North Carolina State U.

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 23 95.2 459 29 95.9 679 11 98.4 602 53 94.4 914
2022 23 95.2 457 26 96.4 680 55 94 900
2021 21 95.6 447 29 96 691 12 98.1 583 53 94.3 908
2020 21 95.6 450 29 96 698 51 94.6 916
2019 20 95.8 447 20 97.3 697 15 97.6 589 49 94.8 914
2018 24 94.7 428 17 97.7 700 51 94.6 911
2017 24 94.6 425 16 97.8 684 13 97.9 575 47 94.9 898
2016 28 93.8 430 15 98 697 47 94.9 896
2015 30 93.2 426 13 98.3 693 11 98.3 570 47 94.9 898
2014 31 93 422 19 97.4 688 46 95 889
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 536 540 505 533 533 495 499 480 468 457
  Science and engineering 463 466 430 445 452 428 429 409 422 403
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 52 52 38 42 49 37 46 36 51 47
      Agricultural sciences 33 34 29 32 35 25 33 27 34 38
      Natural resources and conservation 19 18 9 10 14 12 13 9 17 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 65 55 46 56 55 63 65 47 54 40
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 4 1 2 5 3 5 3 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 7 4 4 5 6 4 5 6 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 11 4 8 5 3 5 12 3 8 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . 4 2 4 1 1 2 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 8 . 5 1 4 3 5 4 4
      Genetics and genomics 6 7 2 6 6 3 4 4 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 6 5 5 5 2 7 7 8 1 4
      Molecular biology 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 2 . . . . . 3 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 7 6 3 4 4 7 6 4 4 7
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 . 2 3 4 1 1 1 5 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 21 11 17 17 22 22 21 13 18 12
    Computer and information sciences 27 22 19 28 31 26 21 25 23 19
      Computer science 22 18 16 28 29 26 21 25 22 19
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 4 3 . 2 . . . 1 .
    Engineering 171 179 185 192 164 171 162 163 167 157
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 9 2 9 6 7 7 3 7 7
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 8 13 5 5 6 11 2 11 8 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 19 20 26 20 23 17 31 22 27 23
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 31 34 23 21 15 25 19 21 26 17
      Electrical and computer engineering 36 36 47 49 32 51 33 29 36 41
      Industrial engineering and operations research 15 10 22 18 15 13 16 11 10 13
      Materials and mining engineering 12 25 24 20 17 14 19 37 13 18
      Mechanical engineering 17 17 19 22 17 19 21 15 29 19
      Engineering, other 23 15 17 28 33 14 14 14 11 13
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 7 5 3 13 10 15 8 8 7
      Geological sciences 1 3 1 . 4 1 2 . 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 4 4 3 9 9 13 8 5 6
    Health sciences . 2 1 1 1 . . . 1 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Public health . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other . 2 1 . . . . . 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 52 53 47 47 46 42 39 52 47 45
      Applied mathematics 13 8 19 11 11 11 14 16 16 20
      Mathematics 2 1 1 2 5 1 4 6 9 8
      Statistics 23 25 12 18 18 21 11 5 14 14
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 19 15 16 12 9 10 25 8 3
    Physical sciences 57 59 39 33 54 42 47 44 36 57
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 4 . 1 1 . . 2 .
      Chemistry 37 38 25 19 32 35 30 28 23 33
      Physics 18 20 10 14 21 6 17 16 11 24
    Psychology 16 21 27 24 14 19 16 15 18 10
      Clinical psychology . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 10 8 12 6 10 6 8 9 3
      Research and experimental psychology 5 3 2 6 1 5 4 3 4 5
      Psychology, other 5 8 16 6 7 4 6 4 5 2
    Social sciences 17 16 23 19 25 18 18 19 17 20
      Economics 9 6 14 9 11 9 10 12 7 11
      Political science and government . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 6 7 9 11 7 6 3 7 7
      Social sciences, other 3 4 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 2
  Non-science and engineering 73 74 75 88 81 67 70 71 46 54
    Business 1 4 1 5 2 2 4 3 5 5
      Business 1 4 1 5 2 2 4 3 5 5
    Education 47 42 39 43 51 49 28 45 31 28
      Education leadership and administration 3 1 3 . 6 1 1 1 1 1
      Education research 23 23 23 26 33 30 20 29 22 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 20 18 13 13 11 16 7 14 8 9
      Education, other 1 . . 4 1 2 . 1 . .
    Humanities and arts 3 6 8 4 7 1 2 3 2 6
      Letters . 2 5 3 3 1 2 2 1 4
      History 2 4 2 1 . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 1 . 4 . . 1 1 2
    Other non-science and engineering 22 22 27 36 21 15 36 20 8 15
      Communication 8 9 7 6 5 4 8 8 3 2
      Public administration and social services 3 3 5 7 5 3 9 6 . 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 11 10 15 23 11 8 19 6 5 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 2,838 3,183 2,879 2,671 3,142 3,184 3,110 3,209 3,264 2,938
    Female 1,855 2,010 1,925 1,830 1,929 1,923 1,831 1,855 1,911 1,766
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,207 2,419 2,508 2,439 2,406 2,377 2,146 2,452 2,555 2,391
    Hispanic or Latino 169 134 146 114 85 119 121 124 114 111
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,989 2,217 2,292 2,248 2,207 2,158 1,931 2,231 2,350 2,199
      American Indian or Alaska Native 6 7 8 3 5 8 8 9 12 12
      Asian 214 236 227 199 206 183 120 159 165 151
      Black or African American 152 172 173 161 156 128 113 144 154 148
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 6
      White 1,534 1,702 1,784 1,791 1,746 1,740 1,613 1,850 1,944 1,827
      More than one race 82 99 97 92 92 97 75 65 71 55
    Unknown ethnicity and race 49 68 70 77 114 100 94 97 91 81
  Temporary visa holders 2,486 2,774 2,296 2,062 2,665 2,730 2,795 2,612 2,620 2,313
  Science and engineering 4,693 5,193 4,804 4,501 5,071 5,037 4,870 5,002 5,110 4,648
    Science 2,578 2,882 2,788 2,625 2,859 2,860 2,713 2,997 3,013 2,748
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 250 223 310 297 226 241 240 368 385 309
      Biological and biomedical sciences 576 596 526 509 584 542 553 705 699 596
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 31 25
      Computer and information sciences 680 889 752 637 855 858 731 732 711 654
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 10
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 80 68
      Mathematics and statistics 281 277 314 322 350 375 369 359 358 342
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 54 61 53 60 45 38 24 122 113 101
      Natural resources and conservation 188 178 179 153 158 150 121 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 351 348 335 323 321 323 330 237 232 247
      Psychology 13 100 106 123 114 104 112 106 100 105
      Social sciences 185 210 213 201 206 229 233 267 296 291
    Engineering 2,115 2,311 2,016 1,876 2,212 2,177 2,157 2,005 2,097 1,900
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 76 75 74 53 54 53 62 69 66 61
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 66 62 63 60 60 47 50 51 41 52
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 175 177 156 152 170 159 137 161 162 143
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 177 214 227 206 254 242 240 201 221 213
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 805 847 592 559 700 662 686 636 625 544
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 194 301 264 214 288 296 307 180 190 170
      Mechanical engineering 196 198 186 190 218 237 197 179 190 156
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 261 268 278 279 298 325 319 300 283 267
      Other engineering 165 169 176 163 170 156 159 228 319 294
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 70 71 62 65 56
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 70 71 62 65 56

