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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 29 94 459 4 99.5 631 18 98.2 925
2023 39 91.8 459 5 99.4 679 12 98.8 911 62 90 602
2022 41 91.3 457 3 99.7 680 15 98.5 900
2021 38 91.8 447 4 99.6 691 23 97.6 908 65 89.1 583
2020 38 91.8 450 4 99.6 698 25 97.4 916
2019 34 92.7 447 5 99.4 697 24 97.5 914 69 88.6 589
2018 34 92.4 428 6 99.3 700 24 97.5 911
2017 34 92.3 425 25 96.5 684 18 98.1 898 67 88.6 575
2016 27 94 430 25 96.6 697 23 97.6 896
2015 34 92.3 426 26 96.4 693 35 96.2 898 56 90.4 570
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 501 435 414 385 411 427 428 434 483 437
  Science and engineering 374 307 303 290 269 273 264 268 290 262
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . 1 1 3 . .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 1 1 3 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 95 85 79 79 57 68 72 63 72 65
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 4 4 4 1 5 2 2 2 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 15 14 14 9 7 12 8 4 8
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 12 9 10 5 8 9 13 3 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 4 2 3 2 5 7 11 7 8 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 5 6 6 3 1 2 1 4 3
      Genetics and genomics 4 2 3 2 1 2 . 3 2 2
      Microbiology and immunology 15 11 8 5 11 9 8 6 11 8
      Molecular biology 6 6 7 6 4 2 5 2 7 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 24 23 16 22 13 15 17 11 25 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 . 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 3 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 . 3 1 1 5 . 1 3 2
    Computer and information sciences 37 36 26 26 29 20 17 19 21 21
      Computer science 20 25 18 22 28 20 15 17 17 19
      Computer and information sciences, other 17 11 8 4 1 . 2 2 4 2
    Engineering 65 41 41 46 38 31 28 37 29 25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . 2 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 . 2 2 2 . 2 2 1 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 2 5 2 4 . 1 3 1 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 14 3 7 7 6 6 4 9 4 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 30 25 19 26 20 19 17 17 18 12
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 . 2
      Mechanical engineering 9 5 6 6 4 4 3 5 4 3
      Engineering, other 1 2 . 1 . . . . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 3 . . 2 1 . 3 . .
    Health sciences 18 10 20 10 19 15 17 15 13 5
      Nursing science 3 4 7 3 10 1 7 9 1 2
      Public health 8 2 4 3 2 11 5 6 6 2
      Health sciences, other 7 4 9 4 7 3 5 . 6 1
    Mathematics and statistics 13 19 12 16 14 15 22 22 24 19
      Applied mathematics 4 7 1 5 7 9 7 8 13 10
      Mathematics . 1 1 1 1 3 11 4 7 6
      Statistics 1 2 2 2 1 . 1 2 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 9 8 8 5 3 3 8 4 3
    Physical sciences 40 37 34 32 30 28 25 25 28 31
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 4 4 2 1 6 2 2 1 2
      Chemistry 20 24 18 16 16 13 16 14 19 17
      Physics 14 9 12 14 13 9 7 9 8 12
    Psychology 24 19 24 27 18 29 18 24 27 25
      Clinical psychology . . . 1 . 2 . . 3 1
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 2 3 4 1 4 3 5 6 4
      Research and experimental psychology 15 14 17 19 13 22 14 17 16 15
      Psychology, other 6 3 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 5
    Social sciences 81 57 67 54 62 65 64 57 76 71
      Anthropology 8 8 11 7 10 8 6 8 15 7
      Economics 26 14 18 24 24 19 13 16 19 24
      Political science and government 8 11 15 4 11 12 11 9 10 11
      Public policy analysis 4 2 . . 1 2 1 3 . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 10 8 4 10 10 7 17 9 12 11
      Social sciences, other 25 14 19 9 6 17 16 12 20 17
  Non-science and engineering 127 128 111 95 142 154 164 166 193 175
    Business 13 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14
      Business 13 21 18 11 14 13 11 14 15 14
    Education 16 8 8 9 17 25 27 22 27 20
      Education leadership and administration 2 . 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 1
      Education research 9 6 4 3 7 12 11 13 10 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 4 . 2 3 7 7 12 6 9 8
      Education, other 1 2 1 . . 3 . . 4 2
    Humanities and arts 74 79 70 65 89 99 100 108 141 120
      Letters 13 24 11 9 16 12 13 11 23 11
      Foreign languages and literature 6 5 13 7 13 25 17 22 19 20
      History 15 11 17 12 22 19 25 22 30 24
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 11 6 14 7 12 10 17 10 13
      Music and performing arts 10 8 9 8 18 14 12 13 18 16
      Humanities and arts, other 22 20 14 15 13 17 23 23 41 36
    Other non-science and engineering 24 20 15 10 22 17 26 22 10 21
      Communication 9 5 6 4 5 7 8 3 5 9
      Public administration and social services 9 12 7 3 9 9 16 13 2 11
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 3 2 3 8 1 2 6 3 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   2,813   2,947   3,233   3,388   2,879   2,676   2,219   1,250   1,300   1,268
    Hispanic or Latino   399   482   542   542   405   367   280   148   154   133
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,150   2,228   2,458   2,576   2,224   2,072   1,723   961   1,061   1,045
