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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 103 78 459 53 92.4 679 120 80.4 602 88 90.6 914
2022 100 78.5 457 59 91.5 680 105 88.6 900
2021 91 80 447 49 93.1 691 116 80.4 583 101 89.1 908
2020 102 77.7 450 45 93.8 698 94 89.9 916
2019 86 81.1 447 42 94.2 697 114 81 589 91 90.2 914
2018 75 82.8 428 40 94.5 700 90 90.3 911
2017 79 81.8 425 39 94.5 684 107 81.7 575 93 89.8 898
2016 78 82.2 430 43 94 697 95 89.6 896
2015 89 79.5 426 51 92.8 693 124 78.6 570 90 90.2 898
2014 81 81.2 422 56 92.1 688 93 89.7 889
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 185 198 200 186 227 255 238 252 214 231
  Science and engineering 127 135 126 131 148 165 155 165 133 137
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 32 15 21 17 18 28 18 13 12 25
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 1 . 4 2 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 4 2 . 4 2 2 2 . 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 2 2 6 1 2 1 . . 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . 1 . 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 2 5 1 5 10 7 4 6 3
      Genetics and genomics 2 . 3 . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 2 3 1 3 5 4 4 3 2
      Molecular biology 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 2 . . 1 1 1 1 . 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 2 5 7 3 3 1 . 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 5 8 12 16 13 7 6 9 9 6
      Computer science 4 7 10 16 12 6 6 9 9 6
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 1 2 . 1 1 . . . .
    Engineering 33 44 29 40 38 52 62 60 53 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 2 1 2 1 2 . 5 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 6 1 3 . 2 2 4 2 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 9 7 13 3 8 6 12 6 8
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 18 12 6 17 25 30 26 27 18
      Materials and mining engineering . . . 2 . 1 . 1 . .
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 4 6 12 7 9 8 7 .
      Engineering, other 2 3 2 5 3 3 12 3 7 9
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . 1 . . 1 2 . .
      Geological sciences . . . 1 . . 1 2 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 5 3 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 .
      Nursing science 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 4 3 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 .
      Health sciences, other . . 1 . . . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 8 15 9 7 13 12 9 10 4 10
      Applied mathematics . 1 1 1 3 . 2 1 . 1
      Mathematics 1 . 2 . 1 1 . 3 3 1
      Statistics 6 8 4 5 6 6 5 3 . 7
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 6 2 1 3 5 2 3 1 1
    Physical sciences 8 11 9 6 9 16 8 7 5 6
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 1 1 . 2 . . 1 . .
      Chemistry 3 6 4 2 3 10 4 5 3 4
      Physics 1 4 4 4 4 6 4 1 2 2
    Psychology 14 10 19 11 16 16 16 15 11 13
      Clinical psychology 7 5 7 3 6 6 8 2 5 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 3 6 6 5 6 5 10 5 4
      Research and experimental psychology 2 2 4 2 5 4 3 2 1 5
      Psychology, other 1 . 2 . . . . 1 . .
    Social sciences 22 29 25 32 40 34 34 49 38 41
      Anthropology 6 3 1 4 6 6 1 2 3 2
      Economics 7 9 9 10 10 7 9 15 8 10
      Political science and government 4 8 6 5 10 8 13 9 6 13
      Public policy analysis 4 2 4 9 9 4 7 11 10 9
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . 1 . 2 .
      Social sciences, other 1 7 5 4 5 9 3 12 9 7
  Non-science and engineering 58 63 74 55 79 90 83 87 81 94
    Business 10 12 13 6 6 9 20 18 21 26
      Business 10 12 13 6 6 9 20 18 21 26
    Education 31 41 51 39 51 64 53 58 52 52
      Education leadership and administration 14 16 19 15 24 28 22 36 22 21
      Education research 16 19 26 19 21 30 29 18 27 27
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . 2 1 1 3 . 2 1 2
      Education, other 1 6 4 4 5 3 2 2 2 2
    Humanities and arts 12 7 7 5 16 14 6 9 7 13
      Letters 2 4 4 . 8 7 2 2 6 5
      History 10 3 3 5 6 7 4 6 1 8
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . . .
      Music and performing arts . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 5 3 3 5 6 3 4 2 1 3
      Communication . . . . . . . . . 1
      Public administration and social services 3 3 3 3 5 1 2 2 1 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 . . 2 1 2 2 . . .

