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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 39 94 631
2023 32 95.5 679
2022 30 95.8 680
2021 35 95.1 691
2020 37 94.9 698
2019 35 95.2 697
2018 34 95.3 700
2017 30 95.8 684
2016 24 96.7 697
2015 23 96.8 693
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

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 1,750 2,000 2,189 3,024 2,024 2,025 2,077 2,276 2,565 2,703
    Hispanic or Latino 168 144 185 316 147 147 146 153 135 132
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,575 1,842 1,986 2,693 1,866 1,867 1,916 2,107 2,416 2,548
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 24 8 7 7 7 7 4 16 16
      Asian 196 208 208 245 153 158 177 171 194 196
      Black or African American 146 157 153 325 136 135 138 162 172 187
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
      White 1,156 1,370 1,536 2,032 1,492 1,489 1,518 1,683 1,985 2,092
      More than one race 74 82 80 84 78 78 76 87 46 53
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 14 18 15 11 11 15 16 14 23
  Temporary visa holders 2,091 2,570 2,474 1,170 1,486 1,528 1,472 1,576 2,023 1,836
  Science and engineering 3,027 3,431 3,484 3,041 2,971 3,022 2,992 3,110 4,118 3,961
    Science 2,957 3,216 3,275 2,891 2,767 2,796 2,751 2,888 3,799 3,683
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 15
      Biological and biomedical sciences 593 631 819 1,079 645 639 601 612 562 572
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 23
      Computer and information sciences 688 840 818 270 430 450 439 494 842 833
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 43 35 37 35 41 41 45 49 71 80
      Mathematics and statistics 203 143 181 85 148 152 169 179 187 198
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 654 792 799 439 327 330 307 348 264 100
      Natural resources and conservation 66 48 0 0 59 58 60 56 0 0
      Physical sciences 243 219 208 454 375 378 347 349 369 363
      Psychology 109 148 152 160 176 176 177 198 172 234
      Social sciences 358 360 261 369 566 572 606 603 1,174 1,213
    Engineering 70 215 209 150 204 226 241 222 319 278
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 18 19 41 10 12 20 16 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 59 65 33 61 69 64 63 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 44 51 41 70 80 107 114 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 67 94 74 35 63 65 50 29 319 278
    Health 814 1,139 1,179 1,153 539 531 557 742 470 578
      Clinical medicine 381 343 336 650 179 173 178 176 111 286
      Other health 433 796 843 503 360 358 379 566 359 292

NOTE:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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 1,136 1,335 1,333 1,046 756 738 825 827 751 578
    Hispanic or Latino 80 95 94 105 53 52 52 49 38 26
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,045 1,221 1,217 939 698 681 763 763 701 541
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
      Asian 126 147 164 86 97 96 96 102 63 52
      Black or African American 101 114 103 134 51 51 55 56 75 56
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 3 1
      White 783 916 895 673 530 514 590 588 542 418
      More than one race 32 41 51 44 18 18 19 17 17 13
    Unknown ethnicity and race 11 19 22 2 5 5 10 15 12 11
  Temporary visa holders 593 642 651 266 380 366 437 461 244 87
  Science and engineering 1,385 1,574 1,562 1,092 892 865 996 1,055 873 504
    Science 1,317 1,410 1,397 993 697 683 791 865 812 448
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
      Biological and biomedical sciences 206 185 255 286 85 80 82 77 104 32
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
      Computer and information sciences 190 228 221 43 135 130 140 156 119 66
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 21 24 20 15 13 13 17 9 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 90 112 152 19 53 52 55 54 40 49
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 265 327 293 102 277 277 333 380 280 73
      Natural resources and conservation 23 19 0 0 10 9 11 7 0 0
      Physical sciences 182 168 188 229 19 18 24 24 12 10
      Psychology 56 47 54 14 16 16 21 39 22 22
      Social sciences 284 300 214 285 89 88 108 119 211 185
    Engineering 68 164 165 99 195 182 205 190 61 56
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 5 12 18 16 15 7 8 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 45 48 9 54 50 74 82 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 60 54 19 100 93 104 93 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 58 53 50 53 25 24 20 7 61 56
    Health 344 403 422 220 244 239 266 233 122 161
      Clinical medicine 192 279 284 152 157 154 144 117 51 127
      Other health 152 124 138 68 87 85 122 116 71 34

