George Mason 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 77 83.6 459 44 93.2 631 115 87.8 925
2023 72 84.6 459 41 94.2 679 117 87.4 911 166 72.8 602
2022 82 82.4 457 43 93.9 680 117 87.2 900
2021 77 83.1 447 59 91.7 691 114 87.7 908 165 72.1 583
2020 81 82.4 450 61 91.5 698 112 88 916
2019 74 83.8 447 64 91 697 122 86.9 914 177 70.4 589
2018 71 83.8 428 64 91.1 700 133 85.6 911
2017 74 83 425 72 89.7 684 146 84 898 184 68.4 575
2016 65 85.2 430 78 89 697 144 84.2 896
2015 82 81.1 426 73 89.7 693 142 84.4 898 200 65.4 570
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 257 271 247 233 234 259 272 262 290 228
  Science and engineering 195 220 192 188 181 183 211 202 224 177
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9 6 3 4 3 7 10 12 7 8
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 8 6 3 4 2 7 10 12 7 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 20 21 29 24 15 13 19 14 26 13
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 . 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 5 7 2 2 . 4 . 2 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 8 13 13 3 3 2 4 8 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 4 1 . . . 1 1 1 .
      Genetics and genomics . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 . 5 4 3 5 4 2 5 2
      Molecular biology 1 2 . . 2 1 1 . 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . 1 2 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . 1 . 3 . 4 2
    Computer and information sciences 24 27 19 21 10 21 28 23 26 27
      Computer science 8 13 8 9 3 10 15 11 13 19
      Computer and information sciences, other 16 14 11 12 7 11 13 12 13 8
    Engineering 30 38 25 16 11 19 24 17 17 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 7 3 1 3 3 2 . 1 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 10 7 6 . 7 8 1 1 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 10 11 9 6 5 5 12 10 11 7
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 6 2 3 2 4 1 6 2 4
      Materials and mining engineering . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 2 . . . . . 1 .
      Engineering, other 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 8 4 3 9 7 18 8 9 6
      Geological sciences 2 3 4 1 4 2 9 3 4 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 5 . 2 5 5 9 5 5 3
    Health sciences 9 11 7 8 15 17 7 8 5 7
      Nursing science 2 . . 3 4 4 3 5 3 6
      Public health 5 7 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 .
      Health sciences, other 2 4 4 3 8 10 3 2 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 10 12 14 13 6 8 8 9 12 8
      Applied mathematics 2 . 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
      Mathematics 3 6 2 5 1 . 3 1 2 1
      Statistics . 4 2 3 2 2 3 . 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 2 6 2 2 5 1 6 5 1
    Physical sciences 7 8 7 3 8 5 6 6 14 11
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 2 2 1 1 . 1 2 7 4
      Chemistry 5 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2
      Physics 2 4 4 1 4 3 3 2 6 5
    Psychology 18 25 12 20 24 21 23 21 24 22
      Clinical psychology 4 9 5 7 7 3 5 2 3 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 4 3 5 4 6 3 5 3 7
      Research and experimental psychology 6 9 2 3 10 9 8 9 13 7
      Psychology, other 4 3 2 5 3 3 7 5 5 2
    Social sciences 65 64 72 76 80 65 68 84 84 61
      Anthropology 1 . 1 1 . 1 . . 2 .
      Economics 25 16 27 17 20 15 19 25 16 17
      Political science and government 3 8 7 3 7 6 6 8 8 4
      Public policy analysis 4 8 7 12 16 10 8 12 14 17
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 5 3 5 2 4 6 7 4 3
      Social sciences, other 30 27 27 38 35 29 29 32 40 20
  Non-science and engineering 62 51 55 45 53 76 61 60 66 51
    Business . 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Business . 1 1 . . . . . . .
    Education 35 39 32 25 36 53 52 42 50 39
      Education leadership and administration 4 3 . 4 6 6 . 1 3 3
      Education research 21 19 16 12 15 33 36 24 25 17
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 11 11 4 11 8 15 13 11 15
      Education, other 1 6 5 5 4 6 1 4 11 4
    Humanities and arts 20 4 13 12 8 16 7 11 7 9
      Letters 11 3 7 3 1 6 . 1 . .
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . 1 . .
      History 8 1 6 7 6 9 6 8 6 8
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1
    Other non-science and engineering 7 7 9 8 9 7 2 7 9 3
      Communication 5 6 8 8 9 7 2 6 6 3
      Public administration and social services 2 . . . . . . . 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,388 1,388 1,414 1,360 1,389 1,240 1,233 1,140 1,120 1,261
    Hispanic or Latino 161 162 155 149 145 106 95 101 93 98
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,149 1,161 1,189 1,142 1,174 1,077 1,102 1,000 955 1,041
      American Indian or Alaska Native 7 7 5 6 4 4 1 2 1 0
      Asian 201 210 187 180 198 166 159 149 131 134
      Black or African American 142 141 160 139 140 131 124 89 99 125
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 3
      White 770 771 814 790 801 735 782 718 691 750
      More than one race 28 32 22 26 30 40 35 40 27 29
    Unknown ethnicity and race 78 65 70 69 70 57 36 39 72 122
  Temporary visa holders 1,998 2,295 1,913 1,161 859 953 899 848 786 800
  Science and engineering 3,192 3,462 3,115 2,344 2,098 2,061 2,006 1,890 1,834 1,978
    Science 2,833 3,148 2,836 2,088 1,853 1,791 1,750 1,617 1,586 1,760
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 198 174 151 167 180 140 160 149 114 222
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 46
      Computer and information sciences 1,477 1,797 1,484 801 562 610 587 523 453 525
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 75 59 59 58 57 59 62 65 71 63
      Mathematics and statistics 90 92 88 77 77 70 65 72 73 61
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 120 134 132 127 121 109 95 83 46 52
      Natural resources and conservation 65 59 70 72 70 55 53 52 0 0
      Physical sciences 137 121 116 111 109 98 90 81 69 73
      Psychology 198 206 210 197 197 208 196 165 171 193
      Social sciences 473 506 526 478 480 442 442 427 461 511
    Engineering 359 314 279 256 245 270 256 273 248 218
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 39 40 34 34 27 27 16 20 16 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 87 70 60 58 60 74 65 56 49 37
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 192 172 155 127 112 129 134 147 149 127
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 41 32 30 37 46 40 41 50 34 42
      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 0 3
    Health 194 221 212 177 150 132 126 98 72 83
      Clinical medicine 81 96 117 108 96 81 72 69 65 60
      Other health 113 125 95 69 54 51 54 29 7 23