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   8   8   10   10   6   3   32   8   4
      Asian   660   609   655   663   516   432   353   195   223   208
      Black or African American   278   292   300   275   232   207   123   60   65   60
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   1   5   5   3   4   2   0   0   0
      White   1,076   1,177   1,343   1,471   1,341   1,309   1,136   604   729   734
      More than one race   131   141   147   152   122   114   106   70   36   39
    Unknown ethnicity and race   264   237   233   270   250   237   216   141   85   90
  Temporary visa holders   5,942   5,408   5,774   5,220   3,714   4,181   3,735   3,002   3,230   2,851
  Science and engineering   8,495   7,898   8,481   8,076   6,146   6,422   5,346   4,241   4,530   4,119
    Science   6,769   6,191   6,461   6,343   4,931   5,166   4,384   3,223   3,312   3,089
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   0   0   2   1   1   1   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,536   1,604   1,705   1,650   1,349   1,211   730   577   480   477
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2,128   1,474   1,472   1,732   1,035   1,224   1,226   918   828   811
      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   600   978   997   893   849   893   816   486   428   201
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   424   75   72   59   28   37   47   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   8   13   18   15   15   18   16   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   428   389   390   386   332   341   331   234   230   207
      Psychology   720   761   792   647   506   587   386   269   282   291
      Social sciences   924   897   1,015   959   816   854   831   739   958   993
    Engineering   1,726   1,707   2,020   1,733   1,215   1,256   962   1,018   1,218   1,030
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   102   88   70   53   31   20   43   32   31   38
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   54   47   58   47   38   34   26   20   19   14
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   195   241   259   228   164   163   158   183   145   123
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1,104   1,016   1,243   1,081   761   812   549   574   719   621
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   83   82   96   92   58   65   65   81   115   97
      Mechanical engineering   188   233   292   229   158   159   116   116   105   71
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   10
      Other engineering   0   0   2   3   5   3   5   12   73   56
    Health   260   457   526   532   447   435   608   11   0   0
      Clinical medicine   45   53   56   50   42   65   389   0   0   0
      Other health   215   404   470   482   405   370   219   11   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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,465   1,673   2,034   2,214   1,881   1,505   1,451   646   1,051   1,167
    Hispanic or Latino   200   251   287   324   295   224   199   78   102   105
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,137   1,319   1,609   1,752   1,460   1,188   1,118   507   847   945
      American Indian or Alaska Native   2   5   6   9   7   6   1   16   2   2
      Asian   366   420   503   507   385   279   228   127   189   202
      Black or African American   147   144   177   223   161   124   103   37   86   92
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   1   2   4   3   2   3   0   3   2
      White   576   693   875   953   852   726   731   302   542   618
      More than one race   46   56   46   56   52   51   52   25   25   29
    Unknown ethnicity and race   128   103   138   138   126   93   134   61   102   117
  Temporary visa holders   303   302   630   389   308   171   169   184   202   203
  Science and engineering   1,692   1,842   2,457   2,342   1,940   1,473   1,169   805   1,253   1,370
    Science   1,580   1,689   2,191   2,118   1,730   1,298   981   584   1,015   1,111
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   5   7   3   0   3   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   288   309   366   312   314   258   207   80   71   56
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   942   920   1,203   1,122   745   479   340   178   203   213
      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   65   90   115   114   114   99   106   42   76   92
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   33   7   11   11   7   4   3   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   5   11   4   6   12   8   10   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   30   44   52   34   50   56   65   3   13   10
      Psychology   71   132   217   301   281   222   33   41   107   144
      Social sciences   141   169   220   218   204   172   217   240   544   596
    Engineering   112   153   266   224   210   175   188   221   238   259
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   1   9   6   2   4   4   9   8   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   9   4   5   2   1   2   0   3   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   35   43   59   76   78   88   82   103   63   64
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   47   77   146   92   86   44   60   56   74   91
