Northeastern U.

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 81 82.7 459 99 89.5 925
2023 88 81.2 459 1 100 679 107 88.5 911 126 79.4 602
2022 80 82.8 457 6 99.3 680 115 87.4 900
2021 96 78.9 447 7 99.1 691 116 87.4 908 130 78.1 583
2020 106 76.8 450 12 98.4 698 121 87 916
2019 100 78 447 24 96.7 697 124 86.7 914 151 74.7 589
2018 106 75.7 428 27 96.3 700 129 86.1 911
2017 86 80.2 425 24 96.7 684 135 85.2 898 166 71.5 575
2016 101 76.9 430 37 94.9 697 134 85.3 896
2015 115 73.4 426 44 93.8 693 136 85.1 898 178 69.2 570
2014 29 96 688
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

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 249 231 251 193 174 197 178 226 186 156
  Science and engineering 242 221 242 183 167 186 167 212 171 144
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 2 . . 2 1 2 . .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 2 . . 1 1 2 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 30 14 20 18 10 19 15 17 16 9
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 . . 1 1 1 3 1 2 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 3 2 3 1 1 1 . . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 1 4 2 . 1 . 1 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 1 . . 2 . 2 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 4 5 3 4 2 4 1 .
      Genetics and genomics . 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 1 4 3 1 1 3 2 2 6 3
      Molecular biology 4 1 1 2 . 3 4 2 . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 2 . 1 . . 1 1 1 2 2
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 . . . 1 1 . . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 . 1 2 2 . . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 37 31 28 18 14 11 12 10 9 12
      Computer science 28 21 18 17 13 9 12 10 8 12
      Computer and information sciences, other 9 10 10 1 1 2 . . 1 .
    Engineering 102 95 101 87 67 78 68 93 68 51
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 13 5 6 4 10 7 8 6 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 7 4 10 6 6 10 10 10 4 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 12 15 7 5 9 5 8 12 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 43 38 40 45 29 26 27 36 24 22
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 13 13 11 6 4 8 6 5 5
      Materials and mining engineering 2 2 3 1 3 4 4 5 4 .
      Mechanical engineering 12 7 11 8 12 14 6 16 8 4
      Engineering, other 5 6 4 3 2 1 1 4 5 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
      Geological sciences . 1 2 . . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
    Health sciences 10 11 10 10 11 12 12 10 10 7
      Nursing science 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 6 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences 2 5 5 5 3 6 5 5 4 5
      Public health 2 4 3 2 3 2 2 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 3 . . . 1 1 2 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 5 5 8 6 3 6 4 8 7 4
      Applied mathematics 2 1 3 1 . . . . . .
      Mathematics 1 1 . . 2 1 2 5 4 1
      Statistics 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 3 5 5 1 5 2 2 3 3
    Physical sciences 23 27 31 16 20 25 25 27 23 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Chemistry 13 13 17 8 12 16 14 17 14 17
      Physics 10 14 14 8 8 9 11 10 8 11
    Psychology 8 9 13 11 20 7 7 12 13 8
      Clinical psychology . . 1 . 3 . . 1 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology . 4 5 8 8 2 2 7 2 4
      Research and experimental psychology 6 3 3 2 3 3 5 4 6 3
      Psychology, other 2 2 4 1 6 2 . . 4 1
    Social sciences 25 27 24 15 20 24 21 32 23 23
      Anthropology 4 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Economics 3 9 6 3 4 5 4 8 2 2
      Political science and government 2 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 6 5
      Public policy analysis 5 3 1 1 4 2 5 6 2 7
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 2 5 5 4 6 6 9 7 4
      Social sciences, other 9 8 8 3 6 9 3 7 6 5
  Non-science and engineering 7 10 9 10 7 11 11 14 15 12
    Business 1 . . . . . 3 . . .
      Business 1 . . . . . 3 . . .
    Education . . . . . . . . . 3
      Education research . . . . . . . . . 3
    Humanities and arts 5 9 5 8 7 11 8 13 15 9
      Letters 3 8 1 5 3 7 4 10 11 7
      History 2 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 2
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . . 1 . 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 1 1 4 2 . . . 1 . .
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 4 2 . . . . . .

