Ohio State 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 28 95.8 631 12 98.8 925
2023 33 95.3 679 14 98.6 911 9 98.7 602
2022 28 96.1 680 11 98.9 900
2021 31 95.7 691 12 98.8 908 9 98.6 583
2020 28 96.2 698 24 97.5 916
2019 23 96.9 697 25 97.4 914 8 98.8 589
2018 22 97 700 25 97.4 911
2017 22 97 684 22 97.7 898 8 98.8 575
2016 19 97.4 697 22 97.7 896
2015 16 97.8 693 20 97.9 898 42 92.9 570
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

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   2,882   2,583   2,966   2,840   2,811   2,787   2,748   2,565   2,906   2,925
    Hispanic or Latino   250   229   258   248   246   237   211   179   157   147
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,546   2,276   2,612   2,489   2,404   2,404   2,358   2,280   2,647   2,659
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   1   1   1   1   9   10   7   12   14
      Asian   256   247   264   222   199   199   184   159   190   184
      Black or African American   204   178   200   165   148   136   133   122   137   124
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   1   2   7   7   5   7   8
      White   1,958   1,735   2,032   1,996   1,954   1,972   1,944   1,916   2,251   2,270
      More than one race   125   115   115   104   100   81   80   71   50   59
    Unknown ethnicity and race   86   78   96   103   161   146   179   106   102   119
  Temporary visa holders   2,021   1,844   1,927   1,736   1,757   1,933   1,994   1,894   1,960   1,966
  Science and engineering   4,479   4,171   4,444   4,055   4,156   4,240   4,243   4,000   4,240   4,246
    Science   2,904   2,651   2,997   2,619   2,698   2,620   2,580   2,354   2,879   2,882
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   193   195   183   169   155   155   166   157   240   245
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,165   1,071   1,266   852   803   799   752   731   725   694
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   57   60
      Computer and information sciences   0   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   291   297
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44   50
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   48   41   47   53   60   53   57   63   58   46
      Mathematics and statistics   295   283   298   315   437   346   368   207   206   223
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   33   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   93   114   115   113   103   98   98   86   0   0
      Physical sciences   534   514   518   523   519   522   483   468   463   459
      Psychology   160   33   161   172   165   161   162   150   165   161
      Social sciences   383   369   407   421   456   486   494   492   588   609
    Engineering   1,575   1,520   1,447   1,436   1,458   1,620   1,663   1,646   1,361   1,364
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   80   77   58   62   56   53   64   54   54   60
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   108   92   96   91   78   81   77   76   78   74
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   101   96   87   88   98   106   108   106   100   101
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   58   75   78   74   78   81   88   85   108   95
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   759   700   662   598   596   691   710   696   425   469
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   83   87   87   100   84   71   81   98   89   86
      Mechanical engineering   169   177   174   189   195   249   268   275   281   244
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   94   95   95   109   123   111   123   126   109   108
      Other engineering   123   121   110   125   150   177   144   130   117   127
    Health   424   256   449   521   412   480   499   459   626   645
      Clinical medicine   132   100   141   221   197   215   241   203   219   224
      Other health   292   156   308   300   215   265   258   256   407   421

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   515   241   613   538   464   432   327   304   326   315
    Hispanic or Latino   40   9   37   36   25   22   15   13   12   10
    Not Hispanic or Latino   453   224   552   489   434   403   305   278   303   294
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   0   0   0   0   3   2   0   1   1
      Asian   55   24   50   55   40   33   23   23   20   18
      Black or African American   31   20   40   33   27   30   16   22   16   17
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   0
      White   349   175   443   391   355   330   260   224   259   253
      More than one race   16   4   19   10   12   6   4   9   5   5
    Unknown ethnicity and race   22   8   24   13   5   7   7   13   11   11
  Temporary visa holders   39   35   71   51   44   41   46   43   47   51
  Science and engineering   408   245   443   429   380   328   255   235   259   267
    Science   241   159   261   246   176   150   101   87   123   125
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   40   16   35   30   25   30   16   29   32   21
      Biological and biomedical sciences   97   63   150   136   87   89   61   38   4   2
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   65   46   37   43   28   0   0   0   8   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   1   6   5   5   5   3   1   5   15
      Mathematics and statistics   2   6   3   4   7   4   1   2   0   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   24   13   16   15   15   15   8   8   0   0
      Physical sciences   1   4   3   0   2   0   0   1   0   0
      Psychology   1   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   9   8   11   12   7   7   12   8   71   76
    Engineering   167   86   182   183   204   178   154   148   136   142
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   4   2   4   1   5   6   4   1   3   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   5   7   8   2   5   4   4   1   2
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   3   1   0   4   5   6   4   4   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   15   15   21   15   19   14   15   17   24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   58   36   63   48   45   31   25   32   33   37
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   10   6   9   9   14   9   10   7   5   7
      Mechanical engineering   7   5   8   8   12   5   9   13   8   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   2   3   2   2   2   1   4   4   2   2
      Other engineering   70   11   73   86   105   97   78   68   63   59
    Health   146   31   241   160   128   145   118   112   114   99
      Clinical medicine   76   21   100   107   72   73   69   76   66   68
      Other health   70   10   141   53   56   72   49   36   48   31