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   6   24   21   22   21   24   30   37   38
      Mechanical engineering   16   16   22   21   20   16   16   22   20   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1   1   2   3   0   1   0   1   33   39
    Health   76   133   207   261   249   203   451   25   0   0
      Clinical medicine   19   15   10   10   7   6   166   0   0   0
      Other health   57   118   197   251   242   197   285   25   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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   448   530   680   385   386   327   565   284   449   406
  Science and engineering   420   491   651   367   386   326   512   284   449   406
    Science   334   403   549   309   314   266   461   274   348   329
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   170   190   264   175   171   153   185   155   116   93
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   52   56   81   45   37   44   47   21   64   71
      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   7   24   31   20   26   15   39   8   30   27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   21   9   5   3   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   2   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   29   46   42   23   66   38   82   60   44   47
      Psychology   26   40   87   21   12   15   71   22   20   23
      Social sciences   27   36   36   21   2   1   36   8   22   18
    Engineering   86   88   102   58   72   60   51   10   101   77
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   7   7   10   1   0   0   4   1   1   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   13   14   8   7   5   3   1   5   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   10   19   8   11   12   9   4   14   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   48   43   40   25   43   34   26   2   60   43
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   1   1   1   0   1   1   0   1
      Mechanical engineering   7   14   18   15   10   9   8   1   14   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
    Health   28   39   29   18   0   1   53   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   1   6   5   2   0   0   13   0   0   0
      Other health   27   33   24   16   0   1   40   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: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   8,755   8,355   9,007   8,608   6,593   6,857   5,954   4,252   4,530   4,119
  Fellowships   2,248   1,686   1,616   1,279   1,168   1,191   577   862   811   779
    Federal   51   101   285   54   58   65   68   115   117   136
    Institutional   2,104   1,510   1,287   1,160   1,076   1,100   498   727   631   629
    Nonfederal   93   75   44   65   34   26   11   20   63   14
  Research assistantships   549   502   451   451   445   390   232   187   369   338
    Federal   297   282   261   233   296   243   86   147   240   197
    Institutional   183   149   104   132   54   64   125   31   109   122
    Nonfederal   69   71   86   86   95   83   21   9   20   19
  Teaching assistantships   456   400   364   227   271   219   212   14   20   9
    Federal   2   2   6   2   0   0   160   0   0   0
    Institutional   454   398   341   214   271   219   22   14   17   9
    Nonfederal   0   0   17   11   0   0   30   0   3   0
  Other types of support   5,502   5,767   6,576   6,651   4,709   5,057   4,933   3,189   3,330   2,993
    Federal   98   145   128   96   32   19   251   22   92   73
    Institutional   1,152   1,035   722   691   461   528   158   1,490   432   332
    Nonfederal   61   76   53   46   27   44   434   26   21   48
    Personal resources   4,191   4,511   5,673   5,818   4,189   4,466   4,090   1,651   2,785   2,540

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering   566   602   598   600   621   612   576   478   567   589
    Science   538   576   576   578   599   589   553   452   548   576
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   3   4   3   3   2   0   1   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   357   389   407   393   408   403   358   363   262   315
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   12   14   9   9   18   17   19   21   19   17
      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   32   35   34   45   44   38   31   22   24   20
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   4   4   0   0   0   0   0   38   18
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   61   62   53   52   58   63   59   35   36   46
      Psychology   56   49   52   62   55   42   47   10   44   42
      Social sciences   14   19   14   14   14   26   38   1   4   1
    Engineering   28   26   22   22   22   23   23   26   19   13
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   4   5   2   2   1   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   6   7   6   5   8   7   6   4   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   4   3   3   3   1   0   1   0   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   7   2   5   5   5   0   5   5   5
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   5   5   6   7   8   0   14   10   2
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0
