Michigan 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 29 94 459 56 92 679 15 97.7 602 41 95.7 914
2022 25 94.8 457 51 92.7 680 40 95.7 900
2021 24 94.9 447 51 92.8 691 15 97.6 583 39 95.8 908
2020 26 94.5 450 43 94 698 37 96.1 916
2019 23 95.1 447 48 93.3 697 13 98 589 35 96.3 914
2018 25 94.4 428 46 93.6 700 32 96.6 911
2017 21 95.3 425 45 93.6 684 11 98.3 575 32 96.6 898
2016 24 94.7 430 48 93.3 697 36 96.1 896
2015 18 96 426 45 93.7 693 14 97.7 570 38 95.9 898
2014 23 94.8 422 44 93.8 688 37 96 889
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 515 515 475 508 518 491 511 497 569 506
  Science and engineering 393 391 356 373 383 346 375 343 422 364
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 41 38 35 41 41 30 39 34 49 50
      Agricultural sciences 29 24 26 35 33 22 29 24 36 35
      Natural resources and conservation 12 14 9 6 8 8 10 10 13 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 64 88 63 76 94 84 72 73 78 70
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 13 4 7 7 7 4 9 9 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 3 4 2 2 . 2 3 . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 3 1 . 3 1 2 4 2 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 1 4 2 4 3 . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 13 15 11 13 16 15 13 11 13 13
      Genetics and genomics 2 5 . 1 7 4 3 5 5 1
      Microbiology and immunology 14 13 9 9 9 9 10 10 8 6
      Molecular biology 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 1 8 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 5 6 6 7 11 4 5 10 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology 9 2 5 9 4 12 5 3 2 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 5 4 6 11 2 7 4 6 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 10 20 17 19 23 18 14 15 15 14
    Computer and information sciences 18 20 15 14 9 18 16 10 20 14
      Computer science 14 11 13 12 9 18 15 8 20 14
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 9 2 2 . . 1 2 . .
    Engineering 112 89 70 73 80 68 60 59 98 63
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 3 4 2 . 1 3 1 2 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 7 6 3 5 13 6 8 10 17 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 21 14 9 12 10 9 6 7 13 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 30 26 20 21 21 23 19 30 17
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 10 8 6 9 9 5 1 6 7 7
      Mechanical engineering 22 21 16 21 17 19 16 12 20 13
      Engineering, other 11 6 6 3 10 7 3 4 8 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 4 4 4 3 . 5 4 4 3
      Geological sciences 4 4 3 2 . . 2 1 2 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . 1 2 3 . 3 3 2 1
    Health sciences 7 14 14 20 8 10 16 15 13 11
      Nursing science 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 1 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1
      Health sciences, other 5 12 13 18 7 7 11 14 10 9
    Mathematics and statistics 24 22 22 12 16 19 15 26 18 15
      Applied mathematics 7 2 2 2 5 4 6 11 5 5
      Mathematics 3 1 4 1 2 7 1 3 7 6
      Statistics 7 6 6 6 3 5 6 7 4 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 13 10 3 6 3 2 5 2 .
    Physical sciences 55 49 58 45 57 44 52 39 55 47
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 3 9 1 1 1 3 3 1 1
      Chemistry 20 26 29 22 38 26 33 19 29 28
      Physics 26 20 20 22 18 17 16 17 25 18
    Psychology 16 23 11 33 20 23 25 22 19 28
      Clinical psychology 3 2 1 4 2 6 3 3 3 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 13 6 16 12 11 9 7 3 6
      Research and experimental psychology 2 4 . 5 2 1 6 2 2 7
      Psychology, other 6 4 4 8 4 5 7 10 11 10
    Social sciences 51 44 64 55 55 50 75 61 68 63
      Anthropology 2 2 9 3 6 10 11 10 5 7
      Economics 14 16 16 8 16 9 19 10 17 17
      Political science and government 5 2 8 8 3 3 6 5 11 3
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 3 2 5 5 7 10 10 5 8
      Social sciences, other 27 21 29 31 25 21 29 26 30 28
  Non-science and engineering 122 124 119 135 135 145 136 154 147 142
    Business 17 17 4 11 9 12 18 18 11 18
      Business 17 17 4 11 9 12 18 18 11 18
    Education 63 67 73 71 75 86 70 82 83 77
      Education leadership and administration 4 4 1 5 6 9 7 9 9 7
      Education research 36 37 47 49 50 52 43 52 55 52
      Teacher education and teaching fields 17 25 22 17 18 22 20 19 18 18
      Education, other 6 1 3 . 1 3 . 2 1 .
    Humanities and arts 25 27 17 31 29 29 30 40 31 28
      Letters 12 13 8 11 9 15 14 12 9 6
      Foreign languages and literature 1 1 . . 4 1 4 2 4 6
      History 8 7 7 8 4 6 7 12 9 8
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 2 1 4 7 4 3 8 7 4
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 4 1 8 5 3 2 6 2 4
    Other non-science and engineering 17 13 25 22 22 18 18 14 22 19
      Communication 14 10 18 16 18 15 15 6 17 15
      Public administration and social services 2 . 4 4 3 3 3 6 3 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 3 3 2 1 . . 2 2 3

