Georgia Institute of Technology

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 25 94.8 459 12 98.4 679 13 98 602 16 98.4 914
2022 21 95.7 457 16 97.8 680 17 98.2 900
2021 19 96 447 16 97.8 691 14 97.8 583 20 97.9 908
2020 24 94.9 450 18 97.6 698 19 98 916
2019 24 94.9 447 18 97.6 697 12 98.2 589 21 97.8 914
2018 22 95.1 428 14 98.2 700 22 97.7 911
2017 23 94.9 425 18 97.5 684 25 95.9 575 24 97.5 898
2016 19 95.8 430 12 98.4 697 25 97.4 896
2015 21 95.3 426 17 97.7 693 27 95.5 570 24 97.5 898
2014 19 95.8 422 14 98.1 688 24 97.4 889
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 531 560 563 512 503 512 503 531 526 551
  Science and engineering 512 540 536 491 481 499 479 501 508 540
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 1 1 2 2 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 1 1 2 2 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 38 36 25 21 28 25 17 28 23 29
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 5 4 3 4 7 3 4 5 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 7 3 2 2 1 2 4 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 14 15 9 10 10 2 5 5 5 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 2 . 2 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 . 2 4 2 1 . 2 3
      Genetics and genomics . 1 2 . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 4
      Molecular biology 3 1 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 7
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 1 . 1 2 1 . 2 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 . . 1 3 . 5 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 3 .
    Computer and information sciences 56 43 66 51 42 37 32 54 43 46
      Computer science 31 30 50 45 38 31 26 50 36 41
      Computer and information sciences, other 25 13 16 6 4 6 6 4 7 5
    Engineering 314 351 359 322 296 323 341 324 353 367
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 35 46 26 28 40 40 46 27 35 46
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 28 36 30 35 25 34 34 33 29 44
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 22 39 23 26 33 35 35 44 36
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 23 23 32 38 37 30 29 31 42 38
      Electrical and computer engineering 74 87 86 75 73 83 87 80 104 92
      Industrial engineering and operations research 25 30 30 19 17 24 24 17 21 23
      Materials and mining engineering 37 21 40 33 23 25 20 29 19 23
      Mechanical engineering 49 62 59 56 50 46 57 58 54 59
      Engineering, other 18 24 17 15 5 8 9 14 5 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 11 9 13 9 19 8 11 6 16
      Geological sciences 7 2 3 6 5 11 1 5 2 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 9 6 7 4 8 7 6 4 11
    Health sciences 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 2
      Health sciences, other 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 2
    Mathematics and statistics 24 20 18 20 16 22 9 11 19 10
      Applied mathematics 7 4 4 4 1 6 1 3 6 3
      Mathematics 3 1 2 2 1 7 4 3 4 6
      Statistics . 2 3 . 4 2 1 1 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 13 9 14 10 7 3 4 6 .
    Physical sciences 43 53 46 39 65 48 42 51 39 43
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 4 4 . 2 6 3 2 1 .
      Chemistry 22 28 26 14 39 28 21 24 22 25
      Physics 17 21 16 25 24 14 18 25 16 18
    Psychology 9 9 4 9 10 6 9 8 8 12
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 4
      Research and experimental psychology 5 6 1 1 7 4 2 2 3 5
      Psychology, other 4 3 2 4 2 1 5 4 1 3
    Social sciences 14 16 7 13 13 13 18 12 14 15
      Economics 6 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 1 .
      Public policy analysis 2 4 . 4 2 3 4 6 8 9
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . 2 . 1 . . . 2 1
      Social sciences, other 6 9 4 7 7 7 10 4 3 5
  Non-science and engineering 19 20 27 21 22 13 24 30 18 11
    Business 14 6 10 14 10 6 4 13 10 6
      Business 14 6 10 14 10 6 4 13 10 6
    Education . 2 . . 1 . . 1 2 .
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Education research . 1 . . . . . . 2 .
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 3 1 4 1 5 1 1 2 1 1
      History . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Music and performing arts 1 1 3 1 2 1 . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 2 . 1 . 3 . 1 1 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 2 11 13 6 6 6 19 14 5 4
      Communication 1 3 2 . 1 1 2 6 2 1
      Public administration and social services . 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 6 11 5 5 5 17 8 3 3

