Michigan 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 31 93.5 459 53 91.8 631 38 96 925
2023 29 94 459 56 92 679 41 95.6 911 15 97.7 602
2022 25 94.8 457 51 92.7 680 40 95.7 900
2021 24 94.9 447 51 92.8 691 39 95.8 908 15 97.6 583
2020 26 94.5 450 43 94 698 37 96.1 916
2019 23 95.1 447 48 93.3 697 35 96.3 914 13 98 589
2018 25 94.4 428 46 93.6 700 32 96.6 911
2017 21 95.3 425 45 93.6 684 32 96.6 898 11 98.3 575
2016 24 94.7 430 48 93.3 697 36 96.1 896
2015 18 96 426 45 93.7 693 38 95.9 898 14 97.7 570
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 495 510 515 475 508 518 491 511 497 569
  Science and engineering 411 389 391 356 373 383 346 375 343 422
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 42 41 38 35 41 41 30 39 34 49
      Agricultural sciences 30 29 24 26 35 33 22 29 24 36
      Natural resources and conservation 12 12 14 9 6 8 8 10 10 13
    Biological and biomedical sciences 76 63 88 63 76 94 84 72 73 78
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 3 13 4 7 7 7 4 9 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 1 3 4 2 2 . 2 3 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 5 5 3 1 . 3 1 2 4 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 1 . 1 4 2 4 3 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 13 15 11 13 16 15 13 11 13
      Genetics and genomics 4 1 5 . 1 7 4 3 5 5
      Microbiology and immunology 8 14 13 9 9 9 9 10 10 8
      Molecular biology 5 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 1 8
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 1 5 6 6 7 11 4 5 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 9 2 5 9 4 12 5 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 1 5 4 6 11 2 7 4 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 19 10 20 17 19 23 18 14 15 15
    Computer and information sciences 16 17 20 15 14 9 18 16 10 20
      Computer science 9 13 11 13 12 9 18 15 8 20
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 4 9 2 2 . . 1 2 .
    Engineering 87 111 89 70 73 80 68 60 59 98
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11 16 3 4 2 . 1 3 1 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 7 6 3 5 13 6 8 10 17
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 20 14 9 12 10 9 6 7 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 28 24 30 26 20 21 21 23 19 30
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 5 10 8 6 9 9 5 1 6 7
      Mechanical engineering 19 22 21 16 21 17 19 16 12 20
      Engineering, other 7 11 6 6 3 10 7 3 4 8
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 5 4 4 4 3 . 5 4 4
      Geological sciences 1 4 4 3 2 . . 2 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 1 . 1 2 3 . 3 3 2
    Health sciences 13 7 14 14 20 8 10 16 15 13
      Nursing science 4 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 2
      Public health . 1 1 . . . . 1 . 1
      Health sciences, other 9 5 12 13 18 7 7 11 14 10
    Mathematics and statistics 28 23 22 22 12 16 19 15 26 18
      Applied mathematics 6 7 2 2 2 5 4 6 11 5
      Mathematics 4 3 1 4 1 2 7 1 3 7
      Statistics 5 7 6 6 6 3 5 6 7 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 6 13 10 3 6 3 2 5 2
    Physical sciences 56 55 49 58 45 57 44 52 39 55
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 9 3 9 1 1 1 3 3 1
      Chemistry 30 20 26 29 22 38 26 33 19 29
      Physics 18 26 20 20 22 18 17 16 17 25
    Psychology 32 16 23 11 33 20 23 25 22 19
      Clinical psychology 6 3 2 1 4 2 6 3 3 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 12 5 13 6 16 12 11 9 7 3
      Research and experimental psychology 4 2 4 . 5 2 1 6 2 2
      Psychology, other 10 6 4 4 8 4 5 7 10 11
    Social sciences 58 51 44 64 55 55 50 75 61 68
      Anthropology 7 2 2 9 3 6 10 11 10 5
      Economics 13 14 16 16 8 16 9 19 10 17
      Political science and government 5 5 2 8 8 3 3 6 5 11
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 3 3 2 5 5 7 10 10 5
      Social sciences, other 27 27 21 29 31 25 21 29 26 30
  Non-science and engineering 84 121 124 119 135 135 145 136 154 147
    Business 16 17 17 4 11 9 12 18 18 11
      Business 16 17 17 4 11 9 12 18 18 11
    Education 37 62 67 73 71 75 86 70 82 83
      Education leadership and administration 1 4 4 1 5 6 9 7 9 9
      Education research 22 35 37 47 49 50 52 43 52 55
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 17 25 22 17 18 22 20 19 18
      Education, other 1 6 1 3 . 1 3 . 2 1
    Humanities and arts 15 25 27 17 31 29 29 30 40 31
      Letters 7 12 13 8 11 9 15 14 12 9
      Foreign languages and literature 1 1 1 . . 4 1 4 2 4
