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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 39 91.8 459 5 99.4 679 62 90 602 12 98.8 914
2022 41 91.3 457 3 99.7 680 15 98.5 900
2021 38 91.8 447 4 99.6 691 65 89.1 583 23 97.6 908
2020 38 91.8 450 4 99.6 698 25 97.4 916
2019 34 92.7 447 5 99.4 697 69 88.6 589 24 97.5 914
2018 34 92.4 428 6 99.3 700 24 97.5 911
2017 34 92.3 425 25 96.5 684 67 88.6 575 18 98.1 898
2016 27 94 430 25 96.6 697 23 97.6 896
2015 34 92.3 426 26 96.4 693 56 90.4 570 35 96.2 898
2014 26 94.1 422 26 96.4 688 38 95.9 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 435 414 385 411 427 428 434 483 437 477
  Science and engineering 307 303 290 269 273 264 268 290 262 282
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 1 3 . . 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . 1 1 3 . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 85 79 79 57 68 72 63 72 65 56
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 4 4 1 5 2 2 2 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 14 14 9 7 12 8 4 8 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 9 10 5 8 9 13 3 2 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 2 5 7 11 7 8 7 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 6 6 3 1 2 1 4 3 .
      Genetics and genomics 2 3 2 1 2 . 3 2 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 11 8 5 11 9 8 6 11 8 7
      Molecular biology 6 7 6 4 2 5 2 7 3 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 23 16 22 13 15 17 11 25 15 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 . 4 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 3 7 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 3 1 1 5 . 1 3 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 36 26 26 29 20 17 19 21 21 18
      Computer science 25 18 22 28 20 15 17 17 19 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 11 8 4 1 . 2 2 4 2 2
    Engineering 41 41 46 38 31 28 37 29 25 36
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 2 2 2 . 2 2 1 6 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 5 2 4 . 1 3 1 1 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 7 7 6 6 4 9 4 1 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 25 19 26 20 19 17 17 18 12 20
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 2 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 . 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3 4
      Engineering, other 2 . 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . . .
    Health sciences 10 20 10 19 15 17 15 13 5 15
      Nursing science 4 7 3 10 1 7 9 1 2 9
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 2 4 3 2 11 5 6 6 2 3
      Health sciences, other 4 9 4 7 3 5 . 6 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 19 12 16 14 15 22 22 24 19 32
      Applied mathematics 7 1 5 7 9 7 8 13 10 14
      Mathematics 1 1 1 1 3 11 4 7 6 10
      Statistics 2 2 2 1 . 1 2 . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 8 8 5 3 3 8 4 3 7
    Physical sciences 37 34 32 30 28 25 25 28 31 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 4 2 1 6 2 2 1 2 2
      Chemistry 24 18 16 16 13 16 14 19 17 17
      Physics 9 12 14 13 9 7 9 8 12 14
    Psychology 19 24 27 18 29 18 24 27 25 26
      Clinical psychology . . 1 . 2 . . 3 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 3 4 1 4 3 5 6 4 7
      Research and experimental psychology 14 17 19 13 22 14 17 16 15 17
      Psychology, other 3 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 5 2
    Social sciences 57 67 54 62 65 64 57 76 71 65
      Anthropology 8 11 7 10 8 6 8 15 7 6
      Economics 14 18 24 24 19 13 16 19 24 17
      Political science and government 11 15 4 11 12 11 9 10 11 16
      Public policy analysis 2 . . 1 2 1 3 . 1 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 4 10 10 7 17 9 12 11 13
      Social sciences, other 14 19 9 6 17 16 12 20 17 10
  Non-science and engineering 128 111 95 142 154 164 166 193 175 195
    Business 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14 17
      Business 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14 17
    Education 8 8 9 17 25 27 22 27 20 36
      Education leadership and administration . 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 1 2
      Education research 6 4 3 7 12 11 13 10 9 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 2 3 7 7 12 6 9 8 12
      Education, other 2 1 . . 3 . . 4 2 3
    Humanities and arts 79 70 65 89 99 100 108 141 120 123
      Letters 24 11 9 16 12 13 11 23 11 14
      Foreign languages and literature 5 13 7 13 25 17 22 19 20 31
