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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 162 82.8 925
2023 178 74.2 679 167 81.9 911 139 77.3 602
2022 160 76.8 680 163 82.2 900
2021 156 77.8 691 161 82.5 908 137 76.9 583
2020 151 78.7 698 161 82.7 916
2019 161 77.2 697 160 82.8 914 123 79.5 589
2018 162 77.2 700 160 82.7 911
2017 152 78.1 684 151 83.4 898 128 78.1 575
2016 167 76.4 697 145 84.1 896
2015 169 76 693 133 85.4 898 81 86.1 570
2014 161 76.9 688
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 461 482 437 448 448 448 508 514 515 556
    Female 424 441 453 419 369 374 367 356 357 356
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 509 586 602 561 526 481 519 508 485 495
    Hispanic or Latino 214 247 256 216 190 177 183 164 155 151
    Not Hispanic or Latino 288 333 341 340 324 295 325 325 308 314
      American Indian or Alaska Native 13 17 16 12 8 11 14 10 7 8
      Asian 22 22 19 18 40 9 13 10 14 16
      Black or African American 12 11 15 15 16 15 19 20 11 12
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 214 259 273 272 237 242 260 266 267 266
      More than one race 25 23 16 22 23 18 19 19 9 12
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 6 5 5 12 9 11 19 22 30
  Temporary visa holders 376 337 288 306 291 341 356 362 387 417
  Science and engineering 798 820 771 801 776 800 850 839 841 886
    Science 625 617 587 591 561 583 613 615 608 617
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 55 65 70 81 76 83 86 120 107 93
      Biological and biomedical sciences 68 62 63 65 72 70 65 63 65 60
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 13
      Computer and information sciences 121 100 84 70 75 65 77 67 80 85
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 30 25
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 30 29 28 34 30 32 12 12 11 10
      Mathematics and statistics 39 40 42 43 45 47 48 48 41 45
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 17 15 16 9 7 17 35 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 98 97 92 89 87 88 91 91 97 102
      Psychology 98 95 95 104 48 40 47 48 44 51
      Social sciences 99 114 97 96 121 141 152 122 121 133
    Engineering 173 203 184 210 215 217 237 224 233 269
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 14 12 10 8 9 8 6 3 8 7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 18 23 29 34 29 35 31 33 46
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 53 53 40 49 44 53 57 54 47 58
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 45 58 51 56 53 58 69 72 81 96
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 25 23 19 29 31 26 33 39 36 31
      Mechanical engineering 24 39 41 39 44 43 37 25 28 31
      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 87 103 119 66 41 22 25 31 31 26
    Clinical medicine 41 52 69 59 33 18 20 29 29 26
    Other health 46 51 50 7 8 4 5 2 2 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 247 255 257 229 219 218 234 241 276 273
    Female 231 247 267 241 211 181 192 220 225 227
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 434 456 462 414 390 362 386 403 422 449
    Hispanic or Latino 174 163 168 130 132 121 124 124 113 141
    Not Hispanic or Latino 254 287 289 274 249 232 243 246 280 272
      American Indian or Alaska Native 16 12 15 6 7 3 5 7 4 8
      Asian 15 18 13 15 23 19 17 11 10 12
      Black or African American 23 22 23 24 20 13 19 20 27 27
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
      White 183 215 220 211 187 183 193 195 229 218
      More than one race 15 18 17 17 12 13 9 12 9 6
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 6 5 10 9 9 19 33 29 36
  Temporary visa holders 44 46 62 56 40 37 40 58 79 51
  Science and engineering 401 421 419 374 356 350 362 400 437 437
    Science 277 293 287 250 227 198 212 237 245 262
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 20 24 19 21 24 18 14 42 39 29
      Biological and biomedical sciences 11 12 15 7 9 8 10 9 12 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7
      Computer and information sciences 86 88 58 27 16 10 7 17 15 16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 10
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 16 17 11 17 18 6 6 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 3 4 9 13 8 7 6 7 5 8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 10 15 15 12 12 11 20 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 16 12 15 7 4 6 11 6 8 15
      Psychology 23 29 35 50 18 13 23 13 9 11
      Social sciences 91 93 104 102 119 107 115 130 141 144
    Engineering 124 128 132 124 129 152 150 163 192 175
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 7 5 4 2 2 2 4 7 5
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 5 9 7 5 10 4 6 9 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 27 22 18 9 12 12 15 16 21 19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 41 33 39 35 38 41 46 43 49 44
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 40 48 49 57 62 79 82 87 96 89
      Mechanical engineering 8 13 12 12 10 8 1 7 10 10
      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 77 81 105 96 74 49 64 61 64 63
    Clinical medicine 72 78 99 88 63 38 44 39 36 31
    Other health 5 3 6 8 11 11 20 22 28 32

