Oklahoma State U., Stillwater

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 92 80.3 459 88 85.7 602 129 86.1 914
2022 92 80.2 457 137 85 900
2021 86 81.1 447 86 85.5 583 126 86.4 908
2020 87 81 450 127 86.4 916
2019 84 81.6 447 73 87.9 589 123 86.8 914
2018 84 80.8 428 117 87.4 911
2017 87 79.9 425 68 88.4 575 114 87.5 898
2016 77 82.5 430 112 87.7 896
2015 77 82.3 426 68 88.3 570 134 85.3 898
2014 76 82.4 422 135 85.1 889
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 227 208 211 214 231 228 224 255 242 242
  Science and engineering 149 135 138 146 155 133 139 165 152 152
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 21 20 20 31 22 21 27 23 25 27
      Agricultural sciences 19 19 19 31 14 18 20 17 23 18
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 1 . 8 3 7 6 2 9
    Biological and biomedical sciences 19 20 17 23 22 22 22 33 24 17
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 2 3 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 4 3 2 . . 3 3 2 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . 1 1 . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 . . 2 . . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 5 2 2 5 1 4 5 2 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 7 2 5 5 2 4 2 2 10 3
      Molecular biology . . . . 1 . 3 4 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 1 2 . 2 . 3 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 1 . . 1 . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 5 3 5 6 13 7 14 4 8
    Computer and information sciences 2 4 3 3 1 4 5 5 3 5
      Computer science 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 5 2 4
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 . . . . 1 . 1 1
    Engineering 38 25 31 29 35 23 31 49 44 38
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 7 1 2 2 . 1 3 1 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 . . 2 3 3 3 2 2 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 4 7 3 4 1 5 5 8 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 4 6 2 5 3 7 7 4 7
      Electrical and computer engineering 2 2 3 5 10 3 5 11 14 7
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 2 5 3 2 4 3 5 1 6
      Materials and mining engineering 2 4 2 3 . 1 . 2 2 .
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 5 6 6 4 5 9 8 4
      Engineering, other 2 . 2 3 3 4 2 5 4 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 4 4 5 10 3 2 2 1 .
      Geological sciences 7 4 3 5 8 2 2 1 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . 1 . 2 1 . 1 . .
    Health sciences 4 4 8 4 3 1 4 4 1 3
      Public health . 1 1 . . . . 2 . .
      Health sciences, other 4 3 7 4 3 1 4 2 1 3
    Mathematics and statistics 7 9 4 3 6 1 4 3 7 13
      Applied mathematics 1 2 . . . . . 1 1 3
      Mathematics 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 4 2
      Statistics 1 2 1 . 1 . 3 . 1 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 4 2 2 4 1 . 1 1 3
    Physical sciences 14 15 15 11 22 18 14 18 13 17
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 7 11 9 8 17 13 10 8 11 9
      Physics 7 3 6 3 5 5 4 10 2 8
    Psychology 20 21 27 24 22 29 23 15 24 21
      Clinical psychology 6 4 7 6 4 5 10 5 2 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 11 11 8 10 10 7 5 11 9
      Research and experimental psychology 1 2 4 4 1 6 3 1 5 3
      Psychology, other 5 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 6 2
    Social sciences 17 13 9 13 12 11 7 13 10 11
      Economics 6 2 1 5 2 2 2 5 1 5
      Political science and government . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 4 1 2 4 2 . 1 2 3
      Social sciences, other 9 7 7 6 6 7 4 6 6 3
  Non-science and engineering 78 73 73 68 76 95 85 90 90 90
    Business 26 21 19 23 19 20 22 28 25 18
      Business 26 21 19 23 19 20 22 28 25 18
    Education 36 35 40 36 44 59 41 46 47 52
      Education leadership and administration 11 10 15 13 11 11 14 11 13 7
      Education research 15 19 14 17 16 28 19 15 18 30
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 4 8 5 12 9 6 9 8 14
      Education, other 4 2 3 1 5 11 2 11 8 1
    Humanities and arts 11 14 11 7 10 12 15 12 12 12
      Letters 11 11 9 3 7 5 7 7 7 6
      History . 2 1 2 2 6 8 4 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other . 1 1 2 1 1 . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 5 3 3 2 3 4 7 4 6 8
      Communication . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 2 . . 1 . 1 2 . 1 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 2 1 3 3 5 3 5 6