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 4,373 4,218 4,028 3,444 3,548 3,706 3,408 3,738 3,575 3,643
    Female 2,074 1,927 1,783 1,555 1,552 1,537 1,337 1,428 1,298 1,286
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,971 2,841 2,815 2,570 2,392 2,234 2,250 2,311 2,215 2,275
    Hispanic or Latino 258 260 268 246 208 169 164 144 153 168
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,673 2,548 2,516 2,309 2,156 2,058 2,065 2,162 2,056 2,098
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 3 4
      Asian 850 775 707 589 625 448 461 424 370 347
      Black or African American 238 211 181 157 129 139 116 123 121 138
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 2
      White 1,406 1,403 1,480 1,446 1,305 1,382 1,402 1,524 1,493 1,536
      More than one race 172 157 146 113 94 86 85 86 67 71
    Unknown ethnicity and race 40 33 31 15 28 7 21 5 6 9
  Temporary visa holders 3,476 3,304 2,996 2,429 2,708 3,009 2,495 2,855 2,658 2,654
  Science and engineering 6,426 6,125 5,792 4,988 5,094 5,236 4,745 5,154 4,860 4,908
    Science 2,964 2,717 2,480 2,074 2,192 2,115 1,347 2,071 1,888 1,737
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 244 230 222 193 211 232 68 183 149 142
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 41 33
      Computer and information sciences 1,846 1,602 1,383 1,078 1,174 1,027 614 1,008 868 732
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 101 91 85 73 76 78 80 86 79 76
      Mathematics and statistics 235 264 272 203 227 237 82 196 201 190
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 296 292 278 293 273 292 334 332 323 337
      Psychology 62 60 61 65 63 64 66 72 81 81
      Social sciences 180 178 179 169 168 157 103 153 146 146
    Engineering 3,462 3,408 3,312 2,914 2,902 3,121 3,398 3,083 2,972 3,171
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 562 522 429 390 345 368 432 405 403 424
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 465 445 422 352 315 333 216 295 271 264
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 221 204 195 194 192 171 189 193 195 182
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 264 285 285 258 289 353 404 341 314 334
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 830 820 811 716 844 861 926 869 830 1,024
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 256 272 316 250 273 354 407 217 194 186
      Mechanical engineering 654 647 636 555 454 474 637 519 509 491
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 166 170 172 162 159 172 187 170 154 159
      Other engineering 44 43 46 37 31 35 0 74 102 107
    Health 21 20 19 11 6 7 0 12 13 21
      Clinical medicine 21 20 19 11 6 7 0 12 13 21
      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

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 8,332 8,364 8,246 8,236 7,424 7,096 5,779 3,984 3,086 1,882
    Female 2,261 2,288 1,971 1,913 1,567 1,532 1,083 699 566 327
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 9,118 8,623 8,504 7,958 7,334 7,036 5,012 3,569 2,785 1,786
    Hispanic or Latino 837 775 787 689 621 599 382 258 185 120
    Not Hispanic or Latino 8,011 7,608 7,534 7,165 6,646 6,393 4,629 3,309 2,598 1,662
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 0 0 3 7 5 5 3 3 1
      Asian 2,869 2,662 2,399 2,224 1,997 1,703 1,148 757 537 274
      Black or African American 464 429 402 359 337 317 248 177 150 82
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 11 11 9 8 3 3 1 2 3
      White 4,277 4,186 4,404 4,289 4,054 4,116 3,070 2,254 1,808 1,238
      More than one race 382 320 318 281 243 249 155 117 98 64
    Unknown ethnicity and race 270 240 183 104 67 44 1 2 2 4
  Temporary visa holders 1,475 2,029 1,713 2,191 1,657 1,592 1,850 1,114 867 423
  Science and engineering 10,564 10,629 10,196 10,135 8,976 8,614 6,862 4,677 3,646 2,200
    Science 9,699 9,794 9,476 9,442 8,241 6,772 5,880 4,047 2,940 1,471
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 23 19 19 21 21 15 14 11 5
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3
      Computer and information sciences 9,599 9,678 9,367 9,336 8,127 6,661 5,829 3,949 2,843 1,385
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 5 2
      Mathematics and statistics 20 22 25 26 31 29 7 23 22 23
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 15 8 4 7 17 9 6 14 11
      Psychology 4 6 4 6 8 8 0 9 9 8
      Social sciences 50 48 52 46 45 31 15 39 32 34
    Engineering 865 835 720 693 735 1,842 982 630 706 729
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 236 215 180 125 106 97 84 71 74 79
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 22 20 16 16 13 7 1 9 8 9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 5 6 7 4 8 8 8 18 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 42 42 40 49 55 123 56 49 55 55
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 227 198 172 205 237 249 209 245 306 302
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 73 103 69 78 77 1,108 396 51 45 39
      Mechanical engineering 230 230 213 185 207 224 216 173 162 190
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 15 9 7 13 22 14 12 7 14 14
      Other engineering 14 13 17 15 14 12 0 17 24 34
    Health 29 23 21 14 15 14 0 6 6 9
      Clinical medicine 29 23 21 14 15 14 0 6 6 9
      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