    Health   265   219   218   208   213   162   177   188   80   91
      Clinical medicine   252   207   196   197   204   147   152   180   80   91
      Other health   13   12   22   11   9   15   25   8   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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   425   424   481   397   613   553   550   549   536   579
  Science and engineering   284   296   343   276   403   395   389   361   456   488
    Science   277   289   333   269   393   386   379   351   446   478
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   216   229   263   216   311   318   291   300   240   296
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   8   5   4   3   4   5   8   7   6
      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   9   6   5   12   19   12   12   13   14   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   2   3   0   0   0   0   0   38   18
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   24   29   29   21   31   28   32   20   20   21
      Psychology   20   14   26   15   26   18   27   10   25   22
      Social sciences   3   1   2   1   1   6   12   0   3   1
    Engineering   7   7   10   7   10   9   10   10   10   10
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   3   3   4   2   3   3   2   3   1   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   2   1   1   2   1   0   1   0   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   0   1   1   2   0   0   1   0   3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   1   2   3   3   3   5   0   5   9   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   141   128   138   121   210   158   161   188   80   91
      Clinical medicine   135   124   123   112   201   146   152   180   80   91
      Other health   6   4   15   9   9   12   9   8   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   1,500,732   1,457,424   1,276,038   1,063,704   947,293   934,720   887,558   917,744   809,739   602,041
    Science   1,244,977   1,201,089   1,041,763   887,587   757,983   745,538   716,194   742,528   691,611   494,823
      Computer and information sciences   20,307   16,701   14,731   15,246   14,584   14,607   17,178   20,892   17,434   13,123
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,538   732   800   436   401   434   361   468   145   904
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,182   405   548   242   279   290   323   468   145   904
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   356   327   252   194   122   144   38   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,096,606   1,065,030   909,144   771,663   643,638   630,246   609,745   633,746   598,566   407,733
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   337,775   338,972   321,462   297,690   250,446   250,281   241,316   166,380   152,076   141,763
        Health sciences   755,859   723,188   584,887   469,714   389,211   377,195   361,753   288,035   271,941   240,311
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,972   2,870   2,795   4,259   3,981   2,770   6,676   179,331   174,549   25,659
      Mathematics and statistics   18,995   19,747   20,916   16,998   13,465   12,002   10,475   9,950   10,101   11,545
      Physical sciences   32,783   30,409   26,391   26,417   26,698   26,098   23,915   20,631   17,360   15,295
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   16,890   15,549   13,103   14,156   13,753   14,483   12,254   11,525   9,760   9,182
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   15,884   14,860   13,288   12,261   12,945   11,615   11,661   9,106   7,600   6,113
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   31,053   26,613   30,932   27,209   28,468   30,002   25,145   25,636   23,719   26,030
      Social sciences   43,520   41,857   38,528   29,601   30,676   31,003   29,375   31,205   24,286   20,193
        Anthropology   29   15   14   11   43   33   0   0   0   0
        Economics   1,940   995   1,898   1,448   1,748   1,390   1,585   1,001   1,023   904
        Political science and government   9,554   9,625   10,309   8,579   7,151   7,944   4,534   4,448   5,243   4,772
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   14,975   12,896   10,074   6,550   7,563   6,804   9,676   8,327   5,204   1,121
        Social sciences nec   17,022   18,326   16,233   13,013   14,171   14,832   13,580   17,429   12,816   13,396
      Sciences nec   175   0   321   17   53   1,146   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   142,831   132,311   119,160   99,307   100,207   99,711   85,767   79,801   59,782   10,248
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   13   123   71   87   107   123   0   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   3,797   3,530   3,470   3,231   1,874   2,148   1,460   1,386   1,209   624
      Civil engineering   960   1,272   1,604   1,327   1,394   1,364   3,055   2,168   2,340   1,695
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,789   18,588   15,842   14,570   15,280   14,385   9,690   10,047   7,444   3,837
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,373   2,192   2,682   3,129   2,888   2,651   2,933   3,384   1,643   1,302
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   115,899   106,606   95,491   76,963   78,664   79,040   68,629   62,816   47,146   2,790