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 6,690 5,016 3,916 3,275 3,035 2,782 2,791 2,163 1,912 2,465
    Female 4,657 3,612 2,670 2,114 1,676 1,472 1,491 1,189 1,094 1,372
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,602 1,782 1,531 1,210 1,107 1,097 1,105 913 847 896
    Hispanic or Latino 198 152 140 110 98 86 98 67 46 43
    Not Hispanic or Latino 1,911 1,530 1,319 1,029 930 939 929 752 692 706
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 2
      Asian 419 329 237 180 154 151 133 79 70 76
      Black or African American 110 81 81 64 54 46 41 33 36 42
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      White 1,252 1,020 936 739 684 703 714 615 568 563
      More than one race 128 98 63 45 37 36 38 24 16 23
    Unknown ethnicity and race 493 100 72 71 79 72 78 94 109 147
  Temporary visa holders 8,745 6,846 5,055 4,179 3,604 3,157 3,177 2,439 2,159 2,941
  Science and engineering 10,930 8,497 6,458 5,280 4,567 4,105 4,061 3,145 2,814 3,701
    Science 4,389 3,678 2,966 2,260 2,467 2,228 2,196 1,717 1,584 1,619
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 964 694 334 332 407 324 307 38 39 68
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 2,016 1,729 1,432 1,006 1,217 1,124 1,114 919 841 857
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 43 44 29 9 63 68 71 66 50 41
      Mathematics and statistics 412 366 295 169 153 79 77 76 61 47
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 70 56 57 48 25 23 21 15 8 4
      Natural resources and conservation 90 85 83 63 30 9 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 245 223 210 180 170 171 153 154 162 180
      Psychology 227 187 177 148 134 168 187 196 164 151
      Social sciences 322 294 349 305 268 262 266 253 259 271
    Engineering 6,541 4,819 3,492 3,020 2,100 1,877 1,865 1,428 1,230 2,082
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 45 35
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 131 99 85 91 107 132 141 104 72 67
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 132 126 133 137 165 189 193 171 152 145
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 3,504 2,886 2,019 1,737 789 690 657 510 457 483
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 348 302 230 264 323 335 402 225 207 168
      Mechanical engineering 445 395 324 270 251 255 295 285 252 230
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1,981 1,011 701 521 465 276 177 72 45 954
  Health 417 131 128 109 144 149 221 207 192 136
    Clinical medicine 82 21 18 4 18 19 17 17 13 9
    Other health 335 110 110 105 126 130 204 190 179 127

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 296 233 193 181 178 191 219 167 156 197
    Female 283 204 182 170 164 143 143 72 79 94
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 553 417 346 327 324 323 345 223 216 269
    Hispanic or Latino 44 38 29 27 27 16 10 11 9 16
    Not Hispanic or Latino 478 366 293 271 260 262 296 180 173 216
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Asian 102 84 58 48 33 37 47 22 14 21
      Black or African American 28 11 14 10 9 12 20 8 9 19
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      White 329 257 211 206 211 206 221 147 147 172
      More than one race 18 13 9 6 7 7 7 3 3 4
    Unknown ethnicity and race 31 13 24 29 37 45 39 32 34 37
  Temporary visa holders 26 20 29 24 18 11 17 16 19 22
  Science and engineering 538 430 364 345 334 322 298 224 219 278
    Science 348 277 212 198 205 188 157 86 89 96
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 179 148 77 74 89 69 61 0 0 2
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 81 64 62 48 38 41 32 27 31 31
      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 4 4 6 6 9 8 5 2 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 5 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 14 15 12 16 21 17 20 16 22 27
      Psychology 31 25 32 36 34 36 25 23 15 13
      Social sciences 22 15 18 11 13 16 11 15 19 22
    Engineering 190 153 152 147 129 134 141 138 130 182
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 6 8 10 4 8 8 4 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 22 21 18 23 28 32 31 31 26 31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 72 62 60 62 49 51 46 48 59 63
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 11 6 5 9 7 3 20 8 9 9
      Mechanical engineering 22 26 42 29 29 32 29 35 26 30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 57 32 19 14 12 8 7 8 4 49
  Health 41 7 11 6 8 12 64 15 16 13
    Clinical medicine 24 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 1
    Other health 17 4 9 5 8 12 61 13 14 12