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 1,411 1,246 1,155 1,285 1,557 1,587 1,570 1,484 1,250 1,170
    Female 1,645 1,539 1,587 1,570 1,688 1,682 1,673 1,610 1,445 1,241
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,858 1,832 1,966 1,878 1,810 1,817 1,714 1,567 1,458 1,326
    Hispanic or Latino 169 179 214 266 175 179 163 135 137 115
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,599 1,562 1,647 1,534 1,550 1,526 1,446 1,371 1,244 1,104
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 3 6 6 5 8 5 5 5 9
      Asian 259 241 241 177 198 210 211 171 160 109
      Black or African American 274 221 210 194 199 194 192 186 141 105
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 0 0
      White 990 1,022 1,111 1,088 1,069 1,044 973 951 878 838
      More than one race 74 74 78 67 77 70 64 55 60 43
    Unknown ethnicity and race 90 91 105 78 85 112 105 61 77 107
  Temporary visa holders 1,198 953 776 977 1,435 1,452 1,529 1,527 1,237 1,085
  Science and engineering 2,618 2,366 2,247 2,433 2,857 2,876 2,891 2,829 2,358 2,083
    Science 2,362 2,101 2,016 2,171 2,502 2,436 2,471 2,458 2,078 1,826
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 384 349 354 355 335 308 295 230 146 141
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 31 26
      Computer and information sciences 644 565 386 416 585 585 625 532 405 399
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14
      Mathematics and statistics 135 141 175 251 352 364 418 410 300 281
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 196 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 17 21 28 18 14 18 18 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 46 57 52 69 65 53 59 48 50 42
      Psychology 129 126 124 115 127 116 123 126 91 93
      Social sciences 811 842 897 947 1,024 992 930 1,036 1,022 808
    Engineering 256 265 231 262 355 440 420 371 280 257
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 37 31 27 33 34 40 31 30 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 33 30 25 14 24 31 32 31 19 17
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 92 73 67 105 172 225 224 195 149 128
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 51 82 76 53 52 52 37 34 32 42
      Mechanical engineering 43 49 36 57 73 92 96 81 80 70
      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 438 419 495 422 388 393 352 265 337 328
      Clinical medicine 371 353 423 343 309 320 278 213 261 234
      Other health 67 66 72 79 79 73 74 52 76 94

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 1,212 1,327 1,455 1,455 1,450 1,429 1,462 1,147 1,420 1,398
    Female 1,858 2,123 2,134 2,048 1,864 1,830 1,855 1,127 1,661 1,407
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,781 3,127 3,259 3,119 2,978 2,943 2,957 1,909 2,746 2,467
    Hispanic or Latino 275 305 336 610 283 293 253 160 200 136
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,327 2,610 2,687 2,255 2,399 2,369 2,471 1,626 2,179 1,904
      American Indian or Alaska Native 9 7 9 6 7 15 14 8 11 10
      Asian 400 432 410 355 367 359 327 202 269 208
      Black or African American 443 462 487 399 437 430 471 221 362 304
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 7 7 3 8 9 7 5 9 9
      White 1,366 1,577 1,641 1,398 1,493 1,462 1,556 1,133 1,473 1,333
      More than one race 103 125 133 94 87 94 96 57 55 40
    Unknown ethnicity and race 179 212 236 254 296 281 233 123 367 427
  Temporary visa holders 289 323 330 384 336 316 360 365 335 338
  Science and engineering 1,906 2,103 2,262 2,223 2,218 2,123 2,198 2,081 2,174 2,214
    Science 1,484 1,697 1,748 1,684 1,722 1,689 1,648 1,528 1,527 1,492
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 267 314 331 317 306 279 246 217 136 141
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 11
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 15 11
      Computer and information sciences 451 487 451 433 519 506 437 220 227 250
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 17
      Mathematics and statistics 32 41 47 58 44 47 55 72 78 82
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 33 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 15 20 12 17 6 7 4 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 46 35 45 33 24 24 33 30 20 25
      Psychology 61 67 67 63 66 64 74 67 75 67
      Social sciences 579 733 795 763 757 761 795 881 953 888
    Engineering 422 406 514 539 496 434 550 553 647 722
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 29 30 35 33 29 23 22 19 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 17 16 20 20 15 17 22 18 19 27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 140 125 150 136 136 76 84 70 88 75
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 203 198 271 310 276 283 374 378 470 556
      Mechanical engineering 33 37 38 40 40 35 48 68 70 64
      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 1,164 1,347 1,327 1,280 1,096 1,136 1,119 193 907 591
      Clinical medicine 1,094 1,279 1,263 1,223 1,035 1,076 1,082 147 838 553
      Other health 70 68 64 57 61 60 37 46 69 38

