Iowa State U.

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 59 87.5 459 75 88.4 631 78 91.8 925
2023 44 90.7 459 91 86.9 679 78 91.6 911 43 93.1 602
2022 48 89.8 457 89 87.2 680 76 91.7 900
2021 50 89.1 447 84 88.1 691 77 91.7 908 42 93 583
2020 39 91.6 450 82 88.5 698 71 92.4 916
2019 43 90.7 447 79 88.9 697 72 92.3 914 40 93.4 589
2018 42 90.5 428 70 90.2 700 70 92.5 911
2017 48 89 425 59 91.6 684 74 91.9 898 37 93.8 575
2016 55 87.5 430 64 91 697 72 92.2 896
2015 58 86.7 426 49 93.1 693 76 91.7 898 39 93.4 570
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 327 401 367 325 407 389 390 350 322 320
  Science and engineering 285 362 328 293 366 341 325 285 275 270
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 33 46 32 34 38 35 31 30 21 25
      Agricultural sciences 31 38 28 32 35 30 28 28 20 22
      Natural resources and conservation 2 8 4 2 3 5 3 2 1 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 43 65 58 51 56 62 57 41 56 53
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 10 4 6 5 5 10 8 7 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 7 11 5 9 9 4 2 6 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . 1 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 2 4 4 6 4 1 6 2 9
      Genetics and genomics 7 14 1 9 6 5 5 5 5 4
      Microbiology and immunology 3 11 8 7 8 2 10 3 9 3
      Molecular biology 1 6 5 1 4 5 . 1 4 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 3 4 . . 2 2 1 3 .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 3 3 1 4 4 2 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 . 1 . 4 2 2 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 10 6 14 13 13 19 14 7 13 18
    Computer and information sciences 17 22 16 15 8 12 14 13 12 5
      Computer science 15 20 16 14 6 11 10 7 9 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 2 . 1 2 1 4 6 3 2
    Engineering 95 119 117 96 141 126 123 100 96 81
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 5 6 5 8 8 10 10 8 6
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 2 1 4 . 1 1 1 1 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 14 11 10 11 11 8 6 5 10
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 20 17 17 15 25 29 21 12 14 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 20 24 27 18 37 24 29 29 30 21
      Industrial engineering and operations research 6 14 13 5 6 5 9 7 3 4
      Materials and mining engineering 10 9 13 6 7 11 10 5 13 8
      Mechanical engineering 19 19 16 22 29 21 23 18 12 12
      Engineering, other 7 15 13 11 18 16 12 12 10 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 4 2 2 2 8 4 3 3 1
      Geological sciences 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 . 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 3 . . 1 6 2 3 2 .
    Health sciences 3 2 . 3 6 2 3 3 4 1
      Public health 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 2 . 3 6 2 2 3 4 1
    Mathematics and statistics 30 30 31 28 28 28 32 26 15 21
      Applied mathematics 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 1 4 3
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 . 4 . 3 1 1
      Statistics 18 18 17 11 12 13 18 13 6 10
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 7 8 13 13 7 9 9 4 7
    Physical sciences 27 38 40 23 41 35 30 36 25 56
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 1 2 . 2 1 1 1 1 2
      Chemistry 18 29 25 15 28 25 19 22 17 40
      Physics 9 8 13 8 11 9 10 13 7 14
    Psychology 14 18 15 22 20 18 17 17 13 11
      Clinical psychology . . 1 1 . 1 . . 2 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 4 2 6 4 3 2 2 1 3
      Research and experimental psychology 4 3 5 6 8 5 3 5 3 5
      Psychology, other 6 11 7 9 8 9 12 10 7 3
    Social sciences 19 18 17 19 26 15 14 16 30 16
      Anthropology 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Economics 9 9 8 10 13 5 9 9 12 7
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 2 3 2 5 4 2 4 4 5
      Social sciences, other 6 7 5 7 8 6 3 3 14 3
  Non-science and engineering 42 39 39 32 41 48 65 65 47 50
    Business 14 18 15 10 12 12 13 13 8 13
      Business 14 18 15 10 12 12 13 13 8 13
    Education 15 9 13 17 16 25 38 34 27 28
      Education leadership and administration 1 . 1 1 1 4 15 17 9 10
      Education research 8 4 7 8 6 8 8 7 10 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 2 4 4 4 7 10 5 6 6
      Education, other 3 3 1 4 5 6 5 5 2 3
    Humanities and arts 5 5 3 1 9 4 10 7 6 5
      Letters 4 4 3 1 4 3 8 4 2 5
      History 1 . . . 5 1 2 2 2 .
      Humanities and arts, other . 1 . . . . . 1 2 .
    Other non-science and engineering 8 7 8 4 4 7 4 11 6 4
      Communication . 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Public administration and social services . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 8 6 7 4 4 6 4 10 5 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

