Northern Arizona 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 183 60.7 459 130 81.2 679 205 66.4 602 192 79.3 914
2022 211 54.4 457 157 77.2 680 188 79.4 900
2021 218 51.8 447 181 74.2 691 205 65.3 583 178 80.7 908
2020 242 46.9 450 170 76 698 184 80.2 916
2019 218 51.8 447 175 75.2 697 208 65.2 589 191 79.4 914
2018 266 38.6 428 184 74.1 700 196 78.8 911
2017 279 35.1 425 196 71.7 684 237 59.3 575 201 77.9 898
2016 233 46.5 430 207 70.7 697 213 76.6 896
2015 287 33.4 426 204 71 693 246 57.4 570 219 75.9 898
2014 262 38.6 422 204 70.8 688 222 75.4 889
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 71 51 43 35 44 27 20 39 19 26
  Science and engineering 56 43 31 23 30 24 17 31 9 20
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 6 2 7 4 . 1 4 1 2
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 2 5 2 6 4 . 1 4 1 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 11 10 12 5 10 7 5 8 4 11
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 6 3 1 . . 4 1 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 3 6 4 5 5 1 2 3 7
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 1 . 2 . . . 1 3
      Molecular biology 1 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 1 2 . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 1 . . . . 3 . 1
    Computer and information sciences 5 3 3 1 . . . . . .
      Computer science 4 2 3 . . . . . . .
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 1 . 1 . . . . . .
    Engineering 6 9 1 1 1 1 . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 5 . 1 . . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 2 . . . . . . . .
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Engineering, other . 1 1 . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 2 3 1 4 2 . . . .
      Geological sciences 1 1 . 1 4 2 . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 1 3 . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 7 1 . . . 1 . 1 . .
      Public health 5 1 . . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other 2 . . . . . . 1 . .
    Physical sciences 6 4 . 1 . . . . . .
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 4 . 1 . . . . . .
      Physics 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Psychology 3 2 3 1 3 1 4 8 2 2
      Clinical psychology . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 1 3 1 2 1 4 8 1 1
      Research and experimental psychology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Psychology, other . . . . 1 . . . . 1
    Social sciences 10 6 7 6 8 12 7 10 2 5
      Economics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Political science and government 2 . 1 1 3 5 3 5 . 2
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . 1
      Social sciences, other 8 6 6 5 5 7 4 4 2 2
  Non-science and engineering 15 8 12 12 14 3 3 8 10 6
    Education 14 8 12 11 14 3 3 5 7 5
      Education leadership and administration 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Education research 13 6 12 8 9 3 3 3 4 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 . 2 1 . . 2 3 .
      Education, other . 1 . 1 4 . . . . .
    Humanities and arts . . . . . . . 3 3 1
      Letters . . . . . . . . 2 .
      History . . . . . . . 3 1 1
    Other non-science and engineering 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 1 . . 1 . . . . . .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 682 451 304 293 325 290 254 255 267 272
    Female 640 490 419 417 412 375 352 344 340 326
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 605 685 580 589 593 535 504 525 547 546
    Hispanic or Latino 85 78 78 85 85 64 49 54 51 47
    Not Hispanic or Latino 514 605 500 500 502 461 448 465 492 491
      American Indian or Alaska Native 21 120 32 29 29 20 10 16 14 21
      Asian 30 13 11 11 8 8 12 11 6 7
      Black or African American 23 6 9 8 7 7 10 9 6 4
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      White 419 446 435 437 438 404 394 407 445 442
      More than one race 21 20 13 15 20 22 22 21 20 16
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 2 2 4 6 10 7 6 4 8
  Temporary visa holders 717 256 143 121 144 130 102 74 60 52
  Science and engineering 1,191 843 648 613 639 574 532 545 558 545
    Science 1,138 498 531 555 551 503 467 479 516 503
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 95 74
      Biological and biomedical sciences 108 94 93 98 112 107 106 95 89 87
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 24 23
      Computer and information sciences 692 59 63 89 59 34 18 7 0 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 16 19 20 24 25 24 20 26 27
      Mathematics and statistics 28 30 29 26 36 34 32 30 37 31
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 55 59 76 77 83 77 80 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 58 60 55 55 43 38 25 25 26 30
      Psychology 75 79 79 76 79 64 68 64 70 78
      Social sciences 94 101 117 114 115 124 114 142 149 152
    Engineering 53 345 117 58 88 71 65 66 42 42
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 4 6 8 10 11 9 5 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 16 15 8 9 13 9 6 5 5 1
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 300 76 7 26 16 0 0 2 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 24 23 23 19 16 8 5 3 6 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 1 1 2 13 22 29 49 58 29 33
    Health 131 98 75 97 98 91 74 54 49 53
      Clinical medicine 62 27 14 39 37 18 0 0 0 0
      Other health 69 71 61 58 61 73 74 54 49 53

