Mississippi 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 109 76.7 459 141 78 631 102 89.2 925
2023 116 75.1 459 139 79.8 679 100 89.2 911 23 96.4 602
2022 109 76.6 457 139 79.9 680 96 89.5 900
2021 112 75.4 447 133 81.1 691 97 89.5 908 24 96.1 583
2020 109 76.2 450 134 81.1 698 88 90.6 916
2019 105 76.9 447 132 81.4 697 92 90.1 914 22 96.5 589
2018 107 75.4 428 131 81.6 700 98 89.4 911
2017 111 74.3 425 121 82.6 684 94 89.7 898 20 96.7 575
2016 114 73.9 430 129 81.8 697 92 89.9 896
2015 120 72.3 426 142 79.8 693 94 89.7 898 20 96.7 570
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 162 148 165 143 159 179 175 173 153 146
  Science and engineering 129 116 138 114 115 139 128 128 105 104
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 23 24 28 24 28 41 40 29 31 24
      Agricultural sciences 18 14 20 18 19 24 29 14 19 6
      Natural resources and conservation 5 10 8 6 9 17 11 15 12 18
    Biological and biomedical sciences 11 11 15 18 16 20 19 18 19 10
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 3 1 1 4 . 3 1 2 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 . 1 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . 1 1 . . 1 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 1 . 3 2 4 3 2 2 .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 1
      Molecular biology 2 . 3 2 . 2 . 2 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 3 . . 2 1 4 . 1 2 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 5 3 6 6 8 7 4 1
    Computer and information sciences 5 3 5 1 4 3 5 5 6 6
      Computer science 5 3 5 1 3 3 4 4 5 6
      Computer and information sciences, other . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 .
    Engineering 48 45 45 38 39 36 32 39 26 30
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 1 1 3 5 4 4 2 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 4 6 2 1 . 2 2 2 3
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 2 2 3 4 1 4 2 1 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 8 4 9 6 4 1 6 5 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 12 11 7 4 5 4 6 6 6 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 8 10 11 9 8 7 2 8 3 4
      Materials and mining engineering 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 . 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 6 5 12 6 5 6 9 9 3 1
      Engineering, other 3 2 1 1 4 8 3 4 5 8
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 6 3 4 6 7 7 5 2 4
      Geological sciences 2 4 1 3 3 3 5 1 1 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 2 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 .
    Health sciences 3 2 5 3 . 3 1 . 1 .
      Public health . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 3 2 5 3 . 3 1 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 3 . 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 2
      Applied mathematics . . 2 1 1 1 1 . 2 .
      Mathematics 1 . . 2 . . . . 1 2
      Statistics . . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 3 . .
    Physical sciences 17 11 17 6 12 10 10 14 9 14
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 9 6 11 3 11 5 5 9 6 11
      Physics 6 5 5 3 1 5 5 5 3 3
    Psychology 12 9 12 12 5 12 9 6 1 6
      Clinical psychology 4 4 5 6 1 6 4 . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 5
      Research and experimental psychology . . 3 1 . 1 . 5 . .
      Psychology, other 6 3 2 3 3 2 2 . . 1
    Social sciences 5 5 4 3 2 5 2 9 6 8
      Economics . . 1 1 . 2 1 . . .
      Political science and government . . . . . . . . . 1
      Public policy analysis 3 1 . . . . . 7 . 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 5
      Social sciences, other 2 . 2 . . . . . 3 .
  Non-science and engineering 33 32 27 29 44 40 47 45 48 42
    Business 2 9 7 4 4 6 5 2 6 4
      Business 2 9 7 4 4 6 5 2 6 4
    Education 25 20 16 22 35 29 32 36 40 33
      Education leadership and administration 12 4 6 7 13 17 16 17 17 19
      Education research 8 6 7 13 15 5 10 11 14 11
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 9 3 2 7 4 3 6 4 .
      Education, other . 1 . . . 3 3 2 5 3
    Humanities and arts 2 3 2 2 4 4 6 2 1 2
      History 2 3 2 2 4 4 6 2 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 4 . 2 1 1 1 4 5 1 3
      Public administration and social services 4 . . 1 1 1 3 4 1 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 2 . . . 1 1 . .