      History 11 17 12 22 19 25 22 30 24 22
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 6 14 7 12 10 17 10 13 12
      Music and performing arts 8 9 8 18 14 12 13 18 16 11
      Humanities and arts, other 20 14 15 13 17 23 23 41 36 33
    Other non-science and engineering 20 15 10 22 17 26 22 10 21 19
      Communication 5 6 4 5 7 8 3 5 9 5
      Public administration and social services 12 7 3 9 9 16 13 2 11 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 2 3 8 1 2 6 3 1 9

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: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 4,227 4,502 4,377 3,276 3,478 3,121 2,569 2,784 2,495 2,531
    Female 4,128 4,505 4,231 3,317 3,379 2,833 1,683 1,746 1,624 1,676
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,947 3,233 3,388 2,879 2,676 2,219 1,250 1,300 1,268 1,477
    Hispanic or Latino 482 542 542 405 367 280 148 154 133 152
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,228 2,458 2,576 2,224 2,072 1,723 961 1,061 1,045 1,208
      American Indian or Alaska Native 8 8 10 10 6 3 32 8 4 4
      Asian 609 655 663 516 432 353 195 223 208 239
      Black or African American 292 300 275 232 207 123 60 65 60 96
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 5 5 3 4 2 0 0 0 1
      White 1,177 1,343 1,471 1,341 1,309 1,136 604 729 734 831
      More than one race 141 147 152 122 114 106 70 36 39 37
    Unknown ethnicity and race 237 233 270 250 237 216 141 85 90 117
  Temporary visa holders 5,408 5,774 5,220 3,714 4,181 3,735 3,002 3,230 2,851 2,730
  Science and engineering 7,898 8,481 8,076 6,146 6,422 5,346 4,241 4,530 4,119 4,207
    Science 6,191 6,461 6,343 4,931 5,166 4,384 3,223 3,312 3,089 3,318
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,604 1,705 1,650 1,349 1,211 730 577 480 477 490
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1,474 1,472 1,732 1,035 1,224 1,226 918 828 811 851
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 978 997 893 849 893 816 486 428 201 248
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 75 72 59 28 37 47 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 13 18 15 15 18 16 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 389 390 386 332 341 331 234 230 207 210
      Psychology 761 792 647 506 587 386 269 282 291 270
      Social sciences 897 1,015 959 816 854 831 739 958 993 1,142
    Engineering 1,707 2,020 1,733 1,215 1,256 962 1,018 1,218 1,030 889
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 88 70 53 31 20 43 32 31 38 36
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 47 58 47 38 34 26 20 19 14 13
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 241 259 228 164 163 158 183 145 123 102
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1,016 1,243 1,081 761 812 549 574 719 621 542
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 82 96 92 58 65 65 81 115 97 79
      Mechanical engineering 233 292 229 158 159 116 116 105 71 74
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 8
      Other engineering 0 2 3 5 3 5 12 73 56 35
  Health 457 526 532 447 435 608 11 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 53 56 50 42 65 389 0 0 0 0
    Other health 404 470 482 405 370 219 11 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 1,044 1,408 1,308 1,039 797 718 486 635 727 752
    Female 931 1,256 1,295 1,150 879 902 344 618 643 625
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 1,673 2,034 2,214 1,881 1,505 1,451 646 1,051 1,167 1,145
    Hispanic or Latino 251 287 324 295 224 199 78 102 105 115
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,319 1,609 1,752 1,460 1,188 1,118 507 847 945 913
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 6 9 7 6 1 16 2 2 3
      Asian 420 503 507 385 279 228 127 189 202 287
      Black or African American 144 177 223 161 124 103 37 86 92 91
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 4 3 2 3 0 3 2 0
      White 693 875 953 852 726 731 302 542 618 499
      More than one race 56 46 56 52 51 52 25 25 29 33
    Unknown ethnicity and race 103 138 138 126 93 134 61 102 117 117
  Temporary visa holders 302 630 389 308 171 169 184 202 203 232
  Science and engineering 1,842 2,457 2,342 1,940 1,473 1,169 805 1,253 1,370 1,377
    Science 1,689 2,191 2,118 1,730 1,298 981 584 1,015 1,111 1,135
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 309 366 312 314 258 207 80 71 56 56
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 920 1,203 1,122 745 479 340 178 203 213 265
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 90 115 114 114 99 106 42 76 92 81
