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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 9 98.7 602 14 98.6 914
2022 28 96.1 680 11 98.9 900
2021 31 95.7 691 9 98.6 583 12 98.8 908
2020 28 96.2 697 24 97.5 916
2019 23 96.9 696 8 98.8 589 25 97.4 914
2018 22 97 698 25 97.4 911
2017 22 97 684 8 98.8 575 22 97.7 898
2016 19 97.4 697 22 97.7 896
2015 16 97.8 693 42 92.9 570 20 97.9 898
2014 15 98 688 19 98 889
2013 16 97.3 555
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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 4,893 4,576 4,568 4,720 4,742 4,459 4,866 4,891 4,842 4,839
    Male 2,697 2,581 2,677 2,746 2,793 2,665 2,857 2,903 2,831 2,845
    Female 2,196 1,995 1,891 1,974 1,949 1,794 2,009 1,988 2,011 1,994
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 2,966 2,840 2,811 2,787 2,748 2,565 2,906 2,925 2,910 2,913
    Hispanic or Latino 258 248 246 237 211 179 157 147 132 109
    Not Hispanic or Latino 2,612 2,489 2,404 2,404 2,358 2,280 2,647 2,659 2,612 2,646
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 9 10 7 12 14 11 15
      Asian 264 222 199 199 184 159 190 184 174 184
      Black or African American 200 165 148 136 133 122 137 124 116 123
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 2 7 7 5 7 8 10 6
      White 2,032 1,996 1,954 1,972 1,944 1,916 2,251 2,270 2,260 2,286
      More than one race 115 104 100 81 80 71 50 59 41 32
    Unknown ethnicity and race 96 103 161 146 179 106 102 119 166 158
  Temporary visa holders 1,927 1,736 1,757 1,933 1,994 1,894 1,960 1,966 1,932 1,926
  Science and engineering 4,444 4,055 4,156 4,240 4,243 4,000 4,240 4,246 4,215 4,286
    Science 2,997 2,619 2,698 2,620 2,580 2,354 2,879 2,882 2,924 3,084
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 183 169 155 155 166 157 240 245 243 258
      Biological and biomedical sciences 1,266 852 803 799 752 731 725 694 700 736
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 60 68 71
      Computer and information sciences 2 1 0 0 0 0 291 297 323 310
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 50 49 59
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 47 53 60 53 57 63 58 46 57 44
      Mathematics and statistics 298 315 437 346 368 207 206 223 218 250
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 115 113 103 98 98 86 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 38 28 38
      Physical sciences 518 523 519 522 483 468 463 459 475 506
      Psychology 161 172 165 161 162 150 165 161 159 152
      Social sciences 407 421 456 486 494 492 588 609 604 660
    Engineering 1,447 1,436 1,458 1,620 1,663 1,646 1,361 1,364 1,291 1,202
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 58 62 56 53 64 54 54 60 61 42
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 96 91 78 81 77 76 78 74 77 73
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 87 88 98 106 108 106 100 101 92 85
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 78 74 78 81 88 85 108 95 116 99
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 662 598 596 691 710 696 425 469 436 386
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 87 100 84 71 81 98 89 86 81 75
      Mechanical engineering 174 189 195 249 268 275 281 244 212 241
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 95 109 123 111 123 126 109 108 98 97
      Other engineering 110 125 150 177 144 130 117 127 118 104
    Health 449 521 412 480 499 459 626 645 627 553
      Clinical medicine 141 221 197 215 241 203 219 224 194 222
      Other health 308 300 215 265 258 256 407 421 433 331

