Montana State U., Bozeman

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 165 64.6 459 123 86.9 925
2023 187 59.8 459 127 86.3 911 171 72 602
2022 153 67 457 135 85.2 900
2021 189 58.3 447 130 85.9 908 173 70.7 583
2020 181 60.3 450 132 85.8 916
2019 177 60.9 447 135 85.5 914 173 71 589
2018 185 57.3 428 145 84.3 911
2017 184 57.3 425 140 84.7 898 171 70.7 575
2016 209 52 430 142 84.4 896
2015 174 59.7 426 141 84.6 898 173 70.1 570
2014
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 85 69 98 64 69 74 71 66 52 78
  Science and engineering 76 54 74 51 60 61 50 46 43 62
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 5 4 4 6 2 5 5 2 3 7
      Agricultural sciences 4 4 3 6 . 4 4 1 . 6
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . 1 . 2 1 1 1 3 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 21 12 24 16 26 23 16 10 11 21
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 2 2 3 5 5 1 5 4 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 5 5 3 6 5 3 2 3 4
      Genetics and genomics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 4 3 9 4 10 8 8 1 3 8
      Molecular biology . . . . . . . . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . 2 3 1 . 1 1 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 . 5 2 3 3 2 1 1 2
    Computer and information sciences 5 5 3 1 3 1 3 6 3 3
      Computer science 4 4 3 1 3 1 3 6 3 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 1 . . . . . . . .
    Engineering 18 11 14 9 3 11 8 8 3 7
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 4 3 3 1 4 1 . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 . 3 . . 1 2 1 . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 1 1 1 . 3 1 2 1 3
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 3 1 1 1 . . 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering 5 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 . .
      Mechanical engineering 4 4 2 3 . 1 1 1 1 1
      Engineering, other 1 . . . . . 2 2 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 4 1 2 4 . 2 2 3 7
      Geological sciences 3 4 1 1 2 . 2 2 3 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . . 1 2 . . . . 1
    Health sciences 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Public health 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 4 3 7 6 3 5 1 4 7 2
      Applied mathematics . . 1 1 . 2 1 1 3 1
      Mathematics . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . 1
      Statistics 1 2 2 3 1 1 . 2 2 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 . 3 2 1 1 . 1 2 .
    Physical sciences 12 9 16 5 12 14 13 11 11 14
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 2 1 . 2 1 2 4 2
      Chemistry 6 5 6 3 6 5 8 5 5 10
      Physics 4 3 8 1 6 7 4 4 2 2
    Psychology 1 5 1 2 . 1 . 1 . .
      Research and experimental psychology . . 1 1 . 1 . . . .
      Psychology, other 1 5 . 1 . . . 1 . .
    Social sciences 4 1 4 4 6 1 2 2 2 1
      Social sciences, other 4 1 4 4 6 1 2 2 2 1
  Non-science and engineering 9 15 24 13 9 13 21 20 9 16
    Business . . . . . . . . . 1
      Business . . . . . . . . . 1
    Education 7 9 21 8 7 11 19 17 7 14
      Education leadership and administration 3 3 7 3 4 5 6 1 3 8
      Education research 3 3 7 2 2 2 8 11 2 4
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 3 3 2 . 3 3 3 2 2
      Education, other 1 . 4 1 1 1 2 2 . .
    Humanities and arts 2 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 2 1
      History 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . 1 1 . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering . 2 . 2 . . 1 . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 2 . 2 . . 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

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 257,927 229,682 200,820 193,577 166,285 154,811 125,129 129,622 112,073 108,414
    Science 150,116 138,300 126,763 122,954 108,610 103,838 88,853 92,588 80,029 78,534
      Computer and information sciences 4,195 3,175 3,026 2,625 1,459 1,427 1,102 1,043 724 521
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,734 6,124 5,246 5,468 5,603 5,618 5,125 5,757 5,802 10,073
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,486 4,322 4,372 4,099 3,893 3,298 2,596 2,065 1,823 792
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,248 1,802 874 1,369 1,710 2,320 2,529 3,678 3,979 9,281
      Life sciences 86,674 81,492 82,986 74,897 71,440 72,765 65,459 65,910 48,622 41,460
        Agricultural sciences 60,758 54,025 51,177 43,975 40,695 40,178 38,172 38,144 26,209 23,462
        Biological and biomedical sciences 15,126 15,576 16,954 18,017 19,994 19,659 16,600 15,363 13,414 12,185
        Health sciences 9,821 11,100 13,878 12,186 10,030 11,971 10,054 11,799 8,811 2,128
        Natural resources and conservation 277 156 118 199 186 302 146 153 188 0
        Life sciences nec 692 635 859 520 535 655 487 451 0 3,685
      Mathematics and statistics 2,874 2,828 2,852 2,527 2,536 1,565 758 562 828 828
      Physical sciences 29,993 27,448 19,778 23,329 17,990 15,021 10,912 12,248 15,519 15,638
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,978 7,929 8,821 13,389 8,796 7,838 6,178 5,951 7,861 9,312
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 22,015 19,519 10,957 9,940 9,194 7,183 4,734 6,297 7,658 6,322
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
      Psychology 992 956 673 415 359 235 223 468 819 685
      Social sciences 1,993 1,903 1,946 2,194 1,126 582 407 597 1,032 2,184
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,071
        Political science and government 469 591 416 530 466 310 127 118 129 147
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 454 417 416 460 644 257 267 422 791 402
        Social sciences nec 1,070 895 1,114 1,204 16 15 13 57 112 564
      Sciences nec 16,661 14,374 10,256 11,499 8,097 6,625 4,867 6,003 6,683 7,145
    Engineering 79,284 67,024 54,188 51,785 38,833 36,521 25,643 25,633 22,150 19,933
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,104 8,077 7,225 5,575 5,056 5,321 3,590 3,732 3,897 3,702
      Chemical engineering 2,366 1,985 2,426 2,544 1,169 1,188 839 427 578 557
      Civil engineering 6,349 6,256 6,800 6,942 6,597 7,421 5,567 7,611 7,169 7,314
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,706 5,800 6,567 5,168 2,987 2,546 2,551 3,409 2,657 2,029
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 70 86 18 18 16 338 408 271 161 0
      Mechanical engineering 12,622 9,559 8,063 7,540 5,113 3,030 1,759 1,832 2,054 1,424
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 46,067 35,261 23,089 23,998 17,895 16,673 10,929 8,351 5,634 4,907
    Non-S&E 28,527 24,358 19,869 18,838 18,842 14,452 10,633 11,401 9,894 9,947
      Business management and business administration 2,154 2,007 1,831 1,826 441 410 147 136 194 126
      Communication and communications technologies 144 70 174 143 246 328 221 143 109 136
      Education 7,295 5,062 3,546 3,136 2,645 1,874 1,489 1,883 2,491 3,047
      Humanities 1,878 1,799 1,736 1,686 1,786 513 58 163 397 61
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 7 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,335 1,201 1,207 1,199 1,975 219 44 75 34 24
      Non-S&E nec 15,721 14,219 11,375 10,848 11,737 11,108 8,674 9,001 6,662 6,553