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

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 226,498 195,041 198,799 187,060 184,276 188,756 189,024 181,617 129,968 126,543
    Science 143,868 123,522 116,842 119,603 117,074 117,415 113,426 112,773 107,092 102,308
      Computer and information sciences 3,598 3,099 3,636 5,361 3,673 3,368 1,768 948 1,519 1,710
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,254 3,663 3,119 2,870 2,613 4,546 2,889 4,690 5,673 4,448
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,250 3,663 3,119 2,870 2,613 4,546 2,889 4,690 5,673 4,014
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 365
      Life sciences 92,203 77,513 77,720 75,506 76,701 80,716 71,053 90,083 72,605 69,033
        Agricultural sciences 34,453 33,721 36,223 36,886 37,016 33,163 30,196 52,220 30,396 35,524
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,350 26,166 25,945 19,956 19,934 34,590 32,697 23,925 41,366 30,991
        Health sciences 12,631 6,090 5,881 8,614 9,576 10,329 5,529 0 60 2,089
        Natural resources and conservation 15,769 11,536 9,652 10,050 10,175 2,634 2,631 13,938 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 783 429
      Mathematics and statistics 4,680 4,176 4,276 4,213 4,585 4,886 3,496 2,307 3,073 3,128
      Physical sciences 9,993 8,685 8,824 9,784 8,458 8,503 8,398 6,788 8,636 8,273
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,191 0 0
        Chemistry 5,788 4,588 4,341 5,180 4,804 5,074 5,474 4,597 5,051 3,919
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,205 4,097 4,483 4,604 3,654 3,429 2,924 0 3,585 4,354
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,181 6,977 6,926 9,085 9,018 3,557 2,676 1,981 3,905 2,025
      Social sciences 10,445 9,806 5,445 6,251 5,425 2,453 7,361 1,519 7,543 4,424
        Anthropology 0 0 0 322 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 5,501 5,142 1,432 1,573 1,566 0 0 131 5,122 3,677
        Political science and government 1,356 1,101 1,009 902 873 1,084 4,172 655 670 46
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,417 1,300 1,150 1,431 1,430 1,369 1,090 733 1,565 72
        Social sciences nec 2,171 2,263 1,854 2,023 1,556 0 2,099 0 186 629
      Sciences nec 11,514 9,603 6,896 6,533 6,601 9,386 15,785 4,457 4,138 9,267
    Engineering 44,510 36,217 35,094 33,983 32,947 37,003 39,179 37,394 19,515 24,235
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11,638 9,450 8,901 10,485 11,298 11,353 10,083 6,123 373 402
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 6 0 4 1,536 6,428 821 38 0
      Chemical engineering 6,694 5,691 7,092 6,802 5,310 4,448 6,906 4,194 3,726 1,724
      Civil engineering 5,994 5,101 4,801 4,854 5,077 5,511 4,481 4,294 5,721 4,415
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,498 3,771 3,698 3,434 2,876 3,414 2,984 2,637 2,696 2,428
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,105 1,851 1,610 1,706 1,404 2,031 2,072 2,302 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,732 2,977 1,673 115 25 1,326 168 374 5,057 3,672
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,273 1,439 1,873 1,389 578 1,283 973 1,510 1,229 0
      Engineering nec 8,576 5,937 5,440 5,198 6,375 6,101 5,084 15,139 675 11,594
    Non-S&E 38,120 35,302 46,863 33,474 34,255 34,338 36,419 31,450 3,361 0
      Business management and business administration 16,683 15,765 17,208 17,027 17,467 16,417 18,577 12,230 286 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,257 2,194 1,846 1,693 1,880 727 660 627 197 0
      Education 2,801 2,805 14,570 2,946 2,806 5,111 3,555 3,156 121 0
      Humanities 6,006 5,285 4,732 5,139 5,067 31 2,634 1,914 2,749 0
      Law 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 852 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,064 1,265 1,160 1,269 1,201 109 79 116 8 0
      Non-S&E nec 9,309 7,862 7,347 5,400 5,834 11,943 10,914 12,555 0 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 226,498 64,098 24,323 124,314 12,528 773 462
    Science 143,868 39,561 20,575 73,411 9,446 493 382
      Computer and information sciences 3,598 540 31 3,027 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,254 973 1,211 2,033 37 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 4,250 969 1,211 2,033 37 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Life sciences 92,203 25,550 17,070 40,298 8,532 377 376
        Agricultural sciences 34,453 7,084 8,628 11,861 6,421 366 93
        Biological and biomedical sciences 29,350 12,115 2,430 13,643 1,042 2 118
        Health sciences 12,631 1,386 677 10,389 40 9 130
        Natural resources and conservation 15,769 4,965 5,335 4,405 1,029 0 35
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 4,680 751 0 3,892 0 37 0
      Physical sciences 9,993 3,955 148 5,599 228 63 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 5,788 2,020 124 3,353 228 63 0
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 4,205 1,935 24 2,246 0 0 0
        Physical sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Psychology 7,181 1,938 533 4,694 1 15 0
      Social sciences 10,445 1,989 1,159 6,643 647 1 6
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 5,501 1,192 1,134 2,524 645 0 6
        Political science and government 1,356 52 0 1,302 2 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 1,417 170 0 1,246 0 1 0
        Social sciences nec 2,171 575 25 1,571 0 0 0
      Sciences nec 11,514 3,865 423 7,225 1 0 0
    Engineering 44,510 21,997 2,272 17,525 2,546 90 80
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11,638 5,541 377 4,915 788 0 17
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 6,694 3,027 191 3,280 187 0 9
      Civil engineering 5,994 3,304 93 2,381 212 4 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 5,498 2,556 27 2,772 140 3 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 2,105 657 7 1,441 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2,732 2,055 42 69 566 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,273 909 154 156 52 0 2
      Engineering nec 8,576 3,948 1,381 2,511 601 83 52
    Non-S&E 38,120 2,540 1,476 33,378 536 190 0
      Business management and business administration 16,683 498 79 15,804 251 51 0
      Communication and communications technologies 2,257 41 525 1,648 43 0 0
      Education 2,801 662 0 2,062 0 77 0
      Humanities 6,006 163 0 5,841 0 2 0
      Law 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Visual and performing arts 1,064 0 0 1,058 0 6 0
      Non-S&E nec 9,309 1,176 872 6,965 242 54 0