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 951 768 794 894 871 858 912 970 1,006 1,298
    Hispanic or Latino 67 53 51 63 51 46 54 56 62 78
    Not Hispanic or Latino 798 695 706 792 777 753 796 841 883 1,121
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 7 8
      Asian 57 45 43 47 38 37 38 39 39 54
      Black or African American 26 30 33 40 45 37 36 41 50 62
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
      White 691 591 604 676 671 657 703 747 770 995
      More than one race 22 26 25 28 21 20 17 11 17 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 86 20 37 39 43 59 62 73 61 99
  Temporary visa holders 1,441 1,097 978 935 901 1,012 1,112 1,201 1,198 1,461
  Science and engineering 2,366 1,848 1,751 1,810 1,752 1,814 1,976 2,131 2,159 2,692
    Science 1,502 1,200 1,184 1,214 1,186 1,184 1,197 1,325 1,329 1,644
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 191 143 137 141 133 115 136 123 166 211
      Biological and biomedical sciences 337 336 333 356 378 382 384 398 410 433
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 23
      Computer and information sciences 279 198 167 167 141 117 120 176 151 215
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 58
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 32 31 38 32 27 34 39 34 35 34
      Mathematics and statistics 168 87 95 108 110 131 125 118 129 191
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 82 62 46 36 41 26 30 32 32 32
      Natural resources and conservation 41 41 43 39 30 36 35 38 0 0
      Physical sciences 228 220 233 239 209 227 215 249 232 246
      Psychology 75 30 44 34 43 31 39 42 48 63
      Social sciences 69 52 48 62 74 85 74 115 73 128
    Engineering 864 648 567 596 566 630 779 806 830 1,048
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 66 47 38 44 50 47 69 75 74 72
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 4 6 7 3 4 5 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 90 77 59 67 60 54 71 65 58 65
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 130 100 78 70 79 96 112 121 133 182
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 239 196 161 181 157 187 244 242 205 241
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 44 41 46 58 47 51 69 72 65 82
      Mechanical engineering 173 107 90 88 94 111 121 130 133 196
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 53 35 40 32 33 27 33 35 49 66
      Other engineering 69 41 49 49 43 53 55 66 113 144
    Health 26 17 21 19 20 56 48 40 45 67
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 26 17 21 19 20 56 48 40 45 67

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 411 669 719 725 730 803 814 897 934 675
    Hispanic or Latino 28 50 50 49 55 49 43 44 48 31
    Not Hispanic or Latino 358 587 617 632 622 698 716 792 827 597
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 5 6 2
      Asian 34 41 32 29 34 36 36 35 33 25
      Black or African American 26 32 35 36 26 36 26 31 32 25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3
      White 292 498 529 540 540 613 639 705 739 542
      More than one race 5 13 18 23 17 9 12 14 14 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 25 32 52 44 53 56 55 61 59 47
  Temporary visa holders 136 437 379 405 400 429 471 487 436 122
  Science and engineering 543 1,095 1,094 1,123 1,122 1,201 1,248 1,343 1,338 779
    Science 383 782 769 774 733 777 825 875 893 552
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 124 204 200 205 230 257 259 295 301 253
      Biological and biomedical sciences 31 82 93 90 74 71 86 96 71 21
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13
      Computer and information sciences 94 156 135 131 89 117 144 127 142 70
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 54
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 3 8 6 5 4 6 6 6 3
      Mathematics and statistics 13 96 90 89 106 86 90 106 111 28
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 79 107 101 110 94 98 94 88 79 86
      Natural resources and conservation 8 15 12 8 13 6 9 11 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 15 17 11 17 11 21 16 15 1
      Psychology 9 55 57 63 53 28 18 21 17 2
      Social sciences 21 49 56 61 52 99 98 109 76 21
    Engineering 160 313 325 349 389 424 423 468 445 227
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 16 15 25 25 24 21 30 24 11
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 11 12 9 7 14 11 15 9 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 41 48 42 50 60 84 74 68 28
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 50 71 91 99 104 104 98 107 125 72
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 16 31 30 34 44 58 51 57 56 51
      Mechanical engineering 37 89 85 93 111 114 106 118 108 42
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 12 6 14 15 19 16 28 23 8
      Other engineering 23 41 37 33 32 30 35 39 32 12
    Health 4 11 4 7 8 31 37 41 32 18
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 4 11 4 7 8 31 37 41 32 18

