Indiana U., Bloomington

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 50 89.4 459 119 80.6 602 38 96 914
2022 47 90 457 42 95.5 900
2021 41 91.1 447 121 79.6 583 40 95.7 908
2020 42 91 450 38 96 916
2019 32 93.1 447 122 79.6 589 39 95.9 914
2018 35 92.1 428 43 95.4 911
2017 37 91.6 425 106 81.9 575 45 95.1 898
2016 41 90.8 430 45 95.1 896
2015 33 92.6 426 111 80.9 570 46 95 898
2014 45 89.6 422 101 88.8 889
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 376 373 375 395 428 427 403 405 448 380
  Science and engineering 236 239 256 221 254 247 244 235 267 220
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 5 4 3 5 2 6 2 2 6
      Agricultural sciences 1 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 4 4 3 4 1 5 2 2 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 38 50 54 36 40 47 44 37 49 38
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 9 11 4 7 9 6 9 8 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 2 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 11 9 9 15 10 9 9 6 11
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 2 . 1 . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 7 11 7 6 10 4 6 8 6
      Molecular biology 5 6 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 5 5 7 3 5 3 2 16 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 3 . . . 1 . 2 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 2 . 1 4 5 3 1 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 6 4 2 . 1 9 3 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 28 31 30 25 35 25 23 19 25 20
      Computer science 26 27 24 15 23 13 10 9 11 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 4 6 10 12 12 13 10 14 11
    Engineering 5 9 1 1 . 2 . 1 2 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 6 1 1 . . . . 2 .
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Engineering, other 1 2 . . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 4 6 7 4 4 6 5 8 5
      Geological sciences 2 4 6 7 4 4 5 5 8 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 . . . . . 1 . . .
    Health sciences 18 13 14 15 23 26 19 16 20 20
      Nursing science . . . . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Public health 11 7 9 11 13 17 7 13 13 9
      Health sciences, other 7 6 5 4 10 9 12 3 7 10
    Mathematics and statistics 13 16 20 11 15 16 13 11 13 16
      Applied mathematics . 1 . . 2 1 1 2 5 3
      Mathematics 3 4 3 4 3 7 4 3 4 8
      Statistics 1 . 2 2 . 2 . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 11 15 5 10 6 8 6 4 5
    Physical sciences 51 44 36 37 40 37 41 40 46 43
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 4 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 4
      Chemistry 29 33 25 27 23 25 26 24 30 27
      Physics 15 7 9 8 15 10 10 15 13 12
    Psychology 22 15 23 20 28 21 26 32 31 17
      Clinical psychology 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 4 12 5 8 5 6 14 12 6
      Research and experimental psychology 10 8 4 7 14 10 15 9 14 8
      Psychology, other 5 . 6 4 4 5 3 5 4 3
    Social sciences 55 52 68 66 64 67 66 72 71 54
      Anthropology 4 7 13 10 9 8 12 7 13 10
      Economics 10 5 6 9 15 13 10 8 8 8
      Political science and government 3 3 6 8 5 10 5 8 13 9
      Public policy analysis 3 1 3 2 4 4 5 5 4 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 5 11 8 6 6 12 11 16 8
      Social sciences, other 30 31 29 29 25 26 22 33 17 19
  Non-science and engineering 140 134 119 174 174 180 159 170 181 160
    Business 12 12 7 14 13 12 10 16 16 9
      Business 12 12 7 14 13 12 10 16 16 9
    Education 42 56 48 56 54 61 52 50 53 53
      Education leadership and administration . 2 . 1 1 2 2 1 2 .
      Education research 21 42 35 36 38 42 34 29 30 37
      Teacher education and teaching fields 20 11 9 17 13 15 14 16 19 14
      Education, other 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2
    Humanities and arts 61 51 51 78 93 70 74 84 90 83
      Letters 9 11 11 19 17 17 22 23 27 29
      Foreign languages and literature 13 16 16 11 26 14 11 13 16 17
      History 11 6 8 14 12 14 12 19 19 14
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 6 8 5 6 7 8 8 4 6
      Music and performing arts 11 11 7 23 18 8 14 10 15 9
      Humanities and arts, other 9 1 1 6 14 10 7 11 9 8
    Other non-science and engineering 25 15 13 26 14 37 23 20 22 15
      Communication 9 8 8 12 7 21 8 9 14 11
      Public administration and social services 4 4 1 8 4 9 7 3 2 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 3 4 6 3 7 8 8 6 4