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   1,076   1,028   1,129   1,179   1,105   1,024   972   969   1,022   939
  Science and engineering   1,032   1,014   1,075   1,111   1,054   984   933   926   939   879
    Science   630   597   577   554   504   430   430   415   517   509
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   32   44   27   16   12   21   21   15   14   26
      Biological and biomedical sciences   330   309   279   213   194   142   180   183   161   174
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   107   99
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   15   14   11   18   20   12   17   17   12   9
      Mathematics and statistics   12   17   10   6   18   6   11   14   11   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   9   9   15   10   8   8   12   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   175   164   181   230   207   200   155   133   147   137
      Psychology   21   6   12   16   9   4   1   4   5   9
      Social sciences   30   30   42   45   36   37   33   38   31   22
    Engineering   402   417   498   557   550   554   503   511   422   370
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23   27   25   32   30   26   25   17   19   26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   39   41   26   25   28   29   19   20   27   14
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   25   15   36   49   42   42   33   30   24   26
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   17   22   24   20   18   21   18   19   13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   187   190   222   232   232   229   218   244   132   138
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   14   15   26   22   16   15   15   21   18   16
      Mechanical engineering   30   42   51   58   60   75   61   61   64   40
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   49   43   57   72   82   77   79   77   74   53
      Other engineering   22   27   33   43   40   43   32   23   45   44
    Health   44   14   54   68   51   40   39   43   83   60
      Clinical medicine   7   5   10   20   13   16   7   7   23   17
      Other health   37   9   44   48   38   24   32   36   60   43

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   4,903   4,427   4,893   4,576   4,568   4,720   4,742   4,459   4,866   4,891
  Fellowships   618   550   714   617   679   668   707   710   721   589
    Federal   132   113   136   115   132   104   134   159   136   114
    Institutional   480   430   521   440   476   492   474   427   494   370
    Nonfederal   6   7   57   62   71   72   99   124   91   105
  Research assistantships   2,144   2,019   2,164   1,958   1,901   1,909   1,717   1,485   1,725   1,670
    Federal   944   913   979   1,050   968   911   833   803   846   784
    Institutional   911   818   992   680   673   719   641   421   626   618
    Nonfederal   289   288   193   228   260   279   243   261   253   268
  Teaching assistantships   1,061   939   1,060   1,088   1,179   1,196   1,189   1,124   1,348   1,398
    Federal   0   1   2   3   2   3   0   0   0   1
    Institutional   1,057   934   1,057   1,083   1,173   1,190   1,181   1,123   1,345   1,397
    Nonfederal   4   4   1   2   4   3   8   1   3   0
  Other types of support   1,080   919   955   913   809   947   1,129   1,140   1,072   1,234
    Federal   0   1   12   11   3   6   5   7   40   40
    Institutional   95   77   81   72   92   97   94   271   191   121
    Nonfederal   0   0   32   42   54   30   34   33   70   98
    Personal resources   985   841   830   788   660   814   996   829   771   975