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 684 589 508 473 373 347 373 366 391 261
    Male 325 282 260 233 198 184 197 186 183 132
    Female 359 307 248 240 175 163 176 180 208 129
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 613 538 464 432 327 304 326 315 355 230
    Hispanic or Latino 37 36 25 22 15 13 12 10 8 7
    Not Hispanic or Latino 552 489 434 403 305 278 303 294 327 210
      American Indian or Alaska Native 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 1
      Asian 50 55 40 33 23 23 20 18 28 17
      Black or African American 40 33 27 30 16 22 16 17 19 15
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
      White 443 391 355 330 260 224 259 253 274 175
      More than one race 19 10 12 6 4 9 5 5 5 2
    Unknown ethnicity and race 24 13 5 7 7 13 11 11 20 13
  Temporary visa holders 71 51 44 41 46 43 47 51 36 31
  Science and engineering 443 429 380 328 255 235 259 267 268 212
    Science 261 246 176 150 101 87 123 125 160 124
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 35 30 25 30 16 29 32 21 31 23
      Biological and biomedical sciences 150 136 87 89 61 38 4 2 11 9
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 37 43 28 0 0 0 8 8 18 17
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 6 5 5 5 3 1 5 15 5 5
      Mathematics and statistics 3 4 7 4 1 2 0 2 2 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 16 15 15 15 8 8 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 11 12 7 7 12 8 71 76 92 60
    Engineering 182 183 204 178 154 148 136 142 108 88
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 1 5 6 4 1 3 4 2 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 7 8 2 5 4 4 1 2 4 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 1 0 4 5 6 4 4 2 3 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15 21 15 19 14 15 17 24 15 17
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 63 48 45 31 25 32 33 37 29 25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 9 9 14 9 10 7 5 7 7 7
      Mechanical engineering 8 8 12 5 9 13 8 5 8 11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 2 1
      Other engineering 73 86 105 97 78 68 63 59 38 24
    Health 241 160 128 145 118 112 114 99 123 49
      Clinical medicine 100 107 72 73 69 76 66 68 88 15
      Other health 141 53 56 72 49 36 48 31 35 34

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 1,129 1,179 1,105 1,024 972 969 1,022 939 928 1,189 0
  Science and engineering 1,075 1,111 1,054 984 933 926 939 879 861 1,110 0
    Science 577 554 504 430 430 415 517 509 413 650 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 27 16 12 21 21 15 14 26 14 43 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 279 213 194 142 180 183 161 174 108 262 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 99 92 89 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 11 18 20 12 17 17 12 9 10 10 0
      Mathematics and statistics 10 6 18 6 11 14 11 4 2 10 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 15 10 8 8 12 11 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 23 0 19 0
      Psychology 12 16 9 4 1 4 5 9 11 14 0
      Physical sciences 181 230 207 200 155 133 147 137 138 154 0
      Social sciences 42 45 36 37 33 38 31 22 35 46 0
    Engineering 498 557 550 554 503 511 422 370 448 460 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 25 32 30 26 25 17 19 26 34 21 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 26 25 28 29 19 20 27 14 30 36 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 36 49 42 42 33 30 24 26 41 50 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 22 24 20 18 21 18 19 13 26 27 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 222 232 232 229 218 244 132 138 128 132 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 26 22 16 15 15 21 18 16 19 23 0
      Mechanical engineering 51 58 60 75 61 61 64 40 71 73 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 57 72 82 77 79 77 74 53 58 64 0
      Other engineering 33 43 40 43 32 23 45 44 41 34 0
    Health 54 68 51 40 39 43 83 60 67 79 0
      Clinical medicine 10 20 13 16 7 7 23 17 22 22 0
      Other health 44 48 38 24 32 36 60 43 45 57 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: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 4,893 4,576 4,568 4,720 4,742 4,459 4,866 4,891 4,842 4,839
  Fellowships 714 617 679 668 707 710 721 589 607 654
    Federal 136 115 132 104 134 159 136 114 116 153
    Institutional 521 440 476 492 474 427 494 370 376 451
    Nonfederal 57 62 71 72 99 124 91 105 115 50
  Research assistantships 2,164 1,958 1,901 1,909 1,717 1,485 1,725 1,670 1,671 1,781
    Federal 979 1,050 968 911 833 803 846 784 785 1,003
    Institutional 992 680 673 719 641 421 626 618 693 559
    Nonfederal 193 228 260 279 243 261 253 268 193 219
  Teaching assistantships 1,060 1,088 1,179 1,196 1,189 1,124 1,348 1,398 1,383 1,361
    Federal 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 7
    Institutional 1,057 1,083 1,173 1,190 1,181 1,123 1,345 1,397 1,379 1,354
    Nonfederal 1 2 4 3 8 1 3 0 3 0
  Other types of support 955 913 809 947 1,129 1,140 1,072 1,234 1,181 1,043
    Federal 12 11 3 6 5 7 40 40 26 26
    Institutional 81 72 92 97 94 271 191 121 107 98
    Nonfederal 32 42 54 30 34 33 70 98 88 70
    Personal resources 830 788 660 814 996 829 771 975 960 849