    Non-S&E   112,924   124,024   115,115   76,810   89,103   89,471   85,597   95,415   58,346   96,970
      Business management and business administration   9,355   8,788   7,270   5,973   7,050   7,113   7,208   6,720   5,318   1,710
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0
      Education   31,893   31,012   26,248   21,308   27,628   34,363   28,899   28,995   24,956   25,791
      Humanities   21,676   26,973   25,247   12,109   14,449   19,281   15,876   23,876   10,861   13,804
      Law   30,694   40,785   38,726   23,641   21,952   9,428   13,717   13,238   4,785   2,696
      Social work   6,772   5,849   5,913   5,391   9,578   12,030   10,558   11,442   5,014   6,070
      Visual and performing arts   2,234   1,734   1,800   778   1,069   1,928   1,462   1,400   1,931   583
      Non-S&E nec   10,300   8,883   9,911   7,610   7,377   5,327   7,877   9,744   5,481   46,316

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   1,500,732   805,148   9,365   346,001   74,378   109,283   156,557
    Science   1,244,977   756,274   6,464   291,177   71,281   84,586   35,195
      Computer and information sciences   20,307   13,822   0   2,082   1,271   1,304   1,828
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   1,538   544   0   314   0   144   536
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   1,182   544   0   314   0   144   180
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   356   0   0   0   0   0   356
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,096,606   678,855   6,269   268,137   67,612   62,848   12,885
        Agricultural sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Biological and biomedical sciences   337,775   216,712   1,748   79,180   2,596   29,106   8,433
        Health sciences   755,859   460,649   4,521   188,201   65,016   33,149   4,323
        Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Life sciences nec   2,972   1,494   0   756   0   593   129
      Mathematics and statistics   18,995   9,793   0   2,221   1,587   4,350   1,044
      Physical sciences   32,783   19,398   167   3,952   268   4,111   4,887
        Astronomy and astrophysics   9   0   0   9   0   0   0
        Chemistry   16,890   10,605   167   2,271   268   2,798   781
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   15,884   8,793   0   1,672   0   1,313   4,106
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   31,053   22,292   0   3,691   503   3,936   631
      Social sciences   43,520   11,570   28   10,605   40   7,893   13,384
        Anthropology   29   0   0   29   0   0   0
        Economics   1,940   436   0   884   1   562   57
        Political science and government   9,554   632   20   2,685   23   2,830   3,364
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   14,975   7,130   8   4,282   0   3,164   391
        Social sciences nec   17,022   3,372   0   2,725   16   1,337   9,572
      Sciences nec   175   0   0   175   0   0   0
    Engineering   142,831   27,857   1,783   10,715   2,477   2,221   97,778
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   13   0   0   13   0   0   0
      Chemical engineering   3,797   2,973   0   0   418   387   19
      Civil engineering   960   883   1   76   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   19,789   11,749   1,725   2,941   1,328   260   1,786
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   2,373   1,965   0   152   21   128   107
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Engineering nec   115,899   10,287   57   7,533   710   1,446   95,866
    Non-S&E   112,924   21,017   1,118   44,109   620   22,476   23,584
      Business management and business administration   9,355   280   0   984   208   1,933   5,950
      Communication and communications technologies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Education   31,893   12,144   663   9,181   27   7,293   2,585
      Humanities   21,676   49   0   17,086   0   178   4,363
      Law   30,694   727   321   10,300   154   9,933   9,259
      Social work   6,772   3,338   0   1,480   0   1,925   29
      Visual and performing arts   2,234   158   0   917   2   666   491
      Non-S&E nec   10,300   4,321   134   4,161   229   548   907

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   805,148   787,204   668,381   547,027   448,850   436,850   416,143   391,144   350,355   344,570
  DOD   25,400   21,849   19,381   20,716   21,608   23,849   23,003   16,223   11,576   15,203
  DOE   3,957   4,386   5,322   4,065   4,453   4,094   3,817   4,649   4,522   4,187
  HHS   705,582   696,483   583,692   466,971   368,652   353,281   330,985   317,435   290,768   284,089
  NASA   2,066   1,829   1,572   1,050   1,033   1,353   1,313   1,010   715   529
  NSF   45,156   43,877   43,497   42,854   40,824   39,534   38,657   36,947   31,908   32,510
  USDA   490   523   840   905   854   845   760   543   885   979
  Other   22,497   18,257   14,077   10,466   11,426   13,894   17,608   14,337   9,981   7,073

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   6,628   1,560   5,068   .
2018   6,363   1,476   4,887   .

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)
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

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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