Florida State U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 47 90.1 459 69 90.1 679 136 77.8 602 79 91.5 914
2022 50 89.4 457 67 90.4 680 82 91.1 900
2021 49 89.4 447 66 90.7 691 145 75.5 583 83 91 908
2020 46 90.1 450 60 91.6 698 75 92 916
2019 47 89.8 447 66 90.8 697 141 76.4 589 77 91.8 914
2018 46 89.6 428 66 90.8 700 79 91.5 911
2017 46 89.5 425 56 92 684 116 80.2 575 83 91 898
2016 48 89.2 430 56 92.2 697 83 90.9 896
2015 45 89.8 426 57 92 693 116 80 570 83 91 898
2014 47 89.2 422 55 92.2 688 84 90.8 889
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.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 383 366 333 381 381 373 363 362 383 366
  Science and engineering 239 236 203 256 254 231 225 221 222 210
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 3 . 1 1 . 3 . 2 1
      Agricultural sciences . 2 . . . . 2 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 2 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 43 33 27 34 28 34 30 29 31 33
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 3 2 6 3 2 6 8 9 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 8 3 6 2 5 3 6 4 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 6 5 3 4 6 5 2 . 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . 2 3 . 2 . 5 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 5 3 3 6 3 4 1 1 3
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology . 2 . 1 1 1 . 3 2 1
      Molecular biology 2 3 1 6 1 6 . 1 3 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 3 9 5 6 6 6 5 4 6
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 1 2 2 2 5 3 2 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 13 12 17 11 10 6 12 13 15 11
      Computer science 8 5 12 8 7 6 5 8 9 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 7 5 3 3 . 7 5 6 3
    Engineering 30 26 23 35 47 35 29 22 21 23
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 2 . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 4 . 1 2 . 2 1 . 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 2 2 3 5 2 6 3 3 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 4 6 7 6 4 2 2 4 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 10 4 5 10 10 11 7 4 7 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 4 2 5 7 2 5 3 . 2
      Materials and mining engineering 4 3 3 4 5 6 4 2 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 6 2 4 4 12 10 2 5 4 7
      Engineering, other 1 1 1 1 . . . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 11 11 15 13 14 14 17 13 10
      Geological sciences . 3 6 1 1 2 4 3 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 8 5 14 12 12 10 14 10 9
    Health sciences 3 9 4 10 6 7 4 5 6 8
      Public health . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 3 9 4 10 6 7 4 4 6 8
    Mathematics and statistics 33 28 36 25 29 43 23 29 23 28
      Applied mathematics 2 3 7 2 7 10 8 12 6 11
      Mathematics 4 . 4 4 8 11 2 4 6 2
      Statistics 17 18 14 11 7 17 9 6 4 9
      Mathematics and statistics, other 10 7 11 8 7 5 4 7 7 6
    Physical sciences 53 47 36 48 40 33 42 44 30 29
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 . 5 2 . . 1 1 1 .
      Chemistry 28 28 17 26 24 22 15 24 13 15
      Physics 20 19 14 20 16 11 26 19 16 14
    Psychology 36 33 29 37 29 30 38 29 40 27
      Clinical psychology 10 3 13 8 13 4 11 11 9 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 15 5 12 9 4 13 7 11 11
      Research and experimental psychology 13 7 3 8 2 12 10 7 10 6
      Psychology, other 5 8 8 9 5 10 4 4 10 7
    Social sciences 23 34 20 40 51 29 30 33 41 40
      Anthropology . . . . . . . . . .
      Economics 5 7 3 7 10 4 2 7 6 5
      Political science and government 4 5 1 7 7 3 3 5 5 13
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 7 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 5 4 7 11 5 12 5 6 11
      Social sciences, other 10 17 12 19 23 17 13 16 17 10
  Non-science and engineering 144 130 130 125 127 142 138 141 161 156
    Business 11 11 6 9 18 7 10 12 15 19
      Business 11 11 6 9 18 7 10 12 15 19
    Education 52 45 40 48 55 58 38 60 37 42
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 3
      Education research 35 29 25 36 28 40 21 34 18 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 16 15 14 11 24 17 14 21 15 20
      Education, other . . . . 2 . . 2 2 1
    Humanities and arts 60 60 62 53 44 65 64 49 85 66
      Letters 11 21 26 24 21 21 33 17 33 23
      Foreign languages and literature 7 5 3 4 . 2 3 4 5 3
      History 10 7 6 10 7 4 6 7 13 14
      Philosophy and religious studies 7 13 9 6 7 16 6 8 12 9
      Music and performing arts 12 7 12 6 8 11 9 7 14 9
      Humanities and arts, other 13 7 6 3 1 11 7 6 8 8
    Other non-science and engineering 21 14 22 15 10 12 26 20 24 29
      Communication 6 4 6 4 5 4 5 3 7 9
      Public administration and social services 9 5 11 9 3 6 14 6 7 8
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 5 5 2 2 2 7 11 10 12

