George Mason 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 72 84.6 459 41 94.2 679 166 72.8 602 117 87.4 914
2022 82 82.4 457 43 93.9 680 117 87.2 900
2021 77 83.1 447 59 91.7 691 165 72.1 583 114 87.7 908
2020 81 82.4 450 61 91.5 698 112 88 916
2019 74 83.8 447 64 91 697 177 70.4 589 122 86.9 914
2018 71 83.8 428 64 91.1 700 133 85.6 911
2017 74 83 425 72 89.7 684 184 68.4 575 146 84 898
2016 65 85.2 430 78 89 697 144 84.2 896
2015 82 81.1 426 73 89.7 693 200 65.4 570 142 84.4 898
2014 77 82.1 422 69 90.2 688 148 83.6 889
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 271 247 233 234 259 272 262 290 228 240
  Science and engineering 220 192 188 181 183 211 202 224 177 185
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 6 3 4 3 7 10 12 7 8 5
      Agricultural sciences . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 6 3 4 2 7 10 12 7 8 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 21 29 24 15 13 19 14 26 13 16
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 7 2 2 . 4 . 2 . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 8 13 13 3 3 2 4 8 2 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 1 . . . 1 1 1 . .
      Genetics and genomics . . 1 . . . . 1 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology . 5 4 3 5 4 2 5 2 .
      Molecular biology 2 . . 2 1 1 . 1 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 6 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . 1 2 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . 1 . 3 . 4 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 27 19 21 10 21 28 23 26 27 26
      Computer science 13 8 9 3 10 15 11 13 19 14
      Computer and information sciences, other 14 11 12 7 11 13 12 13 8 12
    Engineering 38 25 16 11 19 24 17 17 14 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 3 1 3 3 2 . 1 . 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 7 6 . 7 8 1 1 3 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 11 9 6 5 5 12 10 11 7 4
      Industrial engineering and operations research 6 2 3 2 4 1 6 2 4 6
      Materials and mining engineering 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 . . . . . 1 . 1
      Engineering, other . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 4 3 9 7 18 8 9 6 5
      Geological sciences 3 4 1 4 2 9 3 4 3 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 . 2 5 5 9 5 5 3 1
    Health sciences 11 7 8 15 17 7 8 5 7 13
      Nursing science . . 3 4 4 3 5 3 6 11
      Public health 7 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 4 4 3 8 10 3 2 1 1 2
    Mathematics and statistics 12 14 13 6 8 8 9 12 8 11
      Applied mathematics . 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3
      Mathematics 6 2 5 1 . 3 1 2 1 4
      Statistics 4 2 3 2 2 3 . 3 4 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 6 2 2 5 1 6 5 1 1
    Physical sciences 8 7 3 8 5 6 6 14 11 10
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 2 1 1 . 1 2 7 4 2
      Chemistry 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 4
      Physics 4 4 1 4 3 3 2 6 5 4
    Psychology 25 12 20 24 21 23 21 24 22 17
      Clinical psychology 9 5 7 7 3 5 2 3 6 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 3 5 4 6 3 5 3 7 3
      Research and experimental psychology 9 2 3 10 9 8 9 13 7 7
      Psychology, other 3 2 5 3 3 7 5 5 2 1
    Social sciences 64 72 76 80 65 68 84 84 61 65
      Anthropology . 1 1 . 1 . . 2 . 1
      Economics 16 27 17 20 15 19 25 16 17 11
      Political science and government 8 7 3 7 6 6 8 8 4 3
      Public policy analysis 8 7 12 16 10 8 12 14 17 18
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 3 5 2 4 6 7 4 3 1
      Social sciences, other 27 27 38 35 29 29 32 40 20 31
  Non-science and engineering 51 55 45 53 76 61 60 66 51 55
    Business 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Business 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
    Education 39 32 25 36 53 52 42 50 39 45
      Education leadership and administration 3 . 4 6 6 . 1 3 3 5
      Education research 19 16 12 15 33 36 24 25 17 22
      Teacher education and teaching fields 11 11 4 11 8 15 13 11 15 10
      Education, other 6 5 5 4 6 1 4 11 4 8
    Humanities and arts 4 13 12 8 16 7 11 7 9 6
      Letters 3 7 3 1 6 . 1 . . .
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . 1 . . .
      History 1 6 7 6 9 6 8 6 8 4
      Philosophy and religious studies . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . 1 . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1
    Other non-science and engineering 7 9 8 9 7 2 7 9 3 3
      Communication 6 8 8 9 7 2 6 6 3 3
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 2,016 1,823 1,334 1,163 1,176 1,088 1,098 1,042 1,155 1,184
    Female 1,667 1,504 1,187 1,085 1,017 1,044 890 864 906 912
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,388 1,414 1,360 1,389 1,240 1,233 1,140 1,120 1,261 1,377
    Hispanic or Latino 162 155 149 145 106 95 101 93 98 108
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,161 1,189 1,142 1,174 1,077 1,102 1,000 955 1,041 1,134
      American Indian or Alaska Native 7 5 6 4 4 1 2 1 0 4
      Asian 210 187 180 198 166 159 149 131 134 144
      Black or African American 141 160 139 140 131 124 89 99 125 145
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 3 3
      White 771 814 790 801 735 782 718 691 750 796
      More than one race 32 22 26 30 40 35 40 27 29 42
    Unknown ethnicity and race 65 70 69 70 57 36 39 72 122 135
  Temporary visa holders 2,295 1,913 1,161 859 953 899 848 786 800 719
  Science and engineering 3,462 3,115 2,344 2,098 2,061 2,006 1,890 1,834 1,978 2,024
    Science 3,148 2,836 2,088 1,853 1,791 1,750 1,617 1,586 1,760 1,776
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 174 151 167 180 140 160 149 114 222 216
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 14 19
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 46 45
      Computer and information sciences 1,797 1,484 801 562 610 587 523 453 525 446
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 59 59 58 57 59 62 65 71 63 59
      Mathematics and statistics 92 88 77 77 70 65 72 73 61 74
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 134 132 127 121 109 95 83 46 52 51
      Natural resources and conservation 59 70 72 70 55 53 52 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 121 116 111 109 98 90 81 69 73 75
      Psychology 206 210 197 197 208 196 165 171 193 186
      Social sciences 506 526 478 480 442 442 427 461 511 605
    Engineering 314 279 256 245 270 256 273 248 218 248
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 40 34 34 27 27 16 20 16 9 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 70 60 58 60 74 65 56 49 37 27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 172 155 127 112 129 134 147 149 127 177
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 32 30 37 46 40 41 50 34 42 41
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
    Health 221 212 177 150 132 126 98 72 83 72
      Clinical medicine 96 117 108 96 81 72 69 65 60 47
      Other health 125 95 69 54 51 54 29 7 23 25