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 11 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 4 6 12 8 10 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 44 52 34 50 56 65 3 13 10 14
      Psychology 132 217 301 281 222 33 41 107 144 162
      Social sciences 169 220 218 204 172 217 240 544 596 557
    Engineering 153 266 224 210 175 188 221 238 259 242
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 9 6 2 4 4 9 8 6 11
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 4 5 2 1 2 0 3 2 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 43 59 76 78 88 82 103 63 64 55
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 77 146 92 86 44 60 56 74 91 91
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 6 24 21 22 21 24 30 37 38 30
      Mechanical engineering 16 22 21 20 16 16 22 20 19 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 33 39 38
  Health 133 207 261 249 203 451 25 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 15 10 10 7 6 166 0 0 0 0
    Other health 118 197 251 242 197 285 25 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 530 680 385 386 327 565 284 449 406 404
  Science and engineering 491 651 367 386 326 512 284 449 406 404
    Science 403 549 309 314 266 461 274 348 329 357
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 190 264 175 171 153 185 155 116 93 116
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 56 81 45 37 44 47 21 64 71 50
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 24 31 20 26 15 39 8 30 27 48
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 46 42 23 66 38 82 60 44 47 49
      Psychology 40 87 21 12 15 71 22 20 23 28
      Social sciences 36 36 21 2 1 36 8 22 18 10
    Engineering 88 102 58 72 60 51 10 101 77 47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 10 1 0 0 4 1 1 6 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 13 14 8 7 5 3 1 5 2 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 10 19 8 11 12 9 4 14 3 5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 43 40 25 43 34 26 2 60 43 20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 14 18 15 10 9 8 1 14 19 15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Health 39 29 18 0 1 53 0 0 0 0
    Clinical medicine 6 5 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
    Other health 33 24 16 0 1 40 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 8,355 9,007 8,608 6,593 6,857 5,954 4,252 4,530 4,119 4,207
  Fellowships 1,686 1,616 1,279 1,168 1,191 577 862 811 779 703
    Federal 101 285 54 58 65 68 115 117 136 103
    Institutional 1,510 1,287 1,160 1,076 1,100 498 727 631 629 580
    Nonfederal 75 44 65 34 26 11 20 63 14 20
  Research assistantships 502 451 451 445 390 232 187 369 338 387
    Federal 282 261 233 296 243 86 147 240 197 232
    Institutional 149 104 132 54 64 125 31 109 122 120
    Nonfederal 71 86 86 95 83 21 9 20 19 35
  Teaching assistantships 400 364 227 271 219 212 14 20 9 16
    Federal 2 6 2 0 0 160 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 398 341 214 271 219 22 14 17 9 16
    Nonfederal 0 17 11 0 0 30 0 3 0 0
  Other types of support 5,767 6,576 6,651 4,709 5,057 4,933 3,189 3,330 2,993 3,101
    Federal 145 128 96 32 19 251 22 92 73 69
    Institutional 1,035 722 691 461 528 158 1,490 432 332 382
    Nonfederal 76 53 46 27 44 434 26 21 48 42
    Personal resources 4,511 5,673 5,818 4,189 4,466 4,090 1,651 2,785 2,540 2,608

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 602 598 600 621 612 576 478 567 589 609
    Science 576 576 578 599 589 553 452 548 576 598
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 4 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 389 407 393 408 403 358 363 262 315 372
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 14 9 9 18 17 19 21 19 17 16
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 35 34 45 44 38 31 22 24 20 20
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 38 18 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 62 53 52 58 63 59 35 36 46 48
      Psychology 49 52 62 55 42 47 10 44 42 34
      Social sciences 19 14 14 14 26 38 1 4 1 3
    Engineering 26 22 22 22 23 23 26 19 13 11
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 7 6 5 8 7 6 4 3 1
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 4 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 7 2 5 5 5 0 5 5 5 6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 5 6 7 8 0 14 10 2 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
  Health 219 218 208 213 162 177 188 80 91 0
    Clinical medicine 207 196 197 204 147 152 180 80 91 0