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

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 853,056 751,309 695,258 710,850 668,157 566,907 540,421 508,766 485,076 206,039
    Science 785,315 700,393 646,061 661,743 619,184 526,883 501,359 467,891 451,508 172,380
      Computer and information sciences 47,950 40,488 38,843 41,892 36,195 25,804 26,844 23,244 27,418 28,934
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,894 9,084 7,960 8,053 7,220 5,528 3,758 3,721 4,209 5,862
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 3,689 3,076 2,945 2,764 2,719 3,290 2,507 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 1,542 2,975 1,546 1,666 1,458 688 624 3,537 4,209 5,862
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,370 3,033 3,469 3,623 3,043 1,550 627 184 0 0
      Life sciences 623,240 550,148 501,125 502,210 470,583 401,303 364,265 344,005 323,487 44,906
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 148,161 137,850 122,903 124,207 116,176 111,097 92,024 92,372 86,230 32,574
        Health sciences 472,182 402,704 369,296 367,228 341,217 282,830 264,892 244,340 228,213 7,169
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,897 9,594 8,926 10,775 13,190 7,376 7,349 7,293 9,044 5,163
      Mathematics and statistics 3,010 2,329 1,678 1,780 1,773 2,269 3,031 2,545 2,411 2,829
      Physical sciences 30,417 31,360 30,322 33,608 31,099 26,019 31,873 31,444 34,668 35,535
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,723 1,512 1,405 1,362 1,358 1,241 1,549 1,593 1,888 1,755
        Chemistry 17,814 18,778 17,500 19,430 19,039 17,613 18,262 16,277 17,001 16,484
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,880 11,070 11,417 12,816 10,702 7,165 12,062 13,574 15,460 17,295
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 319 1
      Psychology 16,940 13,583 13,211 13,021 14,744 16,086 18,119 17,072 15,509 13,043
      Social sciences 44,795 40,995 40,800 47,426 44,681 38,541 35,749 33,828 32,235 29,396
        Anthropology 2,523 3,010 1,569 1,536 962 1,067 1,126 1,060 0 0
        Economics 3,422 2,938 4,432 3,765 4,017 3,011 2,975 2,671 2,679 2,567
        Political science and government 14,985 13,160 10,814 12,298 13,003 11,344 10,200 10,933 10,582 9,911
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 7,423 5,808 9,205 11,063 8,847 5,652 4,714 4,176 5,356 4,664
        Social sciences nec 16,442 16,079 14,780 18,764 17,852 17,467 16,734 14,988 13,618 12,254
      Sciences nec 12,069 12,406 12,122 13,753 12,889 11,333 17,720 12,032 11,571 11,875
    Engineering 25,104 12,030 13,012 14,373 11,265 7,928 6,194 3,164 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,665 1,435 2,592 2,974 678 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,439 10,595 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 10,420 11,399 10,587 7,928 6,194 3,164 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 42,637 38,886 36,185 34,734 37,708 32,096 32,868 37,711 33,568 33,659
      Business management and business administration 7,071 7,847 5,212 7,421 6,463 4,843 5,173 5,860 6,508 5,863
      Communication and communications technologies 1,607 1,721 1,325 527 116 157 260 1,107 1,786 1,983
      Education 5,036 4,582 4,206 4,429 5,443 6,708 5,762 7,794 7,890 8,965
      Humanities 3,064 2,497 2,044 2,312 2,192 2,276 3,133 2,662 173 191
      Law 1,254 1,186 755 1,553 1,679 1,475 1,156 1,079 1,502 1,536
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 6,723 4,828 3,528 3,910 4,807 3,750 4,567 5,171 3,283 2,120
      Non-S&E nec 17,882 16,225 19,115 14,582 17,008 12,887 12,817 14,038 12,426 13,001