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

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

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   675   664   671   656   673   652   631   818   714   670 i
    Hispanic or Latino   38   28   28   25   30   30   21   26   30   20 i
    Not Hispanic or Latino   636   636   642   628   640   595   608   769   683   647 i
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   1   1   0   0   1   3   4   2   3 i
      Asian   21   42   22   18   20   21   16   73   23   16 i
      Black or African American   61   71   84   68   78   58   68   70   72   66 i
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   2 i
      White   533   504   520   531   528   506   513   608   578   547 i
      More than one race   19   18   15   11   11   9   8   14   7   13 i
    Unknown ethnicity and race   1   0   1   3   3   27   2   23   1   3 i
  Temporary visa holders   534   512   493   466   409   451   425   340   444   419 i
  Science and engineering   1,155   1,122   1,120   1,076   1,037   1,032   983   1,069   1,076   996 i
    Science   882   785   852   775   765   757   717   768   784   661 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   150   126   124   136   128   91   85   108   208   165 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   86   78   121   91   100   116   126   126   155   122 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   94   85   64   65   73   65   64   76   66   50 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   12 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   65   66   58   67   64   59   66   68   61   53 i
      Mathematics and statistics   31   34   47   42   35   62   40   40   38   35 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   107   99   113   101   90   83   92   97   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   129   125   125   115   96   99   99   87   85   71 i
      Psychology   136   138   117   72   68   78   54   57   67   62 i
      Social sciences   84   34   83   86   111   104   91   98   89   91 i
    Engineering   273   337   268   301   272   275   266   301   292   335 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   36   38   22   26   30   36   37   68   51   50 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   31   25   21   33   17   18   22   30   28   31 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   9   10   16   16   17   22   16   13   14   45 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   10   20   20   19   25   19   19   14   26 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   61   68   60   76   62   56   50   60   53   48 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   32   35   37   30   39   39   32   33   25   27 i
      Mechanical engineering   66   77   68   82   63   52   65   48   80   79 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other engineering   25   74   24   18   25   27   25   30   27   29 i
    Health   54   54   44   46   45   71   73   89   82   93 i
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other health   54   54   44   46   45   71   73   89   82   93 i

i=imputed

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   861   824   843   850   756   741   718   728   679   713 i
    Hispanic or Latino   48   48   48   56   50   48   52   46   39   32 i
    Not Hispanic or Latino   803   760   785   779   690   677   651   670   634   669 i
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   3   6   5   2   3   2   4   0   1 i
      Asian   39   41   27   30   23   27   17   32   12   17 i
      Black or African American   107   87   86   95   77   62   58   52   54   63 i
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   1   2   3   4   2   2 i
      White   634   616   651   642   581   576   563   569   558   579 i
      More than one race   22   13   15   7   6   7   8   9   8   7 i
    Unknown ethnicity and race   10   16   10   15   16   16   15   12   6   12 i
  Temporary visa holders   69   73   69   60   55   53   57   99   56   61 i
  Science and engineering   907   881   899   889   794   760   738   795   704   745 i
    Science   494   481   528   497   452   421   414   457   409   475 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   97   97   91   77   68   44   49   59   87   88 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   39   35   43   19   23   18   17   32   37   44 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   79   53   54   39   21   20   17   12   12   16 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   19 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   121   131   159   203   193   201   205   210   162   213 i
      Mathematics and statistics   9   4   5   0   3   4   3   3   5   5 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   39   48   67   35   39   34   31   35   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   1   4   3   6   2   2   4   7   3   1 i
      Psychology   65   64   50   52   39   21   9   13   21   15 i
      Social sciences   44   45   56   66   64   77   79   85   68   74 i
    Engineering   413   400   371   392   342   339   324   338   295   270 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   30   29   28   25   23   21   26   28   26   12 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   6   5   0   2   7   0   5   4   3 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   15   13   8   5   2   4   2   5   4 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   53   70   74   86   81   84   76   86   86   86 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   64   69   68   67   61   54   57   50   39   46 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   116   85   71   79   66   64   67   65   59   67 i
      Mechanical engineering   55   58   54   67   59   54   46   55   35   26 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other engineering   72   68   58   60   45   53   48   47   41   26 i
    Health   23   16   13   21   17   34   37   32   31   29 i
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other health   23   16   13   21   17   34   37   32   31   29 i