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 208 197 219 209 170 137 161 49 113 163
  Science and engineering 206 191 213 204 170 135 157 48 112 162
    Science 146 141 153 138 110 95 107 36 66 87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 26 25 24 25 22 23 17 8 18 16
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 12 11 11 15 15 10 6 10 12
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 21 31 23 31 22 10 19 8 15 15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 11 7 8 10 11 1 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 3 7 2 1 9 18 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 39 29 38 31 23 16 24 9 19 32
      Psychology 18 15 26 24 5 3 7 4 0 6
      Social sciences 8 13 16 4 10 7 7 0 3 6
    Engineering 60 50 60 66 60 40 50 12 46 75
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 4 5 5 6 1 3 0 0 1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 4 9 10 10 8 12 3 12 28
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 21 11 8 16 10 15 16 3 7 12
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 15 17 22 19 18 12 12 5 20 21
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 4
      Mechanical engineering 12 10 15 16 13 4 6 0 6 9
      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 2 6 6 5 0 2 4 1 1 1
    Clinical medicine 0 5 6 4 0 2 4 1 1 1
    Other health 2 1 0 1 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 885 923 890 867 817 822 875 870 872 912
  Fellowships 4 3 6 7 4 3 9 5 2 1
    Federal 4 3 5 7 4 2 9 5 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
    Nonfederal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Research assistantships 313 314 306 285 261 245 282 214 157 197
    Federal 183 179 184 174 159 126 143 40 90 132
    Institutional 108 118 102 89 83 110 124 174 34 61
    Nonfederal 22 17 20 22 19 9 15 0 33 4
  Teaching assistantships 289 327 316 322 339 331 314 329 289 256
    Federal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 289 327 316 322 339 331 314 329 289 256
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other types of support 279 279 262 253 213 243 270 322 424 458
    Federal 21 15 30 28 7 9 9 4 23 31
    Institutional 105 74 68 49 61 69 69 73 192 193
    Nonfederal 6 6 7 8 3 1 1 12 3 2
    Personal resources 147 184 157 168 142 164 191 233 206 232

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 59 47 44 38 29 26 24 17 24 28
    Science 49 37 35 28 20 21 19 14 21 25
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 19 15 13 12 10 8 8 8 8 8
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 6 8
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 9 7 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 10 7 7 7 8 10 6 5 7 9
      Psychology 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 10 9 10 9 5 5 3 3 3
      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 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 5 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 1 2 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  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

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 39 34 32 28 21 19 16 14 20 21
  Science and engineering 39 34 32 28 21 19 16 14 20 21
    Science 30 25 24 21 15 15 13 11 17 18
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 14 10 9 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 5 6
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 6 6 7 8 8 3 2 4 4
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 9 9 8 7 6 4 3 3 3 3
      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 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 4 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  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