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 1,373 1,246 1,253 1,191 1,148 1,144 1,251 1,362 1,340 1,353
    Female 1,209 1,185 1,138 1,104 1,020 972 992 1,131 1,089 1,077
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,488 1,516 1,576 1,553 1,422 1,411 1,473 1,670 1,569 1,583
    Hispanic or Latino 225 246 251 241 206 189 202 156 156 143
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,253 1,253 1,301 1,283 1,186 1,180 1,225 1,465 1,365 1,395
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 5
      Asian 92 90 82 69 55 59 55 97 58 55
      Black or African American 144 129 134 132 90 91 88 122 110 142
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 0
      White 957 964 1,000 1,008 984 971 1,019 1,152 1,127 1,142
      More than one race 57 69 85 72 55 57 59 88 65 51
    Unknown ethnicity and race 10 17 24 29 30 42 46 49 48 45
  Temporary visa holders 1,094 915 815 742 746 705 770 823 860 847
  Science and engineering 2,376 2,259 2,253 2,157 2,045 1,996 2,111 2,372 2,317 2,267
    Science 2,046 1,985 1,996 1,937 1,839 1,783 1,873 2,072 2,023 1,946
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 307 333 334 318 291 280 278 216 213 203
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 90 96
      Computer and information sciences 441 401 308 281 241 220 243 218 134 161
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 59 58
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 84 98 103 104 118 112 104 113 130 142
      Mathematics and statistics 248 225 244 253 259 254 278 300 278 227
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 106 46 37 24 27 34 34 37 35 35
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 289 303 330 311 319 314 325 311 322 303
      Psychology 197 203 215 214 214 186 204 215 206 214
      Social sciences 374 376 425 432 370 383 407 487 535 486
    Engineering 330 274 257 220 206 213 238 300 294 321
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 26 16 17 9 9 9 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 20 22 25 25 21 19 27 50 43 43
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 85 59 53 37 38 40 38 35 30 35
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 66 62 67 52 49 54 57 76 58 75
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 57 33 32 25 26 32 31 39 71 79
      Mechanical engineering 76 72 64 64 63 59 76 81 73 72
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 17
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 206 172 138 138 123 120 132 121 112 163
    Clinical medicine 55 59 65 63 48 48 57 48 37 26
    Other health 151 113 73 75 75 72 75 73 75 137

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 445 476 471 432 323 298 247 295 261 266
    Female 685 732 737 621 463 462 418 507 331 353
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,034 1,123 1,128 957 716 696 614 742 537 563
    Hispanic or Latino 186 195 197 156 104 98 81 101 60 68
    Not Hispanic or Latino 832 910 911 783 593 581 520 619 463 480
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 5 2 2 1 1 3 2 2
      Asian 41 53 44 36 23 23 22 11 11 12
      Black or African American 120 144 149 137 87 80 63 92 53 65
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
      White 624 656 660 566 461 455 418 489 370 384
      More than one race 45 51 51 41 19 21 16 24 25 17
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 18 20 18 19 17 13 22 14 15
  Temporary visa holders 96 85 80 96 70 64 51 60 55 56
  Science and engineering 980 1,046 1,081 931 666 634 570 708 515 517
    Science 861 930 965 840 606 586 531 690 504 497
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 19 21 27 26 20 16 14 12 30 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 54 76
      Computer and information sciences 472 450 451 386 292 273 225 245 55 41
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 13
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 19 25 25 22 26 23 20 17 19
      Mathematics and statistics 27 36 32 40 30 25 22 18 20 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 9 13 9 12 7 4 5 2 7 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 9 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 6
      Psychology 78 93 83 54 33 38 35 24 26 16
      Social sciences 226 289 332 292 196 198 201 284 280 291
    Engineering 119 116 116 91 60 48 39 18 11 20
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 1 1 2 1 5 2 0 2 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 23 22 15 13 8 4 12 10 5 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 14 16 12 12 15 18 18 3 4 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 74 72 77 53 30 13 3 2 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 7 4 9 10 5 7 4 3 0 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 150 162 127 122 120 126 95 94 77 102
    Clinical medicine 19 29 28 24 23 26 23 26 16 10
    Other health 131 133 99 98 97 100 72 68 61 92