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   334   355   386   344   377   408   392   380   373   372
    Science   259   262   283   261   273   304   295   280   271   261
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   34   37   18   10   9   15   15   20   22   32
      Biological and biomedical sciences   103   96   129   114   138   136   119   107   92   79
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   12   5   7   5   7   7   6   2   7
      Mathematics and statistics   1   0   29   28   16   24   24   22   19   17
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   8   7   8   13   11   11   10   13   0   0
      Physical sciences   68   69   74   71   74   85   95   81   86   91
      Psychology   10   8   9   11   12   10   13   14   23   20
      Social sciences   19   26   11   7   8   16   12   17   13   5
    Engineering   75   93   103   83   104   104   97   100   102   111
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1   11   10   10   8   11   6   8   9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   7   5   4   6   6   5   5   4   9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   11   12   7   10   12   10   11   12   17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   2   4   5   4   5   11   9   7   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   12   19   20   13   17   18   19   22   17   12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   5   6   5   4   5   5   2   4   5   5
      Mechanical engineering   11   15   5   5   7   12   7   13   21   22
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   16   18   17   23   18   13   17   15   15
      Other engineering   9   16   23   18   22   20   19   13   13   17
    Health   221   217   177   268   291   285   273   279   265   247
      Clinical medicine   135   141   51   73   136   125   128   113   76   68
      Other health   86   76   126   195   155   160   145   166   189   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

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   280   274   286   316   312   322   327   319   325   253
  Science and engineering   173   177   224   199   218   223   227   209   201   143
    Science   139   137   169   151   150   159   158   145   145   104
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   18   20   8   2   1   0   1   0   2   1
      Biological and biomedical sciences   55   53   92   70   74   78   65   57   58   35
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   8   1   4   2   3   0   2   2   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   1   3   3   2   2   2   1   1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   0   5   6   2   2   5   6   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   42   49   55   57   61   71   63   56   51
      Psychology   6   4   7   7   8   7   11   10   10   9
      Social sciences   9   7   6   4   3   6   3   5   7   1
    Engineering   34   40   55   48   68   64   69   64   56   39
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   1   9   9   10   8   10   5   5   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   4   2   1   3   3   4   4   1   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   6   3   9   2   6   8   6   4   2   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   2   1   3   2   1   8   7   4   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   13   11   7   12   14   12   13   12   7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   2   1   0   2   3   0   3   3   1
      Mechanical engineering   5   7   3   2   2   4   3   6   11   8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   7   3   11   13   16   12   11   14   13   6
      Other engineering   3   5   8   11   15   11   15   8   5   2
    Health   107   97   62   117   94   99   100   110   124   110
      Clinical medicine   52   56   20   37   34   39   52   45   38   37
      Other health   55   41   42   80   60   60   48   65   86   73