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

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

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 64,098 53,885 47,428 39,873 39,880 43,421 44,977 42,976 38,585 36,687
  DOD 7,661 5,213 4,199 2,798 3,062 4,016 7,660 7,754 4,844 4,392
  DOE 6,090 6,002 7,152 3,982 2,033 1,799 1,844 2,515 2,777 2,626
  HHS 11,340 9,918 9,313 9,307 8,598 9,644 8,039 6,214 5,866 6,161
  NASA 3,823 2,981 1,729 782 422 562 416 441 118 551
  NSF 14,273 12,305 9,134 8,336 10,451 13,780 12,704 9,878 8,332 8,177
  USDA 14,775 11,972 10,229 8,853 9,200 9,081 8,916 9,307 9,387 5,535
  Other 6,136 5,494 5,672 5,815 6,114 4,539 5,398 6,867 7,261 9,245

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 2,158 843 1,315 .
2018 2,077 815 1,262 .
2017 1,982 683 1,299 .

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 806 799 880 939 894
    Agricultural sciences 382 386 400 479 453
    Biological and biomedical sciences 157 155 132 133 136
    Computer and information sciences 4 4 2 2 1
    Engineering 140 133 141 133 122
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 21 17 17 16 14
    Health sciences 2 2 85 73 71
    Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 1
    Natural resources and conservation 12 15 16 16 16
    Physical sciences 73 73 74 74 70
    Psychology 10 10 10 9 2
    Social sciences 2 2 2 2 8
    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

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 4,000 0 0 0 2,544
    Agricultural sciences 0 0 0 0 941
    Biological and biomedical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 4,000 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 0 0 0 1,603
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 0 0
    Physical sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 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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