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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 222 220 298 87 274 279 359 358 343 383
  Science and engineering 216 212 289 84 273 278 343 315 306 349
    Science 161 172 235 56 234 225 276 253 222 278
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 31 28 38 13 44 42 34 24 25 38
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
      Computer and information sciences 22 17 27 8 31 24 40 34 17 22
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 18 21 10 20 18 18 37 30 28
      Mathematics and statistics 11 11 19 7 11 8 32 15 11 9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 4 6 5 8 7 7 7 7 8
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 57 67 85 6 82 87 91 73 60 96
      Psychology 16 22 31 4 31 32 22 45 55 56
      Social sciences 9 5 8 3 7 7 32 9 6 10
    Engineering 55 40 54 28 39 53 67 62 84 71
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 2 2 3 2 6 2 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 5 7 2 3 6 10 12 10 10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 2 3 1 7 9 6 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 18 13 16 9 11 10 16 7 12 10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 0 0 2 1 4 9 7 26 27
      Mechanical engineering 18 18 26 11 15 18 24 25 26 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 9
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 6 8 9 3 1 1 16 43 37 34
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
    Other health 6 8 9 3 1 1 7 43 37 34

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: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 2,582 2,431 2,391 2,295 2,168 2,116 2,243 2,493 2,429 2,430
  Fellowships 79 78 82 68 96 88 3 187 172 174
    Federal 1 2 3 1 6 12 0 51 30 40
    Institutional 77 76 77 64 82 71 3 115 112 105
    Nonfederal 1 0 2 3 8 5 0 21 30 29
  Research assistantships 1,033 651 562 380 597 553 835 686 684 746
    Federal 60 184 247 86 266 267 356 289 292 317
    Institutional 961 397 235 268 190 177 479 336 318 359
    Nonfederal 12 70 80 26 141 109 0 61 74 70
  Teaching assistantships 498 904 1,066 809 862 881 1,290 1,003 929 917
    Federal 161 34 48 0 2 0 3 9 18 13
    Institutional 243 846 990 808 848 874 1,287 993 910 904
    Nonfederal 94 24 28 1 12 7 0 1 1 0
  Other types of support 972 798 681 1,038 613 594 115 617 644 593
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 13
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 220 0 60 57 84
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 33 13
    Personal resources 972 798 681 1,038 613 374 115 531 551 483