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 1,050 1,123 1,258 1,288 1,188 1,177 1,195 1,110 1,376 1,393
    Female 830 859 864 800 821 802 837 840 931 1,031
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,680 1,839 1,975 1,943 1,893 1,872 1,909 1,845 2,191 2,297
    Hispanic or Latino 201 217 190 176 172 158 147 150 164 177
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,336 1,489 1,626 1,597 1,592 1,625 1,651 1,556 1,758 1,786
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 3 6 8 6 3 0 0 3 5
      Asian 335 337 362 353 356 324 282 242 291 271
      Black or African American 182 202 192 188 167 186 180 161 183 202
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 6 3 6
      White 791 924 1,035 1,021 1,028 1,068 1,130 1,094 1,222 1,260
      More than one race 24 21 30 27 35 42 55 53 56 42
    Unknown ethnicity and race 143 133 159 170 129 89 111 139 269 334
  Temporary visa holders 200 143 147 145 116 107 123 105 116 127
  Science and engineering 1,707 1,821 1,976 1,957 1,859 1,857 1,934 1,884 2,239 2,331
    Science 1,462 1,560 1,696 1,682 1,592 1,575 1,638 1,594 1,931 2,008
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 153 149 147 146 131 116 117 137 232 241
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 3
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 29 31
      Computer and information sciences 574 590 609 623 574 545 559 383 488 465
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 28 30 38 41 46 46 43 48 46 50
      Mathematics and statistics 26 27 32 42 41 43 47 45 58 61
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 106 113 134 130 116 107 108 51 78 77
      Natural resources and conservation 32 40 45 45 60 60 58 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 43 45 62 61 62 73 94 74 80 80
      Psychology 39 48 74 68 78 88 75 69 64 62
      Social sciences 461 518 555 526 484 497 537 688 854 938
    Engineering 245 261 280 275 267 282 296 290 308 323
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 7 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 42 48 58 62 59 63 67 55 43 34
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 141 140 139 133 135 143 153 135 165 176
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 54 66 77 75 73 75 76 99 90 98
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15
    Health 173 161 146 131 150 122 98 66 68 93
      Clinical medicine 80 51 58 43 54 55 52 50 42 72
      Other health 93 110 88 88 96 67 46 16 26 21