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 1,595 1,575 1,470 1,616 1,609 1,654 1,603 1,585 1,562 1,623
    Female 1,415 1,398 1,252 1,275 1,216 1,229 1,234 1,327 1,359 1,376
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,703 1,763 1,631 1,789 1,711 1,712 1,660 1,748 1,779 1,745
    Hispanic or Latino 178 174 151 155 140 138 115 112 106 108
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,467 1,541 1,427 1,582 1,520 1,524 1,492 1,585 1,608 1,570
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 4 8 4 6 5 5 6 6 5
      Asian 113 118 94 99 91 96 81 88 95 88
      Black or African American 96 90 79 90 82 74 70 77 87 89
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 1,192 1,270 1,185 1,334 1,290 1,294 1,287 1,358 1,367 1,342
      More than one race 60 58 60 55 51 55 49 56 53 46
    Unknown ethnicity and race 58 48 53 52 51 50 53 51 65 67
  Temporary visa holders 1,307 1,210 1,091 1,102 1,114 1,171 1,177 1,164 1,142 1,254
  Science and engineering 2,794 2,743 2,540 2,697 2,584 2,680 2,613 2,593 2,585 2,665
    Science 2,282 2,216 2,018 2,224 2,029 2,112 2,083 2,131 2,113 2,134
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 230 224 206 230 202 174 163 338 342 335
      Biological and biomedical sciences 343 342 322 342 353 412 421 356 462 455
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 29 30
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 110 98
      Computer and information sciences 211 188 156 172 155 148 146 121 113 114
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 56 57
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 41 34 35 42 37 33 29 26 23 22
      Mathematics and statistics 273 234 192 202 188 212 193 170 146 161
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 82 76 71 159 64 72 74 95 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 115 113 116 137 150 148 156 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 445 420 345 385 398 391 375 366 351 358
      Psychology 234 253 241 180 112 110 98 98 92 95
      Social sciences 308 332 334 375 370 412 428 371 389 409
    Engineering 512 527 522 473 555 568 530 462 472 531
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 67 74 72 69 62 52 33 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 115 103 94 101 89 98 98 79 82 78
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 144 138 151 166 184 192 176 155 159 184
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 105 131 119 137 130 128 125 109 108 125
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 81 81 86 0 90 98 98 119 123 144
    Health 216 230 182 194 241 203 224 319 336 334
      Clinical medicine 50 55 26 32 26 39 44 91 123 133
      Other health 166 175 156 162 215 164 180 228 213 201

