Indiana U.-Purdue U., Indianapolis

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 137 70.6 459 186 80.2 925
2023 135 71 459 182 80.3 911 98 84 602
2022 161 65.3 457 195 78.6 900
2021 144 68.3 447 184 80 908 98 83.5 583
2020 148 67.6 450 178 80.8 916
2019 166 63.4 447 179 80.7 914 86 85.7 589
2018 158 63.6 428 184 80.1 911
2017 165 61.7 425 187 79.5 898 104 82.2 575
2016 173 60.3 430 187 79.4 896
2015 188 56.4 426 185 79.7 898 100 82.8 570
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 120 119 89 101 106 83 91 87 74 67
  Science and engineering 105 102 78 86 93 66 85 78 60 53
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . 2 . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 2 . 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 53 61 40 45 55 29 58 56 36 42
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 10 4 5 5 2 4 12 3 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 . . 1 3 5 5 4 7 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 12 9 7 10 5 6 9 1 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 4 5 3 2 2 5 4 3 3 5
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 3 2 4 4 1 2 2 . 2
      Genetics and genomics 5 1 4 3 1 . 5 1 3 5
      Microbiology and immunology 7 7 3 8 4 2 6 6 4 4
      Molecular biology 1 3 1 2 4 . 4 2 1 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 15 12 10 11 9 3 12 6 6 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 4 2 . 7 . 3 5 1 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 4 2 1 6 5 7 5 3 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . 1 . 1 . 1 4 .
    Computer and information sciences 11 5 5 1 5 6 2 5 5 1
      Computer science 6 5 3 1 2 3 . . . .
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 . 2 . 3 3 2 5 5 1
    Engineering 10 2 1 2 1 . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 5 2 1 2 1 . . . . .
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 2 . . . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . 5 2 1 . 1 1 1 2 .
      Geological sciences . 4 2 1 . 1 1 1 2 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 10 5 12 13 13 17 14 10 13 7
      Nursing science 6 1 8 5 4 8 7 4 7 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Public health . 1 3 4 2 3 2 . . .
      Health sciences, other 4 3 1 4 7 6 5 6 5 1
    Mathematics and statistics 5 2 2 7 5 1 2 . 1 .
      Applied mathematics . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Mathematics 1 . 1 . 3 . . . . .
      Statistics 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 1 . 6 2 1 1 . . .
    Physical sciences 5 8 6 5 6 2 2 . . .
      Chemistry 3 6 5 4 4 . 2 . . .
      Physics 2 2 1 1 2 2 . . . .
    Psychology 5 9 6 8 4 4 4 . . .
      Clinical psychology 3 7 3 7 4 2 3 . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 1 1 3 . . 1 . . . .
      Psychology, other 1 . . . . 1 1 . . .
    Social sciences 6 5 4 4 4 4 2 5 3 3
      Economics 2 2 2 1 1 4 . 2 1 .
      Public policy analysis 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 . 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . 1 . . . . 1 .
      Social sciences, other 3 2 1 2 2 . 2 2 1 1
  Non-science and engineering 15 17 11 15 13 17 6 9 14 14
    Business . 1 1 . . . 1 2 . .
      Business . 1 1 . . . 1 2 . .
    Education 5 3 4 7 4 3 1 6 4 3
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 3 5 4 2 1 3 2 .
      Education research . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 1 . 2 . 1 . 2 1 3
      Education, other 2 1 1 . . . . . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 2 4
      Letters . . . 1 . . . . . .
      History . . . . 1 . 1 . . 2
      Music and performing arts . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 2 . 1 . . . . . 2 2
    Other non-science and engineering 8 12 5 7 8 14 3 1 8 7
      Communication 2 2 2 3 3 1 . . 1 .
      Public administration and social services 5 10 2 4 5 13 3 1 7 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 88,989 87,648 64,162 65,330 70,778 67,635 60,501 58,056 57,853 55,973
    Science 66,563 64,213 50,058 52,251 56,300 51,420 48,236 45,562 46,602 44,859
      Computer and information sciences 5,108 6,191 5,049 4,643 5,006 3,920 3,509 2,965 2,591 2,395
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,327 1,598 1,393 938 1,272 926 1,266 1,164 1,043 1,004
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,327 1,598 1,393 938 1,272 926 1,266 1,164 896 761
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 243
      Life sciences 30,927 27,536 21,631 22,890 21,874 20,263 19,393 18,607 20,695 18,869
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 10,309 8,927 6,436 7,420 7,136 5,449 5,183 5,364 8,058 5,676
        Health sciences 20,041 17,881 14,064 14,909 14,127 14,273 13,353 11,662 11,669 7,752
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 577 728 1,131 561 611 541 857 1,581 968 5,441
      Mathematics and statistics 640 601 177 404 601 610 543 742 1,083 964
      Physical sciences 5,141 3,382 2,736 2,748 2,306 2,396 2,132 1,889 1,524 1,485
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,901 2,342 1,744 2,262 1,783 1,832 1,912 1,590 1,259 1,172
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 1,111 1,038 990 486 507 418 205 272 231 287
        Physical sciences nec 1,129 2 2 0 16 146 15 27 34 26
      Psychology 3,347 3,439 4,196 4,030 4,667 4,165 3,954 4,139 4,175 3,789
      Social sciences 17,850 18,507 11,122 11,605 15,556 13,123 13,373 11,668 12,139 11,696
        Anthropology 117 98 53 41 40 259 24 18 101 0
        Economics 194 119 156 85 99 284 119 125 212 131
        Political science and government 9,286 9,761 4,541 5,643 7,875 7,659 8,227 7,127 6,559 5,892
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,122 5,605 4,347 3,622 5,644 4,160 3,199 2,274 2,932 2,430
        Social sciences nec 3,131 2,924 2,025 2,214 1,898 761 1,804 2,124 2,335 3,243
      Sciences nec 1,223 2,959 3,754 4,993 5,018 6,017 4,066 4,388 3,352 4,657
    Engineering 6,808 9,390 6,626 6,604 7,177 6,730 6,034 6,221 5,448 6,620
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,682 2,099 1,642 2,096 2,083 1,832 1,815 1,724 1,973 2,191
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 60 14 52 28 9 14 5 24 59
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,163 2,422 1,381 1,671 1,564 1,995 1,180 1,001 839 1,387
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,941 3,806 3,078 2,310 3,194 2,492 2,645 3,100 2,137 2,573
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0
      Engineering nec 1,022 1,003 511 475 308 402 380 391 380 410
    Non-S&E 15,618 14,045 7,478 6,475 7,301 9,485 6,231 6,273 5,803 4,494
      Business management and business administration 2,728 2,689 1,667 1,229 1,347 1,697 1,833 1,961 1,925 2,049
      Communication and communications technologies 147 238 4 22 54 115 229 223 251 111
      Education 2,512 1,839 1,691 1,472 1,296 1,482 1,629 1,764 1,482 1,272
      Humanities 1,050 846 898 939 1,286 1,159 928 1,061 1,095 152
      Law 4 269 34 1 79 26 29 39 55 37
      Social work 5,659 4,632 1,207 1,174 1,205 1,703 626 397 541 329
      Visual and performing arts 875 588 433 417 374 449 337 362 174 288
      Non-S&E nec 2,643 2,944 1,544 1,221 1,660 2,854 620 466 280 256