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 299 76 66 39 50 62 62 81 82 79
    Female 314 170 173 147 161 133 146 156 167 152
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 341 236 233 183 204 192 204 231 247 226
    Hispanic or Latino 49 43 44 42 43 30 31 30 34 30
    Not Hispanic or Latino 281 188 184 138 157 158 171 196 208 191
      American Indian or Alaska Native 13 11 10 4 3 10 7 11 10 7
      Asian 58 5 5 3 7 6 8 4 4 2
      Black or African American 16 10 7 6 7 5 2 2 4 2
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      White 185 154 150 116 133 129 146 171 183 168
      More than one race 8 8 12 9 6 8 8 8 7 12
    Unknown ethnicity and race 11 5 5 3 4 4 2 5 5 5
  Temporary visa holders 272 10 6 3 7 3 4 6 2 5
  Science and engineering 485 129 139 98 119 113 118 151 156 142
    Science 472 102 125 93 109 94 101 140 149 133
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 25 16
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 16 19 17 13 16 12 21 10 13
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 15 16
      Computer and information sciences 362 11 12 4 6 2 2 1 1 4
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 5 7 2 6 6 6 11 5 11
      Mathematics and statistics 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 10 7 11 11 5 14 17 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 2 3 1 0 3 4 3 7 0
      Psychology 33 23 33 31 48 20 28 18 36 26
      Social sciences 43 38 39 26 30 30 30 57 50 47
    Engineering 13 27 14 5 10 19 17 11 7 9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 6 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 2 19 8 0 2 0 0 1 1 2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 4 7 17 15 10 5 4
    Health 128 117 100 88 92 82 90 86 93 89
      Clinical medicine 35 18 11 3 6 1 0 0 0 0
      Other health 93 99 89 85 86 81 90 86 93 89

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 2013
All surveyed fields 109 108 118 133 109 82 27 44 50 52 0
  Science and engineering 103 104 116 128 102 79 26 43 49 52 0
    Science 96 97 109 111 91 72 22 32 40 39 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 20 14 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 33 29 28 30 25 25 4 3 11 7 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 29 25 29 36 20 8 1 1 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 5 5 4 4 3 3 6 5 0
      Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 9 11 17 13 17 15 12 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 23 29 27 25 16 10 1 4 1 7 0
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 3 3 2 3 4 0 0 2 6 0
    Engineering 7 7 7 17 11 7 4 11 9 13 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 2 3 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 8 6 3 4 11 6 9 0
    Health 6 4 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 0 0
      Clinical medicine 6 4 2 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,322 941 723 710 737 665 606 599 607 598
  Fellowships 19 4 5 5 4 1 1 2 3 21
    Federal 4 4 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 9
    Institutional 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 10
    Nonfederal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Research assistantships 187 202 164 174 160 129 101 98 79 82
    Federal 99 96 104 120 92 73 22 44 48 39
    Institutional 87 85 54 52 64 47 71 18 28 32
    Nonfederal 1 21 6 2 4 9 8 36 3 11
  Teaching assistantships 237 204 180 162 298 290 290 313 307 295
    Federal 3 3 4 5 2 1 0 0 1 0
    Institutional 233 200 175 156 296 289 289 312 303 295
    Nonfederal 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
  Other types of support 879 531 374 369 275 245 214 186 218 200
    Federal 3 5 6 3 11 8 4 0 1 4
    Institutional 182 132 152 174 98 82 73 119 125 110
    Nonfederal 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 4 7 1
    Personal resources 691 393 215 191 166 154 134 63 85 85

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 62 42 48 51 49 35 31 23 20 29
    Science 59 39 44 49 45 33 29 20 19 26
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 5
      Biological and biomedical sciences 17 7 12 8 7 6 7 2 3 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 23 12 13 21 19 8 7 5 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 2
      Mathematics and statistics 2 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 6 9 7 7 7 11 9 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 9 6 10 10 8 7 4 1 2 3
      Psychology 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
    Engineering 3 3 4 2 4 2 2 3 1 3
      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 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 2 4 2 1 0 0 1
      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 3 1 2
    Health 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 0
      Clinical medicine 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0

