Iowa State U.

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 44 90.7 459 91 86.9 679 43 93.1 602 78 91.6 914
2022 49 89.6 457 89 87.2 680 76 91.7 900
2021 50 89.1 447 84 88.1 691 42 93 583 77 91.7 908
2020 39 91.6 450 82 88.5 698 71 92.4 916
2019 43 90.7 447 79 88.9 697 40 93.4 589 72 92.3 914
2018 42 90.5 428 70 90.2 700 70 92.5 911
2017 48 89 425 59 91.6 684 37 93.8 575 74 91.9 898
2016 55 87.5 430 64 91 697 72 92.2 896
2015 58 86.7 426 49 93.1 693 39 93.4 570 76 91.7 898
2014 50 88.5 422 49 93.1 688 73 92 889
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 401 367 325 407 389 390 350 322 320 349
  Science and engineering 362 328 293 366 341 325 285 275 270 291
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 46 32 34 38 35 31 30 21 25 25
      Agricultural sciences 38 28 32 35 30 28 28 20 22 23
      Natural resources and conservation 8 4 2 3 5 3 2 1 3 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 65 58 51 56 62 57 41 56 53 56
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 4 6 5 5 10 8 7 10 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 11 5 9 9 4 2 6 5 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 1 . . 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 4 4 6 4 1 6 2 9 9
      Genetics and genomics 14 1 9 6 5 5 5 5 4 8
      Microbiology and immunology 11 8 7 8 2 10 3 9 3 5
      Molecular biology 6 5 1 4 5 . 1 4 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 4 . . 2 2 1 3 . 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 3 3 1 4 4 2 3 2 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . 1 . 4 2 2 1 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 14 13 13 19 14 7 13 18 9
    Computer and information sciences 22 16 15 8 12 14 13 12 5 13
      Computer science 20 16 14 6 11 10 7 9 3 12
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 . 1 2 1 4 6 3 2 1
    Engineering 119 117 96 141 126 123 100 96 81 93
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 6 5 8 8 10 10 8 6 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 1 4 . 1 1 1 1 3 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 14 11 10 11 11 8 6 5 10 12
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 17 15 25 29 21 12 14 10 11
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 27 18 37 24 29 29 30 21 22
      Industrial engineering and operations research 14 13 5 6 5 9 7 3 4 7
      Materials and mining engineering 9 13 6 7 11 10 5 13 8 13
      Mechanical engineering 19 16 22 29 21 23 18 12 12 18
      Engineering, other 15 13 11 18 16 12 12 10 7 9
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 2 2 2 8 4 3 3 1 3
      Geological sciences 1 2 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 . . 1 6 2 3 2 . 3
    Health sciences 2 . 3 6 2 3 3 4 1 4
      Nursing science . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 . 3 6 2 2 3 4 1 4
    Mathematics and statistics 30 31 28 28 28 32 26 15 21 38
      Applied mathematics 4 5 3 3 4 5 1 4 3 7
      Mathematics 1 1 1 . 4 . 3 1 1 3
      Statistics 18 17 11 12 13 18 13 6 10 21
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 8 13 13 7 9 9 4 7 7
    Physical sciences 38 40 23 41 35 30 36 25 56 32
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 . 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
      Chemistry 29 25 15 28 25 19 22 17 40 22
      Physics 8 13 8 11 9 10 13 7 14 9
    Psychology 18 15 22 20 18 17 17 13 11 13
      Clinical psychology . 1 1 . 1 . . 2 . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 2 6 4 3 2 2 1 3 3
      Research and experimental psychology 3 5 6 8 5 3 5 3 5 3
      Psychology, other 11 7 9 8 9 12 10 7 3 7
    Social sciences 18 17 19 26 15 14 16 30 16 14
      Anthropology . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Economics 9 8 10 13 5 9 9 12 7 9
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 3 2 5 4 2 4 4 5 4
      Social sciences, other 7 5 7 8 6 3 3 14 3 1
  Non-science and engineering 39 39 32 41 48 65 65 47 50 58
    Business 18 15 10 12 12 13 13 8 13 15
      Business 18 15 10 12 12 13 13 8 13 15
    Education 9 13 17 16 25 38 34 27 28 36
      Education leadership and administration . 1 1 1 4 15 17 9 10 11
      Education research 4 7 8 6 8 8 7 10 9 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 4 4 4 7 10 5 6 6 8
      Education, other 3 1 4 5 6 5 5 2 3 4
    Humanities and arts 5 3 1 9 4 10 7 6 5 4
      Letters 4 3 1 4 3 8 4 2 5 2
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . . . .
      History . . . 5 1 2 2 2 . 2
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . . . . . 1 2 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 7 8 4 4 7 4 11 6 4 3
      Communication 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 . 1
      Public administration and social services . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 7 4 4 6 4 10 5 4 2