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 580 461 471 438 418 448 474 478 445 624
  Science and engineering 577 456 470 437 415 441 462 470 440 620
    Science 331 288 311 302 284 279 250 268 252 351
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 46 34 45 27 25 23 21 20 21 44
      Biological and biomedical sciences 99 88 102 101 116 105 96 100 107 121
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Computer and information sciences 31 21 23 7 11 20 19 27 25 39
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 10 19 16 9 13 16 8 7 13
      Mathematics and statistics 26 14 17 21 27 25 12 12 13 26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 2 2 8 6 6 4 3 5 1
      Natural resources and conservation 15 24 21 15 9 15 8 13 0 0
      Physical sciences 83 90 76 99 76 66 69 75 64 75
      Psychology 7 5 5 3 3 3 2 6 5 5
      Social sciences 3 0 1 5 2 3 3 4 3 15
    Engineering 246 168 159 135 131 162 212 202 188 269
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 24 19 14 11 12 22 22 14 14 15
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 4 5 1 1 1 5 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 31 24 19 24 17 13 23 20 17 23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 27 17 9 8 10 9 12 17 15 46
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 55 39 44 46 46 57 75 70 58 84
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 10 4 6 6 6 6 4 7 3 4
      Mechanical engineering 58 34 28 18 24 29 42 39 36 43
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 24 13 22 14 6 10 14 14 23 25
      Other engineering 17 14 12 7 9 15 15 21 22 29
    Health 3 5 1 1 3 7 12 8 5 4
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 3 5 1 1 3 7 12 8 5 4

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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 2,392 1,865 1,772 1,829 1,772 1,870 2,024 2,171 2,204 2,759
  Fellowships 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Federal 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 1,287 1,019 1,021 1,050 949 1,099 1,105 1,112 1,110 1,302
    Federal 556 452 464 423 409 430 446 451 430 597
    Institutional 370 279 332 368 314 423 370 394 385 433
    Nonfederal 361 288 225 259 226 246 289 267 295 272
  Teaching assistantships 673 517 469 452 478 496 503 602 612 933
    Federal 7 7 4 14 9 17 15 10 0 22
    Institutional 664 494 461 432 464 464 466 578 596 894
    Nonfederal 2 16 4 6 5 15 22 14 16 17
  Other types of support 418 328 280 327 345 275 416 457 482 524
    Federal 5 1 3 1 0 1 13 17 15 5
    Institutional 21 8 62 7 15 18 118 153 168 18
    Nonfederal 2 2 1 3 2 1 26 32 21 4
    Personal resources 390 317 214 316 328 255 259 255 278 497

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 268 277 275 269 274 190 240 274 264 274
    Science 207 232 241 233 221 150 186 212 208 217
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 116 111 100 89 98 30 34 46 47 48
      Biological and biomedical sciences 35 29 35 35 32 37 48 64 69 78
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 4 2 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 4 6 9 5 5 6 4 5 2
      Mathematics and statistics 9 11 10 13 11 6 6 3 3 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 2 1 3 5 5 1 0 0
      Physical sciences 26 64 78 75 59 61 69 74 61 64
      Psychology 6 3 6 5 11 4 6 8 3 1
      Social sciences 7 5 2 5 2 2 9 8 17 16
    Engineering 61 45 34 36 53 40 54 62 56 57
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 7 3 3 4 3 6 5 4 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 17 12 8 7 4 2 5 6 9 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 7 4 9 17 12 12 15 5 11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 10 9 5 1 8 7 6 6 8 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 1 3 4 6 5 4 8 9 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 8 5 5 4 6 5 10 10 11 9
      Other engineering 2 4 6 6 7 5 9 9 8 10
    Health 0 0 0 3 1 74 83 52 44 25
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
      Other health 0 0 0 3 1 74 83 52 41 25

