Montana State U.

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
2021 | 179 | 26.5 | 691 | |||||||||
2020 | 175 | 25.8 | 697 | |||||||||
2019 | 196 | 28.8 | 696 | |||||||||
2018 | 188 | 27.6 | 698 | |||||||||
2017 | 183 | 27.4 | 684 | |||||||||
2016 | 341 | 49.4 | 697 | |||||||||
2015 | 208 | 30.6 | 693 | |||||||||
2014 | 201 | 29.8 | 688 | |||||||||
2013 | 216 | 39.4 | 555 | |||||||||
2012 | 218 | 39.8 | 555 |
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

All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 744 | 678 | 624 | 626 | 669 | 232 | 586 | 631 | 529 | 501 |
Male | 462 | 426 | 395 | 395 | 429 | 170 | 363 | 411 | 347 | 320 |
Female | 282 | 252 | 229 | 231 | 240 | 62 | 223 | 220 | 182 | 181 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 593 | 560 | 502 | 513 | 542 | 186 | 498 | 536 | 458 | 425 |
Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 549 | 529 | 480 | 481 | 511 | 177 | 442 | 479 | 449 | 399 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Asian | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 5 |
Black or African American | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 512 | 493 | 451 | 449 | 475 | 166 | 427 | 446 | 423 | 389 |
More than one race | 20 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 11 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 47 | 45 | 3 | 17 |
Temporary visa holders | 151 | 118 | 122 | 113 | 127 | 46 | 88 | 95 | 71 | 76 |
Science and engineering | 744 | 678 | 624 | 626 | 669 | 232 | 586 | 631 | 515 | 487 |
Science | 569 | 526 | 481 | 486 | 519 | 149 | 447 | 490 | 390 | 378 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 62 | 46 | 45 | 48 | 60 | 20 | 96 | 105 | 56 | 66 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 86 | 87 | 64 | 70 | 95 | 14 | 84 | 80 | 73 | 55 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 41 | 48 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 27 | 41 | 24 | 18 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 38 | 32 | 39 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 13 | 21 |
Mathematics and statistics | 67 | 62 | 58 | 66 | 79 | 8 | 65 | 78 | 73 | 70 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 69 | 85 | 47 | 57 | 60 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | . |
Physical sciences | 172 | 134 | 155 | 147 | 132 | 57 | 109 | 113 | 126 | 126 |
Psychology | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
Social sciences | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 11 |
Engineering | 175 | 152 | 143 | 140 | 150 | 83 | 139 | 141 | 125 | 109 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 29 | 14 | 28 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 30 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 41 | 28 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 44 | 32 | 31 | 21 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 38 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 18 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | 9 | . | . | . | 24 | 43 | 49 | 41 | 40 |
Mechanical engineering | 67 | 23 | 63 | 52 | 52 | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 53 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 14 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | 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).
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All part-time students | 159 | 153 | 162 | 151 | 129 | 559 | 156 | 175 | 193 | 187 |
Male | 82 | 80 | 92 | 96 | 77 | 334 | 83 | 108 | 120 | 124 |
Female | 77 | 73 | 70 | 55 | 52 | 225 | 73 | 67 | 73 | 63 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 148 | 144 | 150 | 143 | 119 | 487 | 147 | 167 | 181 | 169 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 141 | 134 | 141 | 136 | 113 | 463 | 140 | 141 | 165 | 153 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Asian | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Black or African American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 132 | 127 | 130 | 126 | 106 | 430 | 81 | 130 | 157 | 144 |
More than one race | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 16 |
Temporary visa holders | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 72 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
Science and engineering | 159 | 153 | 162 | 151 | 129 | 559 | 156 | 175 | 193 | 187 |
Science | 133 | 132 | 140 | 132 | 110 | 466 | 142 | 158 | 169 | 157 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 142 | 60 | 23 | 48 | 41 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 16 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 91 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 20 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 25 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 16 | 57 | 42 | 44 |
Mathematics and statistics | 30 | 29 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 77 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 13 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 62 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 32 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | . |
Physical sciences | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 75 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Engineering | 26 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 93 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 30 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | 2 | . | . | . | 27 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Mechanical engineering | 11 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 9 | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 7 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 283 | 238 | 194 | 175 | 190 | 57 | 201 | 182 | 176 | 139 |
Science and engineering | 283 | 238 | 194 | 175 | 190 | 57 | 201 | 182 | 171 | 135 |
Science | 215 | 185 | 147 | 137 | 164 | 35 | 161 | 141 | 140 | 91 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 29 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 50 | 46 | 34 | 41 | 57 | 2 | 52 | 51 | 40 | 23 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 18 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | . |
Physical sciences | 75 | 61 | 52 | 51 | 45 | 15 | 47 | 46 | 61 | 41 |
Psychology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 68 | 53 | 47 | 38 | 26 | 22 | 40 | 41 | 31 | 44 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 17 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 19 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 7 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
Mechanical engineering | 23 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 23 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 |
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).
Type and primary source of support | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All types and sources of support | 744 | 678 | 624 | 626 | 669 | 232 | 586 | 631 | 529 | 501 |
Fellowships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
Federal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Institutional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Research assistantships | 339 | 302 | 274 | 257 | 270 | 79 | 240 | 243 | 215 | 211 |
Federal | 249 | 205 | 174 | 159 | 172 | 52 | 192 | 172 | 157 | 118 |
Institutional | 90 | 97 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 27 | 34 | 55 | 46 | 65 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
Teaching assistantships | 294 | 221 | 267 | 288 | 294 | 100 | 270 | 227 | 205 | 212 |
Federal | 33 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Institutional | 261 | 216 | 248 | 272 | 277 | 97 | 270 | 227 | 205 | 207 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Other types of support | 111 | 155 | 83 | 81 | 105 | 53 | 55 | 147 | 94 | 59 |
Federal | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
Institutional | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Nonfederal | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Personal resources | 109 | 117 | 82 | 79 | 104 | 51 | 31 | 144 | 82 | 28 |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Science and engineering | 54 | 57 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
Science | 45 | 51 | 36 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 45 | 33 | 27 | 25 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 11 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | . |
Physical sciences | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 15 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Social sciences | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 3 |
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).
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 42 | 41 | 29 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 30 | 32 |
Science and engineering | 42 | 41 | 29 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 44 | 28 | 27 | 30 |
Science | 32 | 35 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 39 | 26 | 21 | 21 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Physical sciences | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Engineering | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mechanical engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
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).