i=imputed

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   324   325   287   283   235   229   238   250   252   247 i
  Science and engineering   323   323   286   281   234   224   229   244   246   237 i
    Science   217   194   187   163   128   110   135   162   146   130 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   34   25   31   29   16   12   12   18   64   51 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   16   16   27   19   12   17   20   26   18   13 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   28   35   30   35   21   7   14   25   26   26 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   17   12   9   7   11   5   8   9   3   7 i
      Mathematics and statistics   0   3   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   44   33   31   28   41   37   53   51   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   33   40   37   28   15   15   12   18   16   14 i
      Psychology   41   23   16   12   6   7   2   3   11   12 i
      Social sciences   4   7   6   5   6   10   13   8   8   7 i
    Engineering   106   129   99   118   106   114   94   82   100   107 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   5   4   8   7   15   14   12   7   5 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   14   12   7   7   8   6   8   8   4   8 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   5   8   11   9   10   10   8   5   8   16 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   2   2   2   8   10   4   4   2   3   4 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   31   26   22   25   22   11   17   16   21 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   14   8   7   15   15   20   9   13   12   8 i
      Mechanical engineering   25   26   29   41   26   33   31   13   42   37 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other engineering   13   37   13   8   5   4   9   12   8   8 i
    Health   1   2   1   2   1   5   9   6   6   10 i
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other health   1   2   1   2   1   5   9   6   6   10 i

i=imputed

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   1,209   1,176   1,164   1,122   1,082   1,103   1,056   1,158   1,158   1,089 i
  Fellowships   37   10   23   8   3   37   32   47   31   25 i
    Federal   32   7   6   1   0   2   2   7   4   7 i
    Institutional   3   3   10   1   1   27   24   38   24   10 i
    Nonfederal   2   0   7   6   2   8   6   2   3   8 i
  Research assistantships   532   562   522   517   481   474   475   498   557   508 i
    Federal   267   280   262   266   230   207   226   232   244   233 i
    Institutional   211   227   199   204   200   209   224   217   246   208 i
    Nonfederal   54   55   61   47   51   58   25   49   67   67 i
  Teaching assistantships   295   294   349   332   347   397   360   340   328   294 i
    Federal   1   0   1   2   0   0   1   6   1   2 i
    Institutional   288   294   348   326   341   395   359   331   323   282 i
    Nonfederal   6   0   0   4   6   2   0   3   4   10 i
  Other types of support   345   310   270   265   251   195   189   273   242   262 i
    Federal   24   38   18   14   5   20   9   5   3   5 i
    Institutional   21   66   30   31   58   36   30   51   42   60 i
    Nonfederal   2   5   24   5   3   21   14   21   19   19 i
    Personal resources   298   201   198   215   185   118   136   196   178   178 i