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 681 777 797 771 762 750 699 844 900 900
    Female 410 456 494 445 446 414 372 435 417 415
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 983 1,098 1,177 1,103 1,076 1,028 931 1,163 1,205 1,206
    Hispanic or Latino 74 76 64 44 46 51 34 57 69 57
    Not Hispanic or Latino 879 996 1,083 1,021 982 930 837 1,059 1,096 1,114
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 4 3 5 6 4 4 2 2
      Asian 108 135 144 110 85 83 56 92 83 85
      Black or African American 49 77 83 75 67 65 59 73 76 65
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      White 691 752 816 793 797 760 696 873 918 944
      More than one race 29 30 36 40 28 16 22 16 16 18
    Unknown ethnicity and race 30 26 30 38 48 47 60 47 40 35
  Temporary visa holders 108 135 114 113 132 136 140 116 112 109
  Science and engineering 1,091 1,233 1,291 1,216 1,208 1,161 1,069 1,275 1,312 1,306
    Science 515 596 638 623 632 576 522 609 598 598
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 65 66 79 86 72 56 45 119 126 132
      Biological and biomedical sciences 70 105 110 101 112 102 90 100 108 79
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 7
      Computer and information sciences 97 98 92 75 66 61 66 73 78 92
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 15
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 17
      Mathematics and statistics 102 128 121 149 144 113 100 79 56 30
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 63 68 85 82 94 95 75 104 102 122
      Natural resources and conservation 56 56 58 55 60 70 73 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 14 19 10 16 13 11 9 10 2
      Psychology 12 33 47 40 14 18 16 19 12 17
      Social sciences 36 28 27 25 54 48 46 78 77 85
    Engineering 576 637 653 593 576 585 547 666 714 708
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 34 35 29 29 25 26 25 31 41 39
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 56 53 58 53 52 56 53 52 52 50
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 50 66 71 52 45 43 45 57 60 53
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 49 76 74 83 88 101 96 106 112 115
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 117 136 117 92 92 78 62 80 81 84
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 36 30 35 28 23 31 16 14 16 15
      Mechanical engineering 86 86 116 115 102 97 100 119 138 153
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 61 69 69 58 57 52 51 59 69 70
      Other engineering 87 86 84 83 92 101 99 148 145 129
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 5 9
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 5 9