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 853,056 432,223 5,804 303,085 36,938 69,773 5,233
    Science 785,315 406,455 5,656 266,098 35,350 66,874 4,882
      Computer and information sciences 47,950 35,137 253 11,316 672 504 68
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,894 3,250 0 3,457 64 32 91
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 3,689 2,230 0 1,282 64 22 91
        Geological and earth sciences 1,542 727 0 805 0 10 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 293 293 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,370 0 0 1,370 0 0 0
      Life sciences 623,240 325,897 3,839 194,860 32,890 61,547 4,207
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 148,161 96,490 170 30,150 3,876 13,718 3,757
        Health sciences 472,182 228,551 3,669 162,694 29,014 47,804 450
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,897 856 0 2,016 0 25 0
      Mathematics and statistics 3,010 2,014 0 602 0 394 0
      Physical sciences 30,417 18,516 0 10,026 1,441 331 103
        Astronomy and astrophysics 1,723 488 0 1,223 0 12 0
        Chemistry 17,814 11,063 0 4,916 1,441 291 103
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 10,880 6,965 0 3,887 0 28 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 16,940 10,082 0 6,389 4 465 0
      Social sciences 44,795 10,144 1,564 28,881 221 3,572 413
        Anthropology 2,523 168 0 2,350 0 5 0
        Economics 3,422 502 778 2,002 0 130 10
        Political science and government 14,985 5,287 92 8,204 20 999 383
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 7,423 2,217 203 3,185 0 1,818 0
        Social sciences nec 16,442 1,970 491 13,140 201 620 20
      Sciences nec 12,069 1,415 0 10,567 58 29 0
    Engineering 25,104 18,033 60 4,707 1,448 515 341
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,665 8,347 60 1,989 1,044 33 192
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 13,439 9,686 0 2,718 404 482 149
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 42,637 7,735 88 32,280 140 2,384 10
      Business management and business administration 7,071 144 0 6,922 5 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 1,607 263 0 752 0 592 0
      Education 5,036 3,444 24 1,108 0 450 10
      Humanities 3,064 322 0 2,387 0 355 0
      Law 1,254 0 0 1,128 0 126 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 6,723 107 0 6,557 0 59 0
      Non-S&E nec 17,882 3,455 64 13,426 135 802 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 432,223 360,300 326,326 319,039 308,586 249,243 245,155 221,801 210,899 84,592
  DOD 26,468 21,934 15,118 15,214 15,170 14,070 19,768 14,792 11,719 6,348
  DOE 6,277 6,152 6,110 5,922 5,572 5,361 6,267 7,718 8,015 8,492
  HHS 331,669 276,691 252,908 243,463 236,336 185,792 170,322 158,085 151,630 29,758
  NASA 977 1,293 1,108 952 1,075 1,205 1,215 1,619 1,808 2,170
  NSF 50,384 39,770 39,460 41,864 36,456 32,727 39,580 31,418 29,031 31,077
  USDA 601 627 267 531 541 713 404 320 487 551
  Other 15,847 13,833 11,355 11,093 13,436 9,375 7,599 7,849 8,209 6,196

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 9,197 1,302 7,895 .
2018 7,878 1,332 6,546 .
2017 7,675 1,087 6,588 .

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 629 573 564 620 594
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 209 148 150 163 161
    Computer and information sciences 13 13 3 25 15
    Engineering 23 16 16 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 36 35 35 56 59
    Health sciences 60 59 50 44 36
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 6 6
    Natural resources and conservation 20 19 5 7 8
    Physical sciences 171 171 170 189 180
    Psychology 71 75 71 86 85
    Social sciences 19 17 42 43 45
    Other 7 22 22 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 81,182 . . 36,550 72,338
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5,943 . . 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 22,496 . . 0 72,338
    Engineering 31,304 . . 36,550 0
    Health sciences 12,741 . . 0 0
    Physical sciences 7,668 . . 0 0
    Psychology 1,030 . . 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 9,349 6,930 8,561 21,279 19,544
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 3,678 2,309 2,322 3,031 1,694
    Computer and information sciences 721 307 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 307 1,308 2,542 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 473 0 0 2,031
    Health sciences 3,000 465 1,153 3,306 488
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 750 307 2,221 1,890 14,206
    Psychology 0 1,985 1,150 350 1,125
    Social sciences 1,200 0 407 10,160 0
    Other 0 777 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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