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 307 335 380 275 269 272 274 263 280 249
    Female 468 476 558 424 416 423 374 397 368 383
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 725 748 847 643 633 643 608 589 569 582
    Hispanic or Latino 60 62 62 59 38 38 37 36 49 45
    Not Hispanic or Latino 662 679 774 580 587 591 561 543 511 522
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 3 1 4 2 0 0 3 2 6
      Asian 51 65 63 41 41 42 37 44 31 39
      Black or African American 50 50 42 27 30 43 47 54 62 49
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
      White 538 539 652 491 500 490 464 431 403 418
      More than one race 18 21 16 16 13 15 12 10 13 10
    Unknown ethnicity and race 3 7 11 4 8 14 10 10 9 15
  Temporary visa holders 50 63 91 56 52 52 40 71 79 50
  Science and engineering 640 687 818 593 371 580 530 330 328 342
    Science 515 577 710 512 295 529 490 282 269 299
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 165 190 224 238 23 40 16 40 44 49
      Biological and biomedical sciences 142 163 197 157 178 384 386 170 157 166
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 9
      Computer and information sciences 19 29 31 17 13 19 12 12 13 15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 12
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 5 7 2 2 4 3 0 2 1
      Mathematics and statistics 15 15 15 5 4 3 6 0 2 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 4 7 4 9 4 8 3 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 27 31 24 27 29 30 24 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 10 53 6 9 5 1 3 2 4
      Psychology 118 114 124 35 9 17 14 9 6 4
      Social sciences 15 16 28 21 19 23 20 25 26 29
    Engineering 125 110 108 81 76 51 40 48 59 43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 4 7 4 4 2 2 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 11 13 12 6 11 7 7 15 11 6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 60 61 46 41 37 26 23 20 23 21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 47 30 40 30 21 9 6 7 14 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 2 3 0 3 7 2 6 11 2
    Health 135 124 120 106 314 115 118 330 320 290
      Clinical medicine 109 90 82 62 68 83 89 122 121 124
      Other health 26 34 38 44 246 32 29 208 199 166

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 902 777 817 742 748 690 683 512 505 586 0
  Science and engineering 895 771 784 739 728 680 671 496 491 569 0
    Science 679 595 600 559 523 517 508 409 391 445 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 70 70 63 63 52 47 40 63 55 72 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 134 104 117 97 106 125 109 92 120 118 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 18 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 14 0
      Computer and information sciences 62 56 58 52 59 55 57 34 32 49 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 16 14 13 16 12 14 8 1 4 0
      Mathematics and statistics 59 48 45 38 30 29 29 19 12 21 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 34 31 19 47 18 15 19 24 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 31 26 35 29 26 30 32 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 180 154 142 155 144 136 136 92 85 86 0
      Psychology 53 58 58 28 27 27 28 20 21 16 0
      Social sciences 36 32 49 37 45 41 44 34 38 44 0
    Engineering 216 176 184 180 205 163 163 87 100 124 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 33 34 31 24 23 16 13 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 41 27 30 32 20 16 20 5 9 10 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 73 60 62 72 86 64 62 36 45 54 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 47 43 38 52 43 34 36 18 18 23 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 22 12 23 0 33 33 32 28 28 37 0
    Health 7 6 33 3 20 10 12 16 14 17 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
      Other health 7 6 27 3 20 10 11 15 14 15 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 3,010 2,973 2,722 2,891 2,825 2,883 2,837 2,912 2,921 2,999
  Fellowships 360 321 331 325 250 293 322 447 471 455
    Federal 90 77 126 67 48 47 36 37 34 27
    Institutional 265 239 204 221 161 195 188 284 291 288
    Nonfederal 5 5 1 37 41 51 98 126 146 140
  Research assistantships 1,432 1,399 1,418 1,361 1,415 1,355 1,311 1,298 1,280 1,420
    Federal 806 697 688 672 700 643 644 474 468 556
    Institutional 476 568 621 550 571 567 500 584 446 517
    Nonfederal 150 134 109 139 144 145 167 240 366 347
  Teaching assistantships 816 835 742 819 818 823 832 863 840 761
    Federal 6 3 3 3 0 0 3 1 3 3
    Institutional 809 830 738 816 817 822 818 854 829 757
    Nonfederal 1 2 1 0 1 1 11 8 8 1
  Other types of support 402 418 231 386 342 412 372 304 330 363
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 340 345 205 125 88 97 25 29 28 32
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 1 0 9 9 10 7 8
    Personal resources 62 73 26 260 254 306 338 265 295 323