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 678 769 762 657 720 726 689 741 810 755
  Science and engineering 678 769 762 657 720 708 678 733 791 745
    Science 332 420 388 355 375 363 346 427 494 404
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 38 30 56 14 21 12 21 60 85 40
      Biological and biomedical sciences 99 109 78 59 86 80 75 133 145 100
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 3 70 84 82 71 66 80 63 78 82
      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 22 30 28
      Mathematics and statistics 31 35 27 66 42 52 44 49 54 60
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 13 12 2 4 3 0 1 5 3
      Natural resources and conservation 40 40 22 12 30 20 18 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 110 111 97 103 104 114 76 63 63 64
      Psychology 0 7 7 15 14 13 25 15 12 17
      Social sciences 4 5 5 2 3 3 7 20 21 9
    Engineering 346 349 374 302 345 345 332 306 297 341
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 12 13 13 6 9 8 9 12 12 12
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 31 22 33 15 17 16 14 16 12 15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 49 55 54 45 50 44 43 38 41 45
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 17 18 27 20 28 28 31 22 20 20
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 95 106 89 83 91 91 102 84 79 113
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 21 21 16 21 12 19 15 15 8 9
      Mechanical engineering 48 45 57 41 42 40 34 32 45 40
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 39 32 32 42 64 65 57 48 49 63
      Other engineering 34 37 53 29 32 34 27 39 31 24
  Health 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 8 19 10
    Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 0 0 0 18 11 8 19 10