      History 3 8 7 7 8 4 6 7 12 9
      Philosophy and religious studies . 3 2 1 4 7 4 3 8 7
      Humanities and arts, other 4 1 4 1 8 5 3 2 6 2
    Other non-science and engineering 16 17 13 25 22 22 18 18 14 22
      Communication 13 14 10 18 16 18 15 15 6 17
      Public administration and social services 2 2 . 4 4 3 3 3 6 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 3 3 2 1 . . 2 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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,716   1,703   1,763   1,631   1,789   1,711   1,712   1,660   1,748   1,779
    Hispanic or Latino   155   178   174   151   155   140   138   115   112   106
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,496   1,467   1,541   1,427   1,582   1,520   1,524   1,492   1,585   1,608
      American Indian or Alaska Native   8   5   4   8   4   6   5   5   6   6
      Asian   131   113   118   94   99   91   96   81   88   95
      Black or African American   86   96   90   79   90   82   74   70   77   87
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   1,208   1,192   1,270   1,185   1,334   1,290   1,294   1,287   1,358   1,367
      More than one race   62   60   58   60   55   51   55   49   56   53
    Unknown ethnicity and race   65   58   48   53   52   51   50   53   51   65
  Temporary visa holders   1,340   1,307   1,210   1,091   1,102   1,114   1,171   1,177   1,164   1,142
  Science and engineering   2,840   2,794   2,743   2,540   2,697   2,584   2,680   2,613   2,593   2,585
    Science   2,325   2,282   2,216   2,018   2,224   2,029   2,112   2,083   2,131   2,113
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   235   230   224   206   230   202   174   163   338   342
      Biological and biomedical sciences   371   343   342   322   342   353   412   421   356   462
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   118   110
      Computer and information sciences   219   211   188   156   172   155   148   146   121   113
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   49   56
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   44   41   34   35   42   37   33   29   26   23
      Mathematics and statistics   276   273   234   192   202   188   212   193   170   146
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   86   82   76   71   159   64   72   74   95   0
      Natural resources and conservation   120   115   113   116   137   150   148   156   0   0
      Physical sciences   451   445   420   345   385   398   391   375   366   351
      Psychology   228   234   253   241   180   112   110   98   98   92
      Social sciences   295   308   332   334   375   370   412   428   371   389
    Engineering   515   512   527   522   473   555   568   530   462   472
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   72   67   74   72   69   62   52   33   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   112   115   103   94   101   89   98   98   79   82
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   153   144   138   151   166   184   192   176   155   159
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   90   105   131   119   137   130   128   125   109   108
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   88   81   81   86   0   90   98   98   119   123
    Health   216   216   230   182   194   241   203   224   319   336
      Clinical medicine   39   50   55   26   32   26   39   44   91   123
      Other health   177   166   175   156   162   215   164   180   228   213

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   756   725   748   847   643   633   643   608   589   569
    Hispanic or Latino   57   60   62   62   59   38   38   37   36   49
    Not Hispanic or Latino   693   662   679   774   580   587   591   561   543   511
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   4   3   1   4   2   0   0   3   2
      Asian   57   51   65   63   41   41   42   37   44   31
      Black or African American   49   50   50   42   27   30   43   47   54   62
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   1   0   1   1   1   1   1   0
      White   558   538   539   652   491   500   490   464   431   403
      More than one race   25   18   21   16   16   13   15   12   10   13
    Unknown ethnicity and race   6   3   7   11   4   8   14   10   10   9
  Temporary visa holders   48   50   63   91   56   52   52   40   71   79
  Science and engineering   676   640   687   818   593   371   580   530   330   328
    Science   535   515   577   710   512   295   529   490   282   269