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 548 530 578 574 601 542 539 496 447 427
    Science 494 486 532 534 554 502 504 463 413 393
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 59 56 66 56 71 58 55 81 70 73
      Biological and biomedical sciences 213 224 234 220 246 217 225 207 186 168
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
      Computer and information sciences 7 7 4 7 7 9 12 6 9 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 4 12 15 10 7 4 6 8 5
      Mathematics and statistics 33 27 29 47 38 44 39 31 30 31
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 12 21 13 4 4 4 7 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 30 29 29 28 43 37 38 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 103 90 97 99 100 101 102 104 91 85
      Psychology 15 16 21 25 16 11 8 5 5 6
      Social sciences 23 21 19 24 19 14 17 10 9 8
    Engineering 54 44 46 40 47 40 35 33 34 34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 5 4 5 8 8 8 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 14 12 7 10 3 3 6 4 6 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 11 15 10 14 12 7 13 10 8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 8 14 15 16 10 7 8 2 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Other engineering 10 8 6 0 6 7 7 8 16 12
    Health 34 36 35 34 36 17 16 26 24 23
      Clinical medicine 29 33 34 32 32 10 7 12 9 10
      Other health 5 3 1 2 4 7 9 14 15 13

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 331 346 363 323 329 290 271 212 220 211
  Science and engineering 311 324 340 310 316 282 266 203 211 196
    Science 280 296 314 293 290 265 250 190 194 183
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 27 27 36 29 36 32 23 27 21 23
      Biological and biomedical sciences 138 155 153 139 143 136 127 100 104 92
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 5 6 2 3 4 1 6 3 8 8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 3 5 7 5 4 3 1 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics 14 12 10 11 13 9 9 4 4 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 7 12 4 3 3 3 3 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 6 9 11 12 10 12 14 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 64 60 64 65 59 56 54 44 46 45
      Psychology 8 6 10 12 7 6 3 2 2 1
      Social sciences 12 11 11 11 10 6 8 3 4 3
    Engineering 31 28 26 17 26 17 16 13 17 13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 8 4 4 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 8 7 4 2 2 1 2 1 3 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 8 8 4 5 5 4 4 5 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 7 10 11 5 5 4 1 2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Other engineering 3 3 3 0 4 4 3 4 8 4
    Health 20 22 23 13 13 8 5 9 9 15
      Clinical medicine 17 20 22 12 10 5 3 4 1 9
      Other health 3 2 1 1 3 3 2 5 8 6