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 1,586 1,680 1,839 1,975 1,943 1,893 1,872 1,909 1,845 2,191
    Hispanic or Latino 179 201 217 190 176 172 158 147 150 164
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,275 1,336 1,489 1,626 1,597 1,592 1,625 1,651 1,556 1,758
      American Indian or Alaska Native 6 3 3 6 8 6 3 0 0 3
      Asian 350 335 337 362 353 356 324 282 242 291
      Black or African American 190 182 202 192 188 167 186 180 161 183
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 6 3
      White 709 791 924 1,035 1,021 1,028 1,068 1,130 1,094 1,222
      More than one race 19 24 21 30 27 35 42 55 53 56
    Unknown ethnicity and race 132 143 133 159 170 129 89 111 139 269
  Temporary visa holders 265 200 143 147 145 116 107 123 105 116
  Science and engineering 1,666 1,707 1,821 1,976 1,957 1,859 1,857 1,934 1,884 2,239
    Science 1,419 1,462 1,560 1,696 1,682 1,592 1,575 1,638 1,594 1,931
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 133 153 149 147 146 131 116 117 137 232
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 29
      Computer and information sciences 621 574 590 609 623 574 545 559 383 488
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 23 28 30 38 41 46 46 43 48 46
      Mathematics and statistics 26 26 27 32 42 41 43 47 45 58
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 95 106 113 134 130 116 107 108 51 78
      Natural resources and conservation 28 32 40 45 45 60 60 58 0 0
      Physical sciences 43 43 45 62 61 62 73 94 74 80
      Psychology 42 39 48 74 68 78 88 75 69 64
      Social sciences 408 461 518 555 526 484 497 537 688 854
    Engineering 247 245 261 280 275 267 282 296 290 308
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 14 8 7 6 5 0 1 0 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 39 42 48 58 62 59 63 67 55 43
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 140 141 140 139 133 135 143 153 135 165
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 54 54 66 77 75 73 75 76 99 90
      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 0 10
    Health 185 173 161 146 131 150 122 98 66 68
      Clinical medicine 84 80 51 58 43 54 55 52 50 42
      Other health 101 93 110 88 88 96 67 46 16 26