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   155   165   190   224   238   23   40   16   40   44
      Biological and biomedical sciences   135   142   163   197   157   178   384   386   170   157
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   9
      Computer and information sciences   25   19   29   31   17   13   19   12   12   13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   5   5   7   2   2   4   3   0   2
      Mathematics and statistics   5   15   15   15   5   4   3   6   0   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   4   4   7   4   9   4   8   3   0
      Natural resources and conservation   37   27   31   24   27   29   30   24   0   0
      Physical sciences   3   5   10   53   6   9   5   1   3   2
      Psychology   150   118   114   124   35   9   17   14   9   6
      Social sciences   14   15   16   28   21   19   23   20   25   26
    Engineering   141   125   110   108   81   76   51   40   48   59
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   4   4   7   4   4   2   2   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   11   13   12   6   11   7   7   15   11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   69   60   61   46   41   37   26   23   20   23
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   56   47   30   40   30   21   9   6   7   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   2   3   2   3   0   3   7   2   6   11
    Health   128   135   124   120   106   314   115   118   330   320
      Clinical medicine   102   109   90   82   62   68   83   89   122   121
      Other health   26   26   34   38   44   246   32   29   208   199

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   902   902   777   817   742   748   690   683   512   505
  Science and engineering   891   895   771   784   739   728   680   671   496   491
    Science   681   679   595   600   559   523   517   508   409   391
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   82   70   70   63   63   52   47   40   63   55
      Biological and biomedical sciences   131   134   104   117   97   106   125   109   92   120
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   12
      Computer and information sciences   72   62   56   58   52   59   55   57   34   32
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   23   20   16   14   13   16   12   14   8   1
      Mathematics and statistics   47   59   48   45   38   30   29   29   19   12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   24   34   31   19   47   18   15   19   24   0
      Natural resources and conservation   39   31   26   35   29   26   30   32   0   0
      Physical sciences   178   180   154   142   155   144   136   136   92   85
      Psychology   49   53   58   58   28   27   27   28   20   21
      Social sciences   36   36   32   49   37   45   41   44   34   38
    Engineering   210   216   176   184   180   205   163   163   87   100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   27   33   34   31   24   23   16   13   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   38   41   27   30   32   20   16   20   5   9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   81   73   60   62   72   86   64   62   36   45
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   35   47   43   38   52   43   34   36   18   18
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   29   22   12   23   0   33   33   32   28   28
    Health   11   7   6   33   3   20   10   12   16   14
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   1   1   0
      Other health   11   7   6   27   3   20   10   11   15   14

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   3,056   3,010   2,973   2,722   2,891   2,825   2,883   2,837   2,912   2,921
  Fellowships   302   360   321   331   325   250   293   322   447   471
    Federal   94   90   77   126   67   48   47   36   37   34
    Institutional   206   265   239   204   221   161   195   188   284   291
    Nonfederal   2   5   5   1   37   41   51   98   126   146
  Research assistantships   1,475   1,432   1,399   1,418   1,361   1,415   1,355   1,311   1,298   1,280
    Federal   805   806   697   688   672   700   643   644   474   468
    Institutional   552   476   568   621   550   571   567   500   584   446
    Nonfederal   118   150   134   109   139   144   145   167   240   366
  Teaching assistantships   884   816   835   742   819   818   823   832   863   840
    Federal   3   6   3   3   3   0   0   3   1   3
    Institutional   880   809   830   738   816   817   822   818   854   829