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 263 256 228 233 253 241 224 217 202 211
    Science 213 215 197 212 230 216 194 185 176 184
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 52 61 44 44 54 49 48 41 39 44
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 28 27 25 27 25 26 22 21 16 16
      Mathematics and statistics 13 16 15 14 12 9 6 6 6 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 12 11 7 12 12 12 12 10 10
      Natural resources and conservation 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 68 61 67 79 82 76 66 66 69 77
      Psychology 31 25 23 25 18 19 16 25 22 22
      Social sciences 13 11 10 14 25 24 23 6 6 3
    Engineering 50 41 31 21 23 25 30 32 26 27
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 4 6 3 5 5 6 3 2 7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 2 5 5 6 9 6 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 7 6 4 1 2 3 2 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 7 5 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 5
      Mechanical engineering 6 6 3 2 2 2 6 3 4 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Other engineering 9 11 8 7 5 2 4 6 5 5
  Health 6 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
    Clinical medicine 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 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: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 94 111 108 126 138 118 125 125 117 137
  Science and engineering 94 111 108 126 137 117 124 124 117 137
    Science 84 94 95 117 127 108 111 114 102 117
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 20 30 22 28 37 26 34 33 28 36
      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 1 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 10 8 14 13 12 15 15 11 12
      Mathematics and statistics 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 5 6 6 9 10 8 9 8 7
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 34 45 51 48 42 40 41 36 45
      Psychology 18 9 9 13 9 9 7 11 16 13
      Social sciences 5 4 2 2 7 7 5 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 17 13 9 10 9 13 10 15 20
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 2 2 0 2 4 3 1 1 6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 4 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Other engineering 4 7 6 6 5 2 3 1 5 5
  Health 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 414,463 355,986 328,604 350,430 329,205 297,661 282,901 268,288 256,449 252,548
    Science 243,487 209,325 198,762 213,558 201,304 204,205 197,085 196,981 194,498 188,144
      Computer and information sciences 10,374 9,004 10,320 10,349 11,557 11,684 9,281 8,521 6,293 5,727
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 20,511 17,014 16,252 20,816 18,343 20,650 19,668 19,820 21,682 23,480
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 4,957 4,282 4,423 5,296 5,334 5,432 6,001 5,362 4,651 5,575
        Geological and earth sciences 3,594 3,371 2,979 3,047 3,022 3,040 3,896 4,264 3,102 2,667
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 10,260 8,283 7,935 10,749 8,363 8,741 7,837 7,329 11,752 13,791
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,700 1,078 915 1,724 1,624 3,437 1,934 2,865 2,177 1,447
      Life sciences 75,107 67,760 61,377 64,315 61,515 54,515 47,724 37,909 34,008 30,364
        Agricultural sciences 104 125 175 296 207 464 2,142 371 408 363
        Biological and biomedical sciences 24,154 22,715 21,063 22,836 24,383 22,880 21,527 20,812 20,380 22,793
        Health sciences 45,584 39,431 35,745 37,353 32,890 25,392 21,095 12,787 9,860 5,560
        Natural resources and conservation 3,982 3,922 3,310 2,677 2,221 3,361 710 14 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,283 1,567 1,084 1,153 1,814 2,418 2,250 3,925 3,360 1,648
      Mathematics and statistics 8,048 7,277 6,567 7,128 6,202 5,542 4,685 4,745 4,318 4,604
      Physical sciences 78,948 65,661 63,481 68,454 61,706 67,753 63,307 60,372 64,275 73,918
        Astronomy and astrophysics 317 664 738 840 356 249 189 64 12 14
        Chemistry 22,804 20,685 20,686 23,225 20,708 22,901 21,256 19,683 19,396 16,463
        Materials science 4,349 3,682 3,270 2,327 619 498 230 74 0 0
        Physics 51,460 40,478 38,309 41,870 39,877 43,927 41,449 40,352 44,613 57,233
        Physical sciences nec 18 152 478 192 146 178 183 199 254 208
      Psychology 19,078 17,992 16,829 17,715 15,866 15,647 24,068 27,178 38,670 31,565
      Social sciences 25,182 17,838 18,501 19,446 18,519 19,717 19,408 19,635 13,995 13,340
        Anthropology 605 463 328 408 428 300 225 271 0 0
        Economics 3,493 2,851 3,868 4,418 4,492 5,549 5,167 4,561 2,831 2,522
        Political science and government 3,839 3,666 3,817 3,813 3,403 4,261 4,128 3,787 2,199 2,467
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,304 2,094 2,430 3,211 3,331 2,464 2,184 1,873 828 1,003
        Social sciences nec 14,941 8,764 8,058 7,596 6,865 7,143 7,704 9,143 8,137 7,348
      Sciences nec 6,239 6,779 5,435 5,335 7,596 8,697 8,944 18,801 11,257 5,146
    Engineering 67,635 58,212 52,153 56,493 56,352 56,281 50,234 46,346 42,929 43,246
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,205 2,334 2,403 2,776 3,106 2,957 2,673 1,797 699 609
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,015 2,327 2,509 4,015 3,900 2,423 1,017 915 704 459
      Chemical engineering 3,805 1,481 1,112 3,193 3,153 1,687 829 1,093 1,648 1,434
      Civil engineering 7,567 6,463 5,631 6,512 5,538 6,140 5,692 4,440 4,452 2,091
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 18,969 17,653 16,958 13,819 14,713 12,787 9,844 9,655 8,794 12,127
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,107 4,202 2,538 2,397 2,254 1,802 1,176 1,072 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 23,584 19,751 17,755 20,996 20,643 23,907 24,015 20,877 17,571 18,518
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,047 2,654 2,001 2,138 2,566 4,019 4,826 6,136 8,280 7,401
      Engineering nec 1,336 1,347 1,246 647 479 559 162 361 781 607
    Non-S&E 103,341 88,449 77,689 80,379 71,549 37,175 35,582 24,961 19,022 21,158
      Business management and business administration 15,532 14,381 11,049 12,108 10,325 1,349 845 983 603 338
      Communication and communications technologies 3,103 2,413 2,065 2,447 2,832 1,786 1,830 491 1,996 425
      Education 45,173 35,670 36,429 33,404 30,086 25,234 24,153 14,787 11,326 15,281
      Humanities 11,743 9,901 10,527 10,933 9,669 1,705 3,572 2,058 670 715
      Law 4,709 5,189 2,914 4,063 3,312 594 370 326 292 339
      Social work 14,763 12,449 7,292 9,082 7,536 2,858 1,669 1,954 1,088 590
      Visual and performing arts 5,504 5,872 5,020 5,912 5,616 2,207 1,411 2,881 939 807
      Non-S&E nec 2,814 2,574 2,393 2,430 2,173 1,442 1,732 1,481 2,108 2,663