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 1,133 1,051 1,110 1,055 1,148 1,263 1,399 1,404 1,781 1,669
    Female 732 721 719 717 722 761 772 800 978 978
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 768 794 894 871 858 912 970 1,006 1,298 1,279
    Hispanic or Latino 53 51 63 51 46 54 56 62 78 67
    Not Hispanic or Latino 695 706 792 777 753 796 841 883 1,121 1,121
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 7 8 3
      Asian 45 43 47 38 37 38 39 39 54 54
      Black or African American 30 33 40 45 37 36 41 50 62 59
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2
      White 591 604 676 671 657 703 747 770 995 1,003
      More than one race 26 25 28 21 20 17 11 17 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 20 37 39 43 59 62 73 61 99 91
  Temporary visa holders 1,097 978 935 901 1,012 1,112 1,201 1,198 1,461 1,368
  Science and engineering 1,848 1,751 1,810 1,752 1,814 1,976 2,131 2,159 2,692 2,587
    Science 1,200 1,184 1,214 1,186 1,184 1,197 1,325 1,329 1,644 1,627
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 143 137 141 133 115 136 123 166 211 197
      Biological and biomedical sciences 336 333 356 378 382 384 398 410 433 477
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 23 30
      Computer and information sciences 198 167 167 141 117 120 176 151 215 161
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 58 57
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 31 38 32 27 34 39 34 35 34 36
      Mathematics and statistics 87 95 108 110 131 125 118 129 191 177
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 62 46 36 41 26 30 32 32 32 34
      Natural resources and conservation 41 43 39 30 36 35 38 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 220 233 239 209 227 215 249 232 246 253
      Psychology 30 44 34 43 31 39 42 48 63 57
      Social sciences 52 48 62 74 85 74 115 73 128 140
    Engineering 648 567 596 566 630 779 806 830 1,048 960
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 47 38 44 50 47 69 75 74 72 56
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 6 7 3 4 5 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 77 59 67 60 54 71 65 58 65 60
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 100 78 70 79 96 112 121 133 182 155
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 196 161 181 157 187 244 242 205 241 255
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 41 46 58 47 51 69 72 65 82 72
      Mechanical engineering 107 90 88 94 111 121 130 133 196 164
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 35 40 32 33 27 33 35 49 66 51
      Other engineering 41 49 49 43 53 55 66 113 144 147
    Health 17 21 19 20 56 48 40 45 67 60
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 17 21 19 20 56 48 40 45 67 60

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 646 655 693 728 814 854 912 919 512 622
    Female 460 443 437 402 418 431 472 451 285 405
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 669 719 725 730 803 814 897 934 675 887
    Hispanic or Latino 50 50 49 55 49 43 44 48 31 37
    Not Hispanic or Latino 587 617 632 622 698 716 792 827 597 769
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 2 2 2 2 5 6 2 5
      Asian 41 32 29 34 36 36 35 33 25 32
      Black or African American 32 35 36 26 36 26 31 32 25 51
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2
      White 498 529 540 540 613 639 705 739 542 679
      More than one race 13 18 23 17 9 12 14 14 0 0
    Unknown ethnicity and race 32 52 44 53 56 55 61 59 47 81
  Temporary visa holders 437 379 405 400 429 471 487 436 122 140
  Science and engineering 1,095 1,094 1,123 1,122 1,201 1,248 1,343 1,338 779 1,003
    Science 782 769 774 733 777 825 875 893 552 770
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 204 200 205 230 257 259 295 301 253 228
      Biological and biomedical sciences 82 93 90 74 71 86 96 71 21 281
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 8
      Computer and information sciences 156 135 131 89 117 144 127 142 70 52
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 54 57
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 8 6 5 4 6 6 6 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics 96 90 89 106 86 90 106 111 28 23
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 107 101 110 94 98 94 88 79 86 93
      Natural resources and conservation 15 12 8 13 6 9 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 15 17 11 17 11 21 16 15 1 1
      Psychology 55 57 63 53 28 18 21 17 2 0
      Social sciences 49 56 61 52 99 98 109 76 21 26
    Engineering 313 325 349 389 424 423 468 445 227 233
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 16 15 25 25 24 21 30 24 11 4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 11 12 9 7 14 11 15 9 3 5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 41 48 42 50 60 84 74 68 28 29
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 71 91 99 104 104 98 107 125 72 76
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 31 30 34 44 58 51 57 56 51 67
      Mechanical engineering 89 85 93 111 114 106 118 108 42 35
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 12 6 14 15 19 16 28 23 8 11
      Other engineering 41 37 33 32 30 35 39 32 12 6
    Health 11 4 7 8 31 37 41 32 18 24
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 11 4 7 8 31 37 41 32 18 24