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 185 158 136 123 136 130 121 253 231 214 0
  Science and engineering 185 158 135 121 128 122 114 232 219 202 0
    Science 153 127 109 96 93 88 88 208 166 153 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 67 71 61 55 55 50 45 110 104 93 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 55 21 12 7 2 2 2 42 36 36 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6 5 5 6 3 3 3 43 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 5 6 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 10 8 9 10 8 9 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 1 17 17 0
      Social sciences 14 15 17 15 17 19 18 9 4 3 0
    Engineering 32 31 26 25 35 34 26 24 53 49 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 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 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 6 6 7 14 8 8 0 30 26 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 14 15 13 10 11 12 6 7 7 9 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 4 5 6 8 8 16 16 14 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 0 0
    Health 0 0 1 2 8 8 7 21 12 12 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 7 8 7 21 12 12 0
      Other health 0 0 1 2 1 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

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 3,056 2,785 2,742 2,855 3,245 3,269 3,243 3,094 2,695 2,411
  Fellowships 172 174 170 177 273 274 300 533 519 478
    Federal 38 37 26 26 14 14 7 111 87 86
    Institutional 128 130 136 141 248 250 275 388 408 370
    Nonfederal 6 7 8 10 11 10 18 34 24 22
  Research assistantships 295 245 218 221 289 282 212 369 299 289
    Federal 119 91 78 71 101 93 70 117 127 125
    Institutional 143 131 123 135 165 167 123 210 98 92
    Nonfederal 33 23 17 15 23 22 19 42 74 72
  Teaching assistantships 281 255 218 205 215 199 208 266 555 532
    Federal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 277 254 217 204 215 198 207 262 554 531
    Nonfederal 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 1
  Other types of support 2,308 2,111 2,136 2,252 2,468 2,514 2,523 1,926 1,322 1,112
    Federal 27 30 32 26 21 23 44 25 17 3
    Institutional 206 133 142 123 130 128 156 87 15 11
    Nonfederal 13 13 13 14 12 12 9 16 6 6
    Personal resources 2,062 1,935 1,949 2,089 2,305 2,351 2,314 1,798 1,284 1,092

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 40 57 98 139 88 84 84 91 98 82
    Science 28 40 59 93 64 61 65 66 68 65
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 25 30 49 39 42 46 37 34 23
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 8 16 20 15 15 12 12 13 17
      Psychology 5 2 5 8 3 1 2 3 2 6
      Social sciences 1 5 8 12 4 3 5 8 10 10
    Engineering 12 17 39 46 24 23 19 25 30 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 9 21 10 8 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 3 10 18 9 5 5 3 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 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 3 4 8 4 5 3 3 5 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 5 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 2 2 12 9 17 22 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 23 13 27 30 10 11 9 8 13 12
      Clinical medicine 18 7 25 30 10 10 7 7 9 7
      Other health 5 6 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 5

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 44 39 46 52 50 40 51 52 55 58
  Science and engineering 29 31 38 39 48 40 47 48 49 51
    Science 20 21 27 31 32 28 34 34 35 42
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 10 13 17 23 23 19 23 19 20 16
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 5 5 2 4 7 9 8 7 13
      Psychology 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 5
      Social sciences 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 2
    Engineering 9 10 11 8 16 12 13 14 14 9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 5 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 2 4 4 5 1 5 3 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 9 12 7
      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 15 8 8 13 2 0 4 4 6 7
      Clinical medicine 14 6 6 13 2 0 3 3 3 6
      Other health 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 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