    Nonfederal   1   1   2   1   0   1   1   11   8   8
  Other types of support   395   402   418   231   386   342   412   372   304   330
    Federal   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   336   340   345   205   125   88   97   25   29   28
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   0   1   0   9   9   10   7
    Personal resources   59   62   73   26   260   254   306   338   265   295

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   542   539   528   572   565   580   542   539   496   447
    Science   490   485   484   527   525   533   502   504   463   413
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   73   57   55   67   56   67   58   55   81   70
      Biological and biomedical sciences   201   211   224   232   214   237   217   225   207   186
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2
      Computer and information sciences   6   7   7   4   7   7   9   12   6   9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   7   4   12   15   10   7   4   6   8
      Mathematics and statistics   31   33   27   29   46   38   44   39   31   30
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   4   12   20   12   4   4   4   7   0
      Natural resources and conservation   35   30   29   28   28   38   37   38   0   0
      Physical sciences   101   100   89   95   98   98   101   102   104   91
      Psychology   14   14   15   21   24   15   11   8   5   5
      Social sciences   16   22   22   19   25   19   14   17   10   9
    Engineering   52   54   44   45   40   47   40   35   33   34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   9   5   4   5   8   8   8   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   13   14   12   7   10   3   3   6   4   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   9   13   11   15   10   14   12   7   13   10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   12   8   8   13   15   16   10   7   8   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   9   10   8   6   0   6   7   7   8   16
    Health   34   34   39   37   37   39   17   16   26   24
      Clinical medicine   30   29   36   36   35   34   10   7   12   9
      Other health   4   5   3   1   2   5   7   9   14   15

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   333   331   346   363   323   329   290   271   212   220
  Science and engineering   312   311   324   340   310   316   282   266   203   211
    Science   283   280   296   314   293   290   265   250   190   194
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   32   27   27   36   29   36   32   23   27   21
      Biological and biomedical sciences   134   138   155   153   139   143   136   127   100   104
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Computer and information sciences   4   5   6   2   3   4   1   6   3   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   4   3   5   7   5   4   3   1   3
      Mathematics and statistics   11   14   12   10   11   13   9   9   4   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   2   7   12   4   3   3   3   3   0
      Natural resources and conservation   13   6   9   11   12   10   12   14   0   0
      Physical sciences   64   64   60   64   65   59   56   54   44   46
      Psychology   9   8   6   10   12   7   6   3   2   2
      Social sciences   8   12   11   11   11   10   6   8   3   4
    Engineering   29   31   28   26   17   26   17   16   13   17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   8   4   4   1   4   2   2   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   9   8   7   4   2   2   1   2   1   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   7   8   8   4   5   5   4   4   5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   8   5   6   7   10   11   5   5   4   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   4   3   3   3   0   4   4   3   4   8
    Health   21   20   22   23   13   13   8   5   9   9
      Clinical medicine   18   17   20   22   12   10   5   3   4   1
      Other health   3   3   2   1   1   3   3   2   5   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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   931,848   844,076   759,229   710,178   713,197   725,708   715,290   694,917   613,369   558,248
    Science   782,189   701,458   638,716   593,544   591,694   602,380   596,794   591,693   528,021   475,602
      Computer and information sciences   22,279   18,855   15,978   15,996   15,783   19,013   14,890   11,077   14,567   11,478
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,393   7,557   6,532   5,695   5,435   5,244   3,779   3,277   2,917   2,685