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 142,872 126,337 121,472 110,580 107,275 101,457 96,270 102,218 106,282 132,377
    Science 95,224 83,450 79,697 79,636 80,787 74,141 70,926 73,028 63,650 62,466
      Computer and information sciences 4,941 5,075 4,103 4,043 4,539 2,705 2,124 1,703 1,838 1,792
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,065 4,514 4,830 5,067 5,381 3,908 4,939 3,856 3,192 1,800
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 139 338 189 203 135 220 51 118 168 86
        Geological and earth sciences 3,331 2,270 1,861 2,165 2,500 1,715 1,696 1,218 1,118 559
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,595 1,906 2,780 2,699 2,746 1,973 3,192 2,520 1,906 1,155
      Life sciences 63,351 55,765 53,389 48,808 43,340 40,821 37,074 35,258 39,139 38,212
        Agricultural sciences 37,990 37,545 32,727 32,281 31,672 31,352 28,595 26,804 30,424 30,404
        Biological and biomedical sciences 22,906 16,067 18,584 15,045 9,867 7,688 7,214 7,824 8,293 7,500
        Health sciences 928 1,106 903 492 449 628 626 418 112 86
        Natural resources and conservation 665 103 159 10 28 49 14 6 0 0
        Life sciences nec 862 944 1,016 980 1,324 1,104 625 206 310 222
      Mathematics and statistics 425 170 164 116 188 41 74 223 185 274
      Physical sciences 15,274 12,826 13,339 20,108 26,366 25,535 25,776 30,701 18,225 16,454
        Astronomy and astrophysics 8,792 8,259 7,373 7,012 7,548 6,817 7,637 8,631 6,457 6,405
        Chemistry 2,507 1,647 2,181 2,141 5,296 5,931 6,534 8,112 6,000 7,422
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
        Physics 2,642 1,994 1,792 1,675 1,386 1,762 1,656 1,999 2,102 2,483
        Physical sciences nec 1,333 926 1,993 9,280 12,136 11,025 9,949 11,948 3,666 144
      Psychology 280 312 480 422 276 268 251 205 149 115
      Social sciences 657 701 679 570 469 653 504 170 292 106
        Anthropology 234 277 191 81 107 40 12 51 62 0
        Economics 171 273 380 400 262 471 357 15 183 1
        Political science and government 25 12 68 73 88 124 77 0 0 4
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 0 1 6 6 6 11 68 0 25
        Social sciences nec 225 139 39 10 6 12 47 36 47 76
      Sciences nec 5,231 4,087 2,713 502 228 210 184 912 630 3,713
    Engineering 45,317 40,884 40,367 29,884 25,030 25,892 23,067 26,947 40,221 64,534
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7,234 7,811 7,551 5,310 5,666 7,650 7,113 9,989 7,593 7,437
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 6 0 9 1 5 1 18 223 931
      Chemical engineering 1,769 1,939 1,488 1,564 1,761 2,171 1,962 1,870 1,667 1,251
      Civil engineering 5,875 6,422 6,165 4,336 3,995 3,735 2,877 3,318 3,118 2,945
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,592 13,129 12,731 6,947 2,956 2,279 1,649 1,795 2,334 2,880
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 213 96 99 70 154 47 24 22 5 0
      Mechanical engineering 4,554 2,369 2,358 2,015 1,600 1,133 632 492 736 1,181
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 770 132 122 120 145 165 106 166 166 374
      Engineering nec 9,295 8,980 9,853 9,513 8,752 8,707 8,703 9,277 24,379 47,535
    Non-S&E 2,331 2,003 1,408 1,060 1,458 1,424 2,277 2,243 2,411 5,377
      Business management and business administration 103 212 141 16 5 4 4 10 13 67
      Communication and communications technologies 15 36 31 38 25 24 11 13 10 17
      Education 710 567 499 723 1,199 1,101 766 1,103 1,007 726
      Humanities 157 54 156 9 25 134 3 27 28 24
      Law 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 5 256 36 75 0 0 1 4 89 2
      Visual and performing arts 28 41 39 25 9 0 0 1 0 1
      Non-S&E nec 1,313 837 506 167 195 161 1,492 1,085 1,264 4,540