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 360,260 275,483 266,108 270,369 269,799 260,656 245,519 231,829 241,117 227,995
    Science 263,534 233,441 225,752 227,063 227,486 224,893 209,567 199,568 212,727 199,527
      Computer and information sciences 9,922 8,137 7,326 7,308 8,578 6,509 6,476 6,501 6,508 5,594
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,115 288 175 436 288 716 821 667 1,140 1,441
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 359 512
        Geological and earth sciences 408 9 17 253 224 240 246 237 311 315
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 707 279 158 183 64 476 575 354 470 614
      Life sciences 186,518 184,091 180,965 179,803 175,830 173,664 160,836 152,988 159,215 154,797
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 67 111
        Biological and biomedical sciences 75,627 69,589 58,491 52,902 54,126 56,145 46,810 35,272 29,822 21,420
        Health sciences 109,594 114,499 122,447 126,901 121,699 117,455 113,728 115,352 93,127 97,980
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,297 3 27 0 5 62 298 2,302 36,199 35,286
      Mathematics and statistics 1,737 781 725 926 1,709 1,154 1,279 1,407 1,242 1,314
      Physical sciences 8,736 6,840 7,033 8,313 7,634 7,191 6,494 6,301 4,291 5,078
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 74 67 130
        Chemistry 3,199 2,735 3,281 3,976 3,526 3,492 3,440 3,462 1,730 2,341
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,537 4,105 3,752 4,334 4,108 3,699 3,048 2,765 2,494 2,607
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,528 3,090 3,071 3,074 2,457 3,086 2,903 3,189 3,402 3,930
      Social sciences 38,480 25,553 23,621 25,348 27,686 27,781 26,377 25,495 20,534 22,066
        Anthropology 2,376 1,186 1,216 1,855 1,730 2,153 2,726 2,216 0 0
        Economics 3,929 2,374 1,934 1,969 1,886 1,556 1,563 1,643 2,207 1,926
        Political science and government 2,248 306 1,015 519 794 420 801 1,037 11,634 11,469
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 4,542 4,288 2,782 1,800 2,353 2,729 2,051 1,988 2,091 1,934
        Social sciences nec 25,385 17,399 16,674 19,205 20,923 20,923 19,236 18,611 4,602 6,737
      Sciences nec 11,498 4,661 2,836 1,855 3,304 4,792 4,381 3,020 16,395 5,307
    Engineering 29,442 23,736 22,749 22,682 21,712 17,136 16,438 15,416 13,405 13,807
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,293 1,697 2,661 2,651 2,296 834 840 1,780 1,884 1,335
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,917 6,442 7,474 6,722 5,119 4,369 4,129 2,969 1,468 2,140
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 3,750 2,428 1,925 2,909 3,024 2,289 1,584 1,048 1,473 4,692
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,335 6,271 5,445 6,296 5,385 3,348 3,027 2,180 2,137 1,525
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,954 2,270 1,460 1,450 1,905 1,889 1,817 1,543 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3,297 1,439 972 1,287 2,093 3,340 3,543 3,984 4,001 1,158
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 156 83 39 7 29 94 166 298 492 433
      Engineering nec 3,740 3,106 2,773 1,360 1,861 973 1,332 1,614 1,950 2,524
    Non-S&E 67,284 18,306 17,607 20,624 20,601 18,627 19,514 16,845 14,985 14,661
      Business management and business administration 16,771 4,437 4,634 4,689 5,363 4,212 4,236 3,186 4,604 5,360
      Communication and communications technologies 11 9 4 25 15 25 56 36 473 572
      Education 8,030 5,512 6,985 9,338 9,894 9,188 8,940 7,705 6,296 4,598
      Humanities 4,297 1,209 1,052 1,667 1,167 1,248 1,326 2,168 1,532 2,215
      Law 12,487 2,609 735 1,451 1,516 1,883 2,586 1,867 1,363 1,258
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 874 105 74 270 228 35 188 239 20 156
      Non-S&E nec 24,814 4,425 4,123 3,184 2,418 2,036 2,182 1,644 697 502