i=imputed

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   40   41   41   50   43   37   38   40   28   34 i
    Science   39   34   30   41   30   21   26   22   21   22 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   15   13   10   10   9   3   5   4   8   6 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   5   4   5   5   4   3   3   2   3   8 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   7   12   6   11   8   5   8   6   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   9   4   8   14   8   9   10   10   8   6 i
      Psychology   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 i
      Social sciences   2   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   1   2 i
    Engineering   1   7   11   9   13   16   12   18   7   12 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   2   2   0   1   2   2   2   0   1 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   2   4   5   3   3   3   3   2 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   2   3   4   3   0   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   2   2   1   2   0   0   0   1   2 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   1 i
      Mechanical engineering   1   1   4   2   2   2   3   9   3   6 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other engineering   0   2   1   1   1   5   0   0   0   0 i
    Health   0   0   0   0   0   7   8   8   12   17 i
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   7   8   8   12   17 i

i=imputed

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   35   30   29   39   34   33   35   29   28   27 i
  Science and engineering   35   30   29   39   34   26   29   23   18   18 i
    Science   34   26   22   31   24   13   21   15   13   9 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   12   11   8   10   8   2   3   1   5   4 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   4   2   4   4   3   2   3   2   1   2 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   6   9   4   8   7   4   8   6   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   9   3   5   8   5   4   7   6   6   3 i
      Psychology   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 i
      Social sciences   2   1   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   0 i
    Engineering   1   4   7   8   10   13   8   8   5   9 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   1 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   2   4   4   3   2   1   1   2 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   1   3   2   1   0   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   2   2   0   2   0   0   0   1   2 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   6   3   4 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other engineering   0   1   1   1   1   3   0   0   0   0 i
    Health   0   0   0   0   0   7   6   6   10   9 i
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   7   6   6   10   9 i