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 461 471 438 418 448 474 478 445 624 618 0
  Science and engineering 456 470 437 415 441 462 470 440 620 613 0
    Science 288 311 302 284 279 250 268 252 351 352 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 34 45 27 25 23 21 20 21 44 48 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 88 102 101 116 105 96 100 107 121 125 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 21 23 7 11 20 19 27 25 39 31 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 12 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 19 16 9 13 16 8 7 13 13 0
      Mathematics and statistics 14 17 21 27 25 12 12 13 26 23 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 2 8 6 6 4 3 5 1 6 0
      Natural resources and conservation 24 21 15 9 15 8 13 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 90 76 99 76 66 69 75 64 75 73 0
      Psychology 5 5 3 3 3 2 6 5 5 2 0
      Social sciences 0 1 5 2 3 3 4 3 15 17 0
    Engineering 168 159 135 131 162 212 202 188 269 261 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 19 14 11 12 22 22 14 14 15 16 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 5 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 24 19 24 17 13 23 20 17 23 20 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 9 8 10 9 12 17 15 46 41 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 39 44 46 46 57 75 70 58 84 75 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 6 6 6 6 4 7 3 4 6 0
      Mechanical engineering 34 28 18 24 29 42 39 36 43 51 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 13 22 14 6 10 14 14 23 25 27 0
      Other engineering 14 12 7 9 15 15 21 22 29 25 0
    Health 5 1 1 3 7 12 8 5 4 5 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 5 1 1 3 7 12 8 5 4 5 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 1,865 1,772 1,829 1,772 1,870 2,024 2,171 2,204 2,759 2,647
  Fellowships 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Federal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 1,019 1,021 1,050 949 1,099 1,105 1,112 1,110 1,302 1,240
    Federal 452 464 423 409 430 446 451 430 597 596
    Institutional 279 332 368 314 423 370 394 385 433 388
    Nonfederal 288 225 259 226 246 289 267 295 272 256
  Teaching assistantships 517 469 452 478 496 503 602 612 933 872
    Federal 7 4 14 9 17 15 10 0 22 17
    Institutional 494 461 432 464 464 466 578 596 894 841
    Nonfederal 16 4 6 5 15 22 14 16 17 14
  Other types of support 328 280 327 345 275 416 457 482 524 535
    Federal 1 3 1 0 1 13 17 15 5 5
    Institutional 8 62 7 15 18 118 153 168 18 10
    Nonfederal 2 1 3 2 1 26 32 21 4 1
    Personal resources 317 214 316 328 255 259 255 278 497 519

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 373 384 397 459 380 240 274 264 274 307
    Science 312 336 340 371 300 186 212 208 217 249
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 156 144 127 161 60 34 46 47 48 48
      Biological and biomedical sciences 36 48 57 59 74 48 64 69 78 85
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 2 2 0 0 3 4 2 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 9 13 9 10 6 4 5 2 3
      Mathematics and statistics 16 13 19 16 12 6 3 3 7 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 3 1 5 10 5 1 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 81 105 107 100 122 69 74 61 64 79
      Psychology 4 10 7 19 8 6 8 3 1 1
      Social sciences 8 2 7 2 4 9 8 17 16 16
    Engineering 61 48 57 88 80 54 62 56 57 58
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 16 12 10 7 4 5 6 9 8 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 12 4 16 29 24 12 15 5 11 14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 10 8 2 13 14 6 6 8 4 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 2 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 7 10 10 4 8 9 11 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 6 6 11 10 10 10 11 9 5
      Other engineering 7 11 9 11 10 9 9 8 10 11
    Health 0 0 4 1 147 83 52 44 25 24
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
      Other health 0 0 4 1 147 83 52 41 25 23

