6 5
    Health 8 6 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
      Clinical medicine 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 6 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 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

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 108 94 111 108 126 138 118 125 125 117
  Science and engineering 107 94 111 108 126 137 117 124 124 117
    Science 95 84 94 95 117 127 108 111 114 102
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 22 20 30 22 28 37 26 34 33 28
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 11 10 8 14 13 12 15 15 11
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 1 5 6 6 9 10 8 9 8
      Natural resources and conservation 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 35 29 34 45 51 48 42 40 41 36
      Psychology 14 18 9 9 13 9 9 7 11 16
      Social sciences 6 5 4 2 2 7 7 5 0 0
    Engineering 12 10 17 13 9 10 9 13 10 15
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 0 2 2 0 2 4 3 1 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Other engineering 6 4 7 6 6 5 2 3 1 5
    Health 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
      Clinical medicine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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

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 460,733 414,463 355,986 328,604 350,430 329,205 297,661 282,901 268,288 256,449
    Science 265,096 243,487 209,325 198,762 213,558 201,304 204,205 197,085 196,981 194,498
      Computer and information sciences 10,703 10,374 9,004 10,320 10,349 11,557 11,684 9,281 8,521 6,293
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 18,743 20,511 17,014 16,252 20,816 18,343 20,650 19,668 19,820 21,682
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 2,942 4,957 4,282 4,423 5,296 5,334 5,432 6,001 5,362 4,651
        Geological and earth sciences 3,085 3,594 3,371 2,979 3,047 3,022 3,040 3,896 4,264 3,102
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 8,762 10,260 8,283 7,935 10,749 8,363 8,741 7,837 7,329 11,752
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 3,954 1,700 1,078 915 1,724 1,624 3,437 1,934 2,865 2,177
      Life sciences 96,687 75,107 67,760 61,377 64,315 61,515 54,515 47,724 37,909 34,008
        Agricultural sciences 188 104 125 175 296 207 464 2,142 371 408
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,331 24,154 22,715 21,063 22,836 24,383 22,880 21,527 20,812 20,380
        Health sciences 62,201 45,584 39,431 35,745 37,353 32,890 25,392 21,095 12,787 9,860
        Natural resources and conservation 3,949 3,982 3,922 3,310 2,677 2,221 3,361 710 14 0
        Life sciences nec 1,018 1,283 1,567 1,084 1,153 1,814 2,418 2,250 3,925 3,360
      Mathematics and statistics 8,337 8,048 7,277 6,567 7,128 6,202 5,542 4,685 4,745 4,318
      Physical sciences 65,299 78,948 65,661 63,481 68,454 61,706 67,753 63,307 60,372 64,275
        Astronomy and astrophysics 220 317 664 738 840 356 249 189 64 12
        Chemistry 22,859 22,804 20,685 20,686 23,225 20,708 22,901 21,256 19,683 19,396
        Materials science 333 4,349 3,682 3,270 2,327 619 498 230 74 0
        Physics 41,869 51,460 40,478 38,309 41,870 39,877 43,927 41,449 40,352 44,613
        Physical sciences nec 18 18 152 478 192 146 178 183 199 254
      Psychology 22,284 19,078 17,992 16,829 17,715 15,866 15,647 24,068 27,178 38,670
      Social sciences 32,115 25,182 17,838 18,501 19,446 18,519 19,717 19,408 19,635 13,995
        Anthropology 949 605 463 328 408 428 300 225 271 0
        Economics 3,442 3,493 2,851 3,868 4,418 4,492 5,549 5,167 4,561 2,831
        Political science and government 7,436 3,839 3,666 3,817 3,813 3,403 4,261 4,128 3,787 2,199
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,982 2,304 2,094 2,430 3,211 3,331 2,464 2,184 1,873 828
        Social sciences nec 17,306 14,941 8,764 8,058 7,596 6,865 7,143 7,704 9,143 8,137
      Sciences nec 10,928 6,239 6,779 5,435 5,335 7,596 8,697 8,944 18,801 11,257
    Engineering 82,132 67,635 58,212 52,153 56,493 56,352 56,281 50,234 46,346 42,929
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,959 3,205 2,334 2,403 2,776 3,106 2,957 2,673 1,797 699
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,249 1,015 2,327 2,509 4,015 3,900 2,423 1,017 915 704
      Chemical engineering 9,605 3,805 1,481 1,112 3,193 3,153 1,687 829 1,093 1,648
      Civil engineering 9,472 7,567 6,463 5,631 6,512 5,538 6,140 5,692 4,440 4,452
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,498 18,969 17,653 16,958 13,819 14,713 12,787 9,844 9,655 8,794
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 4,862 6,107 4,202 2,538 2,397 2,254 1,802 1,176 1,072 0
      Mechanical engineering 24,186 23,584 19,751 17,755 20,996 20,643 23,907 24,015 20,877 17,571
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,665 2,047 2,654 2,001 2,138 2,566 4,019 4,826 6,136 8,280
      Engineering nec 1,636 1,336 1,347 1,246 647 479 559 162 361 781
    Non-S&E 113,505 103,341 88,449 77,689 80,379 71,549 37,175 35,582 24,961 19,022
      Business management and business administration 14,535 15,532 14,381 11,049 12,108 10,325 1,349 845 983 603
      Communication and communications technologies 2,802 3,103 2,413 2,065 2,447 2,832 1,786 1,830 491 1,996
      Education 54,380 45,173 35,670 36,429 33,404 30,086 25,234 24,153 14,787 11,326
      Humanities 11,317 11,743 9,901 10,527 10,933 9,669 1,705 3,572 2,058 670
      Law 5,141 4,709 5,189 2,914 4,063 3,312 594 370 326 292
      Social work 15,545 14,763 12,449 7,292 9,082 7,536 2,858 1,669 1,954 1,088
      Visual and performing arts 7,056 5,504 5,872 5,020 5,912 5,616 2,207 1,411 2,881 939
      Non-S&E nec 2,729 2,814 2,574 2,393 2,430 2,173 1,442 1,732 1,481 2,108