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 2013
All surveyed fields 232 231 279 252 235 235 249 224 278 306 0
  Science and engineering 213 214 272 247 232 229 246 223 277 305 0
    Science 192 167 213 193 185 179 193 184 235 270 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 13 17 16 22 18 19 11 8 24 31 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 7 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
      Computer and information sciences 45 52 61 60 52 58 58 59 62 68 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 22 29 22 26 25 26 28 28 30 0
      Mathematics and statistics 9 7 8 6 7 2 3 6 3 3 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 9 14 10 11 4 11 7 10 12 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 8 6 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 16 17 27 16 14 13 18 12 15 10 0
      Psychology 19 7 16 15 20 23 28 19 42 57 0
      Social sciences 67 28 36 38 34 33 36 36 46 49 0
    Engineering 21 47 59 54 47 50 53 39 42 35 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 6 8 6 4 7 8 4 5 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 12 17 21 14 10 12 8 8 4 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 22 26 23 24 26 22 22 25 24 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 7 8 4 5 7 11 5 4 6 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 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 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Health 19 17 7 5 3 6 3 1 1 1 0
      Clinical medicine 12 13 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
      Other health 7 4 1 1 2 4 2 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: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 3,683 3,327 2,521 2,248 2,193 2,132 1,988 1,906 2,061 2,096
  Fellowships 0 7 5 8 6 9 13 30 49 30
    Federal 0 4 4 6 4 6 3 4 8 8
    Institutional 0 3 1 2 2 3 10 26 40 21
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  Research assistantships 591 552 515 431 443 427 427 391 431 476
    Federal 164 167 195 165 166 157 167 149 181 204
    Institutional 412 368 312 257 258 255 243 227 232 251
    Nonfederal 15 17 8 9 19 15 17 15 18 21
  Teaching assistantships 688 642 565 538 524 482 436 419 408 386
    Federal 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 686 642 565 538 520 477 436 419 408 386
    Nonfederal 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 2,404 2,126 1,436 1,271 1,220 1,214 1,112 1,066 1,173 1,204
    Federal 68 60 80 81 61 67 79 71 89 94
    Institutional 41 27 23 17 14 11 8 7 6 12
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 2,295 2,039 1,333 1,173 1,145 1,136 1,025 988 1,078 1,098

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 99 85 57 60 44 36 30 44 44 32
    Science 81 68 47 47 30 26 23 37 37 30
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 2 9 6
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
      Computer and information sciences 4 5 2 4 4 2 3 5 3 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 7 3 3 2 2 4 7 7 4
      Mathematics and statistics 7 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 6 2 2
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 26 19 20 5 7 6 6 3 3
      Psychology 3 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 1
      Social sciences 15 17 10 6 7 6 1 1 2 2
    Engineering 18 17 10 13 14 10 7 7 7 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 4 3 4 4 3 0 1 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