    Other health 12 22 11 9 15 25 8 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 424 481 397 613 553 550 549 536 579 513
  Science and engineering 296 343 276 403 395 389 361 456 488 513
    Science 289 333 269 393 386 379 351 446 478 513
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 229 263 216 311 318 291 300 240 296 352
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 8 5 4 3 4 5 8 7 6 5
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6 5 12 19 12 12 13 14 14 14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 38 18 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 29 29 21 31 28 32 20 20 21 26
      Psychology 14 26 15 26 18 27 10 25 22 23
      Social sciences 1 2 1 1 6 12 0 3 1 1
    Engineering 7 10 7 10 9 10 10 10 10 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 3 3 5 0 5 9 1 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 128 138 121 210 158 161 188 80 91 0
    Clinical medicine 124 123 112 201 146 152 180 80 91 0
    Other health 4 15 9 9 12 9 8 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 1,457,424 1,276,038 1,063,704 947,293 934,720 887,558 917,744 809,739 602,041 523,623
    Science 1,201,089 1,041,763 887,587 757,983 745,538 716,194 742,528 691,611 494,823 479,536
      Computer and information sciences 16,701 14,731 15,246 14,584 14,607 17,178 20,892 17,434 13,123 12,446
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 732 800 436 401 434 361 468 145 904 5,158
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 405 548 242 279 290 323 468 145 904 5,158
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 327 252 194 122 144 38 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,065,030 909,144 771,663 643,638 630,246 609,745 633,746 598,566 407,733 404,592
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 338,972 321,462 297,690 250,446 250,281 241,316 166,380 152,076 141,763 140,418
        Health sciences 723,188 584,887 469,714 389,211 377,195 361,753 288,035 271,941 240,311 225,065
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,870 2,795 4,259 3,981 2,770 6,676 179,331 174,549 25,659 39,109
      Mathematics and statistics 19,747 20,916 16,998 13,465 12,002 10,475 9,950 10,101 11,545 10,062
      Physical sciences 30,409 26,391 26,417 26,698 26,098 23,915 20,631 17,360 15,295 12,935
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,549 13,103 14,156 13,753 14,483 12,254 11,525 9,760 9,182 7,559
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 14,860 13,288 12,261 12,945 11,615 11,661 9,106 7,600 6,113 5,376
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 26,613 30,932 27,209 28,468 30,002 25,145 25,636 23,719 26,030 21,391
      Social sciences 41,857 38,528 29,601 30,676 31,003 29,375 31,205 24,286 20,193 12,952
        Anthropology 15 14 11 43 33 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 995 1,898 1,448 1,748 1,390 1,585 1,001 1,023 904 2,849
        Political science and government 9,625 10,309 8,579 7,151 7,944 4,534 4,448 5,243 4,772 4,251
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 12,896 10,074 6,550 7,563 6,804 9,676 8,327 5,204 1,121 1,420
        Social sciences nec 18,326 16,233 13,013 14,171 14,832 13,580 17,429 12,816 13,396 4,432
      Sciences nec 0 321 17 53 1,146 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 132,311 119,160 99,307 100,207 99,711 85,767 79,801 59,782 10,248 11,078
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 123 71 87 107 123 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 3,530 3,470 3,231 1,874 2,148 1,460 1,386 1,209 624 1,248
      Civil engineering 1,272 1,604 1,327 1,394 1,364 3,055 2,168 2,340 1,695 1,037
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 18,588 15,842 14,570 15,280 14,385 9,690 10,047 7,444 3,837 4,561
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,192 2,682 3,129 2,888 2,651 2,933 3,384 1,643 1,302 1,590
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 106,606 95,491 76,963 78,664 79,040 68,629 62,816 47,146 2,790 2,642
    Non-S&E 124,024 115,115 76,810 89,103 89,471 85,597 95,415 58,346 96,970 33,009
      Business management and business administration 8,788 7,270 5,973 7,050 7,113 7,208 6,720 5,318 1,710 1,935
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 31,012 26,248 21,308 27,628 34,363 28,899 28,995 24,956 25,791 17,837
      Humanities 26,973 25,247 12,109 14,449 19,281 15,876 23,876 10,861 13,804 2,941
      Law 40,785 38,726 23,641 21,952 9,428 13,717 13,238 4,785 2,696 1,715
      Social work 5,849 5,913 5,391 9,578 12,030 10,558 11,442 5,014 6,070 5,399