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 1,066 61 572 716 1,506 1,003 987 1,519 1,447 1,471 0
  Science and engineering 1,062 60 569 716 1,506 1,003 987 1,519 1,447 1,471 0
    Science 372 17 200 239 492 385 210 445 412 380 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 45 5 45 51 62 44 5 16 11 12 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 185 9 104 84 245 187 25 225 203 166 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 36 1 9 19 38 34 36 60 55 53 0
      Mathematics and statistics 14 0 8 8 24 18 3 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 75 2 27 69 95 83 118 86 85 87 0
      Psychology 9 0 0 5 9 8 15 16 18 18 0
      Social sciences 8 0 7 3 19 11 8 42 40 44 0
    Engineering 690 43 369 477 1,014 618 777 1,074 1,035 1,091 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 140 4 30 66 142 102 125 247 246 259 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 93 10 44 51 131 78 69 140 130 126 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 82 4 56 63 107 49 66 36 36 34 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 28 2 12 26 68 44 57 27 26 28 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 128 6 60 86 228 146 192 284 272 335 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 33 0 21 17 33 25 39 83 77 68 0
      Mechanical engineering 119 12 99 130 225 124 174 196 192 185 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 47 3 39 34 72 44 55 59 53 53 0
      Other engineering 20 2 8 4 8 6 0 2 3 3 0
    Health 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 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

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 6,447 6,145 5,811 4,999 5,100 5,243 4,745 5,166 4,873 4,929
  Fellowships 128 40 194 188 253 133 102 335 332 336
    Federal 92 7 105 126 127 60 37 145 140 143
    Institutional 17 24 65 0 81 63 61 36 40 42
    Nonfederal 19 9 24 62 45 10 4 154 152 151
  Research assistantships 2,942 2,897 2,619 2,474 2,473 2,335 1,055 2,741 2,588 2,650
    Federal 943 0 453 584 1,353 853 945 1,354 1,290 1,309
    Institutional 1,609 2,897 2,008 1,681 728 1,086 67 791 736 767
    Nonfederal 390 0 158 209 392 396 43 596 562 574
  Teaching assistantships 1,442 1,302 1,094 1,014 962 1,030 2,248 1,023 970 952
    Federal 23 0 0 0 19 80 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 1,408 1,302 1,087 1,014 941 928 1,375 969 915 901
    Nonfederal 11 0 7 0 2 22 873 54 55 51
  Other types of support 1,935 1,906 1,904 1,323 1,412 1,745 1,340 1,067 983 991
    Federal 8 54 14 6 7 10 5 20 17 19
    Institutional 77 581 175 89 84 135 19 15 11 12
    Nonfederal 207 108 129 159 57 17 16 16 16 16
    Personal resources 1,643 1,163 1,586 1,069 1,264 1,583 1,300 1,016 939 944

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 285 334 414 454 434 373 289 283 237 217
    Science 111 132 171 190 184 173 173 122 112 93
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 25 26 33 28 38 81 9 28 20
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 7 9 11 19 19 11 8 18 10 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 12 18 17 13 10 10 9 10 5
      Mathematics and statistics 35 37 29 27 26 18 21 21 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 38 39 29 35 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 38 42 41 45 60 56 46 48 54 55
      Psychology 5 5 3 4 5 3 3 4 5 1
      Social sciences 4 2 5 6 4 2 4 10 5 2
    Engineering 174 202 243 264 250 200 116 161 125 124
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 13 9 10 11 9 4 6 8 7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 21 44 56 58 40 23 27 23 26
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 37 37 42 41 47 44 37 40 31 36
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 13 14 22 31 20 15 5 21 10 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 20 33 37 36 26 20 12 13 12 14
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 15 19 14 7 12 13 5 9 4 2
      Mechanical engineering 42 41 52 62 52 39 19 21 20 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 17 24 23 21 22 18 11 18 17 18
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 0
    Health 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Other health 0 2 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