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 4,693 5,193 4,804 4,501 5,071 5,107 4,941 5,064 5,175 4,704
  Fellowships 135 225 210 275 431 308 309 263 302 265
    Federal 52 88 94 111 136 134 102 130 139 133
    Institutional 48 91 90 81 236 144 184 95 105 90
    Nonfederal 35 46 26 83 59 30 23 38 58 42
  Research assistantships 2,571 2,733 2,684 1,333 1,661 1,711 1,799 1,779 1,853 1,672
    Federal 626 681 668 478 583 591 584 611 670 622
    Institutional 1,421 1,565 1,556 343 552 624 752 540 562 532
    Nonfederal 524 487 460 512 526 496 463 628 621 518
  Teaching assistantships 0 0 0 678 829 752 880 935 866 828
    Federal 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 535 829 752 875 914 827 802
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 76 0 0 5 21 39 26
  Other types of support 1,987 2,235 1,910 2,215 2,150 2,336 1,953 2,087 2,154 1,939
    Federal 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0
    Institutional 0 0 0 13 88 181 11 0 0 0
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 5 0 2 5 0 0 0
    Personal resources 1,987 2,235 1,910 2,196 2,061 2,152 1,934 2,087 2,153 1,939

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 499 397 388 505 368 483 504 461 459 454
    Science 349 249 221 309 274 312 344 304 304 298
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 176 61 59 12 41 81 79 64 68 65
      Biological and biomedical sciences 76 101 79 202 104 107 108 131 132 132
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 3 1 4 2 3 9 8 12 9 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 8 11 16 17 18 16
      Mathematics and statistics 13 7 8 10 10 18 21 21 25 24
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 29 26 20 1 25 24 30 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 42 40 43 64 63 40 57 53 47 48
      Psychology 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 2
      Social sciences 5 7 4 13 17 16 17 4 4 6
    Engineering 150 148 167 196 94 171 160 157 155 156
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 18 21 50 70 15 24 23 23 21 18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 21 20 21 0 18 29 29 43 36 39
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 25 23 22 53 14 16 13 11 12 13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 22 18 21 2 12 19 18 18 15 20
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 1 1 42 1 1 1 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 19 14 13 9 7 0 0 9 13 10
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 6 7 6 3 10 44 41 40 42 33
      Other engineering 38 44 33 17 17 28 25 13 16 23
  Health 4 98 102 76 96 16 13 24 38 19
    Clinical medicine 4 90 11 76 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 8 91 0 96 16 13 24 38 19

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 98 103 103 99 152 200 201 193 200 229
  Science and engineering 98 101 102 99 152 196 198 188 190 225
    Science 49 51 49 59 113 139 147 140 144 174
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 10 4 6 0 16 29 31 26 29 27
      Biological and biomedical sciences 10 19 12 20 40 50 47 62 60 77
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 1 3 0 3 5 4 5 6 4
      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 2 5 6 10 7 7
      Mathematics and statistics 2 1 3 7 3 9 9 7 11 20
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 3 0 12 9 11 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 20 21 21 29 33 23 29 29 29 34
      Psychology 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 2
      Social sciences 1 1 0 0 3 6 6 0 2 3
    Engineering 49 50 53 40 39 57 51 48 46 51
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 15 20 17 4 4 3 8 6 8
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7 9 5 0 11 7 6 13 14 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 4 5 5 1 3 2 2 2 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 5 5 2 5 9 8 11 6 10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 10 6 4 4 4 0 0 3 4 4
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 1 2 0 7 19 19 7 9 12
      Other engineering 8 10 12 3 7 12 10 4 5 6
  Health 0 2 1 0 0 4 3 5 10 4
    Clinical medicine 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Other health 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 5 10 4