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 126 130 132 121 116 143 137 137 171 173
  Science and engineering 126 130 131 121 99 124 128 126 161 165
    Science 107 118 122 101 90 105 107 108 133 139
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 27 47 21 22 7 13 14 18 26 20
      Biological and biomedical sciences 12 20 22 17 23 22 26 30 38 38
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 4 6 5 3 3 0 3 1 2
      Mathematics and statistics 3 3 6 4 1 3 2 2 4 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 56 40 62 51 52 57 62 49 56 70
      Psychology 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0
      Social sciences 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 6 4
    Engineering 19 12 9 20 9 19 21 18 28 26
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 2 3 0 3 4 3 3 2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 8 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 5 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 1 1 3 0 2 3 0 6 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 3 1 5 5 4 3 2 3 5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 5 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 2 0 4 2 6 5 5 1 3
      Other engineering 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 5 5
    Health 0 0 1 0 17 19 9 11 10 8
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 1 0 17 19 9 11 10 8

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 420,823 393,184 360,275 363,107 358,474 361,206 323,584 328,385 306,125 313,263
    Science 247,499 235,813 211,243 196,865 237,700 244,676 214,794 224,734 211,521 206,198
      Computer and information sciences 6,326 5,782 5,844 7,666 8,296 10,194 7,731 7,240 4,465 4,485
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,103 4,897 5,650 4,538 3,917 3,659 3,178 2,635 2,882 4,864
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,103 4,897 5,650 4,538 3,917 3,659 3,178 2,635 2,882 4,864
        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 172,991 160,235 142,283 123,853 149,764 151,654 143,406 159,880 149,392 148,924
        Agricultural sciences 85,524 85,319 51,837 44,790 58,811 57,924 46,576 49,114 49,050 56,106
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,701 42,147 42,898 39,072 56,405 62,125 69,333 80,859 76,544 62,223
        Health sciences 0 402 19,767 15,103 26,137 23,102 19,652 23,024 16,072 21,524
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 7,157 8,411 8,503 7,845 6,883 0 0
        Life sciences nec 40,766 32,367 27,781 17,731 0 0 0 0 7,726 9,071
      Mathematics and statistics 19,968 19,927 16,101 17,062 16,551 17,694 16,481 12,770 13,933 12,519
      Physical sciences 31,219 30,440 26,696 27,216 40,040 42,277 27,491 24,170 20,659 18,221
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,985 14,302 11,950 12,374 12,549 14,074 10,338 8,746 12,082 9,083
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 10,905 11,751 7,286 6,042 0 0
        Physics 15,234 16,138 14,746 14,842 16,586 16,452 9,867 9,382 8,577 9,138
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,350 3,852 3,595 3,786 9,858 12,694 6,041 3,291 2,598 2,101
      Social sciences 8,107 10,305 10,196 6,923 3,741 4,356 7,385 8,587 11,848 12,919
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0
        Economics 4,289 4,507 3,005 3,699 1,466 2,099 3,514 1,541 3,908 4,409
        Political science and government 714 555 692 899 1,052 1,013 772 536 487 346
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,691 4,890 3,550 2,098 1,223 1,244 3,024 6,466 7,431 8,129
        Social sciences nec 413 353 2,949 227 0 0 75 2 22 35
      Sciences nec 435 375 878 5,821 5,533 2,148 3,081 6,161 5,744 2,165
    Engineering 140,782 132,475 123,428 109,473 104,798 99,214 95,306 92,088 84,114 91,095
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,468 8,492 6,391 5,301 6,271 5,282 5,066 4,390 4,189 5,605
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,261 16,789 13,461 8,679 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 10,826 8,421 7,640 6,746 10,114 11,979 11,572 12,881 11,602 11,330
      Civil engineering 26,330 23,902 25,188 21,348 27,609 28,083 26,373 24,447 20,681 18,502
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,967 12,017 11,018 12,327 22,091 20,761 20,154 19,977 14,163 15,236
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 5,580 7,299 8,378 6,655 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,433 9,094 7,849 13,685 8,787 9,070 9,652 8,102 6,773 8,301
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 9,806 9,811 8,868 4,870 0 0 0 0 5,032 6,524
      Engineering nec 50,691 43,949 43,013 36,517 24,346 16,740 14,111 15,636 21,674 25,597
    Non-S&E 32,542 24,896 25,604 56,769 15,976 17,316 13,484 11,563 10,490 15,970
      Business management and business administration 17,186 8,981 9,087 2,246 4,442 5,607 2,504 1,958 2,103 3,838
      Communication and communications technologies 822 1,207 918 607 769 731 576 500 495 329
      Education 2,654 2,554 3,024 3,168 5,391 5,738 6,045 4,620 4,214 7,188
      Humanities 7,180 6,803 6,993 7,528 3,803 3,405 3,217 3,073 2,781 3,957
      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 1,829 1,541 1,138 2,317 761 1,008 954 869 780 577
      Non-S&E nec 2,871 3,810 4,444 40,903 810 827 188 543 117 81