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 113 112 158 142 173 122 121 20 0 150
  Science and engineering 113 112 158 142 173 122 121 20 0 150
    Science 42 43 58 53 73 61 77 12 0 68
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 10 14 13 16 16 53 2 0 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 3 6 7 3 0 6 0 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 9 6 10 5 7 0 0 2
      Mathematics and statistics 1 3 9 6 5 3 0 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 22 19 21 33 31 17 0 0 38
      Psychology 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
      Social sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
    Engineering 71 69 100 89 100 61 44 8 0 82
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 1 4 6 5 3 2 0 0 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 11 26 23 24 18 10 0 0 21
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 13 14 11 18 8 10 0 0 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 2 6 6 6 3 3 2 0 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 8 12 15 13 6 4 0 0 14
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 4 4 3 2 0 2 1 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 13 19 23 17 18 17 9 0 0 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 8 11 11 8 12 5 4 1 0 7
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 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 1,405,080 1,231,485 1,114,481 1,048,988 960,167 891,728 804,301 790,706 765,370 725,550
    Science 316,113 272,385 247,090 322,632 266,381 245,359 206,941 221,899 223,787 214,864
      Computer and information sciences 198,783 161,111 146,318 185,400 164,657 141,966 115,716 114,787 106,675 98,562
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,138 14,771 13,998 12,904 12,260 12,380 11,942 11,384 19,068 16,168
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 458 338 344 432 365 446 394 2,928 8,725 7,468
        Geological and earth sciences 12,226 13,788 13,347 12,419 11,550 11,426 0 0 206 192
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 454 645 307 53 345 508 378 257 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,170 8,199 10,137 8,508
      Life sciences 42,645 37,289 32,997 43,699 33,854 35,690 22,394 23,915 19,879 19,454
        Agricultural sciences 4,395 4,307 4,051 3,820 3,831 4,177 3,787 3,781 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,908 25,448 21,357 18,410 24,989 26,327 18,607 16,862 14,652 14,118
        Health sciences 10,247 6,060 6,213 20,316 4,846 4,671 0 3,201 5,217 5,336
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,095 1,474 1,376 1,153 188 515 0 71 10 0
      Mathematics and statistics 9,953 8,634 8,614 8,826 8,058 7,543 7,108 7,185 6,678 6,958
      Physical sciences 39,186 33,858 33,914 34,215 38,229 37,983 37,000 40,248 47,279 50,518
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 487 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 24,325 22,397 22,555 22,323 25,802 26,409 24,609 25,127 28,610 32,670
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,141 0 0
        Physics 14,861 11,461 11,359 11,892 12,427 11,087 11,390 12,980 18,669 17,848
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,001 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,464 4,126 3,782 3,943 3,550 4,033 7,910 5,868 7,431 6,416
      Social sciences 7,944 12,596 7,467 33,645 5,773 5,764 4,871 9,388 9,132 10,822
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 221 5,043 703 905 832 321 296 4,691 4,647 6,732
        Political science and government 0 82 346 0 0 0 3,043 4,255 4,044 3,752
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,481 2,174 1,768 1,628 1,658 1,981 69 118 123 80
        Social sciences nec 5,242 5,297 4,650 31,112 3,283 3,462 1,463 324 318 258
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,124 7,645 5,966
    Engineering 1,061,402 935,632 839,071 695,176 664,695 613,650 578,662 558,219 533,329 505,384
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 293,933 281,775 253,035 180,295 163,533 112,634 133,777 152,182 57,043 54,203
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 52,485 49,446 53,590 18,681 41,287 37,465 34,493 25,844 31,544 34,753
      Chemical engineering 39,321 28,746 26,064 20,486 23,824 23,539 23,274 26,803 32,687 31,128
      Civil engineering 26,804 23,950 23,686 38,363 24,645 21,737 29,404 27,001 30,329 30,544
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 478,588 378,019 311,881 259,745 250,427 285,853 229,148 188,040 216,149 198,983
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 62,576 68,872 81,585 99,952 77,530 55,812 46,524 43,953 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 69,148 65,814 56,376 49,705 47,275 47,092 45,307 53,778 102,488 93,826
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 20,933 21,127 16,362 14,517 24,726 17,780 20,832 19,146 25,634 27,853
      Engineering nec 17,614 17,883 16,492 13,432 11,448 11,738 15,903 21,472 37,455 34,094
    Non-S&E 27,565 23,468 28,320 31,180 29,091 32,719 18,698 10,588 8,254 5,302
      Business management and business administration 1,273 1,362 1,226 3,564 1,983 1,248 976 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 4,985 1,009 824 1,291 1,455 1,114 6,099 0 0 67
      Education 15,197 13,268 10,757 3,690 6,125 6,695 6,086 1,904 2,346 611
      Humanities 471 769 573 601 135 57 13 1,156 1,784 1,296
      Law 14 0 0 0 58 42 49 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,089 1,289 1,205 6,239 829 929 408 0 0 12
      Non-S&E nec 4,536 5,771 13,735 15,795 18,506 22,634 5,067 7,528 4,124 3,316