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

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 633,251 583,203 547,118 546,290 541,100 509,841 500,445 489,918 468,293 446,112
    Science 419,787 396,588 356,407 353,349 348,534 331,171 330,585 331,335 319,059 290,173
      Computer and information sciences 26,585 20,889 17,016 16,119 14,614 11,537 11,083 12,009 14,218 12,695
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 34,922 30,854 25,579 27,010 21,691 19,819 19,596 24,589 24,908 25,951
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 11,464 7,990 6,504 6,860 6,626 6,476 7,229 7,013 7,118 9,785
        Geological and earth sciences 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 7,457 6,482 6,271 6,576 2,994 3,446 3,248 5,426 5,330 4,001
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 15,861 16,382 12,804 13,574 12,071 9,897 9,119 12,150 12,460 12,165
      Life sciences 284,651 262,669 237,289 240,399 244,235 231,243 234,319 227,500 208,852 189,274
        Agricultural sciences 141,251 122,332 108,416 108,002 111,537 112,533 113,295 122,545 99,041 81,675
        Biological and biomedical sciences 131,103 123,482 119,614 120,671 120,567 108,990 110,122 99,660 97,777 80,310
        Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 12,297 16,855 9,259 11,726 12,131 9,720 10,902 5,295 12,027 27,280
      Mathematics and statistics 18,035 17,531 20,392 20,164 20,296 21,722 21,909 23,522 21,317 20,883
      Physical sciences 28,745 27,486 28,455 23,464 22,753 21,204 19,270 18,127 20,955 22,001
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 16,370 12,623 16,108 11,821 10,796 7,648 8,261 6,522 8,012 7,718
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,147 11,091 12,217 11,615 11,957 10,671 10,517 8,794 10,160 8,847
        Physical sciences nec 228 3,772 130 28 0 2,885 492 2,811 2,783 5,436
      Psychology 1,887 1,739 2,523 2,479 3,071 3,443 3,550 3,457 3,398 2,826
      Social sciences 8,771 9,396 10,768 9,826 8,403 8,361 7,007 7,270 12,745 13,138
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 6,904 6,338 7,437 7,085 6,438 6,362 4,856 5,104 5,310 4,529
        Political science and government 444 228 355 415 411 529 651 566 894 715
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,423 2,830 2,976 2,326 1,554 1,470 1,500 1,600 2,380 1,291
        Social sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,161 6,603
      Sciences nec 16,191 26,024 14,385 13,888 13,471 13,842 13,851 14,861 12,666 3,405
    Engineering 196,594 171,162 172,900 174,740 174,590 166,680 158,389 147,704 143,288 150,219
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,565 2,454 121 1,632 319 983 1,058 1,456 2,539 3,637
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18,177 19,872 15,474 14,969 15,608 14,268 12,666 12,055 10,351 10,485
      Chemical engineering 44,413 35,741 34,698 31,878 33,103 30,765 26,200 23,150 24,744 29,521
      Civil engineering 20,197 19,321 18,560 19,313 18,152 13,541 11,867 12,066 11,425 14,773
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 35,280 23,258 38,755 41,712 39,140 37,416 44,272 39,239 34,733 30,933
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 11,223 7,063 9,188 9,520 6,662 6,547 7,728 6,764 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 15,037 12,597 13,845 10,736 10,819 8,174 8,693 7,991 7,073 8,710
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 25,577 20,174 22,957 22,414 27,471 30,529 24,413 26,272 27,439 27,215
      Engineering nec 23,125 30,682 19,302 22,566 23,316 24,457 21,492 18,711 24,984 24,945
    Non-S&E 16,870 15,453 17,811 18,201 17,976 11,990 11,471 10,879 5,946 5,720
      Business management and business administration 0 57 198 395 404 390 438 554 537 364
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 11,240 8,693 11,833 13,618 13,411 6,591 5,737 5,775 5,368 4,332
      Humanities 5,630 6,703 5,780 4,188 4,161 5,009 5,296 4,550 40 1,024
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