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 105 126 130 132 121 116 143 137 137 171
  Science and engineering 105 126 130 131 121 99 124 128 126 161
    Science 78 107 118 122 101 90 105 107 108 133
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 30 27 47 21 22 7 13 14 18 26
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 12 20 22 17 23 22 26 30 38
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 4 6 5 3 3 0 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics 2 3 3 6 4 1 3 2 2 4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 18 56 40 62 51 52 57 62 49 56
      Psychology 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1
      Social sciences 4 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 6
    Engineering 27 19 12 9 20 9 19 21 18 28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 2 1 2 3 0 3 4 3 3
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 10 8 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 3 1 1 3 0 2 3 0 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 3 1 5 5 4 3 2 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 3 0 2 0 4 2 6 5 5 1
      Other engineering 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 5
    Health 0 0 0 1 0 17 19 9 11 10
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 1 0 17 19 9 11 10

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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 462,347 420,823 393,184 360,275 363,107 358,474 361,206 323,584 328,385 306,125
    Science 265,190 247,499 235,813 211,243 196,865 237,700 244,676 214,794 224,734 211,521
      Computer and information sciences 8,511 6,326 5,782 5,844 7,666 8,296 10,194 7,731 7,240 4,465
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,773 5,103 4,897 5,650 4,538 3,917 3,659 3,178 2,635 2,882
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,773 5,103 4,897 5,650 4,538 3,917 3,659 3,178 2,635 2,882
        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 0 0
      Life sciences 183,829 172,991 160,235 142,283 123,853 149,764 151,654 143,406 159,880 149,392
        Agricultural sciences 91,767 85,524 85,319 51,837 44,790 58,811 57,924 46,576 49,114 49,050
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,798 46,701 42,147 42,898 39,072 56,405 62,125 69,333 80,859 76,544
        Health sciences 339 0 402 19,767 15,103 26,137 23,102 19,652 23,024 16,072
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 7,157 8,411 8,503 7,845 6,883 0
        Life sciences nec 44,925 40,766 32,367 27,781 17,731 0 0 0 0 7,726
      Mathematics and statistics 21,109 19,968 19,927 16,101 17,062 16,551 17,694 16,481 12,770 13,933
      Physical sciences 33,716 31,219 30,440 26,696 27,216 40,040 42,277 27,491 24,170 20,659
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 16,470 15,985 14,302 11,950 12,374 12,549 14,074 10,338 8,746 12,082
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 10,905 11,751 7,286 6,042 0
        Physics 17,246 15,234 16,138 14,746 14,842 16,586 16,452 9,867 9,382 8,577
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,739 3,350 3,852 3,595 3,786 9,858 12,694 6,041 3,291 2,598
      Social sciences 9,126 8,107 10,305 10,196 6,923 3,741 4,356 7,385 8,587 11,848
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
        Economics 4,027 4,289 4,507 3,005 3,699 1,466 2,099 3,514 1,541 3,908
        Political science and government 925 714 555 692 899 1,052 1,013 772 536 487
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,548 2,691 4,890 3,550 2,098 1,223 1,244 3,024 6,466 7,431
        Social sciences nec 626 413 353 2,949 227 0 0 75 2 22
      Sciences nec 387 435 375 878 5,821 5,533 2,148 3,081 6,161 5,744
    Engineering 159,841 140,782 132,475 123,428 109,473 104,798 99,214 95,306 92,088 84,114
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,481 8,468 8,492 6,391 5,301 6,271 5,282 5,066 4,390 4,189
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,118 16,261 16,789 13,461 8,679 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 18,922 10,826 8,421 7,640 6,746 10,114 11,979 11,572 12,881 11,602
      Civil engineering 31,466 26,330 23,902 25,188 21,348 27,609 28,083 26,373 24,447 20,681
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,326 10,967 12,017 11,018 12,327 22,091 20,761 20,154 19,977 14,163
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 5,580 7,299 8,378 6,655 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,987 7,433 9,094 7,849 13,685 8,787 9,070 9,652 8,102 6,773
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 11,432 9,806 9,811 8,868 4,870 0 0 0 0 5,032
      Engineering nec 55,109 50,691 43,949 43,013 36,517 24,346 16,740 14,111 15,636 21,674
    Non-S&E 37,316 32,542 24,896 25,604 56,769 15,976 17,316 13,484 11,563 10,490
      Business management and business administration 20,110 17,186 8,981 9,087 2,246 4,442 5,607 2,504 1,958 2,103
      Communication and communications technologies 776 822 1,207 918 607 769 731 576 500 495
      Education 2,798 2,654 2,554 3,024 3,168 5,391 5,738 6,045 4,620 4,214
      Humanities 7,629 7,180 6,803 6,993 7,528 3,803 3,405 3,217 3,073 2,781
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,205 1,829 1,541 1,138 2,317 761 1,008 954 869 780
      Non-S&E nec 3,798 2,871 3,810 4,444 40,903 810 827 188 543 117