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 282 232 231 279 252 235 235 249 224 278
  Science and engineering 273 213 214 272 247 232 229 246 223 277
    Science 225 192 167 213 193 185 179 193 184 235
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 16 13 17 16 22 18 19 11 8 24
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 71 45 52 61 60 52 58 58 59 62
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 29 9 22 29 22 26 25 26 28 28
      Mathematics and statistics 6 9 7 8 6 7 2 3 6 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 6 6 9 14 10 11 4 11 7 10
      Natural resources and conservation 6 8 8 6 4 3 2 2 0 0
      Physical sciences 37 16 17 27 16 14 13 18 12 15
      Psychology 13 19 7 16 15 20 23 28 19 42
      Social sciences 41 67 28 36 38 34 33 36 36 46
    Engineering 48 21 47 59 54 47 50 53 39 42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 5 6 8 6 4 7 8 4 5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 5 12 17 21 14 10 12 8 8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 27 6 22 26 23 24 26 22 22 25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 5 7 8 4 5 7 11 5 4
      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 0 0
    Health 9 19 17 7 5 3 6 3 1 1
      Clinical medicine 5 12 13 6 4 1 2 1 1 1
      Other health 4 7 4 1 1 2 4 2 0 0

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

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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 3,386 3,683 3,327 2,521 2,248 2,193 2,132 1,988 1,906 2,061
  Fellowships 17 0 7 5 8 6 9 13 30 49
    Federal 10 0 4 4 6 4 6 3 4 8
    Institutional 4 0 3 1 2 2 3 10 26 40
    Nonfederal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Research assistantships 584 591 552 515 431 443 427 427 391 431
    Federal 194 164 167 195 165 166 157 167 149 181
    Institutional 375 412 368 312 257 258 255 243 227 232
    Nonfederal 15 15 17 8 9 19 15 17 15 18
  Teaching assistantships 682 688 642 565 538 524 482 436 419 408
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0
    Institutional 682 686 642 565 538 520 477 436 419 408
    Nonfederal 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 2,103 2,404 2,126 1,436 1,271 1,220 1,214 1,112 1,066 1,173
    Federal 78 68 60 80 81 61 67 79 71 89
    Institutional 36 41 27 23 17 14 11 8 7 6
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Personal resources 1,989 2,295 2,039 1,333 1,173 1,145 1,136 1,025 988 1,078

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 71 74 71 47 50 38 36 30 44 44
    Science 62 59 55 37 38 26 26 23 37 37
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 6 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 2 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Computer and information sciences 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 5 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 9 6 2 2 2 2 4 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 8 7 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 3 6 2
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0
      Physical sciences 20 23 22 14 16 4 7 6 6 3
      Psychology 2 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2
      Social sciences 13 11 12 8 6 6 6 1 1 2
    Engineering 9 15 16 10 12 12 10 7 7 7
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
      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 4 3 4 4 3 0 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 3 0 0 0 1 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