NOTE:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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 236 833 1,079 1,880 435 435 380 174 302 367
  Science and engineering 221 663 697 1,342 422 422 371 126 285 354
    Science 216 633 675 1,272 410 410 355 124 268 339
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
      Biological and biomedical sciences 115 145 174 492 132 130 103 36 66 94
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 16 176 188 89 51 51 50 3 43 76
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 19 18 12 9 9 6 0 0 13
      Mathematics and statistics 5 13 14 28 4 4 4 8 8 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 165 184 108 3 3 4 5 2 3
      Natural resources and conservation 4 7 0 0 4 4 5 2 0 0
      Physical sciences 21 38 28 279 118 120 116 15 59 59
      Psychology 17 25 32 73 40 40 37 32 44 49
      Social sciences 30 45 37 191 49 49 30 23 33 26
    Engineering 5 30 22 70 12 12 16 2 17 15
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 2 1 33 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 5 2 12 2 2 1 2 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 1 3 11 2 2 3 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 5 22 16 14 8 8 11 0 17 15
    Health 15 170 382 538 13 13 9 48 17 13
      Clinical medicine 10 92 128 380 2 2 1 9 0 3
      Other health 5 78 254 158 11 11 8 39 17 10

NOTE:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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 3,841 4,570 4,663 4,194 3,510 3,553 3,549 3,852 4,588 4,539
  Fellowships 715 1,301 1,602 3,194 625 628 616 772 520 466
    Federal 58 521 527 1,778 115 115 83 110 94 109
    Institutional 628 594 865 1,273 496 499 511 638 357 326
    Nonfederal 29 186 210 143 14 14 22 24 69 31
  Research assistantships 171 431 367 164 748 748 444 543 638 786
    Federal 114 250 193 98 313 313 252 42 199 252
    Institutional 25 131 143 33 375 375 141 461 412 489
    Nonfederal 32 50 31 33 60 60 51 40 27 45
  Teaching assistantships 85 485 349 1 685 687 768 904 1,078 1,189
    Federal 1 9 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 3
    Institutional 84 473 348 1 684 686 763 900 1,073 1,184
    Nonfederal 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 5 2
  Other types of support 2,870 2,353 2,345 835 1,452 1,490 1,721 1,633 2,352 2,098
    Federal 63 53 358 4 7 7 43 18 9 3
    Institutional 1,398 206 167 82 134 134 250 549 494 116
    Nonfederal 61 38 31 42 34 34 32 27 97 93
    Personal resources 1,348 2,056 1,789 707 1,277 1,315 1,396 1,039 1,752 1,886

NOTE:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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 291 212 273 241 259 278 275 273 277 253
    Science 291 196 267 222 247 262 265 265 272 250
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
      Biological and biomedical sciences 152 109 134 120 129 139 158 130 108 122
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 15 10 20 11 11 11 7 5 6 5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 3 10 20 0 2 3 2 7 6
      Mathematics and statistics 15 12 10 10 16 17 14 16 18 17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 0 18 0 6 6 6 9 12 12
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 4 0 1 1 5 10 0 0
      Physical sciences 57 44 46 38 43 44 47 41 50 44
      Psychology 19 7 0 4 19 20 11 40 43 20
      Social sciences 14 8 24 19 22 22 14 12 11 9
    Engineering 0 16 6 19 12 16 10 8 5 3
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
      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 16 6 19 6 16 10 8 5 3
    Health 195 155 166 174 160 156 157 180 162 141
      Clinical medicine 184 147 152 163 151 147 149 172 155 135
      Other health 11 8 14 11 9 9 8 8 7 6

NOTE:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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 271 215 222 256 214 215 197 251 220 221
  Science and engineering 151 128 150 159 130 139 129 171 152 152
    Science 151 121 145 146 124 132 127 169 151 151
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
      Biological and biomedical sciences 89 74 81 76 70 78 81 94 73 84
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 5 6 8 6 6 6 2 2 2 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 5 14 0 0 1 2 4 2
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 0 7 0 4 4 5 7 11 9
      Natural resources and conservation 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0
      Physical sciences 32 25 32 27 27 26 27 25 28 27
      Psychology 13 7 0 2 12 14 8 30 26 20
      Social sciences 5 3 11 11 4 4 2 3 3 2
    Engineering 0 7 5 13 6 7 2 2 1 1
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      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 7 5 13 5 7 2 2 1 1
    Health 120 87 72 97 84 76 68 80 68 69
      Clinical medicine 114 83 68 91 79 73 66 78 68 69
      Other health 6 4 4 6 5 3 2 2 0 0

NOTE:
  • In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
  • . = 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

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