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

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

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 51 43 30 29 25 27 24 34 33 22
  Science and engineering 51 43 30 29 25 27 24 34 33 22
    Science 41 34 22 25 19 21 20 30 29 21
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 1 8 5
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 3 1 2 2 1 4 6 5 1
      Mathematics and statistics 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 6 1 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 18 18 10 12 4 7 6 5 2 3
      Psychology 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
      Social sciences 8 7 6 5 4 4 1 0 1 0
    Engineering 10 9 8 4 6 6 4 4 4 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 252,239 230,068 214,207 218,445 186,267 149,138 112,404 108,899 106,410 98,680
    Science 164,003 145,275 143,379 143,939 127,952 109,631 87,303 81,823 79,664 77,345
      Computer and information sciences 22,076 25,373 24,420 23,969 31,219 18,745 12,248 9,916 12,781 11,988
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 17,068 14,205 12,577 10,679 11,598 11,977 12,256 11,913 9,836 9,770
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,549 6,176 5,254 3,931 4,664 5,830 6,788 6,977 4,466 3,752
        Geological and earth sciences 8,533 6,732 6,485 4,485 5,671 5,569 5,115 4,743 5,301 5,950
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 680 972 513 1,962 893 104 127 161 69 68
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 306 325 325 301 370 474 226 32 0 0
      Life sciences 37,589 30,410 47,800 33,163 16,438 17,982 18,574 18,620 18,428 15,389
        Agricultural sciences 313 352 168 76 69 51 61 12 83 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 23,000 20,571 37,805 25,142 9,520 10,031 12,803 11,866 5,024 1,631
        Health sciences 13,168 8,513 8,558 7,187 6,467 7,286 5,273 6,415 11,097 11,388
        Natural resources and conservation 1,101 973 1,269 724 333 577 429 208 0 0
        Life sciences nec 7 1 0 34 49 37 8 119 2,224 2,370
      Mathematics and statistics 2,657 3,606 2,493 1,941 1,981 1,578 1,892 1,405 1,950 2,069
      Physical sciences 7,098 6,154 4,786 5,586 6,295 4,783 4,100 4,506 3,825 4,650
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,136 2,702 1,504 3,292 3,764 3,096 2,398 2,016 2,319 2,815
        Chemistry 1,470 1,211 1,062 304 621 85 145 416 109 280
        Materials science 1,542 1,416 1,317 904 1,239 966 659 750 0 0
        Physics 813 671 646 842 445 487 790 1,277 1,307 1,395
        Physical sciences nec 137 154 257 244 226 149 108 47 90 160
      Psychology 4,323 3,809 3,029 3,196 3,143 3,014 2,947 4,744 7,509 6,806
      Social sciences 73,092 61,667 48,250 65,405 57,278 51,552 35,286 30,719 25,335 26,673
        Anthropology 221 251 176 77 76 88 98 31 0 0
        Economics 51,935 44,433 32,770 52,467 46,791 40,898 25,551 19,952 15,461 16,523
        Political science and government 1,306 1,673 2,288 2,354 1,740 1,809 1,404 2,091 3,011 2,868
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,495 3,435 3,108 2,018 1,953 2,125 2,337 2,443 1,429 1,684
        Social sciences nec 16,135 11,875 9,908 8,489 6,718 6,632 5,896 6,202 5,434 5,598
      Sciences nec 100 51 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 61,036 57,196 49,826 52,423 36,101 15,785 11,185 10,826 10,181 8,148
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,510 7,892 6,615 6,016 3,333 2,597 2,331 2,971 3,635 4,399
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
      Civil engineering 5,318 5,780 4,814 5,129 5,410 1,748 1,608 1,114 635 288
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 23,457 20,900 18,265 20,341 3,162 2,454 2,525 2,233 1,663 1,433
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 21,568 19,862 17,285 18,591 22,672 5,552 1,403 1,221 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,135 1,295 1,948 1,705 896 411 166 13 18 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 769 955 290 389 0 0 0 92 601 528
      Engineering nec 279 512 609 252 524 3,023 3,152 3,179 3,629 1,500
    Non-S&E 27,200 27,597 21,002 22,083 22,214 23,722 13,916 16,250 16,565 13,187
      Business management and business administration 2,749 2,603 1,079 881 1,469 1,393 1,878 2,134 31 59
      Communication and communications technologies 1,854 2,141 2,496 3,225 2,958 2,738 1,375 1,454 1,731 1,234
      Education 4,465 4,654 4,500 4,940 3,987 3,047 3,694 7,518 10,836 9,499
      Humanities 2,674 1,999 1,215 1,084 1,259 1,823 1,655 1,420 1,659 1,432
      Law 14,990 15,208 10,642 10,736 11,611 12,832 3,446 1,742 1,159 655
      Social work 45 69 63 0 4 14 27 107 327 95
      Visual and performing arts 281 225 161 126 184 866 882 984 309 44
      Non-S&E nec 142 698 846 1,091 742 1,009 959 891 513 169