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 43 51 43 30 29 25 27 24 34 33
  Science and engineering 43 51 43 30 29 25 27 24 34 33
    Science 38 41 34 22 25 19 21 20 30 29
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 3 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 1 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 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 6 7 3 1 2 2 1 4 6 5
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 6 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 15 18 18 10 12 4 7 6 5 2
      Psychology 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Social sciences 10 8 7 6 5 4 4 1 0 1
    Engineering 5 10 9 8 4 6 6 4 4 4
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 5 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 2
      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 2 1 0 1 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 281,697 252,239 230,068 214,207 218,445 186,267 149,138 112,404 108,899 106,410
    Science 185,070 164,003 145,275 143,379 143,939 127,952 109,631 87,303 81,823 79,664
      Computer and information sciences 33,166 22,076 25,373 24,420 23,969 31,219 18,745 12,248 9,916 12,781
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,501 17,068 14,205 12,577 10,679 11,598 11,977 12,256 11,913 9,836
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 9,556 7,549 6,176 5,254 3,931 4,664 5,830 6,788 6,977 4,466
        Geological and earth sciences 9,256 8,533 6,732 6,485 4,485 5,671 5,569 5,115 4,743 5,301
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 379 680 972 513 1,962 893 104 127 161 69
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 310 306 325 325 301 370 474 226 32 0
      Life sciences 42,035 37,589 30,410 47,800 33,163 16,438 17,982 18,574 18,620 18,428
        Agricultural sciences 414 313 352 168 76 69 51 61 12 83
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,265 23,000 20,571 37,805 25,142 9,520 10,031 12,803 11,866 5,024
        Health sciences 13,547 13,168 8,513 8,558 7,187 6,467 7,286 5,273 6,415 11,097
        Natural resources and conservation 1,200 1,101 973 1,269 724 333 577 429 208 0
        Life sciences nec 609 7 1 0 34 49 37 8 119 2,224
      Mathematics and statistics 3,135 2,657 3,606 2,493 1,941 1,981 1,578 1,892 1,405 1,950
      Physical sciences 7,545 7,098 6,154 4,786 5,586 6,295 4,783 4,100 4,506 3,825
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,016 3,136 2,702 1,504 3,292 3,764 3,096 2,398 2,016 2,319
        Chemistry 1,707 1,470 1,211 1,062 304 621 85 145 416 109
        Materials science 1,617 1,542 1,416 1,317 904 1,239 966 659 750 0
        Physics 1,123 813 671 646 842 445 487 790 1,277 1,307
        Physical sciences nec 82 137 154 257 244 226 149 108 47 90
      Psychology 4,449 4,323 3,809 3,029 3,196 3,143 3,014 2,947 4,744 7,509
      Social sciences 75,128 73,092 61,667 48,250 65,405 57,278 51,552 35,286 30,719 25,335
        Anthropology 227 221 251 176 77 76 88 98 31 0
        Economics 53,008 51,935 44,433 32,770 52,467 46,791 40,898 25,551 19,952 15,461
        Political science and government 1,322 1,306 1,673 2,288 2,354 1,740 1,809 1,404 2,091 3,011
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,736 3,495 3,435 3,108 2,018 1,953 2,125 2,337 2,443 1,429
        Social sciences nec 16,835 16,135 11,875 9,908 8,489 6,718 6,632 5,896 6,202 5,434
      Sciences nec 111 100 51 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 70,807 61,036 57,196 49,826 52,423 36,101 15,785 11,185 10,826 10,181
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,589 7,510 7,892 6,615 6,016 3,333 2,597 2,331 2,971 3,635
      Chemical engineering 53 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
      Civil engineering 5,621 5,318 5,780 4,814 5,129 5,410 1,748 1,608 1,114 635
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 28,244 23,457 20,900 18,265 20,341 3,162 2,454 2,525 2,233 1,663
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 24,592 21,568 19,862 17,285 18,591 22,672 5,552 1,403 1,221 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,475 2,135 1,295 1,948 1,705 896 411 166 13 18
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 875 769 955 290 389 0 0 0 92 601
      Engineering nec 358 279 512 609 252 524 3,023 3,152 3,179 3,629
    Non-S&E 25,820 27,200 27,597 21,002 22,083 22,214 23,722 13,916 16,250 16,565
      Business management and business administration 2,736 2,749 2,603 1,079 881 1,469 1,393 1,878 2,134 31
      Communication and communications technologies 2,141 1,854 2,141 2,496 3,225 2,958 2,738 1,375 1,454 1,731
      Education 6,124 4,465 4,654 4,500 4,940 3,987 3,047 3,694 7,518 10,836
      Humanities 3,241 2,674 1,999 1,215 1,084 1,259 1,823 1,655 1,420 1,659
      Law 10,795 14,990 15,208 10,642 10,736 11,611 12,832 3,446 1,742 1,159
      Social work 0 45 69 63 0 4 14 27 107 327
      Visual and performing arts 283 281 225 161 126 184 866 882 984 309
      Non-S&E nec 500 142 698 846 1,091 742 1,009 959 891 513

