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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 195 71.7 679
2022 200 71 680
2021 179 74.5 691
2020 175 75.3 698
2019 196 72.3 697
2018 188 73.5 700
2017 183 73.6 684
2016 341 51.6 697
2015 208 70.4 693
2014 201 71.2 688
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

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 454 441 462 426 395 395 429 170 363 411
    Female 312 285 282 252 229 231 240 62 223 220
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 581 568 593 560 502 513 542 186 498 536
    Hispanic or Latino 36 35 33 24 17 23 18 4 9 12
    Not Hispanic or Latino 528 509 549 529 480 481 511 177 442 479
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 8 4 3 5 9 1 2 3
      Asian 5 8 6 8 7 6 7 3 3 16
      Black or African American 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      White 496 476 512 493 451 449 475 166 427 446
      More than one race 21 20 20 24 19 21 19 6 6 10
    Unknown ethnicity and race 17 24 11 7 5 9 13 5 47 45
  Temporary visa holders 185 158 151 118 122 113 127 46 88 95
  Science and engineering 766 726 744 678 624 626 669 232 586 631
    Science 596 560 569 526 481 486 519 149 447 490
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 57 56 62 46 45 48 60 20 96 105
      Biological and biomedical sciences 114 96 86 87 64 70 95 14 84 80
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 43 36 41 48 45 35 35 19 27 41
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 32 34 38 32 39 36 32 14 32 43
      Mathematics and statistics 75 72 67 62 58 66 79 8 65 78
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 101 93 69 85 47 57 60 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 144 141 172 134 155 147 132 57 109 113
      Psychology 13 17 18 16 14 12 12 7 12 12
      Social sciences 17 15 16 16 14 15 14 7 15 14
    Engineering 170 166 175 152 143 140 150 83 139 141
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 26 22 29 14 28 33 37 13 23 31
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 29 35 41 28 33 36 37 17 44 32
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 38 37 38 25 19 19 24 29 29 29
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 12 8 0 9 0 0 0 24 43 49
      Mechanical engineering 43 41 67 23 63 52 52 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 22 23 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 75 83 82 80 92 96 77 334 83 108
    Female 84 72 77 73 70 55 52 225 73 67
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 146 141 148 144 150 143 119 487 147 167
    Hispanic or Latino 3 7 5 7 4 2 1 12 4 5
    Not Hispanic or Latino 136 131 141 134 141 136 113 463 140 141
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 2 2 3 2 1 6 3 1
      Asian 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 6 4 4
      Black or African American 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      White 129 123 132 127 130 126 106 430 81 130
      More than one race 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 18 51 6
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 3 2 3 5 5 5 12 3 21
  Temporary visa holders 13 14 11 9 12 8 10 72 9 8
  Science and engineering 159 155 159 153 162 151 129 559 156 175
    Science 129 128 133 132 140 132 110 466 142 158
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 11 12 7 11 8 11 6 142 60 23
      Biological and biomedical sciences 4 9 16 7 26 28 23 91 6 17
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 5 3 7 7 7 9 27 8 10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 7 9 10 10 10 11 36 16 57
      Mathematics and statistics 21 21 30 29 36 32 23 77 30 23
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 68 63 62 62 47 35 32 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 9 6 5 6 7 6 75 20 24
      Psychology 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0
      Social sciences 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 4
    Engineering 30 27 26 21 22 19 19 93 14 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 4 4 6 1 3 3 3 32 1 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 3 5 4 3 2 3 33 0 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 2 4 3 4 9 4 1 4 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 27 9 6
      Mechanical engineering 10 10 11 4 12 5 9 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 3 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 331 281 283 238 194 175 190 57 201 182
  Science and engineering 331 281 283 238 194 175 190 57 201 182
    Science 250 208 215 185 147 137 164 35 161 141
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 31 28 29 12 9 11 21 5 37 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences 55 50 50 46 34 41 57 2 52 51
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 13 13 13 9 11 7 9 4 7 8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 6 15 13 11 4 8 3 5 10
      Mathematics and statistics 17 9 14 16 15 13 12 2 8 5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 42 38 18 25 11 10 10 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 74 63 75 61 52 51 45 15 47 46
      Psychology 4 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
    Engineering 81 73 68 53 47 38 26 22 40 41
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 14 10 17 7 18 17 13 1 10 14
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 5 8 2 5 6 4 3 5 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 29 24 20 15 11 4 4 14 15 14
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 11
      Mechanical engineering 23 27 23 6 13 11 5 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 6 6 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 766 726 744 678 624 626 669 232 586 631
  Fellowships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 14
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Research assistantships 312 287 339 302 274 257 270 79 240 243
    Federal 244 215 249 205 174 159 172 52 192 172
    Institutional 68 72 90 97 100 98 98 27 34 55
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 16
  Teaching assistantships 211 217 294 221 267 288 294 100 270 227
    Federal 8 2 33 5 19 16 17 3 0 0
    Institutional 203 215 261 216 248 272 277 97 270 227
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 243 222 111 155 83 81 105 53 55 147
    Federal 79 64 1 28 1 0 1 2 0 0
    Institutional 48 42 1 4 0 1 0 0 21 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 3
    Personal resources 116 116 109 117 82 79 104 51 31 144

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 38 47 58 61 42 48 47 47 51 38
    Science 33 35 48 54 37 42 40 39 45 33
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 9 9 11 8 5 6 7 11 10 4
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 8 12 25 13 15 15 11 18 11
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 14 20 18 16 16 12 11 8 11
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Social sciences 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 5 12 10 7 5 6 7 8 6 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 3 3 3 3 4 6 5 0 2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 2 3 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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 32 36 42 41 29 37 33 33 44 28
  Science and engineering 32 36 42 41 29 37 33 33 44 28
    Science 27 26 32 35 24 32 28 29 39 26
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 6 7 9 6 3 5 5 7 9 2
      Biological and biomedical sciences 7 6 8 16 8 12 10 10 14 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 8 10 13 12 10 11 8 9 8 10
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 5 10 10 6 5 5 5 4 5 2
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 2 3 3 3 3 4 1 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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