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 844,076 759,229 710,178 713,197 725,708 715,290 694,917 613,369 558,248 526,906
    Science 701,458 638,716 593,544 591,694 602,380 596,794 591,693 528,021 475,602 448,995
      Computer and information sciences 18,855 15,978 15,996 15,783 19,013 14,890 11,077 14,567 11,478 12,124
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7,557 6,532 5,695 5,435 5,244 3,779 3,277 2,917 2,685 2,767
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 7,339 6,272 5,480 5,199 5,044 3,556 3,002 2,679 2,451 2,536
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 218 260 215 236 200 223 275 238 234 231
      Life sciences 377,253 347,119 317,235 319,883 353,934 340,065 323,754 292,851 259,653 251,495
        Agricultural sciences 142,085 128,448 112,272 112,270 136,723 136,150 130,732 120,621 104,617 95,868
        Biological and biomedical sciences 126,462 117,176 117,739 117,715 119,653 113,287 113,371 99,995 100,011 101,260
        Health sciences 76,888 71,382 57,339 60,154 65,910 59,646 53,993 50,413 43,475 42,834
        Natural resources and conservation 15,616 13,883 15,243 14,634 15,462 15,668 14,724 14,269 0 0
        Life sciences nec 16,202 16,230 14,642 15,110 16,186 15,314 10,934 7,553 11,550 11,533
      Mathematics and statistics 13,271 11,990 11,152 12,494 11,394 12,008 10,342 9,830 9,004 9,206
      Physical sciences 207,802 183,514 167,520 154,318 151,159 169,148 191,923 164,644 132,049 119,461
        Astronomy and astrophysics 66 69 65 39 7 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 19,687 15,669 12,568 11,806 10,320 10,641 11,204 9,390 9,126 8,546
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 188,049 167,776 154,887 142,473 140,832 158,507 180,719 155,254 122,923 110,915
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 14,085 13,643 13,042 16,399 17,834 14,454 11,292 9,633 9,947 8,099
      Social sciences 46,373 43,672 45,620 50,407 27,037 25,610 23,813 20,445 39,171 32,907
        Anthropology 1,409 1,418 1,122 984 1,639 1,394 1,438 1,082 0 0
        Economics 19,466 16,870 18,907 22,755 810 799 1,026 683 21,923 17,154
        Political science and government 3,687 3,160 2,661 2,799 3,586 3,533 3,022 2,692 2,636 3,085
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,753 3,579 3,383 3,269 2,463 2,859 3,475 2,593 3,470 2,879
        Social sciences nec 19,058 18,645 19,547 20,600 18,539 17,025 14,852 13,395 11,142 9,789
      Sciences nec 16,262 16,268 17,284 16,975 16,765 16,840 16,215 13,134 11,615 12,936
    Engineering 86,949 81,143 79,360 82,690 79,638 77,165 61,918 45,183 44,392 43,506
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20,130 19,620 20,095 22,392 21,181 18,149 2,227 1,408 1,210 1,139
      Chemical engineering 11,789 11,917 13,601 14,650 14,839 20,788 23,333 12,400 11,264 11,073
      Civil engineering 12,213 10,614 9,254 7,482 6,522 6,920 7,046 6,372 6,798 4,659
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,086 17,545 16,405 18,763 18,523 15,146 15,935 13,511 14,148 13,360
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11,332 11,501 11,976 12,106 11,497 9,314 7,303 6,078 5,991 7,702
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 12,399 9,946 8,029 7,297 7,076 6,848 6,074 5,414 4,981 5,573
    Non-S&E 55,669 39,370 37,274 38,813 43,690 41,331 41,306 40,165 38,254 34,405
      Business management and business administration 6,979 4,683 6,161 5,991 6,739 2,972 4,252 4,117 4,874 1,543
      Communication and communications technologies 5,949 4,196 3,290 3,630 3,206 3,616 3,947 3,304 4,331 3,384
      Education 18,459 15,222 13,528 16,078 16,860 16,266 15,925 17,154 16,517 19,355
      Humanities 6,910 4,138 3,312 2,912 4,300 3,879 3,446 3,216 2,486 1,505
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335
      Social work 3,022 2,024 1,539 1,291 1,433 1,731 1,841 1,479 533 392
      Visual and performing arts 472 380 303 446 390 492 469 235 281 837
      Non-S&E nec 13,878 8,727 9,141 8,465 10,762 12,375 11,426 10,660 9,232 7,054