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 360,260 162,892 1,890 141,746 5,655 30,534 17,543
    Science 263,534 144,213 1,484 72,588 4,820 23,693 16,736
      Computer and information sciences 9,922 3,196 0 6,678 0 48 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,115 392 0 442 0 3 278
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 408 29 0 376 0 3 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 707 363 0 66 0 0 278
      Life sciences 186,518 114,971 1,403 34,534 4,731 18,168 12,711
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 75,627 63,920 171 8,560 828 1,477 671
        Health sciences 109,594 51,051 1,232 24,687 3,893 16,691 12,040
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,297 0 0 1,287 10 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,737 315 0 1,379 0 43 0
      Physical sciences 8,736 5,740 0 2,928 0 68 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 3,199 1,853 0 1,346 0 0 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 5,537 3,887 0 1,582 0 68 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 5,528 3,625 0 1,586 0 317 0
      Social sciences 38,480 12,515 81 17,218 89 4,830 3,747
        Anthropology 2,376 1,174 0 1,070 4 36 92
        Economics 3,929 653 0 3,120 0 100 56
        Political science and government 2,248 145 0 1,925 0 178 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 4,542 2,756 80 1,696 0 10 0
        Social sciences nec 25,385 7,787 1 9,407 85 4,506 3,599
      Sciences nec 11,498 3,459 0 7,823 0 216 0
    Engineering 29,442 14,653 100 13,257 67 1,042 323
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2,293 1,354 0 602 0 130 207
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4,917 2,429 0 2,033 3 452 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 3,750 1,748 100 1,899 0 3 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,335 4,782 0 2,421 25 107 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,954 1,772 0 1,848 0 330 4
      Mechanical engineering 3,297 1,331 0 1,918 28 20 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 156 71 0 85 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 3,740 1,166 0 2,451 11 0 112
    Non-S&E 67,284 4,026 306 55,901 768 5,799 484
      Business management and business administration 16,771 691 133 15,567 171 127 82
      Communication and communications technologies 11 0 0 11 0 0 0
      Education 8,030 901 0 2,968 130 4,001 30
      Humanities 4,297 84 0 3,885 0 45 283
      Law 12,487 480 173 11,742 0 92 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 874 0 0 834 0 40 0
      Non-S&E nec 24,814 1,870 0 20,894 467 1,494 89

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 162,892 161,867 161,349 157,533 155,697 156,768 148,369 142,889 139,016 141,552
  DOD 12,721 11,839 9,612 7,873 8,153 8,232 7,371 6,087 6,924 6,461
  DOE 2,739 2,967 3,772 4,603 4,882 3,596 3,120 2,393 2,218 2,383
  HHS 114,480 118,969 121,841 119,565 116,414 120,098 113,659 110,100 105,819 109,028
  NASA 2,659 2,367 1,354 1,282 1,102 1,178 983 979 1,036 1,077
  NSF 16,167 13,198 13,487 14,795 15,721 13,903 12,604 12,483 12,347 9,524
  USDA 437 85 141 305 597 314 144 489 681 530
  Other 13,689 12,442 11,142 9,110 8,828 9,447 10,488 10,358 9,991 12,549

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 3,039 917 2,122 .
2018 2,695 798 1,897 .
2017 2,806 819 1,987 .

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 622 622 615 615 525
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 205 205 205 205 205
    Computer and information sciences 29 29 29 29 29
    Engineering 98 98 98 98 98
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 167 167 167 167 77
    Mathematics and statistics 4 4 4 4 4
    Natural resources and conservation 1 1 1 1 1
    Physical sciences 72 72 72 72 72
    Psychology 4 4 4 4 4
    Social sciences 10 10 10 10 10
    Other 32 32 25 25 25

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)

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 1,800 9,156 6,550 15,550 36,518
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,800 7,656 6,550 0 0
    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 1,500 0 1,755 22,723
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 13,445 13,445
    Psychology 0 0 0 350 350
    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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