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 142,872 84,715 27,644 18,535 1,973 3,694 6,311
    Science 95,224 51,386 25,378 12,075 1,205 3,677 1,503
      Computer and information sciences 4,941 4,378 0 555 8 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,065 3,102 1,302 457 0 0 204
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 139 16 0 11 0 0 112
        Geological and earth sciences 3,331 1,669 1,302 268 0 0 92
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,595 1,417 0 178 0 0 0
      Life sciences 63,351 30,253 23,726 7,052 904 242 1,174
        Agricultural sciences 37,990 11,085 20,653 4,414 764 84 990
        Biological and biomedical sciences 22,906 17,832 2,345 2,412 123 10 184
        Health sciences 928 563 164 95 17 89 0
        Natural resources and conservation 665 252 359 54 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 862 521 205 77 0 59 0
      Mathematics and statistics 425 349 0 62 0 9 5
      Physical sciences 15,274 8,599 45 3,015 174 3,335 106
        Astronomy and astrophysics 8,792 3,858 0 1,618 0 3,316 0
        Chemistry 2,507 1,238 45 948 174 19 83
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 2,642 2,312 0 330 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 1,333 1,191 0 119 0 0 23
      Psychology 280 15 0 244 10 8 3
      Social sciences 657 483 9 82 0 72 11
        Anthropology 234 204 9 21 0 0 0
        Economics 171 156 0 7 0 0 8
        Political science and government 25 0 0 22 0 0 3
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 225 123 0 30 0 72 0
      Sciences nec 5,231 4,207 296 608 109 11 0
    Engineering 45,317 32,572 2,204 5,385 768 0 4,388
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7,234 5,854 464 908 0 0 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 0 0 1 0 0 14
      Chemical engineering 1,769 1,196 5 163 122 0 283
      Civil engineering 5,875 3,603 1,235 1,036 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 15,592 13,267 0 1,716 607 0 2
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 213 55 101 17 0 0 40
      Mechanical engineering 4,554 3,833 54 630 37 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 770 606 100 62 0 0 2
      Engineering nec 9,295 4,158 245 852 1 0 4,039
    Non-S&E 2,331 757 62 1,075 0 17 420
      Business management and business administration 103 73 0 30 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 15 0 0 15 0 0 0
      Education 710 247 62 57 0 8 336
      Humanities 157 0 0 148 0 0 9
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 5 0 0 5 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 28 0 0 21 0 7 0
      Non-S&E nec 1,313 437 0 799 0 2 75

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 84,715 71,764 71,718 64,699 60,971 58,022 54,009 59,885 62,292 78,903
  DOD 25,342 19,315 22,026 20,082 19,336 19,487 18,222 24,804 29,063 23,464
  DOE 10,325 7,663 7,496 7,214 6,159 5,941 4,970 4,949 5,000 5,909
  HHS 9,118 9,105 9,614 8,028 7,544 7,312 7,826 8,588 7,210 8,011
  NASA 6,556 5,073 4,873 3,974 4,170 4,659 4,532 3,801 3,860 24,485
  NSF 13,737 12,984 12,557 12,458 11,316 9,742 9,069 8,994 8,146 8,103
  USDA 14,297 12,516 9,730 9,378 9,204 7,496 6,474 6,019 6,310 6,319
  Other 5,340 5,108 5,422 3,565 3,242 3,385 2,916 2,730 2,703 2,612

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 1,541 461 1,080 .
2018 1,391 459 932 .

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 1,529 1,423 1,489 2,219 2,395
    Agricultural sciences 298 304 328 331 405
    Biological and biomedical sciences 474 468 471 959 895
    Computer and information sciences 19 21 24 13 6
    Engineering 84 81 112 96 209
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1 1 1 1 3
    Health sciences 405 311 311 545 576
    Mathematics and statistics 13 6 10 17 23
    Natural resources and conservation 36 33 38 17 16
    Physical sciences 136 133 131 133 130
    Psychology 43 42 41 43 86
    Social sciences 21 21 18 63 44
    Other 0 2 2 1 2

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 93,400 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 93,400 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 92,500 3,500 5,844 6,885 23,700
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 287 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 1,000 2,476 2,862 5,197
    Computer and information sciences 50,000 500 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 368 18,503
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 28,000 1,500 1,674 1,674 0
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 250 250 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 250 250 0
    Physical sciences 14,500 500 1,194 1,194 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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