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 108 405 503 485 455 474 469 384 357 350
  Science and engineering 107 399 493 472 438 462 437 365 346 350
    Science 41 178 238 187 189 210 179 162 160 163
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1 8 20 16 19 17 16 8 8 12
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 27 110 121 90 91 93 74 63 61 66
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 2 2 8 14 5 8 9 5
      Mathematics and statistics 0 1 2 1 1 4 7 2 3 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 4 6 9 5 10 4 3 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 3 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7 33 48 45 42 50 51 58 55 61
      Psychology 2 10 16 14 13 18 15 14 12 5
      Social sciences 1 9 12 7 10 4 7 6 11 12
    Engineering 66 221 255 285 249 252 258 203 186 187
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 20 13
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 14 20 15 12 16 18 13 11 9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 12 18 22 17 15 21 18 22 21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 41 120 135 166 148 158 145 115 95 87
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 11 11 13 9 12 16 13 9 19
      Mechanical engineering 7 21 26 26 28 24 35 27 26 21
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 12 43 45 43 35 27 23 6 3 17
  Health 1 6 10 13 17 12 32 19 11 0
    Clinical medicine 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 8 4 0
    Other health 1 5 9 13 15 8 26 11 7 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 11,347 8,628 6,586 5,389 4,711 4,254 4,282 3,352 3,006 3,837
  Fellowships 107 73 29 47 30 38 54 35 38 98
    Federal 0 15 4 5 1 2 9 9 22 46
    Institutional 106 56 25 42 28 35 39 22 10 44
    Nonfederal 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 4 6 8
  Research assistantships 1,021 1,000 567 725 525 692 659 644 554 494
    Federal 76 389 318 436 341 449 398 372 302 302
    Institutional 929 552 199 210 135 171 182 195 169 99
    Nonfederal 16 59 50 79 49 72 79 77 83 93
  Teaching assistantships 120 292 251 377 383 428 449 409 401 394
    Federal 4 1 1 4 3 1 39 0 30 0
    Institutional 116 289 250 373 378 426 388 407 366 387
    Nonfederal 0 2 0 0 2 1 22 2 5 7
  Other types of support 10,099 7,263 5,739 4,240 3,773 3,096 3,120 2,264 2,013 2,851
    Federal 28 0 180 40 110 22 23 3 3 2
    Institutional 429 245 428 249 293 130 124 31 45 74
    Nonfederal 1,512 42 27 9 22 6 4 2 13 84
    Personal resources 8,130 6,976 5,104 3,942 3,348 2,938 2,969 2,228 1,952 2,691

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 224 145 143 130 110 132 150 126 95 96
    Science 165 104 98 90 80 91 101 88 64 72
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 21 7 22 22 19 23 25 11 3 10
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 21 11 13 7 10 12 11 7 6 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 4 2 2 2 0 0 9 4 5
      Mathematics and statistics 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 54 55 44 43 35 39 45 41 39 37
      Psychology 28 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 8 11
      Social sciences 17 12 3 4 2 6 9 9 4 8
    Engineering 59 41 45 40 30 41 49 38 31 24
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 9 6 9 10 11 9 8 2 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 1 6 6 5 5 8 9 3 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 12 10 6 5 2 6 4 1 4 4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 13 16 16 12 9 15 18 15 11 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 16 8 8 7 3 6 11 11 12 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 67 59 50 39 33 22 14 23 19 21
    Clinical medicine 1 12 1 0 2 2 1 5 3 0
    Other health 66 47 49 39 31 20 13 18 16 21

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 68 78 74 71 70 85 95 92 82 77
  Science and engineering 64 70 71 69 64 81 88 76 67 61
    Science 45 55 53 47 47 57 60 51 45 47
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 4 4 13 14 11 15 14 4 3 4
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 6 7 6 3 8 7 7 6 5 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 18 29 27 24 20 24 29 24 29 26
      Psychology 5 6 4 5 7 9 7 6 4 8
      Social sciences 8 5 2 1 1 2 3 7 3 7
    Engineering 19 15 18 22 17 24 28 25 22 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 3 2 6 8 7 8 4 1 1 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 1 4 3 2 4 6 3 3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 5 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 6 6 7 5 9 12 13 8 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 2 3 2 2 3 7 5 9 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Health 4 8 3 2 6 4 7 16 15 16
    Clinical medicine 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0
    Other health 4 4 3 2 4 3 7 14 14 16