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields 88,989 41,004 3,168 34,877 3,597 6,186 157
    Science 66,563 32,828 457 23,923 3,327 5,873 155
      Computer and information sciences 5,108 2,465 0 2,466 177 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,327 1,453 76 557 62 179 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,327 1,453 76 557 62 179 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 30,927 16,477 148 10,785 2,169 1,228 120
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 10,309 7,049 0 2,869 4 387 0
        Health sciences 20,041 9,418 148 7,349 2,165 841 120
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 577 10 0 567 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 640 512 0 94 0 34 0
      Physical sciences 5,141 3,119 0 1,930 9 50 33
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 2,901 2,132 0 714 9 46 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 1,111 987 0 89 0 2 33
        Physical sciences nec 1,129 0 0 1,127 0 2 0
      Psychology 3,347 2,842 0 360 0 145 0
      Social sciences 17,850 5,429 233 7,039 910 4,237 2
        Anthropology 117 0 0 85 32 0 0
        Economics 194 82 0 112 0 0 0
        Political science and government 9,286 4,627 193 3,250 20 1,196 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 5,122 68 40 2,062 858 2,092 2
        Social sciences nec 3,131 652 0 1,530 0 949 0
      Sciences nec 1,223 531 0 692 0 0 0
    Engineering 6,808 4,602 0 1,918 241 47 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,682 1,180 0 494 8 0 0
      Chemical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,163 816 0 335 0 12 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,941 2,120 0 623 198 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 1,022 486 0 466 35 35 0
    Non-S&E 15,618 3,574 2,711 9,036 29 266 2
      Business management and business administration 2,728 56 0 2,672 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 147 24 0 81 29 13 0
      Education 2,512 780 253 1,427 0 52 0
      Humanities 1,050 0 0 954 0 96 0
      Law 4 0 0 3 0 1 0
      Social work 5,659 1,647 2,445 1,519 0 48 0
      Visual and performing arts 875 336 0 489 0 50 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,643 731 13 1,891 0 6 2

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 41,004 39,869 29,353 30,290 31,862 27,349 22,834 20,035 19,954 18,479
  DOD 3,834 2,065 1,408 1,338 1,364 1,331 1,281 788 676 1,544
  DOE 729 1,205 1,009 831 1,035 447 221 298 460 573
  HHS 24,295 22,924 17,939 18,586 19,079 16,837 14,424 13,148 12,675 10,344
  NASA 89 20 51 118 95 15 15 22 46 326
  NSF 7,288 8,876 6,373 6,271 6,810 5,412 4,358 4,384 3,917 3,737
  USDA 416 147 148 125 181 347 312 274 124 89
  Other 4,353 4,632 2,425 3,021 3,298 2,960 2,223 1,121 2,056 1,866

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2024 . . . .
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 1,878 303 1,575 .
2018 1,580 335 1,245 .

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 757 740 752 637 654
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 169 160 161 55 65
    Computer and information sciences 7 9 15 8 9
    Engineering 41 40 27 16 16
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 10 10 14 7 3
    Health sciences 483 477 495 498 512
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 2 2
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 30 28 25 34 36
    Psychology 11 12 11 10 7
    Social sciences 5 3 3 7 6
    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

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 170,301 46,182 0 53,690 58,662
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 30,045 0 0 23,560 0
    Computer and information sciences 849 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 6,012 0 0 30,130 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,663 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 71,413 0 0 0 58,662
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 43,955 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 16,364 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 46,182 0 0 0

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

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

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space 15,568 4,792 9,653 21,866 12,991
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 3,720 1,025 3,269 397 0
    Computer and information sciences 300 750 1,218 0 0
    Engineering 583 292 2,321 2,303 902
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 258 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 10,707 2,725 2,844 19,166 12,088
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

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