      Visual and performing arts 1,734 1,800 778 1,069 1,928 1,462 1,400 1,931 583 610
      Non-S&E nec 8,883 9,911 7,610 7,377 5,327 7,877 9,744 5,481 46,316 2,572

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: 2023
(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 1,457,424 787,204 9,599 327,502 73,289 118,376 141,454
    Science 1,201,089 743,551 7,654 266,044 67,424 83,763 32,653
      Computer and information sciences 16,701 11,518 0 1,540 1,098 1,397 1,148
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 732 188 0 76 0 125 343
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 405 188 0 76 0 125 16
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 327 0 0 0 0 0 327
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 1,065,030 670,216 7,613 248,299 63,392 64,446 11,064
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 338,972 218,335 2,344 74,918 6,448 29,238 7,689
        Health sciences 723,188 450,355 5,269 172,671 56,902 34,617 3,374
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 2,870 1,526 0 710 42 591 1
      Mathematics and statistics 19,747 10,870 0 2,136 1,964 4,152 625
      Physical sciences 30,409 18,882 0 2,144 38 3,656 5,689
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,549 10,116 0 1,339 33 2,705 1,356
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 14,860 8,766 0 805 5 951 4,333
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 26,613 21,388 0 1,601 771 2,545 308
      Social sciences 41,857 10,489 41 10,248 161 7,442 13,476
        Anthropology 15 0 0 15 0 0 0
        Economics 995 233 0 288 1 309 164
        Political science and government 9,625 659 0 2,315 0 3,112 3,539
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 12,896 5,915 41 3,364 0 3,312 264
        Social sciences nec 18,326 3,682 0 4,266 160 709 9,509
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 132,311 24,015 1,357 10,113 3,975 2,862 89,989
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 123 0 0 110 0 0 13
      Chemical engineering 3,530 2,309 0 294 675 218 34
      Civil engineering 1,272 910 0 135 0 5 222
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 18,588 11,548 1,255 2,531 624 1,480 1,150
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,192 1,754 0 161 22 104 151
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 106,606 7,494 102 6,882 2,654 1,055 88,419
    Non-S&E 124,024 19,638 588 51,345 1,890 31,751 18,812
      Business management and business administration 8,788 307 0 1,553 137 2,388 4,403
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 31,012 12,518 243 9,091 1 8,236 923
      Humanities 26,973 39 0 21,743 18 335 4,838
      Law 40,785 620 335 12,908 1,641 17,444 7,837
      Social work 5,849 3,037 0 1,362 0 1,446 4
      Visual and performing arts 1,734 36 0 676 0 558 464
      Non-S&E nec 8,883 3,081 10 4,012 93 1,344 343

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 787,204 668,381 547,027 448,850 436,850 416,143 391,144 350,355 344,570 330,484
  DOD 21,849 19,381 20,716 21,608 23,849 23,003 16,223 11,576 15,203 12,531
  DOE 4,386 5,322 4,065 4,453 4,094 3,817 4,649 4,522 4,187 5,387
  HHS 696,483 583,692 466,971 368,652 353,281 330,985 317,435 290,768 284,089 274,988
  NASA 1,829 1,572 1,050 1,033 1,353 1,313 1,010 715 529 757
  NSF 43,877 43,497 42,854 40,824 39,534 38,657 36,947 31,908 32,510 29,989
  USDA 523 840 905 854 845 760 543 885 979 981
  Other 18,257 14,077 10,466 11,426 13,894 17,608 14,337 9,981 7,073 5,851

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 6,628 1,560 5,068 .
2018 6,363 1,476 4,887 .
2017 6,308 1,532 4,776 .

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 1,084 1,023 912 948 1,014
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 865 826 729 661 642
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 19
    Engineering 119 72 74 109 119
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 11 21 21 56 49
    Mathematics and statistics 4 2 2 4 19
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 58 71 57 89 135
    Psychology 20 17 16 21 22
    Social sciences 6 13 14 9 9
    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)

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 49,362 119,337 276,780 151,783 159,226
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 48,550 58,008 270,680 116,637 123,940
    Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 61,329 6,100 33,102 32,500
    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 1,679 2,786
    Psychology 812 0 0 366 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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