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 442 364 382 420 392 380 373 372 375 398
    Science 343 283 280 317 295 280 271 261 267 298
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 24 10 15 16 15 20 22 32 25 29
      Biological and biomedical sciences 145 144 140 136 119 107 92 79 95 120
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5 9 5 13 7 6 2 7 6 6
      Mathematics and statistics 29 28 16 24 24 22 19 17 15 13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 8 6 11 11 10 13 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 9 18
      Physical sciences 112 68 73 82 95 81 86 91 78 76
      Psychology 9 11 12 10 13 14 23 20 21 21
      Social sciences 11 7 8 25 12 17 13 5 11 8
    Engineering 99 81 102 103 97 100 102 111 108 100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 10 10 8 11 6 8 9 12 8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 5 4 6 5 5 5 4 9 11 6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 11 7 10 12 10 11 12 17 21 20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 3 5 4 7 11 9 7 5 5 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 20 14 17 18 19 22 17 12 15 16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 4 3 5 5 2 4 5 5 2 1
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 7 12 7 13 21 22 16 16
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 19 16 22 17 13 17 15 15 8 9
      Other engineering 22 17 21 19 19 13 13 17 18 15
    Health 221 407 294 285 273 279 265 247 254 227
      Clinical medicine 65 122 136 123 128 113 76 68 67 57
      Other health 156 285 158 162 145 166 189 179 187 170

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 286 316 312 322 327 319 325 253 298 309
  Science and engineering 224 199 218 223 227 209 201 143 179 200
    Science 169 151 150 159 158 145 145 104 123 142
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 8 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 6
      Biological and biomedical sciences 92 70 74 78 65 57 58 35 49 57
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1 4 2 3 0 2 2 0 3 3
      Mathematics and statistics 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 5 6 2 2 5 6 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 4
      Psychology 7 7 8 7 11 10 10 9 11 12
      Physical sciences 49 55 57 61 71 63 56 51 46 50
      Social sciences 6 4 3 6 3 5 7 1 2 2
    Engineering 55 48 68 64 69 64 56 39 56 58
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 9 10 8 10 5 5 4 11 7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 1 3 3 4 4 1 0 3 3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 2 6 8 6 4 2 9 11 12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 3 2 1 8 7 4 2 3 7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 11 7 12 14 12 13 12 7 8 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 1 0 2 3 0 3 3 1 0 1
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 2 4 3 6 11 8 6 6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 11 13 16 12 11 14 13 6 3 4
      Other engineering 8 11 15 11 15 8 5 2 11 11
    Health 62 117 94 99 100 110 124 110 119 109
      Clinical medicine 20 37 34 39 52 45 38 37 37 28
      Other health 42 80 60 60 48 65 86 73 82 81