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

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 36 22 27 26 24 23 14 15 12 12
  Science and engineering 36 22 27 26 24 23 14 15 12 12
    Science 34 20 26 26 23 23 13 15 11 10
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 1
      Biological and biomedical sciences 8 4 5 4 2 4 4 1 1 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 15 7 7 10 9 5 2 2 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
      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 5 7 6 5 5 9 6 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 5 1 6 5 5 5 1 0 1 1
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
      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 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
      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 1 2
    Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other health 0 0 0 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.
  • 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 77,533 66,729 69,129 64,456 58,914 52,899 46,253 39,580 35,206 31,590
    Science 68,599 60,138 61,061 57,552 55,150 47,651 42,057 35,441 33,683 30,034
      Computer and information sciences 4,797 2,492 4,037 2,671 3,383 908 724 152 1,195 85
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,518 5,396 6,790 7,408 7,984 9,714 4,380 9,133 10,753 7,773
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 198 183 96 133 9 10 36 37 175 132
        Geological and earth sciences 3,889 3,766 5,122 4,778 4,893 4,810 2,301 4,318 5,083 5,858
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 9 41 48 8 0 1 20 30 32
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,431 1,438 1,531 2,449 3,074 4,894 2,042 4,758 5,465 1,751
      Life sciences 48,110 43,147 41,082 38,862 36,245 31,974 32,258 23,649 19,325 19,611
        Agricultural sciences 1,922 1,129 2,169 2,273 2,275 2,395 4,942 4,841 5,573 6,905
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,577 30,320 25,623 23,741 26,194 22,687 18,223 13,086 10,880 9,166
        Health sciences 6,108 4,639 5,522 5,180 2,807 2,036 5,578 1,885 41 45
        Natural resources and conservation 9,456 5,807 6,457 6,508 4,301 4,129 3,254 1,656 0 0
        Life sciences nec 1,047 1,252 1,311 1,160 668 727 261 2,181 2,831 3,495
      Mathematics and statistics 34 5 0 0 0 21 19 0 14 137
      Physical sciences 7,952 7,427 8,120 7,064 5,643 3,763 2,755 1,303 1,074 607
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,439 3,946 4,786 4,687 3,532 1,945 1,810 786 655 380
        Chemistry 522 287 780 799 1,387 1,355 922 417 303 134
        Materials science 382 573 1,051 478 53 16 0 0 0 0
        Physics 852 633 858 941 538 324 23 83 116 93
        Physical sciences nec 1,757 1,988 645 159 133 123 0 17 0 0
      Psychology 196 178 396 725 750 276 191 180 312 368
      Social sciences 520 345 167 419 724 371 678 393 356 391
        Anthropology 26 31 12 114 36 52 39 68 0 0
        Economics 388 240 72 141 125 128 9 11 71 0
        Political science and government 0 51 1 14 146 43 0 17 105 191
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 97 3 55 55 0 40 260 229 72 186
        Social sciences nec 9 20 27 95 417 108 370 68 108 14
      Sciences nec 1,472 1,148 469 403 421 624 1,052 631 654 1,062
    Engineering 5,880 4,194 6,497 4,996 2,613 4,454 3,515 3,359 1,048 869
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,053 1,139 1,213 1,566 1,040 1,240 1,294 1,709 334 99
      Chemical engineering 92 158 207 27 0 0 0 11 19 0
      Civil engineering 527 369 322 231 131 532 182 350 166 78
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,733 1,579 3,506 2,172 513 1,530 1,217 716 24 17
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,532 278 527 376 394 244 352 360 294 602
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 3 12 41 0 23 137 0 1 73
      Engineering nec 943 668 710 583 535 885 329 0 210 0
    Non-S&E 3,054 2,397 1,571 1,908 1,151 794 681 780 475 687
      Business management and business administration 1,128 50 89 363 56 10 0 246 165 210
      Communication and communications technologies 38 142 203 87 13 3 21 26 0 6
      Education 1,738 2,000 1,120 1,171 983 534 407 249 24 62
      Humanities 77 174 18 68 1 16 77 197 252 398
      Law 48 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 23 0 66 165 98 53 0 58 12 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 2 54 0 0 0 4 14 11
      Non-S&E nec 2 5 73 0 0 178 176 0 8 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 77,533 50,491 9,030 15,566 1,023 1,250 173
    Science 68,599 45,630 8,111 13,495 326 925 112
      Computer and information sciences 4,797 2,894 548 1,355 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,518 4,316 453 618 106 4 21
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 198 198 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 3,889 3,073 215 470 106 4 21
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 1,431 1,045 238 148 0 0 0
      Life sciences 48,110 33,000 4,537 9,431 220 831 91
        Agricultural sciences 1,922 849 332 741 0 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,577 21,416 2,669 4,950 91 451 0
        Health sciences 6,108 4,069 563 1,260 23 193 0
        Natural resources and conservation 9,456 5,707 961 2,404 106 187 91
        Life sciences nec 1,047 959 12 76 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 34 0 13 21 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 7,952 4,508 1,986 1,438 0 20 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,439 2,881 1,119 419 0 20 0
        Chemistry 522 46 114 362 0 0 0
        Materials science 382 111 0 271 0 0 0
        Physics 852 718 76 58 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 1,757 752 677 328 0 0 0
      Psychology 196 92 0 50 0 54 0
      Social sciences 520 461 31 20 0 8 0
        Anthropology 26 22 1 3 0 0 0
        Economics 388 349 22 11 0 6 0
        Political science and government 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 97 85 8 4 0 0 0
        Social sciences nec 9 5 0 2 0 2 0
      Sciences nec 1,472 359 543 562 0 8 0
    Engineering 5,880 3,505 905 701 682 87 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1,053 533 176 166 91 87 0
      Chemical engineering 92 0 61 31 0 0 0
      Civil engineering 527 259 185 83 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 1,733 1,556 0 0 177 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1,532 950 324 258 0 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Engineering nec 943 207 159 163 414 0 0
    Non-S&E 3,054 1,356 14 1,370 15 238 61
      Business management and business administration 1,128 0 14 1,114 0 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies 38 38 0 0 0 0 0
      Education 1,738 1,295 0 223 4 203 13
      Humanities 77 0 0 20 11 0 46
      Law 48 0 0 13 0 35 0
      Social work 23 23 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Non-S&E nec 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