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 252,239 125,437 4,311 66,769 8,346 40,831 6,545
    Science 164,003 71,173 2,538 48,152 3,459 33,313 5,368
      Computer and information sciences 22,076 15,847 1,571 3,010 215 927 506
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 17,068 14,490 15 1,904 282 269 108
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 7,549 6,946 0 380 0 215 8
        Geological and earth sciences 8,533 6,911 0 1,495 0 35 92
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 680 342 15 14 282 19 8
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 306 291 0 15 0 0 0
      Life sciences 37,589 18,356 303 16,611 353 1,692 274
        Agricultural sciences 313 258 0 55 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 23,000 8,634 145 13,438 269 397 117
        Health sciences 13,168 8,874 65 2,780 75 1,218 156
        Natural resources and conservation 1,101 590 86 338 9 77 1
        Life sciences nec 7 0 7 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,657 1,523 0 723 203 208 0
      Physical sciences 7,098 5,856 13 1,221 0 0 8
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,136 3,077 0 59 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,470 1,022 13 435 0 0 0
        Materials science 1,542 1,253 0 289 0 0 0
        Physics 813 447 0 358 0 0 8
        Physical sciences nec 137 57 0 80 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,323 2,881 40 1,193 54 136 19
      Social sciences 73,092 12,132 596 23,478 2,352 30,081 4,453
        Anthropology 221 0 0 157 44 20 0
        Economics 51,935 7 0 19,345 1,359 27,319 3,905
        Political science and government 1,306 402 0 352 0 459 93
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,495 900 136 1,164 276 728 291
        Social sciences nec 16,135 10,823 460 2,460 673 1,555 164
      Sciences nec 100 88 0 12 0 0 0
    Engineering 61,036 49,947 1,595 8,361 650 414 69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7,510 5,825 529 742 357 2 55
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 5,318 3,930 381 590 249 160 8
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 23,457 19,656 364 3,347 44 46 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 21,568 18,165 321 3,082 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,135 1,508 0 527 0 100 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 769 647 0 10 0 106 6
      Engineering nec 279 216 0 63 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 27,200 4,317 178 10,256 4,237 7,104 1,108
      Business management and business administration 2,749 719 160 764 0 369 737
      Communication and communications technologies 1,854 63 0 645 83 999 64
      Education 4,465 3,037 6 1,209 1 185 27
      Humanities 2,674 498 12 1,675 5 384 100
      Law 14,990 0 0 5,567 4,137 5,121 165
      Social work 45 0 0 45 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 281 0 0 236 11 25 9
      Non-S&E nec 142 0 0 115 0 21 6

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 125,437 119,406 103,712 104,070 96,307 69,481 57,345 58,864 63,600 61,877
  DOD 54,139 59,544 51,849 60,459 53,390 24,762 17,426 17,597 17,273 20,043
  DOE 1,057 1,151 1,002 527 611 423 538 478 600 894
  HHS 24,211 17,418 15,039 9,327 8,138 8,378 8,164 8,866 10,003 8,431
  NASA 9,030 8,244 7,646 6,947 6,957 7,962 6,973 6,970 5,870 6,870
  NSF 16,347 15,240 12,345 11,173 12,713 14,193 11,958 10,264 9,177 7,640
  USDA 372 252 160 153 256 326 339 426 284 205
  Other 20,281 17,557 15,671 15,484 14,242 13,437 11,947 14,263 20,393 17,794

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 2,421 491 1,930 .
2018 2,333 463 1,870 .
2017 2,183 435 1,748 .

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 435 442 388 360 325
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 134 141 139 114 90
    Computer and information sciences 35 36 34 27 22
    Engineering 55 53 37 29 21
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19 22 18 20 23
    Health sciences 35 40 32 19 20
    Mathematics and statistics 8 22 6 3 3
    Natural resources and conservation 12 21 19 14 16
    Physical sciences 52 52 50 77 76
    Psychology 30 26 26 30 29
    Social sciences 39 29 27 26 25
    Other 16 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 . . . . 14,374 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . 1,977 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . . . 12,397 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 0 9,272 0 530 260
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,210 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 1,656 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 4,154 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 900 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 350 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 530 260
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 1,002 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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