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 1,449,188 1,363,388 1,236,111 968,260 929,250 875,014 864,327 818,464 817,881 815,075
    Science 1,135,034 1,070,055 1,013,096 739,090 698,884 634,782 626,671 603,703 601,022 600,244
      Computer and information sciences 31,323 27,225 16,691 22,869 23,393 20,331 21,784 23,112 21,449 26,820
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,777 9,228 7,979 9,158 9,030 9,286 9,090 10,523 10,700 11,517
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 9,777 9,228 7,979 9,158 9,030 9,286 9,090 10,523 10,700 11,517
        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 977,520 897,954 876,239 590,076 550,461 506,398 503,648 473,816 473,752 472,312
        Agricultural sciences 82,811 81,771 68,969 67,155 50,853 50,731 47,793 51,122 58,895 65,958
        Biological and biomedical sciences 132,029 128,503 92,910 83,715 76,202 68,305 66,212 62,719 61,757 66,147
        Health sciences 744,235 666,812 700,303 422,365 406,318 372,386 373,520 343,922 337,317 324,728
        Natural resources and conservation 13,189 14,700 9,035 11,085 11,731 10,301 11,253 11,125 0 0
        Life sciences nec 5,256 6,168 5,022 5,756 5,357 4,675 4,870 4,928 15,783 15,479
      Mathematics and statistics 5,135 5,660 4,793 5,881 6,415 7,130 6,583 6,342 6,532 7,826
      Physical sciences 39,570 47,143 40,010 57,083 46,223 39,895 37,522 36,459 41,311 35,413
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,519 6,351 4,357 6,264 4,812 4,820 3,652 2,284 2,303 2,845
        Chemistry 9,661 13,382 15,540 28,972 18,579 15,804 14,696 15,043 20,443 14,192
        Materials science 2,675 1,979 394 840 374 214 288 325 0 0
        Physics 22,715 25,431 19,719 21,007 22,458 19,057 18,886 18,807 18,287 17,963
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278 413
      Psychology 6,403 10,892 8,139 7,542 7,861 8,509 7,456 6,743 7,224 8,109
      Social sciences 24,943 28,605 17,017 18,486 17,776 14,157 12,775 12,827 20,138 18,106
        Anthropology 597 1,036 462 485 484 491 437 510 0 0
        Economics 8,009 6,821 3,468 4,332 5,874 3,060 1,538 2,234 4,416 4,490
        Political science and government 1,918 3,213 852 877 568 507 393 196 4,104 5,053
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 7,377 8,147 5,352 6,008 5,174 4,062 3,470 3,641 3,461 2,424
        Social sciences nec 7,042 9,388 6,883 6,784 5,676 6,037 6,937 6,246 8,157 6,139
      Sciences nec 40,363 43,348 42,228 27,995 37,725 29,076 27,813 33,881 19,916 20,141
    Engineering 242,745 219,388 163,509 175,109 177,518 183,646 178,028 147,590 144,216 152,592
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,365 803 631 406 417 847 848 1,279 1,586 368
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,447 4,213 3,914 5,461 4,871 4,969 3,331 1,674 1,356 1,577
      Chemical engineering 12,511 12,200 9,574 12,621 13,300 11,506 14,180 9,225 8,115 16,920
      Civil engineering 14,397 19,553 7,855 7,144 7,052 6,751 15,127 7,303 8,334 11,391
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 35,576 32,558 25,479 28,085 28,694 29,973 26,424 24,714 24,427 25,253
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 21,017 18,026 7,830 6,521 8,117 13,199 10,532 5,732 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 98,566 84,396 66,784 71,587 72,671 83,766 73,825 65,942 61,940 59,220
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 22,674 23,085 20,920 22,487 25,495 20,691 21,249 18,698 25,658 24,859
      Engineering nec 30,192 24,554 20,522 20,797 16,901 11,944 12,512 13,023 12,800 13,004
    Non-S&E 71,409 73,945 59,506 54,061 52,848 56,586 59,628 67,171 72,643 62,239
      Business management and business administration 6,451 4,624 4,522 1,090 2,873 1,997 2,882 3,036 4,912 2,423
      Communication and communications technologies 372 464 443 466 849 945 1,023 528 2,430 3,993
      Education 28,063 27,007 21,418 20,898 21,588 24,598 27,771 37,706 59,199 47,676
      Humanities 3,231 3,789 2,350 2,339 2,795 2,441 1,920 1,624 3,111 4,485
      Law 2,259 684 721 761 795 784 755 751 114 101
      Social work 10,083 9,261 7,539 5,341 2,852 2,771 2,618 2,064 1,397 1,435
      Visual and performing arts 2,023 2,219 984 1,788 885 844 874 1,022 600 718
      Non-S&E nec 18,927 25,897 21,529 21,378 20,211 22,206 21,785 20,440 880 1,408