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 50,491 43,453 41,744 39,387 35,980 29,648 26,035 23,442 20,285 18,209
  DOD 7,717 7,687 8,665 6,850 5,352 3,395 3,159 3,266 3,120 2,549
  DOE 2,659 2,146 1,889 1,870 1,968 2,343 1,736 1,102 512 407
  HHS 14,539 12,399 10,356 9,638 9,199 6,310 4,222 4,806 4,001 4,369
  NASA 5,096 4,351 3,977 3,669 2,712 1,969 1,303 872 768 976
  NSF 11,658 9,016 9,634 9,101 8,488 7,454 8,197 6,048 4,050 3,241
  USDA 5,233 4,501 4,199 4,379 3,731 3,089 3,274 3,099 2,784 2,502
  Other 3,589 3,353 3,024 3,880 4,530 5,088 4,144 4,249 5,050 4,165

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 1,250 228 1,022 .
2018 1,096 200 896 .
2017 907 169 738 .

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 298 i 289 i 274 i 315 i 308
    Agricultural sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 24
    Biological and biomedical sciences 125 i 123 i 109 i 124 i 102
    Computer and information sciences 14 i 14 i 15 i 19 i 8
    Engineering 24 i 18 i 15 i 10 i 8
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 30 i 22 i 20 i 17 i 33
    Health sciences 17 i 16 i 17 i 12 i 4
    Mathematics and statistics 5 i 6 i 6 i 10 i 11
    Natural resources and conservation 20 i 25 i 24 i 21 i 12
    Physical sciences 36 i 35 i 42 i 77 i 81
    Psychology 11 i 12 i 11 i 17 i 14
    Social sciences 16 i 19 i 16 i 9 i 7
    Other 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 4

i=imputed

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 . 8,500 . . . 0
    Engineering . 8,500 . . . 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 10,000 i 2,906 i 0 i 498 i 4,474 i
    Agricultural sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 i 2,185 i 0 i 0 i 2,243 i
    Computer and information sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 1,731 i
    Engineering 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,000 i 451 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Health sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Mathematics and statistics 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Natural resources and conservation 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 500 i
    Physical sciences 7,000 i 270 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Psychology 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i
    Social sciences 0 i 0 i 0 i 498 i 0 i
    Other 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i 0 i

i=imputed

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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