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

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

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields   1,581,570   1,449,188   1,363,388   1,236,111   968,260   929,250   875,014   864,327   818,464   817,881
    Science   1,248,804   1,135,034   1,070,055   1,013,096   739,090   698,884   634,782   626,671   603,703   601,022
      Computer and information sciences   33,585   31,323   27,225   16,691   22,869   23,393   20,331   21,784   23,112   21,449
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   13,361   9,777   9,228   7,979   9,158   9,030   9,286   9,090   10,523   10,700
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   13,361   9,777   9,228   7,979   9,158   9,030   9,286   9,090   10,523   10,700
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,073,570   977,520   897,954   876,239   590,076   550,461   506,398   503,648   473,816   473,752
        Agricultural sciences   89,851   82,811   81,771   68,969   67,155   50,853   50,731   47,793   51,122   58,895
        Biological and biomedical sciences   131,176   132,029   128,503   92,910   83,715   76,202   68,305   66,212   62,719   61,757
        Health sciences   830,487   744,235   666,812   700,303   422,365   406,318   372,386   373,520   343,922   337,317
        Natural resources and conservation   16,103   13,189   14,700   9,035   11,085   11,731   10,301   11,253   11,125   0
        Life sciences nec   5,953   5,256   6,168   5,022   5,756   5,357   4,675   4,870   4,928   15,783
      Mathematics and statistics   4,825   5,135   5,660   4,793   5,881   6,415   7,130   6,583   6,342   6,532
      Physical sciences   49,134   39,570   47,143   40,010   57,083   46,223   39,895   37,522   36,459   41,311
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,431   4,519   6,351   4,357   6,264   4,812   4,820   3,652   2,284   2,303
        Chemistry   22,930   9,661   13,382   15,540   28,972   18,579   15,804   14,696   15,043   20,443
        Materials science   2,222   2,675   1,979   394   840   374   214   288   325   0
        Physics   19,551   22,715   25,431   19,719   21,007   22,458   19,057   18,886   18,807   18,287
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   278
      Psychology   6,428   6,403   10,892   8,139   7,542   7,861   8,509   7,456   6,743   7,224
      Social sciences   23,537   24,943   28,605   17,017   18,486   17,776   14,157   12,775   12,827   20,138
        Anthropology   753   597   1,036   462   485   484   491   437   510   0
        Economics   7,149   8,009   6,821   3,468   4,332   5,874   3,060   1,538   2,234   4,416
        Political science and government   573   1,918   3,213   852   877   568   507   393   196   4,104
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,745   7,377   8,147   5,352   6,008   5,174   4,062   3,470   3,641   3,461
        Social sciences nec   7,317   7,042   9,388   6,883   6,784   5,676   6,037   6,937   6,246   8,157
      Sciences nec   44,364   40,363   43,348   42,228   27,995   37,725   29,076   27,813   33,881   19,916
    Engineering   261,381   242,745   219,388   163,509   175,109   177,518   183,646   178,028   147,590   144,216
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   813   1,365   803   631   406   417   847   848   1,279   1,586
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   9,372   6,447   4,213   3,914   5,461   4,871   4,969   3,331   1,674   1,356
      Chemical engineering   13,741   12,511   12,200   9,574   12,621   13,300   11,506   14,180   9,225   8,115
      Civil engineering   15,159   14,397   19,553   7,855   7,144   7,052   6,751   15,127   7,303   8,334
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   35,085   35,576   32,558   25,479   28,085   28,694   29,973   26,424   24,714   24,427
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   19,428   21,017   18,026   7,830   6,521   8,117   13,199   10,532   5,732   0
      Mechanical engineering   104,234   98,566   84,396   66,784   71,587   72,671   83,766   73,825   65,942   61,940
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21,831   22,674   23,085   20,920   22,487   25,495   20,691   21,249   18,698   25,658
      Engineering nec   41,718   30,192   24,554   20,522   20,797   16,901   11,944   12,512   13,023   12,800
    Non-S&E   71,385   71,409   73,945   59,506   54,061   52,848   56,586   59,628   67,171   72,643
      Business management and business administration   6,167   6,451   4,624   4,522   1,090   2,873   1,997   2,882   3,036   4,912
      Communication and communications technologies   88   372   464   443   466   849   945   1,023   528   2,430
      Education   30,818   28,063   27,007   21,418   20,898   21,588   24,598   27,771   37,706   59,199
      Humanities   1,918   3,231   3,789   2,350   2,339   2,795   2,441   1,920   1,624   3,111
      Law   3,497   2,259   684   721   761   795   784   755   751   114
      Social work   10,565   10,083   9,261   7,539   5,341   2,852   2,771   2,618   2,064   1,397
      Visual and performing arts   1,186   2,023   2,219   984   1,788   885   844   874   1,022   600
      Non-S&E nec   17,146   18,927   25,897   21,529   21,378   20,211   22,206   21,785   20,440   880