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 633,251 279,179 134,547 150,288 64,505 4,472 260
    Science 419,787 174,070 98,017 111,315 33,068 3,156 161
      Computer and information sciences 26,585 15,455 2,866 6,791 1,385 88 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 34,922 20,341 8,698 4,697 1,034 129 23
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 11,464 10,620 257 564 0 0 23
        Geological and earth sciences 140 113 0 27 0 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 7,457 1,791 4,097 1,488 81 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 15,861 7,817 4,344 2,618 953 129 0
      Life sciences 284,651 96,838 75,900 83,071 26,790 1,914 138
        Agricultural sciences 141,251 42,459 41,539 39,561 16,663 1,029 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 131,103 50,486 31,431 38,730 9,475 843 138
        Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 12,297 3,893 2,930 4,780 652 42 0
      Mathematics and statistics 18,035 11,113 2,319 3,665 681 257 0
      Physical sciences 28,745 16,937 4,281 6,241 652 634 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 16,370 8,771 2,804 4,026 309 460 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 12,147 8,108 1,477 2,057 343 162 0
        Physical sciences nec 228 58 0 158 0 12 0
      Psychology 1,887 1,119 145 377 144 102 0
      Social sciences 8,771 2,620 2,261 2,438 1,426 26 0
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 6,904 1,714 2,023 1,891 1,254 22 0
        Political science and government 444 182 15 129 114 4 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,423 724 223 418 58 0 0
        Social sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 16,191 9,647 1,547 4,035 956 6 0
    Engineering 196,594 100,328 33,890 36,010 25,097 1,170 99
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3,565 2,533 28 672 332 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18,177 9,050 3,825 3,930 1,176 196 0
      Chemical engineering 44,413 13,338 11,578 8,792 10,499 165 41
      Civil engineering 20,197 8,146 7,223 2,916 1,912 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 35,280 21,256 2,694 6,186 4,706 438 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 11,223 3,760 2,538 4,362 544 19 0
      Mechanical engineering 15,037 11,465 971 1,261 1,288 52 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 25,577 14,845 2,379 4,368 3,681 246 58
      Engineering nec 23,125 15,935 2,654 3,523 959 54 0
    Non-S&E 16,870 4,781 2,640 2,963 6,340 146 0
      Business management and business administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 11,240 2,161 1,809 1,808 5,462 0 0
      Humanities 5,630 2,620 831 1,155 878 146 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 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.
  • 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 279,179 250,582 239,115 232,110 228,945 219,258 218,274 202,336 199,862 181,449
  DOD 33,966 32,063 33,180 35,434 34,051 32,831 28,753 28,180 26,505 18,968
  DOE 29,033 28,484 36,753 38,530 32,368 29,232 33,353 29,032 15,773 14,333
  HHS 52,326 51,694 42,874 35,769 33,362 28,238 27,037 25,476 17,897 18,029
  NASA 2,743 2,512 2,234 2,939 2,633 3,488 3,121 3,232 2,130 1,711
  NSF 66,411 56,206 55,951 55,600 58,142 58,407 55,382 53,595 50,773 46,684
  USDA 58,599 51,000 42,046 40,652 42,846 40,292 41,754 34,727 20,325 19,526
  Other 36,101 28,623 26,077 23,186 25,543 26,770 28,874 28,094 66,459 62,198

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 4,575 1,178 3,397 .
2018 4,534 1,112 3,422 .
2017 4,460 1,055 3,405 .

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 2,764 2,745 2,575 2,678 2,633
    Agricultural sciences 1,202 1,307 995 1,037 1,092
    Biological and biomedical sciences 450 345 361 443 424
    Computer and information sciences 39 35 33 36 35
    Engineering 688 665 637 638 618
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 61 62 60 60 52
    Health sciences 8 6 165 165 154
    Mathematics and statistics 63 62 64 61 60
    Natural resources and conservation 43 44 38 36 5
    Physical sciences 148 156 160 160 141
    Psychology 13 12 13 16 16
    Social sciences 39 33 28 25 30
    Other 11 19 21 2 6

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 4,956 67,731 87,580 233,061 2,736
    Agricultural sciences 4,956 8,266 87,580 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 76,984 2,736
    Health sciences 0 0 0 156,077 0
    Other 0 59,465 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 235,518 11,308 3,674 14,899 10,812
    Agricultural sciences 59,504 6,493 1,828 4,030 735
    Biological and biomedical sciences 47,879 466 1,412 2,106 1,327
    Computer and information sciences 8,589 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 28,924 4,350 0 2,153 4,139
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,033 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 831 0 0 2,500 3,254
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 2,623 0 0 0 903
    Physical sciences 84,273 0 435 4,109 453
    Psychology 530 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 333 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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