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   8,133   7,339   6,272   5,480   5,199   5,044   3,556   3,002   2,679   2,451
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   260   218   260   215   236   200   223   275   238   234
      Life sciences   434,697   377,253   347,119   317,235   319,883   353,934   340,065   323,754   292,851   259,653
        Agricultural sciences   162,352   142,085   128,448   112,272   112,270   136,723   136,150   130,732   120,621   104,617
        Biological and biomedical sciences   150,696   126,462   117,176   117,739   117,715   119,653   113,287   113,371   99,995   100,011
        Health sciences   88,995   76,888   71,382   57,339   60,154   65,910   59,646   53,993   50,413   43,475
        Natural resources and conservation   17,314   15,616   13,883   15,243   14,634   15,462   15,668   14,724   14,269   0
        Life sciences nec   15,340   16,202   16,230   14,642   15,110   16,186   15,314   10,934   7,553   11,550
      Mathematics and statistics   15,073   13,271   11,990   11,152   12,494   11,394   12,008   10,342   9,830   9,004
      Physical sciences   222,855   207,802   183,514   167,520   154,318   151,159   169,148   191,923   164,644   132,049
        Astronomy and astrophysics   18   66   69   65   39   7   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   18,117   19,687   15,669   12,568   11,806   10,320   10,641   11,204   9,390   9,126
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   204,720   188,049   167,776   154,887   142,473   140,832   158,507   180,719   155,254   122,923
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,605   14,085   13,643   13,042   16,399   17,834   14,454   11,292   9,633   9,947
      Social sciences   47,242   46,373   43,672   45,620   50,407   27,037   25,610   23,813   20,445   39,171
        Anthropology   2,800   1,409   1,418   1,122   984   1,639   1,394   1,438   1,082   0
        Economics   19,743   19,466   16,870   18,907   22,755   810   799   1,026   683   21,923
        Political science and government   3,940   3,687   3,160   2,661   2,799   3,586   3,533   3,022   2,692   2,636
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,692   2,753   3,579   3,383   3,269   2,463   2,859   3,475   2,593   3,470
        Social sciences nec   19,067   19,058   18,645   19,547   20,600   18,539   17,025   14,852   13,395   11,142
      Sciences nec   18,045   16,262   16,268   17,284   16,975   16,765   16,840   16,215   13,134   11,615
    Engineering   98,696   86,949   81,143   79,360   82,690   79,638   77,165   61,918   45,183   44,392
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   22,680   20,130   19,620   20,095   22,392   21,181   18,149   2,227   1,408   1,210
      Chemical engineering   12,187   11,789   11,917   13,601   14,650   14,839   20,788   23,333   12,400   11,264
      Civil engineering   14,883   12,213   10,614   9,254   7,482   6,522   6,920   7,046   6,372   6,798
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,802   19,086   17,545   16,405   18,763   18,523   15,146   15,935   13,511   14,148
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,518   11,332   11,501   11,976   12,106   11,497   9,314   7,303   6,078   5,991
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   15,626   12,399   9,946   8,029   7,297   7,076   6,848   6,074   5,414   4,981
    Non-S&E   50,963   55,669   39,370   37,274   38,813   43,690   41,331   41,306   40,165   38,254
      Business management and business administration   6,701   6,979   4,683   6,161   5,991   6,739   2,972   4,252   4,117   4,874
      Communication and communications technologies   6,816   5,949   4,196   3,290   3,630   3,206   3,616   3,947   3,304   4,331
      Education   17,754   18,459   15,222   13,528   16,078   16,860   16,266   15,925   17,154   16,517
      Humanities   4,807   6,910   4,138   3,312   2,912   4,300   3,879   3,446   3,216   2,486
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   3,494   3,022   2,024   1,539   1,291   1,433   1,731   1,841   1,479   533
      Visual and performing arts   710   472   380   303   446   390   492   469   235   281
      Non-S&E nec   10,681   13,878   8,727   9,141   8,465   10,762   12,375   11,426   10,660   9,232

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   931,848   474,762   47,478   338,809   26,590   21,677   22,532
    Science   782,189   417,439   43,006   270,855   18,994   15,524   16,371
      Computer and information sciences   22,279   11,710   1   9,688   517   5   358