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 other sources
  All R&D fields 414,463 195,323 36,977 166,809 5,614 3,466 6,274
    Science 243,487 120,856 17,885 95,809 3,030 2,547 3,360
      Computer and information sciences 10,374 3,674 0 6,636 33 0 31
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 20,511 10,234 479 7,100 1,891 441 366
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 4,957 1,311 145 3,426 0 13 62
        Geological and earth sciences 3,594 1,798 117 1,668 0 0 11
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 10,260 5,739 210 1,730 1,891 408 282
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,700 1,386 7 276 0 20 11
      Life sciences 75,107 37,541 3,577 31,483 294 1,108 1,104
        Agricultural sciences 104 77 0 25 0 2 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 24,154 12,449 912 9,692 231 347 523
        Health sciences 45,584 23,544 771 20,202 62 519 486
        Natural resources and conservation 3,982 1,096 1,894 752 0 240 0
        Life sciences nec 1,283 375 0 812 1 0 95
      Mathematics and statistics 8,048 2,220 0 5,484 175 87 82
      Physical sciences 78,948 52,655 7,904 17,282 582 110 415
        Astronomy and astrophysics 317 209 8 100 0 0 0
        Chemistry 22,804 12,918 2,923 6,124 571 99 169
        Materials science 4,349 4,095 0 156 0 0 98
        Physics 51,460 35,433 4,973 10,889 6 11 148
        Physical sciences nec 18 0 0 13 5 0 0
      Psychology 19,078 9,248 1,550 7,826 0 115 339
      Social sciences 25,182 3,744 4,332 15,852 26 396 832
        Anthropology 605 247 0 356 0 0 2
        Economics 3,493 45 251 3,077 2 81 37
        Political science and government 3,839 99 259 3,340 0 8 133
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,304 299 408 1,551 0 6 40
        Social sciences nec 14,941 3,054 3,414 7,528 24 301 620
      Sciences nec 6,239 1,540 43 4,146 29 290 191
    Engineering 67,635 43,395 6,175 14,828 2,517 307 413
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,205 1,270 5 1,902 0 0 28
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,015 842 0 87 6 78 2
      Chemical engineering 3,805 728 1,826 1,203 44 4 0
      Civil engineering 7,567 2,735 1,257 3,432 60 83 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 18,969 14,704 0 2,549 1,682 7 27
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,107 4,347 90 1,481 185 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 23,584 17,307 2,997 2,564 536 134 46
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,047 1,085 0 927 0 0 35
      Engineering nec 1,336 377 0 683 4 0 272
    Non-S&E 103,341 31,072 12,917 56,172 67 612 2,501
      Business management and business administration 15,532 0 0 15,216 0 0 316
      Communication and communications technologies 3,103 1,703 0 1,376 0 2 22
      Education 45,173 28,235 2,529 13,336 2 372 699
      Humanities 11,743 225 0 10,647 5 0 866
      Law 4,709 0 0 4,709 0 0 0
      Social work 14,763 686 10,315 3,367 59 227 109
      Visual and performing arts 5,504 43 0 5,161 0 0 300
      Non-S&E nec 2,814 180 73 2,360 1 11 189

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 195,323 163,744 150,108 162,296 149,784 147,184 134,278 126,289 139,597 151,701
  DOD 24,311 21,806 19,797 17,546 20,105 17,920 13,530 12,506 13,391 17,449
  DOE 10,765 11,990 10,098 10,788 9,365 9,343 8,051 7,184 7,683 8,252
  HHS 46,547 41,010 39,153 43,151 39,161 31,045 22,699 21,371 21,247 21,433
  NASA 3,808 3,160 3,188 3,919 3,673 3,881 2,708 2,549 2,979 2,357
  NSF 75,363 58,432 53,176 63,396 56,341 61,661 56,237 51,255 52,982 57,511
  USDA 898 782 840 1,160 993 650 233 516 967 791
  Other 33,631 26,564 23,856 22,336 20,146 22,684 30,820 30,908 40,348 43,908

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 4,305 584 3,721 .
2018 4,639 571 4,068 .
2017 4,690 548 4,142 .

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 . 8,185 24,614
    Engineering 10,000 37,500 . 8,185 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 . 0 22,786
    Physical sciences 0 37,500 . 0 1,828

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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