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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 81 82.7 459 1 100 631 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
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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   2,839   2,602   1,782   1,531   1,210   1,107   1,097   1,105   913   847
    Hispanic or Latino   206   198   152   140   110   98   86   98   67   46
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,040   1,911   1,530   1,319   1,029   930   939   929   752   692
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   2   2   2   1   1   3   2   1   2
      Asian   496   419   329   237   180   154   151   133   79   70
      Black or African American   116   110   81   81   64   54   46   41   33   36
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
      White   1,278   1,252   1,020   936   739   684   703   714   615   568
      More than one race   149   128   98   63   45   37   36   38   24   16
    Unknown ethnicity and race   593   493   100   72   71   79   72   78   94   109
  Temporary visa holders   8,285   8,745   6,846   5,055   4,179   3,604   3,157   3,177   2,439   2,159
  Science and engineering   10,734   10,930   8,497   6,458   5,280   4,567   4,105   4,061   3,145   2,814
    Science   4,755   4,389   3,678   2,966   2,260   2,467   2,228   2,196   1,717   1,584
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,034   964   694   334   332   407   324   307   38   39
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2,242   2,016   1,729   1,432   1,006   1,217   1,124   1,114   919   841
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   29   43   44   29   9   63   68   71   66   50
      Mathematics and statistics   354   412   366   295   169   153   79   77   76   61
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   96   70   56   57   48   25   23   21   15   8
      Natural resources and conservation   102   90   85   83   63   30   9   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   271   245   223   210   180   170   171   153   154   162
      Psychology   301   227   187   177   148   134   168   187   196   164
      Social sciences   326   322   294   349   305   268   262   266   253   259
    Engineering   5,979   6,541   4,819   3,492   3,020   2,100   1,877   1,865   1,428   1,230
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   61   45
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   145   131   99   85   91   107   132   141   104   72
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   155   132   126   133   137   165   189   193   171   152
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   3,388   3,504   2,886   2,019   1,737   789   690   657   510   457
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   266   348   302   230   264   323   335   402   225   207
      Mechanical engineering   493   445   395   324   270   251   255   295   285   252
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1,532   1,981   1,011   701   521   465   276   177   72   45
    Health   390   417   131   128   109   144   149   221   207   192
      Clinical medicine   29   82   21   18   4   18   19   17   17   13
      Other health   361   335   110   110   105   126   130   204   190   179

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   561   553   417   346   327   324   323   345   223   216
    Hispanic or Latino   49   44   38   29   27   27   16   10   11   9
    Not Hispanic or Latino   447   478   366   293   271   260   262   296   180   173
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   0
      Asian   112   102   84   58   48   33   37   47   22   14
      Black or African American   29   28   11   14   10   9   12   20   8   9
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   291   329   257   211   206   211   206   221   147   147
      More than one race   15   18   13   9   6   7   7   7   3   3
    Unknown ethnicity and race   65   31   13   24   29   37   45   39   32   34
  Temporary visa holders   54   26   20   29   24   18   11   17   16   19
  Science and engineering   598   538   430   364   345   334   322   298   224   219
    Science   374   348   277   212   198   205   188   157   86   89
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   174   179   148   77   74   89   69   61   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   74   81   64   62   48   38   41   32   27   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   11   6   4   4   6   6   9   8   5   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   7   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   6   8   5   7   6   4   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   14   14   15   12   16   21   17   20   16   22
      Psychology   51   31   25   32   36   34   36   25   23   15
      Social sciences   33   22   15   18   11   13   16   11   15   19
    Engineering   224   190   153   152   147   129   134   141   138   130
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   6   6   6   8   10   4   8   8   4   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   16   22   21   18   23   28   32   31   31   26
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   82   72   62   60   62   49   51   46   48   59
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   10   11   6   5   9   7   3   20   8   9
      Mechanical engineering   25   22   26   42   29   29   32   29   35   26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   85   57   32   19   14   12   8   7   8   4
    Health   17   41   7   11   6   8   12   64   15   16
      Clinical medicine   3   24   3   2   1   0   0   3   2   2
      Other health   14   17   4   9   5   8   12   61   13   14