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 281,697 147,327 3,573 77,715 6,440 42,333 4,309
    Science 185,070 80,867 2,452 58,790 3,731 35,407 3,823
      Computer and information sciences 33,166 23,618 912 7,111 479 720 326
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 19,501 15,980 8 3,019 14 314 166
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 9,556 8,399 0 778 0 225 154
        Geological and earth sciences 9,256 7,113 0 2,121 3 8 11
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 379 344 8 8 11 7 1
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 310 124 0 112 0 74 0
      Life sciences 42,035 18,234 833 19,149 622 2,889 308
        Agricultural sciences 414 389 0 25 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,265 9,406 631 15,239 311 472 206
        Health sciences 13,547 7,554 63 3,161 308 2,365 96
        Natural resources and conservation 1,200 397 131 611 3 52 6
        Life sciences nec 609 488 8 113 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3,135 1,471 0 1,101 291 272 0
      Physical sciences 7,545 5,619 0 1,852 11 54 9
        Astronomy and astrophysics 3,016 2,778 0 238 0 0 0
        Chemistry 1,707 942 0 765 0 0 0
        Materials science 1,617 1,517 0 65 0 35 0
        Physics 1,123 382 0 702 11 19 9
        Physical sciences nec 82 0 0 82 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,449 2,818 64 1,381 36 92 58
      Social sciences 75,128 13,016 635 25,177 2,278 31,066 2,956
        Anthropology 227 70 0 157 0 0 0
        Economics 53,008 22 0 20,179 1,488 29,078 2,241
        Political science and government 1,322 0 0 450 0 596 276
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,736 1,365 20 1,381 348 386 236
        Social sciences nec 16,835 11,559 615 3,010 442 1,006 203
      Sciences nec 111 111 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 70,807 61,653 924 7,472 392 228 138
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8,589 6,701 502 1,288 70 23 5
      Chemical engineering 53 0 0 13 40 0 0
      Civil engineering 5,621 4,428 187 675 232 99 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 28,244 25,219 234 2,724 50 2 15
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 24,592 22,639 1 1,952 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,475 1,870 0 481 0 99 25
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 875 743 0 34 0 5 93
      Engineering nec 358 53 0 305 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 25,820 4,807 197 11,453 2,317 6,698 348
      Business management and business administration 2,736 729 189 1,465 0 169 184
      Communication and communications technologies 2,141 211 0 765 94 1,057 14
      Education 6,124 3,597 1 2,279 5 231 11
      Humanities 3,241 270 7 2,461 20 465 18
      Law 10,795 0 0 4,009 2,193 4,502 91
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 283 0 0 261 5 0 17
      Non-S&E nec 500 0 0 213 0 274 13

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 147,327 125,437 119,406 103,712 104,070 96,307 69,481 57,345 58,864 63,600
  DOD 65,977 54,139 59,544 51,849 60,459 53,390 24,762 17,426 17,597 17,273
  DOE 1,162 1,057 1,151 1,002 527 611 423 538 478 600
  HHS 28,051 24,211 17,418 15,039 9,327 8,138 8,378 8,164 8,866 10,003
  NASA 8,815 9,030 8,244 7,646 6,947 6,957 7,962 6,973 6,970 5,870
  NSF 19,475 16,347 15,240 12,345 11,173 12,713 14,193 11,958 10,264 9,177
  USDA 418 372 252 160 153 256 326 339 426 284
  Other 23,429 20,281 17,557 15,671 15,484 14,242 13,437 11,947 14,263 20,393

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 2,421 491 1,930 .
2018 2,333 463 1,870 .

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 0 0 0 0 14,374
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 1,977
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 12,397
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 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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