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   8,393   4,234   12   3,755   92   40   260
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   8,133   4,234   12   3,495   92   40   260
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   260   0   0   260   0   0   0
      Life sciences   434,697   199,022   40,219   158,598   17,268   6,750   12,840
        Agricultural sciences   162,352   58,504   29,190   58,267   6,057   2,993   7,341
        Biological and biomedical sciences   150,696   78,910   5,620   54,329   8,453   1,425   1,959
        Health sciences   88,995   49,810   761   32,092   2,124   1,468   2,740
        Natural resources and conservation   17,314   4,202   4,648   7,384   125   356   599
        Life sciences nec   15,340   7,596   0   6,526   509   508   201
      Mathematics and statistics   15,073   8,978   44   5,639   77   163   172
      Physical sciences   222,855   163,164   52   58,110   539   526   464
        Astronomy and astrophysics   18   18   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   18,117   9,491   22   7,636   430   370   168
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   204,720   153,655   30   50,474   109   156   296
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   13,605   8,706   0   4,582   0   232   85
      Social sciences   47,242   20,124   2,509   18,966   443   3,138   2,062
        Anthropology   2,800   1,563   0   1,074   0   55   108
        Economics   19,743   9,933   1,668   5,245   42   2,246   609
        Political science and government   3,940   237   0   3,080   0   0   623
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   1,692   399   49   1,207   0   34   3
        Social sciences nec   19,067   7,992   792   8,360   401   803   719
      Sciences nec   18,045   1,501   169   11,517   58   4,670   130
    Engineering   98,696   42,260   2,447   43,492   5,595   802   4,100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   22,680   5,682   6   15,837   238   351   566
      Chemical engineering   12,187   4,788   26   5,219   1,898   54   202
      Civil engineering   14,883   8,133   111   5,268   283   11   1,077
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   22,802   12,167   102   7,810   1,296   238   1,189
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10,518   5,099   61   4,233   521   128   476
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   15,626   6,391   2,141   5,125   1,359   20   590
    Non-S&E   50,963   15,063   2,025   24,462   2,001   5,351   2,061
      Business management and business administration   6,701   1,776   0   3,822   656   316   131
      Communication and communications technologies   6,816   2,819   652   2,158   75   927   185
      Education   17,754   7,200   759   6,101   578   2,403   713
      Humanities   4,807   1,218   417   2,816   2   60   294
      Law   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   3,494   1,009   0   2,328   0   78   79
      Visual and performing arts   710   84   0   431   0   0   195
      Non-S&E nec   10,681   957   197   6,806   690   1,567   464

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   474,762   435,564   381,504   349,889   329,748   331,148   328,618   343,751   310,225   272,838
  DOD   24,202   15,763   16,019   14,834   15,237   14,519   11,691   8,697   9,550   9,433
  DOE   157,791   156,742   127,822   108,509   86,992   78,917   93,221   121,055   100,039   75,168
  HHS   133,190   118,142   104,978   84,853   80,965   80,546   69,369   62,275   56,359   53,559
  NASA   5,001   4,094   3,930   3,963   3,865   2,890   2,651   2,425   2,798   2,456
  NSF   67,810   61,082   63,157   71,392   78,931   83,070   80,015   75,407   72,873   68,535
  USDA   43,072   37,842   33,485   32,154   32,081   34,267   33,054   35,710   34,709   32,593
  Other   43,696   41,899   32,113   34,184   31,677   36,939   38,617   38,182   33,897   31,094

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   7,935   1,137   6,798   .
2018   7,840   1,133   6,707   .

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
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   9,698   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   88,000   12,400   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   6,900   6,137   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   14,050   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   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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