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 1,405,080 1,083,903 128,291 61,494 94,476 31,073 5,843
    Science 316,113 219,671 36,697 24,372 24,970 6,676 3,727
      Computer and information sciences 198,783 159,436 2,492 17,343 15,200 979 3,333
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 13,138 7,393 4,074 904 209 466 92
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 458 0 458 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 12,226 6,969 3,616 902 181 466 92
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 454 424 0 2 28 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 42,645 17,718 11,069 4,175 7,438 2,005 240
        Agricultural sciences 4,395 5 4,174 0 105 6 105
        Biological and biomedical sciences 26,908 14,713 5,396 4,073 640 1,992 94
        Health sciences 10,247 3,000 422 91 6,693 0 41
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,095 0 1,077 11 0 7 0
      Mathematics and statistics 9,953 4,607 4,302 48 59 937 0
      Physical sciences 39,186 24,326 12,193 847 838 981 1
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 24,325 16,390 6,060 233 770 872 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 14,861 7,936 6,133 614 68 109 1
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 4,464 2,128 1,829 54 76 377 0
      Social sciences 7,944 4,063 738 1,001 1,150 931 61
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 221 0 0 6 0 215 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,481 790 679 288 724 0 0
        Social sciences nec 5,242 3,273 59 707 426 716 61
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,061,402 847,360 87,306 32,293 68,968 23,377 2,098
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 293,933 268,458 9,324 2,602 12,507 522 520
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 52,485 29,689 7,635 8,012 1,748 5,235 166
      Chemical engineering 39,321 27,362 4,760 360 5,357 1,442 40
      Civil engineering 26,804 15,951 7,415 1,800 1,004 495 139
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 478,588 403,240 35,268 4,883 28,231 6,094 872
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 62,576 43,100 6,736 2,003 10,535 55 147
      Mechanical engineering 69,148 40,386 11,072 2,453 5,598 9,460 179
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 20,933 13,807 4,024 622 2,385 60 35
      Engineering nec 17,614 5,367 1,072 9,558 1,603 14 0
    Non-S&E 27,565 16,872 4,288 4,829 538 1,020 18
      Business management and business administration 1,273 324 4 741 101 90 13
      Communication and communications technologies 4,985 2,499 1,972 230 105 174 5
      Education 15,197 11,590 2,058 1,491 10 48 0
      Humanities 471 361 109 1 0 0 0
      Law 14 10 4 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,089 574 0 510 5 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 4,536 1,514 141 1,856 317 708 0

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 1,083,903 940,488 852,319 790,518 716,207 654,877 584,891 568,430 551,084 512,015
  DOD 811,759 694,431 626,448 580,258 523,399 443,399 390,099 396,202 374,009 335,725
  DOE 26,089 26,906 20,533 18,409 16,083 13,233 13,964 29,364 28,501 27,169
  HHS 52,938 56,193 50,559 42,077 41,448 40,383 31,554 35,139 35,225 37,869
  NASA 17,355 14,950 12,063 12,350 39,937 12,828 12,848 13,881 15,931 13,653
  NSF 79,048 60,585 60,036 67,630 75,687 65,893 62,590 70,832 68,749 69,194
  USDA 1,124 744 1,402 856 1,059 782 897 1,399 850 669
  Other 95,590 86,679 81,278 68,938 18,594 78,359 72,939 21,613 27,819 27,736

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 3,447 1,495 1,952 .
2018 3,669 1,455 2,214 .
2017 3,445 1,411 2,034 .

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 3,197 3,179 3,286 2,380 2,240
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 241 240 250 226 232
    Computer and information sciences 83 78 93 73 112
    Engineering 2,372 2,361 2,434 1,605 1,430
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 34 34 31 30 31
    Health sciences 200 199 188 200 195
    Mathematics and statistics 2 8 9 9 9
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 130 132 132 128 132
    Psychology 41 39 42 40 39
    Social sciences 55 51 50 62 53
    Other 38 38 58 8 8

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 35,515 . . . .
    Engineering 35,515 . . . .

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 53,400 39,849 50,583 102,493 13,164
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 2,565 4,417 3,971 750
    Computer and information sciences 0 253 1,638 1,122 500
    Engineering 48,305 25,225 33,405 77,727 5,910
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 945 0 485 0
    Health sciences 1,207 2,419 1,840 8,073 3,500
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 373 0 250
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 3,589 7,805 7,753 3,148 2,254
    Psychology 0 314 0 0 0
    Social sciences 300 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 323 1,157 7,967 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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