i=imputed

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   342,132   319,684   303,418   275,143   280,485   264,526   244,102   240,972   239,446   226,359
    Science   254,490   221,146   209,436   190,440   195,147   195,491   187,182   183,168   179,011   172,657
      Computer and information sciences   12,969   11,570   7,546   5,546   5,189   6,944   6,328   7,073   10,515   9,534
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   15,736   16,521   16,607   15,520   17,335   10,928   8,947   7,270   2,362   4,250
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   2,601   1,566   1,177   1,332   1,479   1,025   2,242   5,176   563   964
        Geological and earth sciences   4,617   7,435   11,275   10,865   12,770   8,411   6,355   1,739   1,248   2,088
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   8,210   7,352   4,046   3,169   2,970   1,403   253   265   551   1,198
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   308   168   109   154   116   89   97   90   0   0
      Life sciences   172,464   145,647   140,283   127,096   119,753   118,479   112,967   118,441   115,691   115,291
        Agricultural sciences   116,665   108,551   104,790   98,866   89,819   95,384   85,591   89,253   86,334   106,463
        Biological and biomedical sciences   11,065   11,824   11,727   7,744   10,917   6,814   5,958   6,643   6,856   5,947
        Health sciences   18,023   2,029   2,544   1,887   1,738   1,535   1,376   2,341   2,126   1,664
        Natural resources and conservation   25,622   20,906   18,183   15,945   17,170   14,508   19,511   19,749   19,162   0
        Life sciences nec   1,089   2,337   3,039   2,654   109   238   531   455   1,213   1,217
      Mathematics and statistics   1,935   1,979   1,721   1,880   1,959   1,310   1,304   1,122   1,026   1,302
      Physical sciences   13,777   13,806   12,061   10,755   10,381   11,312   10,131   8,992   8,942   7,635
        Astronomy and astrophysics   311   341   384   5   21   2   130   226   0   0
        Chemistry   6,403   5,085   5,159   4,790   6,041   6,348   5,228   5,472   5,046   4,431
        Materials science   2,407   3,621   2,196   2,117   718   252   0   0   0   0
        Physics   4,626   4,696   4,123   3,675   3,475   4,710   4,773   3,286   3,894   3,204
        Physical sciences nec   30   63   199   168   126   0   0   8   2   0
      Psychology   3,514   2,421   2,015   1,836   2,044   1,480   1,498   1,418   1,670   1,235
      Social sciences   30,321   25,913   25,716   25,601   32,157   41,008   41,077   34,608   33,517   25,207
        Anthropology   972   486   701   516   478   154   0   0   0   0
        Economics   495   748   941   373   1,200   1,271   1,294   1,006   979   1,483
        Political science and government   1,243   1,233   1,101   956   1,263   712   705   811   977   655
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,426   3,448   3,760   7,394   13,671   11,187   11,369   11,482   1,636   1,549
        Social sciences nec   23,185   19,998   19,213   16,362   15,545   27,684   27,709   21,309   29,925   21,520
      Sciences nec   3,774   3,289   3,487   2,206   6,329   4,030   4,930   4,244   5,288   8,203
    Engineering   68,736   78,080   73,980   67,472   69,220   60,183   48,399   49,856   50,928   44,160
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,788   16,991   17,972   13,204   12,558   10,008   5,106   5,280   4,824   4,415
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,998   1,359   1,131   1,484   1,368   1,042   1,725   476   285   686
      Chemical engineering   3,989   6,346   5,536   5,450   6,372   4,314   1,870   2,076   2,181   2,319
      Civil engineering   2,767   3,340   4,298   4,619   5,317   6,165   2,161   1,933   2,715   3,533
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,556   10,045   9,044   7,891   8,023   7,006   6,195   6,123   12,683   10,975
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   10,547   6,398   5,951   7,021   6,252   5,085   2,009   2,227   4,400   0
      Mechanical engineering   6,216   7,474   7,547   14,245   17,936   15,909   10,759   13,443   12,190   12,592
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,073   1,355   620   1,098   299   1,895   171   89   50   0
      Engineering nec   15,802   24,772   21,881   12,460   11,095   8,759   18,403   18,209   11,600   9,640
    Non-S&E   18,906   20,458   20,002   17,231   16,118   8,852   8,521   7,948   9,507   9,542
      Business management and business administration   7,024   8,461   8,096   7,804   5,929   1,366   1,353   1,329   1,305   1,071
      Communication and communications technologies   724   883   488   465   622   301   249   259   316   294
      Education   3,812   4,109   6,591   4,601   4,733   2,332   2,350   2,112   2,475   2,416
      Humanities   3,266   3,342   1,776   1,729   2,196   2,092   2,308   2,089   2,065   2,153
      Law   679   253   138   93   12   0   0   0   0   0
      Social work   549   471   236   29   30   0   0   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   961   950   1,051   908   637   497   428   334   342   316
      Non-S&E nec   1,891   1,989   1,626   1,602   1,959   2,264   1,833   1,825   3,004   3,292