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 460,733 204,544 53,897 185,427 3,611 7,364 5,890
    Science 265,096 123,799 22,096 109,937 1,292 5,213 2,759
      Computer and information sciences 10,703 2,841 0 7,710 115 0 37
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 18,743 8,419 482 6,927 82 2,480 353
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 2,942 1,448 178 1,186 0 25 105
        Geological and earth sciences 3,085 1,257 116 1,712 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 8,762 4,258 188 1,611 82 2,390 233
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 3,954 1,456 0 2,418 0 65 15
      Life sciences 96,687 55,246 4,727 34,309 269 1,255 881
        Agricultural sciences 188 112 0 76 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,331 15,092 1,033 12,565 130 302 209
        Health sciences 62,201 39,114 1,380 20,300 139 715 553
        Natural resources and conservation 3,949 794 2,314 603 0 238 0
        Life sciences nec 1,018 134 0 765 0 0 119
      Mathematics and statistics 8,337 2,326 0 5,496 346 70 99
      Physical sciences 65,299 36,595 8,974 18,928 369 174 259
        Astronomy and astrophysics 220 220 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 22,859 12,137 3,339 6,891 356 87 49
        Materials science 333 286 0 20 0 0 27
        Physics 41,869 23,938 5,635 12,013 13 87 183
        Physical sciences nec 18 14 0 4 0 0 0
      Psychology 22,284 10,451 1,713 9,878 0 116 126
      Social sciences 32,115 6,299 6,027 18,440 88 396 865
        Anthropology 949 169 5 775 0 0 0
        Economics 3,442 1 306 2,989 2 83 61
        Political science and government 7,436 106 3,731 3,375 0 24 200
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,982 279 463 2,211 0 29 0
        Social sciences nec 17,306 5,744 1,522 9,090 86 260 604
      Sciences nec 10,928 1,622 173 8,249 23 722 139
    Engineering 82,132 49,673 11,673 17,171 2,296 830 489
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,959 1,488 0 2,450 0 0 21
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,249 1,074 0 66 15 93 1
      Chemical engineering 9,605 1,104 6,309 2,148 42 2 0
      Civil engineering 9,472 3,234 1,986 4,095 51 106 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,498 14,970 43 2,895 1,474 51 65
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 4,862 3,405 127 1,181 134 8 7
      Mechanical engineering 24,186 17,179 3,208 2,797 576 332 94
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,665 6,841 0 739 0 54 31
      Engineering nec 1,636 378 0 800 4 184 270
    Non-S&E 113,505 31,072 20,128 58,319 23 1,321 2,642
      Business management and business administration 14,535 0 0 14,195 0 0 340
      Communication and communications technologies 2,802 970 0 1,498 0 305 29
      Education 54,380 29,188 8,500 15,170 11 738 773
      Humanities 11,317 231 0 9,959 11 116 1,000
      Law 5,141 0 0 5,141 0 0 0
      Social work 15,545 611 11,627 3,098 1 153 55
      Visual and performing arts 7,056 0 0 6,776 0 9 271
      Non-S&E nec 2,729 72 1 2,482 0 0 174

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 204,544 195,323 163,744 150,108 162,296 149,784 147,184 134,278 126,289 139,597
  DOD 23,343 24,311 21,806 19,797 17,546 20,105 17,920 13,530 12,506 13,391
  DOE 11,922 10,765 11,990 10,098 10,788 9,365 9,343 8,051 7,184 7,683
  HHS 67,026 46,547 41,010 39,153 43,151 39,161 31,045 22,699 21,371 21,247
  NASA 4,088 3,808 3,160 3,188 3,919 3,673 3,881 2,708 2,549 2,979
  NSF 60,739 75,363 58,432 53,176 63,396 56,341 61,661 56,237 51,255 52,982
  USDA 814 898 782 840 1,160 993 650 233 516 967
  Other 36,612 33,631 26,564 23,856 22,336 20,146 22,684 30,820 30,908 40,348

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 4,305 584 3,721 .
2018 4,639 571 4,068 .

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 507 462 453 571 571
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 49 69 61 74 74
    Computer and information sciences 4 7 7 10 10
    Engineering 129 125 122 101 101
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 63 55 31 51 51
    Health sciences 64 27 26 18 18
    Mathematics and statistics 3 2 2 4 4
    Natural resources and conservation 0 3 3 0 0
    Physical sciences 141 131 141 244 244
    Psychology 47 34 36 39 39
    Social sciences 7 10 23 31 31
    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 10,000 75,000 0 8,185 24,614
    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 10,000 37,500 0 8,185 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 22,786
    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 37,500 0 0 1,828
    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 3,345 33,099 8,476 39,538 5,468
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 2,605 1,125 4,342 24,500 2,869
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 740 12,415 1,744 6,225 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 670 643 0
    Health sciences 0 2,407 0 0 918
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 16,753 1,720 8,169 1,681
    Psychology 0 398 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

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