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 462,347 216,003 37,520 168,223 25,087 14,900 614
    Science 265,190 124,025 26,566 86,193 17,534 10,629 243
      Computer and information sciences 8,511 4,869 3 3,525 54 0 60
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,773 2,663 0 2,110 0 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,773 2,663 0 2,110 0 0 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 183,829 76,738 24,352 56,114 16,614 9,893 118
        Agricultural sciences 91,767 37,596 10,566 23,595 13,177 6,769 64
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,798 18,895 6,674 16,633 1,928 2,666 2
        Health sciences 339 0 0 339 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 44,925 20,247 7,112 15,547 1,509 458 52
      Mathematics and statistics 21,109 11,825 277 8,493 453 26 35
      Physical sciences 33,716 25,557 110 7,557 412 76 4
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 16,470 12,117 110 3,792 371 76 4
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 17,246 13,440 0 3,765 41 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,739 879 0 2,338 0 496 26
      Social sciences 9,126 1,494 1,604 5,889 1 138 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 4,027 281 1,036 2,682 1 27 0
        Political science and government 925 211 6 688 0 20 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 3,548 756 499 2,202 0 91 0
        Social sciences nec 626 246 63 317 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 387 0 220 167 0 0 0
    Engineering 159,841 87,445 9,758 51,048 7,133 4,115 342
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,481 5,209 56 3,071 75 0 70
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,118 10,948 263 3,625 324 958 0
      Chemical engineering 18,922 12,942 56 4,481 599 844 0
      Civil engineering 31,466 14,757 5,959 8,967 1,374 393 16
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,326 3,856 99 5,227 302 842 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,987 4,012 270 3,617 23 44 21
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 11,432 8,423 155 2,236 571 23 24
      Engineering nec 55,109 27,298 2,900 19,824 3,865 1,011 211
    Non-S&E 37,316 4,533 1,196 30,982 420 156 29
      Business management and business administration 20,110 1,343 243 18,488 30 6 0
      Communication and communications technologies 776 4 0 743 0 0 29
      Education 2,798 875 76 1,363 334 150 0
      Humanities 7,629 630 5 6,941 53 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 2,205 444 514 1,244 3 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 3,798 1,237 358 2,203 0 0 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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 216,003 195,394 187,156 169,177 165,912 147,866 147,679 128,221 125,397 114,518
  DOD 15,530 12,259 11,228 11,182 12,666 11,859 11,716 10,753 9,126 8,037
  DOE 35,500 34,045 35,457 33,990 33,159 30,266 29,709 10,173 7,407 6,733
  HHS 30,380 31,326 28,573 23,135 23,498 19,072 16,232 14,874 14,218 11,761
  NASA 4,382 4,612 3,972 2,027 1,873 2,108 1,976 1,933 1,315 1,371
  NSF 41,671 35,809 33,906 30,813 29,570 34,620 33,926 35,549 37,161 34,956
  USDA 58,371 50,328 52,471 38,170 35,066 29,336 31,575 34,614 38,507 37,273
  Other 30,169 27,015 21,549 29,860 30,080 20,605 22,545 20,325 17,663 14,387

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 5,682 734 4,948 .
2018 5,595 734 4,861 .

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 1,564 1,587 1,511 1,588 1,491
    Agricultural sciences 1,053 1,057 977 1,023 984
    Biological and biomedical sciences 184 191 191 215 171
    Computer and information sciences 4 4 4 5 4
    Engineering 154 170 168 185 181
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4 2 2 2 2
    Health sciences 1 2 10 9 6
    Mathematics and statistics 1 2 2 8 6
    Natural resources and conservation 4 8 8 14 13
    Physical sciences 97 90 90 94 90
    Psychology 8 4 4 4 3
    Social sciences 6 7 5 7 7
    Other 48 49 50 23 22

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 53,777 11,919 20,465 0 53,393
    Agricultural sciences 53,777 0 15,940 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 53,393
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 11,919 4,525 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    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

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 589 1,943 1,992 597 1,149
    Agricultural sciences 589 1,397 521 343 261
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 546 1,471 0 611
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 277
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 254 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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