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 346,900 288,558 231,607 211,342 200,068 183,998 166,711 142,349 129,040 122,915
    Science 166,156 138,471 118,553 106,308 99,848 94,649 91,399 81,384 81,331 76,474
      Computer and information sciences 31,203 28,375 27,623 21,505 21,118 19,362 19,212 15,835 14,358 10,062
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 8,264 5,205 5,122 4,044 4,039 4,603 4,296 4,082 3,652 3,203
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,404 840 1,168 1,195 429 398 374 254 321 853
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 5,860 4,365 3,954 2,849 3,610 4,205 3,922 3,828 3,331 2,350
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 55,056 46,459 37,639 32,513 32,626 31,181 31,203 30,366 32,881 34,162
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 27
        Biological and biomedical sciences 19,030 20,438 17,086 13,919 14,718 14,380 15,224 15,712 17,856 17,708
        Health sciences 21,941 13,240 11,477 10,371 10,384 10,429 9,442 6,450 7,191 7,508
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 14,085 12,781 9,076 8,223 7,524 6,372 6,537 8,204 7,822 8,919
      Mathematics and statistics 1,221 1,443 1,107 1,210 878 780 927 451 1,077 655
      Physical sciences 36,936 33,512 27,207 24,279 20,709 19,445 17,483 16,426 17,121 17,510
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 14,077 13,625 9,761 8,833 7,636 7,067 6,270 5,716 6,346 8,797
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 13 66 144 144 981 0
        Physics 22,859 19,136 16,743 15,248 12,711 11,698 10,413 9,884 9,237 8,713
        Physical sciences nec 0 751 703 198 349 614 656 682 557 0
      Psychology 14,206 12,014 10,494 9,695 8,863 7,738 7,239 5,733 4,859 4,487
      Social sciences 19,270 11,463 9,361 13,062 11,615 11,540 11,039 8,491 7,383 6,322
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 314 256 848 3,567 716 112 91 58 33 57
        Political science and government 6,704 3,609 1,549 1,347 1,816 1,999 1,705 1,224 499 1,962
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,036 4,825 4,151 3,735 4,085 5,519 4,789 1,473 1,031 1,455
        Social sciences nec 6,216 2,773 2,813 4,413 4,998 3,910 4,454 5,736 5,820 2,848
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
    Engineering 148,866 119,529 92,855 92,723 89,954 79,836 65,147 53,443 40,243 39,190
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,643 9,620 7,939 8,310 7,429 6,216 4,954 2,344 1,000 214
      Chemical engineering 6,686 6,195 4,829 4,279 4,312 4,277 5,650 5,494 3,098 3,031
      Civil engineering 17,118 14,016 12,209 11,238 11,595 10,177 10,496 7,887 5,974 5,738
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 53,754 46,466 33,744 32,958 31,541 27,767 22,947 18,589 16,371 15,208
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 18,430 10,440 9,682 9,796 12,807 12,998 9,850 8,931 4,580 0
      Mechanical engineering 30,488 27,037 18,268 18,259 17,181 14,415 7,836 6,977 6,152 11,810
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 900 0
      Engineering nec 10,747 5,755 6,184 7,883 5,089 3,986 3,414 3,221 2,168 3,189
    Non-S&E 31,878 30,558 20,199 12,311 10,266 9,513 10,165 7,522 7,466 7,251
      Business management and business administration 6,771 9,626 4,599 1,211 1,090 850 706 693 264 177
      Communication and communications technologies 3,682 1,929 1,089 830 776 514 349 65 307 439
      Education 6,786 6,130 3,758 3,343 3,209 2,822 3,784 1,922 2,963 2,677
      Humanities 2,300 1,530 703 276 570 595 865 1,328 2,511 2,473
      Law 4,826 3,717 3,735 2,731 1,883 1,724 2,591 2,377 1,209 972
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,952 794 768 300 199 287 351 131 3 0
      Non-S&E nec 5,561 6,832 5,547 3,620 2,539 2,721 1,519 1,006 209 513