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 257,927 158,999 21,347 67,761 962 5,029 3,829
    Science 150,116 81,321 21,175 43,388 596 2,504 1,132
      Computer and information sciences 4,195 2,992 0 1,196 7 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6,734 4,530 0 1,859 13 287 45
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 5,486 3,428 0 1,713 13 287 45
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,248 1,102 0 146 0 0 0
      Life sciences 86,674 41,408 21,175 21,612 404 1,662 413
        Agricultural sciences 60,758 25,068 19,517 15,208 270 480 215
        Biological and biomedical sciences 15,126 9,838 1,352 3,080 80 645 131
        Health sciences 9,821 6,344 306 2,513 54 537 67
        Natural resources and conservation 277 158 0 119 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 692 0 0 692 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2,874 1,509 0 1,354 0 11 0
      Physical sciences 29,993 23,390 0 5,596 137 397 473
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 7,978 4,716 0 2,922 112 176 52
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 22,015 18,674 0 2,674 25 221 421
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 992 932 0 25 35 0 0
      Social sciences 1,993 549 0 1,096 0 147 201
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Political science and government 469 65 0 404 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 454 5 0 449 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 1,070 479 0 243 0 147 201
      Sciences nec 16,661 6,011 0 10,650 0 0 0
    Engineering 79,284 64,978 63 11,042 365 471 2,365
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,104 3,175 63 2,422 45 0 399
      Chemical engineering 2,366 1,129 0 1,196 0 10 31
      Civil engineering 6,349 4,339 0 1,767 40 187 16
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,706 4,148 0 1,499 10 0 49
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 70 0 0 70 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 12,622 7,743 0 2,465 270 274 1,870
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 46,067 44,444 0 1,623 0 0 0
    Non-S&E 28,527 12,700 109 13,331 1 2,054 332
      Business management and business administration 2,154 214 0 1,900 0 40 0
      Communication and communications technologies 144 0 0 144 0 0 0
      Education 7,295 2,104 59 3,040 0 2,004 88
      Humanities 1,878 64 0 1,814 0 0 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,335 0 0 1,335 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 15,721 10,318 50 5,098 1 10 244

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 158,999 142,965 118,974 113,257 93,759 88,955 75,524 74,788 68,471 69,136
  DOD 66,304 52,929 38,791 35,768 28,685 22,807 18,126 14,998 10,698 10,170
  DOE 4,505 5,355 5,226 3,941 3,351 4,773 5,070 5,463 7,304 11,153
  HHS 17,438 19,246 23,459 23,707 21,729 23,631 21,379 20,477 18,910 17,548
  NASA 9,727 8,720 7,810 7,188 6,803 5,146 4,576 5,177 5,297 5,080
  NSF 21,014 22,324 13,996 16,102 12,179 12,131 12,298 13,112 11,912 11,011
  USDA 24,684 19,630 16,181 12,722 11,034 9,373 5,324 5,430 6,471 6,416
  Other 15,327 14,761 13,511 13,829 9,978 11,094 8,751 10,131 7,879 7,758

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 880 555 325 .
2018 877 562 315 .

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 324 320 309 309 309
    Agricultural sciences 146 146 146 146 146
    Biological and biomedical sciences 35 35 35 35 35
    Computer and information sciences 3 3 2 2 2
    Engineering 55 55 49 49 49
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 6 6 6 6
    Health sciences 1 1 0 0 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 7 7 7 7 6
    Physical sciences 66 62 59 59 59
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 4 4 4 4 4
    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 0 0 0 10,000 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 1,000 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 9,000 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 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

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 0 0 0 0 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 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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