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields   1,581,570   774,210   69,898   461,917   159,497   67,141   48,907
    Science   1,248,804   609,304   57,010   386,648   98,218   56,529   41,095
      Computer and information sciences   33,585   18,275   4,809   7,508   1,698   1,208   87
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   13,361   6,266   132   3,936   1,343   188   1,496
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   13,361   6,266   132   3,936   1,343   188   1,496
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Life sciences   1,073,570   509,298   44,744   340,738   91,582   50,027   37,181
        Agricultural sciences   89,851   37,293   17,592   24,608   3,672   5,844   842
        Biological and biomedical sciences   131,176   88,304   6,216   28,377   1,256   5,045   1,978
        Health sciences   830,487   372,448   18,726   282,147   85,268   37,810   34,088
        Natural resources and conservation   16,103   7,227   2,148   4,135   1,010   1,313   270
        Life sciences nec   5,953   4,026   62   1,471   376   15   3
      Mathematics and statistics   4,825   3,411   0   973   28   208   205
      Physical sciences   49,134   37,561   17   7,563   1,966   1,335   692
        Astronomy and astrophysics   4,431   2,573   0   918   0   744   196
        Chemistry   22,930   19,441   6   2,862   0   367   254
        Materials science   2,222   64   0   642   1,516   0   0
        Physics   19,551   15,483   11   3,141   450   224   242
        Physical sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Psychology   6,428   5,057   86   979   70   186   50
      Social sciences   23,537   11,346   1,683   7,635   409   1,996   468
        Anthropology   753   443   0   213   0   64   33
        Economics   7,149   3,403   1,382   1,411   350   397   206
        Political science and government   573   295   30   164   0   30   54
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   7,745   3,774   28   3,072   20   814   37
        Social sciences nec   7,317   3,431   243   2,775   39   691   138
      Sciences nec   44,364   18,090   5,539   17,316   1,122   1,381   916
    Engineering   261,381   130,390   5,868   53,968   60,334   4,809   6,012
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   813   568   0   165   80   0   0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering   9,372   6,680   0   1,792   176   721   3
      Chemical engineering   13,741   9,477   3   3,681   292   72   216
      Civil engineering   15,159   6,185   486   6,490   827   688   483
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   35,085   22,877   131   8,446   2,029   951   651
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   19,428   11,137   1,275   3,556   1,469   248   1,743
      Mechanical engineering   104,234   43,884   432   7,766   50,808   68   1,276
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   21,831   13,114   187   4,794   2,934   485   317
      Engineering nec   41,718   16,468   3,354   17,278   1,719   1,576   1,323
    Non-S&E   71,385   34,516   7,020   21,301   945   5,803   1,800
      Business management and business administration   6,167   274   0   4,707   133   21   1,032
      Communication and communications technologies   88   31   0   22   0   2   33
      Education   30,818   15,726   5,254   6,965   337   2,490   46
      Humanities   1,918   508   3   915   0   242   250
      Law   3,497   423   35   2,011   67   895   66
      Social work   10,565   6,354   1,337   1,868   115   856   35
      Visual and performing arts   1,186   110   39   547   112   233   145
      Non-S&E nec   17,146   11,090   352   4,266   181   1,064   193

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   774,210   694,647   636,902   559,797   539,359   497,651   474,994   464,311   454,834   446,048
  DOD   74,860   57,248   45,916   42,934   38,504   39,550   34,580   31,140   31,672   34,606
  DOE   30,238   32,099   29,057   26,674   27,688   26,718   25,164   21,562   19,105   17,698
  HHS   471,118   428,792   383,114   331,043   309,204   277,710   257,488   256,268   239,212   230,792
  NASA   8,871   8,020   9,173   8,438   9,913   10,014   8,721   7,288   7,329   6,157
  NSF   81,383   68,295   61,621   48,648   57,879   51,067   50,971   50,740   53,077   52,197
  USDA   39,303   34,371   43,453   37,042   37,563   33,905   34,553   32,135   31,461   31,120
  Other   68,437   65,822   64,568   65,018   58,608   58,687   63,517   65,178   72,978   73,478

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   9,709   2,140   7,569   .
2018   9,364   2,054   7,310   .

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   3,296   3,284   3,310   3,200   1,907
    Agricultural sciences   1,114   1,259   795   1,046   145
    Biological and biomedical sciences   716   555   591   442   372
    Computer and information sciences   28   26   6   2   2
    Engineering   495   488   590   546   536
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   74   75   61   71   67
    Health sciences   591   607   799   735   460
    Mathematics and statistics   4   4   4   6   3
    Natural resources and conservation   55   55   67   62   24
    Physical sciences   121   122   154   210   186
    Psychology   51   54   190   52   37
    Social sciences   39   25   12   20   35
    Other   8   14   42   8   39

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   90,000   49,611   260,606   28,081 i   0
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   36,000   0 i   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   200,000   0 i   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Engineering   90,000   49,611   24,606   0 i   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   28,081 i   0
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0 i   0
    Other   0   0   0   0 i   0

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

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   72,057   27,857   2,122   187,440   30,234
    Agricultural sciences   0   1,896   0   4,424   6,081
    Biological and biomedical sciences   4,724   2,355   0   5,203   1,141
    Computer and information sciences   0   328   0   0   0
    Engineering   3,616   1,332   0   12,057   9,441
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   32,958   0   0   0   3,577
    Health sciences   28,759   20,622   2,122   124,372   4,663
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   2,211
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0
    Physical sciences   2,000   0   0   29,830   3,121
    Psychology   0   1,324   0   8,947   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   2,607   0
    Other   0   0   0   0   0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

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