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 346,900 218,650 2,315 86,671 16,584 21,718 962
    Science 166,156 93,204 1,223 46,758 11,430 12,838 703
      Computer and information sciences 31,203 18,769 0 9,141 596 2,692 5
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 8,264 5,514 96 1,709 335 610 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 2,404 1,893 74 226 211 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 5,860 3,621 22 1,483 124 610 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 55,056 24,904 170 18,507 7,410 4,048 17
        Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 19,030 13,901 0 2,251 315 2,563 0
        Health sciences 21,941 9,313 170 6,370 4,920 1,151 17
        Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Life sciences nec 14,085 1,690 0 9,886 2,175 334 0
      Mathematics and statistics 1,221 1,036 0 153 0 32 0
      Physical sciences 36,936 24,833 0 8,056 1,468 1,902 677
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 14,077 8,723 0 3,575 687 415 677
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 22,859 16,110 0 4,481 781 1,487 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 14,206 9,505 0 2,103 617 1,981 0
      Social sciences 19,270 8,643 957 7,089 1,004 1,573 4
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 314 228 0 86 0 0 0
        Political science and government 6,704 4,130 0 2,288 5 281 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 6,036 2,363 240 1,593 828 1,008 4
        Social sciences nec 6,216 1,922 717 3,122 171 284 0
      Sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 148,866 116,014 841 26,218 3,025 2,558 210
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,643 9,256 0 1,553 136 698 0
      Chemical engineering 6,686 5,379 3 1,101 171 32 0
      Civil engineering 17,118 12,896 666 2,764 25 767 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 53,754 46,724 59 5,043 1,451 267 210
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 18,430 16,895 0 1,535 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 30,488 21,394 113 7,581 858 542 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 10,747 3,470 0 6,641 384 252 0
    Non-S&E 31,878 9,432 251 13,695 2,129 6,322 49
      Business management and business administration 6,771 1,122 73 5,010 30 536 0
      Communication and communications technologies 3,682 639 27 2,234 86 661 35
      Education 6,786 4,543 51 1,657 0 527 8
      Humanities 2,300 314 0 842 0 1,144 0
      Law 4,826 814 100 1,256 0 2,656 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,952 1,465 0 142 130 209 6
      Non-S&E nec 5,561 535 0 2,554 1,883 589 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: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies 218,650 186,013 150,093 143,421 136,273 126,762 114,711 93,572 81,124 80,576
  DOD 58,404 43,759 30,725 32,776 32,845 32,931 24,095 18,222 13,966 12,439
  DOE 6,951 5,837 3,942 4,453 4,041 3,584 2,996 2,430 2,420 2,666
  HHS 70,034 61,331 50,592 45,318 44,959 41,700 42,987 34,085 30,589 33,337
  NASA 3,127 1,983 1,175 1,171 826 844 623 836 530 584
  NSF 60,944 57,624 52,153 47,090 40,700 37,270 29,335 24,352 22,160 21,286
  USDA 122 116 209 0 20 62 5 55 50 44
  Other 19,068 15,363 11,297 12,613 12,882 10,371 14,670 13,592 11,409 10,220

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 2,445 471 1,974 .
2018 2,385 457 1,928 .

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 549 526 395 324 286
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 49 50 29 37 50
    Computer and information sciences 38 41 27 14 10
    Engineering 196 187 138 100 70
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 18 18 16 16 20
    Health sciences 69 55 64 60 50
    Mathematics and statistics 2 2 2 2 2
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 13
    Physical sciences 79 82 73 57 47
    Psychology 29 30 24 20 18
    Social sciences 29 29 9 9 4
    Other 39 32 11 8 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 21,610 0 121,650 45,500 0
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 7,660 0 8,503 6,825 0
    Computer and information sciences 6,520 0 0 11,375 0
    Engineering 5,930 0 54,756 22,750 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 1,500 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 21,216 4,550 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 0 0 37,175 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 51,987 33,837 24,870 44,652 30,676
    Agricultural sciences 8,600 0 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5,178 9,500 8,190 5,892 9,784
    Computer and information sciences 3,400 500 1,262 6,306 2,886
    Engineering 19,828 13,566 8,180 20,279 6,739
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,564 0 0 639 1,001
    Health sciences 1,548 1,608 0 1,141 2,290
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 11,868 4,663 2,480 4,077 639
    Psychology 0 0 958 474 2,716
    Social sciences 0 0 1,202 0 2,101
    Other 0 4,000 2,597 5,844 2,521

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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