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 844,076 435,564 46,353 300,588 18,603 22,693 20,275
    Science 701,458 382,057 42,119 236,520 10,964 15,904 13,894
      Computer and information sciences 18,855 9,968 3 7,983 737 2 162
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7,557 3,391 0 3,745 54 33 334
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 7,339 3,391 0 3,527 54 33 334
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 218 0 0 218 0 0 0
      Life sciences 377,253 176,867 39,480 136,185 8,648 6,231 9,842
        Agricultural sciences 142,085 52,018 28,640 50,073 4,075 2,612 4,667
        Biological and biomedical sciences 126,462 69,665 6,177 45,752 1,321 1,390 2,157
        Health sciences 76,888 43,065 196 27,491 2,511 1,552 2,073
        Natural resources and conservation 15,616 3,780 4,467 6,440 28 274 627
        Life sciences nec 16,202 8,339 0 6,429 713 403 318
      Mathematics and statistics 13,271 8,247 0 4,587 164 247 26
      Physical sciences 207,802 154,210 51 51,084 1,298 655 504
        Astronomy and astrophysics 66 65 0 1 0 0 0
        Chemistry 19,687 9,393 17 8,963 554 501 259
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 188,049 144,752 34 42,120 744 154 245
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 14,085 8,883 13 4,684 0 348 157
      Social sciences 46,373 19,628 2,327 17,950 57 3,598 2,813
        Anthropology 1,409 143 0 1,097 0 108 61
        Economics 19,466 10,487 1,533 4,201 0 2,268 977
        Political science and government 3,687 231 0 2,960 0 0 496
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2,753 955 140 1,612 0 39 7
        Social sciences nec 19,058 7,812 654 8,080 57 1,183 1,272
      Sciences nec 16,262 863 245 10,302 6 4,790 56
    Engineering 86,949 37,598 1,803 37,739 5,262 1,001 3,546
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20,130 4,013 0 15,036 86 409 586
      Chemical engineering 11,789 5,334 26 4,457 1,711 45 216
      Civil engineering 12,213 6,772 111 3,725 331 17 1,257
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 19,086 10,479 72 5,612 1,687 336 900
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 11,332 5,192 6 4,705 984 157 288
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 12,399 5,808 1,588 4,204 463 37 299
    Non-S&E 55,669 15,909 2,431 26,329 2,377 5,788 2,835
      Business management and business administration 6,979 1,640 0 3,828 1,149 257 105
      Communication and communications technologies 5,949 2,219 594 1,853 185 786 312
      Education 18,459 8,746 1,102 5,223 542 2,479 367
      Humanities 6,910 913 162 4,465 4 695 671
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 3,022 1,035 74 1,861 0 27 25
      Visual and performing arts 472 30 0 344 0 0 98
      Non-S&E nec 13,878 1,326 499 8,755 497 1,544 1,257

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 435,564 381,504 349,889 329,748 331,148 328,618 343,751 310,225 272,838 261,826
  DOD 15,763 16,019 14,834 15,237 14,519 11,691 8,697 9,550 9,433 10,176
  DOE 156,742 127,822 108,509 86,992 78,917 93,221 121,055 100,039 75,168 59,867
  HHS 118,142 104,978 84,853 80,965 80,546 69,369 62,275 56,359 53,559 57,369
  NASA 4,094 3,930 3,963 3,865 2,890 2,651 2,425 2,798 2,456 1,752
  NSF 61,082 63,157 71,392 78,931 83,070 80,015 75,407 72,873 68,535 76,889
  USDA 37,842 33,485 32,154 32,081 34,267 33,054 35,710 34,709 32,593 29,274
  Other 41,899 32,113 34,184 31,677 36,939 38,617 38,182 33,897 31,094 26,499

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 7,935 1,137 6,798 .
2018 7,840 1,133 6,707 .
2017 7,548 1,089 6,459 .

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 2,620 2,678 2,814 2,790 2,446
    Agricultural sciences 907 968 1,071 1,072 1,062
    Biological and biomedical sciences 528 569 594 595 444
    Computer and information sciences 23 24 25 24 12
    Engineering 221 206 230 229 235
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 24 24 25 28 12
    Health sciences 127 142 198 235 256
    Mathematics and statistics 14 11 11 8 10
    Natural resources and conservation 99 96 100 90 24
    Physical sciences 426 398 376 339 310
    Psychology 48 41 35 38 31
    Social sciences 74 77 58 55 49
    Other 128 121 90 76 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 468,563 29,585 6,137 23,748 117,900
    Agricultural sciences 220,563 10,285 0 0 19,300
    Biological and biomedical sciences 160,000 0 0 0 98,600
    Engineering 0 0 0 9,698 0
    Health sciences 88,000 12,400 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 6,900 6,137 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 14,050 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 20,362 63,525 51,101 15,948 10,148
    Agricultural sciences 7,237 8,218 1,653 5,478 470
    Biological and biomedical sciences 8,007 8,906 5,039 4,139 2,431
    Computer and information sciences 1,500 258 0 0 2,886
    Engineering 709 1,485 834 2,562 891
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 550 0 754 0
    Health sciences 0 9,079 3,585 0 700
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 452 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 3,400 0 0 275
    Physical sciences 410 30,356 34,764 1,623 1,090
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 2,498 1,273 5,226 940 1,405

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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