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 420,823 195,394 34,183 156,282 21,246 13,084 634
    Science 247,499 116,797 23,925 81,768 15,856 9,067 86
      Computer and information sciences 6,326 3,346 0 2,977 3 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,103 3,218 164 1,711 10 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,103 3,218 164 1,711 10 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 172,991 73,394 21,221 55,060 14,901 8,343 72
        Agricultural sciences 85,524 31,715 8,883 26,653 13,289 4,917 67
        Biological and biomedical sciences 46,701 21,655 6,982 14,610 1,382 2,072 0
        Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 40,766 20,024 5,356 13,797 230 1,354 5
      Mathematics and statistics 19,968 11,643 245 7,633 424 9 14
      Physical sciences 31,219 23,112 23 7,405 511 168 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,985 12,091 23 3,520 183 168 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 15,234 11,021 0 3,885 328 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 3,350 811 0 2,159 0 380 0
      Social sciences 8,107 1,273 2,026 4,634 7 167 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 4,289 293 1,217 2,766 0 13 0
        Political science and government 714 52 9 583 0 70 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,691 585 797 1,218 7 84 0
        Social sciences nec 413 343 3 67 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 435 0 246 189 0 0 0
    Engineering 140,782 73,907 9,435 47,937 4,977 3,978 548
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8,468 5,199 50 3,108 85 0 26
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16,261 12,220 308 3,157 219 357 0
      Chemical engineering 10,826 5,824 0 3,676 508 679 139
      Civil engineering 26,330 11,961 5,134 7,668 866 673 28
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 10,967 3,401 244 6,281 198 804 39
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,433 3,160 273 3,973 22 5 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 9,806 6,531 250 2,610 356 7 52
      Engineering nec 50,691 25,611 3,176 17,464 2,723 1,453 264
    Non-S&E 32,542 4,690 823 26,577 413 39 0
      Business management and business administration 17,186 989 326 15,836 25 10 0
      Communication and communications technologies 822 157 0 615 43 7 0
      Education 2,654 735 41 1,548 328 2 0
      Humanities 7,180 754 21 6,380 10 15 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,829 546 420 856 7 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2,871 1,509 15 1,342 0 5 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 195,394 187,156 169,177 165,912 147,866 147,679 128,221 125,397 114,518 116,273
  DOD 12,259 11,228 11,182 12,666 11,859 11,716 10,753 9,126 8,037 10,964
  DOE 34,045 35,457 33,990 33,159 30,266 29,709 10,173 7,407 6,733 6,573
  HHS 31,326 28,573 23,135 23,498 19,072 16,232 14,874 14,218 11,761 13,333
  NASA 4,612 3,972 2,027 1,873 2,108 1,976 1,933 1,315 1,371 1,739
  NSF 35,809 33,906 30,813 29,570 34,620 33,926 35,549 37,161 34,956 35,718
  USDA 50,328 52,471 38,170 35,066 29,336 31,575 34,614 38,507 37,273 34,188
  Other 27,015 21,549 29,860 30,080 20,605 22,545 20,325 17,663 14,387 13,758

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 5,682 734 4,948 .
2018 5,595 734 4,861 .
2017 5,617 729 4,888 .

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 . 53,393
    Agricultural sciences 53,777 0 15,940 . 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 . 53,393
    Engineering 0 11,919 4,525 . 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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