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 1,449,188 694,647 64,139 424,124 155,194 63,964 47,120
    Science 1,135,034 550,799 47,807 351,348 94,523 52,420 38,137
      Computer and information sciences 31,323 14,679 7,740 6,180 2,136 438 150
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,777 6,142 136 2,931 61 51 456
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 9,777 6,142 136 2,931 61 51 456
        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 977,520 458,697 36,471 309,936 89,427 48,025 34,964
        Agricultural sciences 82,811 33,382 16,282 22,196 3,752 5,675 1,524
        Biological and biomedical sciences 132,029 85,462 5,893 32,013 1,016 5,191 2,454
        Health sciences 744,235 330,184 12,268 250,746 83,770 36,538 30,729
        Natural resources and conservation 13,189 6,117 2,028 3,659 561 578 246
        Life sciences nec 5,256 3,552 0 1,322 328 43 11
      Mathematics and statistics 5,135 3,275 0 1,639 9 76 136
      Physical sciences 39,570 27,100 0 7,996 2,256 1,311 907
        Astronomy and astrophysics 4,519 2,203 0 1,056 0 702 558
        Chemistry 9,661 6,686 0 2,271 375 217 112
        Materials science 2,675 100 0 921 1,556 98 0
        Physics 22,715 18,111 0 3,748 325 294 237
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 6,403 4,526 163 1,382 0 222 110
      Social sciences 24,943 12,385 1,181 9,363 295 1,422 297
        Anthropology 597 317 0 201 0 38 41
        Economics 8,009 3,210 863 3,599 51 247 39
        Political science and government 1,918 370 28 1,316 1 186 17
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 7,377 4,598 145 1,997 0 605 32
        Social sciences nec 7,042 3,890 145 2,250 243 346 168
      Sciences nec 40,363 23,995 2,116 11,921 339 875 1,117
    Engineering 242,745 113,636 9,267 46,346 59,821 6,768 6,907
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1,365 891 0 378 92 2 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6,447 3,843 0 2,008 78 517 1
      Chemical engineering 12,511 8,318 0 3,271 474 290 158
      Civil engineering 14,397 7,143 238 5,345 685 500 486
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 35,576 21,646 125 7,949 2,621 2,320 915
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 21,017 8,432 5,972 2,965 862 297 2,489
      Mechanical engineering 98,566 38,054 97 7,322 50,425 565 2,103
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 22,674 13,284 343 5,455 3,009 404 179
      Engineering nec 30,192 12,025 2,492 11,653 1,575 1,873 574
    Non-S&E 71,409 30,212 7,065 26,430 850 4,776 2,076
      Business management and business administration 6,451 303 234 4,617 135 97 1,065
      Communication and communications technologies 372 45 0 315 0 0 12
      Education 28,063 13,777 4,738 7,455 258 1,715 120
      Humanities 3,231 649 0 1,960 0 226 396
      Law 2,259 73 158 1,759 0 196 73
      Social work 10,083 5,369 1,188 2,285 210 978 53
      Visual and performing arts 2,023 327 292 1,052 40 171 141
      Non-S&E nec 18,927 9,669 455 6,987 207 1,393 216

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 694,647 636,902 559,797 539,359 497,651 474,994 464,311 454,834 446,048 454,484
  DOD 57,248 45,916 42,934 38,504 39,550 34,580 31,140 31,672 34,606 34,146
  DOE 32,099 29,057 26,674 27,688 26,718 25,164 21,562 19,105 17,698 22,459
  HHS 428,792 383,114 331,043 309,204 277,710 257,488 256,268 239,212 230,792 237,173
  NASA 8,020 9,173 8,438 9,913 10,014 8,721 7,288 7,329 6,157 5,437
  NSF 68,295 61,621 48,648 57,879 51,067 50,971 50,740 53,077 52,197 53,778
  USDA 34,371 43,453 37,042 37,563 33,905 34,553 32,135 31,461 31,120 28,062
  Other 65,822 64,568 65,018 58,608 58,687 63,517 65,178 72,978 73,478 73,429

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 9,709 2,140 7,569 .
2018 9,364 2,054 7,310 .
2017 9,452 2,044 7,408 .

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)

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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