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   342,132   161,636   94,335   73,319   2,363   7,593   2,886
    Science   254,490   112,298   70,063   60,049   1,796   7,432   2,852
      Computer and information sciences   12,969   8,361   2,797   1,798   13   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   15,736   10,970   1,644   2,840   0   282   0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   2,601   1,584   373   409   0   235   0
        Geological and earth sciences   4,617   3,518   517   582   0   0   0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   8,210   5,590   754   1,845   0   21   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   308   278   0   4   0   26   0
      Life sciences   172,464   67,457   50,196   44,897   1,634   5,871   2,409
        Agricultural sciences   116,665   36,128   37,949   33,999   1,088   5,197   2,304
        Biological and biomedical sciences   11,065   5,216   3,267   1,926   297   344   15
        Health sciences   18,023   13,647   896   3,435   43   2   0
        Natural resources and conservation   25,622   11,496   8,069   5,452   197   318   90
        Life sciences nec   1,089   970   15   85   9   10   0
      Mathematics and statistics   1,935   316   1,477   135   0   7   0
      Physical sciences   13,777   7,831   3,158   2,470   149   169   0
        Astronomy and astrophysics   311   3   274   8   0   26   0
        Chemistry   6,403   4,142   849   1,269   0   143   0
        Materials science   2,407   1,824   19   415   149   0   0
        Physics   4,626   1,862   2,016   748   0   0   0
        Physical sciences nec   30   0   0   30   0   0   0
      Psychology   3,514   1,238   1,575   693   0   8   0
      Social sciences   30,321   15,060   8,096   5,627   0   1,095   443
        Anthropology   972   188   105   271   0   0   408
        Economics   495   195   196   104   0   0   0
        Political science and government   1,243   44   913   229   0   57   0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   4,426   3,252   379   505   0   290   0
        Social sciences nec   23,185   11,381   6,503   4,518   0   748   35
      Sciences nec   3,774   1,065   1,120   1,589   0   0   0
    Engineering   68,736   45,257   11,680   11,104   559   102   34
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14,788   10,316   1,081   3,257   134   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   1,998   1,062   52   884   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   3,989   2,788   835   331   15   20   0
      Civil engineering   2,767   1,352   902   466   16   31   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   11,556   6,564   3,178   1,599   134   49   32
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   10,547   7,097   1,109   2,181   158   0   2
      Mechanical engineering   6,216   3,062   2,201   862   91   0   0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   1,073   627   285   149   10   2   0
      Engineering nec   15,802   12,389   2,037   1,375   1   0   0
    Non-S&E   18,906   4,081   12,592   2,166   8   59   0
      Business management and business administration   7,024   2,997   3,079   948   0   0   0
      Communication and communications technologies   724   0   641   83   0   0   0
      Education   3,812   131   3,250   431   0   0   0
      Humanities   3,266   0   3,064   202   0   0   0
      Law   679   451   156   70   0   2   0
      Social work   549   0   535   14   0   0   0
      Visual and performing arts   961   0   854   107   0   0   0
      Non-S&E nec   1,891   502   1,013   311   8   57   0

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

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies   161,636   150,804   138,207   116,713   120,616   104,738   89,012   87,928   87,277   80,097
  DOD   24,188   34,737   33,169   31,014   35,757   22,249   20,362   18,652   13,439   12,981
  DOE   9,282   9,088   7,798   5,816   6,205   5,157   3,786   6,467   11,646   10,236
  HHS   17,671   9,637   10,644   9,107   11,112   14,938   11,262   9,779   6,754   5,069
  NASA   3,652   2,751   1,873   1,351   1,050   1,272   962   1,016   987   1,291
  NSF   15,782   13,209   10,093   9,215   9,986   7,509   5,855   7,010   7,178   8,552
  USDA   47,829   39,042   37,885   31,679   29,349   31,137   25,955   26,545   27,070   21,982
  Other   43,232   42,340   36,745   28,531   27,157   22,476   20,830   18,459   20,203   19,986

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   4,044   605   3,439   .
2018   3,992   661   3,331   .

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   2,251   2,191   2,177   2,173   2,140
    Agricultural sciences   1,117   1,085   1,074   1,069   1,039
    Biological and biomedical sciences   101   97   97   97   97
    Computer and information sciences   11   11   11   11   11
    Engineering   547   530   530   530   530
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   28   28   26   26   26
    Health sciences   219   219   219   219   219
    Mathematics and statistics   12   12   12   12   12
    Natural resources and conservation   26   18   18   18   18
    Physical sciences   90   90   90   90   90
    Psychology   23   23   23   23   23
    Social sciences   78   78   78   78   75
    Other   0   0   0   0   0

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

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

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017
  All research space   18,750   16,958   7,643   22,757   14,262
    Agricultural sciences   0   1,017   0   14,985   11,812
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   1,017   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   3,392   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   5,087   0   7,772   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   3,392   0   0   0
    Health sciences   18,750   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   1,017   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   1,018   7,643   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   1,018   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   2,450
    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   2,500   1,488   1,600   1,865   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   430   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   2,500   1,488   700   1,435   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   900   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   0   0   0   0   0

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

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

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