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   591   108   405   503   485   455   474   469   384   357
  Science and engineering   573   107   399   493   472   438   462   437   365   346
    Science   224   41   178   238   187   189   210   179   162   160
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   16   1   8   20   16   19   17   16   8   8
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   84   27   110   121   90   91   93   74   63   61
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   2   2   8   14   5   8   9
      Mathematics and statistics   2   0   1   2   1   1   4   7   2   3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   10   2   4   6   9   5   10   4   3   1
      Natural resources and conservation   11   1   3   11   3   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   74   7   33   48   45   42   50   51   58   55
      Psychology   16   2   10   16   14   13   18   15   14   12
      Social sciences   11   1   9   12   7   10   4   7   6   11
    Engineering   349   66   221   255   285   249   252   258   203   186
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   20
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   28   2   14   20   15   12   16   18   13   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   23   1   12   18   22   17   15   21   18   22
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   180   41   120   135   166   148   158   145   115   95
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   11   3   11   11   13   9   12   16   13   9
      Mechanical engineering   34   7   21   26   26   28   24   35   27   26
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   73   12   43   45   43   35   27   23   6   3
    Health   18   1   6   10   13   17   12   32   19   11
      Clinical medicine   6   0   1   1   0   2   4   6   8   4
      Other health   12   1   5   9   13   15   8   26   11   7

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   11,124   11,347   8,628   6,586   5,389   4,711   4,254   4,282   3,352   3,006
  Fellowships   144   107   73   29   47   30   38   54   35   38
    Federal   5   0   15   4   5   1   2   9   9   22
    Institutional   139   106   56   25   42   28   35   39   22   10
    Nonfederal   0   1   2   0   0   1   1   6   4   6
  Research assistantships   1,075   1,021   1,000   567   725   525   692   659   644   554
    Federal   586   76   389   318   436   341   449   398   372   302
    Institutional   392   929   552   199   210   135   171   182   195   169
    Nonfederal   97   16   59   50   79   49   72   79   77   83
  Teaching assistantships   464   120   292   251   377   383   428   449   409   401
    Federal   0   4   1   1   4   3   1   39   0   30
    Institutional   464   116   289   250   373   378   426   388   407   366
    Nonfederal   0   0   2   0   0   2   1   22   2   5
  Other types of support   9,441   10,099   7,263   5,739   4,240   3,773   3,096   3,120   2,264   2,013
    Federal   0   28   0   180   40   110   22   23   3   3
    Institutional   393   429   245   428   249   293   130   124   31   45
    Nonfederal   40   1,512   42   27   9   22   6   4   2   13
    Personal resources   9,008   8,130   6,976   5,104   3,942   3,348   2,938   2,969   2,228   1,952

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   266   224   145   143   130   110   132   150   126   95
    Science   178   165   104   98   90   80   91   101   88   64
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   32   21   7   22   22   19   23   25   11   3
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   35   21   11   13   7   10   12   11   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   7   4   2   2   2   0   0   9   4
      Mathematics and statistics   4   9   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   63   54   55   44   43   35   39   45   41   39
      Psychology   22   28   12   12   12   12   11   11   11   8
      Social sciences   18   17   12   3   4   2   6   9   9   4
    Engineering   88   59   41   45   40   30   41   49   38   31
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   12   9   6   9   10   11   9   8   2   1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   9   1   6   6   5   5   8   9   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   12   10   6   5   2   6   4   1   4
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   32   13   16   16   12   9   15   18   15   11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   21   16   8   8   7   3   6   11   11   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   88   67   59   50   39   33   22   14   23   19
      Clinical medicine   1   1   12   1   0   2   2   1   5   3
      Other health   87   66   47   49   39   31   20   13   18   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

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   111   68   78   74   71   70   85   95   92   82
  Science and engineering   102   64   70   71   69   64   81   88   76   67
    Science   61   45   55   53   47   47   57   60   51   45
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   10   4   4   13   14   11   15   14   4   3
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   9   6   7   6   3   8   7   7   6   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   3   3   1   0   0   0   0   4   1
      Mathematics and statistics   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   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   29   18   29   27   24   20   24   29   24   29
      Psychology   7   5   6   4   5   7   9   7   6   4
      Social sciences   3   8   5   2   1   1   2   3   7   3
    Engineering   41   19   15   18   22   17   24   28   25   22
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   3   2   6   8   7   8   4   1   1
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   2   1   1   4   3   2   4   6   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   5   4   2   1   0   2   1   0   1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   4   6   6   7   5   9   12   13   8
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7   5   2   3   2   2   3   7   5   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   9   4   8   3   2   6   4   7   16   15
      Clinical medicine   1   0   4   0   0   2   1   0   2   1
      Other health   8   4   4   3   2   4   3   7   14   14

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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